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Aquatic PlantnounMWEa plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinthverified
Araucaria FamilynounMWEtall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leavesverified
Arbitration ClausenounMWEa clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contractverified
Arc LampnounMWEa lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodesverified
Arc LightnounMWEa lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodesverified
Architectural EngineeringnounMWEthe branch of engineering that deals with the construction of buildings (as distinguished from architecture as a design art)verified
Architectural OrnamentnounMWE(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearanceverified
architectural solutionnounMWEA design-level response to a security, privacy, or compliance requirement — one that resolves the requirement through structural choices about how components, systems, or services are arranged, separated, or interconnected rather than through policy alone or through a single point-in-time control. In NIST usage, an architectural solution names and describes a particular deployment configuration — such as a specific encryption placement strategy — and then maps the key-management or other security challenges that follow from that structural choice. In policy contexts (such as the passage you quoted), organizations or regulators mandate specific architectural solutions when a security property — for example, mandatory access control or network isolation — cannot be reliably achieved through configurable settings and must instead be built in at the design level.verified
Arctic MossnounMWEan erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humansverified
Arctic PoppynounMWEsubarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowersverified
Arctiid MothnounMWEstout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wingsverified
Arcuate Vein of the KidneynounMWEveins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venulesverified
Arcus SenilisnounMWEa whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the corneaverified
Arcus ZygomaticusnounMWEthe slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal boneverified
Area 17 of BrodmannnounMWEthe part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for visionverified
Area CodenounMWEa number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canadaverified
Area of Cardiac DullnessnounMWEa triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion)verified
Arithmetic MeannounMWEthe sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of valuesverified
Arithmetic ProgressionnounMWE(mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next termverified
Ark ShellnounMWEmarine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surfaceverified
Armed Forces CensorshipnounMWEmilitary censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forcesverified
Armor PlatenounMWEspecially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fireverified
Armor PlatingnounMWEspecially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fireverified
Armored CarnounMWEan armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuablesverified
Armored Personnel CarriernounMWE(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantryverified
Armour PlatenounMWEspecially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fireverified
Armoured CarnounMWEan armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuablesverified
Armoured Personnel CarriernounMWE(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantryverified
Army CutwormnounMWElarvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern statesverified
Army EngineernounMWEa member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction workverified