English Words Starting With A

• acquired characteristic

  nounLow
  /əˌkwaɪəd ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk/A physical or behavioural trait that an organism develops during its lifetime, not inherited through genes.
• acquired drive

  nounC1/C2
  /əˈkwaɪəd draɪv/A psychological or motivational state that is learned through experience rather than being innate or biological.
• acquired immune deficiency syndrome

  nounC1/C2
  /əˌkwaɪəd ɪˌmjuːn dɪˈfɪʃənsi ˌsɪndrəʊm/A serious, often fatal disease of the immune system caused by the HIV virus, transmitted through blood and sexual contact.
• acquired immunity

  nounC1-C2 / Specialized
  /əˈkwaɪəd ɪˈmjuːnəti/An immunity that the body develops after exposure to a disease-causing agent or after vaccination, involving the adaptive immune system (lymphocytes, antibodies) and featuring immunological memory.
• acquired taste

  nounC1
  /əˌkwaɪəd ˈteɪst/A liking for something that is not immediately enjoyable or appealing and develops only over time after repeated exposure.
• acquiree

  nounC2
  /əˌkwaɪəˈriː/A company or business that is being purchased or taken over by another entity (the acquirer).
• acquirement

  nounC1
  /əˈkwaɪəmənt/Something that has been learned or achieved, often a skill or piece of knowledge.
• acquis communautaire

  nounVery Low
  /ˌækiː kəˌmjuːnəˈtreə/The entire body of European Union law, including treaties, regulations, directives, standards, and case law, that member states must accept and implement.
• acquisition

  nounC1
  /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/The act of gaining possession, obtaining, or learning something.
• acquisition accounting

  nounC2
  /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən əˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/A specific accounting method used when one company acquires another, mandating that the acquired company's assets and liabilities are recorded at their fair market value at the acquisition date.
• acquit

  verbverb-transitiveC1
  /əˈkwɪt/To formally and legally declare someone not guilty of a criminal charge.
• acquittal

  nounC1
  /əˈkwɪt(ə)l/A formal judgment in a court of law that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they were charged.
• acquittance

  nounLow frequency; archaic/legal
  /əˈkwɪt(ə)ns/A written receipt or discharge from a debt or other financial obligation; legal evidence that a payment has been made.
• acquitted

  adjectivenounverbC1
  /əˈkwɪtɪd/Formally declared not guilty of a criminal charge.
• acraldehyde

  nounVery Low
  /ˌækrəlˈdɛhaɪd/A chemical compound, specifically an aldehyde derivative of acrolein.
• acrasin

  nounExtremely Rare (Technical)
  /əˈkreɪsɪn/A specific chemical substance produced by certain microorganisms, acting as a chemoattractant that directs their aggregation and developmental processes.
• acre

  nounB2
  /ˈeɪkə(r)/A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (approximately 0.405 hectares).
• acre right

  nounLow (Rare, Historical/Term of Art)
  /ˈeɪkə ˌraɪt/A historical property right or entitlement to use a specific measured area of land (typically an acre) within a larger common or shared landholding, often for purposes like cultivation, grazing, or peat cutting.
• acre-foot

  nounC1
  /ˈeɪ.kə ˌfʊt/A unit of volume used in water resource management, representing the volume of water that would cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot.
• acre-inch

  nounLow
  /ˈeɪkə ɪntʃ/A unit of volume used primarily in irrigation and water resource management, representing the volume of water needed to cover one acre of land to a depth of one inch.

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