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Acol

Acol is a natural contract bridge bidding system devised in the mid 1930s at the Acol Bridge Club in West Hampstead, London. Known for four-card majors and a weak 12-14 HCP 1NT, it is the standard system taught in England and Ireland.

Acolbifene

Acolbifene (EM-652, SCH 57068) is a fourth-generation selective estrogen receptor modulator, given orally as the prodrug EM-800; antagonist in breast and uterus, agonist in bone and lipid metabolism, now in phase II breast cancer prevention trials.

Acolhua

The Acolhua were a Nahuatl-speaking people of the eastern Basin of Mexico whose state, Acolhuacan, had its capital at Texcoco and joined the Aztec Triple Alliance alongside Tenochtitlan and Tlacopan.

Acolhua state of Texcoco

The Acolhua state of Texcoco (Nahuatl Tetzcoco) was a Nahuatl-speaking kingdom on the eastern shore of Lake Texcoco, capital of the Acolhua people and of the kingdom of Acolhuacan.

Acolhua wars of expansion

The Acolhua wars of expansion were Basin of Mexico conflicts in which Azcapotzalco conquered the Acolhua lands around Lake Texcoco, until Nezahualcoyotl and Itzcoatl destroyed the Tepanec Empire in 1428 and formed the Aztec Triple Alliance.

Acolyte

An acolyte is a person appointed to assist the clergy at worship, by carrying candles and the cross, preparing the altar, and helping at Mass.

Acolytes Protection Agency

Acolytes Protection Agency (APA), WWF/WWE tag team of JBL (John Layfield) and Ron "Faarooq" Simmons, 1998-2004; former Ministry of Darkness enforcers, three-time World Tag Team Champions.

Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo (Haaku, "the prepared place") is a Native American village atop a 357-foot mesa in New Mexico, among the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States, with the 1629 San Estevan del Rey mission church.

aCommerce

aCommerce is a Southeast Asian e-commerce services company founded in 2013 in Bangkok by Paul Srivorakul, managing online storefronts, marketing, fulfillment, and logistics for brands across five markets.

Acomys

Acomys (spiny mice) is a Deomyinae rodent genus of Africa and the Middle East, known for spine-like dorsal hairs, late Miocene origin ca. 8.7 Ma, and scar-free regeneration of skin, ear, and internal organs.

Acon Equity Partners

ACON Equity Partners is a series of Washington, D.C.-based middle-market private equity funds affiliated with ACON Investments, including Fund IV, which closed at $1.07 billion in 2017.

ACON Funko Investors I, L.L.C.

ACON Funko Investors I, L.L.C. is a Delaware private equity vehicle formed in 2015 by ACON Investments to hold a controlling interest in the collectibles company Funko.

ACON Investments

ACON Investments is a Washington, D.C.-based middle-market private equity firm founded in 1996 by Bernard Aronson, Kenneth Brotman, and Jonathan Ginns, investing across the United States, Latin America, and Southern Europe.

ACON Strategic Partners II-B, L.P.

ACON Strategic Partners II-B, L.P. is a private equity fund managed by Washington, D.C.-based ACON Equity Management, companion to a roughly $700 million continuation fund.

ACON Strategic Partners II, L.P. (ASP II)

ACON Strategic Partners II, L.P. (ASP II) is a private equity continuation fund formed in 2022 by ACON Investments to hold its stake in New Era Cap.

Aconcagua

Aconcagua, in Mendoza Province, Argentina, is the highest mountain in the Americas and outside Asia at about 6,962 m. First climbed by Matthias Zurbriggen in 1897; key routes are the Normal Route and the 360° route.

Aconcagua mummy

The Aconcagua mummy, or Niño del Aconcagua, is a frozen Inca boy of about seven to eight years, a capacocha sacrifice found in 1985 at 5300 m on Aconcagua, Argentina, genetically linked to Peru's northern coast.

Aconitase

Aconitase (EC 4.2.1.3, aconitate hydratase) is an iron–sulfur enzyme converting citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the TCA and glyoxylate cycles; cytosolic isoform doubles as IRP1 iron regulator.

Aconitic acid

Aconitic acid is an unsaturated tricarboxylic acid recovered from sugarcane molasses or made by dehydrating citric acid; its cis isomer is the TCA-cycle intermediate between citrate and isocitrate.

Aconitum

Aconitum (monkshood, wolfsbane, aconite), Ranunculaceae genus of 345 accepted species native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere; roots contain toxic diterpenoid alkaloids such as aconitine used medicinally after processing.

Aconitum napellus

Aconitum napellus (monkshood, wolfsbane) is a toxic Ranunculaceae perennial native to western and central Europe, containing aconitine and other diterpenoid alkaloids that cause potentially lethal cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity.

Acoramidis

Acoramidis, sold as Attruby and Beyonttra, is an oral transthyretin stabilizer developed by BridgeBio Pharma and approved in November 2024 for cardiomyopathy from transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.

Acordionero Oil and Gas Field

Acordionero is an oil field in San Martín, Cesar, in Colombia's Middle Magdalena Valley basin, discovered in 2013 and operated by Gran Tierra Energy, the company's largest field there.

Acorn

Acorn: the nut fruit of oaks (Quercus), one seed in a cupule; white oaks ripen in one year, red oaks in two; tannin-rich but leachable, ~4,994 kcal/kg, staple food and wildlife mast.

Acorn barnacle

An acorn barnacle is a sessile, stalkless barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha that cements itself permanently to rock, shells, or man-made surfaces inside a volcano-shaped shell of calcareous plates.

Acorn Bioventures

Acorn Bioventures is a New York-based venture capital firm investing across stages in small-cap public and private biotechnology companies, managed by Anders Hove, whose first fund raised $199.5 million.

Acorn Computers

Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company founded in Cambridge, England, in 1978 by Chris Curry and Hermann Hauser, maker of the BBC Micro and creator of the ARM processor.

Acorn TV

Acorn TV is a subscription streaming service specializing in British, Irish, Australian, and other international television, known for crime dramas and Agatha Christie adaptations, launched in 2011 and owned by AMC Networks.

Acorn worm

Acorn worms (Enteropneusta) are soft-bodied, worm-like marine invertebrates of the phylum Hemichordata. Recognized as the sister group to echinoderm s, they are studied to understand the origin of chordates.

Acorus

Acorus (菖蒲属, Chang Pu, sweetflag) is the sole genus of Acoraceae and order Acorales, aromatic wetland monocot herbs with five accepted species including A. calamus; once placed in Araceae, used in traditional medicine and wetland water treatment.