A () The first letter of the
English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle
and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,
black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed
from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter
(/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself
from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural
breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took
it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound, the Phoenician alphabet
having no vowel symbols.
A () The name of the sixth tone
in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale,
which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is
tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical
tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone
intermediate between A and G.
A () An adjective, commonly
called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
A () In each; to or for each; as,
"twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.
A (prep.) In; on; at; by.
A (prep.) In process of;
in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin
with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used
before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.
A () Of.
A () A barbarous corruption of
have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.
A () An expletive, void of sense,
to fill up the meter
A- () A, as a prefix to English
words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in
(from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed,
amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze,
atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or
hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force,
and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old
English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with
OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the
meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a,
ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative,
not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.
A 1 () A registry mark given by
underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades
are indicated by A 2 and A 3.
Aam (n.) A Dutch and
German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about
41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.
Aard-vark (n.) An edentate
mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some
parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants,
which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
Aard-wolf (n.) A
carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox
and hyena. See Proteles.
Aaronic (a.) Alt. of
Aaronical
Aaronical (a.) Pertaining
to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.
Aaron's rod () A rod with one
serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has
two.
Aaron's rod () A plant with a
tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
Ab- () A prefix in many words of
Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct,
abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
Ab (n.) The fifth month of
the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the
civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
Abaca (n.) The Manila-hemp
plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
Abacinate (v. t.) To blind
by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
Abacination (n.) The act
of abacinating.
Abaciscus (n.) One of the
tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
Abacist (n.) One who uses
an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
Aback (adv.) Toward the
back or rear; backward.
Aback (adv.) Behind; in
the rear.
Aback (adv.) Backward
against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Aback (n.) An abacus.
Abactinal (a.) Pertaining
to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to
actinal.
Abaction (n.) Stealing
cattle on a large scale.
Abactor (n.) One who
steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
Abaculi (pl. ) of Abaculus
Abaculus (n.) A small tile
of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making
ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.
Abacuses (pl. ) of Abacus
Abaci (pl. ) of Abacus
Abacus (n.) A table or
tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
Abacus (n.) A calculating
table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls
sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,
the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
Abacus (n.) The uppermost
member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave.
See Column.
Abacus (n.) A tablet,
panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
Abacus (n.) A board, tray,
or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or
the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
Abada (n.) The rhinoceros.
Abaddon (n.) The
destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
Abaddon (n.) Hell; the
bottomless pit.
Abaft (prep.) Behind;
toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
Abaft (adv.) Toward the
stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
Abaisance (n.) Obeisance.
Abaiser (n.) Ivory black
or animal charcoal.
Abaist (p. p.) Abashed;
confounded; discomfited.
Abalienate (v. t.) To
transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
Abalienate (v. t.) To
estrange; to withdraw.
Abalienate (v. t.) To
cause alienation of (mind).
Abalienation (n.) The act
of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.
Abalone (n.) A univalve
mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used
for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the
coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.
Aband (v. t.) To abandon.
Aband (v. t.) To banish;
to expel.
Abandoned (imp. & p. p.)
of Abandon
Abandoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abandon
Abandon (v. t.) To cast or
drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
Abandon (v. t.) To give up
absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all
connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes
allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
Abandon (v. t.)
Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield
(one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
Abandon (v. t.) To
relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters
all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or
damage by a peril insured against.
Abandon (v.) Abandonment;
relinquishment.
Abandon (n.) A complete
giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless
freedom or ease.
Abandoned (a.) Forsaken,
deserted.
Abandoned (a.)
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without
restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.
Abandonedly (adv.)
Unrestrainedly.
Abandonee (n.) One to whom
anything is legally abandoned.
Abandoner (n.) One who
abandons.
Abandonment (n.) The act
of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
Abandonment (n.) The
relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the
property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
Abandonment (n.) The
relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
Abandonment (n.) The
voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a
wife, husband, or child; desertion.
Abandonment (n.) Careless
freedom or ease; abandon.
Abandum (n.) Anything
forfeited or confiscated.
Abanet (n.) See Abnet.
Abanga (n.) A West Indian
palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for
diseases of the chest.
Abannation (n.) Alt. of
Abannition
Abannition (n.)
Banishment.
Abarticulation (n.)
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in
the joint; diarthrosis.
Abased (imp. & p. p.) of
Abase
Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abase
Abase (a.) To lower or
depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
Abase (a.) To cast down or
reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of
worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
Abased (a.) Lowered;
humbled.
Abased (a.) Borne lower
than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward
towards the point of the shield.
Abasedly (adv.) Abjectly;
downcastly.
Abasement (n.) The act of
abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled;
humiliation.
Abaser (n.) He who, or
that which, abases.
Abashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Abash
Abashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abash
Abash (v. t.) To destroy
the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a
consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert;
to discomfit.
Abashedly (adv.) In an
abashed manner.
Abashment (n.) The state
of being abashed; confusion from shame.
Abassi (n.) Alt. of
Abassis
Abassis (n.) A silver coin
of Persia, worth about twenty cents.
Abatable (a.) Capable of
being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
Abated (imp. & p. p.) of
Abate
Abating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abate
Abate (v. t.) To beat
down; to overthrow.
Abate (v. t.) To bring
down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to
diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to
abate pride, zeal, hope.
Abate (v. t.) To deduct;
to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
Abate (v. t.) To reduce in
estimation; to deprive.
Abate (v. t.) To bring
entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to
abate a writ.
Abate (v. t.) To diminish;
to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a
deficiency of assets.
Abate (v. t.) To decrease,
or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
Abate (v. t.) To be
defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
Abate (n.) Abatement.
Abatement (n.) The act of
abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction;
removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression
thereof.
Abatement (n.) The amount
abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a
rebate or discount allowed.
Abatement (n.) A mark of
dishonor on an escutcheon.
Abatement (n.) The entry
of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last
possessor, before the heir or devisee.
Abater (n.) One who, or
that which, abates.
Abatis (n.) Alt. of
Abattis
Abattis (n.) A means of
defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and
directed outwards, or against the enemy.
Abatised (a.) Provided
with an abatis.
Abator (n.) One who abates
a nuisance.
Abator (n.) A person who,
without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before
the heir or devisee.
Abattoirs (pl. ) of
Abattoir
Abattoir (n.) A public
slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
Abature (n.) Grass and
sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Abatvoix (n.) The
sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Abawed (p. p.) Astonished;
abashed.
Abaxial (a.) Alt. of
Abaxile
Abaxile (a.) Away from the
axis or central line; eccentric.
Abay (n.) Barking; baying
of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
Abb (n.) Among weavers,
yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
Abba (n.) Father;
religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title
given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.
Abbacies (pl. ) of Abbacy
Abbacy (n.) The dignity,
estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
Abbatial (a.) Belonging to
an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
Abbatical (a.) Abbatial.
Abbe (n.) The French word
answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of
respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or
dress.
Abbess (n.) A female
superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same
authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
Abbeys (pl. ) of Abbey
Abbey (n.) A monastery or
society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to
religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
Abbey (n.) The church of a
monastery.
Abbot (n.) The superior or
head of an abbey.
Abbot (n.) One of a class
of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
Abbotship (n.) The state
or office of an abbot.
Abbreviated (imp. & p. p.)
of Abbreviate
Abbreviating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abbreviate
Abbreviate (v. t.) To make
briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission,
especially of words written or spoken.
Abbreviate (v. t.) To
reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Abbreviate (a.)
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
Abbreviate (a.) Having one
part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Abbreviate (n.) An
abridgment.
Abbreviated (a.)
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Abbreviation (n.) The act
of shortening, or reducing.
Abbreviation (n.) The
result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
Abbreviation (n.) The form
to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or
letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for
Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
Abbreviation (n.) One
dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into
quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
Abbreviator (n.) One who
abbreviates or shortens.
Abbreviator (n.) One of a
college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short
minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and
afterwards expand the minute into official form.
Abbreviatory (a.) Serving
or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
Abbreviature (n.) An
abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
Abbreviature (n.) An
abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Abb wool () See Abb.
A B C () The first three letters
of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.
A B C () A primer for teaching
the alphabet and first elements of reading.
A B C () The simplest rudiments
of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
Abdal (n.) A religious
devotee or dervish in Persia.
Abderian (a.) Given to
laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
Abderite (n.) An
inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.
Abdest (n.) Purification
by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Abdicable (a.) Capable of
being abdicated.
Abdicant (a.) Abdicating;
renouncing; -- followed by of.
Abdicant (n.) One who
abdicates.
Abdicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Abdicate
Abdicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abdicate
Abdicate (v. t.) To
surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling
or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne,
the crown, the papacy.
Abdicate (v. t.) To
renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
Abdicate (v. t.) To
reject; to cast off.
Abdicate (v. t.) To
disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to
disinherit.
Abdicate (v. i.) To
relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
Abdication (n.) The act of
abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder;
commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the
throne, government, power, authority.
Abdicative (a.) Causing,
or implying, abdication.
Abdicator (n.) One who
abdicates.
Abditive (a.) Having the
quality of hiding.
Abditory (n.) A place for
hiding or preserving articles of value.
Abdomen (n.) The belly, or
that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the
belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and
other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and
the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
Abdomen (n.) The posterior
section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other
Arthropoda.
Abdominal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
Abdominal (a.) Having
abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
Abdominals (pl. ) of
Abdominal
Abdominales (pl. ) of
Abdominal
Abdominal (n.) A fish of
the group Abdominales.
Abdominales (n. pl.) A
group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones,
having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
Abdominalia (n. pl.) A
group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.
Abdominoscopy (n.)
Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
Abdominothoracic (a.)
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
Abdominous (a.) Having a
protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
Abduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Abduce
Abducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abduce
Abduce (v. t.) To draw or
conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
Abducted (imp. & p. p.) of
Abduct
Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abduct
Abduct (v. t.) To take
away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and
usually by violence; to kidnap.
Abduct (v. t.) To draw
away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
Abduction (n.) The act of
abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
Abduction (n.) The
movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of
the body.
Abduction (n.) The
wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the
abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
Abduction (n.) A syllogism
or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only
probable.
Abductor (n.) One who
abducts.
Abductor (n.) A muscle
which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the
abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
Abeam (adv.) On the beam,
that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to
the center of the ship's side.
Abear (v. t.) To bear; to
behave.
Abear (v. t.) To put up
with; to endure.
Abearance (n.) Behavior.
Abearing (n.) Behavior.
Abecedarian (n.) One who
is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
Abecedarian (n.) One
engaged in teaching the alphabet.
Abecedarian (a.) Alt. of
Abecedary
Abecedary (a.) Pertaining
to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abecedary (n.) A primer;
the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Abed (adv.) In bed, or on
the bed.
Abed (adv.) To childbed
(in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).
Abegge () Same as Aby.
Abele (n.) The white
poplar (Populus alba).
Abelian (n.) Alt. of
Abelonian
Abelite (n.) Alt. of
Abelonian
Abelonian (n.) One of a
sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they
married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.
Abelmosk (n.) An evergreen
shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West
Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to
flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
Aber-de-vine (n.) The
European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to
the goldfinch.
Aberr (v. i.) To wander;
to stray.
Aberrance (n.) Alt. of
Aberrancy
Aberrancy (n.) State of
being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude,
etc.
Aberrant (a.) Wandering;
straying from the right way.
Aberrant (a.) Deviating
from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
Aberrate (v. i.) To go
astray; to diverge.
Aberration (n.) The act of
wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural
state, or from a type.
Aberration (n.) A partial
alienation of reason.
Aberration (n.) A small
periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the
combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called
annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit,
and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when
greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary
aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet
relative to the earth.
Aberration (n.) The
convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating
from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus;
called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or
mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and
chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays
of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
Aberration (n.) The
passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
Aberration (n.) The
producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a
shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
Aberrational (a.)
Characterized by aberration.
Aberuncate (v. t.) To weed
out.
Aberuncator (n.) A weeding
machine.
Abetted (imp. & p. p.) of
Abet
Abetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abet
Abet (v. t.) To instigate
or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts;
as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to
abet an insurrection.
Abet (v. t.) To support,
uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
Abet (v. t.) To
contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
Abet (n.) Act of abetting;
aid.
Abetment (n.) The act of
abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Abettal (n.) Abetment.
Abetter (n.) Alt. of
Abettor
Abettor (n.) One who
abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.
Abevacuation (n.) A
partial evacuation.
Abeyance (n.) Expectancy;
condition of being undetermined.
Abeyance (n.) Suspension;
temporary suppression.
Abeyancy (n.) Abeyance.
Abeyant (a.) Being in a
state of abeyance.
Abhal (n.) The berries of
a species of cypress in the East Indies.
Abhominable (a.)
Abominable.
Abhominal (a.) Inhuman.
Abhorred (imp. & p. p.) of
Abhor
Abhorring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abhor
Abhor (v. t.) To shrink
back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel
excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
Abhor (v. t.) To fill with
horror or disgust.
Abhor (v. t.) To protest
against; to reject solemnly.
Abhor (v. i.) To shrink
back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with
Abhorrence (n.) Extreme
hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
Abhorrency (n.)
Abhorrence.
Abhorrent (a.) Abhorring;
detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to;
as, abhorrent thoughts.
Abhorrent (a.) Contrary or
repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
Abhorrent (a.) Detestable.
Abhorrently (adv.) With
abhorrence.
Abhorrer (n.) One who
abhors.
Abhorrible (a.)
Detestable.
Abhorring (n.)
Detestation.
Abhorring (n.) Object of
abhorrence.
Abib (n.) The first month
of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the
Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.
Abidance (n.) The state of
abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
Abode (imp. & p. p.) of
Abide
Abid () of Abide
Abiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abide
Abide (v. i.) To wait; to
pause; to delay.
Abide (v. i.) To stay; to
continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with
before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
Abide (v. i.) To remain
stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Abide (v. t.) To wait for;
to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
Abide (v. t.) To endure;
to sustain; to submit to.
Abide (v. t.) To bear
patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
Abide (v. t.) To stand the
consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Abider (n.) One who
abides, or continues.
Abider (n.) One who
dwells; a resident.
Abiding (a.) Continuing;
lasting.
Abidingly (adv.)
Permanently.
Abies (n.) A genus of
coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The
spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
Abietene (n.) A volatile
oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of
California.
Abietic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic
acid.
Abietin (n.) Alt. of
Abietine
Abietine (n.) A resinous
obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or
smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling
point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
Abietinic (a.) Of or
pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.
Abietite (n.) A substance
resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies
pectinata).
Abigail (n.) A lady's
waiting-maid.
Abiliment (n.) Habiliment.
Abilities (pl. ) of
Ability
Ability (n.) The quality
or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual,
conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of
strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.
Abime (n.) Alt. of Abyme
Abyme (n.) A abyss.
Abiogenesis (n.) The
supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as
does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called
also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.
Abiogenetic (a.) Of or
pertaining to abiogenesis.
Abiogenist (n.) One who
believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.
Abiogenous (a.) Produced
by spontaneous generation.
Abiogeny (n.) Same as
Abiogenesis.
Abiological (a.)
Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.
Abirritant (n.) A medicine
that diminishes irritation.
Abirritate (v. t.) To
diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Abirritation (n.) A
pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of
strength; asthenia.
Abirritative (a.)
Characterized by abirritation or debility.
Abit () 3d sing. pres. of Abide.
Abject (a.) Cast down;
low-lying.
Abject (a.) Sunk to a law
condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as,
abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
Abject (a.) To cast off or
down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
Abject (n.) A person in
the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Abjectedness (n.) A very
abject or low condition; abjectness.
Abjection (n.) The act of
bringing down or humbling.
Abjection (n.) The state
of being rejected or cast out.
Abjection (n.) A low or
downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
Abjectly (adv.) Meanly;
servilely.
Abjectness (n.) The state
of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
Abjudge (v. t.) To take
away by judicial decision.
Abjudicate (v. t.) To
reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.
Abjudication (n.)
Rejection by judicial sentence.
Abjugate (v. t.) To
unyoke.
Abjunctive (a.)
Exceptional.
Abjuration (n.) The act of
abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm,
a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
Abjuration (n.) A solemn
recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
Abjuratory (a.) Containing
abjuration.
Abjured (imp. & p. p.) of
Abjure
Abjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abjure
Abjure (v. t.) To renounce
upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To
abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
Abjure (v. t.) To renounce
or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate;
as, to abjure errors.
Abjure (v. i.) To renounce
on oath.
Abjurement (n.)
Renunciation.
Abjurer (n.) One who
abjures.
Ablactate (v. t.) To wean.
Ablactation (n.) The
weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
Ablactation (n.) The
process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.
Ablaqueate (v. t.) To lay
bare, as the roots of a tree.
Ablaqueation (n.) The act
or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and
water.
Ablastemic (a.)
Non-germinal.
Ablation (n.) A carrying
or taking away; removal.
Ablation (n.) Extirpation.
Ablation (n.) Wearing
away; superficial waste.
Ablatitious (a.)
Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.
Ablative (a.) Taking away
or removing.
Ablative (a.) Applied to
one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the
fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
Ablative () The ablative case.
Ablaut (n.) The
substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding
modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing,
song; hang, hung.
Ablaze (adv. & a.) On
fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
Ablaze (adv. & a.) In a
state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Able (superl.) Fit;
adapted; suitable.
Able (superl.) Having
sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to
accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some
end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man
able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to
endure pain; able to play on a piano.
Able (superl.) Specially:
Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or
skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able
speech.
Able (superl.) Legally
qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise
property.
Able (a.) To make able; to
enable; to strengthen.
Able (a.) To vouch for.
-able () An adjective suffix now
usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or
worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to
be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
Able-bodied (a.) Having a
sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Ablegate (v. t.) To send
abroad.
Ablegate (n.) A
representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign
countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his
insignia of office.
Ablegation (n.) The act of
sending abroad.
Able-minded (a.) Having
much intellectual power.
Ableness (n.) Ability of
body or mind; force; vigor.
Ablepsy (n.) Blindness.
Abler (a.) comp. of Able.
Abler (a.) superl. of
Able.
Ablet () Alt. of Ablen
Ablen () A small fresh-water fish
(Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Abligate (v. t.) To tie up
so as to hinder from.
Abligurition (n.) Prodigal
expense for food.
Ablins (adv.) Perhaps.
Abloom (adv.) In or into
bloom; in a blooming state.
Ablude (v. t.) To be
unlike; to differ.
Abluent (a.) Washing away;
carrying off impurities; detergent.
Abluent (n.) A detergent.
Ablush (adv. & a.)
Blushing; ruddy.
Ablution (n.) The act of
washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it,
as a religious rite.
Ablution (n.) The water
used in cleansing.
Ablution (n.) A small
quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index
finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of
the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
Ablutionary (a.)
Pertaining to ablution.
Abluvion (n.) That which
is washed off.
Ably (adv.) In an able
manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.
-ably () A suffix composed of
-able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Abnegated (imp. & p. p.)
of Abnegate
Abnegating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abnegate
Abnegate (v. t.) To deny
and reject; to abjure.
Abnegation (n.) a denial;
a renunciation.
Abnegative (a.) Denying;
renouncing; negative.
Abnegator (n.) One who
abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.
Abnet (n.) The girdle of a
Jewish priest or officer.
Abnodate (v. t.) To clear
(tress) from knots.
Abnodation (n.) The act of
cutting away the knots of trees.
Abnormal (a.) Not
conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
Abnormalities (pl. ) of
Abnormality
Abnormality (n.) The state
or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
Abnormality (n.) Something
abnormal.
Abnormally (adv.) In an
abnormal manner; irregularly.
Abnormities (pl. ) of
Abnormity
Abnormity (n.) Departure
from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.
Abnormous (a.) Abnormal;
irregular.
Aboard (adv.) On board;
into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
Aboard (adv.) Alongside;
as, close aboard.
Aboard (prep.) On board
of; as, to go aboard a ship.
Aboard (prep.) Across;
athwart.
Abodance (n.) An omen; a
portending.
Abode () pret. of Abide.
Abode (n.) Act of waiting;
delay.
Abode (n.) Stay or
continuance in a place; sojourn.
Abode (n.) Place of
continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a
habitation.
Abode (v. t.) An omen.
Abode (v. t.) To bode; to
foreshow.
Abode (v. i.) To be
ominous.
Abodement (n.) A
foreboding; an omen.
Aboding (n.) A foreboding.
Abolished (imp. & p. p.)
of Abolish
Abolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abolish
Abolish (v. t.) To do away
with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions,
governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
Abolish (v. t.) To put an
end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.
Abolishable (a.) Capable
of being abolished.
Abolisher (n.) One who
abolishes.
Abolishment (n.) The act
of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
Abolition (n.) The act of
abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter
destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of
laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
Abolitionism (n.) The
principles or measures of abolitionists.
Abolitionist (n.) A person
who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
Abolitionize (v. t.) To
imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
Aboma (n.) A large South
American serpent (Boa aboma).
Abomasum (n.) Alt. of
Abomasus
Abomasus (n.) The fourth
or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum.
See Ruminantia.
Abominable (a.) Worthy of,
or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree;
very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
Abominable (a.) Excessive;
large; -- used as an intensive.
Abominableness (n.) The
quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.
Abominably (adv.) In an
abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
Abominated (imp. & p. p.)
of Abominate
Abominating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abominate
Abominate (v. t.) To turn
from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread;
loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
Abomination (n.) The
feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he
holds tobacco in abomination.
Abomination (n.) That
which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or
state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Abomination (n.) A cause
of pollution or wickedness.
Aboon (prep.) and adv.
Above.
Aboral (a.) Situated
opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
Abord (n.) Manner of
approaching or accosting; address.
Abord (v. t.) To approach;
to accost.
Aboriginal (a.) First;
original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
Aboriginal (a.) Of or
pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
Aboriginal (n.) An
original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
Aboriginal (n.) An animal
or a plant native to the region.
Aboriginality (n.) The
quality of being aboriginal.
Aboriginally (adv.)
Primarily.
Aborigines (n. pl.) The
earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
Aborigines (n. pl.) The
original fauna and flora of a geographical area
Aborsement (n.) Abortment;
abortion.
Aborsive (a.) Abortive.
Abort (v. i.) To miscarry;
to bring forth young prematurely.
Abort (v. i.) To become
checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away
wholly; to become sterile.
Abort (n.) An untimely
birth.
Abort (n.) An aborted
offspring.
Aborted (a.) Brought forth
prematurely.
Aborted (a.) Rendered
abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early
stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
Aborticide (n.) The act of
destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Abortifacient (v.)
Producing miscarriage.
Abortifacient (n.) A drug
or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Abortion (n.) The act of
giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus
prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
Abortion (n.) The immature
product of an untimely birth.
Abortion (n.) Arrest of
development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is
absorbed.
Abortion (n.) Any fruit or
produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress,
before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an
abortion.
Abortional (a.) Pertaining
to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
Abortionist (n.) One who
procures abortion or miscarriage.
Abortive (v.) Produced by
abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
Abortive (v.) Made from
the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
Abortive (v.) Rendering
fruitless or ineffectual.
Abortive (v.) Coming to
naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an
abortive attempt.
Abortive (v.) Imperfectly
formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule,
etc.
Abortive (v.) Causing
abortion; as, abortive medicines.
Abortive (v.) Cutting
short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
Abortive (n.) That which
is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Abortive (n.) A fruitless
effort or issue.
Abortive (n.) A medicine
to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
Abortively (adv.) In an
abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
Abortiveness (n.) The
quality of being abortive.
Abortment (n.) Abortion.
Abought () imp. & p. p. of Aby.
Abounded (imp. & p. p.) of
Abound
Abounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abound
Abound (v. i.) To be in
great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
Abound (v. i.) To be
copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.
About (prep.) Around; all
round; on every side of.
About (prep.) In the
immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by
or on (one's person).
About (prep.) Over or upon
different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to
and fro in; throughout.
About (prep.) Near; not
far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
About (prep.) In concern
with; engaged in; intent on.
About (prep.) On the point
or verge of; going; in act of.
About (prep.) Concerning;
with regard to; on account of; touching.
About (adv.) On all sides;
around.
About (adv.) In circuit;
circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a
third of a mile across.
About (adv.) Here and
there; around; in one place and another.
About (adv.) Nearly;
approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as,
about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
About (adv.) To a reserved
position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to
face about; to turn one's self about.
About-sledge (n.) The
largest hammer used by smiths.
Above (prep.) In or to a
higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to
below or beneath.
Above (prep.)
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond;
higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean
actions; conduct above reproach.
Above (prep.) Surpassing
in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the
adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
Above (adv.) In a higher
place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
Above (adv.) Earlier in
order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
Above (adv.) Higher in
rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
Above (adv.) More than;
as, above five hundred were present.
Aboveboard (adv.) Above
the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or
deception.
Above-cited (a.) Cited
before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
Abovedeck (a.) On deck;
and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.
Above-mentioned (a.) Alt.
of Above-named
Above-named (a.) Mentioned
or named before; aforesaid.
Abovesaid (a.) Mentioned
or recited before.
Abox (adv. & a.) Braced
aback.
Abracadabra (n.) A
mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an
amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in
jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Abradant (n.) A material
used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
Abraded (imp. & p. p.) of
Abrade
Abrading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abrade
Abrade (v. t.) To rub or
wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
Abrade (v. t.) Same as
Abraid.
Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining
to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
Abrahamitic (a.) Alt. of
ical
ical (a.) Relating to the
patriarch Abraham.
Abraham-man (n.) Alt. of
Abram-man
Abram-man (n.) One of a
set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the
sake of obtaining alms.
Abraid (v. t. & i.) To
awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
Abranchial (a.)
Abranchiate.
Abranchiata (n. pl.) A
group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special
organs of respiration.
Abranchiate (a.) Without
gills.
Abrase (a.) Rubbed smooth.
Abrasion (n.) The act of
abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the
abrasion of coins.
Abrasion (n.) The
substance rubbed off.
Abrasion (n.) A
superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
Abrasive (a.) Producing
abrasion.
Abraum (n.) Alt. of Abraum
salts
Abraum salts (n.) A red
ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Abraxas (n.) A mystical
word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone
thus engraved.
Abray (v.) See Abraid.
Abreast (adv.) Side by
side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
Abreast (adv.) Side by
side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with
of.
Abreast (adv.) Up to a
certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the
present state of science.
Abreast (adv.) At the same
time; simultaneously.
Abregge (v. t.) See
Abridge.
Abrenounce (v. t.) To
renounce.
Abrenunciation (n.)
Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
Abreption (n.) A snatching
away.
Abreuvoir (n.) The joint
or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
Abricock (n.) See Apricot.
Abridged (imp. & p. p.) of
Abridge
Abridging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abridge
Abridge (v. t.) To make
shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to
abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
Abridge (v. t.) To shorten
or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to
condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
Abridge (v. t.) To
deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one
of his rights.
Abridger (n.) One who
abridges.
Abridgment (n.) The act of
abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or
deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
Abridgment (n.) An epitome
or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
Abridgment (n.) That which
abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass
quickly.
Abroach (v. t.) To set
abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
Abroach (adv.) Broached;
in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Abroach (adv.) Hence: In a
state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
Abroad (adv.) At large;
widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
Abroad (adv.) Without a
certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
Abroad (adv.) Beyond the
bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and
enemies abroad.
Abroad (adv.) Before the
public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
Abrogable (a.) Capable of
being abrogated.
Abrogate (a.) Abrogated;
abolished.
Abrogated (imp. & p. p.)
of Abrogate
Abrogating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abrogate
Abrogate (v. t.) To annul
by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his
successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the
abolition of customs, etc.
Abrogate (v. t.) To put an
end to; to do away with.
Abrogation (n.) The act of
abrogating; repeal by authority.
Abrogative (a.) Tending or
designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.
Abrogator (n.) One who
repeals by authority.
Abrood (adv.) In the act
of brooding.
Abrook (v. t.) To brook;
to endure.
Abrupt (a.) Broken off;
very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as,
abrupt places.
Abrupt (a.) Without notice
to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Abrupt (a.) Having sudden
transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
Abrupt (a.) Suddenly
terminating, as if cut off.
Abrupt (n.) An abrupt
place.
Abrupt (v. t.) To tear off
or asunder.
Abruption (n.) A sudden
breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
Abruptly (adv.) In an
abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
Abruptly (adv.)
Precipitously.
Abruptness (n.) The state
of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
Abruptness (n.)
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
Abscesses (pl. ) of
Abscess
Abscess (n.) A collection
of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a
morbid process.
Abscession (n.) A
separating; removal; also, an abscess.
Abscind (v. t.) To cut
off.
Abscision (n.) See
Abscission.
Abscisses (pl. ) of
Absciss
Absciss (n.) See Abscissa.
Abscissas (pl. ) of
Abscissa
Abscissae (pl. ) of
Abscissa
Abscissa (n.) One of the
elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system
of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.
Abscission (n.) The act or
process of cutting off.
Abscission (n.) The state
of being cut off.
Abscission (n.) A figure
of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly:
thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I
need say no more."
Absconded (imp. & p. p.)
of Abscond
Absconding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abscond
Abscond (v. i.) To hide,
withdraw, or be concealed.
Abscond (v. i.) To depart
clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of
persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
Abscond (v. t.) To hide;
to conceal.
Abscondence (n.) Fugitive
concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Absconder (n.) One who
absconds.
Absence (n.) A state of
being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to
presence.
Absence (n.) Want;
destitution; withdrawal.
Absence (n.) Inattention
to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Absent (a.) Being away
from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
Absent (a.) Not existing;
lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
Absent (a.) Inattentive to
what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
Absented (imp. & p. p.) of
Absent
Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Absent
Absent (v. t.) To take or
withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with
the reflexive pronoun.
Absent (v. t.) To withhold
from being present.
Absentaneous (a.)
Pertaining to absence.
Absentation (n.) The act
of absenting one's self.
Absentee (n.) One who
absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a
landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate
is situated; as, an Irish absentee.
Absenteeism (n.) The state
or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the
country or district where one's estate is situated.
Absenter (n.) One who
absents one's self.
Absently (adv.) In an
absent or abstracted manner.
Absentment (n.) The state
of being absent; withdrawal.
Absent-minded (a.) Absent
in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Absentness (n.) The
quality of being absent-minded.
Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C
book; a primer.
Absinthate (n.) A
combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Absinth (n.) Alt. of
Absinthe
Absinthe (n.) The plant
absinthium or common wormwood.
Absinthe (n.) A strong
spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
Absinthial (a.) Of or
pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
Absinthian (n.) Of the
nature of wormwood.
Absinthiate (v. t.) To
impregnate with wormwood.
Absinthiated (a.)
Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.
Absinthic (a.) Relating to
the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
Absinthin (n.) The bitter
principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
Absinthism (n.) The
condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.
Absinthium (n.) The common
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and
for making the oil of wormwood.
Absis (n.) See Apsis.
Absist (v. i.) To stand
apart from; top leave off; to desist.
Absistence (n.) A standing
aloof.
Absolute (a.) Loosed from
any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as,
absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;
absolute power; an absolute monarch.
Absolute (a.) Complete in
itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute
beauty.
Absolute (a.) Viewed apart
from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual;
real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time
or space.
Absolute (a.) Loosed from,
or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
Absolute (a.) Capable of
being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
Absolute (a.) Positive;
clear; certain; not doubtful.
Absolute (a.)
Authoritative; peremptory.
Absolute (a.) Pure;
unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
Absolute (a.) Not
immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the
case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
Absolute (n.) In a plane,
the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the
imaginary circle at infinity.
Absolutely (adv.) In an
absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
Absoluteness (n.) The
quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness;
absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
Absolution (n.) An
absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an
offense.
Absolution (n.) An
acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
Absolution (n.) The
exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which
Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
Absolution (n.) An
absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
Absolution (n.) The form
of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Absolution (n.) Delivery,
in speech.
Absolutism (n.) The state
of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or
practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
Absolutism (n.) Doctrine
of absolute decrees.
Absolutist (n.) One who is
in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
Absolutist (n.) One who
believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
Absolutist (a.) Of or
pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
Absolutistic (a.)
Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
Absolutory (a.) Serving to
absolve; absolving.
Absolvable (a.) That may
be absolved.
Absolvatory (a.)
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
Absolved (imp. & p. p.) of
Absolve
Absolving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Absolve
Absolve (v. t.) To set
free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the
consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to
pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an
offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
Absolve (v. t.) To free
from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Absolve (v. t.) To finish;
to accomplish.
Absolve (v. t.) To resolve
or explain.
Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
Absolvent (n.) An
absolver.
Absolver (n.) One who
absolves.
Absonant (a.) Discordant;
contrary; -- opposed to consonant.
Absonous (a.) Discordant;
inharmonious; incongruous.
Absorbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Absorb
Absorbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Absorb
Absorb (v. t.) To swallow
up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to
use up; to include.
Absorb (v. t.) To suck up;
to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
Absorb (v. t.) To engross
or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of
wealth.
Absorb (v. t.) To take up
by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases.
So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into
which they pass.
Absorbability (n.) The
state or quality of being absorbable.
Absorbable (a.) Capable of
being absorbed or swallowed up.
Absorbedly (adv.) In a
manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
Absorbency (n.)
Absorptiveness.
Absorbent (a.) Absorbing;
swallowing; absorptive.
Absorbent (n.) Anything
which absorbs.
Absorbent (n.) Any
substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as
magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the
absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
Absorbent (n.) The vessels
by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in
animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Absorber (n.) One who, or
that which, absorbs.
Absorbing (a.) Swallowing,
engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.
Absorbition (n.)
Absorption.
Absorpt (a.) Absorbed.
Absorption (n.) The act or
process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to
disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a
smaller tribe into a larger.
Absorption (n.) An
imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of
light, heat, electricity, etc.
Absorption (n.) In living
organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are
absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
Absorption (n.) Entire
engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
Absorptive (a.) Having
power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
Absorptiveness (n.) The
quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
Absorptivity (n.)
Absorptiveness.
Absquatulate (v. i.) To
take one's self off; to decamp.
Absque hoc () The technical words
of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstained (imp. & p. p.)
of Abstain
Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abstain
Abstain (v. i.) To hold
one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an
indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
Abstain (v. t.) To hinder;
to withhold.
Abstainer (n.) One who
abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Abstemious (a.) Abstaining
from wine.
Abstemious (a.) Sparing in
diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate;
abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Abstemious (a.) Sparingly
used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
Abstemious (a.) Marked by,
or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
Abstemious (a.) Promotive
of abstemiousness.
Abstemiousness (n.) The
quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong
drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
Abstention (a.) The act of
abstaining; a holding aloof.
Abstentious (a.)
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.
Absterge (v. t.) To make
clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
Abstergent (a.) Serving to
cleanse, detergent.
Abstergent (n.) A
substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
Absterse (v. t.) To
absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
Abstersion (n.) Act of
wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
Abstersive (a.) Cleansing;
purging.
Abstersive (n.) Something
cleansing.
Abstersiveness (n.) The
quality of being abstersive.
Abstinence (n.) The act or
practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the
refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of
animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
Abstinence (n.) The
practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or
drink, especially of meat.
Abstinency (n.)
Abstinence.
Abstinent (a.) Refraining
from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious;
continent; temperate.
Abstinent (n.) One who
abstains.
Abstinent (n.) One of a
sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
Abstinently (adv.) With
abstinence.
Abstorted (a.) Wrested
away.
Abstract (a.) Withdraw;
separate.
Abstract (a.) Considered
apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter;
existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal;
abstruse; difficult.
Abstract (a.) Expressing a
particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which
constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.
Abstract (a.) Resulting
from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as,
"reptile" is an abstract or general name.
Abstract (a.) Abstracted;
absent in mind.
Abstracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Abstract
Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abstract
Abstract (a.) To withdraw;
to separate; to take away.
Abstract (a.) To draw off
in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other
objects.
Abstract (a.) To separate,
as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate
separately, as a quality or attribute.
Abstract (a.) To
epitomize; to abridge.
Abstract (a.) To take
secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or
money from a till.
Abstract (a.) To separate,
as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other
chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.
Abstract (v. t.) To
perform the process of abstraction.
Abstract (a.) That which
comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or
of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or
book, or of a statement; a brief.
Abstract (a.) A state of
separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or
apart from other associated things.
Abstract (a.) An abstract
term.
Abstract (a.) A powdered
solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such
proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original
substance.
Abstracted (a.) Separated
or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
Abstracted (a.) Separated
from matter; abstract; ideal.
Abstracted (a.) Abstract;
abstruse; difficult.
Abstracted (a.)
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
Abstractedly (adv.) In an
abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
Abstractedness (n.) The
state of being abstracted; abstract character.
Abstracter (n.) One who
abstracts, or makes an abstract.
Abstraction (a.) The act
of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn;
withdrawal.
Abstraction (a.) The act
process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex
object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the
form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size
or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness,
softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
Abstraction (a.) An idea
or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere
abstractions.
Abstraction (a.) A
separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
Abstraction (a.) Absence
or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Abstraction (a.) The
taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another;
purloining.
Abstraction (a.) A
separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
Abstractional (a.)
Pertaining to abstraction.
Abstractionist (n.) An
idealist.
Abstractitious (a.)
Obtained from plants by distillation.
Abstractive (a.) Having
the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
Abstractively (adv.) In a
abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
Abstractiveness (n.) The
quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
Abstractly (adv.) In an
abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter
abstractly considered.
Abstractness (n.) The
quality of being abstract.
Abstringe (v. t.) To
unbind.
Abstrude (v. t.) To thrust
away.
Abstruse (a.) Concealed or
hidden out of the way.
Abstruse (a.) Remote from
apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as,
abstruse learning.
Abstrusely (adv.) In an
abstruse manner.
Abstruseness (n.) The
quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
Abstrusion (n.) The act of
thrusting away.
Abstrusity (n.)
Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
Absume (v. t.) To consume
gradually; to waste away.
Absumption (n.) Act of
wasting away; a consuming; extinction.
Absurd (a.) Contrary to
reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth;
inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory;
nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd
dream.
Absurd (n.) An absurdity.
Absurdities (pl. ) of
Absurdity
Absurdity (n.) The quality
of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
Absurdity (n.) That which
is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
Absurdly (adv.) In an
absurd manner.
Absurdness (n.) Absurdity.
Abuna (n.) The Patriarch,
or head of the Abyssinian Church.
Abundance (n.) An
overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious
supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but
sometimes used of number.
Abundant (a.) Fully
sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.
Abundantly (adv.) In a
sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.
Aburst (adv.) In a
bursting condition.
Abusable (a.) That may be
abused.
Abusage (n.) Abuse.
Abused (imp. & p. p.) of
Abuse
Abusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abuse
Abuse (v. t.) To put to a
wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong
purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive
use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
Abuse (v. t.) To use ill;
to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt;
as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
Abuse (v. t.) To revile;
to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Abuse (v. t.) To dishonor.
Abuse (v. t.) To violate;
to ravish.
Abuse (v. t.) To deceive;
to impose on.
Abuse (v. t.) Improper
treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of
our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an
abuse of language.
Abuse (v. t.) Physical ill
treatment; injury.
Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt
practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative
words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation;
reviling.
Abuse (v. t.) Violation;
rape; as, abuse of a female child.
Abuseful (a.) Full of
abuse; abusive.
Abuser (n.) One who abuses
[in the various senses of the verb].
Abusion (v. t.) Evil or
corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.
Abusive (a.) Wrongly used;
perverted; misapplied.
Abusive (a.) Given to
misusing; also, full of abuses.
Abusive (a.) Practicing
abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as,
an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
Abusive (a.) Containing
abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful;
scurrilous.
Abusive (a.) Tending to
deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
Abusively (adv.) In an
abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
Abusiveness (n.) The
quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of
Abut
Abutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abut
Abut (v. i.) To project;
to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against;
as, his land abuts on the road.
Abutilon (n.) A genus of
malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of
both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
Abutment (n.) State of
abutting.
Abutment (n.) That on or
against which a body abuts or presses
Abutment (n.) The solid
part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of
an arch, vault, or strut.
Abutment (n.) A fixed
point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder
head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
Abutment (n.) In
breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure
due to recoil.
Abuttal (n.) The butting
or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.
Abutter (n.) One who, or
that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the
abutters on a street or a river.
Abuzz (a.) In a buzz;
buzzing.
Abought (imp. & p. p.) of
Abye
Aby (v. t. & i.) Alt. of
Abye
Abye (v. t. & i.) To pay
for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.
Abye (v. t. & i.) To
endure; to abide.
Abysm (n.) An abyss; a
gulf.
Abysmal (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
Abysmally (adv.) To a
fathomless depth; profoundly.
Abyss (n.) A bottomless or
unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and,
specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
Abyss (n.) Infinite time;
a vast intellectual or moral depth.
Abyss (n.) The center of
an escutcheon.
Abyssal (a.) Belonging to,
or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
Abyssinian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Abyssinia.
Abyssinian (n.) A native
of Abyssinia.
Abyssinian (n.) A member
of the Abyssinian Church.
Acacia (n.) A roll or bag,
filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is
represented on medals.
Acacias (pl. ) of Acacia
Acaciae (pl. ) of Acacia
Acacia (n.) A genus of
leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian,
and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate
leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in
temperate climates.
Acacia (n.) The
inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and
gum arabic.
Acacin (n.) Alt. of
Acacine
Acacine (n.) Gum arabic.
Academe (n.) An academy.
Academial (a.) Academic.
Academian (n.) A member of
an academy, university, or college.
Academic (a.) Alt. of
Academical
Academical (a.) Belonging
to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
Academical (a.) Belonging
to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or
classical, in distinction from scientific.
Academic (n.) One holding
the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Academic (n.) A member of
an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Academically (adv.) In an
academical manner.
Academicals (n. pl.) The
articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
Academician (n.) A member
of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the
French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
Academician (n.) A
collegian.
Academicism (n.) A tenet
of the Academic philosophy.
Academicism (n.) A
mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Academism (n.) The
doctrines of the Academic philosophy.
Academist (n.) An Academic
philosopher.
Academist (n.) An
academician.
Academies (pl. ) of
Academy
Academy (n.) A garden or
grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his
followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy
of which Plato was head.
Academy (n.) An
institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.
Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college
and a common school.
Academy (n.) A place of
training; a school.
Academy (n.) A society of
learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature,
or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
Academy (n.) A school or
place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy
at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
Acadian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
Acadian (n.) A native of
Acadie.
Acajou (n.) The cashew
tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
Acajou (n.) The mahogany
tree; also, its timber.
Acalephs (pl. ) of
Acalephan
Acalephans (pl. ) of
Acalephan
Acaleph (n.) Alt. of
Acalephan
Acalephan (n.) One of the
Acalephae.
Acalephae (n. pl.) A group
of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so
called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
Acalephoid (a.) Belonging
to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes.
Acalycine (a.) Alt. of
Acalysinous
Acalysinous (a.) Without a
calyx, or outer floral envelope.
Acanth (n.) Same as
Acanthus.
Acantha (n.) A prickle.
Acantha (n.) A spine or
prickly fin.
Acantha (n.) The vertebral
column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
Acanthaceous (a.) Armed
with prickles, as a plant.
Acanthaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the
type.
Acanthine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
Acanthocarpous (a.) Having
the fruit covered with spines.
Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A
group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Acanthocephalous (a.)
Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
Acanthophorous (a.)
Spine-bearing.
Acanthopodious (a.) Having
spinous petioles.
Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A
group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Acanthopterous (a.)
Spiny-winged.
Acanthopterous (a.)
Acanthopterygious.
Acanthopterygian (a.)
Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
Acanthopterygian (n.) A
spiny-finned fish.
Acanthopterygii (n. pl.)
An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins
unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
Acanthopterygious (a.)
Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Acanthuses (pl. ) of
Acanthus
Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthus
Acanthus (n.) A genus of
herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India;
bear's-breech.
Acanthus (n.) An ornament
resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in
the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
A cappella () In church or chapel
style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without
instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
A cappella () A time indication,
equivalent to alla breve.
Acapsular (a.) Having no
capsule.
Acardiac (a.) Without a
heart; as, an acardiac fetus.
Acaridan (n.) One of a
group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
Acarina (n. pl.) The group
of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and
cause diseases like the itch and mange.
Acarine (a.) Of or caused
by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
Acaroid (a.) Shaped like
or resembling a mite.
Acarpellous (a.) Having no
carpels.
Acarpous (a.) Not
producing fruit; unfruitful.
Acari (pl. ) of Acarus
Acarus (n.) A genus
including many species of small mites.
Acatalectic (a.) Not
defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.
Acatalectic (n.) A verse
which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
Acatalepsy (n.)
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic
philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to
probability.
Acataleptic (a.) Incapable
of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
Acater (n.) See Caterer.
Acates (n. pl.) See Cates.
Acaudate (a.) Tailless.
Acaulescent (a.) Having no
stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
Acauline (a.) Same as
Acaulescent.
Acaulose (a.) Alt. of
Acaulous
Acaulous (a.) Same as
Acaulescent.
Accadian (a.) Pertaining
to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Acceded (imp. & p. p.) of
Accede
Acceding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accede
Accede (v. i.) To
approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
Accede (v. i.) To enter
upon an office or dignity; to attain.
Accede (v. i.) To become a
party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to
agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
Accedence (n.) The act of
acceding.
Acceder (n.) One who
accedes.
Accelerando (a.) Gradually
accelerating the movement.
Accelerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Accelerate
Accelerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accelerate
Accelerate (v. t.) To
cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; --
opposed to retard.
Accelerate (v. t.) To
quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the
growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
Accelerate (v. t.) To
hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
Acceleration (n.) The act
of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or
action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of
velocity; -- opposed to retardation.
Accelerative (a.) Relating
to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
Accelerator (n.) One who,
or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
Acceleratory (a.)
Accelerative.
Accelerograph (n.) An
apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
Accelerometer (n.) An
apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
Accend (v. t.) To set on
fire; to kindle.
Accendibility (n.)
Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
Accendible (a.) Capable of
being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.
Accension (n.) The act of
kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
Accensor (n.) One of the
functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
Accent (n.) A superior
force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word
or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
Accent (n.) A mark or
character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a)
a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to
indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
Accent (n.) Modulation of
the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or
characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French
or a German accent.
Accent (n.) A word; a
significant tone
Accent (n.) expressions in
general; speech.
Accent (n.) Stress laid on
certain syllables of a verse.
Accent (n.) A regularly
recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the
third part of the measure.
Accent (n.) A special
emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
Accent (n.) The rhythmical
accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
Accent (n.) The expressive
emphasis and shading of a passage.
Accent (n.) A mark placed
at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes
of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y',
y''.
Accent (n.) A mark at the
right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as,
12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
Accent (n.) A mark used to
denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
Accented (imp. & p. p.) of
Accent
Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accent
Accent (v. t.) To express
the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with
accent.
Accent (v. t.) To mark
emphatically; to emphasize.
Accentless (a.) Without
accent.
Accentor (n.) One who
sings the leading part; the director or leader.
Accentor (n.) A genus of
European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler.
In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
Accentuable (a.) Capable
of being accented.
Accentual (a.) Of or
pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
Accentuality (n.) The
quality of being accentual.
Accentually (adv.) In an
accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
Accentuated (imp. & p. p.)
of Accentuate
Accentuating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accentuate
Accentuate (v. t.) To
pronounce with an accent or with accents.
Accentuate (v. t.) To
bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
Accentuate (v. t.) To mark
with the written accent.
Accentuation (n.) Act of
accentuating; applications of accent.
Accentuation (n.) pitch or
modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Accepted (imp. & p. p.) of
Accept
Accepting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accept
Accept (v. t.) To receive
with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often
followed by of.
Accept (v. t.) To receive
with favor; to approve.
Accept (v. t.) To receive
or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or
excuse.
Accept (v. t.) To take by
the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
Accept (v. t.) To receive
as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
Accept (v. t.) In a
deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the
report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question
is then on its adoption.]
Accept (a.) Accepted.
Acceptability (n.) The
quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
Acceptable (a.) Capable,
worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a
receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one
acceptable to us.
Acceptableness (n.) The
quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received;
acceptability.
Acceptably (adv.) In an
acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
Acceptance (n.) The act of
accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or
acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift,
office, doctrine, etc.
Acceptance (n.) State of
being accepted; acceptableness.
Acceptance (n.) An assent
and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when
due according to the terms of the acceptance.
Acceptance (n.) The bill
itself when accepted.
Acceptance (n.) An
agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties
are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was
bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
Acceptance (n.) An
agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
Acceptance (n.) Meaning;
acceptation.
Acceptancy (n.)
Acceptance.
Acceptant (a.) Accepting;
receiving.
Acceptant (n.) An
accepter.
Acceptation (n.)
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
Acceptation (n.) The
meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as,
term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
Acceptedly (adv.) In a
accepted manner; admittedly.
Accepter (n.) A person who
accepts; a taker.
Accepter (n.) A respecter;
a viewer with partiality.
Accepter (n.) An acceptor.
Acceptilation (n.)
Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free
remission.
Acception (n.)
Acceptation; the received meaning.
Acceptive (a.) Fit for
acceptance.
Acceptive (a.) Ready to
accept.
Acceptor (n.) One who
accepts
Acceptor (n.) one who
accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
Access (n.) A coming to,
or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a
prince.
Access (n.) The means,
place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is
by a neck of land.
Access (n.) Admission to
sexual intercourse.
Access (n.) Increase by
something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession
is more generally used.]
Access (n.) An onset,
attack, or fit of disease.
Access (n.) A paroxysm; a
fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
Accessarily (adv.) In the
manner of an accessary.
Accessariness (n.) The
state of being accessary.
Accessary (a.)
Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or
contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.
Accessaries (pl. ) of
Accessary
Accessary (n.) One who,
not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission
of an offense.
Accessibility (n.) The
quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.
Accessible (a.) Easy of
access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an
accessible person.
Accessible (a.) Open to
the influence of; -- with to.
Accessible (a.)
Obtainable; to be got at.
Accessibly (adv.) In an
accessible manner.
Accession (n.) A coming
to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a
confederacy.
Accession (n.) Increase by
something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an
accession of wealth or territory.
Accession (n.) A mode of
acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives
an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or
the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
Accession (n.) The act by
which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other
powers.
Accession (n.) The act of
coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the
house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
Accession (n.) The
invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Accessional (a.)
Pertaining to accession; additional.
Accessive (a.) Additional.
Accessorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
Accessorily (adv.) In the
manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
Accessoriness (n.) The
state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
Accessory (a.)
Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected
as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said
of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was
accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
Accessories (pl. ) of
Accessory
Accessory (n.) That which
belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and
subordinate.
Accessory (n.) Same as
Accessary, n.
Accessory (n.) Anything
that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere
ornamental parts.
Acciaccatura (n.) A short
grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used
especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
Accidence (n.) The
accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
Accidence (n.) The
rudiments of any subject.
Accident (n.) Literally, a
befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an
undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an
undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character;
a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
Accident (n.) A property
attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
Accident (n.) A point or
mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Accident (n.) A property
or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an
attribute.
Accident (n.) A quality or
attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
Accident (n.) Any
accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as,
beauty is an accident.
Accident (n.) Unusual
appearance or effect.
Accidental (a.) Happening
by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of
things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
Accidental (a.)
Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
Accidental (n.) A property
which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Accidental (n.) Those
fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that
some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a
deep shadow.
Accidental (n.) A sharp,
flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the
signature, but before a particular note.
Accidentalism (n.)
Accidental character or effect.
Accidentality (n.) The
quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
Accidentally (adv.) In an
accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually;
fortuitously; not essentially.
Accidentalness (n.) The
quality of being accidental; casualness.
Accidie (n.) Sloth;
torpor.
Accipenser (n.) See
Acipenser.
Accipient (n.) A receiver.
Accipiters (pl. ) of
Accipiter
Accipitres (pl. ) of
Accipiter
Accipiter (n.) A genus of
rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
Accipiter (n.) A bandage
applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Accipitral (n.) Pertaining
to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.
Accipitres (n. pl.) The
order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp,
strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures,
the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
Accipitrine (a.) Like or
belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
Accismus (n.) Affected
refusal; coyness.
Accite (v. t.) To cite; to
summon.
Acclaim (v. t.) To
applaud.
Acclaim (v. t.) To declare
by acclamations.
Acclaim (v. t.) To shout;
as, to acclaim my joy.
Acclaim (v. i.) To shout
applause.
Acclaim (n.) Acclamation.
Acclaimer (n.) One who
acclaims.
Acclamation (n.) A shout
of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
Acclamation (n.) A
representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
Acclamatory (a.)
Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
Acclimatable (a.) Capable
of being acclimated.
Acclimatation (n.)
Acclimatization.
Acclimated (imp. & p. p.)
of Acclimate
Acclimating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acclimate
Acclimate (v. t.) To
habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
Acclimatement (n.)
Acclimation.
Acclimation (n.) The
process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new
climate; acclimatization.
Acclimatizable (a.)
Capable of being acclimatized.
Acclimatization (n.) The
act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of
being so inured.
Acclimatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Acclimatize
Acclimatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acclimatize
Acclimatize (v. t.) To
inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt
to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior
animals, or plants.
Acclimature (n.) The act
of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
Acclive (a.) Acclivous.
Acclivitous (a.)
Acclivous.
Acclivities (pl. ) of
Acclivity
Acclivity (n.) A slope or
inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in
opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
Acclivous (a.) Sloping
upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
Accloy (v. t.) To fill to
satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
Accoast (v. t. & i.) To
lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.
Accoil (v. t.) To gather
together; to collect.
Accoil (v. t.) To coil
together.
Accolade (n.) A ceremony
formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow
on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
Accolade (n.) A brace used
to join two or more staves.
Accombination (n.) A
combining together.
Accommodable (a.) That may
be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.
Accommodableness (n.) The
quality or condition of being accommodable.
Accommodated (imp. & p. p.)
of Accommodate
Accommodating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accommodate
Accommodate (v. t.) To
render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate
ourselves to circumstances.
Accommodate (v. t.) To
bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle;
as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
Accommodate (v. t.) To
furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as,
to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
Accommodate (v. t.) To
show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit,
as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to
accommodate prophecy to events.
Accommodate (v. i.) To
adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
Accommodate (a.) Suitable;
fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
Accommodately (adv.)
Suitably; fitly.
Accommodateness (n.)
Fitness.
Accommodating (a.)
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating
man, spirit, arrangement.
Accommodation (n.) The act
of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation;
adjustment; -- followed by to.
Accommodation (n.)
Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
Accommodation (n.)
Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything
furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the
accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
Accommodation (n.) An
adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Accommodation (n.) The
application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not
originally referred to or intended.
Accommodation (n.) A loan
of money.
Accommodation (n.) An
accommodation bill or note.
Accommodator (n.) He who,
or that which, accommodates.
Accompanable (a.)
Sociable.
Accompanier (n.) He who,
or that which, accompanies.
Accompaniment (n.) That
which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added
to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or
for the sake of symmetry.
Accompaniment (n.) A part
performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by
voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal
instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
Accompanist (n.) The
performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
Accompanied (imp. & p. p.)
of Accompany
Accompanying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accompany
Accompany (v. t.) To go
with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along
with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
Accompany (v. t.) To
cohabit with.
Accompany (v. i.) To
associate in a company; to keep company.
Accompany (v. i.) To
cohabit (with).
Accompany (v. i.) To
perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
Accompletive (a.) Tending
to accomplish.
Accomplice (n.) A
cooperator.
Accomplice (n.) An
associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a
principal or an accessory.
Accompliceship (n.) The
state of being an accomplice.
Accomplicity (n.) The act
or state of being an accomplice.
Accomplished (imp. & p. p.)
of Accomplish
Accomplishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accomplish
Accomplish (v. t.) To
complete, as time or distance.
Accomplish (v. t.) To
bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to
fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
Accomplish (v. t.) To
equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render
accomplished; to polish.
Accomplish (v. t.) To
gain; to obtain.
Accomplishable (a.)
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
Accomplished (a.)
Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.
Accomplished (a.) Complete
in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense;
as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.
Accomplisher (n.) One who
accomplishes.
Accomplishment (n.) The
act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the
accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
Accomplishment (n.) That
which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that
which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by
education or training.
Accompt (n.) See Account.
Accomptable (a.) See
Accountable.
Accomptant (n.) See
Accountant.
Accord (v. t.) Agreement
or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
Accord (v. t.) Harmony of
sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
Accord (v. t.) Agreement,
harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in
painting.
Accord (v. t.) Voluntary
or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own
accord.
Accord (v. t.) An
agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is
stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
Accorded (imp. & p. p.) of
Accord
According (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accord
Accord (v. t.) To make to
agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
Accord (v. t.) To bring to
an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or
compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
Accord (v. t.) To grant as
suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
Accord (v. i.) To agree;
to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as,
his disposition accords with his looks.
Accord (v. i.) To agree in
pitch and tone.
Accordable (a.) Agreeing.
Accordable (a.)
Reconcilable; in accordance.
Accordance (n.) Agreement;
harmony; conformity.
Accordancy (n.)
Accordance.
Accordant (a.) Agreeing;
consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.
Accordantly (adv.) In
accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
Accorder (n.) One who
accords, assents, or concedes.
According (p. a.)
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
According (adv.)
Accordingly; correspondingly.
Accordingly (adv.)
Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
Accordingly (adv.) In
natural sequence; consequently; so.
Accordion (n.) A small,
portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind
upon free metallic reeds.
Accordionist (n.) A player
on the accordion.
Accordment (v.) Agreement;
reconcilement.
Accorporate (v. t.) To
unite; to attach; to incorporate.
Accosted (imp. & p. p.) of
Accost
Accosting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accost
Accost (v. t.) To join
side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
Accost (v. t.) To
approach; to make up to.
Accost (v. t.) To speak to
first; to address; to greet.
Accost (v. i.) To adjoin;
to lie alongside.
Accost (n.) Address;
greeting.
Accostable (a.)
Approachable; affable.
Accosted (a.) Supported on
both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
Accouchement (n.) Delivery
in childbed
Accoucheur (n.) A man who
assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
Accoucheuse (n.) A
midwife.
Account (n.) A reckoning;
computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the
Julian account of time.
Account (n.) A registry of
pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or
debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review;
as, to keep one's account at the bank.
Account (n.) A statement
in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no
satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often
used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account,
on every account, on all accounts.
Account (n.) A statement
of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a
report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
Account (n.) A statement
and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment
thereon.
Account (n.) An estimate
or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Account (n.) Importance;
worth; value; advantage; profit.
Accounted (imp. & p. p.)
of Account
Accounting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Account
Account (v. t.) To reckon;
to compute; to count.
Account (v. t.) To place
to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
Account (v. t.) To value,
estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
Account (v. t.) To
recount; to relate.
Account (v. i.) To render
or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account
with or to the treasurer for money received.
Account (v. i.) To render
an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use
of our opportunities.
Account (v. i.) To give a
satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness
accounts for poverty.
Accountability (n.) The
state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account;
accountableness.
Accountable (a.) Liable to
be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to
God for his conduct.
Accountable (a.) Capable
of being accounted for; explicable.
Accountable ness (n.) The
quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
Accountably (adv.) In an
accountable manner.
Accountancy (n.) The art
or employment of an accountant.
Accountant (n.) One who
renders account; one accountable.
Accountant (n.) A
reckoner.
Accountant (n.) One who is
skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has
charge of the accounts.
Accountant (a.)
Accountable.
Accountantship (n.) The
office or employment of an accountant.
Account book () A book in which
accounts are kept.
Accouple (v. t.) To join;
to couple.
Accouplement (n.) The act
of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.
Accouplement (n.) That
which couples, as a tie or brace.
Accourage (v. t.) To
encourage.
Accourt (v. t.) To treat
courteously; to court.
Accoutered (imp. & p. p.)
of Accoutre
Accoutred () of Accoutre
Accoutering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accoutre
Accoutring () of Accoutre
Accouter (v. t.) Alt. of
Accoutre
Accoutre (v. t.) To
furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to
attire; to array.
Accouterments (n. pl.)
Alt. of Accoutrements
Accoutrements (n. pl.)
Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by
soldiers.
Accoy (v. t.) To render
quiet; to soothe.
Accoy (v. t.) To subdue;
to tame; to daunt.
Accredited (imp. & p. p.)
of Accredit
Accrediting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accredit
Accredit (v. t.) To put or
bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
Accredit (v. t.) To send
with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to
authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Accredit (v. t.) To
believe; to credit; to put trust in.
Accredit (v. t.) To
credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something)
as belonging to some one.
Accreditation (n.) The act
of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
Accrementitial (a.)
Pertaining to accremention.
Accrementition (n.) The
process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which
the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
Accresce (v. i.) To
accrue.
Accresce (v. i.) To
increase; to grow.
Accrescence (n.)
Continuous growth; an accretion.
Accrescent (a.) Growing;
increasing.
Accrescent (a.) Growing
larger after flowering.
Accrete (v. i.) To grow
together.
Accrete (v. i.) To adhere;
to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
Accrete (v. t.) To make
adhere; to add.
Accrete (a.) Characterized
by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
Accrete (a.) Grown
together.
Accretion (n.) The act of
increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the
internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Accretion (n.) The act of
increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an
extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
Accretion (n.) Concretion;
coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a
solid mass.
Accretion (n.) A growing
together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
Accretion (n.) The
adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes
possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of
sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water
from the usual watermark.
Accretion (n.) Gain to an
heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of
the same thing, to take his share.
Accretive (a.) Relating to
accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Accriminate (v. t.) To
accuse of a crime.
Accroach (v. t.) To hook,
or draw to one's self as with a hook.
Accroach (v. t.) To usurp,
as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
Accroachment (n.) An
encroachment; usurpation.
Accrual (n.) Accrument.
Accrued (imp. & p. p.) of
Accrue
Accruing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accrue
Accrue (n.) To increase;
to augment.
Accrue (n.) To come to by
way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as
increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
Accrue (n.) Something that
accrues; advantage accruing.
Accruer (n.) The act of
accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.
Accrument (n.) The process
of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.
Accubation (n.) The act or
posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Accumb (v. i.) To recline,
as at table.
Accumbency (n.) The state
of being accumbent or reclining.
Accumbent (a.) Leaning or
reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
Accumbent (a.) Lying
against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.
Accumbent (n.) One who
reclines at table.
Accumber (v. t.) To
encumber.
Accumulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Accumulate
Accumulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accumulate
Accumulate (v. t.) To heap
up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to
accumulate a sum of money.
Accumulate (v. i.) To grow
or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Accumulate (a.) Collected;
accumulated.
Accumulation (n.) The act
of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated;
as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
Accumulation (n.) The
concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Accumulative (a.)
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative;
additional.
Accumulator (n.) One who,
or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
Accumulator (n.) An
apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder
or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage
battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
Accumulator (n.) A system
of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea
dredging.
Accuracy (n.) The state of
being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness;
exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety;
correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.
Accurate (a.) In exact or
careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of
care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate
calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
Accurate (a.) Precisely
fixed; executed with care; careful.
Accurately (adv.) In an
accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
Accurateness (n.) The
state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
Accurse (v. t.) To devote
to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to
anathematize.
Accursed (p. p. & a.) Alt.
of Accurst
Accurst (p. p. & a.)
Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the
curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed.
Accusable (a.) Liable to
be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
Accusal (n.) Accusation.
Accusant (n.) An accuser.
Accusation (n.) The act of
accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
Accusation (n.) That of
which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration
containing the charge.
Accusatival (a.)
Pertaining to the accusative case.
Accusative (a.) Producing
accusations; accusatory.
Accusative (a.) Applied to
the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the
immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb
terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a
preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.
Accusative (n.) The
accusative case.
Accusatively (adv.) In an
accusative manner.
Accusatively (adv.) In
relation to the accusative case in grammar.
Accusatorial (a.)
Accusatory.
Accusatorially (adv.) By
way accusation.
Accusatory (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel.
Accuse (n.) Accusation.
Accused (imp. & p. p.) of
Accuse
Accusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accuse
Accuse (v. t.) To charge
with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense
Accuse (v. t.) to charge
with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse
one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
Accuse (v. t.) To charge
with a fault; to blame; to censure.
Accuse (v. t.) To betray;
to show. [L.]
Accused (a.) Charged with
offense; as, an accused person.
Accusement (n.)
Accusation.
Accuser (n.) One who
accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Accusingly (adv.) In an
accusing manner.
Accustomed (imp. & p. p.)
of Accustom
Accustoming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Accustom
Accustom (v. t.) To make
familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
Accustom (v. i.) To be
wont.
Accustom (v. i.) To
cohabit.
Accustom (n.) Custom.
Accustomable (a.)
Habitual; customary; wonted.
Accustomably (adv.)
According to custom; ordinarily; customarily.
Accustomance (n.) Custom;
habitual use.
Accustomarily (adv.)
Customarily.
Accustomary (a.) Usual;
customary.
Accustomed (a.) Familiar
through use; usual; customary.
Accustomed (a.) Frequented
by customers.
Accustomedness (n.)
Habituation.
Aces (pl. ) of Ace
Ace (n.) A unit; a single
point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of
diamonds.
Ace (n.) Hence: A very
small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Aceldama (n.) The potter's
field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which
Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood.
Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
Acentric (a.) Not
centered; without a center.
Acephal (n.) One of the
Acephala.
Acephala (n. pl.) That
division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and
oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group
included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
Acephalan (n.) Same as
Acephal.
Acephalan (a.) Belonging
to the Acephala.
Acephali (n. pl.) A
fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
Acephali (n. pl.) A
Christian sect without a leader.
Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops
and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
Acephali (n. pl.) A class
of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
Acephalist (n.) One who
acknowledges no head or superior.
Acephalocyst (n.) A larval
entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with
fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called
from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the
immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different
origin.
Acephalocystic (a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
Acephalous (a.) Headless.
Acephalous (a.) Without a
distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
Acephalous (a.) Having the
style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain
ovaries.
Acephalous (a.) Without a
leader or chief.
Acephalous (a.) Wanting
the beginning.
Acephalous (a.) Deficient
and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
Acerate (n.) A combination
of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
Acerate (a.) Acerose;
needle-shaped.
Acerb (a.) Sour, bitter,
and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Acerbate (v. t.) To sour;
to imbitter; to irritate.
Acerbic (a.) Sour or
severe.
Acerbitude (n.) Sourness
and harshness.
Acerbity (n.) Sourness of
taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
Acerbity (n.) Harshness,
bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.
Aceric (a.) Pertaining to,
or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.
Acerose (a.) Having the
nature of chaff; chaffy.
Acerose (a.)
Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
Acerous (a.) Same as
Acerose.
