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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not least, a Republican chief executive could rebrand the party and improve its acrid image in the state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Miles away from the fires, the smoke still left an acrid taste in my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"As the evening went on, Dylan\u2019s voice became more acrid . \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The acrid smoke from massive wildfires that ignited in rural eastern Washington last Labor Day weekend drifted over the Cascades before blanketing the state\u2019s populous western flank. \u2014 Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Sparks fly where steel is being burned, and an acrid , choking smoke billows up when a torch sets off insulation or oil or something else flammable. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"There is a moment when the sugars in a black plantain will begin to ferment and release a slightly acrid smell. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"On edge after months of lockdown, widespread infection and death, and a highly acrid political climate, people across the political spectrum nurtured a handful of increasingly fantastical explanations for the dismal state of things. \u2014 J.c. Pan, The New Republic , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Beijing's acrid response to TikTok's possible acquisition by Microsoft underscores how much China treasures the app. \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 3 Aug. 2020"
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"Not least, a Republican chief executive could rebrand the party and improve its acrid image in the state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Miles away from the fires, the smoke still left an acrid taste in my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"As the evening went on, Dylan\u2019s voice became more acrid . \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The acrid smoke from massive wildfires that ignited in rural eastern Washington last Labor Day weekend drifted over the Cascades before blanketing the state\u2019s populous western flank. \u2014 Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Sparks fly where steel is being burned, and an acrid , choking smoke billows up when a torch sets off insulation or oil or something else flammable. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"There is a moment when the sugars in a black plantain will begin to ferment and release a slightly acrid smell. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"On edge after months of lockdown, widespread infection and death, and a highly acrid political climate, people across the political spectrum nurtured a handful of increasingly fantastical explanations for the dismal state of things. \u2014 J.c. Pan, The New Republic , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Beijing's acrid response to TikTok's possible acquisition by Microsoft underscores how much China treasures the app. \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 3 Aug. 2020"
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"Not least, a Republican chief executive could rebrand the party and improve its acrid image in the state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Miles away from the fires, the smoke still left an acrid taste in my mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"As the evening went on, Dylan\u2019s voice became more acrid . \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The acrid smoke from massive wildfires that ignited in rural eastern Washington last Labor Day weekend drifted over the Cascades before blanketing the state\u2019s populous western flank. \u2014 Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Sparks fly where steel is being burned, and an acrid , choking smoke billows up when a torch sets off insulation or oil or something else flammable. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"There is a moment when the sugars in a black plantain will begin to ferment and release a slightly acrid smell. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"On edge after months of lockdown, widespread infection and death, and a highly acrid political climate, people across the political spectrum nurtured a handful of increasingly fantastical explanations for the dismal state of things. \u2014 J.c. Pan, The New Republic , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Beijing's acrid response to TikTok's possible acquisition by Microsoft underscores how much China treasures the app. \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 3 Aug. 2020"
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"Each man came out of their acrimonious 200-meter showdown on July 23 with an injured hamstring and a decidedly negative vibe. \u2014 Tim Layden , Sports Illustrated , 11 Sept. 2000",
"My May 19, 1967, memorandum to the president unleashed a storm of controversy. \u2026 It led to tense and acrimonious Senate hearings that pitted me against the Joint Chiefs of Staff and generated rumors they intended to resign en masse. \u2014 Robert McNamara , In Retrospect , 1995",
"But considering the momentousness of the issue, the original Darwinian debate was far less acrimonious than might have been expected \u2026 \u2014 Gertrude Himmelfarb , American Scholar , Autumn 1981",
"We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father. \u2014 Harper Lee , To Kill a Mockingbird , 1960",
"He went through an acrimonious divorce.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The committee\u2019s work has been predictably partisan and acrimonious . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"Perelman\u2019s holding company, MacAndrews & Forbes Inc., took control of Revlon in an acrimonious takeover in 1985, funding the deal with junk debt raised by Michael Milken. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Their testimonies were similar in some ways \u2014 both describing an instant infatuation that evolved into a roller coaster romance \u2014 but differed as to the source of the acrimonious end. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"The relationship between Asia\u2019s largest and third-largest economy is nothing if not acrimonious . \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Before there was a costly and acrimonious battle in Maine, there was a simple, idealistic mandate: Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, a Republican, wanted to reduce his state\u2019s dependence on fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The three-part show features many acrimonious moments between the two characters. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Washington Teachers\u2019 Union has had an acrimonious relationship with the Bowser administration for much of the pandemic, clashing over how and when to reopen school buildings safely for in-person learning. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Despite her earlier confirmations, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jackson's nomination still took an acrimonious turn. \u2014 Dylan Wells, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"My May 19, 1967, memorandum to the president unleashed a storm of controversy. \u2026 It led to tense and acrimonious Senate hearings that pitted me against the Joint Chiefs of Staff and generated rumors they intended to resign en masse. \u2014 Robert McNamara , In Retrospect , 1995",
"But considering the momentousness of the issue, the original Darwinian debate was far less acrimonious than might have been expected \u2026 \u2014 Gertrude Himmelfarb , American Scholar , Autumn 1981",
"We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father. \u2014 Harper Lee , To Kill a Mockingbird , 1960",
"He went through an acrimonious divorce.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The committee\u2019s work has been predictably partisan and acrimonious . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"Perelman\u2019s holding company, MacAndrews & Forbes Inc., took control of Revlon in an acrimonious takeover in 1985, funding the deal with junk debt raised by Michael Milken. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Their testimonies were similar in some ways \u2014 both describing an instant infatuation that evolved into a roller coaster romance \u2014 but differed as to the source of the acrimonious end. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"The relationship between Asia\u2019s largest and third-largest economy is nothing if not acrimonious . \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Before there was a costly and acrimonious battle in Maine, there was a simple, idealistic mandate: Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, a Republican, wanted to reduce his state\u2019s dependence on fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The three-part show features many acrimonious moments between the two characters. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The Washington Teachers\u2019 Union has had an acrimonious relationship with the Bowser administration for much of the pandemic, clashing over how and when to reopen school buildings safely for in-person learning. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Despite her earlier confirmations, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jackson's nomination still took an acrimonious turn. \u2014 Dylan Wells, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"The dispute began again with increased acrimony .",
