adaxial
         adj 1: nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or
                  organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the
                  adaxial surface" [syn: {adaxial}, {ventral}] [ant:
                  {abaxial}, {dorsal}]

English Dictionary: at close range	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaxially adv in an adaxial manner Antonym(s): abaxially
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aedes albopictus n striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases Synonym(s): Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at close range adv very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed" Synonym(s): close up, at close range
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autoclave n a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments Synonym(s): autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser v subject to the action of an autoclave
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adagial \A*da"gi*al\, a.       Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. [bd]Adagial verse.[b8]       --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adosculation \Ad*os"cu*la"tion\, n. [L. adosculari, adosculatum,       to kiss. See {Osculate}.] (Biol.)       Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Call \Call\, n.       1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often             otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or             by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a             call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the             trumpet.[b8] --Shak.                         I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton.          2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon             soldiers or sailors to duty.          3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church             as its pastor.          4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of             the case; a moral requirement or appeal.                         Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.                                                                               --Addison.                         Running into danger without any call of duty.                                                                               --Macaulay.          5. A divine vocation or summons.                         St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he                      had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.                                                                               --Locke.          6. Vocation; employment.          Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.]          7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the             daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.                         The baker's punctual call.                  --Cowper.          8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the             hounds.          9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his             mate, to summon the sailors to duty.          10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in             imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating             their note or cry.          11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an             object, course, distance, or other matter of description             in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a             corresponding object, etc., on the land.          12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or             any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain             time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]          13. See {Assessment}, 4.          {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment             without previous notice; as money on deposit.          {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare.          {Call boy}             (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who                   transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to                   the engineer, helmsman, etc.             (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the                   ringing of a bell; a bell boy.          {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call             the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as             a decoy. --Latham.          {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the             names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other             purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the             ayes and noes from the persons named.          {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greek calendar \Greek calendar\       1. Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states.          Note: The {Attic calendar} divided the year into twelve                months of 29 and 30 days, as follows: 1. Hecatomb[91]on                (July-Aug.). 2. Metageitnion (Aug.-Sept.). 3.                Bo[89]dromion (Sept.-Oct.). 4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.).                5. M[91]macterion (Nov.-Dec.). 6. Poseideon                (Dec.-Jan.). 7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.). 8. Anthesterion                (Feb.-Mar.). 9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.). 10. Munychion                (Apr.-May). 11. Thargelion (May-June). 12. Scirophorion                (June-July). A fixed relation to the seasons was                maintained by introducing an intercalary month, [bd]the                second Poseideon,[b8] at first in an inexact way,                afterward in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the                Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned in Olympiads.          2. The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].]       Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its       principal city; marked by such qualities as were       characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.          {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a             column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under             the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman             Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the             Renaissance.          {Attic faith}, inviolable faith.          {Attic purity}, special purity of language.          {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar             to the Athenians.          {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n.          {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attical \At"tic*al\, a.       Attic. [Obs.] --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autoclastic \Au`to*clas"tic\, a. [See {Auto-}; {Clastic}.]       (Geol.)       Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or       brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of       brecciated materials brought from a distance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autoclave \Au"to*clave\, n. [F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L.       clavis key.]       A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.          {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya             collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male             are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring             encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.             Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead},             {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Atglen, PA (borough, FIPS 3384)       Location: 39.94706 N, 75.97527 W       Population (1990): 825 (301 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 19310
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ADSL          {Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line}