English Words: A

present participle and gerund of accuse

To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.

Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)

A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.

simple past and past participle of ace

A special autonomous province of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra.

A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.

Tasting sour or bitter.

plural of ace

A colourless organic compound, CH₃CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry.

A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.

Any ester or salt of acetic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.

A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.

The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.

The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance.

A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.

Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

A surname from Portuguese

Initialism of anime, comics and games: a Chinese subculture that revolves around anime, manga, and Japanese video games.

Any of several species of plants, such as smallage, wild celery, parsley.

fonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)

Of or relating to the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire), founded by Achaemenes.

an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.

To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

A surname from Igbo.

simple past and past participle of ache

A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

plural of ache

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.

To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.

simple past and past participle of achieve

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

plural of achievement

One who achieves something.

third-person singular simple present indicative of achieve

present participle and gerund of achieve

A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

present participle and gerund of ache

So as to cause aching, especially heartache.

Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.

With or suffering from aches; sore.

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.

The quality or state of being acid.

An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.

plural of acid