Acerous (a.) Destitute of
tentacles, as certain mollusks.
Acerous (a.) Without
antennae, as some insects.
Acerval (a.) Pertaining to
a heap.
Acervate (v. t.) To heap
up.
Acervate (a.) Heaped, or
growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
Acervation (n.) A heaping
up; accumulation.
Acervative (a.) Heaped up;
tending to heap up.
Acervose (a.) Full of
heaps.
Acervuline (a.) Resembling
little heaps.
Acescence (n.) Alt. of
Acescency
Acescency (n.) The quality
of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of
sourness.
Acescent (a.) Turning
sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Acescent (n.) A substance
liable to become sour.
Acetable (n.) An
acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.
Acetabular (a.)
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
Acetabulifera (n. pl.) The
division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers,
as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.
Acetabuliferous (a.)
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped
like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.
Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar
cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
Acetabulum (n.) The bony
cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Acetabulum (n.) The cavity
in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
Acetabulum (n.) A sucker
of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
Acetabulum (n.) The large
posterior sucker of the leeches.
Acetabulum (n.) One of the
lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Acetal (n.) A limpid,
colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the
influence of platinum black.
Acetaldehyde (n.) Acetic
aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Acetamide (n.) A white
crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by
acetyl.
Acetanilide (n.) A
compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also
antifebrine.
Acetarious (a.) Used in
salads; as, acetarious plants.
Acetary (n.) An acid pulp
in certain fruits, as the pear.
Acetate (n.) A salt formed
by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of
lead, acetate of potash.
Acetated (a.) Combined
with acetic acid.
Acetic (a.) Of a
pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic
fermentation.
Acetic (a.) Pertaining to,
containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is
the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
Acetification (n.) The act
of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted,
into vinegar.
Acetifier (n.) An
apparatus for hastening acetification.
Acetified (imp. & p. p.)
of Acetify
Acetifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acetify
Acetify (v. t.) To convert
into acid or vinegar.
Acetify (v. i.) To turn
acid.
Acetimeter (n.) An
instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid
containing acetic acid.
Acetimetry (n.) The act or
method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid
contained in it.
Acetin (n.) A combination
of acetic acid with glycerin.
Acetize (v. i.) To
acetify.
Acetometer (n.) Same as
Acetimeter.
Acetone (n.) A volatile
liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen;
pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by
the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with
quicklime.
Acetonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.
Acetose (a.) Sour like
vinegar; acetous.
Acetosity (n.) The quality
of being acetous; sourness.
Acetous (a.) Having a sour
taste; sour; acid.
Acetous (a.) Causing, or
connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
Acetyl (n.) A complex,
hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and
one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
Acetylene (n.) A gaseous
compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to
two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and
is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by
the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
Ach (n.) Alt. of Ache
Ache (n.) A name given to
several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Achaean (a.) Alt. of
Achaian
Achaian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.
Achaian (n.) A native of
Achaia; a Greek.
Acharnement (n.) Savage
fierceness; ferocity.
Achate (n.) An agate.
Achate (n.) Purchase;
bargaining.
Achate (n.) Provisions.
Same as Cates.
Achatina (n.) A genus of
land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.
Achatour (n.) Purveyor;
acater.
Ache (v. i.) Continued
pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in
my bones."
Ached (imp. & p. p.) of
Ache
Aching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ache
Ache (v. i.) To suffer
pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
Achean (a & n.) See
Achaean, Achaian.
Achene (n.) Alt. of
Achenium
Achenium (n.) A small,
dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called
a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
Achenial (a.) Pertaining
to an achene.
Acheron (n.) A river in
the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By
some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Acherontic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
Achievable (a.) Capable of
being achieved.
Achievance (n.)
Achievement.
Achieved (imp. & p. p.) of
Achieve
Achieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Achieve
Achieve (v. t.) To carry
on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to
perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Achieve (v. t.) To obtain,
or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
Achieve (v. t.) To finish;
to kill.
Achievement (n.) The act
of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance;
accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.
Achievement (n.) A great
or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy
exertion; a feat.
Achievement (n.) An
escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield
commonly called hatchment.
Achiever (n.) One who
achieves; a winner.
Achillean (a.) Resembling
Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
Achilles' tendon (n.) 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 (a.) Without a
lip.
Aching (a.) That aches;
continuously painful. See Ache.
Achiote (n.) Seeds of the
annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.
Achlamydate (a.) Not
possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
Achlamydeous (a.) Naked;
having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.
Acholia (n.) Deficiency or
want of bile.
Acholous (a.) Lacking
bile.
Achromatic (a.) Free from
color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
Achromatic (a.) Uncolored;
not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
Achromatically (adv.) In
an achromatic manner.
Achromaticity (n.)
Achromatism.
Achromatin (n.) Tissue
which is not stained by fluid dyes.
Achromatism (n.) The state
or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity.
Achromatization (n.) The
act or process of achromatizing.
Achromatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Achromatize
Achromatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Achromatize
Achromatize (v. t.) To
deprive of color; to make achromatic.
Achromatopsy (n.) Color
blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.
Achronic (a.) See Acronyc.
Achroodextrin (n.) Dextrin
not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.
Achroous (a.) Colorless;
achromatic.
Achylous (a.) Without
chyle.
Achymous (a.) Without
chyme.
Aciculae (pl. ) of Acicula
Acicula (n.) One of the
needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a
needlelike crystal.
Acicular (a.)
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals;
also, having sharp points like needless.
Aciculate (a.) Alt. of
Aciculated
Aciculated (a.) Furnished
with aciculae.
Aciculated (a.) Acicular.
Aciculated (a.) Marked
with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
Aciculiform (a.)
Needle-shaped; acicular.
Aciculite (n.) Needle ore.
Acid (a.) Sour, sharp, or
biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or
liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Acid (a.) Of or pertaining
to an acid; as, acid reaction.
Acid (n.) A sour
substance.
Acid (n.) One of a class
of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste,
solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are
also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of
alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing
their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more
negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and
take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no
oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are
called oxygen acids or oxacids.
Acidic (a.) Containing a
high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.
Acidiferous (a.)
Containing or yielding an acid.
Acidifiable (a.) Capable
of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
Acidific (a.) Producing
acidity; converting into an acid.
Acidification (n.) The act
or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.
Acidifier (n.) A simple or
compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen,
chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
Acidified (imp. & p. p.)
of Acidify
Acidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acidify
Acidify (v. t.) To make
acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
Acidify (v. t.) To sour;
to imbitter.
Acidimeter (n.) An
instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
Acidimetry (n.) The
measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on
the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete
reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
Acidity (n.) The quality
of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of
lemon juice.
Acidly (adv.) Sourly;
tartly.
Acidness (n.) Acidity;
sourness.
Acidulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Acidulate
Acidulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acidulate
Acidulate (v. t.) To make
sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Acidulent (a.) Having an
acid quality; sour; acidulous.
Acidulous (a.) Slightly
sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.
Acierage (n.) The process
of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike
iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
Aciform (a.) Shaped like a
needle.
Acinaceous (a.) Containing
seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
Acinaces (n.) A short
sword or saber.
Acinaciform (a.)
Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
Acinesia (n.) Same as
Akinesia.
Acinetae (n. pl.) A group
of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.
Acinetiform (a.)
Resembling the Acinetae.
Aciniform (a.) Having the
form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
Aciniform (a.) Full of
small kernels like a grape.
Acinose (a.) Alt. of
Acinous
Acinous (a.) Consisting of
acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
Acini (pl. ) of Acinus
Acinus (n.) One of the
small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry,
raspberry, etc.
Acinus (n.) A grapestone.
Acinus (n.) One of the
granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas;
also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
Acipenser (n.) A genus of
ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales,
and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.
Aciurgy (n.) Operative
surgery.
Acknow (v. t.) To
recognize.
Acknow (v. t.) To
acknowledge; to confess.
Acknowledged (imp. & p. p.)
of Acknowledge
Acknowledging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acknowledge
Acknowledge (v. t.) To of
or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's
belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
Acknowledge (v. t.) To own
or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or
authority of; to give recognition to.
Acknowledge (v. t.) To own
with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the
receipt of a letter.
Acknowledge (v. t.) To own
as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or
admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
Acknowledgedly (adv.)
Confessedly.
Acknowledger (n.) One who
acknowledges.
Acknowledgment (n.) The
act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
Acknowledgment (n.) The
act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship;
recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
Acknowledgment (n.) The
owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
Acknowledgment (n.)
Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
Acknowledgment (n.) A
declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the
acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the
officer attesting such declaration.
Aclinic (a.) Without
inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself
horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic
equator.
Acme (n.) The top or
highest point; the culmination.
Acme (n.) The crisis or
height of a disease.
Acme (n.) Mature age; full
bloom of life.
Acne (n.) A pustular
affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.
Acnodal (a.) Pertaining to
acnodes.
Acnode (n.) An isolated
point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve
so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
Acock (adv.) In a cocked
or turned up fashion.
Acockbill (adv.) Hanging
at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
Acockbill (adv.) Topped
up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
Acold (a.) Cold.
Acologic (a.) Pertaining
to acology.
Acology (n.) Materia
medica; the science of remedies.
Acolothist (n.) See
Acolythist.
Acolyctine (n.) An organic
base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
Acolyte (n.) One who has
received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being
ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
Acolyte (n.) One who
attends; an assistant.
Acolyth (n.) Same as
Acolyte.
Acolythist (n.) An
acolyte.
Aconddylose (a.) Alt. of
Acondylous
Acondylous (a.) Being
without joints; jointless.
Aconital (a.) Of the
nature of aconite.
Aconite (n.) The herb
wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe
Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
Aconite (n.) An extract or
tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Aconitia (n.) Same as
Aconitine.
Aconitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to aconite.
Aconitine (n.) An
intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
Aconitum (n.) The
poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
Acontia (n. pl.)
Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown
out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
Acontias (n.) Anciently, a
snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the
lizards.
Acopic (a.) Relieving
weariness; restorative.
Acorn (n.) The fruit of
the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped
piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Acorn (n.) See
Acorn-shell.
Acorn cup () The involucre or cup
in which the acorn is fixed.
Acorned (a.) Furnished or
loaded with acorns.
Acorned (a.) Fed or filled
with acorns.
Acorn-shell (n.) One of
the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Acosmism (n.) A denial of
the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
Acosmist (n.) One who
denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.
Acotyledon (n.) A plant
which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
Acotyledonous (a.) Having
no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds,
as ferns, mosses, etc.
Acouchy (n.) A small
species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Acoumeter (n.) An
instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Acoumetry (n.) The
measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
Acoustic (a.) Pertaining
to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds;
auditory.
Acoustic (n.) A medicine
or agent to assist hearing.
Acoustical (a.) Of or
pertaining to acoustics.
Acoustically (adv.) In
relation to sound or to hearing.
Acoustician (n.) One
versed in acoustics.
Acoustics (n.) The science
of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
Acquaint (v. t.)
Acquainted.
Acquainted (imp. & p. p.)
of Acquaint
Acquainting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acquaint
Acquaint (v. t.) To
furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make
familiar; -- followed by with.
Acquaint (v. t.) To
communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with
(formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to
acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint (v. t.) To
familiarize; to accustom.
Acquaintable (a.) Easy to
be acquainted with; affable.
Acquaintance (n.) A state
of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial,
knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship
or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
Acquaintance (n.) A person
or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Acquaintanceship (n.) A
state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
Acquaintant (n.) An
acquaintance.
Acquainted (a.) Personally
known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
Acquaintedness (n.) State
of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
Acquest (n.) Acquisition;
the thing gained.
Acquest (n.) Property
acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
Acquiesced (imp. & p. p.)
of Acquiesce
Acquiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acquiesce
Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest
satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent
(usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by
silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and
to.
Acquiesce (v. i.) To
concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually,
to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
Acquiescence (n.) A silent
or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; --
distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from
opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
Acquiescence (n.)
Submission to an injury by the party injured.
Acquiescence (n.) Tacit
concurrence in the action of another.
Acquiescency (n.) The
quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
Acquiescent (a.) Resting
satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an
acquiescent policy.
Acquiescently (adv.) In an
acquiescent manner.
Acquiet (v. t.) To quiet.
Acquirability (n.) The
quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
Acquirable (a.) Capable of
being acquired.
Acquired (imp. & p. p.) of
Acquire
Acquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acquire
Acquire (v. t.) To gain,
usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title,
riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Acquirement (n.) The act
of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
Acquirer (n.) A person who
acquires.
Acquiry (n.) Acquirement.
Acquisite (a.) Acquired.
Acquisition (n.) The act
or process of acquiring.
Acquisition (n.) The thing
acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Acquisitive (a.) Acquired.
Acquisitive (a.) Able or
disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or
disposition.
Acquisitively (adv.) In
the way of acquisition.
Acquisitiveness (n.) The
quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of
possession.
Acquisitiveness (n.) The
faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and
possessing.
Acquisitor (n.) One who
acquires.
Acquist (n.) Acquisition;
gain.
Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted;
set free; rid of.
Acquitted (imp. & p. p.)
of Acquit
Acquitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Acquit
Acquit (v. t.) To
discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
Acquit (v. t.) To pay for;
to atone for.
Acquit (v. t.) To set
free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from
an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by
from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
Acquit (v. t.) To clear
one's self.
Acquit (v. t.) To bear or
conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself
well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
Acquitment (n.) Acquittal.
Acquittal (n.) The act of
acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
Acquittal (n.) A setting
free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or
sentence of a court.
Acquittance (n.) The
clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other
liability.
Acquittance (n.) A writing
which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further
demand.
Acquittance (v. t.) To
acquit.
Acquitter (n.) One who
acquits or releases.
Acrania (n.) Partial or
total absence of the skull.
Acrania (n.) The lowest
group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.
Acranial (a.) Wanting a
skull.
Acrase (v. t.) Alt. of
Acraze
Acraze (v. t.) To craze.
Acraze (v. t.) To impair;
to destroy.
Acrasia (n.) Alt. of
Acrasy
Acrasy (n.) Excess;
intemperance.
Acraspeda (n. pl.) A group
of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.
Acre (n.) Any field of
arable or pasture land.
Acre (n.) A piece of land,
containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This
is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch
acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
Acreable (a.) Of an acre;
per acre; as, the acreable produce.
Acreage (n.) Acres
collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
Acred (a.) Possessing
acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
Acrid (a.) Sharp and
harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
Acrid (a.) Causing heat
and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
Acrid (a.) Caustic;
bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
Acridity (n.) Alt. of
Acridness
Acridness (n.) The quality
of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a
plant, of a speech.
Acridly (adv.) In an acid
manner.
Acrimonious (a.) Acrid;
corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.
Acrimonious (a.) Caustic;
bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
Acrimoniously (adv.) In an
acrimonious manner.
Acrimoniousness (n.) The
quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
Acrimonies (pl. ) of
Acrimony
Acrimony (n.) A quality of
bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as,
the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.
Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or
severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or
manners.
Acrisia (n.) Alt. of
Acrisy
Acrisy (n.) Inability to
judge.
Acrisy (n.) Undecided
character of a disease.
Acrita (n. pl.) The lowest
groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.
Acritan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Acrita.
Acritan (n.) An individual
of the Acrita.
Acrite (a.) Acritan.
Acritical (a.) Having no
crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical
abscess.
Acritochromacy (n.) Color
blindness; achromatopsy.
Acritude (n.) Acridity;
pungency joined with heat.
Acrity (n.) Sharpness;
keenness.
Acroamatic (a.) Alt. of
Acroamatical
Acroamatical (a.)
Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle,
those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric
doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence:
Abstruse; profound.
Acroatic (a.) Same as
Acroamatic.
Acrobat (n.) One who
practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
Acrobatic (a.) Pertaining
to an acrobat.
Acrobatism (n.) Feats of
the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
Acrocarpous (a.) Having a
terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
Acrocarpous (a.) Having
the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
Acrocephalic (a.)
Characterized by a high skull.
Acrocephaly (n.) Loftiness
of skull.
Acroceraunian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara),
between Epirus and Macedonia.
Acrodactylum (n.) The
upper surface of the toes, individually.
Acrodont (n.) One of a
group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar
ridge.
Acrodont (a.) Of or
pertaining to the acrodonts.
Acrogen (n.) A plant of
the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.
Acrogenous (a.) Increasing
by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
Acrolein (n.) A limpid,
colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or
the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are
intensely irritating.
Acrolith (n.) A statue
whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
Acrolithan (a.) Alt. of
Acrolithic
Acrolithic (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, an acrolith.
Acromegaly (n.) Chronic
enlargement of the extremities and face.
Acromial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the acromion.
Acromion (n.) The outer
extremity of the shoulder blade.
Acromonogrammatic (a.)
Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding
verse ends.
Acronyc (a.) Alt. of
Acronychal
Acronychal (a.) Rising at
sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.
Acronycally (adv.) In an
acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.
Acronyctous (a.)
Acronycal.
Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
Acropetal (a.) Developing
from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center;
centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.
Acrophony (n.) The use of
a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the
name of the object.
Acropodium (n.) The entire
upper surface of the foot.
Acropolis (n.) The upper
part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.
Acropolitan (a.)
Pertaining to an acropolis.
Acrospire (n.) The sprout
at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; --
so called from its spiral form.
Acrospire (v. i.) To put
forth the first sprout.
Acrospore (n.) A spore
borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
Acrosporous (a.) Having
acrospores.
Across (n.) From side to
side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over;
as, a bridge laid across a river.
Across (adv.) From side to
side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
Across (adv.) Obliquely;
athwart; amiss; awry.
Acrostic (n.) A
composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the
lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or
motto.
Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew
poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in
regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
Acrostic (n.) Alt. of
Acrostical
Acrostical (n.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Acrostically (adv.) After
the manner of an acrostic.
Acrotarsium (n.) The
instep or front of the tarsus.
Acroteleutic (n.) The end
of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by
way of a response.
Acroter (n.) Same as
Acroterium.
Acroterial (a.) Pertaining
to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.
Acroteria (pl. ) of
Acroterium
Acroterium (n.) One of the
small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the
basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables
in Gothic architecture.
Acroterium (n.) One of the
pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
Acrotic (a.) Pertaining to
or affecting the surface.
Acrotism (n.) Lack or
defect of pulsation.
Acrotomous (a.) Having a
cleavage parallel with the base.
Acrylic (a.) Of or
containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as,
acrylic acid.
Act (n.) That which is
done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is
the cause; a performance; a deed.
Act (n.) The result of
public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body,
council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award;
as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
Act (n.) A formal solemn
writing, expressing that something has been done.
Act (n.) A performance of
part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in
which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
Act (n.) A thesis
maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree,
or to show the proficiency of a student.
Act (n.) A state of
reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
Act (n.) Process of doing;
action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
Acted (imp. & p. p.) of
Act
Acting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Act
Act (v. t.) To move to
action; to actuate; to animate.
Act (v. t.) To perform; to
execute; to do.
Act (v. t.) To perform, as
an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
Act (v. t.) To assume the
office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
Act (v. t.) To feign or
counterfeit; to simulate.
Act (v. i.) To exert
power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
Act (v. i.) To perform
actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to
remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
Act (v. i.) To behave or
conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport
one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
Act (v. i.) To perform on
the stage; to represent a character.
Actable (a.) Capable of
being acted.
Actinal (a.) Pertaining to
the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.
Actinaria (n. pl.) A large
division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not
form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa,
expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
Acting (a.) Operating in
any way.
Acting (a.) Doing duty for
another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
Actiniae (pl. ) of Actinia
Actinias (pl. ) of Actinia
Actinia (n.) An animal of
the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form
and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
Actinia (n.) A genus in
the family Actinidae.
Actinic (a.) Of or
pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
Actiniform (a.) Having a
radiated form, like a sea anemone.
Actinism (n.) The property
of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical
changes are produced, as in photography.
Actinium (n.) A supposed
metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because
certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.
Actino-chemistry (n.)
Chemistry in its relations to actinism.
Actinograph (n.) An
instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical
force of rays of light.
Actinoid (a.) Having the
form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.
Actinolite (n.) A bright
green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Actinolitic (a.) Of the
nature of, or containing, actinolite.
Actinology (n.) The
science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical
rays.
Actinomere (n.) One of the
radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.
Actinometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
Actinometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
Actinometric (a.)
Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a)
heating, or (b) actinic.
Actinometry (n.) The
measurement of the force of solar radiation.
Actinometry (n.) The
measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
Actinophorous (a.) Having
straight projecting spines.
Actinosome (n.) The entire
body of a coelenterate.
Actinost (n.) One of the
bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.
Actinostome (n.) The mouth
or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
Actinotrocha (n. pl.) A
peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of
ciliated tentacles.
Actinozoa (n. pl.) A group
of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or
actinia, is a familiar example.
Actinozoal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Actinozoa.
Actinozoon (n.) One of the
Actinozoa.
Actinula (n. pl.) A kind
of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
Action (n.) A process or
condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something;
exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the
action of heat; a man of action.
Action (n.) An act; a
thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct;
behavior; demeanor.
Action (n.) The event or
connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a
play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Action (n.) Movement; as,
the horse has a spirited action.
Action (n.) Effective
motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Action (n.) Any one of the
active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the
action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
Action (n.) Gesticulation;
the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice,
gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
Action (n.) The attitude
or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or
passion depicted.
Action (n.) A suit or
process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad
sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the
redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
Action (n.) A right of
action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
Action (n.) A share in the
capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the
plural, equivalent to stocks.
Action (n.) An engagement
between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a
general action, a partial action.
Action (n.) The mechanical
contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted
to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
Actionable (a.) That may
be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is
actionable.
Actionably (adv.) In an
actionable manner.
Actionary (n.) Alt. of
Actionist
Actionist (n.) A
shareholder in joint-stock company.
Actionless (a.) Void of
action.
Activate (v. t.) To make
active.
Active (a.) Having the
power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion;
acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the
powers of the mind.
Active (a.) Quick in
physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or
animal.
Active (a.) In action;
actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or
extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Active (a.) Given to
action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to
dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind;
active zeal.
Active (a.) Requiring or
implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active
employment or service; active scenes.
Active (a.) Given to
action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to
speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
Active (a.) Brisk; lively;
as, an active demand for corn.
Active (a.) Implying or
producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
Active (a.) Applied to a
form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
Active (a.) Applied to
verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else;
transitive.
Active (a.) Applied to all
verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Actively (adv.) In an
active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action;
voluntarily, not passively.
Actively (adv.) In an
active signification; as, a word used actively.
Activeness (n.) The
quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Activities (pl. ) of
Activity
Activity (n.) The state or
quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation;
energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Actless (a.) Without
action or spirit.
Acton (n.) A stuffed
jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
Actor (n.) One who acts,
or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Actor (n.) A theatrical
performer; a stageplayer.
Actor (n.) An advocate or
proctor in civil courts or causes.
Actor (n.) One who
institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Actress (n.) A female
actor or doer.
Actress (n.) A female
stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
Actual (a.) Involving or
comprising action; active.
Actual (a.) Existing in
act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential,
possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the
actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
Actual (a.) In action at
the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
Actual (n.) Something
actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
Actualist (n.) One who
deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than
fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.
Actualities (pl. ) of
Actuality
Actuality (n.) The state
of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.
Actualization (n.) A
making actual or really existent.
Actualize (v. t.) To make
actual; to realize in action.
Actually (adv.) Actively.
Actually (adv.) In act or
in fact; really; in truth; positively.
Actualness (n.) Quality of
being actual; actuality.
Actuarial (a.) Of or
pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
Actuaries (pl. ) of
Actuary
Actuary (n.) A registrar
or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe
used for a clerk or registrar generally.
Actuary (n.) The computing
official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for
insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
Actuated (imp. & p. p.) of
Actuate
Actuating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Actuate
Actuate (v. t.) To put
into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to
move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
Actuate (v. t.) To carry
out in practice; to perform.
Actuate (a.) Put in
action; actuated.
Actuation (n.) A bringing
into action; movement.
Actuator (n.) One who
actuates, or puts into action.
Actuose (a.) Very active.
Actuosity (n.) Abundant
activity.
Acture (n.) Action.
Acturience (n.) Tendency
or impulse to act.
Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen;
to make pungent; to quicken.
Acuate (a.) Sharpened;
sharp-pointed.
Acuation (n.) Act of
sharpening.
Acuition (n.) The act of
sharpening.
Acuity (n.) Sharpness or
acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
Aculeate (a.) Having a
sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Aculeate (a.) Having
prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
Aculeate (a.) Severe or
stinging; incisive.
Aculeated (a.) Having a
sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Aculeiform (a.) Like a
prickle.
Aculeolate (a.) Having
small prickles or sharp points.
Aculeous (a.) Aculeate.
Aculei (pl. ) of Aculeus
Aculeus (n.) A prickle
growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
Aculeus (n.) A sting.
Acumen (n.) Quickness of
perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice
discrimination.
Acuminate (a.) Tapering to
a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
Acuminate (v. t.) To
render sharp or keen.
Acuminate (v. i.) To end
in, or come to, a sharp point.
Acumination (n.) A
sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Acuminose (a.) Terminating
in a flat, narrow end.
Acuminous (a.)
Characterized by acumen; keen.
Acupressure (n.) A mode of
arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing
under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally
on the cutaneous surface.
Acupuncturation (n.) See
Acupuncture.
Acupuncture (n.) Pricking
with a needle; a needle prick.
Acupuncture (n.) The
insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
Acupuncture (v. t.) To
treat with acupuncture.
Acustumaunce (n.) See
Accustomance.
Acutangular (a.)
Acute-angled.
Acute (a.) Sharp at the
end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an
acute angle; an acute leaf.
Acute (a.) Having nice
discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever;
shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or
reasoning.
Acute (a.) Having nice or
quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the
senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling;
acute pain or pleasure.
Acute (a.) High, or
shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute
tone or accent.
Acute (a.) Attended with
symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed
to chronic; as, an acute disease.
Acute (v. t.) To give an
acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
Acute-angled (a.) Having
acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its
angles less than a right angle.
Acutely (adv.) In an acute
manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
Acuteness (n.) The quality
of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
Acuteness (n.) The faculty
of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness;
-- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we
perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we
discern nice distinctions.
Acuteness (n.) Shrillness;
high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Acuteness (n.) Violence of
a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
Acutifoliate (a.) Having
sharp-pointed leaves.
Acutilobate (a.) Having
acute lobes, as some leaves.
Ad- () As a prefix ad- assumes
the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with
the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged
before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent,
admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes
ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
Adact (v. t.) To compel;
to drive.
Adactyl (a.) Alt. of
Adactylous
Adactylous (a.) Without
fingers or without toes.
Adactylous (a.) Without
claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Adage (n.) An old saying,
which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Adagial (a.) Pertaining to
an adage; proverbial.
Adagio (a. & adv.) Slow;
slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the
movement to be very slow.
Adagio (n.) A piece of
music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
Adam (n.) The name given
in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
Adam (n.) "Original sin;"
human frailty.
Adamant (n.) A stone
imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and
other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no
technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the
embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
Adamant (n.) Lodestone;
magnet.
Adamantean (a.) Of
adamant; hard as adamant.
Adamantine (a.) Made of
adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken,
dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
Adamantine (a.) Like the
diamond in hardness or luster.
Adambulacral (a.) Next to
the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.
Adamic (a.) Alt. of
Adamical
Adamical (a.) Of or
pertaining to Adam, or resembling him.
Adamite (n.) A descendant
of Adam; a human being.
Adamite (n.) One of a sect
of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use
of dress in their assemblies.
Adam's apple () See under Adam.
Adance (adv.) Dancing.
Adangle (adv.) Dangling.
Adansonia (n.) A genus of
great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the
baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or
cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of
enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled
with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the
natives for making ropes and cloth.
Adapt (a.) Fitted; suited.
Adapted (imp. & p. p.) of
Adapt
Adapting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adapt
Adapt (v. t.) To make
suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; --
sometimes followed by to or for.
Adaptability (n.) Alt. of
Adaptableness
Adaptableness (n.) The
quality of being adaptable; suitableness.
Adaptable (a.) Capable of
being adapted.
Adaptation (n.) The act or
process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted;
fitness.
Adaptation (n.) The result
of adapting; an adapted form.
Adaptative (a.) Adaptive.
Adaptedness (n.) The state
or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.
Adapter (n.) One who
adapts.
Adapter (n.) A connecting
tube; an adopter.
Adaption (n.) Adaptation.
Adaptive (a.) Suited,
given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of
adapting.
Adaptiveness (n.) The
quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
Adaptly (adv.) In a
suitable manner.
Adaptness (n.)
Adaptedness.
Adaptorial (a.) Adaptive.
Adar (n.) The twelfth
month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It
corresponded nearly with March.
Adarce (n.) A saltish
concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and
porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters,
and also in leprosy.
Adatis (n.) A fine cotton
cloth of India.
Adaunt (v. t.) To daunt;
to subdue; to mitigate.
Adaw (v. t.) To subdue; to
daunt.
Adaw (v. t. & i.) To
awaken; to arouse.
Adays (adv.) By day, or
every day; in the daytime.
Ad captandum () A phrase used
adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
Added (imp. & p. p.) of
Add
Adding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Add
Add (v. t.) To give by way
of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
Add (v. t.) To join or
unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the
number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one
aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to
add up a column.
Add (v. t.) To append, as
a statement; to say further.
Add (v. i.) To make an
addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.
Add (v. i.) To perform the
arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
Addable (a.) Addible.
Addax (n.) One of the
largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).
Addeem (v. t.) To award;
to adjudge.
Addenda (pl. ) of Addendum
Addendum (n.) A thing to
be added; an appendix or addition.
Adder (n.) One who, or
that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
Adder (n.) A serpent.
Adder (n.) A small
venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/
Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
Adder (n.) In America, the
term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing
adder, etc.
Adder (n.) Same as Sea
Adder.
Adder fly/ () A dragon fly.
Adder's-tongue (n.) A
genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a
serpent's tongue.
Adder's-tongue (n.) The
yellow dogtooth violet.
Adderwort (n.) The common
bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
Addibility (n.) The
quantity of being addible; capability of addition.
Addible (a.) Capable of
being added.
Addice (n.) See Adze.
Addict (p. p.) Addicted;
devoted.
Addicted (imp. & p. p.) of
Addict
Addicting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Addict
Addict (v. t.) To apply
habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
Addict (v. t.) To adapt;
to make suitable; to fit.
Addictedness (n.) The
quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
Addiction (n.) The state
of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
Addison's disease () A morbid
condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at
one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular
bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be
dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.
Additament (n.) An
addition, or a thing added.
Addition (n.) The act of
adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
Addition (n.) Anything
added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
Addition (n.) That part of
arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
Addition (n.) A dot at the
right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one
half.
Addition (n.) A title
annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.;
Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of
distinction; a title.
Addition (n.) Something
added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.
Additional (a.) Added;
supplemental; in the way of an addition.
Additional (n.) Something
added.
Additionally (adv.) By way
of addition.
Additionary (a.)
Additional.
Addititious (a.) Additive.
Additive (a.) Proper to be
added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
Additory (a.) Tending to
add; making some addition.
Addle (n.) Liquid filth;
mire.
Addle (n.) Lees; dregs.
Addle (a.) Having lost the
power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or
confused, as brains; muddled.
Addled (imp. & p. p.) of
Addle
Addling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Addle
Addle (v. t. & i.) To make
addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
Addle (v. t. & i.) To earn
by labor.
Addle (v. t. & i.) To
thrive or grow; to ripen.
Addle-brain (n.) Alt. of
Addle-pate
Addle-head (n.) Alt. of
Addle-pate
Addle-pate (n.) A foolish
or dull-witted fellow.
Addle-brained (a.) Alt. of
Addle-pated
Addle-headed (a.) Alt. of
Addle-pated
Addle-pated (a.)
Dull-witted; stupid.
Addle-patedness (n.)
Stupidity.
Addlings (n. pl.)
Earnings.
Addoom (v. t.) To adjudge.
Addorsed (a.) Set or
turned back to back.
Addressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Address
Addressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Address
Address (v.) To aim; to
direct.
Address (v.) To prepare or
make ready.
Address (v.) Reflexively:
To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to
betake.
Address (v.) To clothe or
array; to dress.
Address (v.) To direct, as
words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any
one, an audience).
Address (v.) To direct
speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by
words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.
Address (v.) To direct in
writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he
addressed a letter.
Address (v.) To make suit
to as a lover; to court; to woo.
Address (v.) To consign or
intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed
to a merchant in Baltimore.
Address (v. i.) To prepare
one's self.
Address (v. i.) To direct
speech.
Address (v. t.) Act of
preparing one's self.
Address (v. t.) Act of
addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
Address (v. t.) A formal
communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal
application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or
special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
Address (v. t.) Direction
or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the
person addressed.
Address (v. t.) Manner of
speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
Address (v. t.) Attention
in the way one's addresses to a lady.
Address (v. t.) Skill;
skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Addressee (n.) One to whom
anything is addressed.
Addression (n.) The act of
addressing or directing one's course.
Adduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Adduce
Adducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adduce
Adduce (v. t.) To bring
forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a
statement or case; to cite; to allege.
Adducent (a.) Bringing
together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the
body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
Adducer (n.) One who
adduces.
Adducible (a.) Capable of
being adduced.
Adduct (v. t.) To draw
towards a common center or a middle line.
Adduction (n.) The act of
adducing or bringing forward.
Adduction (n.) The action
by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to
abduction.
Adductive (a.) Adducing,
or bringing towards or to something.
Adductor (n.) A muscle
which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or
closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of
the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
Addulce (v. t.) To
sweeten; to soothe.
Adeem (v. t.) To revoke,
as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.
Adelantadillo (n.) A
Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
Adelantado (n.) A governor
of a province; a commander.
Adelaster (n.) A
provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined,
and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
Adeling (n.) Same as
Atheling.
Adelocodonic (a.) Applied
to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free;
-- opposed to phanerocodonic.
Adelopod (n.) An animal
having feet that are not apparent.
Adelphia (n.) A
"brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as
in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
Adelphous (a.) Having
coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens.
Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.
Adempt (p. p.) Takes away.
Ademption (n.) The
revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.
Aden- () Alt. of Adeno-
Adeno- () Combining forms of the
Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases,
etc., of the glands.
Adenalgia (n.) Alt. of
Adenalgy
Adenalgy (n.) Pain in a
gland.
Adeniform (a.) Shaped like
a gland; adenoid.
Adenitis (n.) Glandular
inflammation.
Adenographic (a.)
Pertaining to adenography.
Adenography (n.) That part
of anatomy which describes the glands.
Adenoid (a.) Alt. of
Adenoidal
Adenoidal (a.) Glandlike;
glandular.
Adenological (a.)
Pertaining to adenology.
Adenology (n.) The part of
physiology that treats of the glands.
Adenophorous (a.)
Producing glands.
Adenophyllous (a.) Having
glands on the leaves.
Adenose (a.) Like a gland;
full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
Adenotomic (a.) Pertaining
to adenotomy.
Adenotomy (n.) Dissection
of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
Adenous (a.) Same as
Adenose.
Adeps (n.) Animal fat;
lard.
Adept (n.) One fully
skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
Adept (a.) Well skilled;
completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Adeption (a.) An
obtaining; attainment.
Adeptist (n.) A skilled
alchemist.
Adeptness (n.) The quality
of being adept; skill.
Adequacy (n.) The state or
quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a
particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
Adequate (a.) Equal to
some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers
adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
Adequate (a.) To equalize;
to make adequate.
Adequate (a.) To equal.
Adequately (adv.) In an
adequate manner.
Adequateness (n.) The
quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
Adequation (n.) The act of
equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
Adesmy (n.) The division
or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.
Adessenarian (n.) One who
held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by
transubstantiation.
Adfected (v.) See
Affected, 5.
Adfiliated (a.) See
Affiliated.
Adfiliation (n.) See
Affiliation.
Adfluxion (n.) See
Affluxion.
Adhamant (a.) Clinging, as
by hooks.
Adhered (imp. & p. p.) of
Adhere
Adhering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adhere
Adhere (v. i.) To stick
fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as,
wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
Adhere (v. i.) To hold, be
attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of
faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a
church.
Adhere (v. i.) To be
consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
Adherence (n.) The quality
or state of adhering.
Adherence (n.) The state
of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as,
adherence to a party or to opinions.
Adherency (n.) The state
or quality of being adherent; adherence.
Adherency (n.) That which
adheres.
Adherent (a.) Sticking;
clinging; adhering.
Adherent (a.) Attached as
an attribute or circumstance.
Adherent (a.) Congenitally
united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with
petals.
Adherent (n.) One who
adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a
follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
Adherent (n.) That which
adheres; an appendage.
Adherently (adv.) In an
adherent manner.
Adherer (n.) One who
adheres; an adherent.
Adhesion (n.) The action
of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of
glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
Adhesion (n.) Adherence;
steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
Adhesion (n.) Agreement to
adhere; concurrence; assent.
Adhesion (n.) The
molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
Adhesion (n.) Union of
surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an
inflammatory process.
Adhesion (n.) The union of
parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same
plant.
Adhesive (a.) Sticky;
tenacious, as glutinous substances.
Adhesive (a.) Apt or
tending to adhere; clinging.
Adhesively (adv.) In an
adhesive manner.
Adhesiveness (n.) The
quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
Adhesiveness (n.)
Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social
intercourse.
Adhibit (v. t.) To admit,
as a person or thing; to take in.
Adhibit (v. t.) To use or
apply; to administer.
Adhibit (v. t.) To attach;
to affix.
Adhibition (n.) The act of
adhibiting; application; use.
Ad hominem () A phrase applied to
an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a
man.
Adhort (v. t.) To exhort;
to advise.
Adhortation (n.) Advice;
exhortation.
Adhortatory (a.)
Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.
Adiabatic (a.) Not giving
out or receiving heat.
Adiactinic (a.) Not
transmitting the actinic rays.
Adiantum (n.) A genus of
ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a
species of spleenwort.
Adiaphorism (n.) Religious
indifference.
Adiaphorist (n.) One of
the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies
to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or
heretical.
Adiaphoristic (a.)
Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.
Adiaphorite (n.) Same as
Adiaphorist.
Adiaphorous (a.)
Indifferent or neutral.
Adiaphorous (a.) Incapable
of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.
Adiaphory (n.)
Indifference.
Adiathermic (a.) Not
pervious to heat.
Adieu (interj. & adv.)
Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
Adieus (pl. ) of Adieu
Adieu (n.) A farewell;
commendation to the care of God at parting.
Adight (p. p.) of Adight
Adight (v. t.) To set in
order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.
Ad infinitum () Without limit;
endlessly.
Ad interim () Meanwhile;
temporary.
Adipescent (a.) Becoming
fatty.
Adipic (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained
from fats by the action of nitric acid.
Adipocerate (v. t.) To
convert into adipocere.
Adipoceration (n.) The act
or process of changing into adipocere.
Adipocere (n.) A soft,
unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and
muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water
or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
Adipoceriform (a.) Having
the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.
Adipocerous (a.) Like
adipocere.
Adipose (a.) Of or
pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
Adiposeness (n.) Alt. of
Adiposity
Adiposity (n.) The state
of being fat; fatness.
Adipous (a.) Fatty;
adipose.
Adipsous (a.) Quenching
thirst, as certain fruits.
Adipsy (n.) Absence of
thirst.
Adit (n.) An entrance or
passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered,
or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
Adit (n.) Admission;
approach; access.
Adjacence () Alt. of Adjacency
Adjacency () The state of being
adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
Adjacency () That which is
adjacent.
Adjacent (a.) Lying near,
close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the
highway.
Adjacent (n.) That which
is adjacent.
Adjacently (adv.) So as to
be adjacent.
Adject (v. t.) To add or
annex; to join.
Adjection (n.) The act or
mode of adding; also, the thing added.
Adjectional (a.)
Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.
Adjectitious () Added;
additional.
Adjectival (a.) Of or
relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective;
adjective.
Adjectivally (adv.) As, or
in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.
Adjective (n.) Added to a
substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word
or sentence.
Adjective (n.) Not
standing by itself; dependent.
Adjective (n.) Relating to
procedure.
Adjective (n.) A word used
with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or
something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe
a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise
is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
Adjective (n.) A
dependent; an accessory.
Adjectived (imp. & p. p.)
of Adjective
Adjectiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjective
Adjective (v. t.) To make
an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
Adjectively (adv.) In the
manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
Adjoined (imp. & p. p.) of
Adjoin
Adjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjoin
Adjoin (v. t.) To join or
unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
Adjoin (v. i.) To lie or
be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.
Adjoin (v. i.) To join
one's self.
Adjoinant (a.) Contiguous.
Adjoining (a.) Joining to;
contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.
Adjoint (n.) An adjunct; a
helper.
Adjourned (imp. & p. p.)
of Adjourn
Adjourning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjourn
Adjourn (v. t.) To put off
or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for
the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as,
to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
Adjourn (v. i.) To suspend
business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or
indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and
courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the
court adjourned without day.
Adjournal (n.)
Adjournment; postponement.
Adjournment (n.) The act
of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without
day.
Adjournment (n.) The time
or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones
business.
Adjudged (imp. & p. p.) of
Adjudge
Adjudging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjudge
Adjudge (v. t.) To award
judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to
the victor.
Adjudge (v. t.) To
determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to
adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.
Adjudge (v. t.) To
sentence; to condemn.
Adjudge (v. t.) To regard
or hold; to judge; to deem.
Adjudger (n.) One who
adjudges.
Adjudgment (n.) The act of
adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication.
Adjudicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Adjudicate
Adjudicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjudicate
Adjudicate (v. t.) To
adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
Adjudicate (v. i.) To come
to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
Adjudication (n.) The act
of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
Adjudication (n.) A
deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
Adjudication (n.) The
decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
Adjudication (n.) A
process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
Adjudicative (a.)
Adjudicating.
Adjudicator (n.) One who
adjudicates.
Adjudicature (n.)
Adjudication.
Adjugate (v. t.) To yoke
to.
Adjument (n.) Help;
support; also, a helper.
Adjuvant (n.) A substance
added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
Adjuvant (n.) A substance
added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active
ingredient.
Adjunct (a.) Conjoined;
attending; consequent.
Adjunct (n.) Something
joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Adjunct (n.) A person
joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
Adjunct (n.) A word or
words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of
the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts
of "History."
Adjunct (n.) A quality or
property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the
body, judgment in the mind.
Adjunct (n.) A key or
scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.]
See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Adjunction (n.) The act of
joining; the thing joined or added.
Adjunctive (a.) Joining;
having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
Adjunctive (n.) One who,
or that which, is joined.
Adjunctively (adv.) In an
adjunctive manner.
Adjunctly (adv.) By way of
addition or adjunct; in connection with.
Adjuration (n.) The act of
adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest
appeal.
Adjuration (n.) The form
of oath or appeal.
Adjuratory (a.) Containing
an adjuration.
Adjured (imp. & p. p.) of
Adjure
Adjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjure
Adjure (v. t.) To charge,
bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse;
to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
Adjurer (n.) One who
adjures.
Adjusted (imp. & p. p.) of
Adjust
Adjusting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adjust
Adjust (v. t.) To make
exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper
relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
Adjust (v. t.) To put in
order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjust (v. t.) To settle
or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as,
to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
Adjust (v. t.) To bring to
a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use;
as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
Adjustable (a.) Capable of
being adjusted.
Adjustage (n.) Adjustment.
Adjuster (n.) One who, or
that which, adjusts.
Adjustive (a.) Tending to
adjust.
Adjustment (n.) The act of
adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper
relations; regulation.
Adjustment (n.) Settlement
of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off,
contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
Adjustment (n.) The
operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or
telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being
thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
Adjutage (n.) Same as
Ajutage.
Adjutancy (n.) The office
of an adjutant.
Adjutancy (n.) Skillful
arrangement in aid; assistance.
Adjutant (n.) A helper; an
assistant.
Adjutant (n.) A regimental
staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or
regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
Adjutant (n.) A species of
very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the
gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
Adjutator (n.) A
corruption of Agitator.
Adjute (v. t.) To add.
Adjutor (n.) A helper or
assistant.
Adjutory (a.) Serving to
help or assist; helping.
Adjutrix (n.) A female
helper or assistant.
Adjuvant (a.) Helping;
helpful; assisting.
Adjuvant (n.) An
assistant.
Adjuvant (n.) An
ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the
principal ingredient.
Adlegation (n.) A right
formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own
ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the
common interest of the empire.
Ad libitum () At one's pleasure;
as one wishes.
Adlocution (n.) See
Allocution.
Admarginate (v. t.) To
write in the margin.
Admaxillary (a.) Near to
the maxilla or jawbone.
Admeasure (v. t.) To
measure.
Admeasure (v. t.) To
determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure
dower; to admeasure common of pasture.
Admeasure (v. t.) The
measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
Admeasure (v. t.)
Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower
or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the
sheriff.
Admeasurer (n.) One who
admeasures.
Admensuration (n.) Same as
Admeasurement.
Adminicle (n.) Help or
support; an auxiliary.
Adminicle (n.)
Corroborative or explanatory proof.
Adminicular (a.) Supplying
help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence.
Adminiculary (a.)
Adminicular.
Administered (imp. & p. p.)
of Administer
Administering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Administer
Administer (v. t.) To
manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution,
application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
Administer (v. t.) To
dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to
administer the sacrament.
Administer (v. t.) To
apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or
suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
Administer (v. t.) To
tender, as an oath.
Administer (v. t.) To
settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an
executor.
Administer (v. i.) To
contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
Administer (v. i.) To
perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon
the estate of B.
Administer (n.)
Administrator.
Administerial (a.)
Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.
Administrable (a.) Capable
of being administered; as, an administrable law.
Administrant (a.)
Executive; acting; managing affairs.
Administrant (n.) One who
administers.
Administrate (v. t.) To
administer.
Administration (n.) The
act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or
duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or
employment; direction; management.
Administration (n.) The
executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with
the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief
magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in
Great Britain.
Administration (n.) The
act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the
administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Administration (n.) The
management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate,
or of a testator having no competent executor.
Administration (n.) The
management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly
corresponding term execution not being in use.
Administrative (a.)
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative
body, ability, or energy.
Administrator (n.) One who
administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether
in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Administrator (n.) A man
who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there
is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been
committed by competent authority.
Administratorship (n.) The
position or office of an administrator.
Administratrix (n.) A
woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or
to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.
Admirability (n.)
Admirableness.
Admirable (a.) Fitted to
excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.
Admirable (a.) Having
qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest
praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.
Admirableness (n.) The
quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
Admirably (adv.) In an
admirable manner.
Admiral (n.) A naval
officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are
different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and
rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.
Admiral (n.) The ship
which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
Admiral (n.) A handsome
butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
Admiralship (n.) The
office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.
Admiralties (pl. ) of
Admiralty
Admiralty (n.) The office
or jurisdiction of an admiral.
Admiralty (n.) The
department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
Admiralty (n.) The court
which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
Admiralty (n.) The system
of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
Admiralty (n.) The
building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
Admirance (n.) Admiration.
Admiration (n.) Wonder;
astonishment.
Admiration (n.) Wonder
mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing
possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman,
of a landscape, of virtue.
Admiration (n.) Cause of
admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Admirative (a.) Relating
to or expressing admiration or wonder.
Admired (imp. & p. p.) of
Admire
Admiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Admire
Admire (v. t.) To regard
with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
Admire (v. t.) To regard
with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as
something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate
or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a
landscape.
Admire (v. i.) To wonder;
to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
Admired (a.) Regarded with
wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.
Admired (a.) Wonderful;
also, admirable.
Admirer (n.) One who
admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.
Admiring (a.) Expressing
admiration; as, an admiring glance.
Admissibility (n.) The
quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.
Admissible (a.) Entitled
to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded;
allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible.
Admission (n.) The act or
practice of admitting.
Admission (n.) Power or
permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
Admission (n.) The
granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging
something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.
Admission (n.)
Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable
from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but
a confession may be made without such inquiry.
Admission (n.) A fact,
point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in
evidence.
Admission (n.) Declaration
of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the
cure of the church to which he is presented.
Admissive (a.) Implying an
admission; tending to admit.
Admissory (a.) Pertaining
to admission.
Admitted (imp. & p. p.) of
Admit
Admitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Admit
Admit (v. t.) To suffer to
enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or
consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a
serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.
Admit (v. t.) To give a
right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
Admit (v. t.) To allow
(one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified
for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was
admitted to bail.
Admit (v. t.) To concede
as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to
deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his
guilt.
Admit (v. t.) To be
capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this
sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Admittable (a.)
Admissible.
Admittance (n.) The act of
admitting.
Admittance (n.) Permission
to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.
Admittance (n.)
Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument.
Admittance (n.)
Admissibility.
Admittance (n.) The act of
giving possession of a copyhold estate.
Admittatur (n.) The
certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
Admitted (a.) Received as
true or valid; acknowledged.
Admittedly (adv.)
Confessedly.
Admitter (n.) One who
admits.
Admix (v. t.) To mingle
with something else; to mix.
Admixtion (n.) A mingling
of different things; admixture.
Admixture (n.) The act of
mixing; mixture.
Admixture (n.) The
compound formed by mixing different substances together.
Admixture (n.) That which
is mixed with anything.
Admonished (imp. & p. p.)
of Admonish
Admonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Admonish
Admonish (v. t.) To warn
or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
Admonish (v. t.) To
counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or
an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.
Admonish (v. t.) To
instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
Admonisher (n.) One who
admonishes.
Admonishment (n.)
Admonition.
Admonition (n.) Gentle or
friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of
authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Admonitioner (n.)
Admonisher.
Admonitive (a.)
Admonitory.
Admonitor (n.) Admonisher;
monitor.
Admonitorial (a.)
Admonitory.
Admonitory (a.) That
conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.
Admonitrix (n.) A female
admonitor.
Admortization (n.) The
reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.
Admove (v. t.) To move or
conduct to or toward.
Adnascent (a.) Growing to
or on something else.
Adnate (a.) Grown to
congenitally.
Adnate (a.) Growing
together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
Adnate (a.) Growing with
one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals
and other compound animals.
Adnation (n.) The adhesion
or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
Adnominal (a.) Pertaining
to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
Adnoun (n.) An adjective,
or attribute.
Adnubilated (a.) Clouded;
obscured.
Ado (n.) To do; in doing;
as, there is nothing ado.
Ado (n.) Doing; trouble;
difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about
trifles.
Adobe (n.) An unburnt
brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas
or New Mexico.
Adolescence (n.) The state
of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of
life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex,
from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
Adolescency (n.) The
quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.
Adolescent (a.) Growing;
advancing from childhood to maturity.
Adolescent (n.) A youth.
Adonean (a.) Pertaining to
Adonis; Adonic.
Adonic (a.) Relating to
Adonis, famed for his beauty.
Adonic (n.) An Adonic
verse.
Adonis (n.) A youth
beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
Adonis (n.) A preeminently
beautiful young man; a dandy.
Adonis (n.) A genus of
plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis
autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the
flower.
Adonist (n.) One who
maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the
vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.
Adonize (v. t.) To
beautify; to dandify.
Adoor () Alt. of Adoors
Adoors () At the door; of the
door; as, out adoors.
Adopted (imp. & p. p.) of
Adopt
Adopting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adopt
Adopt (v. t.) To take by
choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take
voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child.
Adopt (v. t.) To take or
receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve;
as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
Adoptable (a.) Capable of
being adopted.
Adopted (a.) Taken by
adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.
Adopter (n.) One who
adopts.
Adopter (n.) A receiver,
with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a
retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in
distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of
the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different
diameters.
Adoption (n.) The act of
adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other
parents to be the same as one's own child.
Adoption (n.) Admission to
a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals
or monasteries, or of one society into another.
Adoption (n.) The choosing
and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the
adoption of opinions.
Adoptionist (n.) One of a
sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by
adoption.
Adoptious (a.) Adopted.
Adoptive (a.) Pertaining
to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive
father, an child; an adoptive language.
Adorability (n.)
Adorableness.
Adorable (a.) Deserving to
be adored; worthy of divine honors.
Adorable (a.) Worthy of
the utmost love or respect.
Adorableness (n.) The
quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.
Adorably (adv.) In an
adorable manner.
Adoration (n.) The act of
playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing
as a god.
Adoration (n.) Homage paid
to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent
devotion.
Adoration (n.) A method of
electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.
Adoring (imp. & p. p. Adored
(/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adore
Adore (v. t.) To worship
with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as
divine.
Adore (v. t.) To love in
the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
Adore (v. t.) To adorn.
Adorement (n.) The act of
adoring; adoration.
Adorer (n.) One who
adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer.
Adoringly (adv.) With
adoration.
Adorned (imp. & p. p.) of
Adorn
Adorning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adorn
Adorn (v. t.) To deck or
dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing
or attractive.
Adorn (n.) Adornment.
Adorn (a.) Adorned;
decorated.
Adornation (n.) Adornment.
Adorner (n.) He who, or
that which, adorns; a beautifier.
Adorningly (adv.) By
adorning; decoratively.
Adornment (n.) An
adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
Adosculation (n.)
Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
Adown (adv.) From a higher
to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
Adown (prep.) Down.
Adpress (v. t.) See
Appressed.
Adrad (p. a.) Put in
dread; afraid.
Adragant (n.) Gum
tragacanth.
Adread (v. t. & i.) To
dread.
Adreamed (p. p.) Visited
by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream.
Adrenal (a.) Suprarenal.
Adrian (a.) Pertaining to
the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.
Adriatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the
Gulf of Venice.
Adrift (adv. & a.)
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
Also fig.
Adrip (adv. & a.) In a
dripping state; as, leaves all adrip.
Adrogate (v. t.) To adopt
(a person who is his own master).
Adrogation (n.) A kind of
adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
Adroit (a.) Dexterous in
the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting
skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in
invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit
mechanic, an adroit reply.
Adroitly (adv.) In an
adroit manner.
Adroitness (n.) The
quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.
Adry (a.) In a dry or
thirsty condition.
Adscititious (a.)
Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
Adscript (a.) Held to
service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
Adscript (n.) One held to
service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.
Adscriptive (a.) Attached
or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
Adsignification (n.)
Additional signification.
Adsignify (v. t.) To
denote additionally.
Adstrict (n.) See Astrict,
and Astriction.
Adstrictory (a.) See
Astrictory.
Adstringent (a.) See
Astringent.
Adularia (n.) A
transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which
often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.
Adulate (v. t.) To flatter
in a servile way.
Adulation (n.) Servile
flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
Adulator (n.) A servile or
hypocritical flatterer.
Adulatory (a.) Containing
excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory
address.
Adulatress (n.) A woman
who flatters with servility.
Adult (a.) Having arrived
at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or
plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
Adult (n.) A person,
animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
Adulter (v. i.) To commit
adultery; to pollute.
Adulterant (n.) That which
is used to adulterate anything.
Adulterant (a.)
Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.
Adulterated (imp. & p. p.)
of Adulterate
Adulterating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adulterate
Adulterate (v. t.) To
defile by adultery.
Adulterate (v. t.) To
corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser
substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.
Adulterate (v. i.) To
commit adultery.
Adulterate (a.) Tainted
with adultery.
Adulterate (a.) Debased by
the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Adulteration (n.) The act
of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign
mixture.
Adulteration (n.) An
adulterated state or product.
Adulterator (n.) One who
adulterates or corrupts.
Adulterer (n.) A man who
commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his
wife.
Adulterer (n.) A man who
violates his religious covenant.
Adulteress (n.) A woman
who commits adultery.
Adulteress (n.) A woman
who violates her religious engagements.
Adulterine (a.) Proceeding
from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law;
illegal.
Adulterine (n.) An
illegitimate child.
Adulterize (v. i.) To
commit adultery.
Adulterous (a.) Guilty of,
or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit.
Adulterous (a.)
Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
Adulterously (adv.) In an
adulterous manner.
Adulteries (pl. ) of
Adultery
Adultery (n.) The
unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a
married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a
married woman with another than her husband.
Adultery (n.)
Adulteration; corruption.
Adultery (n.) Lewdness or
unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
Adultery (n.)
Faithlessness in religion.
Adultery (n.) The fine and
penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
Adultery (n.) The
intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
Adultery (n.) Injury;
degradation; ruin.
Adultness (n.) The state
of being adult.
Adumbrant (a.) Giving a
faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
Adumbrate (v. t.) To give
a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Adumbrate (v. t.) To
overshadow; to shade.
Adumbration (n.) The act
of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
Adumbration (n.) A faint
sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
Adumbration (n.) The
shadow or outlines of a figure.
Adumbrative (a.) Faintly
representing; typical.
Adunation (n.) A uniting;
union.
Adunc (a.) Alt. of Adunque
Adunque (a.) Hooked; as, a
parrot has an adunc bill.
Aduncity (n.) Curvature
inwards; hookedness.
Aduncous (a.) Curved
inwards; hooked.
Adure (v. t.) To burn up.
Adust (a.) Inflamed or
scorched; fiery.
Adust (a.) Looking as if
or scorched; sunburnt.
Adust (a.) Having much
heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence:
Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Adusted (a.) Burnt; adust.
Adustible (a.) That may be
burnt.
Adustion (n.) The act of
burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
Adustion (n.)
Cauterization.
Ad valorem () A term used to
denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their
value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a
given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
Advanced (imp. & p. p.) of
Advance
Advancing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advance
Advance (v. t.) To bring
forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
Advance (v. t.) To raise;
to elevate.
Advance (v. t.) To raise
to a higher rank; to promote.
Advance (v. t.) To
accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid;
to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
Advance (v. t.) To bring
to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
Advance (v. t.) To make
earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
Advance (v. t.) To
furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an
enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or
on goods consigned to him.
Advance (v. t.) To raise
to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of
goods.
Advance (v. t.) To extol;
to laud.
Advance (v. i.) To move or
go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
Advance (v. i.) To
increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in
stature, in years, in price.
Advance (v. i.) To rise in
rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
Advance (v.) The act of
advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
Advance (v.) Improvement
or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in
health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
Advance (v.) An addition
to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
Advance (v.) The first
step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an
acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; --
usually in the plural.
Advance (v.) A furnishing
of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a
capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus
furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
Advance (a.) Before in
place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or
that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made
before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume,
received in advance of the time of publication.
Advanced (a.) In the van
or front.
Advanced (a.) In the front
or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced
thinkers.
Advanced (a.) Far on in
life or time.
Advancement (v. t.) The
act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement;
furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of
learning.
Advancement (v. t.) An
advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
Advancement (v. t.)
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future
distribution.
Advancement (v. t.)
Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
Advancer (n.) One who
advances; a promoter.
Advancer (n.) A second
branch of a buck's antler.
Advancive (a.) Tending to
advance.
Advantage (n.) Any
condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to
success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a
more elevated position.
Advantage (n.)
Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
Advantage (n.) Superiority
of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a
good constitution.
Advantage (n.) Interest of
money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
Advantaged (imp. & p. p.)
of Advantage
Advantaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advantage
Advantage (v. t.) To give
an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
Advantageable (a.)
Advantageous.
Advantageous (a.) Being of
advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an
advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.
Advantageously (adv.)
Profitably; with advantage.
Advantageousness (n.)
Profitableness.
Advene (v. i.) To accede,
or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not
essential.
Advenient (a.) Coming from
outward causes; superadded.
Advent (n.) The period
including the four Sundays before Christmas.
Advent (n.) The first or
the expected second coming of Christ.
Advent (n.) Coming; any
important arrival; approach.
Adventist (n.) One of a
religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal
coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.
Adventitious (a.) Added
extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional;
supervenient; foreign.
Adventitious (a.) Out of
the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
Adventitious (a.)
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully
naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Adventitious (a.)
Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
Adventive (a.) Accidental.
Adventive (a.)
Adventitious.
Adventive (n.) A thing or
person coming from without; an immigrant.
Adventual (a.) Relating to
the season of advent.
Adventure (n.) That which
happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
Adventure (n.) Risk;
danger; peril.
Adventure (n.) The
encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in
which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.
Adventure (n.) A
remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures
of one's life.
Adventure (n.) A
mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a
merchant on his own account.
Adventured (imp. & p. p.)
of Adventure
Adventuring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Adventure
Adventure (n.) To risk, or
hazard; jeopard; to venture.
Adventure (n.) To venture
upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Adventure (v. i.) To try
the chance; to take the risk.
Adventureful (a.) Given to
adventure.
Adventurer (n.) One who
adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and
hazardous or perilous enterprises.
Adventurer (n.) A social
pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Adventuresome (a.) Full of
risk; adventurous; venturesome.
Adventuress (n.) A female
adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
Adventurous (n.) Inclined
to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise;
rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Adventurous (n.) Full of
hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; --
applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Adventurously (adv.) In an
adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
Adventurousness (n.) The
quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
Adverb (n.) A word used to
modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually
placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.
Adverbial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or
form.
Adverbiality (n.) The
quality of being adverbial.
Adverbialize (v. t.) To
give the force or form of an adverb to.
Adverbially (adv.) In the
manner of an adverb.
Adversaria (n. pl.) A
miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book;
also, commentaries or notes.
Adversarious (a.) Hostile.
Adversaries (pl. ) of
Adversary
Adversary (n.) One who is
turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a
member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a
foe.
Adversary (a.) Opposed;
opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
Adversary (a.) Having an
opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
Adversative (a.)
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative
conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
Adversative (n.) An
adversative word.
Adverse (a.) Acting
against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting;
as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
Adverse (a.) Opposite.
Adverse (a.) In hostile
opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate;
calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances,
things adverse.
Adverse (v. t.) To oppose;
to resist.
Adversely (adv.) In an
adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.
Adverseness (n.) The
quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
Adversifoliate (a.) Alt.
of Adversifolious
Adversifolious (a.) Having
opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.
Adversion (n.) A turning
towards; attention.
Adversities (pl. ) of
Adversity
Adversity (n.) Opposition;
contrariety.
Adverted (imp. & p. p.) of
Advert
Adverting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advert
Advert (v. i.) To turn the
mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted
to what was said.
Advertence () Alt. of Advertency
Advertency () The act of
adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard;
heedfulness.
Advertent (a.) Attentive;
heedful; regardful.
Advertised (imp. & p. p.)
of Advertise
Advertising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advertise
Advertise (v. t.) To give
notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; --
often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man
of his loss.
Advertise (v. t.) To give
public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to
advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a
political meeting.
Advertisement (n.) The act
of informing or notifying; notification.
Advertisement (n.)
Admonition; advice; warning.
Advertisement (n.) A
public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that
advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.
Advertiser (n.) One who,
or that which, advertises.
Advice (n.) An opinion
recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
Advice (n.) Deliberate
consideration; knowledge.
Advice (n.) Information or
notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the
plural.
Advice (n.) Counseling to
perform a specific illegal act.
Advisability (n.) The
quality of being advisable; advisableness.
Advisable (a.) Proper to
be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Advisable (a.) Ready to
receive advice.
Advisable-ness (n.) The
quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
Advisably (adv.) With
advice; wisely.
Advised (imp. & p. p.) of
Advise
Advising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advise
Advise (v. t.) To give
advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to
counsel; to warn.
Advise (v. t.) To give
information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated;
as, we were advised of the risk.
Advise (v. t.) To
consider; to deliberate.
Advise (v. t.) To take
counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
Advisedly (adv.)
Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.
Advisedly (adv.) With
deliberate purpose; purposely; by design.
Advisedness (n.)
Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.
Advisement (n.) Counsel;
advice; information.
Advisement (n.)
Consideration; deliberation; consultation.
Adviser (n.) One who
advises.
Advisership (n.) The
office of an adviser.
Adviso (n.) Advice;
counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.
Advisory (a.) Having power
to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely
advisory.
Advocacy (n.) The act of
pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.
Advocate (n.) One who
pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another
before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
Advocate (n.) One who
defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an
advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
Advocate (n.) Christ,
considered as an intercessor.
Advocated (imp. & p. p.)
of Advocate
Advocating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Advocate
Advocate (n.) To plead in
favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support,
vindicate, or recommend publicly.
Advocate (v. i.) To act as
advocate.
Advocateship (n.) Office
or duty of an advocate.
Advocation (n.) The act of
advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
Advocation (n.) Advowson.
Advocation (n.) The
process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Advocatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to an advocate.
Advoke (v. t.) To summon;
to call.
Advolution (n.) A rolling
toward something.
Advoutrer (n.) An
adulterer.
Advoutress (n.) An
adulteress.
Advoutry (n.) Alt. of
Advowtry
Advowtry (n.) Adultery.
Advowee (n.) One who has
an advowson.
Advowson (n.) The right of
presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the
relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged
to nominate or present to it.]
Advoyer (n.) See Avoyer.
Adward (n.) Award.
Adynamia (n.) Considerable
debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.
Adynamic (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
Adynamic (a.)
Characterized by the absence of power or force.
Adynamy (n.) Adynamia.
Adyta (pl. ) of Adytum
Adytum (n.) The innermost
sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A
private chamber; a sanctum.
Adz (n.) Alt. of Adze
Adze (n.) A carpenter's or
cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the
handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
Adz (v. t.) To cut with an
adz.
Ae () Alt. of Ae
Ae () A diphthong in the Latin
language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The
Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In
derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most
words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search
under the letter E.
Aecidia (pl. ) of Aecidium
Aecidium (n.) A form of
fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi,
formerly considered independent plants.
Aedile (n.) A magistrate
in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways,
shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
Aedileship (n.) The office
of an aedile.
Aegean (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See
Archipelago.
Aegicrania (n. pl.)
Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads
or skulls.
Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or
fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
Aegilops (n.) The great
wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.
Aegilops (n.) A genus of
plants, called also hardgrass.
Aegis (n.) A shield or
protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave
to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
Aegophony (n.) Same as
Egophony.
Aegrotat (n.) A medical
certificate that a student is ill.
Aeneid (n.) The great epic
poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
Aeneous (a.) Colored like
bronze.
Aeolian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to
its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
Aeolian (a.) Pertaining to
Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind;
aerial.
Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1;
as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode.
Aeolipile (n.) Alt. of
Aeolipyle
Aeolipyle (n.) An
apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with
one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the
vessel, causing it to revolve.
Aeolotropic (a.)
Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not
isotropic.
Aeolotropy (n.) Difference
of quality or property in different directions.
Aeolus (n.) The god of the
winds.
Aeon (n.) A period of
immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
Aeonian (a.) Eternal;
everlasting.
Aepyornis (n.) A gigantic
bird found fossil in Madagascar.
Aerated (imp. & p. p.) of
Aerate
Aerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aerate
Aerate (v. t.) To combine
or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
Aerate (v. t.) To supply
or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
Aerate (v. t.) To expose
to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to
arterialize.