"she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of this was playing out amid open acrimony among White House aides and outside advisers about how best \u2014 and how far \u2014 to proceed with efforts to pursue Mr. Trump\u2019s claims of fraud in the election. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Screenshots of old emails and Twitter messages are flying around amid the acrimony . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Despite the acrimony , the two sides appear to agree on some important legal rules applicable to space. \u2014 Bin Li, Scientific American , 9 May 2022",
"This simple fact accounts for perhaps 99 percent of the acrimony on there, which is rarely about events in the outside world and frequently about the content of other tweets. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But the acrimony over the election has seemingly since boiled over. \u2014 Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Biden promised to bring the country together after four years of bitter acrimony under the previous president. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The announcement caused an early surge of acrimony , but barely seemed to lap at Johnson\u2019s feet by the end of the day, even if plenty of polling evidence suggests that his popularity has been permanently damaged. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Solving this has been a source of acrimony for years. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The album closer hits a poignant note with the story of Elaina, a former circus acrobat who misses Harlan, her trapeze partner from years earlier. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"He's been able so far to keep most of his caucus together, but will Matt Gaetz and other Trump-ers bail",
"One figure holds the snake like an acrobat , another has a rope around his neck. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Most movies try to hide the awkwardness of the Batsuit, honoring the comic book ideal of a sky-swinging acrobat . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The 47-year-old acrobat first walked across a flaming wire 25-feet above the ground, even performing a dance move. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Two feature Nusch \u00c9luard, the actress, acrobat and hypnotist\u2019s assistant who married the surrealist poet Paul \u00c9luard. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Her father was an acrobat with the Moscow Circus and her mother a gymnast. \u2014 Brock Colyar, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Backup QB Justin Rogers replaced Friel and starred on offense like an acrobat soaring at center stage in O by Cirque du Soleil. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Nov. 2021"
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"We saw them walking across the street.",
"She reached across the table to shake his hand.",
"They traveled back and forth across the border.",
"Airplanes flew across the sky above us.",
"He was seated across the table from me.",
"The accident happened just across the state line.",
"A smile spread across her face.",
"Looking out across the ocean, he saw land.",
"The sun's light spread across the mountains.",
"Adverb",
"The streams are small enough to jump across .",
"They walked across to the other side of the street.",
"They reached across and shook each other's hand.",
"At its widest point, the pond measures 150 feet across .",
"I saw them crossing the street and I waited until they were safely across .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"That practice, which is widespread across the U.S., isn't being challenged. \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"The cuts are across multiple business functions in the company, with the bulk of the jobs lost in the U.S. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"The cuts are across multiple business functions in the company, with the bulk of the jobs lost in the U.S. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Lawrence Livermore is far from alone in this discussion \u2014 across the country, there\u2019s growing debate over the role of energy companies in funding academic and other research. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The job losses are across the company, with most affected workers based in the United States. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The job losses are across the company, with most affected workers based in the U.S. \u2014 Lucas Shaw, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"By 1902, 81,000 pay phones were in operation across the country. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"And the alley was directly across from Bienville Square. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Neutron stars are notable for being incredibly compact for their mass, squeezing more than a Sun's worth of mass inside an object that's only about 20 km across . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Some bonsai artists may tame an azalea down to a foot tall, but the flowers may be four inches across . \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
"The image was taken by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a project that connects radio telescope arrays around the planet and essentially creates a super-telescope that's 6,200 miles across , which is just shy of the full diameter of Earth. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
"Its nucleus \u2014 the solid center, which is typically made up of ice, rock and dust \u2014 is about 85 miles across . \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The new and improved Mill Ends Park is still 2 feet across , but now in the shape of a shamrock. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Individual plants are rarely more than a few inches across . \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Black Music Walk of Fame, currently being built in The Banks in downtown Cincinnati8 next to the Andrew J. Brady Music Center and across from Paul Brown Stadium, will be a permanent, interactive attraction honoring inductees. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Uzun \u00c7ar\u015f\u0131 is the place to go for handcrafted shoes, carpets, antiques and vintage wear sold in former Greek houses, many built by families who moved across from Meis in the 19th century. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The propellers, all four, are almost 17 feet across , and they\u2019re attached to 2,400-hp Wright R-3350-24WA 18-cylinder radial engines, which give it a top speed of 225 mph and 190-mph cruise speed with a 4,900-mile range. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This week, Newport had subcontractors doing site work on the Willow Brook property, which is roughly across from Maxine Road on the eastern side of Route 177. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"If Manchester United have hopes of closing the gap on their across -town rivals in Manchester City for next season\u2019s Premier League, major reinforcements will be needed in the team, starting with Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Jadon Sancho. \u2014 Liam Canning, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
"Reflecting its sporting brief, the new model will only be available with four seats; the three- across rear bench is replaced by two individual thrones. \u2014 Greg Kable, Car and Driver , 20 May 2021",
"The views here are unbeatable: across is El Capitan; to your right, Cathedral Rocks; Half Dome lays beyond. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Feb. 2021",
"The songs effortlessly dip into funk, R. & B., and even spoken word, sounding from across generations as acts of protest. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 8 Dec. 2020",
"John Prine's music cut across genre, age, race, and gender lines to affect everyone who was fortunate enough to come in contact with his plain-spoken wisdom and razor-sharp wit. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2020",
"So far, the DOC has reported four inmates have tested positive along with ten staff across four prisons and a community corrections office. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Apr. 2020"
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"through"
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": embracing or affecting all classes or categories : blanket":[
"an across-the-board price increase"
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": placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows":[
": having nutritive cells grouped at the apex of the follicular tube":[
"\u2014 used of the ovariole of certain insects"
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"\u2014 used of the ovariole of certain insects"
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u00a6a-kr\u014d-\u00a6tr\u00e4-fik",
"-\u00a6tr\u014d-"
