the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
assessment
Noun
the market value set on assets
assessment
Noun
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
assessment
Noun
an amount determined as payable
art class
Noun
a class in which you learn to draw or paint
adjudication
Noun
the final judgment in a legal proceeding
appraisal
Noun
an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something
appraisal
Noun
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
appraisal
Noun
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
auscultation
Noun
the process of listening to sounds within the body, usually with a stethoscope
agriculture
Noun
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
agriculture
Noun
a large-scale farming enterprise
agriculture
Noun
the class of people engaged in growing food
animal husbandry
Noun
breeding and caring for farm animals
arboriculture
Noun
the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
aquiculture
Noun
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
athletic training
Noun
the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete
A-scan ultrasonography
Noun
the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
assembly
Noun
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
assembly
Noun
the social act of assembling
assembly
Noun
a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
assembly
Noun
a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
assembly
Noun
a public facility to meet for open discussion
assembly
Noun
a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
angiography
Noun
roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium
arteriography
Noun
roentgenographic examination of arteries
arthrography
Noun
roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium
autosexing
Noun
(especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching
aquaculture
Noun
rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
apiculture
Noun
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
artistic production
Noun
the creation of beautiful or significant things
arts and crafts
Noun
the arts of decorative design and handicraft
abdominocentesis
Noun
centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis
amniocentesis
Noun
(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
amnio
Noun
in medicine, the extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman - generally after the 15th week of pregnancy - to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
arthrocentesis
Noun
removal of fluid from a joint by centesis
aquatint
Noun
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
aquatint
Noun
an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
aquatint
Verb
to etch in aquatint
adoxography
Noun
fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects
arrangement
Noun
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
arrangement
Noun
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
arrangement
Noun
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
arrangement
Noun
the thing arranged or agreed to
arrangement
Noun
a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
arrangement
Noun
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit
arranging
Noun
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music