Aeration (n.) Exposure to
the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
Aeration (n.) A change
produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the
blood in respiration; arterialization.
Aeration (n.) The act or
preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
Aerator (n.) That which
supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas
and in making soda water.
Aerial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air;
produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or
currents.
Aerial (a.) Consisting of
air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial;
unreal.
Aerial (a.) Rising aloft
in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
Aerial (a.) Growing,
forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or
water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.
Aerial (a.) Light as air;
ethereal.
Aeriality (n.) The state
of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
Aerially (adv.) Like, or
from, the air; in an aerial manner.
Aerie (n.) The nest of a
bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak.
Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.
Aeriferous (a.) Conveying
or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.
Aerification (n.) The act
of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
Aerification (n.) The act
of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an
aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.
Aeriform (a.) Having the
form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
Aerify (v. t.) To infuse
air into; to combine air with.
Aerify (v. t.) To change
into an aeriform state.
Aero- () The combining form of
the Greek word meaning air.
Aerobies (n. pl.)
Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their
growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
Aerobiotic (a.) Related
to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when
supplied with free oxygen.
Aerocyst (n.) One of the
air cells of algals.
Aerodynamic (a.)
Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
Aerodynamics (n.) The
science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of
force, and of their mechanical effects.
Aerognosy (n.) The science
which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.
Aerographer (n.) One
versed in aeography: an aerologist.
Aerographic (a.) Alt. of
Aerographical
Aerographical (a.)
Pertaining to aerography; aerological.
Aerography (n.) A
description of the air or atmosphere; aerology.
Aerohydrodynamic (a.)
Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.
Aerolite (n.) A stone, or
metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a
meteoric stone.
Aerolith (n.) Same as
A/rolite.
Aerolithology (n.) The
science of aerolites.
Aerolitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron.
Aerologic (a.) Alt. of
Aerological
Aerological (a.) Of or
pertaining to aerology.
Aerologist (n.) One versed
in aerology.
Aerology (n.) That
department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
Aeromancy (n.) Divination
from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting
changes in the weather.
Aerometer (n.) An
instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.
Aerometric (a.) Of or
pertaining to aerometry; as, aerometric investigations.
Aerometry (n.) The science
of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity,
rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
Aeronaut (n.) An aerial
navigator; a balloonist.
Aeronautic (a.) Alt. of
Aeronautical
Aeronautical (a.)
Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing.
Aeronautics (n.) The
science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon;
aerial navigation; ballooning.
Aerophobia (n.) Alt. of
Aerophoby
Aerophoby (n.) Dread of a
current of air.
Aerophyte (n.) A plant
growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant
or epiphyte.
Aeroplane (n.) A flying
machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air
only when propelled through it.
Aeroscope (n.) An
apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in
the air.
Aeroscopy (n.) The
observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
Aerose (a.) Of the nature
of, or like, copper; brassy.
Aerosiderite (n.) A mass
of meteoric iron.
Aerosphere (n.) The
atmosphere.
Aerostat (n.) A balloon.
Aerostat (n.) A
balloonist; an aeronaut.
Aerostatic (a.) Alt. of
Aerostatical
Aerostatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Aerostatical (a.)
Aeronautic; as, an aerostatic voyage.
Aerostatics (n.) The
science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies
sustained in them. Hence it includes aeronautics.
Aerostation (n.) Aerial
navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
Aerostation (n.) The
science of weighing air; aerostatics.
Aeruginous (a.) Of the
nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
Aerugo (n.) The rust of
any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
Aery (n.) An aerie.
Aery (a.) Aerial;
ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
Aesculapian (a.)
Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
Aesculapius (n.) The god
of medicine. Hence, a physician.
Aesculin (n.) Same as
Esculin.
Esopian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.
Aesopic (a.) Alt. of
Esopic
Esopic (a.) Same as
Aesopian.
Aesthesia (n.) Perception
by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.
Aesthesiometer (n.) Alt.
of Esthesiometer
Esthesiometer (n.) An
instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a
distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to
determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
Aesthesis (n.) Sensuous
perception.
Aesthesodic (a.) Conveying
sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.
Aesthete (n.) One who
makes much or overmuch of aesthetics.
Aesthetic (a.) Alt. of
Aesthetical
Aesthetical (a.) Of or
Pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions,
ideas, persons, etc.
Aesthetican (n.) One
versed in aesthetics.
Aestheticism (n.) The
doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in
nature and art.
Aesthetics (n.) Alt. of
Esthetics
Esthetics (n.) The theory
or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp.
that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
Aestho-physiology (n.) The
science of sensation in relation to nervous action.
Aestival (a.) Of or
belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.
Aestivate (v. i.) To spend
the summer.
Aestivate (v. i.) To pass
the summer in a state of torpor.
Aestivation (n.) The state
of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; --
opposed to hibernation.
Aestivation (n.) The
arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.;
prefloration.
Aestuary (n. & a.) See
Estuary.
Aestuous (a.) Glowing;
agitated, as with heat.
Aetheogamous (a.)
Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
Aether (n.) See Ether.
Aethiops mineral () Same as
Ethiops mineral.
Aethogen (n.) A compound
of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant
phosphorescent; boric nitride.
Aethrioscope (n.) An
instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for
measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as
when clear or clouded.
Aetiological (a.)
Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.
Aetiology (n.) The
science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the
causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.
Aetiology (n.) The
assignment of a cause.
Aetites (n.) See
Eaglestone.
Afar (adv.) At, to, or
from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off
following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
Afeard (p. a.) Afraid.
Afer (n.) The southwest
wind.
Affability (n.) The
quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving
others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
Affable (a.) Easy to be
spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a
free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
Affable (a.) Gracious;
mild; benign.
Affableness (n.)
Affability.
Affably (adv.) In an
affable manner; courteously.
Affabrous (a.) Executed in
a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
Affair (n.) That which is
done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage;
business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the
plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.
Affair (n.) Any proceeding
or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair
of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
Affair (n.) An action or
engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
Affair (n.) Action;
endeavor.
Affair (n.) A material
object (vaguely designated).
Affamish (v. t. & i.) To
afflict with, or perish from, hunger.
Affamishment (n.)
Starvation.
Affatuate (v. t.) To
infatuate.
Affear (v. t.) To
frighten.
Affected (imp. & p. p.) of
Affect
Affecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affect
Affect (v. t.) To act
upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
Affect (v. t.) To
influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
Affect (v. t.) To love; to
regard with affection.
Affect (v. t.) To show a
fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent
habitually.
Affect (v. t.) To dispose
or incline.
Affect (v. t.) To aim at;
to aspire; to covet.
Affect (v. t.) To tend to
by affinity or disposition.
Affect (v. t.) To make a
show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
Affect (v. t.) To assign;
to appoint.
Affect (n.) Affection;
inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
Affectation (n.) An
attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display;
artificial show.
Affectation (n.) A
striving after.
Affectation (n.) Fondness;
affection.
Affectationist (n.) One
who exhibits affectation.
Affected (p. p. & a.)
Regarded with affection; beloved.
Affected (p. p. & a.)
Inclined; disposed; attached.
Affected (p. p. & a.)
Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or
real.
Affected (p. p. & a.)
Assumed artificially; not natural.
Affected (p. p. & a.) Made
up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an
affected equation.
Affectedly (adv.) In an
affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
Affectedly (adv.)
Lovingly; with tender care.
Affectedness (n.)
Affectation.
Affecter (n.) One who
affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.
Affectibility (n.) The
quality or state of being affectible.
Affectible (a.) That may
be affected.
Affecting (a.) Moving the
emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting
address; an affecting sight.
Affecting (a.) Affected;
given to false show.
Affectingly (adv.) In an
affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
Affection (n.) The act of
affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
Affection (n.) An
attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure,
weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
Affection (n.) Bent of
mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying
the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.;
the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition;
propensity; tendency.
Affection (n.) A settled
good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl.
Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial,
social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
Affection (n.) Prejudice;
bias.
Affection (n.) Disease;
morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
Affection (n.) The lively
representation of any emotion.
Affection (n.)
Affectation.
Affection (n.) Passion;
violent emotion.
Affectional (a.) Of or
pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
Affectionate (a.) Having
affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
Affectionate (a.) Kindly
inclined; zealous.
Affectionate (a.)
Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of
a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
Affectionate (a.) Strongly
inclined; -- with to.
Affectionated (a.)
Disposed; inclined.
Affectionately (adv.) With
affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
Affectionateness (n.) The
quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
Affectioned (a.) Disposed.
Affectioned (a.) Affected;
conceited.
Affective (a.) Tending to
affect; affecting.
Affective (a.) Pertaining
to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.
Affectively (adv.) In an
affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
Affectuous (a.) Full of
passion or emotion; earnest.
Affeer (v. t.) To confirm;
to assure.
Affeer (v. t.) To assess
or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable
sum.
Affeerer (n.) Alt. of
Affeeror
Affeeror (n.) One who
affeers.
Affeerment (n.) The act of
affeering.
Afferent (a.) Bearing or
conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent
vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to
the brain.
Affettuoso (adv.) With
feeling.
Affiance (n.) Plighted
faith; marriage contract or promise.
Affiance (n.) Trust;
reliance; faith; confidence.
Affianced (imp. / p. p.)
of Affiance
Affiancing (p. pr. / vb. n.)
of Affiance
Affiance (v. t.) To
betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self
or another) in marriage.
Affiance (v. t.) To assure
by promise.
Affiancer (n.) One who
makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
Affiant (n.) One who makes
an affidavit.
Affidavit (n.) A sworn
statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before
an authorized magistrate.
Affile (v. t.) To polish.
Affiliable (a.) Capable of
being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
Affiliated (imp. & p. p.)
of Affiliate
Affiliating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affiliate
Affiliate (v. t.) To
adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close
connection; to ally.
Affiliate (v. t.) To fix
the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child
to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
Affiliate (v. t.) To
connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
Affiliate (v. t.) To
attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate
into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.
Affiliate (v. i.) To
connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no
party.
Affiliation (n.) Adoption;
association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
Affiliation (n.) The
establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a
bastard, to its father; filiation.
Affiliation (n.)
Connection in the way of descent.
Affinal (a.) Related by
marriage; from the same source.
Affine (v. t.) To refine.
Affined (a.) Joined in
affinity or by any tie.
Affinitative (a.) Of the
nature of affinity.
Affinitive (a.) Closely
connected, as by affinity.
Affinities (pl. ) of
Affinity
Affinity (n.) Relationship
by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a
wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to
consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
Affinity (n.) Kinship
generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as,
the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
Affinity (n.)
Companionship; acquaintance.
Affinity (n.) That
attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the
heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds;
chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
Affinity (n.) A relation
between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of
structure, and indicating community of origin.
Affinity (n.) A superior
spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons,
esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such
psychical or spiritual attraction.
Affirmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Affirm
Affirming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affirm
Affirm (v. t.) to assert
or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court
for review.
Affirm (v. t.) To assert
positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to
deny.
Affirm (v. t.) To declare,
as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
Affirm (v. i.) To declare
or assert positively.
Affirm (v. i.) To make a
solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the
penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
Affirmable (a.) Capable of
being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute
affirmable of every just man.
Affirmance (n.)
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
Affirmance (n.) A strong
declaration; affirmation.
Affirmant (n.) One who
affirms or asserts.
Affirmant (n.) One who
affirms, instead of taking an oath.
Affirmation (n.)
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a
law.
Affirmation (n.) The act
of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
Affirmation (n.) That
which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an
affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
Affirmation (n.) A solemn
declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously
decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
Affirmative (a.)
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
Affirmative (a.) That
affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering
"yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an
affirmative vote.
Affirmative (a.) Positive;
dogmatic.
Affirmative (a.)
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Affirmative (a.) Positive;
-- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative,
or such as are to be subtracted.
Affirmative (n.) That
which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that
side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed
to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the
negative.
Affirmative (n.) A word or
phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
Affirmatively (adv.) In an
affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative;
-- opposed to negatively.
Affirmatory (a.) Giving
affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
Affirmer (n.) One who
affirms.
Affixed (imp. & p. p.) of
Affix
Affixing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affix
Affix (v. t.) To subjoin,
annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to
affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's
name to a writing.
Affix (v. t.) To fix or
fasten in any way; to attach physically.
Affix (v. t.) To attach,
unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things;
to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
Affix (v. t.) To fix or
fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
Affixes (pl. ) of Affix
Affix (n.) That which is
affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of
a word; a suffix; a postfix.
Affixion (n.) Affixture.
Affixture (n.) The act of
affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.
Afflation (n.) A blowing
or breathing on; inspiration.
Afflatus (n.) A breath or
blast of wind.
Afflatus (n.) A divine
impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
Afflicted (imp. & p. p.)
of Afflict
Afflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Afflict
Afflict (v. t.) To strike
or cast down; to overthrow.
Afflict (v. t.) To inflict
some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to
trouble grievously; to torment.
Afflict (v. t.) To make
low or humble.
Afflict (p. p. & a.)
Afflicted.
Afflictedness (n.) The
state of being afflicted; affliction.
Afflicter (n.) One who
afflicts.
Afflicting (a.) Grievously
painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly,
adv.
Affliction (n.) The cause
of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of
grievous distress; a pain or grief.
Affliction (n.) The state
of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
Afflictionless (a.) Free
from affliction.
Afflictive (a.) Giving
pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Afflictively (adv.) In an
afflictive manner.
Affluence (n.) A flowing
to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
Affluence (n.) An abundant
supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of
property; wealth.
Affluency (n.) Affluence.
Affluent (a.) Flowing to;
flowing abundantly.
Affluent (a.) Abundant;
copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
Affluent (n.) A stream or
river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
Affluently (adv.)
Abundantly; copiously.
Affluentness (n.) Great
plenty.
Afflux (n.) A flowing
towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
Affluxion (n.) The act of
flowing towards; afflux.
Affodill (n.) Asphodel.
Afforce (v. t.) To
reenforce; to strengthen.
Afforcement (n.) A
fortress; a fortification for defense.
Afforcement (n.) A
reenforcement; a strengthening.
Afforciament (n.) See
Afforcement.
Afforded (imp. & p. p.) of
Afford
Affording (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Afford
Afford (v. t.) To give
forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as,
grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords
an abundant supply of fish.
Afford (v. t.) To give,
grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to
provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.
Afford (v. t.) To offer,
provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without
loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can
afford a sum yearly in charity.
Afford (v. t.) To incur,
stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other
circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to
be able or rich enough.
Affordable (a.) That may
be afforded.
Affordment (n.) Anything
given as a help; bestowal.
Afforest (v. t.) To
convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
Afforestation (n.) The act
of converting into forest or woodland.
Afformative (n.) An affix.
Affranchise (v. t.) To
make free; to enfranchise.
Affranchisement (n.) The
act of making free; enfranchisement.
Affrap (v. t. & i.) To
strike, or strike down.
Affrayed (p. p.) of Affray
Affray (v. t.) To startle
from quiet; to alarm.
Affray (v. t.) To
frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
Affray (v. t.) The act of
suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
Affray (v. t.) Alarm;
terror; fright.
Affray (v. t.) A
tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Affray (v. t.) The
fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
Affrayer (n.) One engaged
in an affray.
Affrayment (n.) Affray.
Affreight (v. t.) To hire,
as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.
Affreighter (n.) One who
hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
Affreightment (n.) The act
of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to
convey cargo.
Affret (n.) A furious
onset or attack.
Affriction (n.) The act of
rubbing against.
Affriended (p. p.) Made
friends; reconciled.
Affrighted (imp. & p. p.)
of Affright
Affrighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affright
Affright (v. t.) To
impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Affright (p. a.)
Affrighted.
Affright (n.) Sudden and
great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or
apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
Affright (n.) The act of
frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
Affrightedly (adv.) With
fright.
Affrighten (v. t.) To
frighten.
Affrighter (n.) One who
frightens.
Affrightful (a.)
Terrifying; frightful.
Affrightment (n.)
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
Affronted (imp. & p. p.)
of Affront
Affronting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affront
Affront (v. t.) To front;
to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Affront (v. t.) To face in
defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile
encounter.
Affront (v. t.) To offend
by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or
language; to treat with marked incivility.
Affront (n.) An encounter
either friendly or hostile.
Affront (n.) Contemptuous
or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a
purposed indignity; insult.
Affront (n.) An offense to
one's self-respect; shame.
Affronte (a.) Face to
face, or front to front; facing.
Affrontedly (adv.)
Shamelessly.
Affrontee (n.) One who
receives an affront.
Affronter (n.) One who
affronts, or insults to the face.
Affrontingly (adv.) In an
affronting manner.
Affrontive (a.) Tending to
affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
Affrontiveness (n.) The
quality that gives an affront or offense.
Affused (imp. & p. p.) of
Affuse
Affusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Affuse
Affuse (v. t.) To pour out
or upon.
Affusion (n.) The act of
pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.
Affusion (n.) The act of
pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in
disease.
Affied (imp. & p. p.) of
Affy
Affying (p. pr.) of Affy
Affy (v. t.) To confide
(one's self to, or in); to trust.
Affy (v. t.) To betroth or
espouse; to affiance.
Affy (v. t.) To bind in
faith.
Affy (v. i.) To trust or
confide.
Afghan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Afghanistan.
Afghan (n.) A native of
Afghanistan.
Afghan (n.) A kind of
worsted blanket or wrap.
Afield (adv.) To, in, or
on the field.
Afield (adv.) Out of the
way; astray.
Afire (adv. & a.) On fire.
Aflame (adv. & a.)
Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
Aflat (adv.) Level with
the ground; flat.
Aflaunt (adv. & a.) In a
flaunting state or position.
Aflicker (adv. & a.) In a
flickering state.
Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne
on the water; floating; on board ship.
Afloat (adv. & a.) Moving;
passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
Afloat (adv. & a.)
Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all
afloat.
Aflow (adv. & a.) Flowing.
Aflush (adv. & a.) In a
flushed or blushing state.
Aflush (adv. & a.) On a
level.
Aflutter (adv. & a.) In a
flutter; agitated.
Afoam (adv. & a.) In a
foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.
Afoot (adv.) On foot.
Afoot (adv.) Fig.: In
motion; in action; astir; in progress.
Afore (adv.) Before.
Afore (adv.) In the fore
part of a vessel.
Afore (prep.) Before (in
all its senses).
Afore (prep.) Before; in
front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
Aforecited (a.) Named or
quoted before.
Aforegoing (a.) Going
before; foregoing.
Aforehand (adv.)
Beforehand; in anticipation.
Aforehand (a.) Prepared;
previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
Aforementioned (a.)
Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.
Aforenamed (a.) Named
before.
Aforesaid (a.) Said
before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.
Aforethought (a.)
Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought,
which is required to constitute murder.
Aforethought (n.)
Premeditation.
Aforetime (adv.) In time
past; formerly.
A fortiori () With stronger
reason.
Afoul (adv. & a.) In
collision; entangled.
Afraid (p. a.) Impressed
with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Afreet (n.) Same as Afrit.
Afresh (adv.) Anew; again;
once more; newly.
Afric (a.) African.
Afric (n.) Africa.
African (a.) Of or
pertaining to Africa.
African (n.) A native of
Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
Africander (n.) One born
in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now
commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
Africanism (n.) A word,
phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.
Africanize (v. t.) To
place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
Afrit (n.) Alt. of Afreet
Afrite (n.) Alt. of Afreet
Afreet (n.) A powerful
evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.
Afront (adv.) In front;
face to face.
Afront (prep.) In front
of.
Aft (adv. & a.) Near or
towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
After (a.) Next; later in
time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
After (a.) Hinder; nearer
the rear.
After (a.) To ward the
stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the
after cabin, after hatchway.
After (prep.) Behind in
place; as, men in line one after another.
After (prep.) Below in
rank; next to in order.
After (prep.) Later in
time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a
clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
After (prep.) Subsequent
to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
After (prep.) Subsequent
to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
After (prep.) Moving
toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
After (prep.) Denoting the
aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire
after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
After (prep.) In imitation
of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model;
a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
After (prep.) According
to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his
kind.
After (prep.) According to
the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
After (adv.) Subsequently
in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
Afterbirth (n.) The
placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away
after delivery.
Aftercast (n.) A throw of
dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.
Afterclap (n.) An
unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is
supposed to be at an end.
Aftercrop (n.) A second
crop or harvest in the same year.
After damp () An irrespirable
gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See
Carbonic acid.
After-dinner (n.) The time
just after dinner.
After-dinner (a.)
Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
After-eatage (n.)
Aftergrass.
Aftereye (v. t.) To look
after.
Aftergame (n.) A second
game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.
After-glow (n.) A glow of
refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
Aftergrass (n.) The grass
that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
Aftergrowth (n.) A second
growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.
Afterguard (n.) The seaman
or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the
after-sails.
After-image (n.) The
impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the
cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
Afterings (n. pl.) The
last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
Aftermath (n.) A second
moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season;
rowen.
After-mentioned (a.)
Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).
Aftermost (a. superl.)
Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
Aftermost (a. superl.)
Nearest the stern; most aft.
Afternoon (n.) The part of
the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
After-note (n.) One of the
small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from
the preceding note.
Afterpains (n. pl.) The
pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
Afterpiece (n.) A piece
performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
Afterpiece (n.) The heel
of a rudder.
After-sails (n.) The sails
on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
Aftershaft (n.) The
hypoptilum.
Aftertaste (n.) A taste
which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
Afterthought (n.)
Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
Afterwards (adv.) Alt. of
Afterward
Afterward (adv.) At a
later or succeeding time.
Afterwise (a.) Wise after
the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
After-wit (n.) Wisdom or
perception that comes after it can be of use.
After-witted (a.)
Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
Aftmost (a.) Nearest the
stern.
Aftward (adv.) Toward the
stern.
Aga (n.) Alt. of Agha
Agha (n.) In Turkey, a
commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.
Again (adv.) In return,
back; as, bring us word again.
Again (adv.) Another time;
once more; anew.
Again (adv.) Once
repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
Again (adv.) In any other
place.
Again (adv.) On the other
hand.
Again (adv.) Moreover;
besides; further.
Again (prep.) Alt. of
Agains
Agains (prep.) Against;
also, towards (in order to meet).
Againbuy (v. t.) To
redeem.
Againsay (v. t.) To
gainsay.
Against (prep.) Abreast;
opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense
often preceded by over.
Against (prep.) From an
opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with;
upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
Against (prep.) In
opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other
side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason;
against law; to run a race against time.
Against (prep.) By of
before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
Againstand (v. t.) To
withstand.
Againward (adv.) Back
again.
Agalactia (n.) Alt. of
Agalaxy
Agalaxy (n.) Failure of
the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Agalactous (a.) Lacking
milk to suckle with.
Agal-agal (n.) Same as
Agar-agar.
Agalloch (n.) Alt. of
Agallochum
Agallochum (n.) A soft,
resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the
orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is
also given to some other species.
Agalmatolite (n.) A soft,
compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by
the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a
variety of pinite.
Agama (n.) A genus of
lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these
lizards.
Agamis (pl. ) of Agami
Agami (n.) A South
American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily
domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the
size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
Agamic (a.) Produced
without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.
Agamic (a.) Not having
visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
Agamically (adv.) In an
agamic manner.
Agamist (n.) An unmarried
person; also, one opposed to marriage.
Agamogenesis (n.)
Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual
reproduction.
Agamogenetic (n.)
Reproducing or produced without sexual union.
Agamous (a.) Having no
visible sexual organs; asexual.
Agamous (a.) cryptogamous.
Aganglionic (a.) Without
ganglia.
Agape (adv. & a.) Gaping,
as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
Agapae (pl. ) of Agape
Agape (n.) The love feast
of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the
communion.
Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or
seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria
lichenoides).
Agaric (n.) A fungus of
the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
Agaric (n.) An old name
for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Agasp (adv. & a.) In a
state of gasping.
Agast (v. t.) Alt. of
Aghast
Aghast (v. t.) To
affright; to terrify.
Agast (p. p. & a.) See
Aghast.
Agastric (a.) Having to
stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
Agate (adv.) On the way;
agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Agate (n.) A semipellucid,
uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen.
Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Agate (n.) A kind of type,
larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
Agate (n.) A diminutive
person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and
seals.
Agate (n.) A tool used by
gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it
for burnishing.
Agatiferous (a.)
Containing or producing agates.
Agatine (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, agate.
Agatize (v. t.) To convert
into agate; to make resemble agate.
Agaty (a.) Of the nature
of agate, or containing agate.
Agave (n.) A genus of
plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or
century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy
years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic
flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice
is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and
a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Agazed (p. p.) Gazing with
astonishment; amazed.
Age (n.) The whole
duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
Age (n.) That part of the
duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given
time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
Age (n.) The latter part
of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
Age (n.) One of the stages
of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
Age (n.) Mature age;
especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and
capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
Age (n.) The time of life
at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as,
the age of consent; the age of discretion.
Age (n.) A particular
period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the
age of Pericles.
Age (n.) A great period in
the history of the Earth.
Age (n.) A century; the
period of one hundred years.
Age (n.) The people who
live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
Age (n.) A long time.
Aged (imp. & p. p.) of Age
Aging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Age
Age (v. i.) To grow aged;
to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
Age (v. t.) To cause to
grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
Aged (a.) Old; having
lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that
species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.
Aged (a.) Belonging to old
age.
Aged (a.) Having a certain
age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
Agedly (adv.) In the
manner of an aged person.
Agedness (n.) The quality
of being aged; oldness.
Ageless (a.) Without old
age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.
Agen (adv. & prep.) See
Again.
Agencies (pl. ) of Agency
Agency (n.) The faculty of
acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action;
instrumentality.
Agency (n.) The office of
an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of
one intrusted with the concerns of another.
Agency (n.) The place of
business of am agent.
Agend (n.) See Agendum.
Agenda (pl. ) of Agendum
Agendum (n.) Something to
be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.
Agendum (n.) A church
service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]
Agenesic (a.)
Characterized by sterility; infecund.
Agenesis (n.) Any
imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.
Agennesis (n.) Impotence;
sterility.
Agent (a.) Acting; --
opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
Agent (n.) One who exerts
power, or has the power to act; an actor.
Agent (n.) One who acts
for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the
business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
Agent (n.) An active power
or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical,
chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
Agential (a.) Of or
pertaining to an agent or an agency.
Agentship (n.) Agency.
Ageratum (n.) A genus of
plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense
clusters.
Aggeneration (n.) The act
of producing in addition.
Agger (n.) An earthwork; a
mound; a raised work.
Aggerate (v. t.) To heap
up.
Aggeration (n.) A heaping
up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand.
Aggerose (a.) In heaps;
full of heaps.
Aggest (v. t.) To heap up.
Agglomerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Agglomerate
Agglomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Agglomerate
Agglomerate (v. t.) To
wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a
mass.
Agglomerate (v. i.) To
collect in a mass.
Agglomerate (a.) Alt. of
Agglomerated
Agglomerated (a.)
Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
Agglomerated (a.)
Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
Agglomerate (n.) A
collection or mass.
Agglomerate (n.) A mass of
angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
Agglomeration (n.) The act
or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
Agglomeration (n.) State
of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
Agglomerative (a.) Having
a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.
Agglutinant (a.) Uniting,
as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.
Agglutinant (n.) Any
viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.
Agglutinated (imp. & p. p.)
of Agglutinate
Agglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Agglutinate
Agglutinate (v. t.) To
unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by
causing an adhesion of substances.
Agglutinate (a.) United
with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
Agglutinate (a.)
Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or
meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.
Agglutination (n.) The act
of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united;
adhesion of parts.
Agglutination (n.)
Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or
loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
Agglutinative (a.)
Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause
adhesion; adhesive.
Agglutinative (a.) Formed
or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
Aggrace (v. t.) To favor;
to grace.
Aggrace (n.) Grace; favor.
Aggrandizable (a.) Capable
of being aggrandized.
Aggrandization (n.)
Aggrandizement.
Aggrandized (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggrandize
Aggrandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggrandize
Aggrandize (v. t.) To make
great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority,
distress.
Aggrandize (v. t.) To make
great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons,
countries, etc.
Aggrandize (v. t.) To make
appear great or greater; to exalt.
Aggrandize (v. i.) To
increase or become great.
Aggrandizement (n.) The
act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power,
rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the
aggrandizement of his own family.
Aggrandizer (n.) One who
aggrandizes, or makes great.
Aggrate (a.) To please.
Aggravated (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggravate
Aggravating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggravate
Aggravate (v. t.) To make
heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
Aggravate (v. t.) To make
worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more
offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
Aggravate (v. t.) To give
coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
Aggravate (v. t.) To
exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
Aggravating (a.) Making
worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
Aggravating (a.)
Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
Aggravatingly (adv.) In an
aggravating manner.
Aggravation (n.) The act
of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of
increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong
and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
Aggravation (n.)
Exaggerated representation.
Aggravation (n.) An
extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the
misery of a calamity.
Aggravation (n.)
Provocation; irritation.
Aggravative (a.) Tending
to aggravate.
Aggravative (n.) That
which aggravates.
Aggregated (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggregate
Aggregating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggregate
Aggregate (v. t.) To bring
together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
Aggregate (v. t.) To add
or unite, as, a person, to an association.
Aggregate (v. t.) To
amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Aggregate (a.) Formed by a
collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
Aggregate (a.) Formed into
clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
Aggregate (a.) Composed of
several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several
carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Aggregate (a.) Having the
several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be
separable by mechanical means.
Aggregate (a.) United into
a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.
Aggregate (n.) A mass,
assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick,
timber, etc.
Aggregate (n.) A mass
formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound,
formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Aggregately (adv.)
Collectively; in mass.
Aggregation (n.) The act
of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum;
a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
Aggregative (a.) Taken
together; collective.
Aggregative (a.)
Gregarious; social.
Aggregator (n.) One who
aggregates.
Aggrege (v. t.) To make
heavy; to aggravate.
Aggressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggress
Aggressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggress
Aggress (v. i.) To commit
the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to
make an attack; -- with on.
Aggress (v. t.) To set
upon; to attack.
Aggress (n.) Aggression.
Aggression (n.) The first
attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a
war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression.
"Aggressions of power."
Aggressive (a.) Tending or
disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly
attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
Aggressor (n.) The person
who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel;
an assailant.
Aggrievance (n.)
Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.
Aggrieved (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggrieve
Aggrieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggrieve
Aggrieve (v. t.) To give
pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to
bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
Aggrieve (v. i.) To
grieve; to lament.
Aggrouped (imp. & p. p.)
of Aggroup
Aggrouping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aggroup
Aggroup (v. t.) To bring
together in a group; to group.
Aggroupment (n.)
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
Aggry (a.) Alt. of Aggri
Aggri (a.) Applied to a
kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found
in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.
Aghast (v. t.) See Agast,
v. t.
Aghast (a & p. p.)
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
Agible (a.) Possible to be
done; practicable.
Agile (a.) Having the
faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as,
an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Agilely (adv.) In an agile
manner; nimbly.
Agileness (n.) Agility;
nimbleness.
Agility (n.) The quality
of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness;
activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.
Agility (n.) Activity;
powerful agency.
Agios (pl. ) of Agio
Agio (n.) The premium or
percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an
inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes
called agio.
Agiotage (n.) Exchange
business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the
price of stocks or public funds.
Agist (v. t.) To take to
graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle
in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
Agistator (n.) See
Agister.
Agister (n.) Alt. of
Agistor
Agistor (n.) Formerly, an
officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected
the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted
into guest-taker.
Agistor (n.) Now, one who
agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
Agistment (n.) Formerly,
the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.
Agistment (n.) The taking
in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.
Agistment (n.) The price
paid for such feeding.
Agistment (n.) A charge or
rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or
dikes.
Agitable (a.) Capable of
being agitated, or easily moved.
Agitated (imp. & p. p.) of
Agitate
Agitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Agitate
Agitate (v. t.) To move
with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate
water in a vessel.
Agitate (v. t.) To move or
actuate.
Agitate (v. t.) To stir
up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
Agitate (v. t.) To discuss
with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
Agitate (v. t.) To revolve
in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot;
as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Agitatedly (adv.) In an
agitated manner.
Agitation (n.) The act of
agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with
violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in
agitation.
Agitation (n.) A stirring
up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows
itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
Agitation (n.) Excitement
of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation;
labor agitation.
Agitation (n.) Examination
or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for
adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
Agitative (a.) Tending to
agitate.
Agitato (a.) Sung or
played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
Agitator (n.) One who
agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and
agitators.
Agitator (n.) One of a
body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their
interests; -- called also adjutators.
Agitator (n.) An implement
for shaking or mixing.
Agleam (adv. & a.)
Gleaming; as, faces agleam.
Aglet (n.) Alt. of Aiglet
Aiglet (n.) A tag of a
lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were
sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.
Aiglet (n.) A round white
staylace.
Agley (adv.) Aside; askew.
Aglimmer (adv. & a.) In a
glimmering state.
Aglitter (adv. & a.)
Glittering; in a glitter.
Aglossal (a.) Without
tongue; tongueless.
Aglow (adv. & a.) In a
glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.
Aglutition (n.) Inability
to swallow.
Agminal (a.) Pertaining to
an army marching, or to a train.
Agminate (a.) Alt. of
Agminated
Agminated (a.) Grouped
together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.
Agnail (n.) A corn on the
toe or foot.
Agnail (n.) An
inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.
Agnate (a.) Related or
akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
Agnate (a.) Allied; akin.
Agnate (n.) A relative
whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
Agnatic (a.) Pertaining to
descent by the male line of ancestors.
Agnation (n.)
Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
Agnition (n.)
Acknowledgment.
Agnize (v. t.) To
recognize; to acknowledge.
Agnoiology (n.) The
doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.
Agnomen (n.) An additional
or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or
event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
Agnomen (n.) An additional
name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
Agnominate (v. t.) To
name.
Agnomination (n.) A
surname.
Agnomination (n.)
Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.
Agnostic (a.) Professing
ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.
Agnostic (n.) One who
professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena;
one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a
personal Deity, a future life, etc.
Agnosticism (n.) That
doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.
Agnosticism (n.) The
doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be
neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind
(as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency
of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive
conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike
dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.
Agnuses (pl. ) of Agnus
Agni (pl. ) of Agnus
Agnus (n.) Agnus Dei.
Agnus castus () A species of
Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree.
Agnus Dei () A figure of a lamb
bearing a cross or flag.
Agnus Dei () A cake of wax
stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles
and blessed by the Pope.
Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in
the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."
Ago (a. & adv.) Past; gone
by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.
Agog (a. & adv.) In eager
desire; eager; astir.
Agoing (adv.) In motion;
in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Agones (pl. ) of Agon
Agon (n.) A contest for a
prize at the public games.
Agone (a. & adv.) Ago.
Agone (n.) Agonic line.
Agonic (a.) Not forming an
angle.
Agonism (n.) Contention
for a prize; a contest.
Agonist (n.) One who
contends for the prize in public games.
Agonistic (a.) Alt. of
Agonistical
Agonistical (a.)
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or
polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
Agonistically (adv.) In an
agonistic manner.
Agonistics (n.) The
science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
Agonized (imp. & p. p.) of
Agonize
Agonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Agonize
Agonize (v. i.) To writhe
with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
Agonize (v. i.) To
struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Agonize (v. t.) To cause
to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
Agonizingly (adv.) With
extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
Agonothete (n.) An officer
who presided over the great public games in Greece.
Agonothetic (a.)
Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.
Agonies (pl. ) of Agony
Agony (n.) Violent contest
or striving.
Agony (n.) Pain so extreme
as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the
athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish;
paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of
Gethsemane.
Agony (n.) Paroxysm of
joy; keen emotion.
Agony (n.) The last
struggle of life; death struggle.
Agood (adv.) In earnest;
heartily.
Agora (n.) An assembly;
hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek
city.
Agouara (n.) The
crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of
America.
Agouta (n.) A small
insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in
Hayti.
Agouti (n.) Alt. of Agouty
Agouty (n.) A rodent of
the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and
the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.
Agrace (n. & v.) See
Aggrace.
Agraffe (n.) A hook or
clasp.
Agraffe (n.) A hook,
eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the
vibration.
Agrammatist (n.) A
illiterate person.
Agraphia (n.) The absence
or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of
aphasia.
Agraphic (a.)
Characterized by agraphia.
Agrappes (n. pl.) Hooks
and eyes for armor, etc.
Agrarian (a.) Pertaining
to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable
division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the
conquered and other public lands among citizens.
Agrarian (a.) Wild; --
said of plants growing in the fields.
Agrarian (n.) One in favor
of an equal division of landed property.
Agrarian (n.) An agrarian
law.
Agrarianism (n.) An equal
or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who
favor a redistribution of land.
Agrarianize (v. t.) To
distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.
Agre (adv.) Alt. of Agree
Agree (adv.) In good part;
kindly.
Agreed (imp. & p. p.) of
Agree
Agreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Agree
Agree (v. i.) To harmonize
in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become
united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the
law.
Agree (v. i.) To yield
assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
Agree (v. i.) To make a
stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange
promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
Agree (v. i.) To be
conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not
agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
Agree (v. i.) To suit or
be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with
every constitution.
Agree (v. i.) To
correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
Agree (v. t.) To make
harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.
Agree (v. t.) To admit, or
come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to
agree differences.
Agreeability (n.) Easiness
of disposition.
Agreeability (n.) The
quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness.
Agreeable (a.) Pleasing,
either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or
remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
Agreeable (a.) Willing;
ready to agree or consent.
Agreeable (a.) Agreeing or
suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to,
rarely by with.
Agreeable (a.) In
pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for
agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Agreeableness (n.) The
quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or
moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
Agreeableness (n.) The
quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
Agreeableness (n.)
Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between.
Agreeably (adv.) In an
agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.
Agreeably (adv.) In
accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by
with. See Agreeable, 4.
Agreeably (adv.) Alike;
similarly.
Agreeingly (adv.) In an
agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably.
Agreement (n.) State of
agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence;
concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the
council.
Agreement (n.) Concord or
correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
Agreement (n.) A
concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an
exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a
contract.
Agreement (n.) The
language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.
Agreer (n.) One who
agrees.
Agrestic (a.) Pertaining
to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished;
uncouth.
Agrestical (a.) Agrestic.
Agricolation (n.)
Agriculture.
Agricolist (n.) A
cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
Agricultor (n.) An
agriculturist; a farmer.
Agricultural (a.) Of or
pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the
agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.
Agriculturalist (n.) An
agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
Agriculture (n.) The art
or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the
rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
Agriculturism (n.)
Agriculture.
Agriculturist (n.) One
engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.
Agrief (adv.) In grief;
amiss.
Agrimony (n.) A genus of
plants of the Rose family.
Agrimony (n.) The name is
also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum);
water agrimony (Bidens).
Agrin (adv. & a.) In the
act of grinning.
Agriologist (n.) One
versed or engaged in agriology.
Agriology (n.) Description
or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
Agrise (v. i.) To shudder
with terror; to tremble with fear.
Agrise (v. t.) To shudder
at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
Agrise (v. t.) To terrify;
to affright.
Agrom (n.) A disease
occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue
chaps and cleaves.
Agronomic () Alt. of Agronomical
Agronomical () Pertaining to
agronomy, of the management of farms.
Agronomics (n.) The
science of the distribution and management of land.
Agronomist (n.) One versed
in agronomy; a student of agronomy.
Agronomy (n.) The
management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
Agrope (adv. & a.) In the
act of groping.
Agrostis (n.) A genus of
grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them,
as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
Agrostographic (a.) Alt.
of Agrostographical
Agrostographical (a.)
Pertaining to agrostography.
Agrostography (n.) A
description of the grasses.
Agrostologic (a.) Alt. of
Agrostological
Agrostological (a.)
Pertaining to agrostology.
Agrostologist (n.) One
skilled in agrostology.
Agrostology (n.) That part
of botany which treats of the grasses.
Aground (adv. & a.) On the
ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on
the ground.
Agroupment (n.) See
Aggroupment.
Agrypnotic (n.) Anything
which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.
Aguardiente (n.) A
inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
Aguardiente (n.) A strong
alcoholic drink, especially pulque.
Ague (n.) An acute fever.
Ague (n.) An intermittent
fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
Ague (n.) The cold fit or
rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
Ague (n.) A chill, or
state of shaking, as with cold.
Agued (imp. & p. p.) of
Ague
Ague (v. t.) To strike
with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Aguilt (v. t.) To be
guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.
Aguise (n.) Dress.
Aguise (v. t.) To dress;
to attire; to adorn.
Aguish (a.) Having the
qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
Aguish (a.) Productive of,
or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England.
Agush (adv. & a.) In a
gushing state.
Agynous (a.) Without
female organs; male.
Ah (interj.) An
exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt,
threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.
Aha (interj.) An
exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision
or irony, or simple surprise.
Aha (n.) A sunk fence. See
Ha-ha.
Ahead (adv.) In or to the
front; in advance; onward.
Ahead (adv.) Headlong;
without restraint.
Aheap (adv.) In a heap;
huddled together.
Aheight (adv.) Aloft; on
high.
Ahem (interj.) An
exclamation to call one's attention; hem.
Ahey (interj.) Hey; ho.
Ahigh (adv.) On high.
Ahold (adv.) Near the
wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.
Ahorseback (adv.) On
horseback.
Ahoy (interj.) A term used
in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."
Ahriman (n.) The Evil
Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to
Ormuzd, the King of Light.
Ahu (n.) The Asiatic
gazelle.
Ahull (adv.) With the
sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See
Hull, n.
Ahungered (a.) Pinched
with hunger; very hungry.
Ais (pl. ) of Ai
Ai (n.) The three-toed
sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.
Aiblins (adv.) Alt. of
Ablins
Ablins (adv.) Perhaps;
possibly.
Aich's metal () A kind of gun
metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
Aided (imp. & p. p.) of
Aid
Aiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aid
Aid (v. t.) To support,
either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to
prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
Aid (v. t.) Help; succor;
assistance; relief.
Aid (v. t.) The person or
thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
Aid (v. t.) A subsidy
granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary
tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
Aid (v. t.) An
aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
Aidance (n.) Aid.
Aidant (a.) Helping;
helpful; supplying aid.
Aids-de-camp (pl. ) of
Aid-de-camp
Aid-de-camp (n.) An
officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him
in correspondence and in directing movements.
Aider (n.) One who, or
that which, aids.
Aidful (a.) Helpful.
Aidless (a.) Helpless;
without aid.
Aid-major (n.) The
adjutant of a regiment.
Aiel (n.) See Ayle.
Aiglet (n.) Same as Aglet.
Aigre (a.) Sour.
Aigremore (n.) Charcoal
prepared for making powder.
Aigret (n.) Alt. of
Aigrette
Aigrette (n.) The small
white European heron. See Egret.
Aigrette (n.) A plume or
tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
Aigrette (n.) A tuft like
that of the egret.
Aigrette (n.) A feathery
crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
Aiguille (n.) A
needle-shaped peak.
Aiguille (n.) An
instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
Aiguillette (n.) A point
or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.
Aiguillette (n.) One of
the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.
Aigulet (n.) See Aglet.
Ailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ail
Ailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ail
Ail (v. t.) To affect with
pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter
with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown;
as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
Ail (v. i.) To be affected
with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
Ail (n.) Indisposition or
morbid affection.
Ailanthus (n.) Same as
Ailantus.
Ailantus (n.) A genus of
beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and
the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.
Ailette (n.) A small
square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype
of the modern epaulet.
Ailment (n.)
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute
diseases.
Ailuroidea (n. pl.) A
group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.
Aimed (imp. & p. p.) of
Aim
Aiming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aim
Aim (v. i.) To point or
direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object
or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
Aim (v. i.) To direct the
indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to
gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at
distinction; to aim to do well.
Aim (v. i.) To guess or
conjecture.
Aim (v. t.) To direct or
point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or
a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the
fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person
or vice).
Aim (v. i.) The pointing
of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the
object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a
spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with
a view to strike or affect it.
Aim (v. i.) The point
intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
Aim (v. i.) Intention;
purpose; design; scheme.
Aim (v. i.) Conjecture;
guess.
Aimer (n.) One who aims,
directs, or points.
Aimless (a.) Without aim
or purpose; as, an aimless life.
Aino (n.) One of a
peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of
the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the
Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.
Ain't () A contraction for are
not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
Air (n.) The fluid which
we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible,
inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
Air (n.) Symbolically:
Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
Air (n.) A particular
state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting
the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
Air (n.) Any aeriform
body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
Air (n.) Air in motion; a
light breeze; a gentle wind.
Air (n.) Odoriferous or
contaminated air.
Air (n.) That which
surrounds and influences.
Air (n.) Utterance abroad;
publicity; vent.
Air (n.) Intelligence;
information.
Air (n.) A musical idea,
or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a
symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the
stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument;
a melody; a tune; an aria.
Air (n.) In harmonized
chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody --
in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
Air (n.) The peculiar
look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a
youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.
Air (n.) Peculiar
appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.
Air (n.) An artificial or
affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a
person, he puts on airs.
Air (n.) The
representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through
which every object in nature is viewed.
Air (n.) Carriage;
attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air.
Air (n.) The artificial
motion or carriage of a horse.
Aired (imp. & p. p.) of
Air
Airing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Air
Air (n.) To expose to the
air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to
air a room.
Air (n.) To expose for the
sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
Air (n.) To expose to
heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to
air liquors.
Air bed () A sack or matters
inflated with air, and used as a bed.
Air bladder () An air sac,
sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It
originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the
adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
Air bladder () A sac or bladder
full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
Air brake () A railway brake
operated by condensed air.
Air-built (a.) Erected in
the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
Air cell () A cavity in the
cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
Air cell () A receptacle of air
in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the
air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in
insects.
Air chamber () A chamber or
cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
Air chamber () A cavity
containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump
or other hydraulic machine.
Air cock () A faucet to allow
escape of air.
Air-drawn (a.) Drawn in
air; imaginary.
Air drill () A drill driven by
the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
Air engine () An engine driven by
heated or by compressed air.
Airer (n.) One who exposes
to the air.
Airer (n.) A frame on
which clothes are aired or dried.
Air gas () See under Gas.
Air gun () A kind of gun in which
the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is
powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing
pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
Air hole () A hole to admit or
discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.
Air hole () A fault in a casting,
produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
Airily (adv.) In an airy
manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.
Airiness (n.) The state or
quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a
country seat.
Airiness (n.) Lightness of
spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
Airing (n.) A walk or a
ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.
Airing (n.) An exposure to
air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a
room.
Air jacket () A jacket having
air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons
buoyant in swimming.
Airless (a.) Not open to a
free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
Air level () Spirit level. See
Level.
Airlike (a.) Resembling
air.
Airling (n.) A
thoughtless, gay person.
Airometer (n.) A hollow
cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end
plunged into water.
Air pipe () A pipe for the
passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.
Air plant () A plant deriving its
sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
Air poise () An instrument to
measure the weight of air.
Air pump () A kind of pump for
exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or
force it into a closed space.
Air pump () A pump used to
exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and
any commingled air.
Air sac () One of the spaces in
different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected
with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
Air shaft () A passage, usually
vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
Air-slacked (a.) Slacked,
or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
Air stove () A stove for heating
a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and
then distributed through a building.
Air-tight (a.) So tight as
to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
Air-tight (n.) A stove the
draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Air vessel () A vessel, cell,
duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects,
birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see
Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral
vessels.
Airward (adv.) Alt. of
Airwards
Airwards (adv.) Toward the
air; upward.
Airy (a.) Consisting of
air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Airy (a.) Relating or
belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
Airy (a.) Open to a free
current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Airy (a.) Resembling air;
thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Airy (a.) Relating to the
spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Airy (a.) Without reality;
having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Airy (a.) Light of heart;
vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Airy (a.) Having an
affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
Airy (a.) Having the light
and aerial tints true to nature.
Aisle (n.) A lateral
division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a
row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing
windows, called the clearstory wall.
Aisle (n.) Improperly used
also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle
aisle.
Aisle (n.) Also (perhaps
from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
Aisled (a.) Furnished with
an aisle or aisles.
Aisless (a.) Without an
aisle.
Ait (n.) An islet, or
little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
Ait (n.) Oat.
Aitch (n.) The letter h or
H.
Aitchbone (n.) The bone of
the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.
Aitiology (n.) See
Aetiology.
Ajar (adv.) Slightly
turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
Ajar (adv.) In a state of
discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Ajog (adv.) On the jog.
Ajutage (n.) A tube
through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a
fountain.
Ake (n. & v.) See Ache.
Akene (n.) Same as Achene.
Aketon (n.) See Acton.
Akimbo (a.) With a crook
or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Akin (a.) Of the same kin;
related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
Akin (a.) Allied by
nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of
the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Akinesic (a.) Pertaining
to akinesia.
Aknee (adv.) On the knee.
Aknow () Earlier form of Acknow.
Al (a.) All.
Al- (A prefix.) All;
wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
Al- (A prefix.) To; at;
on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.
Al- (A prefix.) The Arabic
definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the
Book; alchemy, the chemistry.
Al (conj.) Although; if.
Alae (pl. ) of Ala
Ala (n.) A winglike organ,
or part.
Alabama period () A period in the
American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.
Alabaster (n.) A compact
variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and
translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel
ornaments, etc.
Alabaster (n.) A hard,
compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades
of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes
distinguished as oriental alabaster.
Alabaster (n.) A box or
vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of
which it was originally made.
Alabastrian (a.)
Alabastrine.
Alabastrine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.
Alabastra (pl. ) of
Alabastrum
Alabastrum (n.) A flower
bud.
Alack (interj.) An
exclamation expressive of sorrow.
Alackaday (interj.) An
exclamation expressing sorrow.
Alacrify (v. t.) To rouse
to action; to inspirit.
Alacrious (a.) Brisk;
joyously active; lively.
Alacriously (adv.) With
alacrity; briskly.
Alacriousness (n.)
Alacrity.
Alacrity (n.) A cheerful
readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness;
sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
Aladinist (n.) One of a
sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.
Alalonga (n.) Alt. of
Alilonghi
Alilonghi (n.) The tunny.
See Albicore.
Alamire (n.) The lowest
note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.
Alamodality (n.) The
quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.
Alamode (adv. & a.)
According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
Alamode (n.) A thin, black
silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
Alamort (a.) To the death;
mortally.
Alan (n.) A wolfhound.
Aland (adv.) On land; to
the land; ashore.
Alanine (n.) A white
crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.
Alantin (n.) See Inulin.
Alar (a.) Pertaining to,
or having, wings.
Alar (a.) Axillary; in the
fork or axil.
Alarm (n.) A summons to
arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Alarm (n.) Any sound or
information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to
arouse attention; a warning of danger.
Alarm (n.) A sudden
attack; disturbance; broil.
Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise
with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use,
commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
Alarm (n.) A mechanical
contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an
alarum.
Alarmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Alarm
Alarming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alarm
Alarm (v. t.) To call to
arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to
vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
Alarm (v. t.) To keep in
excitement; to disturb.
Alarm (v. t.) To surprise
with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil;
to excite with sudden fear.
Alarmable (a.) Easily
alarmed or disturbed.
Alarmed (a.) Aroused to
vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an
alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
Alarmedly (adv.) In an
alarmed manner.
Alarming (a.) Exciting, or
calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming
crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
Alarmist (n.) One prone to
sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
Alarum (n.) See Alarm.
Alary (a.) Of or
pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.
Alas (interj.) An
exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old
writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or
alas the white.
Alate (adv.) Lately; of
late.
Alate (a.) Alt. of Alated
Alated (a.) Winged; having
wings, or side appendages like wings.
Alatern (n.) Alt. of
Alaternus
Alaternus (n.) An
ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
Alation (n.) The state of
being winged.
Alaunt (n.) See Alan.
Alb (n.) A vestment of
white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman
Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was
formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
Albacore (n.) See
Albicore.
Alban (n.) A white
crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of
alcohol or ether.
Albanian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.
Albanian (n.) A native of
Albania.
Albata (n.) A white
metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or
German silver. See German silver, under German.
Albatross (n.) A
web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They
are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often
seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern
hemisphere.
Albe (conj.) Alt. of Albee
Albee (conj.) Although;
albeit.
Albedo (n.) Whiteness.
Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished
surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Albeit (conj.) Even
though; although; notwithstanding.
Albertite (n.) A
bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New
Brunswick.
Albertype (n.) A picture
printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic
negative.
Albescence (n.) The act of
becoming white; whitishness.
Albescent (a.) Becoming
white or whitish; moderately white.
Albicant (a.) Growing or
becoming white.
Albication (n.) The
process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.
Albicore (n.) A name
applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga.
One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is
called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.
Albification (n.) The act
or process of making white.
Albigenses (n. pl.) Alt.
of Albigeois
Albigeois (n. pl.) A sect
of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.
Albigensian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Albigenses.
Albiness (n.) A female
albino.
Albinism (n.) The state or
condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
Albinistic (a.) Affected
with albinism.
Albinos (pl. ) of Albino
Albino (n.) A person,
whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the
substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a
morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color,
and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the
lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish
condition from the absence of chlorophyll.
Albinoism (n.) The state
or condition of being an albino; albinism.
Albinotic (a.) Affected
with albinism.
Albion (n.) An ancient
name of England, still retained in poetry.
Albite (n.) A mineral of
the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate
of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various
igneous rocks. See Feldspar.
Albolith (n.) A kind of
plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica;
-- called also albolite.
Alborak (n.) The imaginary
milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven;
a white mule.
Albugineous (a.) Of the
nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a
term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
Albugines (pl. ) of Albugo
Albugo (n.) Same as
Leucoma.
Album (n.) A white tablet
on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
Album (n.) A register for
visitors' names; a visitors' book.
Album (n.) A blank book,
in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends,
photographs, etc.
Albumen (n.) The white of
an egg.
Albumen (n.) Nourishing
matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not
incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like
grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
Albumen (n.) Same as
Albumin.
Albumenized (imp. & p. p.)
of Albumenize
Albumenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Albumenize
Albumenize (v. t.) To
cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution;
as, to albumenize paper.
Album Graecum () Dung of dogs or
hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather,
and was formerly used in medicine.
Albumin (n.) A thick,
viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent
of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal
substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water
and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
Albuminate (n.) A
substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling
casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with
another substance.
Albuminiferous (a.)
Supplying albumen.
Albuminimeter (n.) An
instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
Albuminin (n.) The
substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.
Albuminiparous (a.)
Producing albumin.
Albuminoid (a.) Resembling
albumin.
Albuminoid (n.) One of a
class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of
organized tissues.
Albuminoidal (a.) Of the
nature of an albuminoid.
Albuminose (n.) A
diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial
gastric juice. See Peptone.
Albuminous (a.) Alt. of
Albuminose
Albuminose (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or
albumin.
Albuminuria (n.) A morbid
condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
Albumose (n.) A compound
or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution
of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.
Alburn (n.) The bleak, a
small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used
in making artificial pearls.
Alburnous (a.) Of or
pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
Alburnum (n.) The white
and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen;
sapwood.
Albyn (n.) Scotland; esp.
the Highlands of Scotland.
Alcade (n.) Same as
Alcaid.
Alcahest (n.) Same as
Alkahest.
Alcaic (a.) Pertaining to
Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
Alcaic (n.) A kind of
verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or
iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
Alcaid (n.) Alt. of
Alcayde
Alcayde (n.) A commander
of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
Alcayde (n.) The warden,
or keeper of a jail.
Alcalde (n.) A magistrate
or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
Alcalimeter (n.) See
Alkalimeter.
Alcanna (n.) An oriental
shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.
Alcarrazas (pl. ) of
Alcarraza
Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of
porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior
surface.
Alcayde (n.) Same as
Alcaid.
Alcazar (n.) A fortress;
also, a royal palace.
Alcedo (n.) A genus of
perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
Alchemic (a.) Alt. of
Alchemical
Alchemical (a.) Of or
relating to alchemy.
Alchemically (adv.) In the
manner of alchemy.
Alchemist (n.) One who
practices alchemy.
Alchemistic (a.) Alt. of
Alchemistical
Alchemistical (a.)
Relating to or practicing alchemy.
Alchemistry (n.) Alchemy.
Alchemize (v. t.) To
change by alchemy; to transmute.
Alchemy (n.) An imaginary
art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or
universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.
Alchemy (n.) A mixed metal
composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.
Alchemy (n.) Miraculous
power of transmuting something common into something precious.
Alchymic (n.) Alt. of
Alchymy
Alchymist (n.) Alt. of
Alchymy
Alchymistic (n.) Alt. of
Alchymy
Alchymy (n.) See Alchemic,
Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.
Alco (n.) A small South
American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.
Alcoate (n.) Alt. of
Alcohate
Alcohate (n.) Shortened
forms of Alcoholate.
Alcohol (n.) An impalpable
powder.
Alcohol (n.) The fluid
essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
Alcohol (n.) Pure spirit
of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the
spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more
loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by
simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine
nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
Alcohol (n.) A class of
compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they
are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common
or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit;
amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.
Alcoholate (n.) A
crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part
analogous to that of water of crystallization.
Alcoholature (n.) An
alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
Alcoholic (a.) Of or
pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused
by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis;
alcoholic odor.
Alcoholic (n.) A person
given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
Alcoholic (n.) Alcoholic
liquors.
Alcoholism (n.) A diseased
condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic
liquors.
Alcoholization (n.) The
act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.
Alcoholization (n.) The
act rectifying spirit.
Alcoholization (n.)
Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of
alcoholic liquor.
Alcoholized (imp. & p. p.)
of Alcoholize
Alcoholizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alcoholize
Alcoholize (v. t.) To
reduce to a fine powder.
Alcoholize (v. t.) To
convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
Alcoholometer (n.) Alt. of
Alcoholmeter
Alcoholmeter (n.) An
instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as
to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is
usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.
Alcoholometric (a.) Alt.
of Alcoholmetrical
Alcoholometrical (a.) Alt.
of Alcoholmetrical
Alcoholmetrical (a.)
Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.
Alcoholometry (n.) The
process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which
spirituous liquors contain.
Alcohometer (a.) Alt. of
Alcohometric
Alcohometric (a.) Same as
Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.
Alcoometry (n.) See
Alcoholometry.
Alcoran (n.) The
Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).
Alcoranic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Koran.
Alcoranist (n.) One who
adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.
Alcove (n.) A recessed
portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a
recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
Alcove (n.) A small
ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a
garden bower.
Alcove (n.) Any natural
recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
Alcyon (n.) See Halcyon.
Alcyonacea (n. pl.) A
group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust.
under Alcyonaria.
Alcyonaria (n. pl.) One of
the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and
Gorgonacea.
Alcyones (n. pl.) The
kingfishers.
Alcyonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Alcyonium (n.) A genus of
fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed
rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.
Alcyonoid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Alcyonoid (n.) A zoophyte
of the order Alcyonaria.
Alday (adv.) Continually.
Aldebaran (n.) A red star
of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the
bright star in the group called the Hyades.
Aldehyde (n.) A colorless,
mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of
oxidation.
Aldehydic (a.) Of or
pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.
Alder (n.) A tree, usually
growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by
turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder
are usually shrubs or small trees.
Alder (a.) Alt. of Aller
Aller (a.) Of all; -- used
in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.
Alder-liefest (a.) Most
beloved.
Aldermen (pl. ) of
Alderman
Alderman (n.) A senior or
superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Alderman (n.) One of a
board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a
legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some
magisterial and administrative functions.
Aldermancy (n.) The office
of an alderman.
Aldermanic (a.) Relating
to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
Aldermanity (n.) Aldermen
collectively; the body of aldermen.
Aldermanity (n.) The state
of being an alderman.
Aldermanlike (a.) Like or
suited to an alderman.
Aldermanly (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, an alderman.
Aldermanly (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, an alderman.
Aldermanry (n.) The
district or ward of an alderman.
Aldermanry (n.) The office
or rank of an alderman.
Aldermanship (n.) The
condition, position, or office of an alderman.
Aldern (a.) Made of alder.
Alderney (n.) One of a
breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of
a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.
Aldine (a.) An epithet
applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of
Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century
and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been
applied to certain elegant editions of English works.
Ale (n.) An intoxicating
liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a
bitter, usually hops.
Ale (n.) A festival in
English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Aleak (adv. & a.) In a
leaking condition.
Aleatory (a.) Depending on
some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
Alebench (n.) A bench in
or before an alehouse.
Aleberry (n.) A beverage,
formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
Alecithal (a.) Applied to
those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk
embedded in their protoplasm.
Aleconner (n.) Orig., an
officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the
officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in
public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]
Alecost (n.) The plant
costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.
Alectorides (n. pl.) A
group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
Alectoromachy (n.)
Cockfighting.
Alectoromancy (n.) See
Alectryomancy.
Alectryom'achy (n.)
Cockfighting.
Alectryomancy (n.)
Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the
alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were
eaten.
Alee (adv.) On or toward
the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a
ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.
Alegar (n.) Sour ale;
vinegar made of ale.
Aleger (a.) Gay; cheerful;
sprightly.
Alegge (v. t.) To allay or
alleviate; to lighten.
Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy
(Nepeta Glechoma).
Alehouse (n.) A house
where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.
Ale-knight (n.) A pot
companion.
Alemannic (a.) Belonging
to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
Alemannic (n.) The
language of the Alemanni.
Alembic (n.) An apparatus
formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly
given place to the retort and worm still.
Alembroth (n.) The salt of
wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium
and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant.
Alen/on lace () See under Lace.
Alength (adv.) At full
length; lengthwise.
Alepidote (a.) Not having
scales.
Alepidote (n.) A fish
without scales.
Alepole (n.) A pole set up
as the sign of an alehouse.
Alert (a.) Watchful;
vigilant; active in vigilance.
Alert (a.) Brisk; nimble;
moving with celerity.
Alert (n.) An alarm from a
real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
Alertly (adv.) In an alert
manner; nimbly.
Alertness (n.) The quality
of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
Ale silver () A duty payable to
the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Alestake (n.) A stake or
pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At
the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."
Aletaster (n.) See
Aleconner.
Alethiology (n.) The
science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.
Alethoscope (n.) An
instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in
their natural proportions and relations.
Aleuromancy (n.)
Divination by means of flour.
Aleurometer (n.) An
instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in
flour.
Aleurone (n.) An
albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in
maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
Aleuronic (a.) Having the
nature of aleurone.
Aleutian (a.) Alt. of
Aleutic
Aleutic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also,
designating these islands.
Alevin (n.) Young fish;
fry.
Alew (n.) Halloo.
Alewives (pl. ) of Alewife
Alewife (n.) A woman who
keeps an alehouse.
Alewives (pl. ) of Alewife
Alewife (n.) A North
American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also
ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related
species.
Alexanders (n.) Alt. of
Alisanders
Alisanders (n.) A name
given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as
celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
Alexandrian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
Alexandrian (a.) Applied
to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
Alexandrine (a.) Belonging
to Alexandria; Alexandrian.
Alexandrine (n.) A kind of
verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
Alexipharmac (a. & n.)
Alt. of Alexipharmacal
Alexipharmacal (a. & n.)
Alexipharmic.
Alexipharmic (a.) Alt. of
Alexipharmical
Alexipharmical (a.)
Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Alexipharmic (n.) An
antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
Alexipyretic (a.) Serving
to drive off fever; antifebrile.
Alexipyretic (n.) A
febrifuge.
Alexiteric (a.) Alt. of
Alexiterical
Alexiterical (a.)
Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
Alexiteric (n.) A
preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of
poison in general.
Alfa (n.) Alt. of Alfa
grass
Alfa grass (n.) A plant
(Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
Alfalfa (n.) The lucern
(Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
Alfenide (n.) An alloy of
nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
Alferes (n.) An ensign; a
standard bearer.
Alfet (n.) A caldron of
boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of
innocence or guilt.
Alfilaria (n.) The pin
grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
Alfione (n.) An edible
marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
Alfresco (adv. & a.) In
the open-air.
Algae (pl. ) of Alga
Alga (n.) A kind of
seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black,
red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh
water confervae, etc.
Algal (a.) Pertaining to,
or like, algae.
Algaroba (n.) The Carob, a
leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods,
called St. John's bread.
Algaroba (n.) The Honey
mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos
Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is
collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.
Algarot (n.) Alt. of
Algaroth
Algaroth (n.) A term used
for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride
and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic,
purgative, and diaphoretic.
Algarovilla (n.) The
agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga
Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.
Algate (adv.) Alt. of
Algates
Algates (adv.) Always;
wholly; everywhere.
Algates (adv.) By any or
means; at all events.
Algates (adv.)
Notwithstanding; yet.
Algazel (n.) The true
gazelle.
Algebra (n.) That branch
of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means
of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true
of every kind of magnitude.
Algebra (n.) A treatise on
this science.
Algebraic (a.) Alt. of
Algebraical
Algebraical (a.) Of or
pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such
operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.
Algebraically (adv.) By
algebraic process.
Algebraist (n.) One versed
in algebra.
Algebraize (v. t.) To
perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.
Algerian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Algeria.
Algerian (n.) A native of
Algeria.
Algerine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
Algerine (n.) A native or
one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
Algid (a.) Cold; chilly.
Algidity (n.) Chilliness;
coldness
Algidity (n.) coldness and
collapse.
Algidness (n.) Algidity.
Algific (a.) Producing
cold.
Algoid (a.) Of the nature
of, or resembling, an alga.
Algol (n.) A fixed star,
in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic
variation in brightness.
Algological (a.) Of or
pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.
Algologist (n.) One
learned about algae; a student of algology.
Algology (n.) The study or
science of algae or seaweeds.
Algonquin (n.) Alt. of
Algonkin
Algonkin (n.) One of a
widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly
occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was
originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.
Algor (n.) Cold;
chilliness.
Algorism (n.) Alt. of
Algorithm
Algorithm (n.) The art of
calculating by nine figures and zero.
Algorithm (n.) The art of
calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions,
proportions, surds, etc.
Algous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
Alguazil (n.) An inferior
officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
Algum (n.) Same as Almug
(and etymologically preferable).
Alhambra (n.) The palace
of the Moorish kings at Granada.
Alhambraic (a.) Alt. of
Alhambresque
Alhambresque (a.) Made or
decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which
affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
Alhenna (n.) See Henna.
Alias (adv.) Otherwise;
otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different
names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any
cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
Alias (adv.) At another
time.
Aliases (pl. ) of Alias
Alias (n.) A second or
further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Alias (n.) Another name;
an assumed name.
Alibi (n.) The plea or
mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to
prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to
set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
Alibility (n.) Quality of
being alible.