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"definitions":{
": an amide C 3 H 5 NO that is derived from acrylic acid, that polymerizes readily, and that is used in the manufacture of synthetic textile fibers":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Naphthalene is associated with anemia, liver and neurological damage, while acrylamide and acrylonitrile have been associated with cancer and other health issues. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"The good news is air fryers appear to produce lower amounts of acrylamide . \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 26 May 2021",
"In Chung's new version, there's a high concentration of acrylamide , which results in a tangled set of long polymer chains with links that slip and slide around. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 18 June 2020",
"Several papers have listed CERT as funding his work (not related to acrylamide ) and graduate students. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 June 2019",
"Roasted coffee beans contain a chemical called acrylamide , which is also found in roughly 40% of calories Americans consume, according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 5 June 2019",
"When consumed by the human body, acrylamide is converted into a compound called glycidamide, which can cause DNA mutations that may lead to cancer. \u2014 Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com , 10 July 2019",
"When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide . \u2014 Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com , 10 July 2019"
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from French, from acryl ique acrylic entry 1 + amide amide":""
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"\u0259-\u02c8kri-l\u0259-",
"\u02cca-kr\u0259l-\u02c8a-\u02ccm\u012bd"
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"\u0259-\u02c8kril-ik",
"\u0259-\u02c8kri-lik"
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"a painting done in acrylics",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Balance, acrylic paint on canvas with cowhide strips. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"In keeping with coronavirus precautions, he was forced to keep his distance and speak to these citizen judges from behind a clear acrylic shield \u2014 circumstances that for him suggested disrespect. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2021",
"The film\u2019s backgrounds were created from color stains Abreu made with acrylic paint. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"The textures come from a variety of media used to create the images: acrylic paint, metal, blown glass, found objects, marble, spackle, ceramics. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"In the three years since then, Ekambaram has branched out into watercolor, clay, acrylic paint, oil paint and reverse glass. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Aguirre and Carmona finished the acrylic paint mural last week. \u2014 Alexandra Mendozawriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Deer antlers, acrylic paint, twine and masking tape, a few of his decorative items, are within reach. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Instead, a detached slather of acrylic paint hangs directly on the wall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the memorial, Bejani\u2019s acrylic -on-canvas artwork will be installed in the museum as a permanent memorial. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"Most are made from polyester, olefin, acrylic , or high-performance fabric, like Sunbrella, which is more durable, won\u2019t fade as easily, and does a better job of blocking the sun\u2019s rays. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022",
"Homeware brand Sage & Sill sells a bag-like vase with straps for $125, while craftspeople on Etsy are offering similar styles in acrylic (which looks somewhat like glass) for less than $100. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Their acrylic , watercolor and pastel pieces will be on display Wednesday at the California Center for the Arts Escondido in the Museum Sculpture Courtyard from 5 to 7 p.m. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The exhibit submissions are open to artists 18 years and older working in acrylic , pastels, oil, watercolor, charcoal, and colored pencil. \u2014 courant.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The largest of those, Christ the King, a 30-by-40 acrylic on gesso board, is on permanent display on the southeast wall inside the church; four others featuring the church\u2019s iconic steeple during each season are on display in the vestibule. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The 24-seat vessel, which can reach depths of up to 100 meters (328 feet), features a transparent acrylic hull, providing an incomparable underwater experience for those on board. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"Original 3-foot-by-4-foot acrylic paintings in maple frames cost $2,900 each. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"borrowed from French ( acide ) acrylique, partial translation (with addition of the suffix -ique -ic entry 1 ) of German Acryls\u00e4ure, with acryl- from Acr olein acrolein + -yl -yl":"Adjective"
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"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Agloves touchscreen gloves are made with a soft, acrylic fiber that keep your hands warm and keep you connected to your phone. \u2014 Popular Science , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Some of the benzene that hadn't already soaked into the ground burned up, along with cars containing ethyl ether and acrylonitrile, a volatile compound used to make plastics and acrylic fibers . \u2014 Dennis Pillion, AL.com , 6 Jan. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173624"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid ). \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175249"
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"noun"
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": a colorless irritant pungent liquid aldehyde C 3 H 4 O used chiefly in organic synthesis":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u014d-l\u0113-\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the paper, researchers detected significant levels of 31 toxic chemicals, including formaldehyde, acrolein , propylene oxide, and previously undetected glycidol present. \u2014 Samantha Cole, Popular Science , 27 July 2016",
"Both forms of cigarette use caused the presence of much higher levels of dangerous chemicals in the users\u2019 bodies, including acrylonitrile, acrolein , propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported. \u2014 Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Those who used both types of cigarette had significantly higher levels of dangerous chemicals, including acrylonitrile, acrolein , propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported. \u2014 Maggie Fox /, NBC News , 5 Mar. 2018"
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"borrowed from German Acrolein, from Latin \u0101cr-, \u0101cer \"sharp, acrid\" + oleum oil entry 1 + German -in -in entry 1 \u2014 more at acr-":""
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": a disorder caused by excessive production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland and marked especially by progressive enlargement of hands, feet, and face":[]
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"\u02ccak-r\u014d-\u02c8meg-\u0259-l\u0113",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But his face suggested yet another diagnosis: acromegaly . \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 27 June 2018",
"Andr\u00e9 had a prolific career in professional wrestling and came to be known for his size, caused by acromegaly , sometimes called gigantism, which made his limbs and organs grow too large. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2018",
"But in 2003, Wobig was diagnosed with acromegaly , a pituitary disorder that required surgery and radiation. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Feb. 2018",
"Andre the Giant was diagnosed with acromegaly , a disorder marked by progressive enlargement of the head, face, hands, feet and chest, due to excessive secretion of growth hormones. \u2014 Dan Gelston, The Denver Post , 13 Feb. 2017"
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"borrowed from French acrom\u00e9galie, from acro- acro- + -m\u00e9galie -megaly":""
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": the language variety of a speech community closest to the standard or prestige form of a language":[]
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205421"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024522"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030728"
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": crazy top especially of cotton":[]
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085325"
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"noun"
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": an acrolithic statue":[]
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"Latin acrolithus , from Greek akrolithos with ends of stone, from akr- acr- + lithos stone":""
