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• Avocado

  Also called alligator pear. a large, usually pear-shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light-green pulp, borne by the tropical American tree Persea americana and its variety P. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads. the tree itself. Contemporary Examples De Merode sits at a long table and digs […]

• Avocation

  something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby: Our doctor’s avocation is painting. a person’s regular occupation, calling, or vocation. Archaic. diversion or distraction. Contemporary Examples He stammered, and read and wrote a lot of poetry (mostly in secret), an avocation he changed to photography for the novel. Colm […]

• Avocet

  any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill. Historical Examples Steering a careful course in a sea ‘foul with floating mines,’ the Cork steamship avocet was attacked by three aeroplanes. Merchantmen-at-Arms David W. Bone Witness the experience of the avocet on her voyage from Rotterdam. The Fleets […]

• Avodire

  the hard, light-colored wood of a West African tree, Turraeanthus africana, of the mahogany family, used for making furniture.

• Avogadro

  Count Amadeo [ah-mah-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɑˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1776–1856, Italian physicist and chemist. Historical Examples The mental surroundings of the chemists of that age did not allow them fully to appreciate the work of Avogadro. Heroes of Science M. M. Pattison Muir In 1843 Charles Gerhardt proposed to use the law of Avogadro as a […]

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