| Achievement |
| The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by
exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement
of his object. |
| Achievement |
| A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by
valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. |
| Achievement |
| An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally
applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. |
| Achiever |
| One who achieves; a winner. |
| Achillean |
| Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible. |
| Achilles' tendon |
| The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of
the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of
the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being
held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. |
| Achilous |
| Without a lip. |
| Aching |
| That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. |
| Achiote |
| Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter,
annotto. |
| Achlamydate |
| Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain
gastropods. |