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a genus of brachiopods known from small fossil shells common in Cambrian rocks":[]
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0101-k\u0259r",
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"\u02c8\u00e4-kr\u0259",
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"The house sits on two acres of land.",
"They own hundreds of acres of farmland.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last fall his grandson, who now owns the farm, harvested 270 bushels an acre on the same field where the accident occurred. \u2014 WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"An inventory in 1911 showed that a typical acre of ponderosa pine habitat had 50 to 60 trees. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Given the capital investment of California wineries, with a single acre going for a million dollars, plus planting, buildings, bottling lines, transportation and so on, getting one\u2019s product to market as soon as possible is understandable. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Where to Run Just two miles east of Walla Walla, Bennington Lake is a 50-plus acre reservoir encircled by rolling hills of gravel roads. \u2014 Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
"Set on a lush acre , the property offers space for year-round outdoor entertaining, plus access to surfing and hiking locales. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022",
"The property adjoins the 55,000 acre Allegan State Game Area of state forest, and wildlife refuge protected lands. \u2014 Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"About three years ago, the cost of a standard park with typical amenities was around $350,000 an acre , Day explained. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The two-story home occupies half an acre in Southern Highland, a golf course community at the foothills surrounding the city. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
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"Middle English aker, acre, going back to Old English \u00e6cer, going back to Germanic *akraz (whence also, with k geminate in West Germanic, Old Saxon akkar \"field,\" Old High German ackar, Old Norse akr \"arable land,\" Gothic akrs \"field\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 eg\u0301ros, whence also Latin ager, \"piece of land, field,\" Greek agr\u00f3s, Sanskrit \u00e1jrah":""
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small order or suborder of barnacles that have the body surrounded by a chitinous mantle and that bore and inhabit cavities (as in mollusk shells or corals)":[]
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"New Latin, from acr- + Thoracica":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204310"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8ak-r\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fact, more nail polish brands than ever have eliminated methyl acrylate and other potential irritants. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 22 Apr. 2021",
"The Miracle Glossing Shampoo combines Inca nut oil and acrylates copolymer to promote hair growth, balance, texture and touchable shine. 3. \u2014 Anna Hecht, CNN Underscored , 15 May 2018",
"Rather, it's got hydrating, botanical, and firming ones, along with acrylates that help the gel stick to your skin. \u2014 Cady Drell, Glamour , 19 Sep. 2017"
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"borrowed from French, from ( acide ) acryl ique acrylic entry 1 + -ate -ate entry 1":""
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"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
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": one twelfth of an acre-foot":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the leader of the plow team on a medieval English manor":[]
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"\u02c8\u0101-k\u0259r-m\u0259n"
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"Middle English, from Old English \u00e6cerman , from \u00e6cer field + man":""
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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": acrophonic":[]
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"acr- + phonetic":""
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000019"
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"noun"
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": any of a small class of basic dyes containing the acridine nucleus, most of them being yellow, orange, red, or brown, that are fluorescent in solution and are used chiefly for dyeing leather and mordanted cotton":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010902"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a glassy thermoplastic made by polymerizing acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a derivative of either and used for cast and molded parts or as coatings and adhesives":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Made from acrylic resin , the new statue weighs less than a tenth of the marble sculpture, estimated to be around 12,000 pounds. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns; Video By Adrian Lydon, CNN , 20 May 2021",
"It is made from acrylic resin , however, and weighs 10 times less than Michelangelo\u2019s sculpture. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
"The project, made of fiberglass and acrylic resin , was in the works for two months. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2018",
"These are then freeze-dried before being encased in an acrylic resin , all by hand. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 9 Feb. 2018"
": proceeding from the base toward the apex or from below upward":[
"acropetal development of floral buds"
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"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-p\u0259-t\u1d4al",
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"borrowed from German, from acro- acro- + -petal (in centripetal, zentripetal centripetal )":""
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"-\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"acroterion, akroterion from Greek akr\u014dt\u0113rion , from akros topmost, extreme; akin to Greek ak\u0113 point; acroterium from Latin, from Greek akr\u014dt\u0113rion; acroter, akroter from French acrot\u00e8re , from Latin acroterium":""
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"1664, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062031"
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"adjective"
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": having the archegonia at the apex of the stem and involving the apical cell in their formation resulting in determinate growth of the gametophyte":[
"\u2014 used of certain liverworts"
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-064808"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having the archegonia and hence the capsules terminal on the stem \u2014 compare pleurocarpous":[]
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"New Latin acrocarpus , from Greek akrokarpos bearing fruit at the top, from akr- acr- + -karpos -carpous":""
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-074935"
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"plural noun"
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": a group of liverworts including all the leafy members of the Juneermanniaceae \u2014 compare anacrogynae":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-j\u0259-(\u02cc)n\u0113"
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"New Latin, from acr- + -gynae (from Greek gyn\u0113 woman)":""
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-080835"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u2014 used of a form of venation in which the principal veins terminate at the leaf tip (as in plants of the genus Ziziphus )"
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"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccdr\u014dm"
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"acr- + -drome, -dromous":""
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccnim"
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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is known by the acronym \u201cNATO.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And now, under his auspices, his Anti-Corruption Foundation (known by the Russian acronym FBK) has published a list of 6,000 individuals with ties to President Vladimir Putin\u2019s government who the organization says should be sanctioned. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"What will make such an already-capital intensive and creatively demanding effort on the part of TMTG all the more challenging are the implications of what that first T in the acronym stands for. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Fourteen minutes before midnight, Musk made a lewd joke that hearkened to a previous tweet about forming a university with the acronym T.I.T.S. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Lamonier said the message of Black People Will Swim lies in the acronym , F.A.C.E \u2014 Fun, Awareness, Community, Education. \u2014 NBC News , 27 July 2021",
