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proper noun
- Old name of a city in modern Israel famed from the Crusades: see Acco.
- A state in northern Brazil, which has Rio Branco as its capital.
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| air mile |
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noun
- A unit of distance for air transport; equal to a nautical mile.
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| analog |
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noun
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(alternative spelling of, analogue)
adjective
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(context, chiefly, US) Dealing with a continuous spectrum of values as opposed to a discrete on/off value.
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| ardeb |
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noun
- A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops
- 1 ardeb of wheat equals about 150 kg
- 1 ardeb of barley equals about 120 kg.
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| are |
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noun
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(rare) A accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
verb
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(form of, second-person singular simple present tense, be)
Mary, where you going?
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(form of, first-person plural simple present tense, be)
We not coming.
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(form of, second-person plural simple present tense, be)
Mary and John, you listening?
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(form of, third-person plural simple present tense, be)
They here somewhere.
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| AS |
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abbreviation
- Anglo-Saxon
- Advanced Supplementary
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(neurology) Asperger's Syndrome
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(geography) American Samoa
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| avoirdupois |
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noun
- the official system of weights used in UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since AD 1300.
- the official system of weights used in USA between 1866 and 1959.
- weight; heaviness;
- he has a lot of avoirdupois
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