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more info Acer pseudoplatanus, n.
Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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more info Acer rubrum, n.
maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
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more info Acer saccharinum, n.
a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood
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more info Acer saccharum, n.
maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
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more info Acer spicatum, n.
small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
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more info Aceraceae, n.
a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
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more info Achaea, n.
a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese
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more info Achaean, adj.
of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people
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more info Achaean, n.
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea
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a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
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more info Achaian, n.
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
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more info Acheron, n.
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
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more info Acheronian, adj.
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
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"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"
"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
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more info Acherontia, n.
death's-head moth
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more info Acherontia atropos, n.
European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull
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more info Acherontic, adj.
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
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"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"
"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
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more info Acheson, n.
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971)
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more info Acheson process, n.
an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
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more info Acheta, n.
common house and field crickets
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more info Acheta assimilis, n.
common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
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more info Acheta domestica, n.
lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
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more info Achille Ratti, n.
pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)
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more info Achillea millefolium, n.
ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America
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more info Achillea ptarmica, n.
Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
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more info Achilles, n.
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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more info Achilles tendon, n.
a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf
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more info Achilles' heel, n.
a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
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more info Achmad Sukarno, n.
Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970)
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more info Achoerodus, n.
a genus of Labridae
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more info Achoerodus gouldii, n.
found around the Great Barrier Reef
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more info Achomawi, n.
the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi
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a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California
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a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California
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