"The American Heart Association uses an acronym to spot and quickly respond to a stroke, said Dr. Lloyd-Jones, who is also the Association\u2019s president: FAST, which stands for face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty and time to call 911. \u2014 Brianna Abbott, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"All-male Morehouse College, founded in 1867 in Atlanta, is one of the United States\u2019 leading H.B.C.U.s, an acronym for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"Both Freedomworks and Musk now appear to have joined a growing segment of the American right looking to ESG as another convenient three-letter acronym to milk for political gain. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Again acronym Democrats are using to cast Republicans as extremists. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022"
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"probably borrowed from German Akronym, Akronymon, from akr- acr- + -onym, -onymon -onym":""
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091628"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a colorless crystalline compound C 13 H 9 N occurring in coal tar and important as the parent compound of dyes and pharmaceuticals":[]
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"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccd\u0113n",
"\u02c8ak-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u0113n"
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"borrowed from German Acridin, from Latin \u0101cer, \u0101cr- \"sharp, biting\" + German -idin (probably as in Pyridin pyridine ) \u2014 more at acr-":""
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"circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093719"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": area in acres : acres":[]
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"\u02c8\u0101-k\u0259-rij",
"\u02c8\u0101-k(\u0259-)rij",
"\u02c8\u0101-krij"
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"A large portion of the park's acreage is forest.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The decision to cancel lease sales for two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska leaves oil-and-gas companies facing a blackout period of unknown length for access to new drilling spots in valuable offshore acreage . \u2014 Katy Stech Ferek And Timothy Puko, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"There has also been a decline in acreage set aside through the USDA\u2019s Conservation Reserve Program which is another reservoir of plants that are suitable to supply bee forage (see graph below). \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The six-bedroom, 7,558 square foot home checks in just a bit larger in square footage, but smaller in total acreage than former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox\u2019s 4,458 square foot, 17.3-acre Adairseville farm, which the Braves icon sold in 2021. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 23 Mar. 2022",
"As land prices rose, some vineyard owners sold their parcels to housing or commercial developers, resulting in a decrease in overall grape acreage . \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Medell\u00edn-Azuara and colleagues from UC Merced, UC Davis and the Public Policy Institute of California estimated changes in the acreage of irrigated farmlands last year as compared to 2018. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The Sunflower State follows Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Indiana and Missouri in soybean acreage . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 July 2021",
"Through a collaboration of agricultural interests and county officials, the 100,000 acres goal was determined to be the minimum acreage needed to maintain a viable agricultural base in Carroll County. \u2014 Madison Bateman, Baltimore Sun , 16 May 2022",
"The Athletics are the last of a triumvirate that once cohabited the vast concrete acreage alongside Interstate 880 in Oakland. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022"
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"acre + -age":""
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"circa 1784, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094700"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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": increasing by growth from the summit or apex":[],
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"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-j\u0259-n\u0259s",
"a-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + -genous, -genic":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105314"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": having the centromere situated so that one chromosomal arm is much shorter than the other":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccak-r\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik",
"\u02cca-kr\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adam Phillippy and his team at NHGRI deserve special credit for their focused work to resolve the sequences of the ribosomal DNA arrays on each of the five acrocentric chromosomes, where the centromere is much closer to one end than to the center. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"acro- + -centric":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112034"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or like an acroterion":[]
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"\u00a6a-kr\u0259-\u00a6tir-\u0113-\u0259l"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"acroteri on + -al":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114551"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a univalent radical C 13 H 10 N analogous to ammonium derived from acridine":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8di-n\u0113-\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"acridinium , New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary acridine + New Latin -ium; acridonium , New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary acridone + New Latin -ium":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114637"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": crawling":[
"like young black india-rubber kittens\u2014all acrawl",
"\u2014 H. G. Wells",
"highways acrawl with cars"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u022fl"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 1 + crawl , verb":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130003"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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": acromial and":[
"acromio deltoid",
"acromio sternal"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acromion":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-144055"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed genus of Mesozoic sharks (family Hybodontidae) with numerous rounded teeth":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-d\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + -odus":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-153344"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights":[]
},
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"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8f\u014d-b\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02ccak-r\u0259-\u02c8f\u014d-b\u0113-\u0259"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The experience catalyzes a quest to understand and overcome her acrophobia . \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Examples: acrophobia , the fear of heights; arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. \u2014 Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire , 8 July 2019",
"Latest Stories Virtual reality helped people with acrophobia , a fear of heights, overcome their fear and venture onto mountains and rope bridges, researchers said. \u2014 NBC News , 11 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian acrofobia, from acro- acro- + -fobia -phobia":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154622"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": the naming of a letter by a word whose initial sound is the same as that which the letter represents":[]
"The company began churning out brightly colored \"automatic binding bricks,\" later made from sturdier acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic, which is used to this day.",
"\u2014 David Kushner"
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"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191321"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the precostal sector of the typical dorsal plate of a segment of an arthropod":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u014d-\u02c8t\u0259r-\u02ccj\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + tergite":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191944"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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": lands , estate":[],
": a broad expanse or great quantity":[
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"state in western Brazil bordering on Peru and Bolivia; capital Rio Branco area 59,343 square miles (153,698 square kilometers), population 733,559":[],
