…used when mentioning 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).…
…(in a restaurant) referring to 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 centimetre, 10−10 metre, used mainly to express wavelengths and interatomic distances…
…cooked breast of chicken in a cream sauce with mushrooms and peppers…
…delusion or mental illness shared by two people in close association…
…an arrangement in which a married couple and the lover of one of them live together…
…(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 repertoire (or recording), 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…
…a group of elite soldiers or the top advisers or other staff in an organization…
…the capital of Yemen; population 1,707,500 (est. 2004)…
…a personality type characterized by ambition, impatience, and competitiveness, and thought to be susceptible to stress and heart disease…
