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A

n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

n. the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"

bit

n. piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"

piece, bit

n. an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

A, ampere, amp

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

A, angstrom, angstrom unit

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

A, vitamin A, axerophthol, antiophthalmic factor

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

bite, bit, morsel

n. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"

bit, digit, baud, binary digit

n. a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"

second, bit, minute, moment

n. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

act, turn, routine, bit, number

n. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

chip, bit, scrap, fleck, splinter, sliver, flake, flinders

n. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

bit, bitten, stung

adj. aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

crumb

n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

inch, in

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

spoon, spoonful

n. as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"

inch, column inch

n. a unit of measurement for advertising space

period, period of time, amount of time, time period

n. an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

show

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

simulation, model

n. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

part, piece

n. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

piece

n. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

part, portion

n. something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

scraped, abraded, skinned

adj. having skin of a specified kind

scarred, battle-scarred

adj. scarred by battle

livid, black-and-blue

adj. discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises"

bruised, contused, contusioned

adj. injured without breaking the skin; "a cut forehead and bruised cheek"

hurt, wounded, bruised

adj. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

burned

adj. injured by intense heat (as of fire or the sun); "his cracked, black burned lips"

cut, split, slashed, gashed

adj. wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"

disabled, hors de combat, out of action

adj. so badly injured as to be excused from continuing; "disabled veterans"

disjointed, separated, dislocated

adj. separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"

harmed

adj. having had pain or loss or suffering inflicted

hurt, wounded

adj. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

torn, mangled, lacerated

adj. having edges that are jagged from injury

maimed, mutilated

adj. badly injured, perhaps with amputation; "the maimed right hand twisted and clutched"- P.B.Kyne; "mutilated victims of the rocket attack"

spectacular

n. a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

lump, hunk

n. a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"

draw, lot

n. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"

whole, unit

n. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"

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