acquired taste
- n a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience
ackee
- n red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
acknowledgement
- n the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own - n a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment
- n the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- n a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book - n a statement acknowledging something or someone
she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
aclant
- n a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council
aclinic line
- n an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip