From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishacrylicsa‧cryl‧ics /əˈkrɪlɪks/ noun [plural] AVPacrylic paints
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acrylics• The ambitious show includes paintings in oils and acrylics, and monotypes on paper.• And in the midst of all this feverish activity -- the fast-drying acrylics force him to work quickly -- a picture emerges.• Plastics in the Age of Mrs Robinson is acrylics in ours.• The development of liquid acrylics expands the possibilities further.• Liquid acrylics can open up a whole new world of possibilities.• Similarly, Colescott paints big, lush narrative acrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.• The acrylics are treated as watercolours.• For the remainder of the painting I use acrylics. 