Alible (a.) Nutritive;
nourishing.
Alicant (n.) A kind of
wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.
Alidade (n.) The portion
of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or
telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument
Alien (a.) Not belonging
to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects
thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
Alien (a.) Wholly
different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; --
followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
Alien (n.) A foreigner;
one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident
of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a
stranger. See Alienage.
Alien (n.) One excluded
from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's
mercies.
Alien (v. t.) To alienate;
to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
Alienability (n.)
Capability of being alienated.
Alienable (a.) Capable of
being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable
according to the laws of the state.
Alienage (n.) The state or
legal condition of being an alien.
Alienage (n.) The state of
being alienated or transferred to another.
Alienate (a.) Estranged;
withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
Alienated (imp. & p. p.)
of Alienate
Alienating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alienate
Alienate (v. t.) To convey
or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with
ownership of.
Alienate (v. t.) To
withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or
friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
Alienate (n.) A stranger;
an alien.
Alienation (n.) The act of
alienating, or the state of being alienated.
Alienation (n.) A transfer
of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
Alienation (n.) A
withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
Alienation (n.) Mental
alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of
mind.
Alienator (n.) One who
alienates.
Aliene (v. t.) To alien or
alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
Alienee (n.) One to whom
the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
Alienism (n.) The status
or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
Alienism (n.) The study or
treatment of diseases of the mind.
Alienist (n.) One who
treats diseases of the mind.
Alienor (n.) One who
alienates or transfers property to another.
Aliethmoid (a.) Alt. of
Aliethmoidal
Aliethmoidal (a.)
Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Alife (adv.) On my life;
dearly.
Aliferous (a.) Having
wings, winged; aligerous.
Aliform (a.) Wing-shaped;
winglike.
Aligerous (a.) Having
wings; winged.
Alighted (imp. & p. p.) of
Alight
Alit () of Alight
Alighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alight
Alight (v. i.) To spring
down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to
dismount.
Alight (v. i.) To descend
and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow
alights on a roof.
Alight (v. i.) To come or
chance (upon).
Alight (a.) Lighted;
lighted up; in a flame.
Align (v. t.) To adjust or
form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
Align (v. t.) To form in
line; to fall into line.
Alignment (n.) The act of
adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so
adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an
imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
Alignment (n.) The
ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or
profile.
Alike (a.) Having
resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
Alike (adv.) In the same
manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in
religion.
Alike-minded (a.)
Like-minded.
Aliment (n.) That which
nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in
natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of
support.
Aliment (n.) An allowance
for maintenance.
Aliment (v. t.) To
nourish; to support.
Aliment (v. t.) To provide
for the maintenance of.
Alimental (a.) Supplying
food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural
growth; as, alimental sap.
Alimentally (adv.) So as
to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.
Alimentariness (n.) The
quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.
Alimentary (a.) Pertaining
to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as,
alimentary substances.
Alimentation (n.) The act
or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Alimentation (n.) State or
mode of being nourished.
Alimentiveness (n.) The
instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
Alimonious (a.) Affording
food; nourishing.
Alimony (n.) Maintenance;
means of living.
Alimony (n.) An allowance
made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her
divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
Alinasal (a.) Pertaining
to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
Aline (v. t.) To range or
place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
Alineation (n.) See
Allineation.
Alinement (n.) Same as
Alignment.
Aliner (n.) One who
adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.
Alioth (n.) A star in the
tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
Aliped (a.) Wing-footed,
as the bat.
Aliped (n.) An animal
whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
Aliquant (a.) An aliquant
part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a
remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
Aliquot (a.) An aliquot
part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder;
thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
Aliseptal (a.) Relating to
expansions of the nasal septum.
Alish (a.) Like ale; as,
an alish taste.
Alisphenoid (a.) Alt. of
Alisphenoidal
Alisphenoidal (a.)
Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the
base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid;
as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.
Alisphenoid (n.) The
alisphenoid bone.
Alitrunk (n.) The segment
of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
Aliturgical (a.) Applied
to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.
Aliunde (adv. & a.) From
another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
Alive (a.) Having life, in
opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their
functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
Alive (a.) In a state of
action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep
the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
Alive (a.) Exhibiting the
activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
Alive (a.) Sprightly;
lively; brisk.
Alive (a.) Having
susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy;
sensitive.
Alive (a.) Of all living
(by way of emphasis).
Alizari (n.) The madder of
the Levant.
Alizarin (n.) A coloring
principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from
anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
Alkahest (n.) The fabled
"universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all
bodies.
Alkalamide (n.) One of a
series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the
hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or
radicals.
Alkalescence (n.) Alt. of
Alkalescency
Alkalescency (n.) A
tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline
properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
Alkalescent (a.) Tending
to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
Alkalis (pl. ) of Alkali
Alkalies (pl. ) of Alkali
Alkali (n.) Soda ash;
caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
Alkali (n.) One of a class
of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose
distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with
oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning
to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
Alkalifiable (a.) Capable
of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
Alkalified (imp. & p. p.)
of Alkalify
Alkalifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alkalify
Alkalify (v. t.) To
convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
Alkalify (v. i.) To become
changed into an alkali.
Alkalimeter (n.) An
instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a
mixture.
Alkalimetric (a.) Alt. of
Alkalimetrical
Alkalimetrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to alkalimetry.
Alkalimetry (n.) The art
or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in
alkaline mixtures.
Alkaline (a.) Of or
pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
Alkalinity (n.) The
quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.
Alkalious (a.) Alkaline.
Alkalizate (a.) Alkaline.
Alkalizate (v. t.) To
alkalizate.
Alkalization (n.) The act
rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline
qualities.
Alkalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Alkalize
Alkalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alkalize
Alkalize (v. t.) To render
alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
Alkaloid (a.) Alt. of
Alkaloidal
Alkaloidal (a.) Pertaining
to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Alkaloid (n.) An organic
base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the
tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
Alkanet (n.) A dyeing
matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep
red color.
Alkanet (n.) A
boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
Alkanet (n.) The similar
plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
Alkargen (n.) Same as
Cacodylic acid.
Alkarsin (n.) A
spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of
cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
Alkazar () See Alcazar.
Alkekengi (n.) An
herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit,
which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a
enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and
strawberry tomato.
Alkermes (n.) A compound
cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect,
its principal ingredient.
Alkoran (n.) The
Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
Alkoranic (a.) Same as
Alcoranic.
Alkoranist (n.) Same as
Alcoranist.
All (a.) The whole
quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole
number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year;
all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all
doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
All (a.) Any.
All (a.) Only; alone;
nothing but.
All (adv.) Wholly;
completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all
for amusement.
All (adv.) Even; just.
(Often a mere intensive adjunct.)
All (n.) The whole number,
quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the
aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at
stake.
All (conj.) Although;
albeit.
Alla breve () With one breve, or
four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common
time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.
Allah (n.) The name of the
Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.
All-a-mort (a.) See
Alamort.
Allanite (n.) A silicate
containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and
is related to epidote in form and composition.
Allantoic (a.) Pertaining
to, or contained in, the allantois.
Allantoid (a.) Alt. of
Allantoidal
Allantoidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the allantois.
Allantoidea (n. pl.) The
division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes
reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Allantoin (n.) A
crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of
the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.
Allantois (n.) Alt. of
Allantoid
Allantoid (n.) A
membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in
mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
Allatrate (v. i.) To bark
as a dog.
Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Allay
Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allay
Allay (v. t.) To make
quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay
popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
Allay (v. t.) To
alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the
bitterness of adversity.
Allay (v. t.) To diminish
in strength; to abate; to subside.
Allay (n.) Alleviation;
abatement; check.
Allay (n.) Alloy.
Allay (v. t.) To mix
(metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Allayer (n.) One who, or
that which, allays.
Allayment (n.) An
allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Allecret (n.) A kind of
light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.
Allect (v. t.) To allure;
to entice.
Allectation (n.)
Enticement; allurement.
Allective (a.) Alluring.
Allective (n.) Allurement.
Alledge (v. t.) See
Allege.
Allegation (n.) The act of
alleging or positively asserting.
Allegation (n.) That which
is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
Allegation (n.) A
statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each
separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.
Alleged (imp. & p. p.) of
Allege
Alleging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allege
Allege (v. t.) To bring
forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a
fact.
Allege (v. t.) To cite or
quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
Allege (v. t.) To produce
or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a
resolution against lending.
Allege (v. t.) To
alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
Allegeable (a.) Capable of
being alleged or affirmed.
Allegeance (n.)
Allegation.
Allegement (n.)
Allegation.
Alleger (n.) One who
affirms or declares.
Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge
and Allay.
Allegiance (n.) The tie or
obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or
government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.
Allegiance (n.) Devotion;
loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
Allegiant (a.) Loyal.
Allegoric (a.) Alt. of
Allegorical
Allegorical (a.) Belonging
to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by
resemblances; figurative.
Allegorist (n.) One who
allegorizes; a writer of allegory.
Allegorization (n.) The
act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
Allegorized (imp. & p. p.)
of Allegorize
Allegorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allegorize
Allegorize (v. t.) To form
or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
Allegorize (v. t.) To
treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage
in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a
figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
Allegorize (v. t.) To use
allegory.
Allegorizer (n.) One who
allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.
Allegories (pl. ) of
Allegory
Allegory (n.) A figurative
sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another
subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is
thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer
or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.
Allegory (n.) Anything
which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
Allegory (n.) A figure
representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object
painted or sculptured.
Allegresse (n.) Joy;
gladsomeness.
Allegretto (a.) Quicker
than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
Allegretto (n.) A movement
in this time.
Allegro (a.) Brisk,
lively.
Allegro (n.) An allegro
movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.
Alleluia (n.) Alt. of
Alleluiah
Alleluiah (n.) An
exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See
Hallelujah, the commoner form.
Allemande (n.) A dance in
moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now
mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
Allemande (n.) A figure in
dancing.
Allemannic (a.) See
Alemannic.
Allenarly (adv.) Solely;
only.
Aller (a.) Same as Alder,
of all.
Allerion (n.) Am eagle
without beak or feet, with expanded wings.
Alleviated (imp. & p. p.)
of Alleviate
Alleviating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alleviate
Alleviate (v. t.) To
lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Alleviate (v. t.) To
lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to
be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.
Alleviate (v. t.) To
extenuate; to palliate.
Alleviation (n.) The act
of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
Alleviation (n.) That
which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
Alleviative (a.) Tending
to alleviate.
Alleviative (n.) That
which alleviates.
Alleviator (n.) One who,
or that which, alleviates.
Alleviatory (a.)
Alleviative.
Alleys (pl. ) of Alley
Alley (n.) A narrow
passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of
trees or bushes; a bordered way.
Alley (n.) A narrow
passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
Alley (n.) A passageway
between rows of pews in a church.
Alley (n.) Any passage
having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the
appearance of length.
Alley (n.) The space
between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
Alleys (pl. ) of Alley
Alley (n.) A choice taw or
marble.
Alleyed (a.) Furnished
with alleys; forming an alley.
Alleyway (n.) An alley.
All Fools' Day () The first day
of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
Allfours () A game at cards,
called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."
All fours () All four legs of a
quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
All hail (interj.) All
health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.
All-hail (v. t.) To
salute; to greet.
Allhallond (n.)
Allhallows.
Allhallow (n.) Alt. of
Allhallows
Allhallows (n.) All the
saints (in heaven).
Allhallows (n.) All
Saints' Day, November 1st.
Allhallow eve () The evening
before Allhallows. See Halloween.
Allhallowmas (n.) The
feast of All Saints.
Allhallown (a.) Of or
pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e.,
late summer; "Indian Summer").
Allhallowtide (n.) The
time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
Allheal (n.) A name
popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.
Alliable (a.) Able to
enter into alliance.
Alliaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell
or taste of garlic or onions.
Alliance (n.) The state of
being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests
between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage
and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance
between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
Alliance (n.) Any union
resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities;
affinity.
Alliance (n.) The persons
or parties allied.
Alliance (v. t.) To
connect by alliance; to ally.
Alliant (n.) An ally; a
confederate.
Allice (n.) Alt. of Allis
Allis (n.) The European
shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.
Alliciency (n.) Attractive
power; attractiveness.
Allicient (a.) That
attracts; attracting.
Allicient (n.) That
attracts.
Allied (a.) United;
joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.
Alligate (v. t.) To tie;
to unite by some tie.
Alligation (n.) The act of
tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
Alligation (n.) A rule
relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of
different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.
Alligator (n.) A large
carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a
shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the
common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South
America.
Alligator (n.) Any machine
with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
Alligator (n.) a form of
squeezer for the puddle ball
Alligator (n.) a rock
breaker
Alligator (n.) a kind of
job press, called also alligator press.
Allignment (n.) See
Alignment.
Allineate (v. t.) To
align.
Allineation (n.) Alt. of
Alineation
Alineation (n.) Alignment;
position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
Allision (n.) The act of
dashing against, or striking upon.
Alliteral (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by alliteration.
Alliterate (v. t.) To
employ or place so as to make alliteration.
Alliterate (v. i.) To
compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
Alliteration (n.) The
repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately
succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
Alliterative (a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
Alliterator (n.) One who
alliterates.
Allium (n.) A genus of
plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
Allmouth (n.) The angler.
Allness (n.) Totality;
completeness.
Allnight (n.) Light, fuel,
or food for the whole night.
Allocate (v. t.) To
distribute or assign; to allot.
Allocate (v. t.) To
localize.
Allocation (n.) The act of
putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
Allocation (n.) An
allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
Allocation (n.) The
admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a
term used in the English exchequer.
Allocatur (n.) "Allowed."
The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc.,
by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
Allochroic (a.) Changeable
in color.
Allochroite (n.) See
Garnet.
Allochroous (a.) Changing
color.
Allocution (n.) The act or
manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Allocution (n.) An
address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Allod (n.) See Allodium.
Allodial (a.) Pertaining
to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord
paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system.
Allodial (a.) Anything
held allodially.
Allodialism (n.) The
allodial system.
Allodialist (n.) One who
holds allodial land.
Allodially (adv.) By
allodial tenure.
Allodiary (n.) One who
holds an allodium.
Allodium (n.) Freehold
estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in
absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or
acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud.
Allogamous (a.)
Characterized by allogamy.
Allogamy (n.)
Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same
species; cross-fertilization.
Allogeneous (a.) Different
in nature or kind.
Allograph (n.) A writing
or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; --
opposed to autograph.
Allomerism (n.)
Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.
Allomerous (a.)
Characterized by allomerism.
Allomorph (n.) Any one of
two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance
having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and
aragonite.
Allomorph (n.) A variety
of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of
material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
Allomorphic (a.) Of or
pertaining to allomorphism.
Allomorphism (n.) The
property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an
allomorph.
Allonge (v.) A thrust or
pass; a lunge.
Allonge (v.) A slip of
paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back
of the bill itself is already full; a rider.
Allonge (v. i.) To thrust
with a sword; to lunge.
Allonym (n.) The name of
another person assumed by the author of a work.
Allonym (n.) A work
published under the name of some one other than the author.
Allonymous (a.) Published
under the name of some one other than the author.
Alloo (v. t. / i.) To
incite dogs by a call; to halloo.
Allopath (n.) An
allopathist.
Allopathic (a.) Of or
pertaining to allopathy.
Allopathically (adv.) In a
manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
Allopathist (n.) One who
practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
Allopathy (n.) That system
of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which
produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; --
a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to
homeopathy.
Allophylic (a.) Alt. of
Allophylian
Allophylian (a.)
Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
Alloquy (n.) A speaking to
another; an address.
Allotted (imp. & p. p.) of
Allot
Allotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allot
Allot (v. t.) To
distribute by lot.
Allot (v. t.) To
distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each
individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share;
to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that
which Providence allots him.
Allotheism (n.) The
worship of strange gods.
Allotment (n.) The act of
allotting; assignment.
Allotment (n.) That which
is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is
assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or
to a distinct party.
Allotment (n.) The
allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular
person.
Allotriophagy (n.) A
depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
Allotropic (a.) Alt. of
Allotropical
Allotropical (a.) Of or
pertaining to allotropism.
Allotropicity (n.)
Allotropic property or nature.
Allotropism (n.) Alt. of
Allotropy
Allotropy (n.) The
property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their
physical or chemical relations.
Allotropize (v. t.) To
change in physical properties but not in substance.
Allottable (a.) Capable of
being allotted.
Allottee (n.) One to whom
anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
Allotter (n.) One who
allots.
Allottery (n.) Allotment.
Allowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Allow
Allowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allow
Allow (v. t.) To praise;
to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Allow (v. t.) To like; to
be suited or pleased with.
Allow (v. t.) To sanction;
to invest; to intrust.
Allow (v. t.) To grant,
give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant
his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
Allow (v. t.) To own or
acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to
allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
Allow (v. t.) To grant
(something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow
a sum for leakage.
Allow (v. t.) To grant
license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
Allow (v. i.) To admit; to
concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allowable (a.)
Praiseworthy; laudable.
Allowable (a.) Proper to
be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not
unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among
friends.
Allowableness (n.) The
quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from
prohibition or impropriety.
Allowably (adv.) In an
allowable manner.
Allowance (n.) Approval;
approbation.
Allowance (n.) The act of
allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission;
sanction; tolerance.
Allowance (n.)
Acknowledgment.
Allowance (n.) License;
indulgence.
Allowance (n.) That which
is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a
reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity,
as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when
provisions fall short.
Allowance (n.) Abatement;
deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make
allowance for the inexperience of youth.
Allowance (n.) A customary
deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such
as tare and tret.
Allowancing (imp. & p. p.)
of Allowance
Allowance (n.) To put upon
a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and
limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our
provisions were allowanced.
Allowedly (adv.) By
allowance; admittedly.
Allower (n.) An approver
or abettor.
Allower (n.) One who
allows or permits.
Alloxan (n.) An oxidation
product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or
alcohol.
Alloxanate (n.) A
combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
Alloxanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble
alkalies on alloxan.
Alloxantin (n.) A
substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
Alloy (v. t.) Any
combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for
example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of
the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
Alloy (v. t.) The quality,
or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
Alloy (v. t.) A baser
metal mixed with a finer.
Alloy (v. t.) Admixture of
anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without
alloy.
Alloyed (imp. & p. p.) of
Alloy
Alloying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alloy
Alloy (v. t.) To reduce
the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with
silver or copper, or silver with copper.
Alloy (v. t.) To mix, as
metals, so as to form a compound.
Alloy (v. t.) To abate,
impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
Alloy (v. t.) To form a
metallic compound.
Alloyage (n.) The act or
art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
All-possessed (a.)
Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
All Saints () Alt. of All Saints'
All Saints' () The first day of
November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of
all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
All Souls' Day () The second day
of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications
are made for the souls of the faithful dead.
Allspice (n.) The berry of
the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly
pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been
supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the
name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice
(Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
Allthing (adv.)
Altogether.
Alluded (imp. & p. p.) of
Allude
Alluding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allude
Allude (v. i.) To refer to
something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not
specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to
a recent transaction.
Allude (v. t.) To compare
allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
Allumette (n.) A match for
lighting candles, lamps, etc.
Alluminor (n.) An
illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
Allurance (n.) Allurement.
Alluded (imp. & p. p.) of
Allure
Alluring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Allure
Allure (v. t.) To attempt
to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or
apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to
attract.
Allure (n.) Allurement.
Allure (n.) Gait; bearing.
Allurement (n.) The act
alluring; temptation; enticement.
Allurement (n.) That which
allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to
action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
Allurer (n.) One who, or
that which, allures.
Alluring (a.) That
allures; attracting; charming; tempting.
Allusion (n.) A figurative
or symbolical reference.
Allusion (n.) A reference
to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert
indication; indirect reference; a hint.
Allusive (a.) Figurative;
symbolical.
Allusive (a.) Having
reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
Allusively (adv.)
Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or
insinuation.
Allusiveness (n.) The
quality of being allusive.
Allusory (a.) Allusive.
Alluvial (a.) Pertaining
to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by
flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial
soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.
Alluvion (n.) Wash or flow
of water against the shore or bank.
Alluvion (n.) An
overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Alluvion (n.) Matter
deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
Alluvion (n.) An accession
of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See
Accretion.
Alluvious (n.) Alluvial.
Alluviums (pl. ) of
Alluvium
Alluvia (pl. ) of Alluvium
Alluvium (n.) Deposits of
earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or
other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas.
Allwhere (adv.)
Everywhere.
Allwork (n.) Domestic or
other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.
Allied (imp. & p. p.) of
Ally
Allying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ally
Ally (v. t.) To unite, or
form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes
and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.
Ally (v. t.) To connect or
form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
Allies (pl. ) of Ally
Ally (v.) A relative; a
kinsman.
Ally (v.) One united to
another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a
confederate.
Ally (v.) Anything
associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
Ally (v.) Anything akin to
another by structure, etc.
Ally (n.) See Alley, a
marble or taw.
Allyl (n.) An organic
radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
Allylene (n.) A gaseous
hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
Alma (n.) Alt. of Almah
Almah (n.) Same as Alme.
Almacantar (n.) Same as
Almucantar.
Almacantar (n.) A recently
invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given
almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
Almadia (n.) Alt. of
Almadie
Almadie (n.) A bark canoe
used by the Africans.
Almadie (n.) A boat used
at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
Almagest (n.) The
celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is
known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name
was extended to other similar works.
Almagra (n.) A fine, deep
red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the
ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and
silver.
Almain (n.) Alt. of Alman
Almayne (n.) Alt. of Alman
Alman (n.) A German.
Alman (adj.) German.
Alman (adj.) The German
language.
Alman (adj.) A kind of
dance. See Allemande.
Alma Mater () A college or
seminary where one is educated.
Almanac (n.) A book or
table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and
various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting
of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches,
terms of courts, etc.
Almandine (n.) The common
red variety of garnet.
Alme (n.) Alt. of Almeh
Almeh (n.) An Egyptian
dancing girl; an Alma.
Almendron (n.) The lofty
Brazil-nut tree.
Almery (n.) See Ambry.
Almesse (n.) See Alms.
Almightful (a.) Alt. of
Almightiful
Almightiful (a.)
All-powerful; almighty.
Almightily (adv.) With
almighty power.
Almightiness (n.)
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.
Almighty (a.) Unlimited in
might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
Almighty (a.) Great;
extreme; terrible.
Almner (n.) An almoner.
Almond (n.) The fruit of
the almond tree.
Almond (n.) The tree that
bears the fruit; almond tree.
Almond (n.) Anything
shaped like an almond.
Almond (n.) One of the
tonsils.
Almond furnace () A kind of
furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign
matter.
Almondine (n.) See
Almandine
Almoner (n.) One who
distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.;
also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop,
etc.
Almonership (n.) The
office of an almoner.
Almonries (pl. ) of
Almonry
Almonry (n.) The place
where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
Almose (n.) Alms.
Almost (adv.) Nearly; well
nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almry (n.) See Almonry.
Alms (n. sing. & pl.)
Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a
gift of charity.
Almsdeed (n.) An act of
charity.
Almsfolk (n.) Persons
supported by alms; almsmen.
Almsgiver (n.) A giver of
alms.
Almsgiving (n.) The giving
of alms.
Almshouse (n.) A house
appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Almsman (n.) A recipient
of alms.
Almsman (n.) A giver of
alms.
Almucantar (n.) A small
circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude.
Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
Almuce (n.) Same as Amice,
a hood or cape.
Almude (n.) A measure for
liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and
the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is
about 1.4 gallons.
Almug (n.) Alt. of Algum
Algum (n.) A tree or wood
of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
Alnage (n.) Measurement
(of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
Alnager (n.) A measure by
the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and
measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
Aloes (pl. ) of Aloe
Aloe (n.) The wood of the
agalloch.
Aloe (n.) A genus of
succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater
number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some
of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of
warm countries.
Aloe (n.) The inspissated
juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
Aloes wood () See Agalloch.
Aloetic (a.) Consisting
chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
Aloetic (n.) A medicine
containing chiefly aloes.
Aloft (adv.) On high; in
the air; high above the ground.
Aloft (adv.) In the top;
at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and
Colloq.), in or to heaven.
Aloft (prep.) Above; on
top of.
Alogian (n.) One of an
ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of
Christ as the Logos.
Alogy (n.)
Unreasonableness; absurdity.
Aloin (n.) A bitter
purgative principle in aloes.
Alomancy (n.) Divination
by means of salt.
Alone (a.) Quite by one's
self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a
person or thing.
Alone (a.) Of or by
itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer;
only.
Alone (a.) Sole; only;
exclusive.
Alone (a.) Hence; Unique;
rare; matchless.
Alone (adv.) Solely;
simply; exclusively.
Alonely (adv.) Only;
merely; singly.
Alonely (a.) Exclusive.
Aloneness (n.) A state of
being alone, or without company; solitariness.
Along (adv.) By the
length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Along (adv.) In a line, or
with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
Along (adv.) In company;
together.
Along (prep.) By the
length of, as distinguished from across.
Along () (Now heard only in the
prep. phrase along of.)
Alongshore (adv.) Along
the shore or coast.
Alongshoreman (n.) See
Longshoreman.
Alongside (adv.) Along or
by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside;
alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
Alongst (prep. & adv.)
Along.
Aloof (n.) Same as
Alewife.
Aloof (adv.) At or from a
distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Aloof (adv.) Without
sympathy; unfavorably.
Aloof (prep.) Away from;
clear from.
Aloofness (n.) State of
being aloof.
Alopecia (n.) Alt. of
Alopecy
Alopecy (n.) Loss of the
hair; baldness.
Alopecist (n.) A
practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Alose (v. t.) To praise.
Alose (n.) The European
shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is
sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.
Alouatte (n.) One of the
several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
Aloud (adv.) With a loud
voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Alow (adv.) Below; in a
lower part.
Alp (n.) A very high
mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe,
containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Alp (n.) Fig.: Something
lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
Alp (n.) A bullfinch.
Alpaca (n.) An animal of
Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a
domesticated variety of the llama.
Alpaca (n.) Wool of the
alpaca.
Alpaca (n.) A thin kind of
cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with
cotton.
Alpen (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Alps.
Alpenstock (n.) A long
staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.
Alpestrine (a.) Pertaining
to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
Alpha (n.) The first
letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the
beginning.
Alphabet (n.) The letters
of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs
which form the elements of written language.
Alphabet (n.) The simplest
rudiments; elements.
Alphabet (v. t.) To
designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
Alphabetarian (n.) A
learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.
Alphabetic (a.) Alt. of
Alphabetical
Alphabetical (a.)
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of
the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
Alphabetical (a.) Literal.
Alphabetically (adv.) In
an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.
Alphabetics (n.) The
science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
Alphabetism (n.) The
expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
Alphabetize (v. t.) To
arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
Alphabetize (v. t.) To
furnish with an alphabet.
Al-phitomancy (n.)
Divination by means of barley meal.
Alphonsine (a.) Of or
relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).
Alpigene (a.) Growing in
Alpine regions.
Alpine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine
plants.
Alpine (a.) Like the Alps;
lofty.
Alpinist (n.) A climber of
the Alps.
Alpist (n.) Alt. of Alpia
Alpia (n.) The seed of
canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.
Alquifou (n.) A lead ore
found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their
wares; potter's ore.
Already (adv.) Prior to
some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
Als (adv.) Also.
Als (adv.) As.
Alsatian (a.) Pertaining
to Alsatia.
Alsatian (n.) An
inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a
resort of debtors and criminals) in London.
Al segno () A direction for the
performer to return and recommence from the sign /.
Alsike (n.) A species of
clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
Also (adv. & conj.) In
like manner; likewise.
Also (adv. & conj.) In
addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Also (adv. & conj.) Even
as; as; so.
Alt (a. & n.) The higher
part of the scale. See Alto.
Altaian (a.) Alt. of
Altaic
Altaic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
Altar (n.) A raised
structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices
are offered or incense burned to a deity.
Altar (n.) In the
Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the
celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.
Altarage (n.) The
offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
Altarage (n.) The profit
which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
Altarist (n.) A chaplain.
Altarist (n.) A vicar of a
church.
Altarpiece (n.) The
painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Altarwise (adv.) In the
proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends
towards the north and south.
Altazimuth (n.) An
instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
Altered (imp. & p. p.) of
Alter
Altering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alter
Alter (v. t.) To make
otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to
modify.
Alter (v. t.) To agitate;
to affect mentally.
Alter (v. t.) To geld.
Alter (v. i.) To become,
in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost
daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Alterability (n.) The
quality of being alterable; alterableness.
Alterable (a.) Capable of
being altered.
Alterableness (n.) The
quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
Alterably (adv.) In an
alterable manner.
Alterant (a.) Altering;
gradually changing.
Alterant (n.) An
alterative.
Alteration (n.) The act of
altering or making different.
Alteration (n.) The state
of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed
condition.
Alterative (a.) Causing
ateration.
Alterative (a.) Gradually
changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of
health.
Alterative (n.) A medicine
or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions
without sensible evacuations.
Altercated (imp. & p. p.)
of Altercate
Altercating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Altercate
Altercate (v. i.) To
contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
Altercation (n.) Warm
contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy;
wrangle; wordy contest.
Altercative (a.)
Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
Alterity (n.) The state or
quality of being other; a being otherwise.
Altern (a.) Acting by
turns; alternate.
Alternacy (n.)
Alternateness; alternation.
Alternant (v. t.) Composed
of alternate layers, as some rocks.
Alternate (a.) Being or
succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by
turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
Alternate (a.) Designating
the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of
another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every
second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
Alternate (a.)
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal
intervals as respects angular divergence.
Alternate (n.) That which
alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Alternate (n.) A
substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in
performing some duty.
Alternate (n.) A
proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Alternated (imp. & p. p.)
of Alternate
Alternating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Alternate
Alternate (v. t.) To
perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange
regularly.
Alternate (v. i.) To
happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; --
followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
Alternate (v. i.) To vary
by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
Alternately (adv.) In
reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
Alternately (adv.) By
alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with
antecedent, and consequent.
Alternateness (n.) The
quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
Alternation (n.) The
reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being
followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the
alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
Alternation (n.)
Permutation.
Alternation (n.) The
response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
Alternative (a.) Offering
a choice of two things.
Alternative (a.)
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Alternative (a.)
Alternate; reciprocal.
Alternative (n.) An offer
of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two
things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
Alternative (n.) Either of
two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a
choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
Alternative (n.) The
course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
Alternative (n.) A choice
between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
Alternatively (adv.) In
the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.
Alternativeness (n.) The
quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
Alternity (n.) Succession
by turns; alternation.
Althaea (n.) Alt. of
Althea
Althea (n.) A genus of
plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the
garden hollyhocks.
Althea (n.) An ornamental
shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Altheine (n.) Asparagine.
Altho (conj.) Although.
Althorn (n.) An instrument
of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the
French horn.
Although (conj.) Grant all
this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
Altiloquence (n.) Lofty
speech; pompous language.
Altiloquent (a.)
High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Altimeter (n.) An
instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Altimetry (n.) The art of
measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altincar (n.) See Tincal.
Altiscope (n.) An
arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in
spite of intervening objects.
Altisonant (a.)
High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Altisonous (a.)
Altisonant.
Altissimo (n.) The part or
notes situated above F in alt.
Altitude (n.) Space
extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its
foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above
another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
Altitude (n.) The
elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon,
measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the
horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or
real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
Altitude (n.) The
perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side
parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram,
frustum, etc.
Altitude (n.) Height of
degree; highest point or degree.
Altitude (n.) Height of
rank or excellence; superiority.
Altitude (n.) Elevation of
spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
Altitudinal (a.) Of or
pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
Altitudinarian (a.) Lofty
in doctrine, aims, etc.
Altivolant (a.) Flying
high.
Altos (pl. ) of Alto
Alto (n.) Formerly the
part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by
the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In
instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
Alto (n.) An alto singer.
Altogether (adv.) All
together; conjointly.
Altogether (adv.) Without
exception; wholly; completely.
Altometer (n.) A
theodolite.
Alto-relievo (n.)
Alto-rilievo.
Alto-rilievos (pl. ) of
Alto-rilievo
Alto-rilievo (n.) High
relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their
thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.
Altrical (a.) Like the
articles.
Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers,
-- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and
helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; --
opposed to praecoces.
Altruism (n.) Regard for
others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly
kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Altruist (n.) One imbued
with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.
Altruistic (a.) Regardful
of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
Aludel (n.) One of the
pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the
neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of
sublimation.
Alula (n.) A false or
bastard wing. See under Bastard.
Alular (a.) Pertaining to
the alula.
Alum (n.) A double
sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of
aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
Alum (v. t.) To steep in,
or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Alumen (n.) Alum.
Alumina (n.) One of the
earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
Aluminate (n.) A compound
formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the
hydrogen.
Aluminated (a.) Combined
with alumina.
Alumine (n.) Alumina.
Aluminic (a.) Of or
containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.
Aluminiferous (a.)
Containing alum.
Aluminiform (a.) Having
the form of alumina.
Aluminium (n.) The
metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is
remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a
specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.
Aluminize (v. t.) To treat
or impregnate with alum; to alum.
Aluminous (a.) Pertaining
to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
Aluminum (n.) See
Aluminium.
Alumish (a.) Somewhat like
alum.
Alumnae (pl. ) of Alumna
Alumna (n. fem.) A female
pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.
Alumni (pl. ) of Alumnus
Alumnus (n.) A pupil;
especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Alum root () A North American
herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent
properties.
Alum schist () Alt. of Alum shale
Alum shale () A variety of shale
or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the
formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.
Alum stone () A subsulphate of
alumina and potash; alunite.
Alunite (n.) Alum stone.
Alunogen (n.) A white
fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly
hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.
Alure (n.) A walk or
passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
Alutaceous (a.) Leathery.
Alutaceous (a.) Of a pale
brown color; leather-yellow.
Alutation (n.) The tanning
or dressing of leather.
Alvearies (pl. ) of
Alveary
Alveary (n.) A beehive, or
something resembling a beehive.
Alveary (n.) The hollow of
the external ear.
Alveated (a.) Formed or
vaulted like a beehive.
Alveolar (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
Alveolary (a.) Alveolar.
Alveolate (a.) Deeply
pitted, like a honeycomb.
Alveole (n.) Same as
Alveolus.
Alveoliform (a.) Having
the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
Alveoli (pl. ) of Alveolus
Alveolus (n.) A cell in a
honeycomb.
Alveolus (n.) A small
cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
Alveolus (n.) A small
depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the
lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
Alvei (pl. ) of Alveus
Alveus (n.) The channel of
a river.
Alvine (a.) Of, from, in,
or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine
concretions.
Alway (adv.) Always.
Always (adv.) At all
times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always
the same.
Always (adv.) Constancy
during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably;
uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
Alyssum (n.) A genus of
cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for
bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Am () The first person singular
of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
Amability (n.)
Lovableness.
Amacratic (a.) Amasthenic.
Amadavat (n.) The
strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged
and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly
crimson; -- called also red waxbill.
Amadou (n.) A spongy,
combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows
on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by
surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by
soaking it in a strong solution of niter.
Amain (n.) With might;
with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
Amain (n.) At full speed;
in great haste; also, at once.
Amain (v. t.) To lower, as
a sail, a yard, etc.
Amain (v. i.) To lower the
topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Amalgam (n.) An alloy of
mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
Amalgam (n.) A mixture or
compound of different things.
Amalgam (n.) A native
compound of mercury and silver.
Amalgam (v. t. / i.) To
amalgamate.
Amalgama (n.) Same as
Amalgam.
Amalgamated (imp. & p. p.)
of Amalgamate
Amalgamating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amalgamate
Amalgamate (v. t.) To
compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy
with mercury.
Amalgamate (v. t.) To mix,
so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two
races; to amalgamate one race with another.
Amalgamate (v. i.) To
unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
Amalgamate (v. i.) To
coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as,
two organs or parts amalgamate.
Amalgamate (a.) Alt. of
Amalgamated
Amalgamated (a.)
Coalesced; united; combined.
Amalgamation (n.) The act
or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly
to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with
mercury.
Amalgamation (n.) The
mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the
result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
Amalgamative (a.)
Characterized by amalgamation.
Amalgamator (n.) One who,
or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious
metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury
with which they form an amalgam.
Amalgamize (v. t.) To
amalgamate.
Amandine (n.) The
vegetable casein of almonds.
Amandine (n.) A kind of
cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
Amanitine (n.) The
poisonous principle of some fungi.
Amanuenses (pl. ) of
Amanuensis
Amanuensis (n.) A person
whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has
written.
Amaracus (n.) A fragrant
flower.
Amarant (n.) Amaranth, 1.
Amarantaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the
type.
Amaranth (n.) An imaginary
flower supposed never to fade.
Amaranth (n.) A genus of
ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or
crimson flowers.
Amaranth (n.) A color
inclining to purple.
Amaranthine (a.) Of or
pertaining to amaranth.
Amaranthine (a.) Unfading,
as the poetic amaranth; undying.
Amaranthine (a.) Of a
purplish color.
Amaranthus (n.) Alt. of
Amarantus
Amarantus (n.) Same as
Amaranth.
Amarine (n.) A
characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
Amaritude (n.) Bitterness.
Amaryllidaceous (a.) Alt.
of Amaryllideous
Amaryllideous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family
chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are
members of this family.
Amaryllis (n.) A pastoral
sweetheart.
Amaryllis (n.) A family of
plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil,
daffodil, agave, and others.
Amaryllis (n.) A genus of
the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
Amassed (imp. & p. p.) of
Amass
Amassing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amass
Amass (v. t.) To collect
into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass
a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
Amass (n.) A mass; a heap.
Amassable (a.) Capable of
being amassed.
Amasser (n.) One who
amasses.
Amassette (n.) An
instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the
process of grinding.
Amassment (n.) An
amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an
accumulation.
Amasthenic (a.) Uniting
the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
Amate (v. t.) To dismay;
to dishearten; to daunt.
Amate (v. t.) To be a mate
to; to match.
Amateur (n.) A person
attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting;
esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without
pursuing it professionally.
Amateurish (a.) In the
style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Amateurism (n.) The
practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
Amateurship (n.) The
quality or character of an amateur.
Amative (a.) Full of love;
amatory.
Amativeness (n.) The
faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Amatorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.
Amatorially (adv.) In an
amatorial manner.
Amatorian (a.) Amatory.
Amatorious (a.) Amatory.
Amatory (a.) Pertaining
to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.
Amaurosis (n.) A loss or
decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible
external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of
Milton.
Amaurotic (a.) Affected
with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.
Amazed (imp. & p. p.) of
Amaze
Amazing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amaze
Amaze (v. t.) To bewilder;
to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
Amaze (v. t.) To confound,
as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to
astonish greatly.
Amaze (v. i.) To be
astounded.
Amaze (v. t.)
Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.
Amazedly (adv.) In
amazement; with confusion or astonishment.
Amazedness (n.) The state
of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.
Amazeful (a.) Full of
amazement.
Amazement (n.) The
condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from
surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
Amazement (n.) Frenzy;
madness.
Amazing (a.) Causing
amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.
Amazon (n.) One of a
fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.
Amazon (n.) A tall,
strong, masculine woman; a virago.
Amazon (n.) A name
numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis
Amazonian (a.) Pertaining
to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
Amazonian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
Amazonite (n.) Alt. of
Amazon stone
Amazon stone (n.) A
variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
Amb- () Alt. of Ambi-
Ambi- () A prefix meaning about,
around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
Ambages (n. pl.) A
circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble;
circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Ambaginous (a.) Ambagious.
Ambagious (a.)
Circumlocutory; circuitous.
Ambagitory (a.) Ambagious.
Ambassade (ambassade.)
Alt. of Embassade
Embassade (ambassade.) The
mission of an ambassador.
Embassade (ambassade.) An
embassy.
Ambassador (n.) Alt. of
Embassador
Embassador (n.) A minister
of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or
country.
Embassador (n.) An
official messenger and representative.
Ambassadorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an ambassador.
Ambassadorship (n.) The
state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
Ambassadress (n.) A female
ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.
Ambassage (n.) Same as
Embassage.
Ambassy (n.) See Embassy,
the usual spelling.
Amber (n.) A yellowish
translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with
beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and
is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By
friction, it becomes strongly electric.
Amber (n.) Amber color, or
anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Amber (n.) Ambergris.
Amber (n.) The balsam,
liquidambar.
Amber (a.) Consisting of
amber; made of amber.
Amber (a.) Resembling
amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
Ambered (p. p. & p. a.) of
Amber
Amber (v. t.) To scent or
flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
Amber (v. t.) To preserve
in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Amber fish () A fish of the
southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
Ambergrease (n.) See
Ambergris.
Ambergris (n.) A substance
of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of
the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.
In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like
marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and
twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡
Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
Amber room () A room formerly in
the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and
fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops
during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room
is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
Amber seed () Seed of the
Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the
West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.
Amber tree () A species of
Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a
fragrant odor.
Ambes-as (n.) Ambs-ace.
Ambidexter (a.) Using both
hands with equal ease.
Ambidexter (n.) A person
who uses both hands with equal facility.
Ambidexter (n.) A
double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.
Ambidexter (n.) A juror
who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict.
Ambidexterity (n.) The
quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal
facility.
Ambidexterity (n.)
Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
Ambidexterity (n.)
Double-dealing.
Ambidexterity (n.) A
juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
Ambidextral (a.)
Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.
Ambidextrous (a.) Having
the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
Ambidextrous (a.)
Practicing or siding with both parties.
Ambidextrously (adv.) In
an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
Ambidextrousness (n.) The
quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
Ambient (a.) Encompassing
on all sides; circumfused; investing.
Ambient (n.) Something
that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Ambigenous (a.) Of two
kinds.
Ambigenous (a.) Partaking
of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer
surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
Ambigu (n.) An
entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.
Ambiguities (pl. ) of
Ambiguity
Ambiguity (n.) The quality
or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the
signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning;
an equivocal word or expression.
Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or
uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood
in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an
ambiguous expression.
Ambiguously (adv.) In an
ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
Ambiguousness (n.)
Ambiguity.
Ambilevous (a.)
Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.
Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or
ambiguous language.
Ambiparous (a.)
Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied
to a bud.
Ambit (n.) Circuit or
compass.
Ambition (n.) The act of
going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire;
canvassing.
Ambition (n.) An eager,
and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power,
or the attainment of something.
Ambition (v. t.) To seek
after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Ambitionist (n.) One
excessively ambitious.
Ambitionless (a.) Devoid
of ambition.
Ambitious (a.) Possessing,
or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor,
office, superiority, or distinction.
Ambitious (a.) Strongly
desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do
something.
Ambitious (a.) Springing
from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an
ambitious style.
Ambitiously (adv.) In an
ambitious manner.
Ambitiousness (n.) The
quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
Ambitus (n.) The exterior
edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve
shell.
Ambitus (n.) A canvassing
for votes.
Ambled (imp. & p. p.) of
Amble
Ambling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amble
Amble (v. i.) To go at the
easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
Amble (v. i.) To move
somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
Amble (n.) A peculiar gait
of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time,
alternating with the legs on the other side.
Amble (n.) A movement like
the amble of a horse.
Ambler (n.) A horse or a
person that ambles.
Amblingly (adv.) With an
ambling gait.
Amblotic (a.) Tending to
cause abortion.
Amblygon (n.) An
obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.
Amblygonal (a.)
Obtuse-angled.
Amblyopia (n.) Alt. of
Amblyopy
Amblyopy (n.) Weakness of
sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the
first degree of amaurosis.
Amblyopic (a.) Of or
pertaining to amblyopy.
Amblypoda (n. pl.) A group
of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the
United States.
Ambos (pl. ) of Ambo
Ambo (n.) A large pulpit
or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
Ambon (n.) Same as Ambo.
Amboyna wood () A beautiful
mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the
Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
Ambreate (n.) A salt
formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Ambreic (a.) Of or
pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein
in nitric acid.
Ambrein (n.) A fragrant
substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
Ambrite (n.) A fossil
resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
Ambrose (n.) A
sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
Ambrosia (n.) The fabled
food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon
those who partook of it.
Ambrosia (n.) An unguent
of the gods.
Ambrosia (n.) A perfumed
unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
Ambrosia (n.) Formerly, a
kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and
worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
Ambrosiac (a.) Having the
qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
Ambrosial (a.) Consisting
of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell;
delicious.
Ambrosial (a.) Divinely
excellent or beautiful.
Ambrosially (adv.) After
the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.
Ambrosian (a.) Ambrosial.
Ambrosian (a.) Of or
pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of
worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.
Ambrosin (n.) An early
coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on
horseback.
Ambrotype (n.) A picture
taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in
silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the
unsilvered portions of the glass.
Ambries (pl. ) of Ambry
Ambry (n.) In churches, a
kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
Ambry (n.) A store closet,
as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
Ambry (n.) Almonry.
Ambs-ace (n.) Double aces,
the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or
value.
Ambulacral (a.) Of or
pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates,
spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Ambulacriform (a.) Having
the form of ambulacra.
Ambulacra (pl. ) of
Ambulacrum
Ambulacrum (n.) One of the
radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood
vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or
tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the
grooves along the under side of the rays.
Ambulacrum (n.) One of the
suckers on the feet of mites.
Ambulance (n.) A field
hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to
succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance
wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
Ambulance (n.) An
ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a
hospital.
Ambulant (a.) Walking;
moving from place to place.
Ambulate (v. i.) To walk;
to move about.
Ambulation (n.) The act of
walking.
Ambulative (a.) Walking.
Ambulator (n.) One who
walks about; a walker.
Ambulator (n.) A beetle of
the genus Lamia.
Ambulator (n.) A genus of
birds, or one of this genus.
Ambulator (n.) An
instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.
Ambulatorial (a.)
Ambulatory; fitted for walking.
Ambulatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for
walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed
to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court,
which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
Ambulatory (a.) Pertaining
to a walk.
Ambulatory (a.) Not yet
fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a
will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Ambulatories (pl. ) of
Ambulatory
Ambulatory (n.) A place to
walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a
building.
Amburry (n.) Same as
Anbury.
Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying
in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence:
A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare
laid for an enemy; an ambush.
Ambuscade (v. t.) A place
in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
Ambuscade (v. t.) The body
of troops lying in ambush.
Ambuscaded (imp. & p. p.)
of Ambuscade
Ambuscading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ambuscade
Ambuscade (v. t.) To post
or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie
in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Ambuscade (v. i.) To lie
in ambush.
Ambuscado (n.) Ambuscade.
Ambuscadoed (p. p.) Posted
in ambush; ambuscaded.
Ambush (v. t.) A
disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a
concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
Ambush (v. t.) A concealed
station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
Ambush (v. t.) The troops
posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
Ambushed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ambush
Ambushing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ambush
Ambush (v. t.) To station
in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
Ambush (v. t.) To attack
by ambush; to waylay.
Ambush (v. i.) To lie in
wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
Ambusher (n.) One lying in
ambush.
Ambushment (v. t.) An
ambush.
Ambustion (n.) A burn or
scald.
Amebean (a.) See Am/bean.
Ameer (n.) Alt. of Amir
Amir (n.) Emir.
Amir (n.) One of the
Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Amel (v. t.) Enamel.
Amel (v. t.) To enamel.
Amelcorn (n.) A variety of
wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
Ameliorable (a.) Capable
of being ameliorated.
Ameliorated (imp. & p. p.)
of Ameliorate
Ameliorating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ameliorate
Ameliorate (v. t.) To make
better; to improve; to meliorate.
Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow
better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Amelioration (n.) The act
of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better;
improvement; melioration.
Ameliorative (a.) Tending
to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies,
efforts.
Ameliorator (n.) One who
ameliorates.
Amen (interj., adv., & n.)
An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a
creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration,
it is equivalent to truly, verily.
Amen (v. t.) To say Amen
to; to sanction fully.
Amenability (n.) The
quality of being amenable; amenableness.
Amenable (a.) Easy to be
led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
Amenable (a.) Liable to be
brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as,
amenable to law.
Amenable (a.) Liable to
punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
Amenable (a.) Willing to
yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Amenableness (n.) The
quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
Amenably (adv.) In an
amenable manner.
Amenage (v. t.) To manage.
Amenance (n.) Behavior;
bearing.
Amended (imp. & p. p.) of
Amend
Amending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amend
Amend (v. t.) To change or
modify in any way for the better
Amend (v. t.) by simply
removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
Amend (v. t.) by supplying
deficiencies;
Amend (v. t.) by
substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
Amend (v. i.) To grow
better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
Amendable (a.) Capable of
being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.
Amendatory (a.) Supplying
amendment; corrective; emendatory.
Amende (n.) A pecuniary
punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Amender (n.) One who
amends.
Amendful (a.) Much
improving.
Amendment (n.) An
alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults;
reformation of life by quitting vices.
Amendment (n.) In public
bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by
adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
Amendment (n.) Correction
of an error in a writ or process.
Amends (n. sing. & pl.)
Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Amenities (pl. ) of
Amenity
Amenity (n.) The quality
of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate,
manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention
or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Amenorrhoeal (a.)
Pertaining to amenorrhoea.
A mensa et thoro () A kind of
divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a
separate life of the husband and wife.
Ament (n.) A species of
inflorescence; a catkin.
Amentaceous (a.)
Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an
amentaceous inflorescence.
Amentaceous (a.) Bearing
aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.
Amentia (n.) Imbecility;
total want of understanding.
Amentiferous (a.) Bearing
catkins.
Amentiform (a.) Shaped
like a catkin.
Amenta (pl. ) of Amentum
Amentum (n.) Same as
Ament.
Amenuse (v. t.) To lessen.
Amerced (imp. & p. p.) of
Amerce
Amercing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amerce
Amerce (v. t.) To punish
by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the
discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred
dollars.
Amerce (v. t.) To punish,
in general; to mulct.
Amerceable (a.) Liable to
be amerced.
Amercement (n.) The
infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty
thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a
fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is
arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
Amercer (n.) One who
amerces.
Amerciament (n.) Same as
Amercement.
American (a.) Of or
pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
American (a.) Of or
pertaining to the United States.
American (n.) A native of
America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to
the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of
the United States.
Americanism (n.)
Attachment to the United States.
Americanism (n.) A custom
peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
Americanism (n.) A word or
phrase peculiar to the United States.
Americanization (n.) The
process of Americanizing.
Americanizer (imp. & p. p.)
of Americanize
Americanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Americanize
Americanize (v. t.) To
render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to
stamp with American characteristics.
Ames-ace (n.) Same as
Ambs-ace.
Amess (n.) Amice, a hood
or cape. See 2d Amice.
Ametabola (n. pl.) A group
of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
Ametabolian (a.) Of or
pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
Ametabolic (a.) Alt. of
Ametabolous
Ametabolous (a.) Not
undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.
Amethodist (n.) One
without method; a quack.
Amethyst () A variety of
crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It
is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Amethyst () A purple color in a
nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
Amethystine (a.)
Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
Amethystine (a.) Composed
of, or containing, amethyst.
Ametropia (n.) Any
abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
Amharic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is
closely allied to the Ethiopic.
Amharic (n.) The Amharic
language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
Amia (n.) A genus of
fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin
in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See
Bowfin.
Amiability (n.) The
quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.
Amiable (a.) Lovable;
lovely; pleasing.
Amiable (a.) Friendly;
kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
Amiable (a.) Possessing
sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc.,
which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
Amiable (a.) Done out of
love.
Amiableness (n.) The
quality of being amiable; amiability.
Amiably (adv.) In an
amiable manner.
Amianth (n.) See
Amianthus.
Amianthiform (a.)
Resembling amianthus in form.
Amianthoid (a.) Resembling
amianthus.
Amianthus (n.) Earth flax,
or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
Amic (a.) Related to, or
derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
Amicability (n.) The
quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.
Amicable (a.) Friendly;
proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends;
peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
Amicableness (n.) The
quality of being amicable; amicability.
Amicably (adv.) In an
amicable manner.
Amice (n.) A square of
white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by
priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.
Amice (n.) A hood, or cape
with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; --
written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
Amid (prep.) See Amidst.
Amide (n.) A compound
formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be
regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an
acid atom or radical.
Amidin (n.) Start modified
by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold
water.
Amido (a.) Containing, or
derived from, amidogen.
Amidogen (n.) A compound
radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as
ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed;
-- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form
amido.
Amidships (adv.) In the
middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
Amidst (prep.) Alt. of
Amid
Amid (prep.) In the midst
or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Amine (n.) One of a class
of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more
hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.
Amioid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the Amioidei.
Amioid (n.) One of the
Amioidei.
Amioidei (n. pl.) An order
of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Amir (n.) Same as Ameer.
Amiss (adv.) Astray;
faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty;
out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong,
or mistake.
Amissibility () The quality of
being amissible; possibility of being lost.
Amissible (a.) Liable to
be lost.
Amission (n.) Deprivation;
loss.
Amit (v. t.) To lose.
Amities (pl. ) of Amity
Amity (n.) Friendship, in
a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations;
good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs
and Tories.
Amma (n.) An abbes or
spiritual mother.
Ammeter (n.) A contraction
of amperometer or amperemeter.
Ammiral (n.) An obsolete
form of admiral.
Ammite (n.) Oolite or
roestone; -- written also hammite.
Ammodyte (n.) One of a
genus of fishes; the sand eel.
Ammodyte (n.) A kind of
viper in southern Europe.
Ammonia (n.) A gaseous
compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often
called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Ammoniac (a.) Alt. of
Ammoniacal
Ammoniacal (a.) Of or
pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt;
ammoniacal gas.
Ammoniac (n.) Alt. of Gum
ammoniac
Gum ammoniac (n.) The
concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It
is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur
singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous,
sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in
water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and
resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
Ammoniated (a.) Combined
or impregnated with ammonia.
Ammonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to ammonia.
Ammonite (n.) A fossil
cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and
all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when
they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the
margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also
called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
Ammonitiferous (a.)
Containing fossil ammonites.
Ammonitoidea (n. pl.) An
extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See
Ammonite.
Ammonium (n.) A compound
radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the
alkali metals.
Ammunition (n.) Military
stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Ammunition (n.) Articles
used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot,
shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Ammunition (n.) Any stock
of missiles, literal or figurative.
Ammunitioned (imp. & p. p.)
of Ammunition
Ammunitioning (p pr. & vb. n.)
of Ammunition
Ammunition (v. t.) To
provide with ammunition.
Amnesia (n.)
Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the
patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to
employ.
Amnesic (a.) Of or
pertaining to amnesia.
Amnestic (a.) Causing loss
of memory.
Amnesty (v.)
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Amnesty (v.) An act of the
sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as
to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Amnestied (imp. p. p.) of
Amnesty
Amnestying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amnesty
Amnesty (v. t.) To grant
amnesty to.
Amnicolist (n.) One who
lives near a river.
Amnigenous (a.) Born or
bred in, of, or near a river.
Amnion (n.) A thin
membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Amnios (n.) Same as
Amnion.
Amniota (n. pl.) That
group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called
the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
Amniotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid;
the amniotic sac.
Amoebae (pl. ) of Amoeba
Amoebas (pl. ) of Amoeba
Amoeba (n.) A rhizopod.
common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See
Rhizopoda.
Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in
which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh
eclogues of Virgil.
Amoebea (n. pl.) That
division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.
Amoebean (a.) Alternately
answering.
Amoebian (n.) One of the
Amoebea.
Amoebiform (a.) Alt. of
Amoeboid
Amoeboid (a.) Resembling
an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
Amoebous (a.) Like an
amoeba in structure.
Amolition (n.) Removal; a
putting away.
Amomum (n.) A genus of
aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of
paradise.
Amoneste (v. t.) To
admonish.
Among (prep.) Alt. of
Amongst
Amongst (prep.) Mixed or
mingled; surrounded by.
Amongst (prep.) Conjoined,
or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.
Amongst (prep.) Expressing
a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal
action.
Amontillado (n.) A dry
kind of cherry, of a light color.
Amoret (n.) An amorous
girl or woman; a wanton.
Amoret (n.) A love knot,
love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.
Amoret (n.) A petty love
affair or amour.
Amorette (n.) An amoret.
Amorist (n.) A lover; a
gallant.
A-mornings (adv.) In the
morning; every morning.
Amorosa (n.) A wanton
woman; a courtesan.
Amorosity (n.) The quality
of being amorous; lovingness.
Amoroso (n.) A lover; a
man enamored.
Amoroso (adv.) In a soft,
tender, amatory style.
Amorous (a.) Inclined to
love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond;
affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
Amorous (a.) Affected with
love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
Amorous (a.) Of or
relating to, or produced by, love.
Amorously (adv.) In an
amorous manner; fondly.
Amorousness (n.) The
quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
Amorphas (pl. ) of Amorpha
Amorpha (n.) A genus of
leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard
indigo.
Amorphism (n.) A state of
being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the
minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.
Amorphous (a.) Having no
determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
Amorphous (a.) Without
crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
Amorphous (a.) Of no
particular kind or character; anomalous.
Amorphozoa (n. pl.)
Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
Amorphozoic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
Amorphy (n.)
Shapelessness.
Amort (a.) As if dead;
lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.
Amortise (n.) Alt. of
Amortisement
Amortisation (n.) Alt. of
Amortisement
Amortisable (n.) Alt. of
Amortisement
Amortisement (n.) Same as
Amortize, Amortization, etc.
Amortizable (a.) Capable
of being cleared off, as a debt.
Amortization (n.) The act
or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as
transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Amortization (n.) The
extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus
paid.
Amortize (v. t.) To make
as if dead; to destroy.
Amortize (v. t.) To
alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.
Amortize (v. t.) To clear
off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
Amortizement (n.) Same as
Amortization.
Amorwe (adv.) In the
morning.
Amorwe (adv.) On the
following morning.
Amotion (n.) Removal;
ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
Amotion (n.) Deprivation
of possession.
Amotus (a.) Elevated, --
as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.
Amounted (imp. & p. p.) of
Amount
Amounting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amount
Amount (n.) To go up; to
ascend.
Amount (n.) To rise or
reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the
aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
Amount (n.) To rise,
reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come
practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
Amount (v. t.) To signify;
to amount to.
Amount (n.) The sum total
of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a
totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of
this year's revenue.
Amount (n.) The effect,
substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the
testimony is this.
Amour (n.) Love;
affection.
Amour (n.) Love making; a
love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an
illicit love affair.
Amour propre () Self-love;
self-esteem.
Amovability (n.) Liability
to be removed or dismissed from office.
Amovable (a.) Removable.
Amove (v. t.) To remove,
as a person or thing, from a position.
Amove (v. t.) To dismiss
from an office or station.
Amove (v. t. & i.) To move
or be moved; to excite.
Ampelite (n.) An earth
abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; --
applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.
Ampere (n.) Alt. of Ampere
Ampere (n.) The unit of
electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893
and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system
of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current
which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water,
deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the
international ampere.
Amperemeter (n.) Alt. of
Amperometer
Amperometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.
Ampersand (n.) A word used
to describe the character /, /, or &.
Amphi- () A prefix in words of
Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Amphiarthrodial (a.)
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
Amphiarthrosis (n.) A form
of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance
admitting slight motion; symphysis.
Amphiaster (n.) The
achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters
connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each
aster, and called the spindle.
Amphibia (n. pl.) One of
the classes of vertebrates.
Amphibial (a. & n.)
Amphibian.
Amphibian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
Amphibian (n.) One of the
Amphibia.
Amphibiological (a.)
Pertaining to amphibiology.
Amphibiology (n.) A
treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats
of the Amphibia.
Amphibiotica (n. pl.) A
division of insects having aquatic larvae.
Amphibious (a.) Having the
ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and
some plants.
Amphibious (a.) Pertaining
to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
Amphibious (a.) Of a mixed
nature; partaking of two natures.
Amphibiously (adv.) Like
an amphibious being.
Amphibia (pl. ) of
Amphibium
Amphibiums (pl. ) of
Amphibium
Amphibium (n.) An
amphibian.
Amphiblastic (a.)
Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Amphibole (n.) A common
mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs
in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar
structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a
silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common
varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last
name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a
constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of
trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Amphibolic (a.) Of or
pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
Amphibolic (a.) Of or
resembling the mineral amphibole.
Amphibological (a.) Of
doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
Amphibologies (pl. ) of
Amphibology
Amphibology (n.) A phrase,
discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of
uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold
sense of a single term.
Amphibolous (a.)
Ambiguous; doubtful.
Amphibolous (a.) Capable
of two meanings.
Amphibolies (pl. ) of
Amphiboly
Amphiboly (n.) Ambiguous
discourse; amphibology.
Amphibrach (n.) A foot of
three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as,
h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and
the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
Amphicarpic (a.) Alt. of
Amphicarpous
Amphicarpous (a.)
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Amphichroic (a.)
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may
change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
Amphicoelian (a.) Alt. of
Amphicoelous
Amphicoelous (a.) Having
both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Amphicome (n.) A kind of
figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Amphictyonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic
town or state; the Amphictyonic body.
Amphictyons (n. pl.)
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or
council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Amphictyonies (pl. ) of
Amphictyony
Amphictyony (n.) A league
of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the
Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Amphid (n.) A salt of the
class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two
oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid
compound.
Amphidisc (n.) A peculiar
small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in
freshwater sponges.
Amphidromical (a.)
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because
the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named
it.
Amphigamous (a.) Having a
structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by
De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Amphigean (a.) Extending
over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
Amphigen (n.) An element
that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen,
sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
Amphigene (n.) Leucite.
Amphigenesis (n.) Sexual
generation; amphigony.
Amphigenous (a.)
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Amphigonic (a.) Pertaining
to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
Amphigonous (a.) Relating
to both parents.
Amphigony (n.) Sexual
propagation.
Amphigoric (a.)
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Amphigory (n.) A nonsense
verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to
be meaningless.
Amphilogism (n.) Alt. of
Amphilogy
Amphilogy (n.) Ambiguity
of speech; equivocation.
Amphimacer (n.) A foot of
three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Amphineura (n. pl.) A
division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the
arrangement of the nerves.
Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike
creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature
seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the
lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull,
vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia,
etc.
Amphipneust (n.) One of a
tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the
proteus and siren.
Amphipod (n.) One of the
Amphipoda.
Amphipod (a.) Alt. of
Amphipodan
Amphipodan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphipoda (n. pl.) A
numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt
water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs
are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned
upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and
Arthrostraca.
Amphipodous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphiprostyle (a.) Doubly
prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
Amphiprostyle (n.) An
amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name
applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
Amphisbaena (n.) A fabled
serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
Amphisbaena (n.) A genus
of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so
much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either
way. See Illustration in Appendix.
Amphisbaenoid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
Amphiscii (n. pl.) Alt. of
Amphiscians
Amphiscians (n. pl.) The
inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the
north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of
their zenith.
Amphistomous (a.) Having a
sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Amphistylic (a.) Having
the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the
cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Amphitheater (n.) Alt. of
Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre (n.) An oval
or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the
arena.
Amphitheatre (n.) Anything
resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or
hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
Amphitheatral (a.)
Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
Amphitheatric (a.) Alt. of
Amphitheatrical
Amphitheatrical (a.) Of,
pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amphitheatrically (adv.)
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Amphitrocha (n.) A kind of
annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
Amphitropal (a.) Alt. of
Amphitropous
Amphitropous (a.) Having
the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half
anatropous.
Amphiuma (n.) A genus of
amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form,
but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
Amphopeptone (n.) A
product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Amophorae (pl. ) of
Amphora
Amphora (n.) Among the
ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine,
oil, etc.
Amphoral (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, an amphora.
Amphoric (a.) Produced by,
or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that
produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or
resonance.
Amphoteric (a.) Partly one
and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Ample (a.) Large; great in
size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
Ample (a.) Fully
sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
Ample (a.) Not contracted
of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
Amplectant (a.) Clasping a
support; as, amplectant tendrils.
Ampleness (n.) The state
or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
Amplexation (n.) An
embrace.
Amplexicaul (a.) Clasping
or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
Ampliate (v. t.) To
enlarge.
Ampliate (a.) Having the
outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
Ampliation (n.)
Enlargement; amplification.
Ampliation (n.) A
postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or
re-argument.
Ampliative (a.) Enlarging
a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
Amplificate (v. t.) To
amplify.
Amplification (n.) The act
of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
Amplification (n.) The
enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of
epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a
dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
Amplification (n.) The
matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without
amplifications.
Amplificative (a.)
Amplificatory.
Amplificatory (a.) Serving
to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
Amplifier (n.) One who or
that which amplifies.
Amplified (imp. & p. p.)
of Amplify
Amplifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amplify
Amplify (v. t.) To render
larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of
telescopes, microscopes, etc.
Amplify (v. t.) To enlarge
by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars,
illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
Amplify (v. i.) To become
larger.
Amplify (v. i.) To speak
largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to
expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
Amplitude (n.) State of
being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
Amplitude (n.) Largeness,
in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
Amplitude (n.) Of extent
of capacity or intellectual powers.
Amplitude (n.) Of extent
of means or resources.
Amplitude (n.) The arc of
the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a
star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or
ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also
northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
Amplitude (n.) The arc of
the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical
circle passing through any star or object.
Amplitude (n.) The
horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the
range.
Amplitude (n.) The extent
of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; --
applied especially to vibratory movements.
Amplitude (n.) An angle
upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in
connection with elliptic functions.
Amply (adv.) In an ample
manner.
Ampul (n.) Same as
Ampulla, 2.
Ampullae (pl. ) of Ampulla
Ampulla (n.) A
narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
Ampulla (n.) A cruet for
the wine and water at Mass.
Ampulla (n.) The vase in
which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
Ampulla (n.) Any
membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or
duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
Ampullaceous (a.) Like a
bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Ampullar (a.) Alt. of
Ampullary
Ampullary (a.) Resembling
an ampulla.
Ampullate (a.) Alt. of
Ampullated
Ampullated (a.) Having an
ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Ampulliform (a.)
Flask-shaped; dilated.
Amputated (imp. & p. p.)
of Amputate
Amputating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amputate
Amputate (v. t.) To prune
or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
Amputate (v. t.) To cut
off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
Amputation (n.) The act of
amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the
body.
Amputator (n.) One who
amputates.
Ampyx (n.) A woman's
headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.
Amrita (n.) Immortality;
also, the nectar conferring immortality.
Amrita (a.) Ambrosial;
immortal.
Amsel (n.) Alt. of Amzel
Amzel (n.) The European
ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).
Amuck (a. & adv.) In a
frenzied and reckless manner.
Amulet (n.) An ornament,
gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or
preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and
generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
Amuletic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
Amurcous (a.) Full off
dregs; foul.
Amusable (a.) Capable of
being amused.
Amused (imp. & p. p.) of
Amuse
Amusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Amuse
Amuse (v.) To occupy or
engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract;
to bewilder.
