used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation
variant spelling of ad- assimilated before sc, sp, and st (as in ascend, aspire, and astringent).
the human blood type (in the ABO system) containing the A agglutinogen and lacking the B
(of a menu or restaurant) listing or serving food that can be ordered as separate items, rather than part of a set meal
a unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second
a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter, 1010 meter, used mainly to express wavelengths and interatomic distances
an arrangement in which three people share a sexual relationship, typically a domestic situation involving a married couple and the lover of one of them
(circa 1380–1471), German theologian; born Thomas Hemerken. He is the probable author of On the Imitation of Christ (circa 1415–24), a manual of spiritual devotion
at full speed (used especially of a horse’s movement or its representation in painting)
artist(s) and repertory, used to denote employees of a record company who select and sign new artists
a real or imaginary list of the most (or second-most) celebrated or sought-after individuals, especially in show business