"city and port at the head of a bay on the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel in northwestern Israel population 37,400":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u00e4-kr\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0101-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u00e4-kr\u0259",
"-(\u02cc)kr\u0101"
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"examples":[
"The house sits on two acres of land.",
"They own hundreds of acres of farmland.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last fall his grandson, who now owns the farm, harvested 270 bushels an acre on the same field where the accident occurred. \u2014 WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"An inventory in 1911 showed that a typical acre of ponderosa pine habitat had 50 to 60 trees. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Given the capital investment of California wineries, with a single acre going for a million dollars, plus planting, buildings, bottling lines, transportation and so on, getting one\u2019s product to market as soon as possible is understandable. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Where to Run Just two miles east of Walla Walla, Bennington Lake is a 50-plus acre reservoir encircled by rolling hills of gravel roads. \u2014 Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
"Set on a lush acre , the property offers space for year-round outdoor entertaining, plus access to surfing and hiking locales. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022",
"The property adjoins the 55,000 acre Allegan State Game Area of state forest, and wildlife refuge protected lands. \u2014 Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"About three years ago, the cost of a standard park with typical amenities was around $350,000 an acre , Day explained. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The two-story home occupies half an acre in Southern Highland, a golf course community at the foothills surrounding the city. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English aker, acre, going back to Old English \u00e6cer, going back to Germanic *akraz (whence also, with k geminate in West Germanic, Old Saxon akkar \"field,\" Old High German ackar, Old Norse akr \"arable land,\" Gothic akrs \"field\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 eg\u0301ros, whence also Latin ager, \"piece of land, field,\" Greek agr\u00f3s, Sanskrit \u00e1jrah":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192418"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of two-winged flies with very small heads and larvae that feed on spiders or their eggs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + -cera":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-200925"
},
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"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": beginning : end : tip":[
"acr onym"
],
": top : peak : summit":[
"acro petal"
],
": height":[
"acro phobia"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek akro-, from \u00e1kros \"at the farthest extreme, topmost,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 ek\u0301-r- (derivative of the base *h 2 ek\u0301- \"pointed\"), whence also Latin \u0101cer, \u0101cris \"sharp, pointed, biting,\" (with irregular lengthening), Sanskrit a\u015bri- \"corner, angle, edge,\" Middle Irish \u00e9r \"noble, great,\" Old Church Slavic ostr\u016d \"sharp,\" Lithuanian (16th-century) a\u0161tras \u2014 more at edge entry 1":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203138"
},
"acrodont":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": an acrodont animal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4nt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
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},
"first_known_use":{
"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1838, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212535"
},
"acraein":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a self-defensive substance secreted by butterflies of the subfamily Acraeinae that is distasteful to birds and other predators":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u0113-\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Acraeinae + English -in":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213241"
},
"acromonogrammatic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having each verse beginning with the same letter that ends the preceding verse":[]
"This is due to the release of acrylonitrile and 1,3-butadiene AT&F releases chromium and nickel into the air. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 6 July 2022",
"Naphthalene is associated with anemia, liver and neurological damage, while acrylamide and acrylonitrile have been associated with cancer and other health issues. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Skip the lipids and try another molecule known as acrylonitrile . \u2014 Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 5 Mar. 2020",
"One of Zoltek ZRT\u2019s main suppliers of acrylonitrile was Belarusian firm OJSC Polymir, which was bought in December 2008 by a company called Naftan, a subsidiary of the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry, known as Belneftekhim. \u2014 Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2018",
"The Hungarian unit of Zoltek, known as Zoltek ZRT, is a large buyer of acrylonitrile , a key chemical component in carbon fiber. \u2014 Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2018",
"People who used e-cigarettes had roughly 19 percent more lead, 23 percent more of the heavy metal cadmium, 20 percent more pyrene (a biomarker of carcinogens that are linked to heart attacks), and 66 percent more acrylonitrile in their urine. \u2014 Rachel Becker, The Verge , 14 Dec. 2018",
"Those who preferred fruit flavors tended to use e-cigs more frequently and also had significantly higher levels of one toxin in particular (a cancer-causing chemical known as acrylonitrile ). \u2014 Consumer Reports, Washington Post , 28 May 2018",
"Both forms of cigarette use caused the presence of much higher levels of dangerous chemicals in the users\u2019 bodies, including acrylonitrile , acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported. \u2014 Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek , 6 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, from acryl ique acrylic entry 1 + -o- -o- + nitrile nitrile":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230811"
},
"acrocyst":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a chitinous cystlike expansion of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in certain hydroids":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u014d-\u02ccsist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + -cyst":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235637"
},
"acryloyl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the univalent radical CH 2 =CHCO\u2212 of acrylic acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kri-l\u0259-\u02ccwil",
"-\u02ccw\u0113l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acryloyl from acryl ic + -o- + -yl; acrylyl from acryl ic + -yl":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1929, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000733"
},
"across from":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": on the opposite side from (someone or something)":[
"She sat (directly) across from me at the table.",
"The restaurant is (just) across from the high school."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024546"
},
"Acraeinae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a subfamily of Nymphalidae consisting of chiefly African butterflies possessing distastefulness to predators and mimicked by many more edible butterflies":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0113-\u02c8\u012b-(\u02cc)n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Acraea , type genus (from Latin, feminine of acraeus living on the heights, from Greek akraios , from akron height) + -inae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024549"
},
"acres":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a field especially of arable land or pastureland":[],
": lands , estate":[],
": a broad expanse or great quantity":[
"acres of free publicity"
],
"state in western Brazil bordering on Peru and Bolivia; capital Rio Branco area 59,343 square miles (153,698 square kilometers), population 733,559":[],
"city and port at the head of a bay on the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel in northwestern Israel population 37,400":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u00e4-kr\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0101-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u00e4-kr\u0259",
"-(\u02cc)kr\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The house sits on two acres of land.",
