| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn at which point they can be con |
401-k
,
401-k plan
|
| guilt, to pronounce free of |
absolve
|
| blame or guilt, pronounce free from |
absolve
,
exculpate
,
exonerate
,
vindicate
|
| very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks |
acarid
|
| portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
accordion
,
piano accordion
,
squeeze box
|
| error free |
accurate
|
| abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach |
achlorhydria
|
| compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration |
achromatic lens
|
| (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it |
acid value
|
| sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin) |
actual sin
|
| contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power |
adhesion contract
,
contract of adhesion
|
| organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life |
aerobe
|
| free from fever |
afebrile
|
| free from obligations or slavery |
affranchise
,
emancipate
,
enfranchise
,
manumit
|
| soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography |
Ag
,
atomic number 47
,
silver
|
| large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed |
American cockroach
,
Periplaneta americana
|
| free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows |
American organ
|
| organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live |
anaerobe
|
| compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images |
anastigmat
|
| (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms |
antisepsis
,
asepsis
,
sterileness
,
sterility
|
