a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
argument
Noun
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
argument
Noun
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
argument
Noun
a contentious speech act
advisement
Noun
careful consideration
antipathy
Noun
the object of a feeling of intense aversion
antipathy
Noun
a feeling of intense dislike
anticipation
Noun
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
anticipation
Noun
something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation
Noun
an expectation
anticipation
Noun
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
alpha test
Noun
a first test of an experimental product such as computer software
arithmancy
Noun
divination by means of numbers
astrology
Noun
a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
acquaintance
Noun
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
acquaintance
Noun
a person with whom you are acquainted
acquaintance
Noun
a relationship less intimate than friendship
abatable nuisance
Noun
a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless)
attractive nuisance
Noun
anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm
algorithm
Noun
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
algorithmic rule
Noun
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
algorithmic program
Noun
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
aversive stimulus
Noun
any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
apology
Noun
a poor example
apology
Noun
an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
apology
Noun
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
attractor
Noun
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
attractor
Noun
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system
attractor
Noun
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
attracter
Noun
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
attracter
Noun
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system
attracter
Noun
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
attractive feature
Noun
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
afflatus
Noun
a strong creative impulse
arity
Noun
the number of arguments that a function can take
antitype
Noun
an opposite or contrasting type
antitype
Noun
a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol
art form
Noun
(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
architectural style
Noun
architecture as a kind of art form
agenda
Noun
a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
agenda
Noun
a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
audit program
Noun
a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit
audit programme
Noun
a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit
activism
Noun
a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
academic requirement
Noun
a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program
autism
Noun
(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self
alphabet
Noun
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
alphabet
Noun
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
ABC
Noun
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
ABC's
Noun
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)