Letter A 5000–5250

ARSINOE, victim of A FOREMOST GREEK WARRIOR AT THE SIEGE OF TROY A MYTHICAL GREEK HERO OF THE ILIAD A big heel? AT HEEL Ancient Greek hero A FLAW OR WEAK POINT AN ACT CAUSING PAIN OR DAMAGE Athrob. afflictive aggravating agonising algetic AFRICAN dialect/language A COMMON COLD AFFECTING THE NASAL PASSAGES AND RESULTING IN CONGESTION AND SNEEZING AND HEADACHE A SUDDEN OUTBURST A SUDDEN OUTBURST OF ANGER A WHISTLING SOUND WHEN BREATHING A blessing often follows it A, B OR C PRECEDER ABODE OF THE BLESSED ACHT PRECEDER ALLERGY CONSEQUENCE ALLERGY DRUG ALLERGY MEDICATION BRAND ANGRY REACTION ALLERGIC Allergic explosion Allergic outburst Allergic reaction Allergic reaction of a sort Allergic reaction, maybe Allergic reaction, perhaps Allergic response Allergic response sound Allergy outburst Allergy reaction Allergy season outburst Allergy season sound Allergy sound Allergy-season sound Audible evidence of an allergic reaction, perhaps Automne preceder A sudden exclamation during a cold allergic allergy Allergic reactions Allergist's waiting room noise Ashen albino ashy AUSTRALIAN Council on Healthcare Standards Austrian exclamations AUSTRALIAN College of Health Services Executives AUSTRALIAN college A third of "vierundzwanzig" AUSTRIA BOTANIST AUSTRIA LEGISLATURE AUSTRIA PHYSICIST AUSTRIA REGION Aachen octet After sieben After sieben, in Berlin. Aachen eights, to some Attention! Watch your step—in Germany. A POST NEEDING SOME ACETYLENE WELDING A STIFF SWITCH USED TO HIT STUDENTS AS PUNISHMENT A bit sore ABNORMALLY DEFICIENT IN COLOR AS SUGGESTING PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ACTING IN BAD FAITH ACTING up ACUTE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL PAIN Acting up internally Acting up, in a way Afflicted with the misery. Ailing Arthritic aciculate acuminate acuminous ACICULAR A B VITAMIN THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR CELL GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION A BASE CONTAINING NITROGEN THAT IS FOUND IN RNA AND DERIVED FROM PYRIMIDINE A CAUSTIC SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIMESTONE A CELL RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSMITTING DNA TO THE NEXT GENERATION A CHEMICAL AGENT FOR USE IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS A CHEMICAL AGENT THAT CAUSES BLISTERING A CHEMICAL AGENT THAT DESTROYS PLANTS OR INHIBITS THEIR GROWTH A CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT IS ADDED TO PROTECT AGAINST DECAY OR DECOMPOSITION A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE OBTAINED FROM PLANTS THAT IS BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE BUT NOT NUTRITIVE A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT REPELS ANIMALS A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT UNDERGOES A RAPID CHEMICAL CHANGE ON BEING HEATED OR STRUCK A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE USED IN FUMIGATION A CHEMICAL THAT CAN PRODUCE A STRONGER BODY A COMPOUND OBTAINED FROM, OR REGARDED AS DERIVED FROM, ANOTHER COMPOUND A CONJUGATED PROTEIN HAVING A LIPID COMPONENT A CORROSIVE A CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE 500 TIMES SWEETER THAN SUGAR A DIGESTIVE JUICE SECRETED BY THE LIVER AND STORED IN THE GALLBLADDER A DIPLOMAT HAVING LESS AUTHORITY THAN AN AMBASSADOR A DISORDER OF DIGESTIVE FUNCTION CHARACTERIZED BY DISCOMFORT OR HEARTBURN OR NAUSEA A DISPENSER THAT TURNS A LIQUID INTO A FINE MIST A DISPOSITION TO ALLOW FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND BEHAVIOR A DROP OF RAIN A FLUID AGENT THAT PRODUCES COOLING A GAS OR LIQUID THAT HAS BEEN PASSED THROUGH A FILTER A HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT THAT INHIBITS THE ACTIVITY OF CHOLINESTERASE A LOW METAL GUARD TO CONFINE FALLING COALS TO A HEARTH A MATERIAL HAVING CAPACITY OR TENDENCY TO ABSORB ANOTHER SUBSTANCE A METAL URN WITH A SPIGOT AT THE BASE A PART OF THE CELL CONTAINING DNA AND RNA AND RESPONSIBLE FOR GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION A PERFUMED LIQUID LIGHTER THAN COLOGNE A PERSON SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION A PIECE OF SAUSAGE HAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TASTE A PRIMARY VOLTAIC CELL HAVING A LIQUID ELECTROLYTE A RUDACEOUS ROCK CONSISTING OF SHARP FRAGMENTS EMBEDDED IN CLAY OR SAND A SEROUS FLUID A SHARP STINGING