"They own hundreds of acres of farmland.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last fall his grandson, who now owns the farm, harvested 270 bushels an acre on the same field where the accident occurred. \u2014 WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"An inventory in 1911 showed that a typical acre of ponderosa pine habitat had 50 to 60 trees. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Given the capital investment of California wineries, with a single acre going for a million dollars, plus planting, buildings, bottling lines, transportation and so on, getting one\u2019s product to market as soon as possible is understandable. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Where to Run Just two miles east of Walla Walla, Bennington Lake is a 50-plus acre reservoir encircled by rolling hills of gravel roads. \u2014 Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
"Set on a lush acre , the property offers space for year-round outdoor entertaining, plus access to surfing and hiking locales. \u2014 Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022",
"The property adjoins the 55,000 acre Allegan State Game Area of state forest, and wildlife refuge protected lands. \u2014 Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"About three years ago, the cost of a standard park with typical amenities was around $350,000 an acre , Day explained. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The two-story home occupies half an acre in Southern Highland, a golf course community at the foothills surrounding the city. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English aker, acre, going back to Old English \u00e6cer, going back to Germanic *akraz (whence also, with k geminate in West Germanic, Old Saxon akkar \"field,\" Old High German ackar, Old Norse akr \"arable land,\" Gothic akrs \"field\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 eg\u0301ros, whence also Latin ager, \"piece of land, field,\" Greek agr\u00f3s, Sanskrit \u00e1jrah":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042402"
},
"acraldehyde":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": acrolein":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kral-d\u0259-\u02cch\u012bd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin acr-, acer sharp + English aldehyde":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060541"
},
"acrocranial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": being pyramidal or pointed at the top with a breadth-height index of 98 or above":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6a-kr\u014d-\u00a6kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + cranial, cranic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073523"
},
"Acrocarpi":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an artificial group of mosses comprising acrocarpous forms (as most members of the orders Dicranales, Pottiales, and Eubryales) \u2014 compare pleurocarpi":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4r-\u02ccp\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek akrokarpoi , plural of akrokarpos":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080550"
},
"acropolis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-p\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trouble began on Yom Kippur, when a Jewish man engaged in prayer on the city\u2019s 37-acre ancient acropolis that Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary, or Haram al-Sharif. \u2014 Andrew Lawler, Time , 3 Nov. 2021",
"And in the town of Lindos, there's an ancient Greek acropolis at the top of the hill, a medieval village in the middle, and a modern town on the beach at the bottom. \u2014 Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure , 27 July 2021",
"Thirty-three suites, each with private patio, decorated in cool and soothing earth tones, with furniture made by local carpenters, offer shelter from the sun, with views of nearby hills \u2014 including one topped by a Mycenaean acropolis . \u2014 Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure , 19 Feb. 2020",
"The acropolis of Glas, with its three-kilometer (1.9-mile) fortification walls, is the biggest of its era in Greece. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019",
"The big pavilion stands apart from the rest of the Clinic campus on a low rise amid lawns and additional rows of trees like a Greek temple on an acropolis . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland.com , 14 July 2019",
"Temple of Sibilla Built in the second century B.C., this rectangular ancient Roman temple is located on the acropolis of Tivoli near the Temple of Vesta. \u2014 Laura Itzkowitz, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Mar. 2018",
"Just admire it while exploring the acropolis overlooking Villa Gregoriana. \u2014 Laura Itzkowitz, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Mar. 2018",
"Moses sold the Met, the New York Philharmonic and other institutions on the idea of a cultural acropolis on Manhattan's west side to be known as Lincoln Center. \u2014 Kenneth Turan, latimes.com , 15 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Greek akr\u00f3polis, from akro- acro- + p\u00f3lis \"city, body of citizens\" \u2014 more at police entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083231"
},
"acridinyl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the univalent radical C 13 H 8 N of acridine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259l",
"\u0259-\u02c8kri-d\u0259-(\u02cc)nil"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acridinyl , alteration of acridyl; acridyl , International Scientific Vocabulary acrid ine + -yl":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-084243"
},
"acranial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": acraniate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Acrania + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090837"
},
"Acropora":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of corals consisting of the typical madrepores":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-p\u0259-r\u0259",
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + -pora":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092950"
},
"acronarcotic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": possessing both acrid and narcotic properties":[],
": a plant of the higher cryptogams predominant in the Carboniferous era including ferns, fern allies, mosses, and liverworts and distinguished by growth from a special cell or growing point \u2014 compare thallogen , thallophyte":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-j\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + -gen ; from the growing point's being at the tip of the stem":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154904"
},
"acridone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a yellow crystalline ketone C 6 H 4 (CO)(NH)C 6 H 4 yielding acridine on reduction":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccd\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, blend of acridine + -one ; probably originally formed as German akridon":""
": of or relating to the major division Acrania":[],
": a chordate of the major division Acrania":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0101-\u02cckr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259t",
"-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Acraniata":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1868, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173021"
},
"Acrocomia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of tall pinnate-leaved Central American and South American palms with spiny trunk, long pendant clusters of flowers, and nutlike fruits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8k\u014d-m\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + Greek kom\u0113 hair, foliage + New Latin -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174901"
},
"acrobatics":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": the art, performance, or activity of an acrobat":[],
": a spectacular, showy, or startling performance or demonstration involving great agility or complexity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8ba-tiks"
],
"synonyms":[
"fireworks",
"pyrotechnics"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dive into a mystical world sprinkled with visual poetry and astounding acrobatics . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"Unlike anything the entertainment company has offered before, Mad Apple is a combination of music, comedy, magic, and acrobatics . \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Viral videos have shown Spot performing acrobatics and even using its front foot to hold a door open for a buddy. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Harrison, who also choreographs most of the players\u2019 dances, is becoming a TikTok star in his own right for his impressive acrobatics and smooth grooves on the sidelines. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Three of the four works \u2014 none of them world premieres, but all composed between 2009 and 2022 \u2014 brought ensemble and soloists eye-to-eye in their acrobatics . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Shank says the new show will include immersive, interactive concert experiences including singing, dancing, acrobatics and 3D special effects. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 16 May 2022",
