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affiliatenounThis role focuses on persons who are affiliated with other persons or organizations or on organizations or individuals that control or are controlled by a third party. Any person associated with another person or organization or any organization or individual being controlled by or controlling a third party should be assigned to this role.Role
Affine TransformationnounMWE(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axisverified
Affinitynounin biology, state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural partsverified
Affirmationnoun(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)verified
Affirmative ActionnounMWEa policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunitiesverified
Affirmative PleadingnounMWEany defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiffverified
Afforestationnounthe conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)verified
Affricatenouna composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')verified
Affricate ConsonantnounMWEa composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')verified
Affricativenouna composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')verified
African American Vernacular EnglishnounMWEa nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United Statesverified
afternounThis limits a Control or Mandate's secondary verb to be put into play once the event taking place has concluded.candidate
Afterbirthnounthe placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is bornverified
Afterdampnouna toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mineverified
Afterimagenounan image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceasedverified
Aftersensationnounan image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceasedverified
Aftershaftnouna supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birdsverified
Aftershocknouna tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquakeverified
Agalnouna cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyehverified
Agalactianouna condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been deliveredverified
Agalactosisnouna condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been deliveredverified
Agammaglobulinemianouna rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infectionverified
Agapanthusnounany of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowersverified
Agape LovenounMWEselfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)verified
Agaricnouna saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideverified
Agate LinenounMWEspace for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertisingverified
Agavenountropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikesverified
Agave FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae)verified
Age LimitnounMWEregulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some positionverified
Age of ConsentnounMWEthe minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relationsverified
AgencynounAny executive department, military department, government corporation, government-controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include: 1) the Government Accountability Office; 2) the Federal Election Commission; 3) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or 4) government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities.Organization
Agency Certification AuthoritynounMWEA CA that acts on behalf of an agency and is under the operational control of an agency.CapabilityRegulatedCUI
Agency SecuritynounMWEa security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit Systemverified
Agent BanknounMWEA member of a bankcard company that agrees to participate in an acquirer's merchant processing program. The agent may be liable for losses incurred on its merchant accounts. An agent is usually a small financial institution that wants to offer merchant processing services as a customer service. Agent banks that only refer merchants to an acquiring financial institution's program are known as referral banks.Organization
Agentive RolenounMWEthe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseverified
Ageratumnounrhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowersverified