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accreditation
  • n  the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
    a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools
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accretion
  • n  an increase by natural growth or addition
  • n  something contributing to growth or increase
    he scraped away the accretions of paint
    the central city surrounded by recent accretions
  • n  (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
  • n  (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
  • n  (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
  • n  (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
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accroides
  • n  an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
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accroides gum
  • n  an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
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accroides resin
  • n  an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
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