Amuse (v.) To entertain or
occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to
divert.
Amuse (v.) To keep in
expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Amuse (v. i.) To muse; to
mediate.
Amused (a.) Diverted.
Amused (a.) Expressing
amusement; as, an amused look.
Amusement (n.) Deep
thought; muse.
Amusement (n.) The state
of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.
Amuser (n.) One who
amuses.
Amusette (n.) A light
field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
Amusing (a.) Giving
amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.
Amusive (a.) Having power
to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.
Amy (n.) A friend.
Amyelous (a.) Wanting the
spinal cord.
Amygdalaceous (a.) Akin
to, or derived from, the almond.
Amygdalate (a.) Pertaining
to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
Amygdalate (n.) An
emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
Amygdalate (n.) A salt
amygdalic acid.
Amygdalic (a.) Of or
pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.
Amygdaliferous (a.)
Almond-bearing.
Amygdalin (n.) A glucoside
extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Amygdaline (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
Amygdaloid (n.) A variety
of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in
part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite,
and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by
decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
Amygdaloid (a.) Alt. of
Amygdaloidal
Amygdaloidal (a.)
Almond-shaped.
Amygdaloidal (a.)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
Amyl (n.) A hydrocarbon
radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Amylaceous (a.) Pertaining
to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Amylate (n.) A compound of
the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Amylene (n.) One of a
group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless,
volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different
members of the group.
Amylic (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.
Amylobacter (n.) A
microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during
putrefaction.
Amyloid (a.) Alt. of
Amyloidal
Amyloidal (a.) Resembling
or containing amyl; starchlike.
Amyloid (n.) A
non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
Amyloid (n.) The substance
deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Amylolytic (a.) Effecting
the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic
ferment.
Amylose (n.) One of the
starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin,
cellulose, etc.
Amyous (a.) Wanting in
muscle; without flesh.
Amyss (n.) Same as Amice,
a hood or cape.
An () This word is properly an
adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before
nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less
emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling
an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each,
every.
An (conj.) If; -- a word
used by old English authors.
Ana- () A prefix in words from
the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
Ana (adv.) Of each; an
equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of
wine and honey, each, two ounces.
-ana () A suffix to names of
persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary
gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
Anabaptism (n.) The
doctrine of the Anabaptists.
Anabaptist (n.) A name
sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary
for those baptized in infancy.
Anabaptistic (a.) Alt. of
Anabaptistical
Anabaptistical (a.)
Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.
Anabaptistry (n.) The
doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.
Anabaptize (v. t.) To
rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.
Anabas (n.) A genus of
fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making
their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the
climbing fishes.
Anabasis (n.) A journey or
expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia,
described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
Anabasis (n.) The first
period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
Anabatic (a.) Pertaining
to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.
Anabolic (a.) Pertaining
to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in
their nature.
Anabolism (n.) The
constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.
Anacamptic (a.) Reflecting
of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).
Anacamptically (adv.) By
reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.
Anacamptics (n.) The
science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
Anacamptics (n.) The
science of reflected sounds.
Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt.
of Anacanths
Anacanths (n. pl.) A group
of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.
Anacanthous (a.)
Spineless, as certain fishes.
Anacardiaceous (a.)
Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew
tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.
Anacardic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.
Anacardium (n.) A genus of
plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
Anacathartic (a.)
Producing vomiting or expectoration.
Anacathartic (n.) An
anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
Anacharis (n.) A
fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America.
Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also
waterweed and water thyme.
Anachoret (a.) Alt. of
Anachoretical
Anachoretical (a.) See
Anchoret, Anchoretic.
Anachorism (n.) An error
in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong
place.
Anachronic (a.) Alt. of
Anachronical
Anachronical (a.)
Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic.
Anachronism (n.) A
misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events
are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too
early; falsification of chronological relation.
Anachronistic (a.)
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Anachronize (v. t.) To
refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
Anachronous (a.)
Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
Anaclastic (a.) Produced
by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.
Anaclastic (a.) Springing
back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastics (n.) That part
of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
Anacoenosis (n.) A figure
by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the
point in debate.
Anacoluthic (a.) Lacking
grammatical sequence.
Anacoluthon (n.) A want of
grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of
construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically
correspond with the first part.
Anaconda (n.) A large
South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near
rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a
similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
Anacreontic (a.)
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon;
amatory and convivial.
Anacreontic (n.) A poem
after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and
wine.
Anacrotic (a.) Pertaining
to anachronism.
Anacrotism (n.) A
secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
Anacrusis (n.) A prefix of
one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented
syllable.
Anadem (n.) A garland or
fillet; a chaplet or wreath.
Anadiplosis (n.) A
repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at
the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues
amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or
prevent."
Anadrom (n.) A fish that
leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
Anadromous (a.) Ascending
rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
Anadromous (a.) Tending
upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the
upper side of the branch of the central stem.
Anaemia (a.) A morbid
condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
Anaemic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anaemia.
Anaerobic (a.) Relating
to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic.
Anaerobies (n. pl.)
Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.
Anaerobiotic (a.) Related
to, or of the nature of, anaerobies.
Anaesthesia (n.) Entire or
partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local
insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an
anaesthetic.
Anaesthesis (n.) See
Anaesthesia.
Anaesthetic (a.) Capable
of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
Anaesthetic (a.)
Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or
operation.
Anaesthetic (n.) That
which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
Anaesthetization (n.) The
process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by
anaesthetics.
Anaesthetize (v. t.) To
render insensible by an anaesthetic.
Anaglyph (n.) Any
sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
Anaglyphic (a.) Alt. of
Anaglyphical
Anaglyphical (a.)
Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed
to diaglyptic or sunk work.
Anaglyphic (n.) Work
chased or embossed relief.
Anaglyptic (a.) Relating
to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
Anaglyptics (n.) The art
of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
Anaglyptograph (n.) An
instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal
or cameo, can be executed.
Anaglyptographic (a.) Of
or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.
Anaglyptography (n.) The
art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an
embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
Anagnorisis (n.) The
unfolding or denouement.
Anagoge (n.) An elevation
of mind to things celestial.
Anagoge (n.) The spiritual
meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the
Old Testament to subjects of the New.
Anagogic (a.) Alt. of
Anagogical
Anagogical (a.) Mystical;
having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an
anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical
explication.
Anagogics (n. pl.)
Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.
Anagogy (n.) Same as
Anagoge.
Anagram (n.) Literally,
the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change
or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus
Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a
laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
Anagram (v. t.) To
anagrammatize.
Anagrammatic (a.) Alt. of
Anagrammatical
Anagrammatical (a.)
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram.
Anagrammatism (n.) The act
or practice of making anagrams.
Anagrammatist (n.) A maker
anagrams.
Anagrammatize (v. t.) To
transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.
Anagraph (n.) An
inventory; a record.
Anakim (n. pl.) Alt. of
Anaks
Anaks (n. pl.) A race of
giants living in Palestine.
Anal (a.) Pertaining to,
or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
Analcime (n.) A white or
flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By
friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.
Analcite (n.) Analcime.
Analectic (a.) Relating to
analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.
Analects (n. pl.) Alt. of
Analecta
Analecta (n. pl.) A
collection of literary fragments.
Analemma (n.) An
orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye
being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the
horizon.
Analemma (n.) An
instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made,
having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common
astronomical problems.
Analemma (n.) A scale of
the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on
an artificial terrestrial globe.
Analepsis () Alt. of Analepsy
Analepsy () Recovery of strength
after sickness.
Analepsy () A species of
epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
Analeptic (a.)
Restorative; giving strength after disease.
Analeptic (n.) A
restorative.
Analgesia (n.) Absence of
sensibility to pain.
Anallagmatic (a.) Not
changed in form by inversion.
Anallantoic (a.) Without,
or not developing, an allantois.
Anallantoidea (n. pl.) The
division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes
amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
Analogal (a.) Analogous.
Analogic (a.) Of or
belonging to analogy.
Analogical (a.) Founded
on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.
Analogical (a.) Having
analogy; analogous.
Analogically (adv.) In an
analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.
Analogicalness (n.)
Quality of being analogical.
Analogism (n.) an argument
from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
Analogism (n.)
Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
Analogist (n.) One who
reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
Analogize (v. i.) To
employ, or reason by, analogy.
Analogon (n.) Analogue.
Analogous (a.) Having
analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or
proportion; -- often followed by to.
Analogue (n.) That which
is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
Analogue (n.) A word in
one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin
"pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
Analogue (n.) An organ
which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or
group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a
lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
Analogue (n.) A species in
one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of
another group.
Analogue (n.) A species or
genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus
of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative
species, and such genera, representative genera.
Analogies (pl. ) of
Analogy
Analogy (n.) A resemblance
of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or
effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning
enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye,
enabling it to discover things before hidden.
Analogy (n.) A relation or
correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly
different.
Analogy (n.) Proportion;
equality of ratios.
Analogy (n.) Conformity of
words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of
origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to
anomaly.
Analyse (n.) Alt. of
Analyser
Analyser (n.) Same as
Analyze, Analyzer, etc.
Analyses (pl. ) of
Analysis
Analysis (n.) A resolution
of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its
constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a
subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a
tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to
synthesis.
Analysis (n.) The
separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its
constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or
(b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and
the latter quantitative analysis.
Analysis (n.) The tracing
of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original
principles.
Analysis (n.) The
resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
Analysis (n.) A syllabus,
or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Analysis (n.) A brief,
methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is
nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Analysis (n.) The process
of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of
classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
Analyst (n.) One who
analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one
skilled in chemical analysis.
Analytic (a.) Alt. of
Analytical
Analytical (a.) Of or
pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an
analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
Analytically (adv.) In an
analytical manner.
Analytics (n.) The science
of analysis.
Analyzable (a.) That may
be analyzed.
Analyzation (n.) The act
of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.
Analyzed (imp. & p. p.) of
Analyze
Analyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Analyze
Analyze (v. t.) To subject
to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into
the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to
examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing
examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to
analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Analyzer (n.) One who, or
that which, analyzes.
Analyzer (n.) The part of
a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its
properties.
Anamese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.
Anamese (n.) A native of
Anam.
Anamnesis (n.) A recalling
to mind; recollection.
Anamnestic (a.) Aiding the
memory; as, anamnestic remedies.
Anamniotic (a.) Without,
or not developing, an amnion.
Anamorphism (n.) A
distorted image.
Anamorphism (n.) A gradual
progression from one type to another, generally ascending.
Anamorphosis (n.) A
distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or
curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a
curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a
deformation of an image.
Anamorphosis (n.) Same as
Anamorphism, 2.
Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid
or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
Anamorphosy (n.) Same as
Anamorphosis.
Anan (interj.) An
expression equivalent to What did you say? Sir? Eh?
Ananas (n.) The pineapple
(Ananassa sativa).
Anandrous (a.) Destitute
of stamens, as certain female flowers.
Anangular (a.) Containing
no angle.
Anantherous (a.) Destitute
of anthers.
Ananthous (a.) Destitute
of flowers; flowerless.
Anapaest () Alt. of Anapaestic
Anapaestic () Same as Anapest,
Anapestic.
Anapest (n.) A metrical
foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last
long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in
English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
Anapest (n.) A verse
composed of such feet.
Anapestic (a.) Pertaining
to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.
Anapestic (n.) Anapestic
measure or verse.
Anapestical (a.)
Anapestic.
Anaphora (n.) A repetition
of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Anaphrodisia (n.) Absence
of sexual appetite.
Anaphrodisiac (a. & n.)
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
Anaphroditic (a.) Produced
without concourse of sexes.
Anaplastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anaplasty.
Anaplasty (n.) The art of
operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy
tissue.
Anaplerotic (a.) Filling
up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Anaplerotic (n.) A remedy
which promotes such granulation.
Anapnograph (n.) A form of
spirometer.
Anapnoic (a.) Relating to
respiration.
Anapodeictic (a.) Not
apodeictic; undemonstrable.
Anapophysis (n.) An
accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.
Anaptotic (a.) Having
lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic
languages.
Anaptichi (pl. ) of
Anaptychus
Anaptychus (n.) One of a
pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
Anarch (n.) The author of
anarchy; one who excites revolt.
Anarchal (a.) Lawless;
anarchical.
Anarchic (a.) Alt. of
Anarchical
Anarchical (a.) Pertaining
to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to
produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
Anarchism (n.) The
doctrine or practice of anarchists.
Anarchist (n.) An anarch;
one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Anarchize (v. t.) To
reduce to anarchy.
Anarchy (n.) Absence of
government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state
of lawlessness; political confusion.
Anarchy (n.) Hence,
confusion or disorder, in general.
Anarthropoda (n. pl.) One
of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the
annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.
Anarthropodous (a.) Having
no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Anarthrous (a.) Used
without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.
Anarthrous (a.) Without
joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
Anas (n.) A genus of water
fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of
the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular
substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
Anasarcous (a.) Belonging,
or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
Anastaltic (a. & n.)
Styptic.
Anastate (n.) One of a
series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic
processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.
Anastatic (a.) Pertaining
to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Anastomozed (imp. p. p.)
of Anastomose
Anastomosing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anastomose
Anastomose (v. i.) To
inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
Anastomoses (pl. ) of
Anastomosis
Anastomosis (n.) The
inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or
nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
Anastomotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anastomosis.
Anastrophe (n.) An
inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills
echoed.
Anathemas (pl. ) of
Anathema
Anathema (n.) A ban or
curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and
accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
Anathema (n.) An
imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Anathema (n.) Any person
or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
Anathematic (a.) Alt. of
Anathematical
Anathematical (a.)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.
Anathematism (n.)
Anathematization.
Anathematization (n.) The
act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.
Anathematized (imp. & p. p.)
of Anathematize
Anathematizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Anathematize
Anathematize (v. t.) To
pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something
accursed.
Anathematizer (n.) One who
pronounces an anathema.
Anatifae (pl. ) of Anatifa
Anatifa (n.) An animal of
the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a
goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
Anatifer (n.) Same as
Anatifa.
Anatiferous (a.) Producing
ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into
ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
Anatine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
Anatocism (n.) Compound
interest.
Anatomic (a.) Alt. of
Anatomical
Anatomical (a.) Of or
relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical
observations.
Anatomically (adv.) In an
anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
Anatomism (n.) The
application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
Anatomism (n.) The
doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the
organism or of animal life.
Anatomist (n.) One who is
skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
Anatomization (n.) The act
of anatomizing.
Anatomized (imp. & p. p.)
of Anatomize
Anatomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anatomize
Anatomize (v. t.) To
dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of
displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
Anatomize (v. t.) To
discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
Anatomizer (n.) A
dissector.
Anatomies (pl. ) of
Anatomy
Anatomy (n.) The art of
dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized
body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
Anatomy (n.) The science
which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or
organization.
Anatomy (n.) A treatise or
book on anatomy.
Anatomy (n.) The act of
dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its
parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
Anatomy (n.) A skeleton;
anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
Anatreptic (a.)
Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Anatron (n.) Native
carbonate of soda; natron.
Anatron (n.) Glass gall or
sandiver.
Anatron (n.) Saltpeter.
Anatropal (a.) Alt. of
Anatropous
Anatropous (a.) Having the
ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as
the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous.
Anatto (n.) Same as
Annotto.
Anbury (n.) Alt. of Ambury
Ambury (n.) A soft tumor
or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
Ambury (n.) A disease of
the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
-ance () A suffix signifying
action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance,
elegance. See -ancy.
Ancestor (n.) One from
whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any
distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
Ancestor (n.) An earlier
type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the
horse.
Ancestor (n.) One from
whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Ancestorial (a.)
Ancestral.
Ancestorially (adv.) With
regard to ancestors.
Ancestral (a.) Of,
pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an
ancestral estate.
Ancestress (n.) A female
ancestor.
Ancestry (n.) Condition as
to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
Ancestry (n.) A series of
ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural
descent.
Anchor (n.) A iron
instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which,
being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains
the ship in a particular station.
Anchor (n.) Any instrument
or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement
of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable,
or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold
in place.
Anchor (n.) Fig.: That
which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
Anchor (n.) An emblem of
hope.
Anchor (n.) A metal tie
holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Anchor (n.) Carved work,
somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of
certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also
egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
Anchor (n.) One of the
anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules
of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
Anchored (imp. & p. p.) of
Anchor
Anchoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anchor
Anchor (v. t.) To place at
anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
Anchor (v. t.) To fix or
fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension
bridge.
Anchor (v. i.) To cast
anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to
fix or rest.
Anchor (n.) An anchoret.
Anchorable (a.) Fit for
anchorage.
Anchorage (n.) The act of
anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
Anchorage (n.) A place
suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
Anchorage (n.) The set of
anchors belonging to a ship.
Anchorage (n.) Something
which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Anchorage (n.) Something
on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Anchorage (n.) A toll for
anchoring; anchorage duties.
Anchorage (n.) Abode of an
anchoret.
Anchorate (a.)
Anchor-shaped.
Anchored (a.) Held by an
anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an
anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
Anchored (a.) Having the
extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
Anchoress (n.) A female
anchoret.
Anchoret (n.) Alt. of
Anchorite
Anchorite (n.) One who
renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a
hermit; a recluse.
Anchoretic (a.) Alt. of
Anchoretical
Anchoretical (a.)
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Anchoretish (a.)
Hermitlike.
Anchoretism (n.) The
practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
Anchor-hold (n.) The hold
or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
Anchor-hold (n.) Hence:
Firm hold: security.
Anchorite (n.) Same as
Anchoret.
Anchoritess (n.) An
anchoress.
Anchorless (a.) Without an
anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Anchovy (n.) A small fish,
about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus),
caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The
name is also applied to several allied species.
Anchovy pear () A West Indian
fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias
cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Anchusin (n.) A resinoid
coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
Anchylosed (imp. & p. p.)
of Anchylose
Anchylosing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anchylose
Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To
affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a
stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Anchylosis (n.) Alt. of
Ankylosis
Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness
or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.
Ankylosis (n.) The union
of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or
other structures in various animals.
Anchylotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anchylosis.
Ancient (a.) Old; that
happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time;
belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall
of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature,
history; ancient days.
Ancient (a.) Old; that has
been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an
ancient castle.
Ancient (a.) Known for a
long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient
continent.
Ancient (a.) Dignified,
like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
Ancient (a.) Experienced;
versed.
Ancient (a.) Former;
sometime.
Ancient (n.) Those who
lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
Ancient (n.) An aged man;
a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
Ancient (n.) A senior; an
elder; a predecessor.
Ancient (n.) One of the
senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Ancient (n.) An ensign or
flag.
Ancient (n.) The bearer of
a flag; an ensign.
Anciently (adv.) In
ancient times.
Anciently (adv.) In an
ancient manner.
Ancientness (n.) The
quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
Ancientry (n.) Antiquity;
what is ancient.
Ancientry (n.) Old age;
also, old people.
Ancientry (n.) Ancient
lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
Ancienty (n.) Age;
antiquity.
Ancienty (n.) Seniority.
Ancile (n.) The sacred
shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It
was the palladium of Rome.
Ancillary (a.) Subservient
or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
Ancille (n.) A
maidservant; a handmaid.
Ancipital (a.) Alt. of
Ancipitous
Ancipitous (a.) Two-edged
instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass,
and rarely also of leaves.
Ancistroid (a.)
Hook-shaped.
Ancle (n.) See Ankle.
Ancome (n.) A small
ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
Ancones (pl. ) of Ancon
Ancon (n.) The olecranon,
or the elbow.
Ancon (n.) Alt. of Ancone
Ancone (n.) The corner or
quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
Ancone (n.) A bracket
supporting a cornice; a console.
Anconal (a.) Alt. of
Anconeal
Anconeal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Anconeus (n.) A muscle of
the elbow and forearm.
Anconoid (a.) Elbowlike;
anconal.
Ancony (n.) A piece of
malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at
the ends.
-ancy () A suffix expressing more
strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy,
infancy.
And (conj.) A particle
which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a
word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
And (conj.) In order to;
-- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
And (conj.) It is
sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
And (conj.) If; though.
See An, conj.
Andabatism (n.) Doubt;
uncertainty.
Andalusite (n.) A silicate
of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a
grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
Andante (a.) Moving
moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower
than allegretto.
Andante (n.) A movement or
piece in andante time.
Andantino (a.) Rather
quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
Andarac (n.) Red orpiment.
Andean (a.) Pertaining to
the Andes.
Andesine (n.) A kind of
triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Andesite (n.) An eruptive
rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with
pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Andine (a.) Andean; as,
Andine flora.
Andiron (n.) A utensil for
supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a
firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Andranatomy (n.) The
dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
Androecium (n.) The
stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Androgyne (n.) An
hermaphrodite.
Androgyne (n.) An
androgynous plant.
Androgynous (a.) Alt. of
Androgynal
Androgynal (a.) Uniting
both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both
male and female; hermaphroditic.
Androgynal (a.) Bearing
both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
Androgyny (n.) Alt. of
Androgynism
Androgynism (n.) Union of
both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
Android (n.) Alt. of
Androides
Androides (n.) A machine
or automaton in the form of a human being.
Android (a.) Resembling a
man.
Andromeda (n.) A northern
constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
Andromeda (n.) A genus of
ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species
was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
Andron (n.) The apartment
appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
Andropetalous (a.)
Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like
the garden ranunculus.
Androphagi (n. pl.)
Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.
Androphagous (a.)
Anthropophagous.
Androphore (n.) A support
or column on which stamens are raised.
Androphore (n.) The part
which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
Androsphinx (n.) A man
sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Androspore (n.) A spore of
some algae, which has male functions.
Androtomous (a.) Having
the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Androtomy (n.) Dissection
of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
androus () A terminal combining
form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen;
polyandrous, with many stamens.
Anear (prep. & adv.) Near.
Anear (v. t. & i.) To
near; to approach.
Aneath (prep. & adv.)
Beneath.
Anecdotage (n.) Anecdotes
collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
Anecdotal (a.) Pertaining
to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Anecdote (n.) Unpublished
narratives.
Anecdote (n.) A particular
or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident
or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Anecdotic (a.) Alt. of
Anecdotical
Anecdotical (a.)
Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.
Anecdotist (n.) One who
relates or collects anecdotes.
Anelace (n.) Same as
Anlace.
Anele (v. t.) To anoint.
Anele (v. t.) To give
extreme unction to.
Anelectric (a.) Not
becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.
Anelectric (n.) A
substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
Anelectrode (n.) The
positive pole of a voltaic battery.
Anelectrotonus (n.) The
condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive
electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
Anemogram (n.) A record
made by an anemograph.
Anemograph (n.) An
instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.
Anemographic (a.) Produced
by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
Anemography (n.) A
description of the winds.
Anemography (n.) The art
of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
Anemology (n.) The science
of the wind.
Anemometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
Anemometric (a.) Alt. of
Anemometrical
Anemometrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to anemometry.
Anemometrograph (n.) An
anemograph.
Anemometry (n.) The act or
process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.
Anemone (n.) A genus of
plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are
cultivated in gardens.
Anemone (n.) The sea
anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.
Anemonic (a.) An acrid,
poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from
anemonin.
Anemonin (n.) An acrid,
poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
Anemony (n.) See Anemone.
Anemorphilous (a.)
Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is
carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.
Anemoscope (n.) An
instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; --
usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the
building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
Anencephalic (a.) Alt. of
Anencephalous
Anencephalous (a.) Without
a brain; brainless.
Anenst (a.) Alt. of Anent
Anent (a.) Over against;
as, he lives anent the church.
Anent (a.) About;
concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.
Anenterous (a.) Destitute
of a stomach or an intestine.
Aneroid (a.) Containing no
liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.
Aneroid (n.) An aneroid
barometer.
Anes (adv.) Once.
Anesthesia (a.) Alt. of
Anesthetic
Anesthetic (a.) Same as
Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.
Anet (n.) The herb dill,
or dillseed.
Anethol (n.) A substance
obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft
shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.
Anetic (a.) Soothing.
Aneurism (n.) A soft,
pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural
dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.
Aneurismal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.
Anew (adv.) Over again;
another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.
Anfractuose (a.)
Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
Anfractuosities (pl. ) of
Anfractuosity
Anfractuosity (n.) A state
of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
Anfractuosity (n.) A
sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the
brain.
Anfractuous (a.) Winding;
full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of
a born.
Anfracture (n.) A mazy
winding.
Angariation (n.) Exaction
of forced service; compulsion.
Angeiology () Alt. of Angeiotomy
Angeiotomy () Same as Angiology,
Angiotomy, etc.
Angel (n.) A messenger.
Angel (n.) A spiritual,
celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures
the angels appear as God's messengers.
Angel (n.) One of a class
of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
Angel (n.) A minister or
pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
Angel (n.) Attendant
spirit; genius; demon.
Angel (n.) An appellation
given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
Angel (n.) An ancient gold
coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value
from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
Angelage (n.) Existence or
state of angels.
Angelet (n.) A small gold
coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
Angel fish () See under Angel.
Angelhood (n.) The state
of being an angel; angelic nature.
Angelic (a.) Alt. of
Angelical
Angelical (a.) Belonging
to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of
the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.
Angelic (a.) Of or derived
from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
Angelica (n.) An aromatic
umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf
stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots
and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
Angelica (n.) The candied
leaf stalks of angelica.
Angelically (adv.) Like an
angel.
Angelicalness (n.) The
quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
Angelify (v. t.) To make
like an angel; to angelize.
Angelize (v. t.) To raise
to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
Angellike (a. & adv.)
Resembling an angel.
Angelolatry (n.) Worship
paid to angels.
Angelology (n.) A
discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
Angelophany (n.) The
actual appearance of an angel to man.
Angelot (n.) A French gold
coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece
coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.
Angelot (n.) An instrument
of music, of the lute kind, now disused.
Angelot (n.) A sort of
small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
Angelus (n.) A form of
devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon,
and evening, at the sound of a bell.
Angelus (n.) The Angelus
bell.
Anger (n.) Trouble;
vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
Anger (n.) A strong
passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed
injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
Angered (imp. & p. p.) of
Anger
Angering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anger
Anger (v. t.) To make
painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
Anger (v. t.) To excite to
anger; to enrage; to provoke.
Angerly (adv.) Angrily.
Angevine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Anjou in France.
Angevine (n.) A native of
Anjou.
Angienchyma (n.) Vascular
tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted
ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
Angina (n.) Any
inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore
throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking,
or shortness of breath.
Anginous (a.) Alt. of
Anginose
Anginose (a.) Pertaining
to angina or angina pectoris.
Angio- () A prefix, or combining
form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to
something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
Angiocarpous (a.) Having
fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the
filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
Angiocarpous (a.) Having
the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
Angiography (n.) A
description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
Angiology (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
Angioma (n.) A tumor
composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
Angiomonospermous (a.)
Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
Angioscope (n.) An
instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Angiosperm (n.) A plant
which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
Angiospermatous (a.) Same
as Angiospermous.
Angiospermous (a.) Having
seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
Angiosporous (a.) Having
spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
Angiostomous (a.) With a
narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
Angiotomy (n.) Dissection
of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
Angle (n.) The inclosed
space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
Angle (n.) The figure made
by. two lines which meet.
Angle (n.) The difference
of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex
of the angle.
Angle (n.) A projecting or
sharp corner; an angular fragment.
Angle (n.) A name given to
four of the twelve astrological "houses."
Angle (n.) A fishhook;
tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without
a rod.
Angled (imp. & p. p.) of
Angle
Angling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Angle
Angle (v. i.) To fish with
an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
Angle (v. i.) To use some
bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
Angle (v. t.) To try to
gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
Angled (a.) Having an
angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
Anglemeter (n.) An
instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of
strata.
Angler (n.) One who
angles.
Angler (n.) A fish
(Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and
depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog,
frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Angles (n. pl.) An ancient
Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land
(Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln
(now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
Anglesite (n.) A native
sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic
crystals.
Anglewise (adv.) In an
angular manner; angularly.
Angleworm (n.) A earthworm
of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
Anglian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Angles.
Anglian (n.) One of the
Angles.
Anglic (a.) Anglian.
Anglican (a.) English; of
or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or
connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church,
doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
Anglican (a.) Pertaining
to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of
England.
Anglican (n.) A member of
the Church of England.
Anglican (n.) In a
restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced
ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
Anglicanism (n.) Strong
partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
Anglicanism (n.) The
principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense,
the doctrines held by the high-church party.
Anglicanism (n.)
Attachment to England or English institutions.
Anglice (adv.) In English;
in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
Anglicify (v. t.) To
anglicize.
Anglicism (n.) An English
idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
Anglicism (n.) The quality
of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
Anglicity (n.) The state
or quality of being English.
Anglicization (n.) The act
of anglicizing, or making English in character.
Anglicized (imp. & p. p.)
of Anglicize
Anglicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anglicize
Anglicize (v. t.) To make
English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to
English analogies.
Anglified (imp. & p. p.)
of Anglify
Anglifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anglify
Anglify (v. t.) To convert
into English; to anglicize.
Angling (n.) The act of
one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Anglo- () A combining form
meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as,
Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish.
Anglo-Catholic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; --
sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of
England.
Anglo-Catholic (n.) A
member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more
specifically, a High Churchman.
Anglomania (n.) A mania
for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
Anglomaniac (n.) One
affected with Anglomania.
Anglophobia (n.) Intense
dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.
Anglo-Saxon (n.) A Saxon
of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England,
as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
Anglo-Saxon (n.) The
Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people,
collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
Anglo-Saxon (n.) The
language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old
English). See Saxon.
Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of
the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic
tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest
sense.
Anglo-Saxon (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
Anglo-Saxondom (n.) The
Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the
Anglo-Saxon race.
Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A
characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the
Anglo-Saxon tongue.
Anglo-Saxonism (n.) The
quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
Angola (n.) A fabric made
from the wool of the Angora goat.
Angola pea () A tropical plant
(Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola
in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
Angor (n.) Great anxiety
accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with
palpitation and oppression.
Angora (n.) A city of Asia
Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
Angostura bark () An aromatic
bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea
cusparia, / officinalis).
Angoumois moth () A small moth
(Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The
larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
Angrily (adv.) In an angry
manner; under the influence of anger.
Angriness (n.) The quality
of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
Angry (superl.)
Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
Angry (superl.) Inflamed
and painful, as a sore.
Angry (superl.) Touched
with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed
generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
Angry (superl.) Showing
anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of
anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.
Angry (superl.) Red.
Angry (superl.) Sharp;
keen; stimulated.
Anguiform (a.)
Snake-shaped.
Anguilliform (a.)
Eel-shaped.
Anguine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.
Anguineal (a.) Anguineous.
Anguineous (a.) Snakelike.
Anguish (n.) Extreme pain,
either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Anguish (v. t.) To
distress with extreme pain or grief.
Angular (a.) Relating to
an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner;
sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
Angular (a.) Measured by
an angle; as, angular distance.
Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean;
lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably
angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
Angular (n.) A bone in the
base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Angularity (n.) The
quality or state of being angular; angularness.
Angularly (adv.) In an
angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
Angularness (n.) The
quality of being angular.
Angulate (a.) Alt. of
Angulated
Angulated (a.) Having
angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
Angulate (v. t.) To make
angular.
Angulation (n.) A making
angular; angular formation.
Angulo-dentate (a.)
Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
Angulometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring external angles.
Angulose (a.) Angulous.
Angulosity (n.) A state of
being angulous or angular.
Angulous (a.) Angular;
having corners; hooked.
Angust (a.) Narrow;
strait.
Angustate (a.) Narrowed.
Angustation (n.) The act
of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
Angustifoliate (a.) Alt.
of Angustifolious
Angustifolious (a.) Having
narrow leaves.
Angustura bark () See Angostura
bark.
Angwantibo (n.) A small
lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary
tail.
Anhang (v. t.) To hang.
Anharmonic (a.) Not
harmonic.
Anhelation (n.) Short and
rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
Anhele (v. i.) To pant; to
be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).
Anhelose (a.) Anhelous;
panting.
Anhelous (a.) Short of
breath; panting.
Anhima (n.) A South
American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See
Kamichi.
Anhinga (n.) An aquatic
bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
Anhistous (a.) Without
definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.
Anhungered (a.) Ahungered;
longing.
Anhydride (n.) An oxide of
a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting
with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid
by the abstraction of water.
Anhydrite (n.) A mineral
of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate
of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
Anhydrous (a.) Destitute
of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
Ani (n.) Alt. of Ano
Ano (n.) A black bird of
tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the
cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.
Anicut (n.) Alt. of
Annicut
Annicut (n.) A dam or mole
made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a
system of irrigation.
Anidiomatical (a.) Not
idiomatic.
Anient (v. t.) Alt. of
Anientise
Anientise (v. t.) To
frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate.
Anigh (prep. & adv.) Nigh.
Anight (adv.) Alt. of
Anights
Anights (adv.) In the
night time; at night.
Anil (n.) A West Indian
plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo
dye.
Anile (a.) Old-womanish;
imbecile.
Anileness (n.) Anility.
Anilic (a.) Pertaining to,
or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of
nitric acid on indigo.
Anilide (n.) One of a
class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the
hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
Aniline (n.) An organic
base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one
hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily
liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely
manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant
dyes are made.
Aniline (a.) Made from, or
of the nature of, aniline.
Anility (n.) The state of
being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.
Animadversal (n.) The
faculty of perceiving; a percipient.
Animadversion (n.) The act
or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
Animadversion (n.)
Monition; warning.
Animadversion (n.) Remarks
by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
Animadversion (n.)
Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Animadversive (a.) Having
the power of perceiving; percipient.
Animadverted (imp. & p. p.)
of Animadvert
Animadverting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Animadvert
Animadvert (v. i.) To take
notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.
Animadvert (v. i.) To
consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with
on or upon.
Animadvert (v. i.) To take
cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.
Animadverter (n.) One who
animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.
Animal (n.) An organized
living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also
characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for
digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process
of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force
with progress to maturity.
Animal (n.) One of the
lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
Animal (a.) Of or relating
to animals; as, animal functions.
Animal (a.) Pertaining to
the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual,
rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
Animal (a.) Consisting of
the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Animalcular (a.) Alt. of
Animalculine
Animalculine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.
Animalcule (n.) A small
animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
Animalcule (n.) An animal,
invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
Animalculism (n.) The
theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena
by means of animalcules.
Animalculist (n.) One
versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
Animalculist (n.) A
believer in the theory of animalculism.
Animalcula (pl. ) of
Animalculum
Animalculum (n.) An
animalcule.
Animalish (a.) Like an
animal.
Animalism (n.) The state,
activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or
moral qualities; sensuality.
Animality (n.) Animal
existence or nature.
Animalization (n.) The act
of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
Animalization (n.)
Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
Animalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Animalize
Animalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Animalize
Animalize (v. t.) To endow
with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
Animalize (v. t.) To
convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
Animalize (v. t.) To
render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to
sensualize.
Animally (adv.)
Physically.
Animalness (n.) Animality.
Animastic (a.) Pertaining
to mind or spirit; spiritual.
Animastic (n.) Psychology.
Animated (imp. & p. p.) of
Animate
Animating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Animate
Animate (v. t.) To give
natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
Animate (v. t.) To give
powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
Animate (v. t.) To give
spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
Animate (a.) Endowed with
life; alive; living; animated; lively.
Animated (a.) Endowed with
life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
Animatedly (adv.) With
animation.
Animater (n.) One who
animates.
Animating (a.) Causing
animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.
Animation (n.) The act of
animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
Animation (n.) The state
of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as,
he recited the story with great animation.
Animative (a.) Having the
power of giving life or spirit.
Animator (n.) One who, or
that which, animates; an animater.
Anime (a.) Of a different
tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.
Anime (n.) A resin exuding
from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish
makers.
Animism (n.) The doctrine,
taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development
in the body.
Animism (n.) The belief
that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal
life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence
of soul or spirit apart from matter.
Animist (n.) One who
maintains the doctrine of animism.
Animistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to animism.
Animose (a.) Alt. of
Animous
Animous (a.) Full of
spirit; hot; vehement; resolute.
Animoseness (n.) Vehemence
of temper.
Animosities (pl. ) of
Animosity
Animosity (v. t.) Mere
spiritedness or courage.
Animosity (v. t.) Violent
hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Animi (pl. ) of Animus
Animus (n.) Animating
spirit; intention; temper.
Anion (n.) An
electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical
decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.
Anise (n.) An
umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and
cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
Anise (n.) The fruit or
seeds of this plant.
Aniseed (n.) The seed of
the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
Anisette (n.) A French
cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.
Anisic (a.) Of or derived
from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
Anisodactyla (n. pl.) Alt.
of Anisodactyls
Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A
group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single
series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A
group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
Anisodactylous (a.)
Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most
passerine birds.
Anisomeric (a.) Not
isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
Anisomerous (a.) Having
the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
Anisometric (a.) Not
isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal
axes.
Anisopetalous (a.) Having
unequal petals.
Anisophyllous (a.) Having
unequal leaves.
Anisopleura (n. pl.) A
primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two
sides of the body are unequally developed.
Anisopoda (n. pl.) A
division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate
between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
Anisostemonous (a.) Having
unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
Anisosthenic (a.) Of
unequal strength.
Anisotrope (a.) Alt. of
Anisotropic
Anisotropic (a.) Not
isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals
of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are
anisotropic.
Anisotropous (a.)
Anisotropic.
Anker (n.) A liquid
measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in
England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.
Ankerite (n.) A mineral
closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
Ankle (n.) The joint which
connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
Ankled (a.) Having ankles;
-- used in composition; as, well-ankled.
Anklet (n.) An ornament or
a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
Ankylose (v. t. & i.) Same
as Anchylose.
Ankylosis (n.) Same as
Anchylosis.
Anlace (n.) A broad dagger
formerly worn at the girdle.
Ann (n.) Alt. of Annat
Annat (n.) A half years's
stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's
heirs after his decease.
Anna (n.) An East Indian
money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
Annal (n.) See Annals.
Annalist (n.) A writer of
annals.
Annalistic (a.) Pertaining
to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.
Annalize (v. t.) To record
in annals.
Annals (n. pl.) A relation
of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in
which it happened.
Annals (n. pl.) Historical
records; chronicles; history.
Annals (n. pl.) The record
of a single event or item.
Annals (n. pl.) A periodic
publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.;
as "Annals of Science."
Annats (n. pl.) Alt. of
Annates
Annates (n. pl.) The first
year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the
pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of
poor livings.
Annealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Anneal
Annealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anneal
Anneal (v. t.) To subject
to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal,
for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
Anneal (v. t.) To heat, as
glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
Annealer (n.) One who, or
that which, anneals.
Annealing (n.) The process
used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to
cool very gradually from a high heat.
Annealing (n.) The burning
of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
Annectent (a.) Connecting;
annexing.
Annelid (a.) Alt. of
Annelidan
Annelidan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Annelida.
Annelidan (n.) One of the
Annelida.
Annelida (n. pl.) A
division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular
segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the
Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine
worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda.
Annelidous (a.) Of the
nature of an annelid.
Annellata (n. pl.) See
Annelida.
Anneloid (n.) An animal
resembling an annelid.
Annexed (imp. & p. p.) of
Annex
Annexing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annex
Annex (v. t.) To join or
attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
Annex (v. t.) To join or
add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
Annex (v. t.) To attach or
connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a
prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Annex (v. i.) To join; to
be united.
Annex (n.) Something
annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary
building to a main building; a wing.
Annexation (v. t.) The act
of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting;
union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the
freehold.
Annexation (v. t.) The
union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots
Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
Annexationist (n.) One who
favors annexation.
Annexer (n.) One who
annexes.
Annexion (n.) Annexation.
Annexionist (n.) An
annexationist.
Annexment (n.) The act of
annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.
Annihilable (a.) Capable
of being annihilated.
Annihilated (imp. & p. p.)
of Annihilate
Annihilating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annihilate
Annihilate (v. t.) To
reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to
cease to be.
Annihilate (v. t.) To
destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific
thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
Annihilate (v. t.) To
destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no
effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law,
rights, goodness.
Annihilate (a.)
Annihilated.
Annihilation (n.) The act
of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or
combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer
be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
Annihilation (n.) The
state of being annihilated.
Annihilationist (n.) One
who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of
being; a destructionist.
Annihilative (a.) Serving
to annihilate; destructive.
Annihilator (n.) One who,
or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
Annihilatory (a.)
Annihilative.
Anniversarily (adv.)
Annually.
Anniversary (a.) Returning
with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversaries (pl. ) of
Anniversary
Anniversary (n.) The
annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be
celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Anniversary (n.) The day
on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the
commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the
consecration of a pope.
Anniversary (n.) The
celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
Anniverse (n.)
Anniversary.
Annodated (a.) Curved
somewhat in the form of the letter S.
Anno Domini () In the year of the
Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
Annominate (v. t.) To
name.
Annomination (n.)
Paronomasia; punning.
Annomination (n.)
Alliteration.
Annotated (imp. & p. p.)
of Annotate
Annotating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annotate
Annotate (n.) To explain
or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
Annotate (v. i.) To make
notes or comments; -- with on or upon.
Annotation (n.) A note,
added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as,
annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
Annotationist (n.) An
annotator.
Annotative (a.)
Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.
Annotator (n.) A writer of
annotations; a commentator.
Annotatory (a.) Pertaining
to an annotator; containing annotations.
Annotine (n.) A bird one
year old, or that has once molted.
Annotinous (a.) A year
old; in Yearly growths.
Annotto (n.) Alt. of
Arnotto
Arnotto (n.) A red or
yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a
tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used
for coloring cheese, butter, etc.
Announced (imp. & p. p.)
of Announce
Announcing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Announce
Announce (v. t.) To give
public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Announce (v. t.) To
pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Announcement (n.) The act
of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation;
publication.
Announcer (n.) One who
announces.
Annoyed (imp. & p. p.) of
Annoy
Annoying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annoy
Annoy (n.) To disturb or
irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind;
to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
Annoy (n.) To molest,
incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a
cannonade.
Annoy (n.) A feeling of
discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a
feeling; as, to work annoy.
Annoyance (n.) The act of
annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
Annoyance (n.) That which
annoys.
Annoyer (n.) One who, or
that which, annoys.
Annoyful (a.) Annoying.
Annoying (a.) That annoys;
molesting; vexatious.
Annoyous (a.) Troublesome;
annoying.
Annual (a.) Of or
pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the
year; yearly.
Annual (a.) Performed or
accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the
earth.
Annual (a.) Lasting or
continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every
year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.
Annual (n.) A thing
happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Annual (n.) Anything,
especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Annual (n.) A Mass for a
deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the
anniversary day.
Annualist (n.) One who
writes for, or who edits, an annual.
Annually (adv.) Yearly;
year by year.
Annuary (a.) Annual.
Annuary (n.) A yearbook.
Annueler (n.) A priest
employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.
Annuent (a.) Nodding; as,
annuent muscles (used in nodding).
Annuitant (n.) One who
receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.
Annuities (pl. ) of
Annuity
Annuity (n.) A sum of
money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or
forever; an annual allowance.
Annulled (imp. & p. p.) of
Annul
Annulling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annul
Annul (a.) To reduce to
nothing; to obliterate.
Annul (a.) To make void or
of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of
laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules,
permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
Annular (a.) Pertaining
to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as,
annular fibers.
Annular (a.) Banded or
marked with circles.
Annularity (n.) Annular
condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula.
Annularry (adv.) In an
annular manner.
Annulary (a.) Having the
form of a ring; annular.
Annulata (n. pl.) A class
of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine
annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
Annulate (n.) One of the
Annulata.
Annulate (a.) Alt. of
Annulated
Annulated (a.) Furnished
with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
Annulated (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Annulata.
Annulation (n.) A circular
or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.
Annulet (n.) A little
ring.
Annulet (n.) A small, flat
fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is
used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
Annulet (n.) A little
circle borne as a charge.
Annulet (n.) A narrow
circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
Annullable (a.) That may
be Annulled.
Annuller (n.) One who
annuls.
Annulment (n.) The act of
annulling; abolition; invalidation.
Annuloid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Annuloida.
Annuloida (n. pl.) A
division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes
made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.
Annulosa (n. pl.) A
division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes
the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former
only.
Annulosan (n.) One of the
Annulosa.
Annulose (a.) Furnished
with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.
Annulose (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Annulosa.
Annuli (pl. ) of Annulus
Annulus (n.) A ring; a
ringlike part or space.
Annulus (n.) A space
contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.
Annulus (n.) The solid
formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but
does not cut it.
Annulus (n.) Ring-shaped
structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
Annumerate (v. t.) To add
on; to count in.
Annumeration (n.) Addition
to a former number.
Annunciable (a.) That may
be announced or declared; declarable.
Annunciated (imp. & p. p.)
of Annunciate
Annunciating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annunciate
Annunciate (v. t.) To
announce.
Annunciate (p. p. & a.)
Foretold; preannounced.
Annunciation (n.) The act
of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
Annunciation (n.) The
announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
Annunciation (n.) The
festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in
memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
Annunciative (a.)
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
Annunciator (n.) One who
announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose
business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Annunciator (n.) An
indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
Annunciatory (a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known.
Anoa (n.) A small wild ox
of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly
straight horns.
Anode (n.) The positive
pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current
enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
Anodon (n.) A genus of
fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge.
Anodyne (a.) Serving to
assuage pain; soothing.
Anodyne (a.) Any medicine
which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed
feelings.
Anodynous (a.) Anodyne.
Anoil (v. t.) To anoint
with oil.
Anointed (imp. & p. p.) of
Anoint
Anointing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anoint
Anoint (v. t.) To smear or
rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
Anoint (v. t.) To apply
oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
Anoint (p. p.) Anointed.
Anointer (n.) One who
anoints.
Anointment (n.) The act of
anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.
Anolis (n.) A genus of
lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New
World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.
Anomal (n.) Anything
anomalous.
Anomaliped (a.) Alt. of
Anomalipede
Anomalipede (a.) Having
anomalous feet.
Anomaliped (n.) One of a
group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer
and inner ones.
Anomalism (n.) An anomaly;
a deviation from rule.
Anomalistic (a.) Alt. of
Anomalistical
Anomalistical (a.)
Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
Anomalistical (a.)
Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
Anomalistically (adv.)
With irregularity.
Anomaloflorous (a.) Having
anomalous flowers.
Anomalous (a.) Deviating
from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous
proceeding.
Anomalously (adv.) In an
anomalous manner.
Anomalousness (n.) Quality
of being anomalous.
Anomalies (pl. ) of
Anomaly
Anomaly (n.) Deviation
from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
Anomaly (n.) The angular
distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true
anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the
elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if
the planet's angular motion were uniform.
Anomaly (n.) The angle
measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
Anomaly (n.) Any deviation
from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Anomia (n.) A genus of
bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of
which the lower is perforated for attachment.
Anomophyllous (a.) Having
leaves irregularly placed.
Anomura (n. pl.) Alt. of
Anomoura
Anomoura (n. pl.) A group
of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
Anomural (a.) Alt. of
Anomuran
Anomuran (a.) Irregular in
the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.
Anomuran (n.) One of the
Anomura.
Anomy (n.) Disregard or
violation of law.
Anon (adv.) Straightway;
at once.
Anon (adv.) Soon; in a
little while.
Anon (adv.) At another
time; then; again.
Anona (n.) A genus of
tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the
soursop.
Anonaceous (a.) Pertaining
to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
Anonym (n.) One who is
anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."
Anonym (n.) A notion which
has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word.
Anonymity (n.) The quality
or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.
Anonymous (a.) Nameless;
of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous
benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Anonymously (adv.) In an
anonymous manner; without a name.
Anonymousness (n.) The
state or quality of being anonymous.
Anophyte (n.) A moss or
mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and
distinct leaves.
Anopla (n. pl.) One of the
two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
Anoplothere (n.) Alt. of
Anoplotherium
Anoplotherium (n.) A genus
of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the
gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of
their canine teeth (whence the name).
Anoplura (n. pl.) A group
of insects which includes the lice.
Anopsia (a.) Alt. of
Anopsy
Anopsy (a.) Want or defect
of sight; blindness.
Anorexia (n.) Alt. of
Anorexy
Anorexy (n.) Want of
appetite, without a loathing of food.
Anormal (a.) Not according
to rule; abnormal.
Anorn (v. t.) To adorn.
Anorthic (a.) Having
unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
Anorthite (n.) A mineral
of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a
constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
Anorthoscope (n.) An
optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving
disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
Anosmia (n.) Loss of the
sense of smell.
Another (pron. & a.) One
more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in
likeness or in effect.
Another (pron. & a.) Not
the same; different.
Another (pron. & a.) Any
or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
Another-gaines (a.) Of
another kind.
Another-gates (a.) Of
another sort.
Another-guess (a.) Of
another sort.
Anotta (n.) See Annotto.
Anoura (n.) See Anura.
Anourous (a.) See Anurous.
Ansae (pl. ) of Ansa
Ansa (n.) A name given to
either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
Ansated (a.) Having a
handle.
Anserated (a.) Having the
extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated
cross.
Anseres (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck,
or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks,
auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
Anseriformes (n. pl.) A
division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
Anserine (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
Anserine (a.) Pertaining
to the Anseres.
Anserous (a.) Resembling a
goose; silly; simple.
Answered (imp. & p. p.) of
Answer
Answering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Answer
Answer (n.) To speak in
defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an
accusation.
Answer (n.) To speak or
write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech,
declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to
respond to.
Answer (n.) To respond to
satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or
justification, and the like; to refute.
Answer (n.) To be or act
in return or response to.
Answer (n.) To be or act
in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation,
demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
Answer (n.) To render
account to or for.
Answer (n.) To atone; to
be punished for.
Answer (n.) To be opposite
to; to face.
Answer (n.) To be or act
an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
Answer (n.) To be or act
in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to
suit.
Answer (v. i.) To speak or
write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
Answer (v. i.) To make a
satisfactory response or return.
Answer (v. i.) To render
account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man
must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
Answer (v. i.) To be or
act in return.
Answer (v. i.) To be or
act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve
the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
Answer (v. i.) To be
opposite, or to act in opposition.
Answer (v. i.) To be or
act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
Answer (v. i.) To be or
act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or
proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
Answer (n.) A reply to a
change; a defense.
Answer (n.) Something said
or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like;
a reply.
Answer (n.) Something done
in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
Answer (n.) A solution,
the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
Answer (n.) A
counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the
other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a
question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's
charges in his bill.
Answerable (a.) Obliged to
answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good;
accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal;
to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
Answerable (a.) Capable of
being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
Answerable (a.)
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
Answerable (a.)
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the
preparation for it.
Answerable (a.) Equal;
equivalent; adequate.
Answerableness (n.) The
quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
Answerably (adv.) In an
answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.
Answerer (n.) One who
answers.
Answerless (a.) Having no
answer, or impossible to be answered.
An 't () An it, that is, and it
or if it. See An, conj.
An't () A contraction for are and
am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't.
Ant- () See Anti-, prefix.
-ant () A suffix sometimes
marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc.
Cf. -ent.
Ant (n.) A hymenopterous
insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several
genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Antae (pl. ) of Anta
Anta (n.) A species of
pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally
as a pilaster, with capital and base.
Antacid (n.) A remedy for
acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.
Antacid (a.) Counteractive
of acidity.
Antacrid (a.) Corrective
of acrimony of the humors.
Antaean (a.) Pertaining to
Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
Antagonism (n.) Opposition
of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
Antagonist (n.) One who
contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
Antagonist (n.) A muscle
which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the
antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
Antagonist (n.) A medicine
which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into
the blood or tissues.
Antagonist (a.)
Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
Antagonistic (a.) Alt. of
Antagonistical
Antagonistical (a.)
Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic
forces.
Antagonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Antagonize
Antagonozing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Antagonize
Antagonize (v. t.) To
contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
Antagonize (v. i.) To act
in opposition.
Antagony (n.) Contest;
opposition; antagonism.
Antalgic (a.) Alleviating
pain.
Antalgic (n.) A medicine
to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
Antalkali (n.) Alt. of
Antalkaline
Antalkaline (n.) Anything
that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system.
Antalkaline (a.) Of power
to counteract alkalies.
Antambulacral (a.) Away
from the ambulacral region.
Antanaclasis (n.) A figure
which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some
craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
Antanaclasis (n.) A
repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall
that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed
in them), shall that heart, etc.
Antanagoge (n.) A figure
which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
Antaphrodisiac (a.)
Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.
Antaphrodisiac (n.)
Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
Antaphroditic (a.)
Antaphrodisiac.
Antaphroditic (a.)
Antisyphilitic.
Antaphroditic (n.) An
antaphroditic medicine.
Antapoplectic (a.) Good
against apoplexy.
Antapoplectic (n.) A
medicine used against apoplexy.
Antarchism (n.) Opposition
to government in general.
Antarchist (n.) One who
opposes all government.
Antarchistic (a.) Alt. of
Antarchistical
Antarchistical (a.)
Opposed to all human government.
Antarctic (a.) Opposite to
the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near
it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we
say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
Antares (n.) The principal
star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.
Antarthritic (a.)
Counteracting or alleviating gout.
Antarthritic (n.) A remedy
against gout.
Antasthmatic (a.)
Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.
Antasthmatic (n.) A remedy
for asthma.
Ant-bear (n.) An edentate
animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the
genus Myrmecophaga.
Ant bird () See Ant bird, under
Ant, n.
Ant-cattle (n.) Various
kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which
they secrete. See Aphips.
Ante- () A Latin preposition and
prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS.
and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The
Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position,
order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.
Ante (n.) Each player's
stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
Ante (v. t. & i.) To put
up (an ante).
Anteact (n.) A preceding
act.
Anteal (a.) Being before,
or in front.
Ant-eater (n.) One of
several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear,
Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
Antecedaneous (a.)
Antecedent; preceding in time.
Antecede (v. t. & i.) To
go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
Antecedence (n.) The act
or state of going before in time; precedence.
Antecedence (n.) An
apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Antecedency (n.) The state
or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Antecedent (a.) Going
before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the
Deluge; an antecedent cause.
Antecedent (a.)
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
Antecedent (n.) That which
goes before in time; that which precedes.
Antecedent (n.) One who
precedes or goes in front.
Antecedent (n.) The
earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
Antecedent (n.) The noun
to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who
built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
Antecedent (n.) The first
or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed,
the sun must move.
Antecedent (n.) The first
of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism;
as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
Antecedent (n.) The first
of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a
proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
Antecedently (adv.)
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
Antecessor (n.) One who
goes before; a predecessor.
Antecessor (n.) An
ancestor; a progenitor.
Antechamber (n.) A chamber
or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons
wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
Antechamber (n.) A space
viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
Antechapel (n.) The outer
part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
Antecians (n. pl.) See
Ant/cians.
Antecommunion (n.) A name
given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the
consecration of the elements.
Antecursor (n.) A
forerunner; a precursor.
Antedate (n.) Prior date;
a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Antedate (n.)
Anticipation.
Antedated (imp. & p. p.)
of Antedate
Antedating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Antedate
Antedate (v. t.) To date
before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or
a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
Antedate (v. t.) To
precede in time.
Antedate (v. t.) To
anticipate; to make before the true time.
Antediluvial (a.) Before
the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
Antediluvian (a.) Of or
relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as,
an antediluvian vehicle.
Antediluvian (n.) One who
lived before the Deluge.
Antefact (n.) Something
done before another act.
Antefixes (pl. ) of
Antefix
Antefixa (pl. ) of Antefix
Antefix (n.) An ornament
fixed upon a frieze.
Antefix (n.) An ornament
at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
Antefix (n.) An ornament
of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.
Anteflexion (n.) A
displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis
is bent upon itself.
Ant egg () One of the small white
egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and
popularly supposed to be eggs.
Antelope (n.) One of a
group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The
horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and
Asia.
Antelucan (a.) Held or
being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient
times of persecution, held before light in the morning.
Antemeridian (a.) Being
before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)
Antemetic (a.) Tending to
check vomiting.
Antemetic (n.) A remedy to
check or allay vomiting.
Antemosaic (a.) Being
before the time of Moses.
Antemundane (a.) Being or
occurring before the creation of the world.
Antemural (n.) An outwork
of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old
castle), for defending the entrance.
Antenatal (a.) Before
birth.
Antenicene (a.) Of or in
the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d.
325; as, antenicene faith.
Antennae (pl. ) of Antenna
Antenna (n.) A movable,
articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea.
There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as
organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is
situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and
also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other
arthropods and of annelids.
Antennal (a.) Belonging to
the antennae.
Antenniferous (a.) Bearing
or having antennae.
Antenniform (a.) Shaped
like antennae.
Antennule (n.) A small
antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.
Antenumber (n.) A number
that precedes another.
Antenuptial (a.) Preceding
marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.
Anteorbital (a. & n.) Same
as Antorbital.
Antepaschal (a.)
Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
Antepast (n.) A foretaste.
Antependium (n.) The
hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
Antepenult (n.) Alt. of
Antepenultima
Antepenultima (n.) The
last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.
Antepenultimate (a.) Of or
pertaining to the last syllable but two.
Antepenultimate (n.) The
antepenult.
Antephialtic (a.) Good
against nightmare.
Antephialtic (n.) A remedy
nightmare.
Antepileptic (a.) Good
against epilepsy.
Antepileptic (n.) A
medicine for epilepsy.
Antepone (v. t.) To put
before; to prefer.
Anteport (n.) An outer
port, gate, or door.
Anteportico (n.) An outer
porch or vestibule.
Anteposition (n.) The
placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
Anteprandial (a.)
Preceding dinner.
Antepredicament (n.) A
prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such
as definitions of common terms.
Anterior (a.) Before in
time; antecedent.
Anterior (a.) Before, or
toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to
posterior.
Anteriority (n.) The state
of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
Anteriorly (adv.) In an
anterior manner; before.
Anteroom (n.) A room
before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
Antero- () A combining form
meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral,
front side, anterior and at the side.
Antes (n. pl.) Antae. See
Anta.
Antestature (n.) A small
intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.
Antestomach (n.) A cavity
which leads into the stomach, as in birds.
Antetemple (n.) The
portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
Anteversion (n.) A
displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis
is directed further forward than usual.
Antevert (v. t.) To
prevent.
Antevert (v. t.) To
displace by anteversion.
Anthelia (pl. ) of
Anthelion
Anthelion (n.) A halo
opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the
spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.
Anthelix (n.) Same as
Antihelix.
Anthelmintic (a.) Good
against intestinal worms.
Anthelmintic (n.) An
anthelmintic remedy.
Anthem (n.) Formerly, a
hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or
other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
Anthem (n.) A song or hymn
of praise.
Anthem (v. t.) To
celebrate with anthems.
Anthemion () A floral ornament.
See Palmette
Anthemis (n.) Chamomile; a
genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
Anthemwise (adv.)
Alternately.
Anther (n.) That part of
the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is
emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
Antheridia (pl. ) of
Antheridium
Antheridium (n.) The male
reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in
which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
Antheriferous (a.)
Producing anthers, as plants.
Antheriferous (a.)
Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower.
Antheriform (a.) Shaped
like an anther; anther-shaped.
Antherogenous (a.)
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
Antheroid (a.) Resembling
an anther.
Antherozoid (n.) Alt. of
Antherozooid
Antherozooid (n.) One of
the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
Anthesis (n.) The period
or state of full expansion in a flower.
Ant-hill (n.) A mound
thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
Anthobian (n.) A beetle
which feeds on flowers.
Anthobranchia (n. pl.) A
division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster
upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.
Anthocarpous (a.) Having
some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit,
as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
Anthocyanin (n.) Same as
Anthokyan.
Anthodium (n.) The
inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a
involucrate head.
Anthography (n.) A
description of flowers.
Anthoid (a.) Resembling a
flower; flowerlike.
Anthokyan (n.) The blue
coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
Antholite (n.) A fossil
plant, like a petrified flower.
Anthological (a.)
Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different
authors, especially the poets.
Anthologist (n.) One who
compiles an anthology.
Anthology (n.) A discourse
on flowers.
Anthology (n.) A
collection of flowers; a garland.
Anthology (n.) A
collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a
collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of
ancient Greek epigrams.
Anthology (n.) A service
book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
Anthomania (n.) A
extravagant fondness for flowers.
Anthony's Fire () See Saint
Anthony's Fire, under Saint.
Anthophagous (a.) Eating
flowers; -- said of certain insects.
Anthophore (n.) The stipe
when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink
family.
Anthophorous (a.) Flower
bearing; supporting the flower.
Anthophyllite (n.) A
mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
Anthorism (n.) A
description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.
Anthotaxy (n.) The
arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of
flowers; inflorescence.
Anthozoa (n. pl.) The
class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three
principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
Anthozoan (a.) Pertaining
to the Anthozoa.
Anthozoan (n.) One of the
Anthozoa.
Anthozoic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Anthozoa.
Anthracene (n.) A solid
hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of
the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of
alizarin.
Anthracic (a.) Of or
relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
Anthraciferous (a.)
Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
Anthracite (n.) A hard,
compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal
in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a
nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon.
Also called glance coal and blind coal.
Anthracitic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.
Anthracoid (a.) Resembling
anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.
Anthracomancy (n.)
Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
Anthracometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
Anthracometric (a.) Of or
pertaining to an anthracometer.
Anthraconite (n.) A
coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also
stinkstone and swinestone.
Anthraquinone (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained
by oxidation of anthracene.
Anthrax (n.) A carbuncle.
Anthrax (n.) A malignant
pustule.
Anthrax (n.) A
microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent
rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
Anthrax (n.) An infectious
disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped
bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious
matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly
enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
Anthrenus (n.) A genus of
small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to
woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle
is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.
Anthropic (a.) Alt. of
Anthropical
Anthropical (a.) Like or
related to man; human.
Anthropidae (n. pl.) The
group that includes man only.
Anthropocentric (a.)
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the
universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.
Anthropogenic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anthropogeny.
Anthropogeny (n.) The
science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.
Anthropoglot (n.) An
animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.
Anthropography (n.) That
branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race
in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language,
institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats
historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
Anthropoid (a.) Resembling
man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.
Anthropoid (n.) An
anthropoid ape.
Anthropoidal (a.)
Anthropoid.
Anthropoidea (n. pl.) The
suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
Anthropolatry (n.) Man
worship.
Anthropolite (n.) A
petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
Anthropologic (a.) Alt. of
Anthropological
Anthropological (a.)
Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.
Anthropologist (n.) One
who is versed in anthropology.
Anthropology (n.) The
science of the structure and functions of the human body.
Anthropology (n.) The
science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as
an object of natural history, or as an animal.
Anthropology (n.) That
manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and
passions to God.
Anthropomancy (n.)
Divination by the entrails of human being.
Anthropometric (a.) Alt.
of Anthropometrical
Anthropometrical (a.)
Pertaining to anthropometry.
Anthropometry (n.)
Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at
different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.
Anthropomorpha (n. pl.)
The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
Anthropomorphic (a.) Of or
pertaining to anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphism (n.) The
representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or
with human attributes and affections.
Anthropomorphism (n.) The
ascription of human characteristics to things not human.
Anthropomorphist (n.) One
who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to
anything not human.
Anthropomorphite (n.) One
who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic
deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that
God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.
Anthropomorphitic (a.) to
anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphitism (n.)
Anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphize (v. t. & i.)
To attribute a human form or personality to.
Anthropomorphology (n.)
The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
Anthropomorphosis (n.)
Transformation into the form of a human being.
Anthropomorphous (a.)
Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant.
Anthropopathic (a.) Alt.
of Anthropopathical
Anthropopathical (a.) Of
or pertaining to anthropopathy.
Anthropopathism (n.) Alt.
of Anthropopathy
Anthropopathy (n.) The
ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
Anthropophagi (n. pl.) Man
eaters; cannibals.
Anthropophagic (a.) Alt.
of Anthropophagical
Anthropophagical (a.)
Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.
Anthropophaginian (n.) One
who east human flesh.
Anthropophagite (n.) A
cannibal.
Anthropophagous (a.)
Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
Anthropophagy (n.) The
eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Anthropophuism (n.) Human
nature.
Anthroposcopy (n.) The art
of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from
a study of his visible features.
Anthroposophy (n.)
Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.
Anthropotomical (a.)
Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
Anthropotomist (n.) One
who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
Anthropotomy (n.) The
anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
Anthypnotic () See Antihypnotic.
Anthypochondriac (a. & n.)
See Antihypochondriac.
Anthysteric (a. & n.) See
Antihysteric.
Anti () A prefix meaning against,
opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many
English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.
Antiae (n. pl.) The two
projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
Antialbumid (n.) A body
formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into
antipeptone.
Antialbumose (n.) See
Albumose.
Anti-American (a.) Opposed
to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American
institutions.
Antiaphrodisiac (a. & n.)
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
Antiapoplectic (a. & n.)
Same as Antapoplectic.
Antiar (n.) A Virulent
poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree
(Antiaris toxicaria).
Antiarin (n.) A poisonous
principle obtained from antiar.
Antiasthmatic (a. & n.)
Same as Antasthmatic.
Antiattrition (n.)
Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for
machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material;
antifriction grease.
Antibacchius (n.) A foot
of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Antibillous (a.)
Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Antibrachial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
Antibrachium (n.) That
part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.
Antibromic (n.) An agent
that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
Antiburgher (n.) One who
seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
Antic (a.) Old; antique.
Antic (a.)
Antic (a.) Odd; fantastic;
fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
Antic (n.) A buffoon or
merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
Antic (n.) An odd imagery,
device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
Antic (n.) A grotesque
trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
Antic (n.) A grotesque
representation.
Antic (n.) An antimask.
Anticked (imp. & p. p.) of
Antic
Antickt () of Antic
Antic (v. t.) To make
appear like a buffoon.
Antic (v. i.) To perform
antics.
Anticatarrhal (a.)
Efficacious against catarrh.
Anticatarrhal (n.) An
anticatarrhal remedy.
Anticathode (n.) The part
of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.
Anticausodic (a. & n.)
Same as Anticausotic.
Anticausotic (a.) Good
against an inflammatory fever.
Anticausotic (n.) A remedy
for such a fever.
Antichamber (n.) See
Antechamber.
Antichlor (n.) Any
substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of
chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
Antichrist (n.) A denier
or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to
precede Christ's second coming.
Antichristian (a.) Opposed
to the Christian religion.
Antichristianism (n.) Alt.
of Antichristianity
Antichristianity (n.)
Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
Antichristianly (adv.) In
an antichristian manner.
Antichronical (a.)
Deviating from the proper order of time.
Antichronism (n.)
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
Antichthones (pl. ) of
Antichthon
Antichthon (n.) A
hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
Antichthon (n.)
Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
Anticipant (a.)
Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.
