| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood |
aalii
|
| hard to understand |
abstruse
,
elusive
|
| quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
abstruseness
,
obscureness
,
obscurity
,
reconditeness
|
| all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable |
accounting data
|
| 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 |
Acer saccharinum
,
silver maple
|
| 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 |
Acer saccharum
,
rock maple
,
sugar maple
|
| East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes |
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
,
shingle tree
|
| disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses |
actinomycosis
|
| very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem |
adamant
,
diamond
|
| African tree having hard heavy odorless wood |
African mahogany
|
| small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye |
African sandalwood
,
Baphia nitida
,
camwood
|
| Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine |
Agave cantala
,
cantala
,
maguey
|
| hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups |
al-Muhajiroun
|
| hard compact kind of calcite |
alabaster
,
Mexican onyx
,
onyx marble
,
oriental alabaster
|
| United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899) |
Alger
,
Horatio Alger
|
| hard candy on a stick |
all-day sucker
,
lollipop
,
sucker
|
| small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California |
almond
,
Amygdalus communis
,
Prunus amygdalus
,
Prunus dulcis
,
sweet almond
|
| large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture |
Alnus rubra
,
Oregon alder
,
red alder
|
| tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood |
alpine ash
,
Eucalyptus delegatensis
,
mountain oak
|
| hard to believe |
amazing
,
incredible
,
unlikely
|
