Acclimatization :: Acclimatization (n.) The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured..
Acclimatize :: Acclimatize (v. t.) To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants..
Acclivity :: Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent..
Acclivous :: Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
Aclinic :: Aclinic (a.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator..
Anticlimax :: Anticlimax (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect..
Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.