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1: a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) [syn: {abysm}]

1: relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters 2: so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: {abysmal}, {unfathomable}]

1: the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light

1: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia [syn: {Ethiopia}, {Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}, {Yaltopya}]

1: a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat [syn: {Abyssinian cat}]

1: large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa [syn: {Ethiopian ba...

1: a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat [syn: {Abyssinian}]

1: a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores [syn: {actinium}, {atomic number 89}] 2: an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household curr...

1: any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

1: Australian tree that yields tanning materials [syn: {black wattle}]

1: scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms [syn: {gidgee}, {stinking wattle}]

1: East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu [syn: {catechu}, {Jerusalem thorn}]

1: evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers [syn: {silver wattle}, {mimosa}]

1: tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery [syn: {huisache}, {cassie}, {mimosa bush}, {sweet wattle}, {sweet acacia}, {scented wattle}, {flame tr...

1: tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber [syn: {lightwood}]

1: shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {golden wattle}]

1: African tree supposed to mark healthful regions [syn: {fever tree}]

1: the academic world [syn: {academia}]

1: the academic world [syn: {academe}]

1: associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" 2: hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discuss...

1: an administrator in a college or university

1: a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college

1: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn: {degree}]

1: a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject

1: the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions

1: a gown worn by academics or judges [syn: {academic robe}, {judge's robe}]

1: (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)

1: a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct

1: a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program

1: a gown worn by academics or judges [syn: {academic gown}, {judge's robe}]

1: the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" [syn: {school term}, {academic term}, {session}]

1: the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" [syn: {school term}, {academic session}, {session}]

1: the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying [syn: {school year}]

1: in regard to academic matters; "academically, this is a good school"

1: someone elected to honorary membership in an academy 2: a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation [syn: {schoolman}] 3: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academic}, {fa...

1: the position of member of an honorary academy

1: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: {scholasticism}, {academism}]

1: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: {scholasticism}, {academicism}]

1: a secondary school (usually private) 2: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature [syn: {honorary society}] 3: a school for special training 4: a learned establishment for ...

1: an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance [syn: {Oscar}]

1: an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance

1: an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television

1: the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces

1: a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast

1: an early French settler in the Maritimes

1: a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae [syn: {genus Acalypha}]

1: weedy herb of eastern North America [syn: {three-seeded mercury}]

1: widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales [syn: {family Acanthaceae}, {acanthus family}]

{acanthus}

1: the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture

1: a genus of Xenicidae [syn: {genus Acanthisitta}]

1: small green-and-bronze bird [syn: {rifleman bird}]

1: alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens [syn: {Xenicidae}, {family Xenicidae}, {family Acanthisittidae}]

1: phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms [syn: {phylum Acanthocephala}]

1: any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines [syn: {spiny-headed worm}]

1: mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region [syn: {genus Acanthocereus}]

1: cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit [syn: {pitahaya cactus}, {pitahaya}, {Acanthocereus tetragonus}]

1: cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit [syn: {pitahaya cactus}, {pitahaya}, {Acanthocereus pentagonus}]

1: wahoos [syn: {genus Acanthocybium}]

1: large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide [syn: {wahoo}]