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afoul
  • s  especially of a ship's lines etc
    with its sails afoul
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afraid
  • a  filled with fear or apprehension
    afraid even to turn his head
    suddenly looked afraid
    afraid for his life
    afraid of snakes
    afraid to ask questions
  • s  filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
    I'm afraid I won't be able to come
    he was afraid he would have to let her go
    I'm afraid you're wrong
  • s  feeling worry or concern or insecurity
    She was afraid that I might be embarrassed
    terribly afraid of offending someone
    I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict
  • s  having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
    afraid of hard work
    afraid to show emotion
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african
  • n  a native or inhabitant of Africa
  • a  of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
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african-american
  • n  an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
  • s  pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
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afrikaans
  • n  an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
  • a  belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
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afrikaner
  • n  a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
  • a  belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
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afro-american
  • n  an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
  • s  pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
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afro-asian
  • a  of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples
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aft
  • a  (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
  • r  at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
    stow the luggage aft
    ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
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after
  • s  located farther aft
  • r  happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
    it didn't happen until afterward
    two hours after that
  • r  behind or in the rear
    and Jill came tumbling after
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after-hours
  • s  after closing time especially a legally established closing time
    after-hours socializing
    an after-hours club
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after-school
  • s  outside regular school hours
    a special after-school class
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aftershafted
  • s  having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers)
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agamic
  • s  (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
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agamogenetic
  • s  (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
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