acouasma
Alternative form of acouasm.

acoumetry
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

acousmatamnesia
The inability to remember sounds.

acousticks
Obsolete form of acoustics.

acousticness
The condition of being acoustic

acousticolateralis
A system of hearing and vibration detection in fishes.

acousticon
A kind of hearing aid.

acousticons
plural of acousticon

acousticophobia
Fear of noise.

acoustics
The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
The properties of a space that affect how sound carries.

acoustocerebrography
acoustic cerebrography

acoustoelasticity
The condition of being acoustoelastic.

acoustoelectronics
A branch of electronics that involves microwave sound waves travelling through specialized solids.

acoustofluidics
A discipline that combines acoustics and fluid mechanics.

acoustooptics
The science that studies the diffraction of light by ultrasonic sound.

acoustophoresis
acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium

acoustoultrasonics
Alternative form of acousto-ultrasonics.

acquaculture
Misspelling of aquaculture.

acquaintance
A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

acquaintances
plural of acquaintance

acquaintanceship
The state of being acquainted.
A relationship as acquaintances.

acquaintant
An acquaintance.

acquaintaunce
Obsolete form of acquaintance.

acquaintaunces
plural of acquaintaunce

acquaintedness
State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.

acquaintence
Misspelling of acquaintance.

acquest
Acquisition; the thing gained.
Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.

acquests
plural of acquest

acquiescement
Acquiescence (assent, submission).

acquiescence
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

acquiescences
plural of acquiescence

acquiescencies
plural of acquiescency

acquiescency
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.

acquifiers
Misspelling of aquifers.

acquirability
The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.

acquiral
The process of acquiring something; acquisition.

acquirals
plural of acquiral

acquiree
Something that is to be acquired, especially a company that is the target of a takeover

acquirees
plural of acquiree

acquirement
Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.

acquirements
plural of acquirement

acquirenda
plural of acquirendum

acquirendum
That which is to be acquired, for example by a learner.

acquiries
plural of acquiry

acquiry
acquirement

acquis
Ellipsis of acquis communautaire.
Ellipsis of acquis communautaire.

acquisition
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

acquisitionism
An approach to learning that focuses on the individual learner acquiring knowledge.

acquisitions
plural of acquisition

acquisitiveness
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

acquisitivenesses
plural of acquisitiveness

acquisitivism
A policy of acquisition; an approach based on acquiring as much as possible.

acquital
Obsolete spelling of acquittal.

acquitals
plural of acquital

acquitment
Obsolete form of acquittal.

acquitments
plural of acquitment

acquittal
The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
Avoidance of danger; deliverance.

acquittals
plural of acquittal

acracies
plural of acracy

acracy
In political philosophy, the negation of rule by "regency", or hierarchical "government". The absence of a "ruling class". A society with the absence of imposition or coercion; one of voluntary order.

acreocracy
Important landowners, considered as a class.
The land owned by such people.

acridities
plural of acridity

acridity
Bitterness or acerbity.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness.

acridness
Bitterness or acerbity.
An acrid taste or smell.

acridology
The scientific study of grasshoppers and locusts (of the infraorder Acrididea).

acrimoniousness
The quality of being acrimonious.

acrimony
A sharp and bitter hatred.

acrisol
A kind of clay-rich soil associated with humid tropical climates.

acrisols
plural of acrisol

acritude
acridity; pungency combined with heat.

acritudes
plural of acritude

acrity
Sharpness, keenness or acridity.

acroaesthesia
hyperaesthesia, especially that affects the hands or feet

acroama
rhetorical declamation
esoteric teaching that was not to be written down

acroamata
plural of acroama

acrobacy
acrobatics
acrobats collectively

acrobalance
A form of exercise or performance involving two or more people performing balances without the use of any props.

acrobatics
The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.
A spectacular display of agility.

acrobatism
The feats of an acrobat; daring acrobatics.

acrobatisms
plural of acrobatism

acrobrachycephaly
A form of craniosynostosis

acrocentricity
The condition of being acrocentric

acrocephaly
The condition of suffering from a pointed skull.

acrocinesia
Excessive movement of the limbs

acrocinesis
Alternative form of acrocinesia.

acrocontracture
contracture of the joints of the hands or feet

acrocontractures
plural of acrocontracture

acrocrany
The condition of being acrocranial

acrodactylum
The upper surface of a toe

acrodendrophily
The tendency of an animal to inhabit or frequent treetops.

acrodontism
The condition of being acrodont

acrodonty
The condition of being acrodont

acroesthesia
Alternative spelling of acroaesthesia.

acroframosome
A form of acrosome in which the microtubules have an inverted form

acroframosomes
plural of acroframosome

acrokinesia
Alternative form of acrocinesia.

acrokinesis
Alternative form of acrocinesia.

acrolect
The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).

acrolects
plural of acrolect

acrolith
An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.

acroliths
plural of acrolith

acromegalogigantism
A form of gigantism in which the face and the extremities are both enlarged.

acromegaloidism
A condition with appearance/clinical presentation similar or identical to that of acromegaly, but with distinct pathophysiology.

acromegaloidisms
plural of acromegaloidism

acromelalgia
melalgia of the hands or feet

acromelanism
A form of pigmentation that is only present on the limbs, ears and tails of some cats or rabbits

acromesomelia
A form of dwarfism characterised by both acromelia and mesomelia

acromesomelias
plural of acromesomelia

acrometagenesis
An abnormal growth of the limbs

acromionectomy
Surgical removal or excision of the acromion

acromioplasties
plural of acromioplasty