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Achaean
Achaemenid
Achaia
achalasia
achar
acharya
achcha
ache
achene
Acheron
Acheulian
achieve
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achieved status
achievement
achievement age
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ache

ache [ ayk ]


noun  (plural aches)
Definition:
 
constant pain: a feeling of constant dull pain



intransitive verb  (past and past participle ached, present participle ach·ing, 3rd person present singular aches)
Definition:
 
1. feel pain: to feel or be the site of a dull constant pain

2. yearn: to yearn for the presence of somebody or something

3. want badly: to want something very much ( informal )
aching to tell her the news

[ Old English æce (noun), acan (verb), origin ? The ch spelling arose from a mistaken association with Greek akhos "pain"]

ach·ing·ly adverb
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