"The show fuses together acrobatics and ice skating, telling the story of a character named Crystal who travels through a world of imagination on her way to self-discovery. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Team routines last up to four minutes, the judges placing a premium on acrobatics and athleticism displayed by the eight swimmers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acrobat + -ics":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191054"
},
"acron":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the unsegmented preoral part of the body of a segmented animal (as an arthropod)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259n",
"\u02c8a-\u02cckr\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek akron mountain top, end, from neuter of akros sharp; akin to Greek ak\u0113 point":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200405"
},
"acroclinium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the genus Helipterum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8kli-n\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + -clinium":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1850, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212000"
},
"acrotarsium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the instep of the foot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u014d-\u02c8t\u00e4r-s\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + tarsus + -ium":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221857"
},
"acrobatic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to or suggestive of an acrobat or acrobatics":[
"Over at Jump City: Seattle, however, it's the contestants themselves who are whizzing overhead as they perform gravity-defying acrobatic tricks straight out of \"The Matrix.\"",
"\u2014 Joseph Hudak",
"In the final seconds of the third quarter, Amari Cooper made an acrobatic catch while staying in bounds.",
"\u2014 Zach Braziller"
],
": performed with leaps, body contortions, or other maneuvers requiring the great athleticism of an acrobat":[
"Over at Jump City: Seattle, however, it's the contestants themselves who are whizzing overhead as they perform gravity-defying acrobatic tricks straight out of \"The Matrix.\"",
"\u2014 Joseph Hudak",
"In the final seconds of the third quarter, Amari Cooper made an acrobatic catch while staying in bounds.",
"\u2014 Zach Braziller"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8ba-tik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acrobat + -ic entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231147"
},
"acrorhagus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of a series of marginal tubercles found on certain sea anemones each consisting of a local accumulation of nematocysts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-g\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from acr- + -rhagus (irregular from Greek rhag-, rhax berry)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012819"
},
"acrobatholithic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": located or formed in or near the upward-projecting domes or cupolas of batholiths":[]
": a genus of very small Australian marsupials having flattened tails and the lateral skin of the body extended into a supporting membrane like that of the flying squirrel and used similarly in gliding \u2014 see flying phalanger":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00e4-b\u0259-\u02cct\u0113z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek akrobat\u0113s acrobat":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082344"
},
"Acridotheres":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of chiefly Asian passerine birds (family Sturnidae) that include the common myna of southeastern Asia and that are not permitted in the U.S. by private or commercial import because of their destructive feeding habits \u2014 compare starling":[]
"New Latin Acromyodi + English -an or -ic or -ous":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172502"
},
"acrostichal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": situated in the highest rank or row":[
"\u2014 used of certain bristles on the mesonotum of muscoid flies"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u022f-sti-k\u0259l",
"-\u02c8kr\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + -stich + -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172514"
},
"acroscopic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": facing or on the side toward the apex":[
"a plant with acroscopic branches"
],
"\u2014 compare basiscopic":[
"a plant with acroscopic branches"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6a-kr\u0259-\u00a6sk\u00e4-pik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + -scopic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-181648"
},
"acrose":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two sugars C 6 H 12 O 6 :":[],
": racemic fructose":[],
": inactive sorbose":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-\u02cckr\u014ds"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary acr olein + -ose ; originally formed as German akrose":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201952"
},
"acrostic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (such as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet":[],
": acronym":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kr\u022f-stik",
"-\u02c8kr\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All in all, every enjoyable aspect of solving an acrostic is well represented. \u2014 Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
"Each land contains a group of puzzles that range from crosswords and acrostics to cryptograms and engineering problems. \u2014 Andrew Hetherington, Popular Mechanics , 12 Mar. 2020",
"An acrostic is typically a literary technique in which the first letters of the lines of a poem spell out a message. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
"The new acrostic is one of many scattered throughout Milton\u2019s text. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Drew, a twentysomething educator living in Florida, did just that, charming his matches with poems that were also acrostics spelling out such Tinder-favorite pickup lines as SEND NUDES and WANNA SMASH. \u2014 Casey Newton, The Verge , 11 Aug. 2018",
"Some contained complicated puzzles, acrostics , and rebuses (pictures that represent words or parts of words). \u2014 Marilyn Yalom, Time , 14 Feb. 2018",
"Two: The acrostics are a distraction, overshadowing the letters\u2019 primary message. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Two: The acrostics are a distraction, overshadowing the letters\u2019 primary message. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Greek; Middle French acrostiche, borrowed from Greek akrostich\u00eds, from akro- acro- + -stichis, derivative of st\u00edchos \"line, row, rank,\" ablaut derivative of ste\u00edchein \"to go in order, walk, march\" \u2014 more at stair":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202518"
},
"acrosternite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the precostal lip of the sternum of a typical segment of an arthropod":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u014d-\u02c8st\u0259r-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"acr- + sternite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203425"
},
"acrosome":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an anterior prolongation of a spermatozoon that releases egg-penetrating enzymes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dm",
"\u02c8ak-r\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dm"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Next, the acrosome , a vesicle inside the sperm cell\u2019s head, fuses with the outer layer of the egg, igniting the release of enzymes that ease the route inside. \u2014 Randi Hutter Epstein, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"This study will also be the closest off-planet look at the acrosome , which develops inside the head and acts like an organ. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German Akrosoma, from akro- acro- + -soma -some entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212316"
},
"acrospire":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the spiral plumule in a germinating grain":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccsp\u012b(-\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration (influenced by acr- ) of earlier akerspire, acherspire , from English dialect aker, acher ear of grain (from Old English \u00e6hher, \u00e6cher, \u0113ar ) + spire (sprout, blade of grass) (spike of grain)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220803"
},
"acrostatic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": retaining accent on the root throughout the paradigm (see paradigm sense 2 ) with zero-grade ablaut of the stem and ending":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8sta-tik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German akrostatisch, from akro- acro- + -statisch -static":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225801"
},
"acrospore":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a spore (as a basidiospore) borne at the extremity of the sporophore":[]
