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- beth
- -
- Used to join the components of subordinative compounds, with a dominant component or head
a has-been; cholesterol-free; short-changing.
- -
- Used to join the components of coordinative compounds, with equal components
secretary-general; yellow-green; a here-today-gone-tomorrow attitude; kitchen-dinette-office.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Augsburg
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- angstrom
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses)
I was so happy to get an A on that test.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- atom
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Adjective
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz
Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script
Apple starts with A.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- The highest rank on any of various scales that assign letters
We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script
The item A is foods, the item B is drinks.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- An assist
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Asian
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. They may receive blood from type A or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or B
My blood type is A negative.
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- asynchron
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Admit
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Austria
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Answer
- <span class="word-self">span>A<span class="word-self">span>
- Application
- <span class="word-self">span>AN<span class="word-self">span>
- A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy
- <span class="word-self">span>BE<span class="word-self">span>
- Buddhist Era
- <span class="word-self">span>BE<span class="word-self">span>
- Berlin, a federal state of Germany
- <span class="word-self">span>BE<span class="word-self">span>
- Black English
- <span class="word-self">span>BE<span class="word-self">span>
- Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia
- <span class="word-self">span>BE<span class="word-self">span>
- Bachelor of Engineering
- <span class="word-self">span>TO<span class="word-self">span>
- Toronto, a Canadian city
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- In, on, at, by
A Sundays.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- One certain or particular
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- He; she; it; they
And how Farmer James would cuss, and call thee a fool, wouldn't he, Joseph, when 'a seed his name looking so inside-out-like? continued Matthew Moon, with feeling. / Ay -- 'a would, said Joseph meekly.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- An are, a unit of area of which 100 comprise a hectare
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- accepted
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- One; any indefinite example of
Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a sic], any, time, food!.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- A meaningless syllable; ah
About the moon-a and the June-a and the Spring-a.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- Of
It’s six a clock.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- The best grade; superiority
The burgers here are grade a number 1.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- To, each, per
The servants are given a bonus of six shillings a man.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- Have. (Now often attached to preceding auxiliary verb.)
And thou hadſt not come to my bed.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ante; before
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- The name of the Latin script letter A/a
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- active
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- The same; one
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- In the process of; in the act of; into; to. (Used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.)
The times, they are a changin'.
- <span class="word-self">span>an<span class="word-self">span>
- The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (mkhedruli), Ⴀ (asomtavruli) or ⴀ (nuskhuri)
- <span class="word-self">span>an<span class="word-self">span>
- In each; to or for each; per
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
- <span class="word-self">span>an<span class="word-self">span>
- If, so long as
An it please you, my lord.
- <span class="word-self">span>an<span class="word-self">span>
- Indefinite article; used when the noun may refer to one of several possibilities. An egg could be any of several eggs, while the egg refers to a specific egg (already mentioned or known)
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses
We liked to chat while we were eating.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs. Often still used for to go
He is gone.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to form the passive voice
The dog was drowned by the boy.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same
3 times 5 is fifteen.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate time of day, day of the week, or date
Today is the second, so I guess next Tuesday must be the tenth.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar
I have been to Spain many times.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate height
He was five-eight.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate age
He looks twelve, but is actually thirteen, and will turn fourteen next week.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- To exist
To be or not to be, that is the question.
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate temperature
It is in the eighties outside, and next week it is expected to be in the nineties! (Fahrenheit degrees).
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like
Why is it so dark in here?.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- When before a member of a class, it indicates all things in that class
The cat is a solitary creature. (= “All cats are solitary creatures.”).
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- When before an adjectival noun, it indicates all persons within that grouping
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- With a superlative, it and that superlative refer to one object
That apple pie was the best.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”).
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate the indirect object
I gave the book to him.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate result of action
His face was beaten to a pulp.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Preceding
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- indicating destination In the direction of, and arriving at
We are walking to the shop.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- As above, with the verb implied
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate purpose
They drank to his health.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation
Three to the second is nine.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Into the wind
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Toward a closed, touching or engaging position
Please would you push the door to.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Common misspelling of too
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive
Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- at
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span> <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- used in rap songs to spell
J to the L-O.
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span> <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- Short for to the ... power, or to the (power of )
Ten to the zero (1).
