Letter A 4500–4750

astringency austerity AUSTRALIAN native plant A CONTRADICTION OF IDEAS THAT SERVES AS THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN THEIR INTERACTION Alternatives to Toshibas Aspire laptops, e.g. Arctic Monkeys jam off debut A BARRIER THAT SERVES TO ENCLOSE AN AREA A BRIDGE HAND THAT IS VOID OF TRUMPS A BRIDGE PLAYER POSSESSES CLUBS AND DIAMONDS A CHAPEL DEDICATED TO THE DEAD OF WORLD WAR II A DOCUMENT THAT SERVES AS EVIDENCE OF SOME EXPENDITURE A FIGHTER PLANE USED FOR SUICIDE MISSIONS BY JAPANESE PILOTS IN WORLD WAR II A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT MAKES LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES A FLAT ROUND SLIGHTLY SWEET TEACAKE USUALLY SERVED HOT A FLOATING STRUCTURE THAT SERVES AS A DOCK OR TO SUPPORT A BRIDGE A GAS THAT MAKES THE EYES FILL WITH TEARS BUT DOES NOT DAMAGE THEM A GLOBULAR GLASS WITH A SMALL TOP A GOOD DEAL A GRAND PROPHET GOES WEST TO GET SUITS A GROUP OF MUSICIANS PLAYING OR SINGING TOGETHER A GUERRILLA FIGHTER IN THE FRENCH UNDERGROUND IN WORLD WAR II A LEVER WITH A POINTED PROJECTION THAT SERVES AS A FULCRUM A LONG AND OFTEN TWISTED HOT RED PEPPER A MALE SINGING VOICE WITH ARTIFICIALLY HIGH TONES IN AN UPPER REGISTER A MULTIPLE STAR WITH 6 COMPONENTS A PAIR A PERSON WHO IS DISPLEASED BY ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT MEET VERY HIGH STANDARDS A PUMP THAT DRAWS AIR OR ANOTHER GAS THROUGH A LIQUID A REALLY BIG SHOE A SALE OF ASSETS AT VERY LOW PRICES TYPICALLY WHEN THE SELLER FACES BANKRUPTCY A SMALL FIPPLE FLUTE WITH FOUR FINGER HOLES AND TWO THUMB HOLES A SMALL FLAT FILE FOR SHAPING THE NAILS A SMALL HARD BALL USED IN PLAYING GOLF A SMALL MILITARY FORCE THAT SERVES AS A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE A SMALL WELL HOLDING WRITING INK INTO WHICH A PEN CAN BE DIPPED A STREET IN MANHATTAN THAT PASSES THROUGH TIMES SQUARE A SUIT OF INFERIOR SCORING VALUE, EITHER DIAMONDS OR CLUBS A TINY SAC FOR HOLDING AIR IN THE LUNGS A TOWER FOR GUIDING PILOTS OR MARKING THE TURNING POINT IN A RACE A UNITED STATES MILITARY DECORATION FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN WARTIME DUTY OF GREAT RESPONSIBILITY A VARIABLE QUANTITY THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED INTO COMPONENTS A VARIETY OF FOODS ARE SERVED SUCCESSIVELY IN SMALL PORTIONS A VERY GETATABLE MAN A WELL OUTFITTED EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE A deck has four A foursome for poker? A good pair A great deal A nice pair A throw in craps. A very good pair A very nice pair A's in a deck of cards A-one A-one cards AA ABOUNDING IN OR EXPOSED TO THE WIND OR BREEZES ACE VENTURA ACE VENTURA CAST AIR FORCE ARM AIR FORCE NCO AIR FORCE OFFICER AIR FRANCE ASSETS AN ACHIEVEMENT DEMONSTRATING GREAT SKILL OR MASTERY AN AIR FORCE UNIT LARGER THAN A FLIGHT AND SMALLER THAN A GROUP AN ARGUMENT IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANTS ARE TRYING TO GAIN SOME ADVANTAGE AN AWL FOR MAKING SMALL HOLES FOR BRADS OR SMALL SCREWS AN IMAGINARY PLACE CONSIDERED TO BE PERFECT OR IDEAL AN IMPORTANT OR DISTINGUISHED VISITOR AN INSPIRING SYMBOL OR IDEAL THAT SERVES AS A RALLYING POINT IN A STRUGGLE AN IRREGULAR PAIR OF JEANS AND EVIL GOOD A DEAL AND KNEES HANDS DECK ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELONG IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE FOUND ANYTHING THAT SERVES AS AN ENTICEMENT ANYTHING THAT SERVES TO PACIFY APIECE, IN SCORES ARE MADE HEROES LIKE SOME ATE QUICKLY, SLANGILY AUSTRALIA PILOTS AVIS PAIR AWESOME Aerial battle veterans Air Force heroes Air Force hotshots Air Force stars Air Medal recipients Air force standouts Air force superstars Air heroes Air-force heroes Airborne heroes Airborne war heroes Amazing! Americans Faith of more than 5 million Ashe's specialty. Assets at cards. Assets for no-trump Assets in poker Aviators in tabloids Awards for Showtime "Aeneid" archer AENEID, THE CHARACTER Acid starter a cuplike hollow on the hipbone to receive the thighbone A BARBITURATE USED AS A HYPNOTIC A COLORLESS FLAMMABLE LIQUID ALKANE DERIVED FROM PETROLEUM AND USED AS A SOLVENT A COLORLESS LIQUID THAT IS USED AS A SEDATIVE AND A SOLVENT A COLORLESS NONFLAMMABLE LIQUID USED AS A SOLVENT FOR FATS AND OILS A COLORLESS VOLATILE HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE