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  • annexationism — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
  • annexationist — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
  • annona family — the plant family Annonaceae, characterized by tropical trees and shrubs bearing simple alternate leaves, solitary or clustered dull-colored flowers, and edible fruit, and including the cherimoya, custard apple, and sweetsop.
  • annunciations — Plural form of annunciation.
  • anonymization — The act or process of making anonymous, of hiding or disguising identity.
  • anonymous ftp — (networking)   An interactive service provided by many Internet hosts allowing any user to transfer documents, files, programs, and other archived data using File Transfer Protocol. The user logs in using the special user name "ftp" or "anonymous" and his e-mail address as password. He then has access to a special directory hierarchy containing the publically accessible files, typically in a subdirectory called "pub". This is usually a separate area from files used by local users. A reference like ftp: euagate.eua.ericsson.se /pub/eua/erlang/info means that files are available by anonymous FTP from the host called euagate.eua.ericsson.se in the directory (or file) /pub/eua/erlang/info. Sometimes the hostname will be followed by an Internet address in parentheses. The directory will usually be given as a path relative to the anonymous FTP login directory. A reference to a file available by FTP may also be in the form of a URL starting "ftp:". See also Archie, archive site, EFS, FTP by mail, web.
  • anonymousness — without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
  • anthony hoare — (person)   (C. Anthony R. Hoare, Tony) A computer scientist working on programming languages, especially parallel ones. Hoare was responsible for Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). See also: pointer, Simone.
  • anthraquinone — a yellow crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes, esp anthraquinone dyes, which have excellent colour properties. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H4
  • anti-abortion — opposed to abortion
  • anti-colonial — opposing colonialism.
  • anti-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • anti-monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
  • anti-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • anti-sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
  • anticipations — Plural form of anticipation.
  • anticollision — intended to avoid collisions
  • anticorrosion — the prevention or counteracting of corrosion
  • antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
  • antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
  • antievolution — a system of thought which argues against the biological theory of evolution
  • antigonus (i) — 382-301 b.c.; Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: king of Macedonia (306-301)
  • antiinfection — Preventing or counteracting infection.
  • antioncogenes — Plural form of antioncogene.
  • antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
  • antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
  • antipollution — (of measures, policies, etc) designed to combat pollution and its causes
  • antiradiation — Countering radiation.
  • antirecession — acting against recession
  • antirejection — acting to prevent the rejection of a transplanted organ
  • antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
  • antiselection — adverse selection.
  • antonine wall — a Roman frontier defence work across S Scotland, extending between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. It was built in 142 ad on the orders of Antoninus Pius (86–161 ad), emperor of Rome (138–161)
  • apostle spoon — a silver spoon with a figure of one of the Apostles on the handle
  • apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
  • appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
  • applicational — Of or pertaining to an application.
  • apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • apportionment — the act of apportioning
  • appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
  • apprehensions — Plural form of apprehension.
  • appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
  • approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
  • apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
  • aqua ammoniae — ammonia (def 2).
  • arabicization — the gradual change of a culture into one that incorporates Arab culture and/or speaks Arabic
  • arbitrational — relating to, involving, or resulting from arbitration
  • archidiaconal — of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
  • architectonic — denoting, relating to, or having architectural qualities
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
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