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the with some titles, place names, and other names. The company was alleged to have leaked the news to the Daily Mail. the Albert Hall
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an instead of the number `one', especially with words of measurement such as `hundred', `hour', and `metre', and with fractions such as `half', `quarter', and `third'. more than a thousand acres of land. a quarter of an hour
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an in front of the names of artists to refer to one individual painting or sculpture created by them. Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- er-, usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the at the beginning of a noun group when the first noun is followed by an `of' phrase or a clause which identifies the person or thing. There has been a slight increase in the consumption of meat Of the 9,660 cases processed last year, only 10 per cent were totally rejected
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of a singular noun when you want to make a general statement about things or people of that type. An area in which the computer has made considerable strides in recent years is in playing chess After dogs, the horse has had the closest relationship with man
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the with the name of a musical instrument when you are talking about someone's ability to play the instrument. She was trying to teach him to play the guitar
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of an adjective when you are referring to a particular thing that is described by that adjective. He knows he's wishing for the impossible I thought you might like to read the enclosed
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the instead of a possessive determiner, especially when you are talking about a part of someone's body or a member of their family. `How's the family?' --- `Just fine, thank you.' I patted him on the head
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the with words such as `rich', `poor', `old', or `unemployed' to refer to all people of a particular type. care for the elderly and the disabled
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- If you want to refer to a whole family or to a married couple, you can make their surname into a plural and use the in front of it. The Taylors decided that they would employ an architect to do the work
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of some nouns that refer to something in our general experience of the world. It's always hard to speculate about the future Amy sat outside in the sun
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of numbers such as first, second, and third. The meeting should take place on the fifth of May Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century
- <span class="word-self">span>Be<span class="word-self">span>
- {i} lightweight metallic chemical element commonly used in alloys
- <span class="word-self">span>The<span class="word-self">span>
- tho
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ga-, which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an when you are referring to someone or something for the first time or when people may not know which particular person or thing you are talking about. A waiter entered with a tray He started eating an apple Today you've got a new teacher taking you I manage a hotel
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- a, ab, abs, from, as in avert
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a in quantifiers such as a lot, a little, and a bit. I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing I've come looking for a bit of advice
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- prefix α without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0 0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ad to, as in abase, achieve
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ga-, gi-, Goth
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- inseparable particle ge- , cognate with OHG
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an in expressions such as eight hours a day to express a rate or ratio. Prices start at £13.95 a metre for printed cotton The helicopter can zip along at about 150 kilometres an hour. In every; to each; per: once a month; one dollar a pound. Have: He'd a come if he could. the written abbreviation of amp or amps
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- us-, ur-, Ger
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an in front of an uncount noun when that noun follows an adjective, or when the noun is followed by words that describe it more fully. There was a terrible sadness in her eyes
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- un-
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ofdūne off the dun or hill
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (7) Greek insep
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- a WEAK STRONG A or an is the indefinite article. It is used at the beginning of noun groups which refer to only one person or thing. The form an is used in front of words that begin with vowel sounds
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an to refer to someone or something as a typical member of a group, class, or type. Some parents believe a boy must learn to stand up and fight like a man
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an when you are saying what someone is or what job they have. I explained that I was an artist He was now a teacher and a respectable member of the community
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (6) L
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an in front of the names of days, months, or festivals when you are referring to one particular instance of that day, month, or festival. The interview took place on a Friday afternoon
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an when you are referring to any person or thing of a particular type and do not want to be specific. I suggest you leave it to an expert Bring a sleeping bag I was waiting for a bus
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (5) French à (L
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- You use a or an in front of a mass noun when you want to refer to a single type or make of something. Bollinger `RD' is a rare, highly prized wine
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- ā- Goth
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- (3) AS
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- {i} first letter of the English alphabet; first letter in the Latin alphabet
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- {f} exist; occur, happen; occupy a position or place
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- Belgium (in Internet addresses). The symbol for the element beryllium
- <span class="word-self">span>be<span class="word-self">span>
- v be am 1 sg pres es 3 sg pres er pl pres war, was, wase 1/3 sg pret bese 3 sg fut [OE bëon]
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- one or more already known things, people, places, or concepts
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of each of two comparative adjectives or adverbs when you are describing how one amount or quality changes in relation to another. The longer you have been in shape in the past, the quicker you will regain fitness in future
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- Technical Help for Exporters (listed under BOND)
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of superlative adjectives and adverbs. Brisk daily walks are still the best exercise for young and old alike
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- (Grammar) word used to modify adjectives and adverbs and show relation between two conditions (i.e. The more I study, the more I learn)
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the to indicate that something or someone is the most famous, important, or best thing of its kind. In spoken English, you put more stress on it, and in written English, you often underline it or write it in capitals or italics. Camden Market is the place to be on a Saturday or Sunday
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of numbers when they refer to decades. It's sometimes hard to imagine how bad things were in the thirties
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- definite article used to specify one person or item in particular (Grammar)
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the at the beginning of noun groups to refer to someone or something that you have already mentioned or identified. A waiter came and hovered. John caught my look and we both got up and, ignoring the waiter, made our way to the buffet Six of the 38 people were Russian citizens
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- art. indefinite article used with nouns
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the to indicate that you have enough of the thing mentioned for a particular purpose. She may not have the money to maintain or restore her property We must have the patience to continue to work until we will find a peaceful solution = sufficient
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- The is the definite article. It is used at the beginning of noun groups. The is usually pronounced before a consonant and before a vowel, but pronounced when you are emphasizing it
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the with nationality adjectives and nouns to talk about the people who live in a country. The Japanese, Americans, and even the French and Germans, judge economic policies by results
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- You use the in front of nouns that refer to people, things, services, or institutions that are associated with everyday life. The doctor's on his way Who was that on the phone?