Anticipated (imp. & p. p.)
of Anticipate
Anticipating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Anticipate
Anticipate (v. t.) To be
before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior
action.
Anticipate (v. t.) To take
up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to
occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his
argument.
Anticipate (v. t.) To
foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
Anticipate (v. t.) To
foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to
anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.
Anticipation (n.) The act
of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or
before the proper time in natural order.
Anticipation (n.) Previous
view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste;
antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.
Anticipation (n.) Hasty
notion; intuitive preconception.
Anticipation (n.) The
commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding,
forming a momentary discord.
Anticipative (a.)
Anticipating, or containing anticipation.
Anticipator (n.) One who
anticipates.
Anticipatory (a.)
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
Anticivic (n.) Opposed to
citizenship.
Anticivism (n.) Opposition
to the body politic of citizens.
Anticlastic (a.) Having to
opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and
transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.
Anticlimax (n.) A sentence
in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; --
the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
Anticlinal (a.) Inclining
or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
Anticlinal (n.) The crest
or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
Anticlinoria (pl. ) of
Anticlinorium
Anticlinorium (n.) The
upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.
Anticly (adv.) Oddly;
grotesquely.
Antic-mask (n.) An
antimask.
Anticness (n.) The quality
of being antic.
Anticonstitutional (a.)
Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.
Anticontagious (a.)
Opposing or destroying contagion.
Anticonvulsive (a.) Good
against convulsions.
Anticor (n.) A dangerous
inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.
Anticous (a.) Facing
toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
Anticyclone (n.) A
movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the
wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.
Antidotal (a.) Having the
quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Antidotary (a.) Antidotal.
Antidote (n.) A remedy to
counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach;
-- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
Antidote (n.) Whatever
tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else
might produce.
Antidote (v. t.) To
counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
Antidote (v. t.) To
fortify or preserve by an antidote.
Antidotical (a.) Serving
as an antidote.
Antidromous (a.) Changing
the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
Antidysenteric (a.) Good
against dysentery.
Antidysenteric (n.) A
medicine for dysentery.
Antiemetic (a. / n.) Same
as Antemetic.
Antiephialtic (a. & n.)
Same as Antephialtic.
Antiepileptic (a. & n.)
Same as Antepileptic.
Antifebrile (a. & n.)
Febrifuge.
Antifebrine (n.)
Acetanilide.
Anti-federalist (n.) One
of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the
party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.
Antifriction (n.)
Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.
Antifriction (a.) Tending
to lessen friction.
Antigalastic (a.) Causing
a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
Anti-Gallican (a.) Opposed
to what is Gallic or French.
Antigraph (n.) A copy or
transcript.
Antiguggler (n.) A crooked
tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the
liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.
Antihelix (n.) The curved
elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.
Antihemorrhagic (a.)
Tending to stop hemorrhage.
Antihemorrhagic (n.) A
remedy for hemorrhage.
Antihydrophobic (a.)
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
Antihydrophobic (n.) A
remedy for hydrophobia.
Antihydropic (a.) Good
against dropsy.
Antihydropic (n.) A remedy
for dropsy.
Antihypnotic (a.) Tending
to prevent sleep.
Antihypnotic (n.) An
antihypnotic agent.
Antihypochondriac (a.)
Counteractive of hypochondria.
Antihypochondriac (n.) A
remedy for hypochondria.
Antihysteric (a.)
Counteracting hysteria.
Antihysteric (n.) A remedy
for hysteria.
Antiicteric (a.) Good
against jaundice.
Antiicteric (n.) A remedy
for jaundice.
Antilegomena (n. pl.)
Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally
received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the
Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second
and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called
the Homologoumena.
Antilibration (n.) A
balancing; equipoise.
Antilithic (a.) Tending to
prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.
Antilithic (n.) An
antilithic medicine.
Antilogarithm (n.) The
number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely,
used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine
corresponding to a given logarithmic sine.
Antilogous (a.) Of the
contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.
Antilogies (pl. ) of
Antilogy
Antilogy (n.) A
contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
Antiloimic (n.) A remedy
against the plague.
Antilopine (a.) Of or
relating to the antelope.
Antiloquist (n.) A
contradicter.
Antiloquy (n.)
Contradiction.
Antilyssic (a. & n.)
Antihydrophobic.
Antimacassar (n.) A cover
for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled
by macassar or other oil from the hair.
Antimagistrical (a.)
Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates.
Antimalarial (a.) Good
against malaria.
Antimask (n.) A secondary
mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask.
Antimason (n.) One opposed
to Freemasonry.
Antimasonry (n.)
Opposition to Freemasonry.
Antimephitic (a.) Good
against mephitic or deleterious gases.
Antimephitic (n.) A remedy
against mephitic gases.
Antimere (n.) One of the
two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical
or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
Antimetabole (n.) A figure
in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Antimetathesis (n.) An
antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
Antimeter (n.) A
modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
Antimonarchic () Alt. of
Antimonarchical
Antimonarchical () Opposed to
monarchial government.
Antimonarchist (n.) An
enemy to monarchial government.
Antimonate (n.) A compound
of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.
Antimonial (a.) Of or
pertaining to antimony.
Antimonial (n.) A
preparation or medicine containing antimony.
Antimoniated (a.) Combined
or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
Antimonic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which
this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
Antimonious (a.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony
in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as,
antimonious acid.
Antimonite (n.) A compound
of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
Antimonite (n.) Stibnite.
Antimoniureted (a.)
Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen.
Antimony (n.) An
elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical
properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic
substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
Antinational (a.)
Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
Antinephritic (a.)
Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
Antinephritic (n.) An
antinephritic remedy.
Antinomian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is
obligatory.
Antinomian (n.) One who
maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or
obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of
Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
Antinomianism (n.) The
tenets or practice of Antinomians.
Antinomist (n.) An
Antinomian.
Antinomies (pl. ) of
Antinomy
Antinomy (n.) Opposition
of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Antinomy (n.) An opposing
law or rule of any kind.
Antinomy (n.) A
contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian
philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the
ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the
facts or the concepts of experience.
Antiochian (a.) Pertaining
to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of
philosophers.
Antiochian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiodontalgic (a.)
Efficacious in curing toothache.
Antiodontalgic (n.) A
remedy for toothache.
Antiorgastic (a.) Tending
to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Antipapal (a.) Opposed to
the pope or to popery.
Antiparallel (a.) Running
in a contrary direction.
Antiparallels (n. pl.)
Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character
to those made by parallel lines or planes.
Antiparalytic (a.) Good
against paralysis.
Antiparalytic (n.) A
medicine for paralysis.
Antiparalytical (a.)
Antiparalytic.
Antipathetic (a.) Alt. of
Antipathetical
Antipathetical (a.) Having
a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by
antipathy; -- often followed by to.
Antipathic (a.) Belonging
to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
Antipathist (n.) One who
has an antipathy.
Antipathize (v. i.) To
feel or show antipathy.
Antipathous (a.) Having a
natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic.
Antipathies (pl. ) of
Antipathy
Antipathy (n.) Contrariety
or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Antipathy (n.) Natural
contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have
antipathy.
Antipeptone (n.) A product
of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being
decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy
possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or
exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
Antiperistaltic (a.)
Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action
of the intestinal tube.
Antiperistasis (n.)
Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or
reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or
quality.
Antiperistatic (a.)
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
Antipetalous (a.) Standing
before a petal, as a stamen.
Antipharmic (a.)
Antidotal; alexipharmic.
Antiphlogistian (n.) An
opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
Antiphlogistic (a.)
Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
Antiphlogistic (a.)
Counteracting inflammation.
Antiphlogistic (n.) Any
medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Antiphon (n.) A musical
response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
Antiphon (n.) A verse said
before and after the psalms.
Antiphonal (a.) Of or
pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided
choir or opposite choirs.
Antiphonal (n.) A book of
antiphons or anthems.
Antiphonary (n.) A book
containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the
breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
Antiphone (n.) The
response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate
chanting or signing.
Antiphoner (n.) A book of
antiphons.
Antiphonic (a.)
Antiphonal.
Antiphonies (pl. ) of
Antiphony
Antiphony (n.) A musical
response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
Antiphony (n.) An anthem
or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts.
Also figuratively.
Antiphrasis (n.) The use
of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice
is called a court of vengeance.
Antiphrastic (a.) Alt. of
Antiphrastical
Antiphrastical (a.)
Pertaining to antiphrasis.
Antiphthisic (a.)
Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.
Antiphthisic (n.) A
medicine for phthisis.
Antiphysical (a.) Contrary
to nature; unnatural.
Antiphysical (a.)
Relieving flatulence; carminative.
Antiplastic (a.)
Diminishing plasticity.
Antiplastic (a.)
Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
Antipodagric (a.) Good
against gout.
Antipodagric (n.) A
medicine for gout.
Antipodal (a.) Pertaining
to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
Antipodal (a.)
Diametrically opposite.
Antipode (n.) One of the
antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
Antipodean (a.) Pertaining
to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
Antipodes (n.) Those who
live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
Antipodes (n.) The country
of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
Antipodes (n.) Anything
exactly opposite or contrary.
Antipole (n.) The opposite
pole; anything diametrically opposed.
Antipope (n.) One who is
elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen;
esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
Antipsoric (a.) Of use in
curing the itch.
Antipsoric (n.) An
antipsoric remedy.
Antiptosis (n.) The
putting of one case for another.
Antiputrefactive (a.) Alt.
of Antiputrescent
Antiputrescent (a.)
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
Antipyic (a.) Checking or
preventing suppuration.
Antipyic (n.) An antipyic
medicine.
Antipyresis (n.) The
condition or state of being free from fever.
Antipyretic (a.)
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Antipyretic (n.) A
febrifuge.
Antipyrine (n.) An
artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
Antipyrotic (a.) Good
against burns or pyrosis.
Antipyrotic (n.) Anything
of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
Antiquarian (a.)
Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
Antiquarian (n.) An
antiquary.
Antiquarian (n.) A drawing
paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
Antiquarianism (n.)
Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
Antiquarianize (v. i.) To
act the part of an antiquary.
Antiquary (a.) Pertaining
to antiquity.
Antiquaries (pl. ) of
Antiquary
Antiquary (n.) One devoted
to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments,
remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who
searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.
Antiquate (v. t.) To make
old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of
use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.
Antiquated (a.) Grown old.
Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.
Antiquatedness (n.)
Quality of being antiquated.
Antiquateness (n.)
Antiquatedness.
Antiquation (n.) The act
of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
Antique (a.) Old; ancient;
of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to
the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
Antique (a.) Old, as
respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion;
antiquated; as, an antique robe.
Antique (a.) Made in
imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of
Indolence."
Antique (a.) Odd;
fantastic.
Antique (a.) In general,
anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient
art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues,
paintings, and vases.
Antiquely (adv.) In an
antique manner.
Antiqueness (n.) The
quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
Antiquist (n.) An
antiquary; a collector of antiques.
Antiquitarian (n.) An
admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]
Antiquities (pl. ) of
Antiquity
Antiquity (n.) The quality
of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity;
a family of great antiquity.
Antiquity (n.) Old age.
Antiquity (n.) Ancient
times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of
antiquity.
Antiquity (n.) The
ancients; the people of ancient times.
Antiquity (n.) An old
gentleman.
Antiquity (n.) A relic or
monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
[In this sense, usually in the plural.]
Antirachitic (a.) Good
against the rickets.
Antirenter (n.) One
opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the
collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain
manorial lands in the State of New York.
Antisabbatarian (n.) One
of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
Antisacerdotal (a.)
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
Antiscians (n. pl.) Alt.
of Antiscii
Antiscii (n. pl.) The
inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose
shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.
Antiscoletic (a.) Alt. of
Antiscolic
Antiscolic (a.)
Anthelmintic.
Antiscorbutic (a.)
Counteracting scurvy.
Antiscorbutic (n.) A
remedy for scurvy.
Antiscorbutical (a.)
Antiscorbutic.
Antiscriptural (a.)
Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
Antisepalous (a.) Standing
before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
Antiseptic (a.) Alt. of
Antiseptical
Antiseptical (a.)
Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the
system; antiputrefactive.
Antiseptic (n.) A
substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from,
putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Antiseptically (adv.) By
means of antiseptics.
Antislavery (a.) Opposed
to slavery.
Antislavery (n.)
Opposition to slavery.
Antisocial (a.) Tending to
interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its
existence; as, antisocial principles.
Antisocialist (n.) One
opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
Antisolar (a.) Opposite to
the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180¡ distant from the sun.
Antispasmodic (a.) Good
against spasms.
Antispasmodic (n.) A
medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Antispast (n.) A foot of
four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).
Antispastic (a.) Believed
to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.
Antispastic (a.)
Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.
Antispastic (n.) An
antispastic agent.
Antisplenetic (a.) Good as
a remedy against disease of the spleen.
Antisplenetic (n.) An
antisplenetic medicine.
Antistrophe (n.) In Greek
choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a
previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part
of the choral song.
Antistrophe (n.) The
repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the
servant of the master.
Antistrophe (n.) The
retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
Antistrophic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an antistrophe.
Antistrophon (n.) An
argument retorted on an opponent.
Antistrumatic (a.)
Antistrumous.
Antistrumatic (n.) A
medicine for scrofula.
Antistrumous (a.) Good
against scrofulous disorders.
Antisyphilitic (a.)
Efficacious against syphilis.
Antisyphilitic (n.) A
medicine for syphilis.
Antitheism (n.) The
doctrine of antitheists.
Antitheist (n.) A
disbeliever in the existence of God.
Antitheses (pl. ) of
Antithesis
Antithesis (n.) An
opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence;
as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot
at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."
Antithesis (n.) The second
of two clauses forming an antithesis.
Antithesis (n.)
Opposition; contrast.
Antithet (n.) An
antithetic or contrasted statement.
Antithetic (a.) Alt. of
Antithetical
Antithetical (a.)
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or
of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
Antithetically (adv.) By
way antithesis.
Antitoxin (n.) Alt. of
Antitoxine
Antitoxine (n.) A
substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes
naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing
immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of
pathogenic bacteria.
Anti-trade (n.) A tropical
wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Antitragus (n.) A
prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear,
opposite the tragus. See Ear.
Antitrochanter (n.) An
articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of
the femur plays.
Antitropal (a.) Alt. of
Antitropous
Antitropous (a.) At the
extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to
the seed, as the radicle.
Antitypal (a.)
Antitypical.
Antitype (n.) That of
which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by
the type or symbol.
Antitypical (a.) Of or
pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.
Antitypous (a.) Resisting
blows; hard.
Antitypy (n.) Opposition
or resistance of matter to force.
Antivaccination (n.)
Opposition to vaccination.
Antivaccinationist (n.) An
antivaccinist.
Antivaccinist (n.) One
opposed to vaccination.
Antivariolous (a.)
Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
Antivenereal (a.) Good
against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
Antivivisection (n.)
Opposition to vivisection.
Antivivisectionist (n.)
One opposed to vivisection
Antizymic (a.) Preventing
fermentation.
Antizymotic (a.)
Preventing fermentation or decomposition.
Antizymotic (n.) An agent
so used.
Antler (n.) The entire
horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Antlered (a.) Furnished
with antlers.
Antilae (pl. ) of Antlia
Antlia (n.) The spiral
tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
Ant-lion (n.) A
neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture
ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is
M. formicarius.
Antoeci (n. pl) Alt. of
Antoecians
Antoecians (n. pl) Those
who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north
and south of the equator.
Antonomasia (n.) The use
of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the
proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when,
instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a
proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,
or an eminent orator a Cicero.
Antonomastic (a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
Antonomasy (n.)
Antonomasia.
Antonym (n.) A word of
opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Antorbital (a.) Pertaining
to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.
Antorbital (n.) The
antorbital bone.
Antorgastic (a.) See
Antiorgastic.
Antozone (n.) A compound
formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen
dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it
into ordinary oxygen.
Antral (a.) Relating to an
antrum.
Antre (n.) A cavern.
Antrorse (a.) Forward or
upward in direction.
Antrovert (v. t.) To bend
forward.
Antra (pl. ) of Antrum
Antrum (n.) A cavern or
cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus
Antrustion (n.) A vassal
or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises
Ant thrush () One of several
species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat
resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.
Ant thrush () See Ant bird, under
Ant.
Anubis (n.) An Egyptian
deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the
head of a dog or fox.
Anura (n. pl.) One of the
orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and
toads.
Anurous (a.) Destitute of
a tail, as the frogs and toads.
Anury (n.) Nonsecretion or
defective secretion of urine; ischury.
Anus (n.) The posterior
opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.
Anvil (n.) An iron block,
usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
Anvil (n.) Anything
resembling an anvil in shape or use.
Anvil (n.) the incus. See
Incus.
Anvil (v. t.) To form or
shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
Anxietude (n.) The state
of being anxious; anxiety.
Anxieties (pl. ) of
Anxiety
Anxiety (n.) Concern or
solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs
the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
Anxiety (n.) Eager desire.
Anxiety (n.) A state of
restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing
sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
Anxious (a.) Full of
anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting
something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons;
as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
Anxious (a.) Accompanied
with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
Anxious (a.) Earnestly
desirous; as, anxious to please.
Anxiously (adv.) In an
anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Anxiousness (n.) The
quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
Any (a. & pron.) One
indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or
whatsoever it may be.
Any (a. & pron.) Some, of
whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are
there any other houses like it?
Any (adv.) To any extent;
in any degree; at all.
Anybody (n.) Any one out
of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
Anybody (n.) A person of
consideration or standing.
Anyhow (adv.) In any way
or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Anyone (n.) One taken at
random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]
Anything (n.) Any object,
act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other;
aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
Anything (n.) Expressing
an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.
Anything (adv.) In any
measure; anywise; at all.
Anythingarian (n.) One who
holds to no particular creed or dogma.
Anyway (adv.) Alt. of
Anyways
Anyways (adv.) Anywise; at
all.
Anywhere (adv.) In any
place.
Anywhither (adv.) To or
towards any place.
Anywise (adv.) In any wise
or way; at all.
Aonian (a.) Pertaining to
Aonia, in B/otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.
Aorist (n.) A tense in the
Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves
it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
Aoristic (a.) Indefinite;
pertaining to the aorist tense.
Aorta (n.) The great
artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except
the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
Aortic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the aorta.
Aortitis (n.) Inflammation
of the aorta.
Aoudad (n.) An African
sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the
breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
Apace (adv.) With a quick
pace; quick; fast; speedily.
Apaches (n. pl.) A group
of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona,
New Mexico, etc.
Apagoge (n.) An indirect
argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the
contrary.
Apagogic (a.) Alt. of
Apagogical
Apagogical (a.) Proving
indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.
Apaid (a.) Paid; pleased.
Apair (v. t. & i.) To
impair or become impaired; to injure.
Apalachian (a.) See
Appalachian.
Apanage (n.) Same as
Appanage.
Apanthropy (n.) An
aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.
Apar (n.) Alt. of Apara
Apara (n.) See Mataco.
Aparejo (n.) A kind of
pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish
Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
Aparithmesis (n.)
Enumeration of parts or particulars.
Apart (adv.) Separately,
in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
Apart (adv.) In a state of
separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character,
or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two
propositions apart.
Apart (adv.) Aside; away.
Apart (adv.) In two or
more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
Apartment (n.) A room in a
building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
Apartment (n.) A set or
suite of rooms.
Apartment (n.) A
compartment.
Apartness (n.) The quality
of standing apart.
Apastron (n.) That point
in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its
primary.
Apathetic (a.) Alt. of
Apathetical
Apathetical (a.) Void of
feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
Apathetically (adv.) In an
apathetic manner.
Apathist (n.) One who is
destitute of feeling.
Apathistical (a.)
Apathetic; une motional.
Apathies (pl. ) of Apathy
Apathy (n.) Want of
feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied
either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness,
indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to
active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.
Apatite (n.) Native
phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale
green, transparent or translucent.
Apaume (n.) See Appaume.
Ape (n.) A quadrumanous
mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as
in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied
esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term
for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are
often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
Ape (n.) One who imitates
servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Ape (n.) A dupe.
Aped (imp. & p. p.) of Ape
Aping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Ape
Ape (v. t.) To mimic, as
an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
Apeak (adv. & a.) In a
vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in
to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.
Apehood (n.) The state of
being an ape.
Apellous (a.) Destitute of
skin.
Apennine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending
through Italy.
Apepsy (n.) Defective
digestion, indigestion.
Aper (n.) One who apes.
Aperea (n.) The wild
Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
Aperient (a.) Gently
opening the bowels; laxative.
Aperient (n.) An aperient
medicine or food.
Aperitive (a.) Serving to
open; aperient.
Apert (a.) Open; evident;
undisguised.
Apert (adv.) Openly.
Apertion (n.) The act of
opening; an opening; an aperture.
Apertly (adv.) Openly;
clearly.
Apertness (n.) Openness;
frankness.
Aperture (n.) The act of
opening.
Aperture (n.) An opening;
an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an
aperture in a wall.
Aperture (n.) The diameter
of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical
instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.
Aperies (pl. ) of Apery
Apery (n.) A place where
apes are kept.
Apery (n.) The practice of
aping; an apish action.
Apetalous (a.) Having no
petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].
Apetalousness (n.) The
state of being apetalous.
Apexes (pl. ) of Apex
Apices (pl. ) of Apex
Apex (n.) The tip, top,
point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or
cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
Apex (n.) The end or edge
of a vein nearest the surface.
Aphaeresis (n.) Same as
Apheresis.
Aphakia (n.) An anomalous
state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after
operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.
Aphakial (a.) Pertaining
to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.
Aphaniptera (n. pl.) A
group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.
Aphanipterous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Aphaniptera.
Aphanite (n.) A very
compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar,
but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Aphanitic (a.) Resembling
aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.
Aphasia (n.) Alt. of
Aphasy
Aphasy (n.) Loss of the
power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining
intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or
disease of the brain.
Aphasic (a.) Pertaining
to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.
Aphelia (pl. ) of Aphelion
Aphelion (n.) That point
of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite
point being the perihelion.
Apheliotropic (a.) Turning
away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.
Apheliotropism (n.) The
habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
Aphemia (n.) Loss of the
power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of
cerebral origin.
Apheresis (n.) The
dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for
acute.
Apheresis (n.) An
operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
Aphesis (n.) The loss of a
short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic
process; as, squire for esquire.
Aphetic (a.) Shortened by
dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic
word or form.
Aphetism (n.) An aphetized
form of a word.
Aphetize (v. t.) To
shorten by aphesis.
Aphid (n.) One of the
genus Aphis; an aphidian.
Aphides (n. pl.) See
Aphis.
Aphidian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Aphidae.
Aphidian (n.) One of the
aphides; an aphid.
Aphidivorous () Devouring
aphides; aphidophagous.
Aphidophagous (a.) Feeding
upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Aphilanthropy (n.) Want of
love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy.
Aphides (pl. ) of Aphis
Aphis (n.) A genus of
insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous
species known as plant lice and green flies.
Aphis lion () The larva of the
lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is
also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella).
Aphlogistic (a.)
Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state
of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
Aphonia (n.) Alt. of
Aphony
Aphony (n.) Loss of voice
or vocal utterance.
Aphonic (a.) Alt. of
Aphonous
Aphonous (a.) Without
voice; voiceless; nonvocal.
Aphorism (n.) A
comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined
sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
Aphorismatic (a.) Alt. of
Aphorismic
Aphorismic (a.) Pertaining
to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
Aphorismer (n.) A dealer
in aphorisms.
Aphorist (n.) A writer or
utterer of aphorisms.
Aphoristic (a.) Alt. of
Aphoristical
Aphoristical (a.) In the
form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected
sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
Aphoristically (adv.) In
the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
Aphorize (v. i.) To make
aphorisms.
Aphrite (n.) See under
Calcite.
Aphrodisiac (a.) Alt. of
Aphrodisiacal
Aphrodisiacal (a.)
Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Aphrodisiac (n.) That
which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.
Aphrodisian (a.)
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].
Aphrodite (n.) The Greek
goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
Aphrodite (n.) A large
marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea
mouse.
Aphrodite (n.) A beautiful
butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
Aphroditic (a.) Venereal.
Aphtha (n.) One of the
whitish specks called aphthae.
Aphtha (n.) The disease,
also called thrush.
Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish
pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in
white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.
Aphthoid (a.) Of the
nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.
Aphthong (n.) A letter, or
a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation
having no sound.
Aphthous (a.) Pertaining
to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers;
aphthous fever.
Aphyllous (a.) Destitute
of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
Apiaceous (a.)
Umbelliferous.
Apian (a.) Belonging to
bees.
Apiarian (a.) Of or
relating to bees.
Apiarist (n.) One who
keeps an apiary.
Apiary (n.) A place where
bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Apical (a.) At or
belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
Apices (n. pl.) See Apex.
Apician (a.) Belonging to
Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly
refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
Apicular (a.) Situated at,
or near, the apex; apical.
Apiculate (a.) Alt. of
Apiculated
Apiculated (a.) Terminated
abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Apiculture (n.) Rearing of
bees for their honey and wax.
Apiece (adv.) Each by
itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost
a shilling apiece.
Apieces (adv.) In pieces
or to pieces.
Apiked (a.) Trimmed.
Apiol (n.) An oily liquid
derived from parsley.
Apiologist (n.) A student
of bees.
Apis (n.) A genus of
insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica)
and other related species. See Honeybee.
Apish (a.) Having the
qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike;
fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Apishly (adv.) In an apish
manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Apishness (n.) The quality
of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Apitpat (adv.) With quick
beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Aplacental (a.) Belonging
to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Aplacentata (n. pl.)
Mammals which have no placenta.
Aplacophora (n. pl.) A
division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines
or setae, but is without shelly plates.
Aplanatic (a.) Having two
or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical
aberration; -- said of a lens.
Aplanatism (n.) Freedom
from spherical aberration.
Aplastic (a.) Not plastic
or easily molded.
Aplomb (n.) Assurance of
manner or of action; self-possession.
Aplotomy (n.) Simple
incision.
Aplustre (n.) An
ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan
and curved like a bird's feather.
Aplysia (n.) A genus of
marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species
when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some
distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
Apneumona (n. pl.) An
order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; --
called also Apoda or Apodes.
Apnoea (n.) Partial
privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Apo () A prefix from a Greek
preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate;
as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
Apocalypse (n.) The
revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the
first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.
Apocalypse (n.) Anything
viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
Apocalyptic (a.) Alt. of
Apocalyptical
Apocalyptical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John;
containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
Apocalyptic (n.) Alt. of
Apocalyptist
Apocalyptist (n.) The
writer of the Apocalypse.
Apocalyptically (adv.) By
revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
Apocarpous (a.) Either
entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed
to syncarpous.
Apocopate (v. t.) To cut
off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a
word.
Apocopate (a.) Alt. of
Apocopated
Apocopated (a.) Shortened
by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
Apocopation (n.)
Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.
Apocope (n.) The cutting
off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Apocope (n.) A cutting
off; abscission.
Apocrisiary (n.) Alt. of
Apocrisiarius
Apocrisiarius (n.) A
delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
Apocrustic (a.) Astringent
and repellent.
Apocrustic (n.) An
apocrustic medicine.
Apocryphas (pl. ) of
Apocrypha
Apocrypha (n. pl.)
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; --
formerly used also adjectively.
Apocrypha (n. pl.)
Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic
part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
Apocryphal (a.) Pertaining
to the Apocrypha.
Apocryphal (a.) Not
canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious;
spurious; false.
Apocryphalist (n.) One who
believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha.
Apocryphally (adv.) In an
apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
Apocryphalness (n.) The
quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Apocynaceous (a.) Alt. of
Apocyneous
Apocyneous (a.) Belonging
to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the
type.
Apocynin (n.) A bitter
principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apodal
Apodal (n.) Without feet;
footless.
Apodal (n.) Destitute of
the ventral fin, as the eels.
Apods (pl. ) of Apode
Apodes (pl. ) of Apode
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apode
Apode (n.) One of certain
animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds
which were said to have no feet.
Apoda (n.) A group of
cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
Apoda (n.) An order of
Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
Apoda (n.) A group of
worms without appendages, as the leech.
Apodan (a.) Apodal.
Apodeictic (a.) Alt. of
Apodictical
Apodictic (a.) Alt. of
Apodictical
Apodeictical (a.) Alt. of
Apodictical
Apodictical (a.)
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeictically (adv.) Alt.
of Apodictically
Apodictically (adv.) So as
to be evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeme (n.) One of the
processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the
thorax of many Crustacea.
Apodes (n. pl.) An order
of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
Apodes (n. pl.) A group of
holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Apodictic (a.) Same as
Apodeictic.
Apodixis (n.) Full
demonstration.
Apodosis (n.) The
consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the
result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a
condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,"
the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
Apodous (a.) Apodal; apod.
Apodyterium (n.) The
apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped;
a dressing room.
Apogaic (a.) Apogean.
Apogamic (a.) Relating to
apogamy.
Apogamy (n.) The formation
of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
Apogeal (a.) Apogean.
Apogean (a.) Connected
with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed
her apogee.
Apogee (n.) That point in
the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
Apogee (n.) Fig.: The
farthest or highest point; culmination.
Apogeotropic (a.) Bending
away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
Apogeotropism (n.) The
apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
Apograph (n.) A copy or
transcript.
Apohyal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
Apolar (a.) Having no
radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
Apolaustic (a.) Devoted to
enjoyment.
Apollinarian (a.) In honor
of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.
Apollinarian (n.) A
follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied
the proper humanity of Christ.
Apollinaris water () An
effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained
from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
Apollo (n.) A deity among
the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of
archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the
model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus.
Apollonian (a.) Alt. of
Apollonic
Apollonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.
Apollyon (n.) The
Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit,
answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
Apologer (n.) A teller of
apologues.
Apologetic (a.) Alt. of
Apologetical
Apologetical (a.)
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of
apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
Apologetically (adv.) By
way of apology.
Apologetics (n.) That
branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the
evidence of their divine authority.
Apologist (n.) One who
makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an
institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
Apologized (imp. & p. p.)
of Apologize
Apologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apologize
Apologize (v. i.) To make
an apology or defense.
Apologize (v. i.) To make
an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with
expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent
apologized for not answering my letter.
Apologize (v. t.) To
defend.
Apologizer (n.) One who
makes an apology; an apologist.
Apologue (n.) A story or
relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral
fable.
Apologies (pl. ) of
Apology
Apology (n.) Something
said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or
of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology
for Christianity.
Apology (n.) An
acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or
act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by
an expression of regret.
Apology (n.) Anything
provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
Apology (v. i.) To offer
an apology.
Apomecometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the height of objects.
Apomecometry (n.) The art
of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
Apomorphia (n.) Alt. of
Apomorphine
Apomorphine (n.) A
crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
Aponeuroses (pl. ) of
Aponeurosis
Aponeurosis (n.) Any one
of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the
terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons
only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
Aponeurotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an aponeurosis.
Aponeurotomy (n.)
Dissection of aponeuroses.
Apopemptic (a.) Sung or
addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.
Apophasis (n.) A figure by
which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in
such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's
oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
Apophlegmatic (a.)
Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Apophlegmatic (n.) An
apophlegmatic medicine.
Apophlegmatism (n.) The
action of apophlegmatics.
Apophlegmatism (n.) An
apophlegmatic.
Apophlegmatizant (n.) An
apophlegmatic.
Apophthegm (n.) See
Apothegm.
Apophthegmatic (a.) Alt.
of Apophthegmatical
Apophthegmatical (a.) Same
as Apothegmatic.
Apophyge (n.) The small
hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it
expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
Apophyllite (n.) A mineral
relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with
pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and
potassium.
-ses (pl. ) of Apophysis
Apophysis (n.) A marked
prominence or process on any part of a bone.
Apophysis (n.) An
enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
Apoplectic (a.) Alt. of
Apoplectical
Apoplectical (a.) Relating
to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an
apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
Apoplectic (n.) One liable
to, or affected with, apoplexy.
Apoplectiform (a.) Alt. of
Apoplectoid
Apoplectoid (a.)
Resembling apoplexy.
Apoplex (n.) Apoplexy.
Apoplexed (a.) Affected
with apoplexy.
Apoplexy (n.) Sudden
diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually
caused by pressure on the brain.
Aporetical (a.) Doubting;
skeptical.
Aporias (pl. ) of Aporia
Aporia (n.) A figure in
which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to
begin to end, what to say, etc.
Aporosa (n. pl.) A group
of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
Aporose (a.) Without
pores.
Aport (adv.) On or towards
the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Aposiopesis (n.) A figure
of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to
state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can
not speak of that, here."
Apositic (a.) Destroying
the appetite, or suspending hunger.
Apostasies (pl. ) of
Apostasy
Apostasy (n.) An
abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of
departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a
religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
Apostate (n.) One who has
forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one
who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
Apostate (n.) One who,
after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
Apostate (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
Apostate (v. i.) To
apostatize.
Apostatic (a.)
Apostatical.
Apostatical (a.) Apostate.
Apostatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Apostatize
Apostatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apostatize
Apostatize (v. i.) To
renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the
faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
Apostemate (v. i.) To form
an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
Apostemation (n.) The
formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
Apostematous (a.)
Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
Aposteme (n.) An abscess;
a swelling filled with purulent matter.
A posteriori () Characterizing
that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts,
or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or
infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
A posteriori () Applied to
knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or
experiment; inductive or empirical.
Apostil (n.) Alt. of
Apostille
Apostille (n.) A marginal
note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
Apostle (n.) Literally:
One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of
Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to
preach the gospel.
Apostle (n.) The
missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also,
one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important
belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as,
Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to
the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
Apostle (n.) A brief
letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating
the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
Apostleship (n.) The
office or dignity of an apostle.
Apostolate (n.) The
dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
Apostolate (n.) The
dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
Apostolic (a.) Alt. of
Apostolical
Apostolical (a.)
Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar
spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
Apostolical (a.) According
to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as,
apostolic faith or practice.
Apostolical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Apostolic (n.) A member of
one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the
practice of the apostles.
Apostolically (adv.) In an
apostolic manner.
Apostolicalness (n.)
Apostolicity.
Apostolicism (n.) Alt. of
Apostolicity
Apostolicity (n.) The
state or quality of being apostolical.
Apostrophe (n.) A figure
of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous
method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or
thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of
the third book of "Paradise Lost."
Apostrophe (n.) The
contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is
marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been;
as, call'd for called.
Apostrophe (n.) The mark
['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for
can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat,
boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
Apostrophic (a.)
Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.)
To address by apostrophe.
Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.)
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe
(') or apostrophes.
Apostrophize (v. i.) To
use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Apostume (n.) See
Aposteme.
Apotactite (n.) One of a
sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers,
renounced all their possessions.
Apotelesm (n.) The result
or issue.
Apotelesm (n.) The
calculation and explanation of a nativity.
Apotelesmatic (a.)
Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
Apotelesmatic (a.)
Relating to an issue of fulfillment.
Apothecaries (pl. ) of
Apothecary
Apothecary (n.) One who
prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
Apothecia (pl. ) of
Apothecium
Apothecium (n.) The
ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
Apothegm (n.) Alt. of
Apophthegm
Apophthegm (n.) A short,
pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a
sententious precept or maxim.
Apothegmatic (a.) Alt. of
Apothegmatical
Apothegmatical (a.)
Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
Apothegmatist (n.) A
collector or maker of apothegms.
Apothegmatize (v. i.) To
utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
Apothem (n.) The
perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
Apothem (n.) A deposit
formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
Apotheoses (pl. ) of
Apotheosis
Apotheosis (n. pl.) The
act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;"
deification.
Apotheosis (n. pl.)
Glorification; exaltation.
Apotheosize (v. t.) To
exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
Apothesis (n.) A place on
the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves,
for books, vestments, etc.
Apothesis (n.) A dressing
room connected with a public bath.
Apotome (n.) The
difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and
1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
Apotome (n.) The remaining
part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major
semitone.
Apozem (n.) A decoction or
infusion.
Apozemical (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, a decoction.
Appair (v. t. & i.) To
impair; to grow worse.
Appalachian (a.) Of or
pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the
Allegheny mountains.
Appalled (imp. & p. p.) of
Appall
Appalling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appall
Appall (a.) To make pale;
to blanch.
Appall (a.) To weaken; to
enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
Appall (a.) To depress or
discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind
shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to
dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
Appall (v. i.) To grow
faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
Appall (v. i.) To lose
flavor or become stale.
Appall (n.) Terror;
dismay.
Appalling (a.) Such as to
appall; as, an appalling accident.
Appallment (n.) Depression
occasioned by terror; dismay.
Appanage (n.) The portion
of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Appanage (n.) A
dependency; a dependent territory.
Appanage (n.) That which
belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
Appanagist (n.) A prince
to whom an appanage has been granted.
Apparaillyng (v.)
Preparation.
Apparatus (pl. ) of
Apparatus
Apparatuses (pl. ) of
Apparatus
Apparatus (n.) Things
provided as means to some end.
Apparatus (n.) Hence: A
full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty,
experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or
chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
Apparatus (n.) A
collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the
respiratory apparatus.
Apparel (n.) External
clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Apparel (n.) A small
ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical
vestments.
Apparel (n.) The furniture
of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Appareled (imp. & p. p.)
of Apparel
Apparelled () of Apparel
Appareling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apparel
Apparelling () of Apparel
Apparel (v. t.) To make or
get (something) ready; to prepare.
Apparel (v. t.) To furnish
with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
Apparel (v. t.) To dress
or clothe; to attire.
Apparel (v. t.) To dress
with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to
embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
Apparence (n.) Appearance.
Apparency (n.) Appearance.
Apparency (n.)
Apparentness; state of being apparent.
Apparency (n.) The
position of being heir apparent.
Apparent (a.) Capable of
being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or
view.
Apparent (a.) Clear or
manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable;
indubitable.
Apparent (a.) Appearing to
the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or
real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
Apparent (n.) An heir
apparent.
Apparently (adv.) Visibly.
Apparently (adv.) Plainly;
clearly; manifestly; evidently.
Apparently (adv.)
Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in
heart.
Apparentness (n.)
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
Apparition (n.) The act of
becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
Apparition (n.) The thing
appearing; a visible object; a form.
Apparition (n.) An
unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a
phantom.
Apparition (n.) The first
appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;
-- opposed to occultation.
Apparitional (a.)
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.
Apparitor (n.) Formerly,
an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
Apparitor (n.) A messenger
or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
Appaume (n.) A hand open
and extended so as to show the palm.
Appay (v. t.) To pay; to
satisfy or appease.
Appeach (v. t.) To
impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
Appeacher (n.) An accuser.
Appeachment (n.)
Accusation.
Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Appeal
Appealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appeal
Appeal (v. t.) To make
application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or
court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in
the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
Appeal (v. t.) To charge
with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for
some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
Appeal (v. t.) To summon;
to challenge.
Appeal (v. t.) To invoke.
Appeal (v. t.) To apply
for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the
purpose of reexamination of for decision.
Appeal (v. t.) To call
upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to
vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what
is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
Appeal (v. t.) An
application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior
judge or court for reexamination or review.
Appeal (v. t.) The mode of
proceeding by which such removal is effected.
Appeal (v. t.) The right
of appeal.
Appeal (v. t.) An
accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person
against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular
injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
Appeal (v. t.) An
accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice
was then called an approver. See Approvement.
Appeal (v. t.) A summons
to answer to a charge.
Appeal (v. t.) A call upon
a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to
another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
Appeal (v. t.) Resort to
physical means; recourse.
Appealable (a.) Capable of
being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision;
as, the cause is appealable.
Appealable (a.) That may
be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for
manslaughter.
Appealant (n.) An
appellant.
Appealer (n.) One who
makes an appeal.
Appealing (a.) That
appeals; imploring.
Appeared (imp. & p. p.) of
Appear
Appearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appear
Appear (v. i.) To come or
be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
Appear (v. i.) To come
before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
Appear (v. i.) To stand in
presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge,
plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before
a court, or as a person to be tried.
Appear (v. i.) To become
visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation
or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
Appear (v. i.) To seem; to
have a certain semblance; to look.
Appear (n.) Appearance.
Appearance (n.) The act of
appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his
sudden appearance surprised me.
Appearance (n.) A thing
seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
Appearance (n.) Personal
presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
Appearance (n.) Semblance,
or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted
to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character
of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
Appearance (n.) The act of
appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a
coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his
appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
Appearance (n.)
Probability; likelihood.
Appearance (n.) The coming
into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into
court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney,
expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or
proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court,
and submits to its jurisdiction.
Appearer (n.) One who
appears.
Appearingly (adv.)
Apparently.
Appeasable (a.) Capable of
being appeased or pacified; placable.
Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Appease
Appeasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appease
Appease (v. t.) To make
quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel
(anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions;
to appease hunger or thirst.
Appeasement (n.) The act
of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
Appeaser (n.) One who
appeases; a pacifier.
Appeasive (a.) Tending to
appease.
Appellable (a.)
Appealable.
Appellancy (n.) Capability
of appeal.
Appellant (a.) Relating to
an appeal; appellate.
Appellant (n.) One who
accuses another of felony or treason.
Appellant (n.) One who
appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
Appellant (n.) A
challenger.
Appellant (n.) One who
appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
Appellant (n.) One who
appeals or entreats.
Appellate (a.) Pertaining
to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
Appellate (n.) A person or
prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.
Appellation (n.) The act
of appealing; appeal.
Appellation (n.) The act
of calling by a name.
Appellation (n.) The word
by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title;
designation.
Appellative (a.)
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination;
denominative; naming.
Appellative (a.) Common,
as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
Appellative (n.) A common
name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands
for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus,
tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are
names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand,
stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
Appellative (n.) An
appellation or title; a descriptive name.
Appellatively (adv.) After
the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or
species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common
name, to signify a strong man.
Appellativeness (n.) The
quality of being appellative.
Appellatory (a.)
Containing an appeal.
Appellee (n.) The
defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.
Appellee (n.) The person
who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor.
Appellor (n.) The person
who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
Appellor (n.) One who
confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Appenage (n.) See
Appanage.
Appended (imp. & p. p.) of
Append
Appending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Append
Append (v. t.) To hang or
attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended
to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
Append (v. t.) To add, as
an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this
chapter.
Appendage (n.) Something
appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary
to it, as a portico to a house.
Appendage (n.) A
subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the
articulates.
Appendaged (a.) Furnished
with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
Appendance (n.) Something
appendant.
Appendant (v. t.) Hanging;
annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
Appendant (v. t.) Appended
by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a
thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more
worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor,
common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Appendant (n.) Anything
attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
Appendant (n.) A
inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Appendence (n.) Alt. of
Appendency
Appendency (n.) State of
being appendant; appendance.
Appendical (a.) Of or like
an appendix.
Appendicate (v. t.) To
append.
Appendication (n.) An
appendage.
Appendicitis (n.)
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Appendicle (n.) A small
appendage.
Appendicular (a.) Relating
to an appendicle; appendiculate.
Appendicularia (n.) A
genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and
remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of
the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
Appendiculata (n. pl.) An
order of annelids; the Polych/ta.
Appendiculate (a.) Having
small appendages; forming an appendage.
Appendixes (pl. ) of
Appendix
Appendices (pl. ) of
Appendix
Appendix (n.) Something
appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
Appendix (n.) Any literary
matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and
thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and
correct inaccuracies.
Appension (n.) The act of
appending.
Apperceive (v. t.) To
perceive; to comprehend.
Apperception (n.) The
mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states;
perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic
perception.
Apperil (n.) Peril.
Appertained (imp. & p. p.)
of Appertain
Appertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appertain
Appertain (v. i.) To
belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
Appertainment (n.) That
which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.
Appertinance (n.) Alt. of
Appertinence
Appertinence (n.) See
Appurtenance.
Appertinent (a.)
Belonging; appertaining.
Appertinent (n.) That
which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
Appete (v. t.) To seek
for; to desire.
Appetence (n.) A longing;
a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
Appetencies (pl. ) of
Appetency
Appetency (n.) Fixed and
strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
Appetency (n.)
Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform
certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water
and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants
of its organism.
Appetency (n.) Natural
tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
Appetent (a.) Desiring;
eagerly desirous.
Appetibility (n.) The
quality of being desirable.
Appetible (a.) Desirable;
capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
Appetite (n.) The desire
for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
Appetite (n.) Desire for,
or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
Appetite (n.) Any strong
desire; an eagerness or longing.
Appetite (n.) Tendency;
appetency.
Appetite (n.) The thing
desired.
Appetition (n.) Desire; a
longing for, or seeking after, something.
Appetitive (a.) Having the
quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.
Appetize (v. t.) To make
hungry; to whet the appetite of.
Appetizer (n.) Something
which creates or whets an appetite.
Appetizing (a.) Exciting
appetite; as, appetizing food.
Appetizing (adv.) So as to
excite appetite.
Appian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Appius.
Applauded (imp. & p. p.)
of Applaud
Applauding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Applaud
Applaud (v. t.) To show
approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
Applaud (v. t.) To praise
by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
Applaud (v. i.) To express
approbation loudly or significantly.
Applauder (n.) One who
applauds.
Applausable (a.) Worthy of
applause; praiseworthy.
Applause (n.) The act of
applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands,
stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked
commendation.
Applausive (a.) Expressing
applause; approbative.
Apple (n.) The fleshy pome
or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in
the temperate zones.
Apple (n.) Any tree genus
Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
Apple (n.) Any fruit or
other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as,
apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
Apple (n.) Anything round
like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
Apple (v. i.) To grow like
an apple; to bear apples.
Apple-faced (a.) Having a
round, broad face, like an apple.
Apple-jack (n.) Apple
brandy.
Apple-john (n.) A kind of
apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
Apple pie () A pie made of apples
(usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.
Apple-squire (n.) A pimp;
a kept gallant.
Appliable (a.) Applicable;
also, compliant.
Appliance (n.) The act of
applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
Appliance (n.) The thing
applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various
appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
Applicability (n.) The
quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
Applicable (a.) Capable of
being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this
observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
Applicancy (n.) The
quality or state of being applicable.
Applicant (n.) One who
apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
Applicate (a.) Applied or
put to some use.
Applicate (v. i.) To
apply.
Application (n.) The act
of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients
to a diseased limb.
Application (n.) The thing
applied.
Application (n.) The act
of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific
use.
Application (n.) The act
of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or
illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the
remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
Application (n.) Hence, in
specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles
before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a
fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging
or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
Application (n.) The
capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general
application.
Application (n.) The act
of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close
attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Application (n.) The act
of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made
application to a court of chancery.
Application (n.) A
request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on
file.
Applicative (a.) Capable
of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
Applicatorily (adv.) By
way of application.
Applicatory (a.) Having
the property of applying; applicative; practical.
Applicatory (n.) That
which applies.
Appliedly (adv.) By
application.
Applier (n.) He who, or
that which, applies.
Appliment (n.)
Application.
Applique (a.) Ornamented
with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or
transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.
Applotted (imp. & p. p.)
of Applot
Applotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Applot
Applot (v. t.) To divide
into plots or parts; to apportion.
Applotment (n.)
Apportionment.
Applied (imp. & p. p.) of
Apply
Applying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apply
Apply (v. t.) To lay or
place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the
hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
Apply (v. t.) To put to
use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to
appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
Apply (v. t.) To make use
of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the
testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
Apply (v. t.) To fix
closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to
incline.
Apply (v. t.) To direct or
address.
Apply (v. t.) To betake;
to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Apply (v. t.) To busy; to
keep at work; to ply.
Apply (v. t.) To visit.
Apply (v. i.) To suit; to
agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies
well to the case.
Apply (v. i.) To make
request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application.
(to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
Apply (v. i.) To ply; to
move.
Apply (v. i.) To apply or
address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
Appoggiatura (n.) A
passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies
from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the
principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a
note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part
of the harmony.
Appointed (imp. & p. p.)
of Appoint
Appointing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appoint
Appoint (v. t.) To fix
with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
Appoint (v. t.) To fix by
a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute;
to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
Appoint (v. t.) To assign,
designate, or set apart by authority.
Appoint (v. t.) To furnish
in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to
equip; to fit out.
Appoint (v. t.) To point
at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
Appoint (v. t.) To direct,
designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a
power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
Appoint (v. i.) To ordain;
to determine; to arrange.
Appointable (a.) Capable
of being appointed or constituted.
Appointee (v. t.) A person
appointed.
Appointee (v. t.) A person
in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
Appointer (n.) One who
appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
Appointive (a.) Subject to
appointment; as, an appointive office.
Appointment (n.) The act
of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust;
as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
Appointment (n.) The state
of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is
appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
Appointment (n.)
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence::
Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at
six.
Appointment (n.) Decree;
direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine
appointments.
Appointment (n.) The
exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person
to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the
designation is made.
Appointment (n.)
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use
and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or
soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
Appointment (n.) An
allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only
in the plural.
Appointment (n.) A
honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a
college; as, to have an appointment.
Appointor (n.) The person
who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
Apporter (n.) A bringer
in; an importer.
Apportioned (imp. & p. p.)
of Apportion
Apportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apportion
Apportion (v. t.) To
divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally;
to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time
among various employments.
Apportionateness (n.) The
quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
Apportioner (n.) One who
apportions.
Apportionment (n.) The act
of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or
shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an
undivided right or property.
Appose (v. t.) To place
opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
Appose (v. t.) To place in
juxtaposition or proximity.
Appose (v. t.) To put
questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
Apposed (a.) Placed in
apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
Apposer (n.) An examiner;
one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of
Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
Apposite (a.) Very
applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as,
this argument is very apposite to the case.
Apposition (n.) The act of
adding; application; accretion.
Apposition (n.) The
putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of
being so placed.
Apposition (n.) The state
of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word
between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or
characterizes the first.
Appositional (a.)
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
Appositive (a.) Of or
relating to apposition; in apposition.
Appositive (n.) A noun in
apposition.
Appraisable (a.) Capable
of being appraised.
Appraisal (n.) A valuation
by an authorized person; an appraisement.
Appraised (imp. & p. p.)
of Appraise
Appraising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appraise
Appraise (v. t.) To set a
value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the
purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
Appraise (v. t.) To
estimate; to conjecture.
Appraise (v. t.) To
praise; to commend.
Appraisement (n.) The act
of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.
Appraiser (n.) One who
appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of
goods or estates.
Apprecation (n.) Earnest
prayer; devout wish.
Apprecatory (a.) Praying
or wishing good.
Appreciable (a.) Capable
of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible;
as, an appreciable quantity.
Appreciant (a.)
Appreciative.
Appreciated (imp. & p. p.)
of Appreciate
Appreciating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appreciate
Appreciate (v. t.) To set
a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
Appreciate (v. t.) To
raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
Appreciate (v. t.) To be
sensible of; to distinguish.
Appreciate (v. i.) To rise
in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
Appreciatingly (adv.) In
an appreciating manner; with appreciation.
Appreciation (n.) A just
valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
Appreciation (n.) Accurate
perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us;
an appreciation of colors.
Appreciation (n.) A rise
in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
Appreciative (a.) Having
or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative
audience.
Appreciativeness (n.) The
quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
Appreciator (n.) One who
appreciates.
Appreciatory (a.) Showing
appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.
Apprehended (imp. & p. p.)
of Apprehend
Apprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apprehend
Apprehend (v. t.) To take
or seize; to take hold of.
Apprehend (v. t.) Hence:
To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a
criminal.
Apprehend (v. t.) To take
hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become
cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
Apprehend (v. t.) To know
or learn with certainty.
Apprehend (v. t.) To
anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Apprehend (v. i.) To
think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
Apprehend (v. i.) To be
apprehensive; to fear.
Apprehender (n.) One who
apprehends.
Apprehensibiity (n.) The
quality of being apprehensible.
Apprehensible (a.) Capable
of being apprehended or conceived.
Apprehension (n.) The act
of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Apprehension (n.) The act
of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his
apprehension, escaped.
Apprehension (n.) The act
of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming,
denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
Apprehension (n.) Opinion;
conception; sentiment; idea.
Apprehension (n.) The
faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull
apprehension.
Apprehension (n.)
Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of
future evil.
Apprehensive (a.) Capable
of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
Apprehensive (a.) Knowing;
conscious; cognizant.
Apprehensive (a.) Relating
to the faculty of apprehension.
Apprehensive (a.)
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread
of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Apprehensive (a.)
Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
Apprehensively (adv.) In
an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Apprehensiveness (n.) The
quality or state of being apprehensive.
Apprentice (n.) One who is
bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person,
for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master
is bound to instruct him.
Apprentice (n.) One not
well versed in a subject; a tyro.
Apprentice (n.) A
barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he
might be called to the rank of serjeant.
Apprenticed (imp. & p. p.)
of Apprentice
Apprenticing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apprentice
Apprentice (v. t.) To bind
to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a
trade or business.
Apprenticeage (n.)
Apprenticeship.
Apprenticehood (n.)
Apprenticeship.
Apprenticeship (n.) The
service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining
instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
Apprenticeship (n.) The
time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of
fourteen to twenty-one).
Appressed (a.) Alt. of
Apprest
Apprest (a.) Pressed close
to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,
Apprised (imp. & p. p.) of
Apprise
Apprising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apprise
Apprise (v. t.) To give
notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the
general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
Apprise (n.) Notice;
information.
Apprizal (n.) See
Appraisal.
Apprize (v. t.) To
appraise; to value; to appreciate.
Apprizement (n.)
Appraisement.
Apprizer (n.) An
appraiser.
Apprizer (n.) A creditor
for whom an appraisal is made.
Approached (imp. & p. p.)
of Approach
Approaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Approach
Approach (v. i.) To come
or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Approach (v. i.) To draw
near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches
to the character of the ablest statesman.
Approach (v. t.) To bring
near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
Approach (v. t.) To come
near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the
city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
Approach (v. t.) To take
approaches to.
Approach (v. i.) The act
of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
Approach (v. i.) A access,
or opportunity of drawing near.
Approach (v. i.) Movements
to gain favor; advances.
Approach (v. i.) A way,
passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Approach (v. i.) The
advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances
toward a fortress or military post.
Approach (v. i.) See
Approaching.
Approachability (n.) The
quality of being approachable; approachableness.
Approachable (a.) Capable
of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
Approachableness (n.) The
quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
Approacher (n.) One who
approaches.
Approaching (n.) The act
of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from
the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.
Approachless (a.)
Impossible to be approached.
Approachment (n.)
Approach.
Approbate (a.) Approved.
Approbate (v. t.) To
express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
Approbation (n.) Proof;
attestation.
Approbation (n.) The act
of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of
pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Approbation (n.) Probation
or novitiate.
Approbative (a.)
Approving, or implying approbation.
Approbativeness (n.) The
quality of being approbative.
Approbativeness (n.) Love
of approbation.
Approbator (n.) One who
approves.
Approbatory (a.)
Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.
Appromt (v. t.) To
quicken; to prompt.
Approof (n.) Trial; proof.
Approof (n.) Approval;
commendation.
Appropinquate (v. i.) To
approach.
Appropinquation (n.) A
drawing nigh; approach.
Appropinquity (n.)
Nearness; propinquity.
Appropre (v. t.) To
appropriate.
Appropriable (a.) Capable
of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a
particular use.
Appropriament (n.) What is
peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.
Appropriate (a.) Set apart
for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable;
fit; proper.
Appropriated (imp. & p. p.)
of Appropriate
Appropriating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appropriate
Appropriate (v. t.) To
take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive
right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
Appropriate (v. t.) To set
apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;
-- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to
appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
Appropriate (v. t.) To
make suitable; to suit.
Appropriate (v. t.) To
annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
Appropriate (n.) A
property; attribute.
Appropriately (adv.) In an
appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
Appropriateness (n.) The
state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
Appropriation (n.) The act
of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to
one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose,
as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
Appropriation (n.)
Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
Appropriation (n.) The
severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual
corporation. Blackstone.
Appropriation (n.) The
application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several
debts which are due from the former to the latter.
Appropriative (a.)
Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.
Appropriator (n.) One who
appropriates.
Appropriator (n.) A
spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an
impropriator.
Approvable (a.) Worthy of
being approved; meritorious.
Approval (n.) Approbation;
sanction.
Approvance (n.) Approval.
Approved (imp. & p. p.) of
Approve
Approving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Approve
Approve (v. t.) To show to
be real or true; to prove.
Approve (v. t.) To make
proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Approve (v. t.) To
sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a
court-martial.
Approve (v. t.) To regard
as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the
measured of the administration.
Approve (v. t.) To make or
show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
Approve (v. t.) To make
profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land
appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Approvedly (adv.) So as to
secure approbation; in an approved manner.
Approvement (n.)
Approbation.
Approvement (n.) a
confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with
an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to
obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is
now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's
evidence in the United States.
Approvement (n.)
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of
husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
Approver (n.) One who
approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
Approver (n.) An informer;
an accuser.
Approver (n.) One who
confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
Approver (v. t.) A bailiff
or steward; an agent.
Approving (a.) Expressing
approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
Approximate (a.)
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Approximate (a.) Near
correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or
values.
Approximated (imp. & p. p.)
of Approximate
Approximating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Approximate
Approximate (v. t.) To
carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
Approximate (v. t.) To
come near to; to approach.
Approximate (v. i.) To
draw; to approach.
Approximately (adv.) With
approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.
Approximation (n.) The act
of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result
of approximating.
Approximation (n.) An
approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given
quantity, quality, etc.
Approximation (n.) A
continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by
approximation.
Approximation (n.) A value
that is nearly but not exactly correct.
Approximative (a.)
Approaching; approximate.
Approximator (n.) One who,
or that which, approximates.
Appui (n.) A support or
supporter; a stay; a prop.
Appulse (n.) A driving or
running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.
Appulse (n.) The near
approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into
conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the
meridian.
Appulsion (n.) A driving
or striking against; an appulse.
Appulsive (a.) Striking
against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
Appulsively (adv.) By
appulsion.
Appurtenance (n.) That
which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory;
something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal
acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes
as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of
common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or
messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to
land.
Appurtenant (a.) Annexed
or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of
way appurtenant to land or buildings.
Appurtenant (n.) Something
which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.
Apricate (v. t. & i.) To
bask in the sun.
Aprication (n.) Basking in
the sun.
Apricot (n.) A fruit
allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also,
the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation
it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
April (n.) The fourth
month of the year.
April (n.) Fig.: With
reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the
variableness of its weather, etc.
A priori () Characterizing that
kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or
principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known;
deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.
A priori () Applied to knowledge
and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to
make experience rational or possible.
Apriorism (n.) An a priori
principle.
Apriority (n.) The quality
of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.
Aprocta (n. pl.) A group
of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.
Aproctous (a.) Without an
anal office.
Apron (n.) An article of
dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to
keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is
commonly tied at the waist by strings.
Apron (n.) Something which
by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Apron (n.) The fat skin
covering the belly of a goose or duck.
Apron (n.) A piece of
leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside
seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.
Apron (n.) A leaden plate
that covers the vent of a cannon.
Apron (n.) A piece of
carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
Apron (n.) A platform, or
flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are
shut.
Apron (n.) A flooring of
plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
Apron (n.) The piece that
holds the cutting tool of a planer.
Apron (n.) A strip of lead
which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
Apron (n.) The infolded
abdomen of a crab.
Aproned (a.) Wearing an
apron.
Apronfuls (pl. ) of
Apronful
Apronful (n.) The quantity
an apron can hold.
Apronless (a.) Without an
apron.
Apron man () A man who wears an
apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
Apron string () The string of an
apron.
Aprosos (a. & adv.)
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
Aprosos (a. & adv.) By the
way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to
introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly
belonging to the narration.
Apse (n.) A projecting
part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or
semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In
early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
Apse (n.) The bishop's
seat or throne, in ancient churches.
Apse (n.) A reliquary, or
case in which the relics of saints were kept.
Apsidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
Apsidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.
Apsides (n. pl.) See
Apsis.
Apsides (pl. ) of Apsis
Apsis (n.) One of the two
points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and
least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and
perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more
distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line
joining them, the line of apsides.
Apsis (n.) In a curve
referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a
maximum or minimum.
Apsis (n.) Same as Apse.
Apt (a.) Fit or fitted;
suited; suitable; appropriate.
Apt (a.) Having an
habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
Apt (a.) Inclined;
disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
Apt (a.) Ready; especially
fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a
pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
Apt (v. t.) To fit; to
suit; to adapt.
Aptable (a.) Capable of
being adapted.
Aptate (v. t.) To make
fit.
Aptera (n. pl.) Insects
without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial
group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These
animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.
Apteral (a.) Apterous.
Apteral (a.) Without
lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along
their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to
peripteral.
Apteran (n.) One of the
Aptera.
Apteria (n. pl.) Naked
spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.
Apterous (a.) Destitute of
wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.
Apterous (a.) Destitute of
winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.
Apteryges (n. pl.) An
order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.
Apteryx (n.) A genus of
New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings,
armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic
extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.
Aptitude (n.) A natural or
acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a
particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
Aptitude (n.) A general
fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
Aptitude (n.) Readiness in
learning; docility; aptness.
Aptitudinal (a.) Suitable;
fit.
Aptly (adv.) In an apt or
suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
Aptness (n.) Fitness;
suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
Aptness (n.) Disposition
of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
Aptness (n.) Quickness of
apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more
observable in some children than in others.
Aptness (n.) Proneness;
tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
Aptote (n.) A noun which
has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
Aptotic (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.
Aptychus (n.) A shelly
plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider
them to be jaws; others, opercula.
Apus (n.) A genus of
fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
Apyretic (a.) Without
fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
Apyrexia (n.) Alt. of
Apyrexy
Apyrexy (n.) The absence
or intermission of fever.
Apyrexial (a.) Relating to
apyrexy.
Apyrous (a.)
Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or
properties.
Aqua (n.) Water; -- a word
much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification,
determined by the word or words annexed.
Aqua fortis () Nitric acid.
Aquamarine (n.) A
transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
Aquapuncture (n.) The
introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
Aquarelle (n.) A design or
painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such
colors.
Aquarellist (n.) A painter
in thin transparent water colors.
Aquarial (a.) Alt. of
Aquarian
Aquarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to an aquarium.
Aquarian (n.) One of a
sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the
Lord's Supper.
Aquariums (pl. ) of
Aquarium
Aquaria (pl. ) of Aquarium
Aquarium (n.) An
artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living
specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
Aquarius (n.) The
Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the
20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in
Italy and the East.
Aquarius (n.) A
constellation south of Pegasus.
Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to
water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of
waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
Aquatic (n.) An aquatic
animal or plant.
Aquatic (n.) Sports or
exercises practiced in or on the water.
Aquatical (a.) Aquatic.
Aquatile (a.) Inhabiting
the water.
Aquatint (n.) Alt. of
Aquatinta
Aquatinta (n.) A kind of
etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect
is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the
engraving produced by this method.
Aqueduct (n.) A conductor,
conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying
large cities with water.
Aqueduct (n.) A canal or
passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth
ventricles of the brain.
Aqueity (n.) Wateriness.
Aqueous (a.) Partaking of
the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
Aqueous (a.) Made from, or
by means of, water.
Aqueousness (n.)
Wateriness.
Aquiferous (a.) Consisting
or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous
system.
Aquiform (a.) Having the
form of water.
Aquilae (pl. ) of Aquila
Aquila (n.) A genus of
eagles.
Aquila (n.) A northern
constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the
Eagle.
Aquilated (a.) Adorned
with eagles' heads.
Aquiline (a.) Belonging to
or like an eagle.
Aquiline (a.) Curving;
hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the
nose
Aquilon (n.) The north
wind.
Aquiparous (a.) Secreting
water; -- applied to certain glands.
Aquitanian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
Aquose (a.) Watery;
aqueous.
Aquosity (n.) The
condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.
Ar (conj.) Ere; before.
Ara (n.) The Altar; a
southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
Ara (n.) A name of the
great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
Arab (n.) One of a swarthy
race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Arabesque (n.) A style of
ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a
pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and
animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
Arabesque (a.) Arabian.
Arabesque (a.) Relating
to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque
frescoes.
Arabesqued (a.) Ornamented
in the style of arabesques.
Arabian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.
Arabian (n.) A native of
Arabia; an Arab.
Arabic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
Arabic (n.) The language
of the Arabians.
Arabical (a.) Relating to
Arabia; Arabic.
Arabin (n.) A
carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it
is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Arabin (n.) Mucilage,
especially that made of gum arabic.
Arabinose (n.) A sugar of
the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute
sulphuric acid.
Arabism (n.) An Arabic
idiom peculiarly of language.
Arabist (n.) One well
versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed
the Arabic system of surgery.
Arable (a.) Fit for
plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or
tilled.
Arable (n.) Arable land;
plow land.
Araby (n.) The country of
Arabia.
Aracanese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.
Aracanese (n. sing. & pl.)
A native or natives of Aracan.
Aracari (n.) A South
American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are
several species.
Arace (v. t.) To tear up
by the roots; to draw away.
Araceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.
Arachnid (n.) An
arachnidan.
Arachnida (n. pl.) One of
the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.
Arachnidan (n.) One of the
Arachnida.
Arachnidial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Arachnida.
Arachnidial (a.)
Pertaining to the arachnidium.
Arachnidium (n.) The
glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.
Arachnitis (n.)
Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
Arachnoid (a.) Resembling
a spider's web; cobweblike.
Arachnoid (a.) Pertaining
to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia
mater.
Arachnoid (a.) Covered
with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb;
cobwebby.
Arachnoid (n.) The
arachnoid membrane.
Arachnoid (n.) One of the
Arachnoidea.
Arachnoidal (a.)
Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.
Arachnoidea (n. pl.) Same
as Arachnida.
Arachnological (a.) Of or
pertaining to arachnology.
Arachnologist (n.) One who
is versed in, or studies, arachnology.
Arachnology (n.) The
department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.
Araeometer () See Areometer.
Araeostyle (a. & n.) See
Intercolumniation.
Araeosystyle (a. & n.) See
Intercolumniation.
Aragonese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Aragonese (n. sing. & pl.)
A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.
Aragonite (n.) A mineral
identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from
it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.
Araguato (n.) A South
American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.
Araise (v. t.) To raise.
Arak (n.) Same as Arrack.
Aramaean (a.) Alt. of
Aramean
Aramean (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.
Aramean (n.) A native of
Aram.
Aramaic (a.) Pertaining to
Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and
Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the
Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.
Aramaic (n.) The Aramaic
language.
Aramaism (n.) An idiom of
the Aramaic.
Araneida (n. pl.) Alt. of
Araneoidea
Araneoidea (n. pl.) See
Araneina.
Araneidan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.
Araneidan (n.) One of the
Araneina; a spider.
Araneiform (a.) Having the
form of a spider.
Araneina (n. pl.) The
order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
Araneose (a.) Of the
aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
Araneous (a.) Cobweblike;
extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the
eye. See Arachnoid.
Arangoes (pl. ) of Arango
Arango (n.) A bead of
rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the
African slave trade.
Arapaima (n.) A large
fresh-water food fish of South America.
Arara (n.) The palm (or
great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).
Aration (n.) Plowing;
tillage.
Aratory (a.) Contributing
to tillage.
Araucaria (n.) A genus of
tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South
America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the
dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous
rows alternating. The seeds are edible.
Araucarian (a.) Relating
to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological
history were mostly Araucarian.
Arbalest (n.) Alt. of
Arbalist
Arbalist (n.) A crossbow,
consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a
trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows,
darts, bullets, etc.
Arbalester (n.) Alt. of
Arbalister
Arbalister (n.) A
crossbowman.
Arbiter (n.) A person
appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
Arbiter (n.) Any person
who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one
whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
Arbiter (v. t.) To act as
arbiter between.
Arbitrable (v. t.) Capable
of being decided by arbitration; determinable.
Arbitrage (n.) Judgment by
an arbiter; authoritative determination.
Arbitrage (n.) A traffic
in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks
which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.
Arbitral (a.) Of or
relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.
Arbitrament (n.)
Determination; decision; arbitration.
Arbitrament (n.) The award
of arbitrators.
Arbitrarily (adv.) In an
arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.
Arbitrariness (n.) The
quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
Arbitrarious (a.)
Arbitrary; despotic.
Arbitrary (a.) Depending
on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary
decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Arbitrary (a.) Exercised
according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a
tendency to abuse the possession of power.
Arbitrary (a.) Despotic;
absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an
arbitrary prince or government.
Arbitrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Arbitrate
Arbitrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arbitrate
Arbitrate (v. t.) To hear
and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
Arbitrate (v. t.) To
decide, or determine generally.
Arbitrate (v. i.) To
decide; to determine.
Arbitrate (v. i.) To act
as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in
disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
Arbitration (n.) The
hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person
or persons chosen by the parties.
Arbitrator (n.) A person,
or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to
determine their differences. See Arbitration.
Arbitrator (n.) One who
has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.
Arbitratrix (n.) A female
who arbitrates or judges.
Arbitress (n.) A female
arbiter; an arbitratrix.
Arblast (n.) A crossbow.
See Arbalest.
Arbor (n.) A kind of
latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other
plants, for shade; a bower.
Arbor (n.) A tree, as
distinguished from a shrub.
Arbor (n.) An axle or
spindle of a wheel or opinion.
Arbor (n.) A mandrel in
lathe turning.
Arborary (a.) Of or
pertaining to trees; arboreal.
Arborator (n.) One who
plants or who prunes trees.
Arbor Dianae () A precipitation
of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
Arboreal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
Arboreal (a.) Attached to,
found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.
Arbored (a.) Furnished
with an arbor; lined with trees.
Arboreous (a.) Having the
form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
Arboreous (a.) Pertaining
to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
Arborescence (n.) The
state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or
crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence
produced by precipitating silver.
Arborescent (a.)
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations
disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
Arboret (n.) A small tree
or shrub.
Arboreta (pl. ) of
Arboretum
Arboretum (n.) A place in
which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or
educational purposes.
Arborical (a.) Relating to
trees.
Arboricole (a.)
Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.
Arboricultural (a.)
Pertaining to arboriculture.
Arboriculture (n.) The
cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.
Arboriculturist (n.) One
who cultivates trees.
Arboriform (a.) Treelike
in shape.
Arborist (n.) One who
makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
Arborization (n.) The
appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.
Arborized (a.) Having a
treelike appearance.
Arborous (a.) Formed by
trees.
Arbor vine () A species of
bindweed.
Arbor vitae () An evergreen tree
of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
Arbor vitae () The treelike
disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a
vertical section.
Arbuscle (n.) A dwarf
tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.
Arbuscular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.
Arbustive (a.) Containing
copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Arbutus (n.) Alt. of
Arbute
Arbute (n.) The strawberry
tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry
externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.
Arc (n.) A portion of a
curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
Arc (n.) A curvature in
the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the
arc of Hadley's quadrant.
Arc (n.) An arch.
Arc (n.) The apparent arc
described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The
diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Arcade (n.) A series of
arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and
other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give
light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative
feature.
Arcade (n.) A long, arched
building or gallery.
Arcade (n.) An arched or
covered passageway or avenue.
Arcaded (a.) Furnished
with an arcade.
Arcadia (n.) A mountainous
and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose
people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
Arcadia (n.) Fig.: Any
region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
Arcadian (a.) Alt. of
Arcadic
Arcadic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or
scenery.
Arcane (a.) Hidden;
secret.
Arcana (pl. ) of Arcanum
Arcanum (n.) A secret; a
mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
Arcanum (n.) A secret
remedy; an elixir.
Arcboutant (n.) A flying
buttress.
Arch (n.) Any part of a
curved line.
Arch (n.) Usually a curved
member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them
disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or
other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e.,
semicircular), or pointed.
Arch (n.) A flat arch is a
member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support
each other without rising in a curve.
Arch (n.) Any place
covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
Arch (n.) Any curvature in
the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
Arched (imp. & p. p.) of
Arch
Arching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arch
Arch (v. t.) To cover with
an arch or arches.
Arch (v. t.) To form or
bend into the shape of an arch.
Arch (v. i.) To form into
an arch; to curve.
Arch- () A prefix signifying
chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
Arch (a.) Chief; eminent;
greatest; principal.
Arch (a.) Cunning or sly;
sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
Arch (n.) A chief.
-arch (a.) A suffix
meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
Archaean (a.) Ancient;
pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
Archaean (n.) The earliest
period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an
Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the
earliest forms of life.
Archaeography (n.) A
description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.
Archaeolithic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period
preceding the Paleolithic age.
Archaeologian (n.) An
archaeologist.
Archaeologic () Alt. of
Archaeological
Archaeological () Relating to
archaeology, or antiquities; as, archaeological researches.
Archaeologist (n.) One
versed in archaeology; an antiquary.
Archaeology (n.) The
science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the
remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements,
and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.
Archaeopteryx (n.) A
fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail
of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with
other reptilian characteristics.
Archaeostomatous (a.)
Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.
Archaeozoic (a.) Like or
belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.
Archaic (a.) Of or
characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
Archaical (a.) Archaic.
Archaism (a.) An ancient,
antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of
speech no longer in common use.
Archaism (a.) Antiquity of
style or use; obsoleteness.
Archaist (n.) Am
antiquary.
Archaist (n.) One who uses
archaisms.
Archaistic (a.) Like, or
imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.
Archaized (imp. & p. p.)
of Archaize
Archaizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Archaize
Archaize (v. t.) To make
appear archaic or antique.
Archangel (n.) A chief
angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
Archangel (n.) A term
applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium
album, etc.).
Archangelic (a.) Of or
pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.
Archbishop (n.) A chief
bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or
primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province,
and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
Archbishopric (n.) The
jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which
archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Arch brick () A wedge-shaped
brick used in the building of an arch.
Archbutler (n.) A chief
butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
Archchamberlain (n.) A
chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was
similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
Archchancellor (n.) A
chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the
secretaries of the court.
Archchemic (a.) Of supreme
chemical powers.
Archdeacon (n.) In
England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he
assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Archdeaconry (n.) The
district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.
Archdeaconship (n.) The
office of an archdeacon.
Archdiocese (n.) The
diocese of an archbishop.
Archducal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
Archduchess (n.) The
consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See
Archduke.
Archduchy (n.) The
territory of an archduke or archduchess.
Archduke (n.) A prince of
the imperial family of Austria.
Archdukedom (n.) An
archduchy.
Archebiosis (n.) The
origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis.
Arched (a.) Made with an
arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
Archegonial (a.) Relating
to the archegonium.
Archegonium (n.) The
pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to
the pistil in flowering plants.
Archegony (n.) Spontaneous
generation; abiogenesis.
Archelogy (n.) The science
of, or a treatise on, first principles.
Archencephala (n. pl.) The
division that includes man alone.
Archenemy (n.) A principal
enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
Archenteric (a.) Relating
to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
Archenteron (n.) The
primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other
embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Archeology (a.) Alt. of
Archeological
Archeological (a.) Same as
Archaeology, etc.
Archer (n.) A bowman, one
skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Archeress (n.) A female
archer.
Archer fish () A small fish
(Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of
water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon
rostratus.
Archership (n.) The art or
skill of an archer.
Archery (n.) The use of
the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of
shooting with a bow and arrows.
Archery (n.) Archers, or
bowmen, collectively.
Arches () pl. of Arch, n.
Archetypal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern;
original.
Archetypally (adv.) With
reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct."
Archetype (n.) The
original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or
formed.
Archetype (n.) The
standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
Archetype (n.) The plan or
fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their
systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate
archetype.
Archetypical (a.) Relating
to an archetype; archetypal.
Archeus (n.) The vital
principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the
growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of
the old philosophers.
Archi- () A prefix signifying
chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means
primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.
Archiannelida (n. pl.) A
group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral
nerve ganglions.
Archiater (n.) Chief
physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body
physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.
Archiblastula (n.) A
hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula.
Archical (pref.) Chief;
primary; primordial.
Archidiaconal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an archdeacon.
Archiepiscopacy (n.) That
form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.
Archiepiscopacy (n.) The
state or dignity of an archbishop.
Archiepiscopal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
Archiepiscopality (n.) The
station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.
Archiepiscopate (n.) The
office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
Archierey (n.) The higher
order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
Archil (n.) A violet dye
obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow
on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
Archil (n.) The plant from
which the dye is obtained.
Archilochian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.
Archimage (n.) Alt. of
Archimagus
Archimagus (n.) The high
priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
Archimagus (n.) A great
magician, wizard, or enchanter.
Archimandrite (n.) A chief
of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
Archimandrite (n.) A
superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or
father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.
Archimedean (a.) Of or
pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the
principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
Archimedes (n.) An extinct
genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that
of a screw.
Arching (n.) The arched
part of a structure.
Arching (n.) Hogging; --
opposed to sagging.
Archipelagic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an archipelago.
-goes (pl. ) of
Archipelago
-gos (pl. ) of Archipelago
Archipelago (n.) The
Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is
studded with a vast number of small islands.
Archipelago (n.) Hence:
Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group
of islands.
Archipterygium (n.) The
primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
Architect (n.) A person
skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it
his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the
artificers employed.
Architect (n.) A
contriver, designer, or maker.
Architective (a.) Used in
building; proper for building.
Architectonic (a.) Alt. of
Architectonical
Architectonical (a.)
Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing
or construction; constructive.
Architectonical (a.)
Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.
Architectonic (n.) The
science of architecture.
Architectonic (n.) The act
of arranging knowledge into a system.
Architectonics (n.) The
science of architecture.
Architector (n.) An
architect.
Architectress (n.) A
female architect.
Architectural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
Architecture (n.) The art
or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches,
bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called
civil architecture.
Architecture (n.)
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
Architeuthis (n.) A genus
of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic
and about New Zealand.
Architrave (n.) The lower
division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column,
esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
Architrave (n.) The group
of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or
other opening, especially if square in form.
Architraved (a.) Furnished
with an architrave.
Archival (a.) Pertaining
to, or contained in, archives or records.
Archives (pl. ) of Archive
Archive (n.) The place in
which public records or historic documents are kept.
Archive (n.) Public
records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a
country or family.
Archivist (n.) A keeper of
archives or records.
Archivolt (n.) The
architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to
the architrave in the case of a square opening.
Archivolt (n.) More
commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the
voussoirs of an arch is charged.
Archlute (n.) Alt. of
Archilute
Archilute (n.) A large
theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled
with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
Archly (adv.) In an arch
manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
Archmarshal (n.) The grand
marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.
Archness (n.) The quality
of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
Archon (n.) One of the
chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of
the nine chief magistrates.
Archonship (n.) The office
of an archon.
Archontate (n.) An
archon's term of office.
Archonts (p. pr.) The
group including man alone.
Archprelate (n.) An
archbishop or other chief prelate.
Archpresbyter (n.) Same as
Archpriest.
Archpresbytery (n.) The
absolute dominion of presbytery.
Archpriest (n.) A chief
priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
Archprimate (n.) The chief
primate.
Arch stone () A wedge-shaped
stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
Archtraitor (n.) A chief
or transcendent traitor.
Archtreasurer (n.) A chief
treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
Archway (n.) A way or
passage under an arch.
Archwife (n.) A big,
masculine wife.
Archwise (adv.)
Arch-shaped.
Archy (a.) Arched; as,
archy brows.
archy () A suffix properly
meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.
Arciform (a.) Having the
form of an arch; curved.
Arcograph (n.) An
instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a
cyclograph.
Arctation (n.)
Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from
inflammation.
Arctic (a.) Pertaining to,
or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid;
as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night,
temperature.
Arctic (n.) The arctic
circle.
Arctic (n.) A warm
waterproof overshoe.
Arctisca (n. pl.) A group
of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
Arctogeal (a.) Of or
pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.
Arctoidea (n. pl.) A group
of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.
Arcturus (n.) A fixed star
of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.
Arcual (a.) Of or
pertaining to an arc.
Arcuate (a.) Alt. of
Arcuated
Arcuated (a.) Bent or
curved in the form of a bow.
Arcuately (adv.) In the
form of a bow.
Arcuation (n.) The act of
bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Arcuation (n.) A mode of
propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small
shoots with earth; layering.
Arcubalist (n.) A
crossbow.
Arcubalister (n.) A
crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Arcubus (n.) See Arquebus.
-ard () Alt. of -art
-art () The termination of many
English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which
language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English
hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the
quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
Ardassine (n.) A very fine
sort of Persian silk.
Ardency (n.) Heat.
Ardency (n.) Warmth of
passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or
zeal.
Ardent (a.) Hot or
burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is,
distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
Ardent (a.) Having the
appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
Ardent (a.) Warm, applied
to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as,
ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
Ardently (adv.) In an
ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
Ardentness (n.) Ardency.
Ardor (n.) Heat, in a
literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
Ardor (n.) Warmth or heat
of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the
fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Ardor (n.) Bright and
effulgent spirits; seraphim.
Arduous (a.) Steep and
lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Arduous (a.) Attended with
great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an
arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
Arduously (adv.) In an
arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
Arduousness (n.) The
quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Ardurous (a.) Burning;
ardent.
Are () The present indicative
plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from
be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
Are (n.) The unit of
superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length;
100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
Areas (pl. ) of Area
Area (n.) Any plane
surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an
inclosure; an open space in a building.
Area (n.) The inclosed
space on which a building stands.
Area (n.) The sunken space
or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
Area (n.) An extent of
surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
Area (n.) The superficial
contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial
extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Area (n.) A spot or small
marked space; as, the germinative area.
Area (n.) Extent; scope;
range; as, a wide area of thought.
Aread (v. t.) Alt. of
Areed
Areed (v. t.) To tell,
declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a
dream.
Areed (v. t.) To read.
Areed (v. t.) To counsel,
advise, warn, or direct.
Areed (v. t.) To decree;
to adjudge.
Areal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by
the reticulate vessels of leaves).
Arear (v. t. & i.) To
raise; to set up; to stir up.
Arear (adv.) Backward; in
or to the rear; behindhand.
Areca (n.) A genus of
palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is
chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
Areek (adv. & a.) In a
reeking condition.
Arefaction (n.) The act of
drying, or the state of growing dry.
Arefy (v. t.) To dry, or
make dry.
Arenas (pl. ) of Arena
Arenae (pl. ) of Arena
Arena (n.) The area in the
central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows
were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
Arena (n.) Any place of
public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the
arena of life.
Arena (n.) "Sand" or
"gravel" in the kidneys.
Arenaceous (a.) Sandy or
consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into
sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Arenarious (a.) Sandy; as,
arenarious soil.
Arenation (n.) A sand
bath; application of hot sand to the body.
Arendator (n.) In some
provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.
Areng (n.) Alt. of Arenga
Arenga (n.) A palm tree
(Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the
gomuti palm.
Arenicolite (n.) An
ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.
Arenilitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.
Arenose (a.) Sandy; full
of sand.
Arenulous (a.) Full of
fine sand; like sand.
Areolae (pl. ) of Areola
Areola (n.) An interstice
or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous
lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or
as between the nervures of an insect's wing.
Areola (n.) The colored
ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
Areolar (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.
Areolate (a.) Alt. of
Areolated
Areolated (a.) Divided
into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants,
or the receptacle of compound flowers.
Areolation (n.) Division
into areolae.
Areolation (n.) Any small
space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces
bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of
leaves; an areola.
Areole (n.) Same as
Areola.
Areolet (n.) A small
inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects,
circumscribed by the veins.
Areometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.
Areometric (a.) Alt. of
Areometrical
Areometrical (a.)
Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.
Areometry (n.) The art or
process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.
Areopagist (n.) See
Areopagite.
Areopagite (n.) A member
of the Areopagus.
Areopagitic (a.)
Pertaining to the Areopagus.
Areopagus (n.) The highest
judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high
court or tribunal
Areostyle (a. & n.) See
Intercolumniation, and Araeostyle.
Areosystyle (a. & n.) See
Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle.
Arere (v. t. & i.) See
Arear.
Arest (n.) A support for
the spear when couched for the attack.
Aret (v. t.) To reckon; to
ascribe; to impute.
Aretaics (n.) The ethical
theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of
virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
Aretology (n.) That part
of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of
attaining to it.
Arew (adv.) In a row.
Argal (n.) Crude tartar.
See Argol.
Argal (adv.) A ludicrous
corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
Argal (n.) Alt. of Argali
Argali (n.) A species of
wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It
inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.
Argala (n.) The adjutant
bird.
Argand lamp () A lamp with a
circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside
and outside of the flame.
Argas (n.) A genus of
venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also
called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the
natives, is A. Talaje.
Argean (a.) Pertaining to
the ship Argo. See Argo.
Argent (n.) Silver, or
money.
Argent (n.) Whiteness;
anything that is white.
Argent (n.) The white
color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity,
innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white
surface.
Argent (a.) Made of
silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
Argental (a.) Of or
pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.
Argentan (n.) An alloy of
nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
Argentate (a.) Silvery
white.
Argentation (n.) A coating
or overlaying with silver.
Argentic (a.) Pertaining
to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver
in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.
Argentiferous (a.)
Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
Argentine (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
Argentine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
Argentine (n.) A siliceous
variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster,
and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Argentine (n.) White metal
coated with silver.
Argentine (n.) A fish of
Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to
various fishes of the genus Argentina.
Argentine (n.) A citizen
of the Argentine Republic.
Argentite (n.) Sulphide of
silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic
luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.
Argentous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in
which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous
chloride.
Argentry (n.) Silver plate
or vessels.
Argil (n.) Clay, or
potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.
Argillaceous (a.) Of the
nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.
Argilliferous (a.)
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
Argillite (n.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray,
sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
Argillo-areenaceous (a.)
Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
Argillo-calcareous (a.)
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
Argillo-ferruginous (a.)
Containing clay and iron.
Argillous (a.)
Argillaceous; clayey.
Argive (a.) Of or
performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.
Argive (n.) A native of
Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.
Argo (n.) The name of the
ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of
the Golden Fleece.
Argo (n.) A large
constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern
astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.
Argoan (a.) Pertaining to
the ship Argo.
Argoile (n.) Potter's
clay.
Argol (n.) Crude tartar;
an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice
of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks.
Argolic (a.) Pertaining to
Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.
Argon (n.) A substance
regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its
chemical inertness.
Argonaut (n.) Any one of
the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the
Golden Fleece.
Argonaut (n.) A cephalopod
of the genus Argonauta.
Argonauta (n.) A genus of
Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.
Argonautic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Argonauts.
Argosies (pl. ) of Argosy
Argosy (n.) A large ship,
esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
Argot (n.) A secret
language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds;
flash.
Arguable (a.) Capable of
being argued; admitting of debate.
Argued (imp. & p. p.) of
Argue
Arguing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Argue
Argue (v. i.) To invent
and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to
use arguments; to reason.
Argue (v. i.) To contend
in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with
your friend without convincing him.
Argue (v. t.) To debate or
discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full
court; the cause was well argued.
Argue (v. t.) To prove or
evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
Argue (v. t.) To persuade
by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
Argue (v. t.) To blame; to
accuse; to charge with.
Arguer (n.) One who
argues; a reasoner; a disputant.
Argufy (v. t. & i.) To
argue pertinaciously.
Argufy (v. t. & i.) To
signify.
Argulus (n.) A genus of
copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.
Argument (n.) Proof;
evidence.
Argument (n.) A reason or
reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning
expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a
proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
Argument (n.) A process of
reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation;
discussion; disputation.
Argument (n.) The subject
matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic;
also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
Argument (n.) Matter for
question; business in hand.
Argument (n.) The quantity
on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument
of the refraction.
Argument (n.) The
independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
Argument (v. i.) To make
an argument; to argue.
Argumentable (a.)
Admitting of argument.
Argumental (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
Argumentation (n.) The act
of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to
the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or
admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be
true.
Argumentation (n.) Debate;
discussion.
Argumentative (a.)
Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning;
as, an argumentative discourse.
Argumentative (a.)
Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is
argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
Argumentative (a.) Given
to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative
writer.
Argumentize (v. i.) To
argue or discuss.
Argus (n.) A fabulous
being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to
guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
Argus (n.) One very
vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Argus (n.) A genus of East
Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great
length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A.
Grayi inhabits Borneo.
Argus-eyed (a.) Extremely
observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
Argus shell () A species of shell
(Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a
peacock's tail.
Argutation (n.) Caviling;
subtle disputation.
Argute (a.) Sharp; shrill.
Argute (a.) Sagacious;
acute; subtle; shrewd.
Argutely (adv.) In a
subtle; shrewdly.
Arguteness (n.) Acuteness.
Arhizal (a.) Alt. of
Arhythmous
Arhizous (a.) Alt. of
Arhythmous
Arhythmic (a.) Alt. of
Arhythmous
Arhythmous (a.) See
Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.
Aria (n.) An air or song;
a melody; a tune.
Arian (a. & n.) See Aryan.
Arian (a.) Pertaining to
Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the
doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature
and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
Arian (n.) One who adheres
to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
Arianism (n.) The
doctrines of the Arians.
Arianize (v. i.) To admit
or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.
Arianize (v. t.) To
convert to Arianism.
Aricine (n.) An alkaloid,
first found in white cinchona bark.
Arid (a.) Exhausted of
moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
Aridities (pl. ) of
Aridity
Aridity (n.) The state or
quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
Aridity (n.) Fig.: Want of
interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual
drought.
Aridness (n.) Aridity;
dryness.
Ariel () Alt. of Ariel gazelle
Ariel gazelle () A variety of the
gazelle (Antilope, / Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
Ariel gazelle () A squirrel-like
Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.
Ariel gazelle () A beautiful
Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).
Aries (n.) The Ram; the
first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal
equinox, about the 21st of March.
Aries (n.) A constellation
west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
Aries (n.) A
battering-ram.
Arietate (v. i.) To butt,
as a ram.
Arietation (n.) The act of
butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
Arietation (n.) Act of
striking or conflicting.
Arietta (n.) Alt. of
Ariette
Ariette (n.) A short aria,
or air.
Aright (adv.) Rightly;
correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God
aright.
Aril (n.) Alt. of Arillus
Arillus (n.) A exterior
covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent
bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also
an aril.
Arillate (a.) Alt. of
Ariled
Arllated (a.) Alt. of
Ariled
Ariled (a.) Having an
aril.
Ariman (n.) See Ahriman.
Ariolation (n.) A
soothsaying; a foretelling.
Ariose (a.) Characterized
by melody, as distinguished from harmony.
Arioso (adv. & a.) In the
smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.
Arose (imp.) of Arise
Arising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arise
Arisen (p. p.) of Arise
Arise (v. i.) To come up
from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from
one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a
kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
Arise (v. i.) To spring
up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or
visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea
arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
Arise (v. i.) To proceed;
to issue; to spring.
Arise (n.) Rising.
Arist () 3d sing. pres. of Arise,
for ariseth.
Arista (n.) An awn.
Aristarch (n.) A severe
critic.
Aristarchian (a.) Severely
critical.
Aristarchy (n.) Severely
criticism.
Aristarchy (n.) Severe
criticism.
Aristate (a.) Having a
pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.
Aristate (a.) Having a
slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
Aristocracies (pl. ) of
Aristocracy
Aristocracy (n.)
Government by the best citizens.
Aristocracy (n.) A ruling
body composed of the best citizens.
Aristocracy (n.) A form a
government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a
state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
Aristocracy (n.) The
nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a
popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as
in rank, fortune, or intellect.
Aristocrat (n.) One of the
aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
Aristocrat (n.) One who is
overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
Aristocrat (n.) One who
favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy
should govern.
Aristocratic (a.) Alt. of
Aristocratical
Aristocratical (a.) Of or
pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of
nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
Aristocratical (a.)
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or
originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic
pride or manners.
Aristocratism (n.) The
principles of aristocrats.
Aristocratism (n.)
Aristocrats, collectively.
Aristology (n.) The
science of dining.
Aristophanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
Aristotelian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).
Aristotelian (n.) A
follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.
Aristotelianism () The philosophy
of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
Aristotelic (a.)
Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.
Aristotle's lantern () The five
united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Aristulate (a.) Having a
short beard or awn.
Arithmancy (n.) Divination
by means of numbers.
Arithmetic (n.) The
science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
Arithmetic (n.) A book
containing the principles of this science.
Arithmetical (a.) Of or
pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
Arithmetically (adv.)
Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
Arithmetician (n.) One
skilled in arithmetic.
Arithmomancy (n.)
Arithmancy.
Arithmometer (n.) A
calculating machine.
Ark (n.) A chest, or
coffer.
Ark (n.) The oblong chest
of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its
golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses
placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the
Ark of the Covenant.
Ark (n.) The large,
chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge.
Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
Ark (n.) A large flatboat
used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
Arkite (a.) Belonging to
the ark.
Ark shell () A marine bivalve
shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
Arles (n. pl.) An earnest;
earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
Arm (n.) The limb of the
human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding
limb of a monkey.
Arm (n.) Anything
resembling an arm
Arm (n.) The fore limb of
an animal, as of a bear.
Arm (n.) A limb, or
locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
Arm (n.) A branch of a
tree.
Arm (n.) A slender part of
an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm
of a steelyard.
Arm (n.) The end of a
yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
Arm (n.) An inlet of water
from the sea.
Arm (n.) A support for the
elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
Arm (n.) Fig.: Power;
might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
Arm (n.) A branch of the
military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
Arm (n.) A weapon of
offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
Armed (imp. & p. p.) of
Arm
Arming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arm
Arm (v. t.) To take by the
arm; to take up in one's arms.
Arm (v. t.) To furnish
with arms or limbs.
Arm (v. t.) To furnish or
equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the
country.
Arm (v. t.) To cover or
furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or
efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
Arm (v. t.) Fig.: To
furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral
sense.
Arm (v. i.) To provide
one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
Armada (v. t.) A fleet of
armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to
assail England, a. d. 1558.
Armadillos (pl. ) of
Armadillo
Armadillo (n.) Any
edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head
are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in
the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into
a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are
several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See
Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
Armadillo (n.) A genus of
small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
Armado (n.) Armada.
Armament (n.) A body of
forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
Armament (n.) All the
cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship
or a fortification.
Armament (n.) Any
equipment for resistance.
Armamentary (n.) An
armory; a magazine or arsenal.
Armature (n.) Armor;
whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the
protective outfit of some animals and plants.
Armature (n.) A piece of
soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order
to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the
ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic
force.
Armature (n.) Iron bars or
framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender
columns, holding up canopies, etc.
Armchair (n.) A chair with
arms to support the elbows or forearms.
Armed (a.) Furnished with
weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or
protection.
Armed (a.) Furnished with
whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
Armed (a.) Having horns,
beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.
Armenian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Armenia.
Armenian (n.) A native or
one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.
Armenian (n.) An adherent
of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices
to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.
Armet (n.) A kind of
helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
Armfulus (pl. ) of Armful
Armful (n.) As much as the
arm can hold.
Armgaunt (a.) With gaunt
or slender legs. (?)
Arm-gret (a.) Great as a
man's arm.
Armhole (n.) The cavity
under the shoulder; the armpit.
Armhole (n.) A hole for
the arm in a garment.
Armiferous (a.) Bearing
arms or weapons.
Armiger (n.) Formerly, an
armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other
services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial
bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
Armigerous (a.) Bearing
arms.
Armil (n.) A bracelet.
Armil (n.) An ancient
astronomical instrument.
Armillas (pl. ) of Armilla
Armillae (pl. ) of Armilla
Armilla (n.) An armil.
Armilla (n.) A ring of
hair or feathers on the legs.
Armillary (n.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
Arming (n.) The act of
furnishing with, or taking, arms.
Arming (n.) A piece of
tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the
sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.
Arming (n.) Red dress
cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
Arminian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under
Arminian, n.
Arminian (n.) One who
holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
Arminianism (n.) The
religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
Armipotence (n.) Power in
arms.
Armipotent (a.) Powerful
in arms; mighty in battle.
Armisonant (a.) Alt. of
Armisonous
Armisonous (a.) Rustling
in arms; resounding with arms.
Armistice (n.) A cessation
of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities
by agreement; a truce.
Armless (a.) Without any
arm or branch.
Armless (a.) Destitute of
arms or weapons.
Armlet (n.) A small arm;
as, an armlet of the sea.
Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a
bracelet for the upper arm.
Armlet (n.) Armor for the
arm.
Armoniac (a.) Ammoniac.
Armor (n.) Defensive arms
for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
Armor (n.) Steel or iron
covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
Armor-bearer (n.) One who
carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
Armored (a.) Clad with
armor.
Armorer (n.) One who makes
or repairs armor or arms.
Armorer (n.) Formerly, one
who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.
Armorer (n.) One who has
the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
Armorial (a.) Belonging to
armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
Armoric (a.) Alt. of
Armorican
Armorican (a.) Of or
pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now
Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.
Armorican (n.) The
language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present
times.
Armorican (n.) A native of
Armorica.
Armorist (n.) One skilled
in coat armor or heraldry.
Armor-plated (a.) Covered
with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
Armories (pl. ) of Armory
Armory (n.) A place where
arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
Armory (n.) Armor;
defensive and offensive arms.
Armory (n.) A manufactory
of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
Armory (n.) Ensigns
armorial; armorial bearings.
Armory (n.) That branch of
heraldry which treats of coat armor.
Armozeen (n.) Alt. of
Armozine
Armozine (n.) A thick
plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.
Armpit (n.) The hollow
beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
Armrack (n.) A frame,
generally vertical, for holding small arms.
Arms (n.) Instruments or
weapons of offense or defense.
Arms (n.) The deeds or
exploits of war; military service or science.
Arms (n.) Anything which a
man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive
weapon.
Arms (n.) The ensigns
armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields,
banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father
to son.
Arms (n.) The legs of a
hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Armure (n.) Armor.
Armure (n.) A variety of
twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
Army (n.) A collection or
body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions,
regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
Army (n.) A body of
persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
Army (n.) A great number;
a vast multitude; a host.
Army worm () A lepidopterous
insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field
to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the
northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other
related species, as the cotton worm.
Army worm () The larva of a small
two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See
Cotton worm, under Cotton.
Arna (n.) Alt. of Arnee
Arnee (n.) The wild
buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and
having enormous horns.
Arnatto (n.) See Annotto.
Arnica (n.) A genus of
plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the
mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
Arnicin (n.) An active
principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.
Arnicine (n.) An alkaloid
obtained from the arnica plant.
Arnot (n.) Alt. of Arnut
Arnut (n.) The earthnut.
Arnotto (n.) Same as
Annotto.
Aroid (a.) Alt. of
Aroideous
Aroideous (a.) Belonging
to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.
Aroint (interj.) Stand
off, or begone.
Aroint (v. t.) To drive or
scare off by some exclamation.
Aroma (n.) The quality or
principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance;
agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
Aroma (n.) Fig.: The fine
diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of
genius.
Aromatic (a.) Alt. of
Aromatical
Aromatical (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as,
aromatic balsam.
Aromatic (n.) A plant,
drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm,
pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
Aromatization (n.) The act
of impregnating or secting with aroma.
Aromatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Aromatize
Aromatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aromatize
Aromatize (v. t.) To
impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to
perfume.
Aromatizer (n.) One who,
or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.
Aromatous (a.) Aromatic.
Aroph (n.) A barbarous
word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.
Arose () The past or preterit
tense of Arise.
Around (adv.) In a circle;
circularly; on every side; round.
Around (adv.) In a
circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel
around from town to town.
Around (adv.) Near; in the
neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
Around (prep.) On all
sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
Around (prep.) From one
part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel
around the country; a house standing around the corner.
Arousal (n.) The act of
arousing, or the state of being aroused.
Aroused (imp. & p. p.) of
Arouse
Arousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arouse
Arouse (v. t.) To excite
to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse;
to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
Arow (adv.) In a row,
line, or rank; successively; in order.
Aroynt (interj.) See
Aroint.
Arpeggio (n.) The
production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp,
and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
Arpent (n.) Alt. of Arpen
Arpen (n.) Formerly, a
measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent
of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The
woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
Arpentator (n.) The
Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.
Arpine (n.) An arpent.
Arquated (a.) Shaped like
a bow; arcuate; curved.
Arquebus (n.) Alt. of
Arquebuse
Arquebuse (n.) A sort of
hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning
match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
Arquebusade (n.) The shot
of an arquebus.
Arquebusade (n.) A
distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.;
-- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
Arquebusier (n.) A soldier
armed with an arquebus.
Arquifoux (n.) Same as
Alquifou.
Arrach (n.) See Orach.
Arrack (n.) A name in the
East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often
distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the
cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
Arragonite (n.) See
Aragonite.
Arraigned (imp. & p. p.)
of Arraign
Arraigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arraign
Arraign (v. t.) To call or
set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an
indictment or complaint.
Arraign (v. t.) To call to
account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
Arraign (n.) Arraignment;
as, the clerk of the arraigns.
Arraign (v. t.) To appeal
to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
Arraigner (n.) One who
arraigns.
Arraignment (n.) The act
of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a
prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
Arraignment (n.) A calling
to an account to faults; accusation.
Arraiment (v. t.) Alt. of
Arrayment
Arrayment (v. t.) Clothes;
raiment.
Arranged (imp. & p. p.) of
Arrange
Arranging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arrange
Arrange (v. t.) To put in
proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best
suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
Arrange (v. t.) To adjust
or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an
undertaking.
Arrangement (n.) The act
of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or
put in order; disposition in suitable form.
Arrangement (n.) The
manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular
and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean
arrangement of plants.
Arrangement (n.)
Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for
receiving company.
Arrangement (n.)
Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement
between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
Arrangement (n.) The
adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not
originally written.
Arrangement (n.) A piece
so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's
symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
Arranger (n.) One who
arranges.
Arrant (a.) Notoriously or
preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated;
as, an arrant rogue or coward.
Arrant (a.) Thorough or
downright, in a good sense.
Arrantly (adv.)
Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
Arras (n.) Tapestry; a
rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with
interwoven figures.
Arras (v. t.) To furnish
with an arras.
Arrasene (n.) A material
of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
Arrastre (n.) A rude
apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
Arraswise (adv.) Alt. of
Arrasways
Arrasways (adv.) Placed in
such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front;
-- said of a rectangular form.
Arraught () Obtained; seized.
Array (n.) Order; a
regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of
battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Array (n.) The whole body
of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of
soldiers.
Array (n.) An imposing
series of things.
Array (n.) Dress; garments
disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Array (n.) A ranking or
setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a
cause.
Array (n.) The panel
itself.
Array (n.) The whole body
of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Arrayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Array
Arraying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Array
Array (n.) To place or
dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
Array (n.) To deck or
dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a
splendid kind.
Array (n.) To set in
order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
Arrayer (n.) One who
arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of
the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.
Arrear (adv.) To or in the
rear; behind; backwards.
Arrear (n.) That which is
behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or
balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly
used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
Arrearage (n.) That which
remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
Arrect (a.) Alt. of
Arrected
Arrected (a.) Lifted up;
raised; erect.
Arrected (a.) Attentive,
as a person listening.
Arrect (v. t.) To direct.
Arrect (v. t.) To impute.
Arrectary (n.) An upright
beam.
Arrenotokous (a.)
Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.
Arrentation () A letting or
renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a
ditch, under a yearly rent.
Arreption (n.) The act of
taking away.
Arreptitious (a.) Snatched
away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.
Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of
Arrest
Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arrest
Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to
check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river;
to arrest the senses.
Arrest (v. t.) To take,
seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a
crime.
Arrest (v. t.) To seize on
and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
Arrest (v. t.) To rest or
fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
Arrest (v. i.) To tarry;
to rest.
Arrest (v. t.) The act of
stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance;
restraint; as, an arrest of development.
Arrest (v. t.) The taking
or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also,
a decree, mandate, or warrant.
Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure
by power, physical or moral.
Arrest (v. t.) A
scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
Arrestation (n.) Arrest.
Arrestee (v.) The person
in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
Arrester (n.) One who
arrests.
Arrester (n.) The person
at whose suit an arrestment is made.
Arresting (a.) Striking;
attracting attention; impressive.
Arrestive (a.) Tending to
arrest.
Arrestment (n.) The arrest
of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or
movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
Arrestment (n.) A stoppage
or check.
Arret (n.) A judgment,
decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
Arret (n.) An arrest; a
legal seizure.
Arret (v. t.) Same as
Aret.
Arrhaphostic (a.)
Seamless.
Arrhizal (a.) Alt. of
Arrhizous
Arrhizous (a.) Destitute
of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
Arrhythmic (a.) Alt. of
Arrhythmous
Arrhythmous (a.) Being
without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
Arrhytmy (n.) Want of
rhythm.
Arride (v. t.) To please;
to gratify.
Arriere (n.) "That which
is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind,
rear, subordinate.
Arriere-ban (n.) A
proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate
feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war;
also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient
France.
Arris (n.) The sharp edge
or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or
curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised
edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
Arrish (n.) The stubble of
wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
Arriswise (adv.)
Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.
Arrival (n.) The act of
arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by
water (as in its original sense) or by land.
Arrival (n.) The
attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our
arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
Arrival (n.) The person or
thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
Arrival (n.) An approach.
Arrivance (n.) Arrival.
Arrived (imp. & p. p.) of
Arrive
Arriving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arrive
Arrive (v. i.) To come to
the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by
traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly
sometimes by to), also by in and from.
Arrive (v. i.) To reach a
point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice,
study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
Arrive (v. i.) To come;
said of time; as, the time arrived.
Arrive (v. i.) To happen
or occur.
Arrive (v. t.) To bring to
shore.
Arrive (v. t.) To reach;
to come to.
Arrive (n.) Arrival.
Arriver (n.) One who
arrives.
Arroba (n.) A Spanish
weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old
Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.
Arroba (n.) A Spanish
liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
Arrogance (n.) The act or
habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that
species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity,
estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to
an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness;
self-assumption; presumption.
Arrogancy (n.) Arrogance.
Arrogant (a.) Making, or
having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving
one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to
persons.
Arrogant (a.) Containing
arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or
self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
Arrogantly (adv.) In an
arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
Arrogantness (n.)
Arrogance.
Arrogated (imp. & p. p.)
of Arrogate
Arrogating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arrogate
Arrogate (v. t.) To
assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue
claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope
arrogated dominion over kings.
Arrogation (n.) The act of
arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is
justly entitled to.
Arrogation (n.) Adoption
of a person of full age.
Arrogative (a.) Making
undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.
Arrondissement (n.) A
subdivision of a department.
Arrose (v. t.) To drench;
to besprinkle; to moisten.
Arrosion (n.) A gnawing.
Arrow (n.) A missile
weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be
shot from a bow.
Arrow grass (n.) An
herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods
opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
Arrowhead (n.) The head of
an arrow.
Arrowhead (n.) An aquatic
plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of
the leaves.
Arrowheaded (a.) Shaped
like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
Arrowroot (n.) A west
Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many
hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom
in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive
starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food,
esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other
plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
Arrowwood (n.) A shrub
(Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the
long, straight, slender shoots.
Arrowworm (n.) A peculiar
transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See
Sagitta.
Arrowy (a.) Consisting of
arrows.
Arrowy (a.) Formed or
moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
Arroyos (pl. ) of Arroyo
Arroyo (n.) A water
course; a rivulet.
Arroyo (n.) The dry bed of
a small stream.
Arschin (n.) See Arshine.
Arse (n.) The buttocks, or
hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
Arsenal (n.) A public
establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and
all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
Arsenate (n.) A salt of
arsenic acid.
Arseniate (n.) See
Arsenate.
Arsenic (n.) One of the
elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but
in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray
color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very
brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but
usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur.
Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the
true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active
poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
Arsenic (n.) Arsenious
oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and
ratsbane.
Arsenic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which
this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
Arsenical (a.) Of or
pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall
papers.
Arsenicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Arsenicate
Arsenicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arsenicate
Arsenicate (v. t.) To
combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
Arsenicism (n.) A diseased
condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
Arsenide (n.) A compound
of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called
arseniuret.
Arseniferous (a.)
Containing or producing arsenic.
Arsenious (a.) Pertaining
to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
Arsenious (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the
highest; as, arsenious acid.
Arsenite (n.) A salt
formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
Arseniuret (n.) See
Arsenide.
Arseniureted (a.) Combined
with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted
hydrogen.
Arsenopyrite (n.) A
mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur,
and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
Arsesmart (n.) Smartweed;
water pepper.
Arshine (n.) A Russian
measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Arsine (n.) A compound of
arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an
odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
Arsis (n.) That part of a
foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as
the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
Arsis (n.) That elevation
of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
Arsis (n.) The elevation
of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the
weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
Arsmetrike (n.)
Arithmetic.
Arson (n.) The malicious
burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law
is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.
Art () The second person
singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed
after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt,
orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn
or poetical style.
Art (n.) The employment of
means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural
world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical
purposes.
Art (n.) A system of rules
serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles
and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work;
-- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art
of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Art (n.) The systematic
application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an
occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
Art (n.) The application
of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an
occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of
the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
Art (n.) Those branches of
learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of
arts.
Art (n.) Learning; study;
applied knowledge, science, or letters.
Art (n.) Skill, dexterity,
or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or
observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
Art (n.) Skillful plan;
device.
Art (n.) Cunning;
artifice; craft.
Art (n.) The black art;
magic.
Artemia (n.) A genus of
phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine
shrimp.
Artemisia (n.) A genus of
plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these
A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage
brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
Arteriac (a.) Of or
pertaining to the windpipe.
Arterial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial
system.
Arterial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or
railroad.
Arterialization (n.) The
process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage
through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called
also aeration and hematosis.
Arterialized (imp. & p. p.)
of Arterialize
Arterializing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Arterialize
Arterialize (v. t.) To
transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the
lungs; to make arterial.
Arteriography (n.) A
systematic description of the arteries.
Arteriole (n.) A small
artery.
Arteriology (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of arteries.
Arteriotomy (n.) The
opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
Arteriotomy (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
Arteritis (n.)
Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
Arteries (pl. ) of Artery
Artery (n.) The trachea or
windpipe.
Artery (n.) One of the
vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart.
They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with
them by capillaries.
Artery (n.) Hence: Any
continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or
commerce.
Artesian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
Artful (a.) Performed
with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artful (a.) Artificial;
imitative.
Artful (a.) Using or
exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
Artful (a.) Cunning;
disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The
usual sense.]
Artfully (adv.) In an
artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
Artfulness (n.) The
quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
Arthen (a.) Same as
Arthritic (a.) Alt. of
Arthritical
Arthritical (a.)
Pertaining to the joints.
Arthritical (a.) Of or
pertaining to arthritis; gouty.
Arthritis (n.) Any
inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.
Arthroderm (n.) The
external covering of an Arthropod.
Arthrodia (n.) A form of
diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so
that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.
Arthrodial (a.) Alt. of
Arthrodic
Arthrodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to arthrodia.
Arthrodynia (n.) An
affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon
structural disease.
Arthrodynic (a.)
Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.
Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A
division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the
scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
Arthrography (n.) The
description of joints.
Arthrology (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of joints.
Arthromere (n.) One of the
body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
Arthropleura (n.) The side
or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
Arthropod (n.) One of the
Arthropoda.
Arthropoda (n. pl.) A
large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It
includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
Arthropomata (n. pl.) One
of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
Arthrosis (n.)
Articulation.
Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One
of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen
are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.
Arthrozoic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.
Artiad (a.) Even; not odd;
-- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is
divisible by two without a remainder.
Artichoke (n.) The Cynara
scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and
prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of
numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle,
which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of
food.
Artichoke (n.) See
Jerusalem artichoke.
Article (n.) A distinct
portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing,
consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an
article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of
regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a
contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
Article (n.) A literary
composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or
cyclopedia.
Article (n.) Subject;
matter; concern; distinct.
Article (n.) A distinct
part.
Article (n.) A particular
one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary
article.
Article (n.) Precise point
of time; moment.
Article (n.) One of the
three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application.
A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
Article (n.) One of the
segments of an articulated appendage.
Articled (imp. & p. p.) of
Article
Articling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Article
Article (n.) To formulate
in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
Article (n.) To accuse or
charge by an exhibition of articles.
Article (n.) To bind by
articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
Article (v. i.) To agree
by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Articled (a.) Bound by
articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.
Articular (n.) Of or
pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
Articular (n.) Alt. of
Articulary
Articulary (n.) A bone in
the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Articularly (adv.) In an
articular or an articulate manner.
Articulata (v.) One of the
four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by
later writers.
Articulata (v.) One of the
subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by
a hinge.
Articulata (v.) A
subdivision of the Crinoidea.
Articulate (a.) Expressed
in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Articulate (a.) Jointed;
formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate
animals or plants.
Articulate (a.) Distinctly
uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words
and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
Articulate (n.) An animal
of the subkingdom Articulata.
Articulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Articulate
Articulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Articulate
Articulate (v. i.) To
utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to
enunciate; to speak distinctly.
Articulate (v. i.) To
treat or make terms.
Articulate (v. i.) To join
or be connected by articulation.
Articulate (v. t.) To
joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the
joints.
Articulate (v. t.) To draw
up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
Articulate (v. t.) To
form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to
enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
Articulate (v. t.) To
express distinctly; to give utterance to.
Articulated (a.) United
by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
Articulated (a.) Produced,
as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.
Articulately (adv.) After
the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
Articulately (adv.)
Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
Articulately (adv.) With
distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
Articulateness (n.)
Quality of being articulate.
Articulation (n.) A joint
or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
Articulation (n.) The
connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
Articulation (n.) One of
the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
Articulation (n.) One of
the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at
regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as
in the cane, grasses, etc.
Articulation (n.) The act
of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
Articulation (n.) The
state of being jointed; connection of parts.
Articulation (n.) The
utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of
the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
Articulation (n.) A sound
made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a
consonant.
Articulative (a.) Of or
pertaining to articulation.
Articulator (n.) One who,
or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who
prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.
Articuli (pl. ) of
Articulus
Articulus (n.) A joint of
the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
Artifice (n.) A
handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Artifice (n.) Workmanship;
a skillfully contrived work.
Artifice (n.) Artful or
skillful contrivance.
Artifice (n.) Crafty
device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
Artificer (n.) An artistic
worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or
knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
Artificer (n.) One who
makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
Artificer (n.) A cunning
or artful fellow.
Artificer (n.) A military
mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells,
fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
Artificial (a.) Made or
contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition
to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains,
flowers.
Artificial (a.) Feigned;
fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Artificial (a.) Artful;
cunning; crafty.
Artificial (a.)
Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
Artificiality (n.) The
quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
Artificialize (v. t.) To
render artificial.
Artificially (adv.) In an
artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.
Artificially (adv.)
Ingeniously; skillfully.
Artificially (adv.)
Craftily; artfully.
Artificialness (n.) The
quality of being artificial.
Artificious (a.)
Artificial.
Artilize (v. t.) To make
resemble.
Artillerist (n.) A person
skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Artillery (n.) Munitions
of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
Artillery (n.) Cannon;
great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their
equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
Artillery (n.) The men and
officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of
artillery are confided.
Artillery (n.) The science
of artillery or gunnery.
Artilleryman (n.) A man
who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One
of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot
are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the
middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in
the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
Artiodactyle (n.) One of
the Artiodactyla.
Artiodactylous (a.)
Even-toed.
Artisan (n.) One who
professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.
Artisan (n.) One trained
to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a
mechanic.
Artist (n.) One who
practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
Artist (n.) One who
professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the
manual execution.
Artist (n.) One who shows
trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.
Artist (n.) An artful
person; a schemer.
Artiste (n.) One
peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer,
a hairdresser, a cook.
Artistic (a.) Alt. of
Artistical
Artistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to
art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.
Artistry (n.) Works of art
collectively.
Artistry (n.) Artistic
effect or quality.
Artistry (n.) Artistic
pursuits; artistic ability.
Artless (a.) Wanting art,
knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
Artless (a.) Contrived
without skill or art; inartistic.
Artless (a.) Free from
guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity;
sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
Artlessly (adv.) In an
artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.
Artlessness (n.) The
quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
Artly (adv.) With art or
skill.
Artocarpeous (a.) Alt. of
Artocarpous
Artocarpous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.
Artotype (n.) A kind of
autotype.
Artotyrite (n.) One of a
sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and
cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the
earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]
Artow () A contraction of art
thou.
Artsman (n.) A man skilled
in an art or in arts.
Art union () An association for
promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.
Arum (n.) A genus of
plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a
spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.
Arundelian (a.) Pertaining
to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient
Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.
Arundiferous (a.)
Producing reeds or canes.
Arundinaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.
Arundineous (a.) Abounding
with reeds; reedy.
Aruspices (pl. ) of
Aruspex
Aruspex (n.) One of the
class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the
inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.
Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer
of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Aruspicy (n.)
Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.
Arval (n.) A funeral
feast.
Arvicole (n.) A mouse of
the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.
Aryan (n.) One of a
primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia,
east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan
Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian,
Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that
ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
Aryan (n.) The language of
the original Aryans.
Aryan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the
Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
Aryanize (v. t.) To make
Aryan (a language, or in language).
Arytenoid (a.)
Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the
glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the
cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.
As (adv. & conj.) Denoting
equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same
manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or
degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
As (adv. & conj.) In the
idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or
relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
As (adv. & conj.) While;
during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
As (adv. & conj.) Because;
since; it being the case that.
As (adv. & conj.)
Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
As (adv. & conj.) That,
introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and
such.
As (adv. & conj.) As if;
as though.
As (adv. & conj.) For
instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases,
sentences, or citations.
As (adv. & conj.) Than.
As (adv. & conj.)
Expressing a wish.
As (n.) An ace.
Asses (pl. ) of As
As (n.) A Roman weight,
answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It
was divided into twelve ounces.
As (n.) A Roman copper
coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic
war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to
half an ounce.
Asa (n.) An ancient name
of a gum.
Asafetida (n.) Alt. of
Asafoetida
Asafoetida (n.) The fetid
gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula
asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an
antispasmodic.
Asaphus (n.) A genus of
trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
Asarabacca (n.) An acrid
herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic
and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
Asarone (n.) A
crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum;
-- called also camphor of asarum.
Asbestic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.
Asbestiform (a.) Having
the form or structure of asbestus.
Asbestine (a.) Of or
pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.
Asbestous (a.) Asbestic.
Asbestus (n.) Alt. of
Asbestos
Asbestos (n.) A variety of
amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous
masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also
given to a similar variety of serpentine.
Asbolin (n.) A peculiar
acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
Ascarides (pl. ) of
Ascarid
Ascarid (n.) A parasitic
nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in
the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly
applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged
persons.
Ascended (imp. & p. p.) of
Ascend
Ascending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ascend
Ascend (v. i.) To move
upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in
a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean
to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times,
from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the
remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
Ascend (v. t.) To go or
move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to
ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
Ascendable (a.) Capable of
being ascended.
Ascendancy (n.) Alt. of
Ascendance
Ascendance (n.) Same as
Ascendency.
Ascendant (n.) Ascent;
height; elevation.
Ascendant (n.) The
horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the
moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's
life and fortune.
Ascendant (n.)
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant
over another.
Ascendant (n.) An
ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in
the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
Ascendant (a.) Alt. of
Ascendent
Ascendent (a.) Rising
toward the zenith; above the horizon.
Ascendent (a.) Rising;
ascending.
Ascendent (a.) Superior;
surpassing; ruling.
Ascendency (n.) Governing
or controlling influence; domination; power.
Ascendible (a.) Capable of
being ascended; climbable.
Ascending (a.) Rising;
moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
Ascension (n.) The act of
ascending; a rising; ascent.
Ascension (n.)
Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his
resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
Ascension (n.) An
ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from
distillation.
Ascensional (a.) Relating
to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the
ascensional power of a balloon.
Ascensive (a.) Rising;
tending to rise, or causing to rise.
Ascensive (a.)
Augmentative; intensive.
Ascent () The act of rising;
motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent
of vapors from the earth.
Ascent () The way or means by
which one ascends.
Ascent () An eminence, hill, or
high place.
Ascent () The degree of elevation
of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising
grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
Ascertained (imp. & p. p.)
of Ascertain
Ascertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ascertain
Ascertain (v. t.) To
render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to
assure; to apprise.
Ascertain (v. t.) To make
(a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make
sure of; to fix; to determine.
Ascertain (v. t.) To find
out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to
know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
Ascertainable (a.) That
may be ascertained.
Ascertainer (n.) One who
ascertains.
Ascertainment (n.) The act
of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation;
discovery.
Ascessancy (a.) Alt. of
Ascessant
Ascessant (a.) See
Acescency, Acescent.
Ascetic (a.) Extremely
rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Ascetic (n.) In the early
church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life,
characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a
hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in
religious things.
Asceticism (n.) The
condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Ascham (n.) A sort of
cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
Asci (n. pl.) See Ascus.
Ascian (n.) One of the
Ascii.
Ascidian (n.) One of the
Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.
Ascidiarium (n.) The
structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
Ascidiform (a.) Shaped
like an ascidian.
Ascidioidea (n. pl.) A
group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes,
social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral
aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Ascidiozooid (n.) One of
the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.
Ascidia (pl. ) of Ascidium
Ascidium (n.) A
pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of
the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort
(Utricularia).
Ascidium (n.) A genus of
simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is
sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
Ascigerous (a.) Having
asci.
Ascii (n. pl.) Alt. of
Ascians
Ascians (n. pl.) Persons
who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the
inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.
Ascites (n.) A collection
of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Ascitic (a.) Alt. of
Ascitical
Ascitical (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.
Ascititious (a.)
Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
Asclepiad (n.) A
choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four
feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
Asclepiadaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
Asclepias (n.) A genus of
plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having
medicinal properties.
Ascococci (pl. ) of
Ascococcus
Ascococcus (n.) A form of
micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each
of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of
spherical micrococci.
Ascospore (n.) One of the
spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Ascribable (a.) Capable of
being ascribed; attributable.
Ascribed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ascribe
Ascribing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ascribe
Ascribe (v. t.) To
attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a
poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such
an author.
Ascribe (v. t.) To
attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
Ascript (a.) See Adscript.
Ascription (n.) The act of
ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
Ascriptitious (a.)
Ascribed.
Ascriptitious (a.) Added;
additional.
Ascus (n.) A small
membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive
particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
A-sea (adv.) On the sea;
at sea; toward the sea.
Aseptic (a.) Not liable to
putrefaction; nonputrescent.
Aseptic (n.) An aseptic
substance.
Asexual (a.) Having no
distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and
Gemmation.
Asexually (adv.) In an
asexual manner; without sexual agency.
Ash (n.) A genus of trees
of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species
furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the
white ash (F. Americana).
Ash (n.) The tough,
elastic wood of the ash tree.
Ash (n.) sing. of Ashes.
Ash (v. t.) To strew or
sprinkle with ashes.
Ashame (v. t.) To shame.
Ashamed (a.) Affected by
shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some
wrong action or impropriety.
Ashamedly (adv.)
Bashfully.
Ashantees (pl. ) of
Ashantee
Ashantee (n.) A native or
an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
Ashantee (a.) Of or
pertaining to Ashantee.
Ash-colored (a.) Of the
color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
Ashen (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ash tree.
Ashen (a.) Consisting of,
or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
Ashen (n.) obs. pl. for
Ashes.
Ashery (n.) A depository
for ashes.
Ashery (n.) A place where
potash is made.
Ashes (n. pl.) The earthy
or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of
wood or coal.
Ashes (n. pl.)
Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to
dust" by natural decay.
Ashes (n. pl.) The color
of ashes; deathlike paleness.
Ash-fire (n.) A low fire
used in chemical operations.
Ash-furnace (n.) Alt. of
Ash-oven
Ash-oven (n.) A furnace or
oven for fritting materials for glass making.
Ashine (a.) Shining;
radiant.
Ashlar (n.) Alt. of Ashler
Ashler (n.) Hewn or
squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
Ashler (n.) In the United
States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of
rubble or brick.
Ashlaring (n.) Alt. of
Ashlering
Ashlering (n.) The act of
bedding ashlar in mortar.
Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when
in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
Ashlering (n.) The short
upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Ashore (adv.) On shore or
on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when
applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
Ashtaroth (pl. ) of
Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth (n.) The
principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male
divinity.
Ash Wednesday () The first day of
Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes,
on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
Ashweed (n.) Goutweed.
Ashy (a.) Pertaining to,
or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
Ashy (a.) Ash-colored;
whitish gray; deadly pale.
Asian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
Asian (n.) An Asiatic.
Asiarch (n.) One of the
chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of
the public games and religious rites.
Asiatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
Asiatic (n.) A native, or
one of the people, of Asia.
Asiaticism (n.) Something
peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Aside (adv.) On, or to,
one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance
from the rest; out of the way; apart.
Aside (adv.) Out of one's
thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
Aside (adv.) So as to be
heard by others; privately.
Aside (n.) Something
spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not
supposed to hear.
Asilus (n.) A genus of
large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.
Asinego (n.) Alt. of
Assinego
Assinego (n.) A stupid
fellow.
Asinine (a.) Of or
belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
Asininity (n.) The quality
of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
Asiphonate (a.) Destitute
of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
Asiphonate (n.) An
asiphonate mollusk.
Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of
Asiphonida
Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt.
of Asiphonida
Asiphonida (n. pl.) A
group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate
mollusks.
Asitia (n.) Want of
appetite; loathing of food.
Asked (imp. & p. p.) of
Ask
Asking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ask
Ask (v. t.) To request; to
seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense
of from, before the person addressed.
Ask (v. t.) To require,
demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a
matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
Ask (v. t.) To interrogate
or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
Ask (v. t.) To invite; as,
to ask one to an entertainment.
Ask (v. t.) To publish in
church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
Ask (v. i.) To request or
petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
Ask (v. i.) To make
inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
Ask (n.) A water newt.
Askance (adv.) Alt. of
Askant
Askant (adv.) Sideways;
obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
Askance (v. t.) To turn
aside.
Asker (n.) One who asks; a
petitioner; an inquirer.
Asker (n.) An ask; a water
newt.
Askew (adv. & a.) Awry;
askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or
contempt, or entry.
Asking (n.) The act of
inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Asking (n.) The publishing
of banns.
Aslake (v. t. & i.) To
mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward
one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
Aslant (prep.) In a
slanting direction over; athwart.
Asleep (a. & adv.) In a
state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Asleep (a. & adv.) In the
sleep of the grave; dead.
Asleep (a. & adv.) Numbed,
and, usually, tingling.
Aslope (adv. & a.)
Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Aslug (adv.) Sluggishly.
Asmear (a.) Smeared over.
Asmonean (a.) Of or
pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged;
Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
Asmonean (n.) One of the
Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to
35 b. c.
Asoak (a.) Soaking.
Asomatous (a.) Without a
material body; incorporeal.
Asonant (a.) Not sounding
or sounded.
Asp (n.) Same as Aspen.
Asp (n.) A small, hooded,
poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It
is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
Aspalathus (n.) A thorny
shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
Aspalathus (n.) A genus of
plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the
Cape of Good Hope.
Asparagine (n.) A white,
nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and
first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of
nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.
Asparaginous (a.)
Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten
like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
Asparagus (n.) A genus of
perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much
branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for
leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.
Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
Asparagus (n.) The young
and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known
article of food.
Aspartic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
Aspect (n.) The act of
looking; vision; gaze; glance.
Aspect (n.) Look, or
particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
Aspect (n.) Appearance to
the eye or the mind; look; view.
Aspect (n.) Position or
situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a
particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a
house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
Aspect (n.) Prospect;
outlook.
Aspect (n.) The situation
of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays
of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets
or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
Aspect (n.) The influence
of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
Aspect (n.) To behold; to
look at.
Aspectable (a.) Capable of
being; visible.
Aspectant (a.) Facing each
other.
Aspected (a.) Having an
aspect.
Aspection (n.) The act of
viewing; a look.
Aspen (n.) Alt. of Asp
Asp (n.) One of several
species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called
from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the
air.
Aspen (a.) Of or
pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
Asper (a.) Rough; rugged;
harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
Asper (n.) The rough
breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that
it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s,
"rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
Asper (n.) A Turkish money
of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Asperated (imp. & p. p.)
of Asperate
Asperating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Asperate
Asperate (v. t.) To make
rough or uneven.
Asperation (n.) The act of
asperating; a making or becoming rough.
Asperges (n.) The service
or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
Asperges (n.) The brush or
instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Aspergill (n.) Alt. of
Aspergillum
Aspergillum (n.) The brush
used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Aspergillum (n.) See
Wateringpot shell.
Aspergilliform (a.)
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
Asperifoliate (a.) Alt. of
Asperifolious
Asperifolious (a.) Having
rough leaves.
Asperities (pl. ) of
Asperity
Asperity (n.) Roughness of
surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
Asperity (n.) Roughness or
harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Asperity (n.) Roughness to
the taste; sourness; tartness.
Asperity (n.) Moral
roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to
mildness.
Asperity (n.) Sharpness;
disagreeableness; difficulty.
Aspermatous (a.)
Aspermous.
Aspermous (a.) Destitute
of seeds; aspermatous.
Asperne (v. t.) To spurn;
to despise.
Asperous (a.) Rough;
uneven.
Aspersed (imp. & p. p.) of
Asperse
Aspersing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Asperse
Asperse (v. t.) To
sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one
with a liquid or with dust.
Asperse (v. t.) To
bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point
of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or
his writings; to asperse a man's character.
Aspersed (a.) Having an
indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.
Aspersed (a.) Bespattered;
slandered; calumniated.
Asperser (n.) One who
asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
Aspersion (n.) A
sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Aspersion (n.) The
spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the
bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
Aspersive (a.) Tending to
asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
Aspersoir (n.) An
aspergill.
Aspersoria (pl. ) of
Aspersorium
Aspersorium (n.) The
stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
Aspersorium (n.) A brush
for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Asphalt (n.) Alt. of
Asphaltum
Asphaltum (n.) Mineral
pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or
brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when
heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea,
which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also
in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.
Asphaltum (n.) A
composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and
as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial
asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.
Asphalt (v. t.) To cover
with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic
mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
Asphaltic (a.) Pertaining
to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.
Asphaltite (a.) Asphaltic.
Asphaltite (a.) Asphaltic.
Asphaltus (n.) See
Asphalt.
Asphodel (n.) A general
name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial
plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
Asphyctic (a.) Pertaining
to asphyxia.
Asphyxia (n.) Alt. of
Asphyxy
Asphyxy (n.) Apparent
death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of
respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable
gases.
Asphyxial (a.) Of or
relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.
Asphyxiate (v. t.) To
bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
Asphyxiated (p. p. ) Alt.
of Asphyxied
Asphyxied (p. p. ) In a
state of asphyxia; suffocated.
Asphyxiation (n.) The act
of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
Aspic (n.) The venomous
asp.
Aspic (n.) A piece of
ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
Aspic (n.) A European
species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
Aspic (n.) A savory meat
jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A
group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and
keyhole limpets.
Aspirant (a.) Aspiring.
Aspirant (n.) One who
aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
Aspirated (imp. & p. p.)
of Aspirate
Aspirating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aspirate
Aspirate (v. t.) To
pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the
words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
Aspirate (n.) A sound
consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing
h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
Aspirate (n.) A mark of
aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
Aspirate (n.) An
elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant;
as, f, th in thin, etc.
Aspirate (a.) Alt. of
Aspirated
Aspirated (a.) Pronounced
with the h sound or with audible breath.
Aspiration (n.) The act of
aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of
breath; an aspirated sound.
Aspiration (n.) The act of
breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
Aspiration (n.) The act of
aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
Aspirator (n.) An
apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or
for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
Aspirator (n.) An
instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of
blood.
Aspiratory (a.) Of or
pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air
Aspired (imp. & p. p.) of
Aspire
Aspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aspire
Aspire (v. t.) To desire
with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; --
followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
after immorality.
Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to
ascend; to tower; to soar.
Aspire (v. t.) To aspire
to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
Aspire (n.) Aspiration.
Aspirement (n.)
Aspiration.
Aspirer (n.) One who
aspires.
Aspiring (a.) That
aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.
Aspish (a.) Pertaining to,
or like, an asp.
Asportation (n.) The
felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.
Asprawl (adv. & a.)
Sprawling.
Asquat (adv. & a.)
Squatting.
Asquint (adv.) With the
eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry,
so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.
Ass (n.) A quadruped of
the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly
harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and
sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are
several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
Ass (n.) A dull, heavy,
stupid fellow; a dolt.
Assaf/tida (n.) Same as
Asafetida.
Assagai (n.) Alt. of
Assegai
Assegai (n.) A spear used
by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light
javelin.
Assai () A direction equivalent
to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.
Assailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Assail
Assailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assail
Assail (v. t.) To attack
with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as,
to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
Assail (v. t.) To
encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle,
difficulty, or the like.
Assail (v. t.) To attack
morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct,
existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as,
to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
Assailable (a.) Capable of
being assailed.
Assailant (a.) Assailing;
attacking.
Assailant (n.) One who, or
that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
Assailer (n.) One who
assails.
Assailment (n.) The act or
power of assailing; attack; assault.
Assamar (n.) The peculiar
bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat,
bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
Assamese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.
Assamese (n. sing. & pl.)
A native or natives of Assam.