LIQUID FORMERLY USED AS AN INHALATION ANESTHETIC A DILUTE SOLUTION OF ACETIC ACID THAT IS USED AS A SOLVENT A LIGHT VOLATILE FLAMMABLE POISONOUS LIQUID ALCOHOL A MEDICINE CONSISTING OF AN EXTRACT IN AN ALCOHOL SOLUTION ALCOHOL SOLVENT ALCOHOL TYPE USED AS BIOF ALCOHOL USED AS ANTIFREEZE OR A SOLVENT ALL THE PERFUMES OF ___ ANY OF VARIOUS FRAGRANT OLEORESINS USED IN MEDICINES AND PERFUMES ANY ORGANIC COMPOUND FORMED BY ADDING ALCOHOL MOLECULES TO ALDEHYDE MOLECULES Aftertaste Aftertaste Compound with a nutty Alcohol-based compound used in cosmetics Alcohol-based solvent Alcoholic compound used in perfumes aldehyde alkanal alkanamide amide ammonia derivative A WHITE CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND USED AS AN ANALGESIC AND ALSO AS AN ANTIPYRETIC a white crystalline compound derived from aniline and acetic acid A CONTAINER THAT HOLDS A MAGNETIC TAPE USED FOR RECORDING OR PLAYING SOUND OR VIDEO A SALT OR ESTER OF ACETIC ACID A SYNTHETIC FIBER COMMONLY USED TO MAKE SPORTS UNIFORMS WHICH NEED TO STRETCH A SYNTHETIC SILKLIKE FABRIC A THICK VELVETY SYNTHETIC FABRIC USED FOR CARPETS AND SOFT UPHOLSTERY A THIN PLIABLE SHEET OF MATERIAL A fabric base. ALUMINUM ___ AMMONIUM ___ AMYL ___ Acetic acid salt. Acetic-acid salt. Art film? Artwork overlay a synthetic fabric A FAMILY OF STRONG RESILIENT SYNTHETIC FIBERS ANY OF A LARGE CLASS OF SYNTHETIC FABRICS ARTIFACT MADE BY WEAVING OR FELTING OR KNITTING OR CROCHETING NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC FIBERS Art protectors Artwork overlays "And also": Latin legal term. -- acid (vinegar component) -- acid (vinegar flavorer) A CLEAR ODORLESS HYGROSCOPIC SYRUPY CARBOXYLIC ACID FOUND IN SOUR MILK AND IN MANY FRUITS A PENTOSE SUGAR IMPORTANT AS A COMPONENT OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID ACID found in the body ACID produced in the body ACID, type of AN ACID FOUND IN MANY FRUITS Acid found in vinegar Acid in vinegar Acid neutraliser Acid type found in vinegar __ acid (vinegar) ___ acid (component of vinegar) ___ acid (dressing ingredient) ___ acid (main component of vinegar) ___ acid (pickle juice component) ___ acid (vinegar, essentially) ___ acid, essential component of vinegar Acid prefix Acid: Comb. form Acidic prefix a device for measuring the concentration of acetic acid in a solution, esp in vinegar A COLORLESS ELEMENT THAT IS ONE OF THE SIX INERT GASSES A COMMON NONMETALLIC ELEMENT THAT IS NORMALLY A COLORLESS ODORLESS TASTELESS INERT DIATOMIC GAS A FLAT COAT OF PAINT OR VARNISH USED BY ARTISTS AS A PRIMER A SOLID SOLUTION IN WHICH ALPHA IRON IS THE SOLVENT A source of chloroform alkanone A COLORLESS FLAMMABLE LIQUID OBTAINED FROM PETROLEUM OR COAL TAR A FLAMMABLE COLORLESS GASEOUS ALKENE A VOLATILE FLAMMABLE MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS DERIVED FROM PETROLEUM ACETONE in urine giving off a peculiar sweet smell another name for phenacetin, an antipyretic drug A DERIVATIVE OF BENZOIC ACID ACID DERIVATIVE a substance secreted at the ends of nerve fibres when they activate muscles A graysexual person falls under it Animal detective of film AN ANCIENT BOARD GAME RESEMBLING BACKGAMMON AGED Care Facility AUSTRALIAN Conservation Foundation AGED Care Funding Instrument "Alas!" in Altenburg "Alas!" in Anhalt "Alas!" in Augsburg "Alas!" in Austria "Alas!" to Albrecht "Alas!", in Aachen "Alas!," in Germany ... a surprised German Automated Clearing House, briefly A AS IN AACHEN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MAY WO A CREATURE OF TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY A FUNERAL LAMENT SUNG WITH LOUD WAILING A SIREN OF GERMAN LEGEND WHO LURED BOATMEN IN THE RHINE TO DESTRUCTION A as in Austria A, IN AACHEN A, IN ALSACE A, IN AUSTRIA AACHEN ABDUCTOR OF THE SABINE WO ACCEPTANCE EXCLAMATION AFRIQUE DU ___ ALAS IN GERMAN ALAS, I CANNOT STAY ANNOYANCE EXCLAMATION APPRECIATION EXCLAMATION ARTHRITIS COMPLAINT AUGSBURG AUGSBURG LOCALE AUGSBURG RIVER AUSTRIA HORSE AUSTRIA LANGUAGE AUSTRIA MOUNTAINS AUSTRIA NEIGHBOR AUSTRIA PLAYWRIGHT AUSTRIA SCIENTIST AUSTRIA SOPRANO AUSTRIA WRITER Aachen alas Aachen exclamation Ah me!: Ger. Alas Partner of Alas! Alas! Ger. Alas!, in Bonn. Alas, in Aalen Alas, in Alsace Alas, in Berlin Alas, in Essen Alas, in Graz Alas, in Munich Alas, in Passau Alas, to Adenauer Alas, to Arndt