- <span class="word-self">span>a<span class="word-self">span>
- {a} one, denoting a single person or thing
- <span class="word-self">span>an<span class="word-self">span>
- {a} one, denoting a single person or thing
- <span class="word-self">span>the<span class="word-self">span>
- {a} article, denoting some particular thing
- <span class="word-self">span>to<span class="word-self">span>
- {a} unto, towards, forward, at with
- <span class="word-self">span>AN<span class="word-self">span>
- Of or relating to the set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- an associate degree in nursing
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- art [{see a}] satu (buah) 2 art [{see a}] sebuah (buah) 3 art [{see a}] suatu (buah)
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- Access Network
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- Australian National Railway Commission
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- abbr Annunciator
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- article
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- One of two aliens that appeared in SailormoonR She disguised herself as Ginga Natsumi and attended Juban Junior High School She had a crush on Chiba Mamoru
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- Alaska Native
- <span class="word-self">span>An<span class="word-self">span>
- pron or adj: one; alone 705, 732, 784, 888
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- After Newton The period of time that has elapsed since the cancellation of the Newton Generally agreed to be any point after February 27th, 1998 AN is also an abbreviation for the Action Names software package See also BN and DN Source: NTLK
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- Data Analysis Software of CTAS
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- Analog
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- (See Access Node )
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- indefinite article IF - a possibility PA - father
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- access node A broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) remote switch that performs grooming, concentration, and switching functions
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- Access Node See Node
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- Acrylonitrile
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- NAT, ann, anna, initial six months or year's income due in payment to executors of an estate
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- Active Network
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- sweetened puree of cooked red beans
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- A young Alan undergoing training with Tywe All young Alan are given a name without the adult appellation "we" This is gained when the young Alan is fully trained and is accepted as an adult
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- Newly established: No known negative information
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- Contains all temperature telemetry points and is most useful when studying the thermal trends of the SIs and vehicle The aft-shroud light shield temperatures are reported in AN format and are currently the best indicators in determining the periodic change in the OTA focus (breathing) AN format does contain the S/C velocity and position vectors
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- ammonium nitrate - used for explosives
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- push (down)
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- houmous
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- art
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- onweg, and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc
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- In process of; in the act of; into; to; used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant
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- The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phœnician alphabet having no vowel symbols
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- A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they
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- A flat (A♭) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G
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- A sharp (A♯) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B
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- This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging
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- are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (&?;) of the Phœnician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin
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- In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc
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- The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor
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- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources
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- on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS
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- An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically
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- of off, from, as in adown AS
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- The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets
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- The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc
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- The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff
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- (2) AS
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- In; on; at; by
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- (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS
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- colloquia
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- If; a word used by old English authors
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- "once an age,"
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- In such expressions as "twice an hour,"
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- It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically
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- an WEAK STRONG An is used instead of `a', the indefinite article, in front of words that begin with vowel sounds. see also a. Netherlands Antilles (in Internet addresses). airman, Navy. Word History: The forms of the indefinite article are good examples of what can happen to a word when it becomes habitually pronounced without stress. An is in fact a weakened form of one; both an and one come from Old English ān "one." In early Middle English, besides representing the cardinal numeral "one," ān developed the special function of indefinite article, and in this role the word was ordinarily pronounced with very little or no stress. Sound changes that affected unstressed syllables elsewhere in the language affected it also. First, the vowel was shortened and eventually reduced to a schwa (ə). Second, the n was lost before consonants. This loss of n affected some other words as well; it explains why English has both my and mine, thy and thine. Originally these were doublets just like a and an, with mine and thine occurring only before vowels, as in Ben Jonson's famous line "Drink to me only with thine eyes." By the time of Modern English, though, my and thy had replaced mine and thine when used before nouns (that is, when not used predicatively, as in This book is mine), just as some varieties of Modern English use a even before vowels (a apple). And if; if. W1S1 used when the following word begins with a vowel sound a
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- indefinite article used before a word which starts with a vowel
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- a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every
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- This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article
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- In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every
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- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the object
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- represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
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- be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
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- Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it
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- British Embassy
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- spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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- To occupy a place
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- A prefix, originally the same word as by; To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir