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  • 51akwapim — ˈäkwəˌpim noun (plural akwapim or akwapims) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Akwapim a1kua1pem3 1. : an African Negro Akan speaking people of Ghana 2. : a member of the Akwapim people …

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  • 52aquabelle — ˈakwəˌbel, ˈä noun ( s) Etymology: probably from aquacade + belle : an attractive young woman in a bathing suit …

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  • 53aquacade — |akwə|kād, |äk noun ( s) Etymology: after Aquacade, a water entertainment spectacle at the Cleveland, O. Great Lakes Exposition of 1937 and the New York World s Fair of 1939 40 : a water spectacle that consists usually of exhibitions of swimming… …

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  • 54Aquadag — ˈakwəˌdag trademark used for a substance that consists of a colloidal suspension of fine particles of graphite in water and is used especially as a lubricant * * * /ak weuh dag , ah kweuh /, Chem., Trademark. a colloidal suspension of graphite in …

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  • 55aquaflorium — ˌakwəˈflōrēəm, ˌäk , ȯr noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aqua water + flor , flos flower + New Latin ium more at island, blossom : an inverted glass bowl resting on a base and containing a flower or flowers submerged in water …

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  • 56Aquastat — ˈakwəˌstat also ˈäk trademark used for an automatic device for regulating the temperature of water heated by a boiler or furnace …

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  • 57aquaterrarium — |akwə, |äk + noun Etymology: aqua + terrarium : a box or aquarium adapted for water and a sloping bank of earth and rocks in which to culture snails and other amphibious animals …

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  • 58aquatization — ˌakwəd.ə̇ˈzāshən, wəˌtīˈz noun ( s) Etymology: aquate + ization : aquation …

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  • 59aquatone — ˈakwəˌtōn, ˈäk noun ( s) Etymology: aqua + tone 1. : an offset printing method utilizing a gelatin coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type, line illustrations, and fine screen halftones 2. : a print produced by aquatone * * * /ak… …

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  • 60aquiclude — ˈakwəˌklüd, ˈäk noun ( s) Etymology: aqui + Latin cludere, claudere to close, shut up, block up more at close : a geologic formation or stratum that confines water in an adjacent aquifer * * * /ak wi kloohd /, n. any geological formation that… …

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