BLOW A STRIKING OR AMUSING OR CAUSTIC REMARK A SUBSTANCE FORMED DURING A CHEMICAL PROCESS BEFORE THE DESIRED PRODUCT IS OBTAINED A SUBSTANCE HAVING THE TENDENCY TO CAUSE CORROSION A SUBSTANCE SUPPOSED TO EMANATE FROM THE BODY OF THE MEDIUM DURING A TRANCE A SUBSTANCE THAT CHANGES READILY FROM SOLID OR LIQUID TO A VAPOR A SUBSTANCE USED TO PRODUCE FERMENTATION IN DOUGH OR A LIQUID A SWEET LIQUID SECRETION THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO POLLINATORS A TINY CAVITY FILLED WITH FLUID IN THE CYTOPLASM OF A CELL A U-SHAPED BONE AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE THAT SUPPORTS THE TONGUE MUSCLES A VIRUS OR OTHER AGENT THAT IS USED TO DELIVER DNA TO A CELL A corrosive liquid that will burn skin A kind of test A lot of music from the '60s was made on it ACETIC ACRYLIC AIRPORT FLUID ALKALI MEASURE ALKALI OPPOSITE ALLOW TO OVERFLOW 7 ALLOW TO SEE ALTERED BY THE INSERTION OF A PLUG OF BASE METAL AN ALLOY OF MERCURY WITH ANOTHER METAL USED BY DENTISTS TO FILL CAVITIES IN TEETH AN ANTICIPATED EVENT THAT TURNS OUT TO BE FAR LESS SIGNIFICANT THAN WAS EXPECTED AN EXTREMELY HARD BLUE-BLACK CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND USED AS AN ABRASIVE AND A HEAT REFRACTORY MATERIAL AN INJECTION OF A LIQUID THROUGH THE ANUS TO STIMULATE EVACUATION AN INTERVENING SUBSTANCE THROUGH WHICH SIGNALS CAN TRAVEL AS A MEANS FOR COMMUNICATION AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH FLUID IS ADMITTED TO A TUBE OR CONTAINER ANOTHER INSIDE DIAMETER ANY SUBSTANCE THAT CAN CAUSE AN ALLERGY ARBOREAL FLUID AS WITH A LIQUID AS ___ AS RAIN Acetic or ascorbic, e.g. Acetic or boric Acetic, for one Acetylsalicylic ___ (aspirin) Agent that may be taken in micro quantities to (allegedly) enhance creativity, and this puzzle's theme Alkali Alkali counter Alkali counterpart Alkali neutralizer Alkali's opposite Alternative to magic mushrooms Alternative to mushrooms Always add it to water, not the other way around Amino __ Amino attachment Amino or boric Amino or boric chaser Amino or citric Amino or hydrochloric Amino or tannic Amino, boric or citric Amino, e.g. Amino, for one Anti-knock fluid Anything below 7 on the pH scale Anything but basic Aqua fortis Aqua fortis, e.g. Ascorbic ___ Ascorbic or sulphuric Aspirin, e.g. At the lower side of the pH scale Ayahuasca alternative Azelaic ___ (skincare product) acetylsalicylic ___ a plant of the genus Acidanthera of white-flowered plants of NE Africa abnormally high level of acid in blood Ace detectives in charge becoming sour Alkaline solution ACERBITY ACIDAEMIA Alkalinity opposite acor "A chemistry degree will provide the base I need," Tom said ___ A BACTERIUM THAT IS USED TO MAKE YOGURT AND TO SUPPLEMENT PROBIOTICS A blood condition Abnormally reduced alkalinity of the blood abnormally high acidity of the blood and other body tissues acetone odor acetone odour A CONDITION CAUSED BY DEFICIENCY OF ASCORBIC ACID A LARGE BOTTLE FOR HOLDING CORROSIVE LIQUIDS A MECHANISM CONSISTING OF A METAL HONEYCOMB THROUGH WHICH HOT FLUIDS CIRCULATE A REFRIGERATOR FOR COOLING LIQUIDS A WORKBASKET IN WHICH SEWING MATERIALS CAN BE STORED AN ESTER OF ACETIC ACID ANTITOXIN FLUIDS ARRAY ASNER AND OTHERS Acetic and nitric Acetic and nitric, e.g. Alkali neutralizers Alkalis' opposites Amino ___ (building blocks of proteins) Amino ___ (metabolic group) Amino and acetic Amino and folic Amino and others Amino and tannic ___ Amino et al. Aminos, e.g. Ascorbic and boric e.g. ascorbic acid A CRITICAL STUDY A RIGOROUS OR CRUCIAL APPRAISAL A TELLING PRESENTATION A TELLING SMILE ACIDULENT abnormally high level of acid in urine A little sharp A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT SCORING AWFUL GETTING CAUGHT, COMPLETELY GUTTED TO BE FRANK About to get 100 on, perhaps Activity on a court Allowing no returns on a tennis court Allowing no returns, in tennis Allowing no returns, say Aptly, about 5 percent of the Earth's surface AUSTRALIAN Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training "___ and Galatea," Handel opus APHRODITE BROUGHT THE SCULPTURE TO LIFE AS GALATEA AUSTRALIAN College of Information Technology "Aargh!" in comics "Aarrghh!" AERIAL SUPPORT AMUSEDLY SURPRISED CRY ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY Aerial artist Aerial defense, when doubled Alarmed exclamation Answering letter: Abbr. Antiair-craft fire