abbr. - automobile association.

- alcoholics anonymous.

- anti-aircraft.

initio adv. From the beginning. [latin]

- prefix off, away, from (abduct). [latin]

abbr. - (also ac) alternating current.

- aircraftman.

- abbr. Account. [account current]

- suffix forming adjectives often (or only) used as nouns (cardiac; maniac). [latin -acus, greek -akos]

- symb. Actinium.

abbr. Of the christian era. [*anno domini]

- hoc adv. & adj. For one particular occasion or use. [latin]

- infinitum adv. Without limit; for ever. [latin]

- lib —v. (-bb-) improvise. —adj. Improvised. —adv. As one pleases, to any desired extent. [abbreviation of latin ad libitum according to pleasure]

- n. Colloq. Advertisement. [abbreviation]

- nauseam adv. Excessively; disgustingly. [latin, = to sickness]

- prefix (altered or assimilated before some letters) implying motion or direction to, reduction or change into, addition, adherence, increase, or intensification. [latin]

abbr. Audio frequency.

symb. Silver. [latin argentum]

abbr. In the year of the hegira (ad 622); of the muslim era. [latin anno hegirae]

- int. Expressing surprise, pleasure, realization, etc. [french a]

abbr. - artificial insemination.

- artificial intelligence.

dente adj. (of pasta etc.) Cooked so as to be still firm when bitten. [italian, = ‘to the tooth’]

- suffix 1 (also -ial) forming adjectives meaning ‘relating to, of the kind of’ (central; tidal; dictatorial).

- forming nouns, esp. Of verbal action (removal). [latin -alis]

- symb. Aluminium.

1st person sing. Present of *be.

- Abbr. Before noon. [latin ante meridiem]

- abbr. Amplitude modulation.

- symb. Americium.