| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
4WD
,
four-wheel drive
|
| all the more |
a fortiori
|
| one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
A
,
C
,
deoxyadenosine monophosphate
,
deoxycytidine monophosphate
,
deoxyguanosine monophosphate
,
deoxythymidine monophosphate
,
G
,
T
|
| preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else |
abstractedness
,
abstraction
|
| (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement |
accession
|
| all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable |
accounting data
|
| all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
acculturation
,
culture
|
| triangle whose interior angles are all acute |
acute-angled triangle
,
acute triangle
|
| (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP |
adenosine
|
| legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) |
adoption
|
| medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves |
aether
,
ether
|
| Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence |
ahimsa
|
| life, Buddhist and Hindu belief in the sacredness of all |
ahimsa
|
| day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory |
All Souls' Day
,
November 2
|
| knowing all things |
all-knowing
,
omniscient
|
| evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people |
Allhallows Eve
,
Hallowe'en
,
Halloween
|
| Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835 |
Allhallows
,
All Saints' Day
,
Hallowmas
,
Hallowmass
,
November 1
|
| season of All Saints' Day |
Allhallowtide
|
| in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers |
Allies
|
| United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003) |
Althea Gibson
,
Gibson
|