Assapan (n.) Alt. of
Assapanic
Assapanic (n.) The
American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
Assart (n.) The act or
offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or
coverts of a forest.
Assart (n.) A piece of
land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
Assart (v. t.) To grub up,
as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
Assassin (n.) One who
kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously
murders any one unprepared for defense.
Assassin (v. t.) To
assassinate.
Assassinated (imp. & p. p.)
of Assassinate
Assassinating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assassinate
Assassinate (v. t.) To
kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
Assassinate (v. t.) To
assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat
exceedingly.
Assassinate (n.) An
assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
Assassinate (n.) An
assassin.
Assassination (n.) The act
of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Assassinator (n.) An
assassin.
Assassinous (a.)
Murderous.
Assastion (n.) Roasting.
Assault (n.) A violent
onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the
rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a
house, or a town.
Assault (n.) A violent
onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like;
as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution
of a government.
Assault (n.) An apparently
violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another;
an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but
without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening
manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect,
it is a battery.
Assaulted (imp. & p. p.)
of Assault
Assaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assault
Assault (n.) To make an
assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or
insulting physical violence or menaces.
Assault (n.) To attack
with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words,
arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an
administration.
Assaultable (a.) Capable
of being assaulted.
Assaulter (n.) One who
assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
Assay (n.) Trial; attempt;
essay.
Assay (n.) Examination and
determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
Assay (n.) Trial by danger
or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Assay (n.) Tested purity
or value.
Assay (n.) The act or
process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy;
especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or
coin.
Assay (n.) The alloy or
metal to be assayed.
Assayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Assay
Assaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assay
Assay (v.) To try; to
attempt; to apply.
Assay (v.) To affect.
Assay (v.) To try tasting,
as food or drink.
Assay (v.) To subject, as
an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical
examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in
it, or to ascertain its composition.
Assay (v. i.) To attempt,
try, or endeavor.
Assayable (a.) That may be
assayed.
Assayer (n.) One who
assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the
purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same,
especially of gold or silver.
Assaying (n.) The act or
process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine
the proportion of pure metal.
Asse (n.) A small foxlike
animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.
Assecuration (n.)
Assurance; certainty.
Assecure (v. t.) To make
sure or safe; to assure.
Assecution (n.) An
obtaining or acquiring.
Assegai (n.) Same as
Assagai.
Assemblage (n.) The act of
assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.
Assemblage (n.) A
collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a
political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.
Assemblance (n.)
Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
Assemblance (n.) An
assembling; assemblage.
Assembled (imp. & p. p.)
of Assemble
Assembling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assemble
Assemble (v. t.) To
collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to
congregate.
Assemble (v. i.) To meet
or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.
Assemble (v. i.) To liken;
to compare.
Assembler (n.) One who
assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.
Assemblies (pl. ) of
Assembly
Assembly (n.) A company of
persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose,
esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.
Assembly (n.) A collection
of inanimate objects.
Assembly (n.) A beat of
the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Assemblymen (pl. ) of
Assemblyman
Assemblyman (n.) A member
of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.
Assented (imp. & p. p.) of
Assent
Assenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assent
Assent (v. t.) To admit a
thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or
concession.
Assent (v.) The act of
assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence
with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
Assentation (n.)
Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended
concurrence.
Assentator (n.) An
obsequious; a flatterer.
Assentatory (a.)
Flattering; obsequious.
Assenter (n.) One who
assents.
Assentient (a.) Assenting.
Assenting (a.) Giving or
implying assent.
Assentive (a.) Giving
assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
Assentment (n.) Assent;
agreement.
Asserted (imp. & p. p.) of
Assert
Asserting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assert
Assert (v. t.) To affirm;
to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to
aver; to asseverate.
Assert (v. t.) To
maintain; to defend.
Assert (v. t.) To maintain
or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or
title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
Asserter (n.) One who
asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.
Assertion (n.) The act of
asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment;
affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Assertion (n.)
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
Assertive (a.) Positive;
affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
Assertor (n.) One who
asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an
affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.
Assertorial (a.) Asserting
that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.
Assertory (a.) Affirming;
maintaining.
Assessed (imp. & p. p.) of
Assess
Assessing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assess
Assess (v.) To value; to
make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
Assess (v.) To apportion a
sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax,
fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according
to a rate or apportionment.
Assess (v.) To determine
and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax;
as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.
Assess (v.) To fix or
determine the rate or amount of.
Assessable (a.) Liable to
be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.
Assessee (n.) One who is
assessed.
Assession (n.) A sitting
beside or near.
Assessment (n.) The act of
assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of
damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.
Assessment (n.) A
valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such
valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as,
an assessment of property or an assessment on property.
Assessment (n.) The
specific sum levied or assessed.
Assessment (n.) An
apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also,
one of these installments (in England termed a "call").
Assessor (v.) One
appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge
of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.
Assessor (v.) One who sits
by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in
office.
Assessor (v.) One
appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.
Assessorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.
Assessorship (n.) The
office or function of an assessor.
Asset (n.) Any article or
separable part of one's assets.
Assets (n. pl.) Property
of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies;
-- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator
liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.
Assets (n. pl.) Effects of
an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.
Assets (n. pl.) The entire
property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as,
the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities.
Assever (v. t.) See
Asseverate.
Asseverated (imp. & p. p.)
of Asseverate
Asseverating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Asseverate
Asseverate (v. t.) To
affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Asseveration (n.) The act
of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or
assertion; solemn declaration.
Asseverative (a.)
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
Asseveratory (a.)
Asseverative.
Assibilate (v. t.) To make
sibilant; to change to a sibilant.
Assibilation (n.) Change
of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
Assidean (n.) One of a
body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the
Asmoneans.
Assident (a.) Usually
attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms.
Assiduate (a.)
Unremitting; assiduous.
Assiduities (pl. ) of
Assiduity
Assiduity (n.) Constant or
close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise;
diligence.
Assiduity (n.) Studied and
persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural.
Assiduous (a.) Constant in
application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.
Assiduous (a.) Performed
with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous
labor.
Assiege (v. t.) To
besiege.
Assiege (n.) A siege.
Assientist (n.) A
shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento
contract.
Assiento (n.) A contract
or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the
Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
Assigned (imp. & p. p.) of
Assign
Assigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assign
Assign (v. t.) To appoint;
to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Assign (v. t.) To fix,
specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to
assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
Assign (v. t.) To
transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain
persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
Assign (v.) A thing
pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
Assign (n.) A person to
whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs
and assigns.
Assignability (n.) The
quality of being assignable.
Assignable (a.) Capable of
being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or
bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.
Assignat (n.) One of the
notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of
France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of
nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
Assignation (n.) The act
of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
Assignation (n.) An
appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love
interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
Assignation (n.) A making
over by transfer of title; assignment.
Assignee (v.) A person to
whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some
act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an
assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special
appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.
Assignee (v.) In England,
the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of
a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
Assigner (n.) One who
assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
Assignment (n.) An
allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular
time, as of a cause or causes in court.
Assignment (n.) A transfer
of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a
transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.
Assignment (n.) The
writing by which an interest is transferred.
Assignment (n.) The
transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in
whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
Assignor (n.) An assigner;
a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or
other chose in action.
Assimilability (n.) The
quality of being assimilable.
Assimilable (a.) That may
be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.
Assimilated (imp. & p. p.)
of Assimilate
Assimilating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assimilate
Assimilate (v. t.) To
bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
Assimilate (v. t.) To
liken; to compa/e.
Assimilate (v. t.) To
appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating
body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and
converted into organic tissue.
Assimilate (v. i.) To
become similar or like something else.
Assimilate (v. i.) To
change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of
the assimilating body.
Assimilate (v. i.) To be
converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated;
as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
Assimilation (n.) The act
or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity;
also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to
another.
Assimilation (n.) The
conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the
processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
Assimilative (a.) Tending
to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation;
as, an assimilative process or substance.
Assimilatory (a.) Tending
to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.
Assimulate (v. t.) To
feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble.
Assimulate (v. t.) To
assimilate.
Assimulation (n.)
Assimilation.
Assinego (n.) See Asinego.
Assish (a.) Resembling an
ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.
Assisted (imp. & p. p.) of
Assist
Assisting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assist
Assist (v. t.) To give
support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to
aid; to succor.
Assist (v. i.) To lend
aid; to help.
Assist (v. i.) To be
present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting.
Assistance (n.) The act of
assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
Assistance (n.) An
assistant or helper; a body of helpers.
Assistance (n.) Persons
present.
Assistant (a.) Helping;
lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Assistant (a.) Of the
second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
Assistant (n.) One who, or
that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
Assistant (n.) An
attendant; one who is present.
Assistantly (adv.) In a
manner to give aid.
Assister (n.) An
assistant; a helper.
Assistful (a.) Helpful.
Assistive (a.) Lending
aid, helping.
Assistless (a.) Without
aid or help.
Assistor (n.) A assister.
Assithment (n.) See
Assythment.
Assize (n.) An assembly of
knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place
and at a certain time, for public business.
Assize (n.) A special kind
of jury or inquest.
Assize (n.) A kind of writ
or real action.
Assize (n.) A verdict or
finding of a jury upon such writ.
Assize (n.) A statute or
ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight,
measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the
market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the
standard of weights and measures.
Assize (n.) Anything fixed
or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight,
measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.
Assize (n.) A court, the
sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or
criminal, by a judge and jury.
Assize (n.) The periodical
sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the
purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and
criminal cases; -- usually in the plural.
Assize (n.) The time or
place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes.
Assize (n.) Measure;
dimension; size.
Assized (imp. & p. p.) of
Assize
Assizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assize
Assize (v.) To assess; to
value; to rate.
Assize (v.) To fix the
weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority.
Assizer (n.) An officer
who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc.
Assizor (n.) A juror.
Assober (v. t.) To make or
keep sober.
Associability (n.) The
quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness.
Associable (a.) Capable of
being associated or joined.
Associable (a.) Sociable;
companionable.
Associable (a.) Liable to
be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles,
etc.
Associableness (n.)
Associability.
Associated (imp. & p. p.)
of Associate
Associating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Associate
Associate (v. t.) To join
with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate
others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
Associate (v. t.) To join
or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other
substances.
Associate (v. t.) To
connect or place together in thought.
Associate (v. t.) To
accompany; to keep company with.
Associate (v. i.) To unite
in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed
to associate.
Associate (v. i.) To unite
in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
Associate (a.) Closely
connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or
office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
Associate (a.) Admitted to
some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
Associate (a.) Connected
by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in
consequence of preceding motions.
Associate (n.) A
companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or
equality; a mate; a fellow.
Associate (n.) A partner
in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
Associate (n.) One
connected with an association or institution without the full rights or
privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
Associate (n.) Anything
closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
Associated (a.) Joined as
a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.
Associateship (n.) The
state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.
Association (n.) The act
of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of
persons of things.
Association (n.) Mental
connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
Association (n.) Union of
persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.
Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number
of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for
promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
Associational (a.) Of or
pertaining to association, or to an association.
Associational (a.)
Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
Associationism (n.) The
doctrine or theory held by associationists.
Associationist (n.) One
who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association
of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Associative (a.) Having
the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the
associative faculty.
Associator (n.) An
associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.
Assoil (v. t.) To set
free; to release.
Assoil (v. t.) To solve;
to clear up.
Assoil (v. t.) To set free
from guilt; to absolve.
Assoil (v. t.) To expiate;
to atone for.
Assoil (v. t.) To remove;
to put off.
Assoil (v. t.) To soil; to
stain.
Assoilment (n.) Act of
assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Assoilment (n.) A soiling;
defilement.
Assoilzie (v. t.) Alt. of
Assoilyie
Assoilyie (v. t.) To
absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
Assonance (n.) Resemblance
of sound.
Assonance (n.) A peculiar
species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in
one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the
consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby
and chary.
Assonance (n.) Incomplete
correspondence.
Assonant (a.) Having a
resemblance of sounds.
Assonant (a.) Pertaining
to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
Assonantal (a.) Assonant.
Assonate (v. i.) To
correspond in sound.
Assorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Assort
Assorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assort
Assort (v. t.) To separate
and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or
which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely
applied to persons.]
Assort (v. t.) To furnish
with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
Assort (v. i.) To agree;
to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
Assorted (a.) Selected;
culled.
Assortment (n.) Act of
assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.
Assortment (n.) A
collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of
things assorted.
Assortment (n.) A
collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants,
demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.
Assot (v. t.) To besot; to
befool; to beguile; to infatuate.
Assot (a.) Dazed; foolish;
infatuated.
Assuaged (imp. & p. p.) of
Assuage
Assuaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assuage
Assuage (v. t.) To soften,
in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or
grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or
desire.
Assuage (v. i.) To abate
or subside.
Assuagement (n.)
Mitigation; abatement.
Assuager (n.) One who, or
that which, assuages.
Assuasive (a.) Mitigating;
tranquilizing; soothing.
Assubjugate (v. t.) To
bring into subjection.
Assuefaction (n.) The act
of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.
Assuetude (n.)
Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.
Assumable (a.) That may be
assumed.
Assumably (adv.) By way of
assumption.
Assumed (imp. & p. p.) of
Assume
Assuming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assume
Assume (v. t.) To take to
or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to
appropriate or take unjustly.
Assume (v. t.) To take for
granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily
or tentatively.
Assume (v. t.) To pretend
to possess; to take in appearance.
Assume (v. t.) To receive
or adopt.
Assume (v. i.) To be
arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
Assume (v. i.) To
undertake, as by a promise.
Assumed (a.) Supposed.
Assumed (a.) Pretended;
hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
Assumedly (adv.) By
assumption.
Assument (n.) A patch; an
addition; a piece put on.
Assumer (n.) One who
assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes.
Assuming (a.) Pretentious;
taking much upon one's self; presumptuous.
Assumpsit (n.) A promise
or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in
writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.
Assumpsit (n.) An action
to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise,
express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus
assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit
is founded on an express promise or undertaking.
Assumpt (v. t.) To take
up; to elevate; to assume.
Assumpt (n.) That which is
assumed; an assumption.
Assumption (n.) The act of
assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
Assumption (n.) The act of
taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition;
unwarrantable claim.
Assumption (n.) The thing
supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
Assumption (n.) The minor
or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
Assumption (n.) The taking
of a person up into heaven.
Assumption (n.) A festival
in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Assumptive (a.) Assumed,
or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted
claims.
Assurance (n.) The act of
assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is
designed to give confidence.
Assurance (n.) The state
of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt;
certainty.
Assurance (n.) Firmness of
mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
Assurance (n.) Excess of
boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
Assurance (n.) Betrothal;
affiance.
Assurance (n.) Insurance;
a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or
death.
Assurance (n.) Any written
or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
Assured (imp. & p. p.) of
Assure
Assuring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assure
Assure (v. t.) To make
sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other
evidence.
Assure (v. t.) To declare
to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or
confidence.
Assure (v. t.) To confirm;
to make certain or secure.
Assure (v. t.) To
affiance; to betroth.
Assure (v. t.) To insure;
to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See
Insure.
Assured (a.) Made sure;
safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
Assured (n.) One whose
life or property is insured.
Assuredly (adv.)
Certainly; indubitably.
Assuredness (n.) The state
of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
Assurer (n.) One who
assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
Assurer (n.) One who takes
out a life assurance policy.
Assurgency (n.) Act of
rising.
Assurgent (a.) Ascending
Assurgent (a.) rising
obliquely; curving upward.
Assuring (a.) That
assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.
Asswage (v.) See Assuage.
Assyrian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
Assyrian (n.) A native or
an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
Assyriological (a.) Of or
pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
Assyriologist (n.) One
versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.
Assyriology (n.) The
science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.
Assythment (n.)
Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.
Astacus (n.) A genus of
crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and
allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.
Astarboard (adv.) Over to
the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
Astart (v. t. & i.) Same
as Astert.
Astarte (n.) A genus of
bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
Astate (n.) Estate; state.
Astatic (a.) Having little
or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a
suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or
tendency to point in a given direction.
Astatically (adv.) In an
astatic manner.
Astaticism (n.) The state
of being astatic.
Astay (adv.) An anchor is
said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the
cable and the surface of the water.
Asteism (n.) Genteel
irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Astel (n.) An arch, or
ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.
Aster (n.) A genus of
herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
Aster (n.) A plant of the
genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.)
are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
Asterias (n.) A genus of
echinoderms.
Asteriated (a.) Radiated,
with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire.
Asteridian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Asterioidea.
Asteridian (n.) A
starfish; one of the Asterioidea.
Asterioidea (n. pl.) Alt.
of Asteridea
Asteridea (n. pl.) A class
of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and
always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
Asterion (n.) The point on
the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid
sutures.
Asteriscus (n.) The
smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
Asterisk (n.) The figure
of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or
note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a
word or phrase as having a special character.
Asterism (n.) A
constellation.
Asterism (n.) A small
cluster of stars.
Asterism (n.) An asterisk,
or mark of reference.
Asterism (n.) Three
asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage.
Asterism (n.) An optical
property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as
star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.
Astern (adv.) In or at the
hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go
astern.
Astern (adv.) Behind a
ship; in the rear.
Asternal (a.) Not sternal;
-- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
Asteroid (n.) A starlike
body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of
Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
Asteroidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.
Asterolepis (n.) A genus
of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil
state in the Old Red Sandstone.
Asterophyllite (n.) A
fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the
branchlets and foliage of calamites.
Astert (v. t.) To start
up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Astert (v. i.) To escape.
Asthenia (n.) Alt. of
Astheny
Astheny (n.) Want or loss
of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Asthenic (a.)
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
Asthenopia (n.) Weakness
of sight.
Asthma (n.) A disease,
characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the
bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of
constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
Asthmatic (a.) Alt. of
Asthmatical
Asthmatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from,
asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
Asthmatic (n.) A person
affected with asthma.
Astigmatic (a.) Affected
with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying
astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
Astigmatism (n.) A defect
of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point
are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or
indistinctness of vision.
Astipulate (v. i.) To
assent.
Astipulation (n.)
Stipulation; agreement.
Astir (adv. & a.)
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Astomatous (a.) Alt. of
Astomous
Astomous (a.) Not
possessing a mouth.
Astoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Astone
Astond () of Astone
Astound () of Astone
Aston (v. t.) Alt. of
Astone
Astone (v. t.) To stun; to
astonish; to stupefy.
Astonied (p. p.) Stunned;
astonished. See Astony.
Astonished (imp. & p. p.)
of Astonish
Astonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Astonish
Astonish (v. t.) To stun;
to render senseless, as by a blow.
Astonish (v. t.) To strike
with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with
something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.
Astonishedly (adv.) In an
astonished manner.
Astonishing (a.) Very
wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
Astonishment (n.) The
condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor;
loss of sense.
Astonishment (n.) Dismay;
consternation.
Astonishment (n.) The
overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or
dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Astonishment (n.) The
object causing such an emotion.
Astonied (imp. & p. p.) of
Astony
Astonying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Astony
Astony (v. t.) To stun; to
bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
Astoop (adv.) In a
stooping or inclined position.
Astound (a.) Stunned;
astounded; astonished.
Astounded (imp. & p. p.)
of Astound
Astound () of Astound
Astounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Astound
Astound (a.) To stun; to
stupefy.
Astound (a.) To astonish;
to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.
Astounding (a.) Of a
nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or
fact.
Astoundment (n.)
Amazement.
Astrachan (a. & n.) See
Astrakhan.
Astraddle (adv.) In a
straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
Astraean (a.) Pertaining
to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
Astraean (n.) A coral of
the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
Astragal (n.) A convex
molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
Astragal (n.) A round
molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.
Astragalar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the astragalus.
Astragaloid (a.)
Resembling the astragalus in form.
Astragalomancy (n.)
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
Astragalus (n.) The ankle
bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at
the ankle.
Astragalus (n.) A genus of
papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two
of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth
is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A.
verus.
Astragalus (n.) See
Astragal, 1.
Astrakhan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.
Astrakhan (n.) The skin of
stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Astral (a.) Pertaining to,
coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Astrand (adv. & a.)
Stranded.
Astray (adv. & a.) Out of
the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead
one astray.
Astricted (imp. & p. p.)
of Astrict
Astricting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Astrict
Astrict (v. t.) To bind
up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
Astrict (v. t.) To bind;
to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
Astrict (v. t.) To
restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.
Astrict (a.) Concise;
contracted.
Astriction (n.) The act of
binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Astriction (n.) A
contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on
the animal economy.
Astriction (n.)
Constipation.
Astriction (n.)
Astringency.
Astriction (n.) An
obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill,
the owner paying a toll.
Astrictive (a.) Binding;
astringent.
Astrictive (n.) An
astringent.
Astrictory (a.)
Astrictive.
Astride (adv.) With one
leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide
apart; astraddle.
Astriferous (a.) Bearing
stars.
Astringed (imp. & p. p.)
of Astringe
Astringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Astringe
Astringe (v. t.) To bind
fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Astringe (v. t.) To bind
by moral or legal obligation.
Astringency (n.) The
quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body;
that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the
organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
Astringent (a.) Drawing
together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as,
astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
Astringent (a.) Stern;
austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
Astringent (n.) A medicine
or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and
checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
Astringently (adv.) In an
astringent manner.
Astringer (n.) A falconer
who keeps a goshawk.
Astro- () The combining form of
the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.
Astrofel (n.) Alt. of
Astrofell
Astrofell (n.) A bitter
herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.
Astrogeny (n.) The
creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
Astrognosy (n.) The
science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
Astrogony (n.) Same as
Astrogeny.
Astrography (n.) The art
of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
Astroite (n.) A radiated
stone or fossil; star-stone.
Astrolabe (n.) An
instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now
disused.
Astrolabe (n.) A
stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the
equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.
Astrolater (n.) A
worshiper of the stars.
Astrolatry (n.) The
worship of the stars.
Astrolithology (n.) The
science of aerolites.
Astrologer (n.) One who
studies the stars; an astronomer.
Astrologer (n.) One who
practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and
situation of the stars.
Astrologian (n.) An
astrologer.
Astrologic (a.) Alt. of
Astrological
Astrological (a.) Of or
pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
Astrologize (v. t. & i.)
To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.
Astrology (n.) In its
etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients,
synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of
the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and
aspects.
Astromantic (a.) Of or
pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.
Astrometeorology (n.) The
investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
Astrometer (n.) An
instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
Astrometry (n.) The art of
making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative
magnitudes.
Astronomer (n.) An
astrologer.
Astronomer (n.) One who is
versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs,
or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various
phenomena.
Astronomian (n.) An
astrologer.
Astronomic (a.)
Astronomical.
Astronomical (a.) Of or
pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of
astronomy.
Astronomize (v. i.) To
study or to talk astronomy.
Astronomy (n.) Astrology.
Astronomy (n.) The science
which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances,
periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the
causes of their various phenomena.
Astronomy (n.) A treatise
on, or text-book of, the science.
Astrophel (n.) See
Astrofel.
Astrophotography (n.) The
application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
Astrophysical (a.)
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
Astrophyton (n.) A genus
of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
Astroscope (n.) An old
astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the
constellations were delineated.
Astroscopy (n.)
Observation of the stars.
Astrotheology (n.)
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
Astructive (a.) Building
up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
Astrut (a. & adv.)
Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.
Astrut (a. & adv.) In a
strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
Astucious (a.) Subtle;
cunning; astute.
Astucity (n.) Craftiness;
astuteness.
Astun (v. t.) To stun.
Asturian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Asturias in Spain.
Asturian (n.) A native of
Asturias.
Astute (a.) Critically
discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Astylar (a.) Without
columns or pilasters.
Astyllen (n.) A small dam
to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
Asunder (adv.) Apart;
separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different
pieces or places.
Asura (n.) An enemy of the
gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
Aswail (n.) The sloth bear
(Melursus labiatus) of India.
Asweve (v. t.) To stupefy.
Aswing (adv.) In a state
of swinging.
Aswoon (adv.) In a swoon.
Aswooned (adv.) In a
swoon.
Asylums (pl. ) of Asylum
Asyla (pl. ) of Asylum
Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or
place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and
from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Asylum (n.) Any place of
retreat and security.
Asylum (n.) An institution
for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or
afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane;
a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
Asymmetral (a.)
Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.
Asymmetric (a.) Alt. of
Asymmetrical
Asymmetrical (a.)
Incommensurable.
Asymmetrical (a.) Not
symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical.
Asymmetrous (a.)
Asymmetrical.
Asymmetry (n.) Want of
symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral
symmetry.
Asymmetry (n.)
Incommensurability.
Asymptote (n.) A line
which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though
infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or
curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an
infinite distance.
Asynartete (a.)
Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
Asyndetic (a.)
Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
Asyndeton (n.) A figure
which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to
polysyndeton.
Asystole (n.) A weakening
or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
Asystolism (n.) The state
or symptoms characteristic of asystole.
At (prep.) Primarily, this
word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or
direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is
less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this
original import are derived all the various uses of at.
At (prep.) A relation of
proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop;
at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.
At (prep.) The relation of
some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at
fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.
At (prep.) The relation of
some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at
play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.
At (prep.) The relation of
a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the
thermometer at 80¡; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000
square miles; life is short at the longest.
At (prep.) The relations
of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
At (prep.) The relations
of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this
news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand,
require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
At (prep.) Relation of
direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a
mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
Atabal (n.) A kettledrum;
a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.
Atacamite (n.) An
oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.
Atafter (prep.) After.
Ataghan (n.) See Yataghan.
Atake (v. t.) To overtake.
Ataman (n.) A hetman, or
chief of the Cossacks.
Ataraxia (n.) Alt. of
Ataraxy
Ataraxy (n.) Perfect peace
of mind, or calmness.
Ataunt (adv.) Alt. of
Ataunto
Ataunto (adv.) Fully
rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
Atavic (a.) Pertaining to
a remote ancestor, or to atavism.
Atavism (n.) The
recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in
the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near
ancestors; reversion to the original form.
Atavism (n.) The
recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent
generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
Ataxia (n.) Alt. of Ataxy
Ataxy (n.) Disorder;
irregularity.
Ataxy (n.) Irregularity in
disease, or in the functions.
Ataxy (n.) The state of
disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
Ataxic (a.) Characterized
by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by
a want of coordinating power in movements.
Atazir (n.) The influence
of a star upon other stars or upon men.
Ate () the preterit of Eat.
Ate (n.) The goddess of
mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.
-ate () As an ending of
participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or
situated; animate or animated.
-ate () As the ending of a verb,
it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make
propitious); to animate (to give life to).
-ate () As a noun suffix, it
marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or
dignity; as, tribunate.
-ate () In chemistry it is used
to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting
binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric
acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.
Atechnic (a.) Without
technical or artistic knowledge.
Ateles (n.) A genus of
American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or
rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.
Atelier (n.) A workshop; a
studio.
Atellan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald.
Atellan (n.) A farcical
drama performed at Atella.
Athalamous (a.) Not
furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain
lichens.
Athamaunt (n.) Adamant.
Athanasian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.
Athanor (n.) A digesting
furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain
uniform and durable heat.
Athecata (n. pl.) A
division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a
capsule. See Tubularian.
Atheism (n.) The disbelief
or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
Atheism (n.) Godlessness.
Atheist (n.) One who
disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
Atheist (n.) A godless
person.
Atheistic (a.) Alt. of
Atheistical
Atheistical (a.)
Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as,
atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.
Atheistical (a.)
Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons;
as, an atheistic writer.
Atheize (v. t.) To render
atheistic or godless.
Atheize (v. i.) To
discourse, argue, or act as an atheist.
Atheling (n.) An
Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal
family.
Atheneums (pl. ) of
Athenaeum
Athenaea (pl. ) of
Athenaeum
Atheneum (n.) Alt. of
Athenaeum
Athenaeum (n.) A temple of
Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their
works and instruct students.
Athenaeum (n.) A school
founded at Rome by Hadrian.
Athenaeum (n.) A literary
or scientific association or club.
Athenaeum (n.) A building
or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.
Athenian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
Athenian (n.) A native or
citizen of Athens.
Atheological (a.) Opposed
to theology; atheistic.
Atheology (n.) Antagonism
to theology.
Atheous (a.) Atheistic;
impious.
Atheous (a.) Without God,
neither accepting nor denying him.
Atherine (n.) A small
marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides.
The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species
(Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
Athermancy (n.) Inability
to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
Athermanous (a.) Not
transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.
Athermous (a.)
Athermanous.
Atheroid (a.) Shaped like
an ear of grain.
Atheroma (n.) An encysted
tumor containing curdy matter.
Atheroma (n.) A disease
characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the
arteries.
Atheromatous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma.
Athetosis (n.) A variety
of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
Athink (v. t.) To repent;
to displease; to disgust.
Athirst (a.) Wanting
drink; thirsty.
Athirst (a.) Having a keen
appetite or desire; eager; longing.
Athlete (n.) One who
contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Athlete (n.) Any one
trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength;
one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
Athlete (n.) One fitted
for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
Athletic (a.) Of or
pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games
or sports.
Athletic (a.) Befitting an
athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.
Athleticism (n.) The
practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Athletics (n.) The art of
training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
Athletism (n.) The state
or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
Athwart (prep.) Across;
from side to side of.
Athwart (prep.) Across the
direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
Athwart (adv.) Across,
especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
Athwart (adv.) Across the
course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Atilt (adv.) In the manner
of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.
Atilt (adv.) In the
position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used
as an adjective.]
Atimy (n.) Public disgrace
or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.
-ation () A suffix forming nouns
of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes
has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many
of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many
are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed
on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization,
demoralization.
A-tiptoe (adv.) On tiptoe;
eagerly expecting.
Atlanta (n.) A genus of
small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See
Heteropod.
Atlantal (a.) Relating to
the atlas.
Atlantal (a.) Anterior;
cephalic.
Atlantean (a.) Of or
pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and
overwhelmed by the ocean.
Atlantean (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
Atlantes (n. pl.) Figures
or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called
also telamones. See Caryatides.
Atlantic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies
between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic
Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
Atlantic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
Atlantic (a.) Descended
from Atlas.
Atlantides (n. pl.) The
Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
Atlases (pl. ) of Atlas
Atlas (n.) One who
sustains a great burden.
Atlas (n.) The first
vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining
the globe of the head, whence the name.
Atlas (n.) A collection of
maps in a volume
Atlas (n.) A volume of
plates illustrating any subject.
Atlas (n.) A work in which
subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical
atlas.
Atlas (n.) A large, square
folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
Atlas (n.) A drawing paper
of large size. See under Paper, n.
Atlas (n.) A rich kind of
satin manufactured in India.
Atmidometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
Atmo (n.) The standard
atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations;
conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760
millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in
the latitude of Paris.
Atmologic (a.) Alt. of
Atmological
Atmological (a.) Of or
pertaining to atmology.
Atmologist (n.) One who is
versed in atmology.
Atmology (n.) That branch
of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.
Atmolysis (n.) The act or
process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission
through porous substances.
Atmolyzation (n.)
Separation by atmolysis.
Atmolyze (v. t.) To
subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.
Atmolyzer (n.) An
apparatus for effecting atmolysis.
Atmometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an
evaporometer.
Atmosphere (n.) The whole
mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous
envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
Atmosphere (n.) Any
gaseous envelope or medium.
Atmosphere (n.) A supposed
medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly
supposed to surround electrical bodies.
Atmosphere (n.) The
pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about
14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
Atmosphere (n.) Any
surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
Atmosphere (n.) The
portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary
condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
Atmospheric (a.) Alt. of
Atmospherical
Atmospherical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere;
as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
Atmospherical (a.)
Existing in the atmosphere.
Atmospherical (a.) Caused,
or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric
engine.
Atmospherical (a.)
Dependent on the atmosphere.
Atmospherically (adv.) In
relation to the atmosphere.
Atmospherology (n.) The
science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
Atokous (a.) Producing
only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.
Atoll (n.) A coral island
or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a
central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
Atom (n.) An ultimate
indivisible particle of matter.
Atom (n.) An ultimate
particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
Atom (n.) A constituent
particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate
particles.
Atom (n.) The smallest
particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary
constituents of a molecule.
Atom (n.) Anything
extremely small; a particle; a whit.
Atom (v. t.) To reduce to
atoms.
Atomic (a.) Alt. of
Atomical
Atomical (a.) Of or
pertaining to atoms.
Atomical (a.) Extremely
minute; tiny.
Atomically (adv.) In an
atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.
Atomician (n.) An atomist.
Atomicism (n.) Atomism.
Atomicity (n.) Degree of
atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms
in an elementary molecule. See Valence.
Atomism (n.) The doctrine
of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
Atomist (n.) One who holds
to the atomic philosophy or theory.
Atomistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
Atomization (n.) The act
of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so
reduced.
Atomization (n.) The
reduction of fluids into fine spray.
Atomize (v. t.) To reduce
to atoms, or to fine spray.
Atomizer (n.) One who, or
that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for
disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.
Atomology (n.) The
doctrine of atoms.
Atomy (n.) An atom; a
mite; a pigmy.
Atomy (n.) A skeleton.
Atonable (a.) Admitting an
atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.
At one () In concord or
friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at
one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.
At one () Of the same opinion;
agreed; as, on these points we are at one.
At one () Together.
Atoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Atone
Atoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Atone
Atone (v. i.) To agree; to
be in accordance; to accord.
Atone (v. i.) To stand as
an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a
crime.
Atone (v. t.) To set at
one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.
Atone (v. t.) To unite in
making.
Atone (v. t.) To make
satisfaction for; to expiate.
Atonement (n.)
Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
Atonement (n.)
Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by
doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or
injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation
of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ.
Atoner (n.) One who makes
atonement.
Atonic (a.) Characterized
by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.
Atonic (a.) Unaccented;
as, an atonic syllable.
Atonic (a.) Destitute of
tone vocality; surd.
Atonic (n.) A word that
has no accent.
Atonic (n.) An element of
speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a
nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing.
Atonic (n.) A remedy
capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Atony (n.) Want of tone;
weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.
Atop (adv.) On or at the
top.
Atrabilarian (a.) Alt. of
Atrabilarious
Atrabilarious (a.)
Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
Atrabilarian (n.) A person
much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
Atrabiliar (a.)
Melancholy; atrabilious.
Atrabiliary (a.) Of or
pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced
by the kidneys.
Atrabiliary (a.)
Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of
black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria,
melancholy, and mania.
Atrabilious (a.)
Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
Atramentaceous (a.) Black,
like ink; inky; atramental.
Atramental (a.) Alt. of
Atramentous
Atramentous (a.) Of or
pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous
spots.
Atramentarious (a.) Like
ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is
called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.
Atrede (v. t.) To surpass
in council.
Atrenne (v. t.) To outrun.
Atresia (n.) Absence or
closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
Atrial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an atrium.
Atrip (adv.) Just hove
clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.
Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home,
hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.
Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up
and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
Atria (pl. ) of Atrium
Atrium (n.) A square hall
lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
Atrium (n.) An open court
with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance
of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the
open churchyard or cemetery.
Atrium (n.) The main part
of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also,
the whole articular portion of the heart.
Atrium (n.) A cavity in
ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also
receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.
Atrocha (n.) A kind of
chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
Atrocious (a.) Extremely
heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
Atrocious (a.)
Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
Atrocious (a.) Very
grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
Atrocities (pl. ) of
Atrocity
Atrocity (n.) Enormous
wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
Atrocity (n.) An atrocious
or extremely cruel deed.
Atrophic (a.) Relating to
atrophy.
Atrophied (p. a.) Affected
with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early
stage; rudimentary.
Atrophy (n.) A wasting
away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body
or of any part.
Atrophied (p. p.) of
Atrophy
Atrophy (v. t.) To cause
to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Atrophy (v. i.) To waste
away; to dwindle.
Atropia (n.) Same as
Atropine.
Atropine (n.) A poisonous,
white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly
nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its
power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.
Atropism (n.) A condition
of the system produced by long use of belladonna.
Atropous (a.) Not
inverted; orthotropous.
Atrous (a.) Coal-black;
very black.
Atrypa (n.) A extinct
genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.
Attabal (n.) See Atabal.
Attacca () Attack at once; -- a
direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow
immediately, without any pause.
Attached (imp. & p. p.) of
Attach
Attaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attach
Attach (v. t.) To bind,
fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to
another by a string, by glue, or the like.
Attach (v. t.) To connect;
to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is
attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
Attach (v. t.) To win the
heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or
bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others
to us by wealth or flattery.
Attach (v. t.) To connect,
in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to
attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
Attach (v. t.) To take,
seize, or lay hold of.
Attach (v. t.) To take by
legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer
for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil
process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or
take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to
satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.
Attach (v. i.) To adhere;
to be attached.
Attach (v. i.) To come
into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will
attach.
Attach (n.) An attachment.
Attachable (a.) Capable of
being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
Attache (v. t.) One
attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff.
Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
Attachment (n.) The act
attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity;
regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a
friend, or to a party.
Attachment (n.) That by
which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments
of a muscle.
Attachment (n.) Something
attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as,
a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to
enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
Attachment (n.) A seizure
or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
Attachment (n.) The writ
or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
Attacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Attack
Attacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attack
Attack (v. t.) To fall
upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
Attack (v. t.) To assail
with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to
overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
Attack (v. t.) To set to
work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
Attack (v. t.) To begin to
affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to
decompose or waste.
Attack (v. i.) To make an
onset or attack.
Attack (n.) The act of
attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; --
opposed to defense.
Attack (n.) An assault
upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
Attack (n.) A setting to
work upon some task, etc.
Attack (n.) An access of
disease; a fit of sickness.
Attack (n.) The beginning
of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
Attackable (a.) Capable of
being attacked.
Attacker (n.) One who
attacks.
Attagas (n.) Alt. of
Attagen
Attagen (n.) A species of
sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.
Attaghan (n.) See
Yataghan.
Attained (imp. & p. p.) of
Attain
Attaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attain
Attain (v. t.) To achieve
or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain
rest.
Attain (v. t.) To gain or
obtain possession of; to acquire.
Attain (v. t.) To get at
the knowledge of; to ascertain.
Attain (v. t.) To reach or
come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
Attain (v. t.) To
overtake.
Attain (v. t.) To reach in
excellence or degree; to equal.
Attain (v. i.) To come or
arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object,
state, etc.; to reach.
Attain (v. i.) To come or
arrive, by an effort of mind.
Attain (n.) Attainment.
Attainability (n.) The
quality of being attainable; attainableness.
Attainable (a.) Capable of
being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being
compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.
Attainable (a.)
Obtainable.
Attainableness (n.) The
quality of being attainable; attainability.
Attainder (n.) The act of
attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights
and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as,
an act of attainder.
Attainder (n.) A stain or
staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
Attainment (n.) The act of
attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by
efforts.
Attainment (n.) That which
is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental
acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
Attainted (imp. & p. p.)
of Attaint
Attainting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attaint
Attaint (v. t.) To attain;
to get act; to hit.
Attaint (v. t.) To find
guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
Attaint (v. t.) To subject
(a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or
outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.
Attaint (v. t.) To accuse;
to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
Attaint (v. t.) To affect
or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint
or corrupt.
Attaint (v. t.) To stain;
to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
Attaint (p. p.) Attainted;
corrupted.
Attaint (v.) A touch or
hit.
Attaint (v.) A blow or
wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
Attaint (v.) A writ which
lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any
court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.
Attaint (v.) A stain or
taint; disgrace. See Taint.
Attaint (v.) An infecting
influence.
Attaintment (n.)
Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Attainture (n.) Attainder;
disgrace.
Attal (n.) Same as Attle.
Attame (v. t.) To pierce;
to attack.
Attame (v. t.) To broach;
to begin.
Attaminate (v. t.) To
corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.
Attar (n.) A fragrant
essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from
the petals of roses.
Attask (v. t.) To take to
task; to blame.
Attaste (v. t.) To taste
or cause to taste.
Atte () At the.
Attempered (imp. & p. p.)
of Attemper
Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attemper
Attemper (v. t.) To
reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
Attemper (v. t.) To
soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid
justice with clemency.
Attemper (v. t.) To mix in
just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and
justice.
Attemper (v. t.) To
accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
Attemperament (n.) A
tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
Attemperance (n.)
Temperance; attemperament.
Attemperate (a.) Tempered;
proportioned; properly adapted.
Attemperate (v. t.) To
attemper.
Attemperation (n.) The act
of attempering or regulating.
Attemperly (adv.)
Temperately.
Attemperment (n.)
Attemperament.
Attempted (imp. & p. p.)
of Attempt
Attempting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attempt
Attempt (v. t.) To make
trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to
assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to
move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to
win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
Attempt (v. t.) To attack;
to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the
enemy's camp.
Attempt (v. i.) To make an
attempt; -- with upon.
Attempt (n.) A essay,
trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point;
esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
Attemptable (a.) Capable
of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
Attempter (n.) One who
attempts; one who essays anything.
Attempter (n.) An
assailant; also, a temper.
Attemptive (a.) Disposed
to attempt; adventurous.
Attended (imp. & p. p.) of
Attend
Attending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attend
Attend (v. t.) To direct
the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.
Attend (v. t.) To care
for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
Attend (v. t.) To go or
stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a
physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on;
to serve.
Attend (v. t.) To be
present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure
attended with ill effects.
Attend (v. t.) To be
present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
Attend (v. t.) To wait
for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
Attend (v. i.) To apply
the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to
pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.
Attend (v. i.) To
accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for
service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.
Attend (v. i.) (with to)
To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.
Attend (v. i.) To wait; to
stay; to delay.
Attendance (v. t.)
Attention; regard; careful application.
Attendance (v. t.) The act
of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being
present; presence.
Attendance (v. t.) Waiting
for; expectation.
Attendance (v. t.) The
persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
Attendancy (n.) The
quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.
Attendant (v. t.) Being
present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
Attendant (v. t.)
Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential;
consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
Attendant (v. t.)
Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.
Attendant (n.) One who
attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion,
servant, agent, or suitor.
Attendant (n.) One who is
present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
Attendant (n.) That which
accompanies; a concomitant.
Attendant (n.) One who
owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
Attendement (n.) Intent.
Attender (n.) One who, or
that which, attends.
Attendment (n.) An
attendant circumstance.
Attent (v. t.) Attentive;
heedful.
Attent (n.) Attention;
heed.
Attentate (n.) Alt. of
Attentat
Attentat (n.) An attempt;
an assault.
Attentat (n.) A proceeding
in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
Attentat (n.) Any step
wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
Attention (n.) The act or
state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of
sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration;
earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the
supposed power or faculty of attending.
Attention (n.) An act of
civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as,
attentions paid to a stranger.
Attentive (a.) Heedful;
intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
Attentive (a.) Heedful of
the comfort of others; courteous.
Attently (adv.)
Attentively.
Attenuant (a.) Making
thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.
Attenuant (n.) A medicine
that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.
Attenuated (imp. & p. p.)
of Attenuate
Attenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attenuate
Attenuate (v. t.) To make
thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or
by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
Attenuate (v. t.) To make
thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy.
Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into
finer parts.
Attenuate (v. t.) To
lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
Attenuate (v. i.) To
become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
Attenuate (a.) Alt. of
Attenuated
Attenuated (a.) Made thin
or slender.
Attenuated (a.) Made thin
or less viscid; rarefied.
Attenuation (n.) The act
or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
Attenuation (n.) The act
of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids
or gases.
Attenuation (n.) The
process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation
of virus.
Atter (n.) Poison; venom;
corrupt matter from a sore.
Attercop (n.) A spider.
Attercop (n.) A peevish,
ill-natured person.
Atterrate (v. t.) To fill
up with alluvial earth.
Atterration (n.) The act
of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.
Attested (imp. & p. p.) of
Attest
Attesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attest
Attest (v. t.) To bear
witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth
of a writing, a copy of record.
Attest (v. t.) To give
proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
Attest (v. t.) To call to
witness; to invoke.
Attest (n.) Witness;
testimony; attestation.
Attestation (n.) The act
of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or
written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation
of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing
as a witness, is an attestation.
Attestative (a.) Of the
nature of attestation.
Attester (n.) Alt. of
Attestor
Attestor (n.) One who
attests.
Attestive (a.) Attesting;
furnishing evidence.
Attic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by
such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
Attic (a.) A low story
above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term
introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
Attic (a.) A room or rooms
behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.
Attic (a.) An Athenian; an
Athenian author.
Attical (a.) Attic.
Atticism (n.) A favoring
of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
Atticism (n.) The style
and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant
expression.
Atticize (v. t.) To
conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
Atticize (v. i.) To side
with the Athenians.
Atticize (v. i.) To use
the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the
Athenians.
Attiguous (a.) Touching;
bordering; contiguous.
Attinge (v. t.) To touch
lightly.
Attired (imp. & p. p.) of
Attire
Attiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attire
Attire (v. t.) To dress;
to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
Attire (n.) Dress;
clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
Attire (n.) The antlers,
or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
Attire (n.) The internal
parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
Attired (p. p.) Provided
with antlers, as a stag.
Attirement (n.) Attire;
adornment.
Attirer (n.) One who
attires.
Attitude (n.) The posture,
action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
Attitude (n.) The posture
or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his
body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a
threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.
Attitude (n.) Fig.:
Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a
nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.
Attitudinal (a.) Relating
to attitude.
Attitudinarian (n.) One
who attitudinizes; a posture maker.
Attitudinarianism (n.) A
practicing of attitudes; posture making.
Attitudinize (v. i.) To
assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
Attitudinizer (n.) One who
practices attitudes.
Attle (n.) Rubbish or
refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.
Attollent (a.) Lifting up;
raising; as, an attollent muscle.
Attonce (adv.) At once;
together.
Attone (adv.) See At one.
Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or
transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of
feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
Attorn (v. t.) To agree to
become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.
Attorneys (pl. ) of
Attorney
Attorney (n.) A
substitute; a proxy; an agent.
Attorney (n.) One who is
legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in
fact.
Attorney (n.) A legal
agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an
attorney at law.
Attorney (v. t.) To
perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
Attorney-general (n.) The
chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the
law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever
required.
Attorneyism (n.) The
practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
Attorneyship (n.) The
office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.
Attornment (n.) The act of
a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an
estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and
service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as
his landlord.
Attracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Attract
Attracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attract
Attract (v. t.) To draw
to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to
cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
Attract (v. t.) To draw by
influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind,
attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.
Attract (n.) Attraction.
Attractability (n.) The
quality or fact of being attractable.
Attractable (a.) Capable
of being attracted; subject to attraction.
Attracter (n.) One who, or
that which, attracts.
Attractile (a.) Having
power to attract.
Attracting (a.) That
attracts.
Attraction (n.) An
invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in
nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw
them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely
resisting separation.
Attraction (n.) The act or
property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
Attraction (n.) The power
or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality;
as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
Attraction (n.) That which
attracts; an attractive object or feature.
Attractive (a.) Having the
power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
Attractive (a.) Attracting
or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting;
pleasing.
Attractive (n.) That which
attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
Attractivity (n.) The
quality or degree of attractive power.
Attractor (n.) One who, or
that which, attracts.
Attrahent (v. t.)
Attracting; drawing; attractive.
Attrahent (n.) That which
attracts, as a magnet.
Attrahent (n.) A substance
which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is
applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
Attrap (v. t.) To entrap;
to insnare.
Attrap (v. t.) To adorn
with trapping; to array.
Attrectation (n.) Frequent
handling or touching.
Attributable (a.) Capable
of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
Attributed (imp. & p. p.)
of Attribute
Attributing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attribute
Attribute (v. t.) To
ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an
effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
Attribute (n.) That which
is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a
person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Attribute (n.) Reputation.
Attribute (n.) A
conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular
figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Attribute (n.) Quality,
etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Attribution (n.) The act
of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or
person, an effect to a cause.
Attribution (n.) That
which is ascribed or attributed.
Attributive (a.)
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature
of an attribute.
Attributive (n.) A word
that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective
or adjective phrase.
Attributively (adv.) In an
attributive manner.
Attrite (a.) Rubbed; worn
by friction.
Attrite (a.) Repentant
from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to
contrite.
Attrition (n.) The act of
rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing
substances together; abrasion.
Attrition (n.) The state
of being worn.
Attrition (n.) Grief for
sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Attry (a.) Poisonous;
malignant; malicious.
Attuned (imp. & p. p.) of
Attune
Attuning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attune
Attune (v. t.) To tune or
put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to
another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.
Attune (v. t.) To arrange
fitly; to make accordant.
Atwain (adv.) In twain;
asunder.
Atween (adv. or prep.)
Between.
Atwirl (a. & adv.)
Twisted; distorted; awry.
Atwite (v. t.) To speak
reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid.
Atwixt (adv.) Betwixt.
Atwo (adv.) In two; in
twain; asunder.
Atypic (a.) Alt. of
Atypical
Atypical (a.) That has no
type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.
Aubade (n.) An open air
concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a
pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.
Aubaine (n.) Succession to
the goods of a stranger not naturalized.
Aube (n.) An alb.
Auberge (n.) An inn.
Aubin (n.) A broken gait
of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury
gallop.
Auburn (a.)
Flaxen-colored.
Auburn (a.) Reddish brown.
Auchenium (n.) The part of
the neck nearest the back.
Auctary (n.) That which is
superadded; augmentation.
Auction (n.) A public sale
of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for
the purpose; a vendue.
Auction (n.) The things
sold by auction or put up to auction.
Auction (v. t.) To sell by
auction.
Auctionary (a.) Of or
pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer.
Auctioneer (n.) A person
who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands
by public sale to the highest or best bidder.
Auctioneer (v. t.) To sell
by auction; to auction.
Aucupation (n.)
Birdcatching; fowling.
Audacious (a.) Daring;
spirited; adventurous.
Audacious (a.) Contemning
the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous;
impudent; insolent.
Audacious (a.) Committed
with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or
decorum.
Audaciously (adv.) In an
audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.
Audaciousness (n.) The
quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
Audacity (n.) Daring
spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
Audacity (n.) Reckless
daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral
restraints.
Audibility (n.) The
quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.
Audible (a.) Capable of
being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or
whisper.
Audible (n.) That which
may be heard.
Audibleness (n.) The
quality of being audible.
Audibly (adv.) So as to be
heard.
Audience (a.) The act of
hearing; attention to sounds.
Audience (a.) Admittance
to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a
government, for conference or the transaction of business.
Audience (a.) An auditory;
an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.
Audient (a.) Listening;
paying attention; as, audient souls.
Audient (n.) A hearer;
especially a catechumen in the early church.
Audiometer (n.) An
instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
Audiphone (n.) An
instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve
and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.
Audit (a.) An audience; a
hearing.
Audit (a.) An examination
in general; a judicial examination.
Audit (a.) The result of
such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
Audit (a.) A general
receptacle or receiver.
Audited (imp. & p. p.) of
Audit
Auditing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Audit
Audit (v. t.) To examine
and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure,
or of parties who have a suit depending in court.
Audit (v. i.) To settle or
adjust an account.
Audita querela () A writ which
lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of
discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to
prevent such judgment.
Audition (n.) The act of
hearing or listening; hearing.
Auditive (a.) Of or
pertaining to hearing; auditory.
Auditor (a.) A hearer or
listener.
Auditor (a.) A person
appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the
charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject
charges, and state the balance.
Auditor (a.) One who hears
judicially, as in an audience court.
Auditorial (a.) Auditory.
Auditorium (n.) The part
of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.
Auditorship (n.) The
office or function of auditor.
Auditory (a.) Of or
pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory
nerve. See Ear.
Auditory (n.) An assembly
of hearers; an audience.
Auditory (n.) An
auditorium.
Auditress (n.) A female
hearer.
Auditual (a.) Auditory.
Auf (n.) A changeling or
elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a
simpleton; an oaf.
Au fait () Expert; skillful; well
instructed.
Augean (a.) Of or
pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had
not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
Augean (a.) Hence:
Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
Auger (n.) A carpenter's
tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle
placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with
a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a
twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
Auger (n.) An instrument
for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils,
or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining
water.
Auget (n.) A priming tube
connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is
applied.
Aught (n.) Alt. of Aucht
Aucht (n.) Property;
possession.
Aught (n.) Anything; any
part.
Aught (adv.) At all; in
any degree.
Augite (n.) A variety of
pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks,
such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.
Augitic (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic
rocks.
Augmented (imp. & p. p.)
of Augment
Augmenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Augment
Augment (v. t.) To enlarge
or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment
an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
Augment (v. t.) To add an
augment to.
Augment (v. i.) To
increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by
rain.
Augment (n.) Enlargement
by addition; increase.
Augment (n.) A vowel
prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek
and Sanskrit verbs.
Augmentable (a.) Capable
of augmentation.
Augmentation (n.) The act
or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation;
increase.
Augmentation (n.) The
state of being augmented; enlargement.
Augmentation (n.) The
thing added by way of enlargement.
Augmentation (n.) A
additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
Augmentation (n.) The
stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
Augmentation (n.) In
counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the
original length.
Augmentative (a.) Having
the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
Augmentative (n.) A word
which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from
which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.
Augmenter (n.) One who, or
that which, augments or increases anything.
Augrim (n.) See Algorism.
Augur (n.) An official
diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of
birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain
appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
Augur (n.) One who
foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
Augured (imp. & p. p.) of
Augur
Auguring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Augur
Augur (v. i.) To
conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
Augur (v. i.) To
anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as,
to augur well or ill.
Augur (v. t.) To predict
or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
Augural (a.) Of or
pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an
augural staff; augural books.
Augurate (v. t. & i.) To
make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
Augurate (n.) The office
of an augur.
Auguration (n.) The
practice of augury.
Augurer (n.) An augur.
Augurial (a.) Relating to
augurs or to augury.
Augurist (n.) An augur.
Angurize (v. t.) To augur.
Augurous (a.) Full of
augury; foreboding.
Augurship (n.) The office,
or period of office, of an augur.
Auguries (pl. ) of Augury
Augury (n.) The art or
practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.;
divination.
Augury (n.) An omen;
prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
Augury (n.) A rite,
ceremony, or observation of an augur.
August (a.) Of a quality
inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity
or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or
authority.
August (a.) The eighth
month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Augustan (n.) Of or
pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times.
Augustan (n.) Of or
pertaining to the town of Augsburg.
Augustine (n.) Alt. of
Augustinian
Augustinian (n.) A member
of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Augustinian (a.) Of or
pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d.
430), or to his doctrines.
Augustinian (n.) One of a
class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its
nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
Augustinianism (n.) Alt.
of Augustinism
Augustinism (n.) The
doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.
Augustly (adv.) In an
august manner.
Augustness (n.) The
quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
Auk (n.) A name given to
various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now
extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See
Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Aukward (a.) See Awkward.
Aularian (a.) Relating to
a hall.
Aularian (n.) At Oxford,
England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
Auld (a.) Old; as, Auld
Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh.
Auld lang syne () A Scottish
phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.
Auletic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.
Aulic (a.) Pertaining to a
royal court.
Aulic (n.) The ceremony
observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European
universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young
doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called
the aulic).
Auln (n.) An ell. [Obs.]
See Aune.
Aulnage (n.) Alt. of
Aulnager
Aulnager (n.) See Alnage
and Alnager.
Aum (n.) Same as Aam.
Aumail (v. t.) To figure
or variegate.
Aumbry (n.) Same as Ambry.
Aumery (n.) A form of
Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.
Auncel (n.) A rude balance
for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
Auncetry (n.) Ancestry.
Aune (n.) A French cloth
measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell);
-- now superseded by the meter.
Aunt (n.) The sister of
one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an
uncle's wife.
Aunt (n.) An old woman;
and old gossip.
Aunt (n.) A bawd, or a
prostitute.
Auntter (n.) Adventure;
hap.
Aunter (v. t.) Alt. of
Auntre
Auntre (v. t.) To venture;
to dare.
Auntie (n.) Alt. of Aunty
Aunty (n.) A familiar name
for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro
women.
Auntrous (a.) Adventurous.
Aurae (pl. ) of Aura
Aura (n.) Any subtile,
invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of
flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen
of flowers, etc.
Aura (n.) The peculiar
sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs
towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
Aural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
Aural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.
Aurantiaceous (a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceae, an order of plants (formerly
considered natural), of which the orange is the type.
Aurate (n.) A combination
of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.
Aurated (a.) Resembling or
containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.
Aurated (a.) Combined with
auric acid.
Aurated (a.) Having ears.
See Aurited.
Aureate (a.) Golden;
gilded.
Aurelia (n.) The
chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color,
as that of some of the butterflies.
Aurelia (n.) A genus of
jellyfishes. See Discophora.
Aurelian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the aurelia.
Aurelian (n.) An amateur
collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a
lepidopterist.
Aureola (n.) Alt. of
Aureole
Aureole (n.) A celestial
crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as
virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and
the devil.
Aureole (n.) The circle of
rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent
the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
Aureole (n.) A halo,
actual or figurative.
Aureole (n.) See Areola,
2.
Auric (a.) Of or
pertaining to gold.
Auric (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element
has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.
Aurichalceous (a.)
Brass-colored.
Aurichalcite (n.) A
hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline
aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.
Auricle (n.) The external
ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
Auricle (n.) The chamber,
or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and
transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to
the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
Auricle (n.) An angular or
ear-shaped lobe.
Auricle (n.) An instrument
applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
Auricled (a.) Having
ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.
Auriculae (pl. ) of
Auricula
Auriculas (pl. ) of
Auricula
Auricula (n.) A species of
Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
Auricula (n.) A species of
Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or
Jew's-ear.
Auricula (n.) A genus of
air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
Auricula (n.) One of the
five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
Auricular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
Auricular (a.) Told in the
ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
Auricular (a.) Recognized
by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
Auricular (a.) Received by
the ear; known by report.
Auricular (a.) Pertaining
to the auricles of the heart.
Auricularia (n. pl.) A
kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Auricularly (adv.) In an
auricular manner.
Auriculars (n. pl.) A
circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.
Auriculate (a.) Alt. of
Auriculated
Auriculated (a.) Having
ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages
like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular
projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some
gastropods, etc.
Auriferous (a.)
Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
Auriflamme (n.) See
Oriflamme.
Auriform (a.) Having the
form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
Auriga (n.) The
Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated
between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.
Aurigal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a chariot.
Aurigation (n.) The act of
driving a chariot or a carriage.
Aurigraphy (n.) The art of
writing with or in gold.
Aurin (n.) A red coloring
matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.
Auriphrygiate (a.)
Embroidered or decorated with gold.
Auripigment (n.) See
Orpiment.
Auriscalp (n.) An earpick.
Auriscope (n.) An
instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Auriscopy (n.) Examination
of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.
Aurist (n.) One skilled in
treating and curing disorders of the ear.
Aurited (a.) Having lobes
like the ear; auriculate.
Aurivorous (a.)
Gold-devouring.
Aurocephalous (a.) Having
a gold-colored head.
Aurochloride (n.) The
trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a
double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.
Aurochs (n.) The European
bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly
extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the
Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been
confused.
Aurocyanide (n.) A double
cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.
Auroras (pl. ) of Aurora
Aurorae (pl. ) of Aurora
Aurora (n.) The rising
light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the
sun rises.
Aurora (n.) The rise,
dawn, or beginning.
Aurora (n.) The Roman
personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets
represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers
dropping gentle dew.
Aurora (n.) A species of
crowfoot.
Aurora (n.) The aurora
borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
Auroral (a.) Belonging to,
or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.
Aurous (a.) Containing
gold.
Aurous (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element
has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.
Aurum (n.) Gold.
Auscult (v. i. & t.) To
auscultate.
Auscultate (v. i. & t.) To
practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
Auscultation (n.) The act
of listening or hearkening to.
Auscultation (n.) An
examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation)
applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate
auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or
of disease.
Auscultator (n.) One who
practices auscultation.
Auscultatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to auscultation.
Ausonian (a.) Italian.
Auspicate (a.) Auspicious.
Auspicate (v. t.) To
foreshow; to foretoken.
Auspicate (v. t.) To give
a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the
Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before
undertaking any important business.
Auspices (pl. ) of Auspice
Auspice (a.) A divining or
taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from
birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
Auspice (a.) Protection;
patronage and care; guidance.
Auspicial (a.) Of or
pertaining to auspices; auspicious.
Auspicious (a.) Having
omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or
happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious (a.)
Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
Auspicious (a.) Favoring;
favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.
Auster (n.) The south
wind.
Austere () Sour and astringent;
rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
Austere () Severe in modes of
judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look,
life.
Austere () Unadorned;
unembellished; severely simple.
Austerely (adv.) Severely;
rigidly; sternly.
Austereness (n.) Harshness
or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
Austereness (n.) Severity;
strictness; austerity.
Austerities (pl. ) of
Austerity
Austerity (n.) Sourness
and harshness to the taste.
Austerity (n.) Severity of
manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Austerity (n.) Plainness;
freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Austin (a.) Augustinian;
as, Austin friars.
Austral (a.) Southern;
lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.
Australasian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.
Australasian (n.) A native
or an inhabitant of Australasia.
Australian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Australia.
Australian (n.) A native
or an inhabitant of Australia.
Australize (v. i.) To tend
toward the south pole, as a magnet.
Austrian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.
Austrian (n.) A native or
an inhabitant of Austria.
Austrine (n.) Southern;
southerly; austral.
Austro-Hungarian (a.) Of
or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.
Austromancy (n.)
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.
Autarchy (n.)
Self-sufficiency.
Authentic (n.) Having a
genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious,
counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of
doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
Authentic (n.)
Authoritative.
Authentic (n.) Of approved
authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic
portrait; authentic information.
Authentic (n.) Vested with
all due formalities, and legally attested.
Authentic (n.) Having as
immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a
correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
Authentic (n.) An original
(book or document).
Authentical (a.)
Authentic.
Authentically (adv.) In an
authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
Authenticalness (n.) The
quality of being authentic; authenticity.
Authenticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Authenticate
Authenticating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Authenticate
Authenticate (v. t.) To
render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or
formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
Authenticate (v. t.) To
prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.
Authenticity (n.) The
quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and
correctness.
Authenticity (n.)
Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
Authenticly (adv.)
Authentically.
Authenticness (n.) The
quality of being authentic; authenticity.
Authentics (n.) A
collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous
author; -- so called on account of its authenticity.
Author (n.) The beginner,
former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a
creator; an originator.
Author (n.) One who
composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor,
translator, or compiler.
Author (n.) The editor of
a periodical.
Author (n.) An informant.
Author (v. t.) To
occasion; to originate.
Author (v. t.) To tell; to
say; to declare.
Authoress (n.) A female
author.
Authorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an author.
Authorism (n.) Authorship.
Authoritative (a.) Having,
or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance;
determinate; commanding.
Authoritative (a.) Having
an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative
tone.
Authorities (pl. ) of
Authority
Authority (n.) Legal or
rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in
virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the
authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority
of a court.
Authority (n.) Government;
the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities
of the States; the military authorities.
Authority (n.) The power
derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or
station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or
obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
Authority (n.) That which,
or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures,
etc.
Authority (n.) Testimony;
witness.
Authority (n.) A
precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion,
saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
Authority (n.) A book
containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
Authority (n.)
Justification; warrant.
Authorizable (a.) Capable
of being authorized.
Authorization (n.) The act
of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or
warrant.
Authorized (imp. & p. p.)
of Authorize
Authorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Authorize
Authorize (v. t.) To
clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to
empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
Authorize (v. t.) To make
legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
Authorize (v. t.) To
establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms
authorized by usage.
Authorize (v. t.) To
sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a
report.
Authorize (v. t.) To
justify; to furnish a ground for.
Authorized (a.) Possessed
of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
Authorized (a.) Sanctioned
by authority.
Authorizer (n.) One who
authorizes.
Authorless (a.) Without an
author; without authority; anonymous.
Authorly (a.) Authorial.
Authorship (n.) The
quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
Authorship (n.) Source;
origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or
state of affairs.
Authotype (n.) A type or
block containing a facsimile of an autograph.
Auto- () A combining form, with
the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
Autobiographer (n.) One
who writers his own life or biography.
Autobiographic (a.) Alt.
of Autobiographical
Autobiographical (a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch.
Autobiographist (n.) One
who writes his own life; an autobiographer.
Autobiographies (pl. ) of
Autobiography
Autobiography (n.) A
biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's
self.
Autocarpous (a.) Alt. of
Autocarpian
Autocarpian (a.)
Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach,
a poppy capsule, or a grape.
Autocephalous (a.) Having
its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain
Greek churches.
Autochronograph (n.) An
instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
Authochthons (pl. ) of
Autochthon
Autochthones (pl. ) of
Autochthon
Autochthon (n.) One who is
supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the
original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This
title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
Autochthon (n.) That which
is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
Autochthonal (a.) Alt. of
Autochthonous
Authochthonic (a.) Alt. of
Autochthonous
Autochthonous (a.)
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
Autochthonism (n.) The
state of being autochthonal.
Autochthony (n.) An
aboriginal or autochthonous condition.
Autoclave (n.) A kind of
French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
Autocracies (pl. ) of
Autocracy
Autocracy (n.) Independent
or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
Autocracy (n.) Supreme,
uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as
of an autocrat.
Autocracy (n.) Political
independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
Autocracy (n.) The action
of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of
the individual; also, the vital principle.
Autocrat (a.) An absolute
sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim
of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias
(a title of the Czar).
Autocrat (a.) One who
rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Autocratic (a.) Alt. of
Autocratical
Autocratical (a.) Of or
pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and
arbitrary powers of government.
Autocrator (n.) An
autocrat.
Autocratorical (a.)
Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute.
Autocratrix (n.) A female
sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of
Russia.
Autocratship (n.) The
office or dignity of an autocrat.
Autos-da-fe (pl. ) of
Auto-da-fe
Auto-da-fe (n.) A judgment
of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons
accused of religious offenses.
Auto-da-fe (n.) An
execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic.
It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by
impressive forms and ceremonies.
Auto-da-fe (n.) A session
of the court of Inquisition.
Autos-de-fe (pl. ) of
Auto-de-fe
Auto-de-fe (n.) Same as
Auto-da-fe.
Autodidact (n.) One who is
self-taught; an automath.
Autodynamic (a.) Supplying
its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.
Autofecundation (n.)
Self-impregnation.
Autogamous (a.)
Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
Autogamy (n.)
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom
as the pistil acted upon.
Autogeneal (a.)
Self-produced; autogenous.
Autogenesis (n.)
Spontaneous generation.
Autogenetic (a.) Relating
to autogenesis; self-generated.
Autogenous (a.)
Self-generated; produced independently.
Autogenous (a.) Developed
from an independent center of ossification.
Autogenously (adv.) In an
autogenous manner; spontaneously.
Autograph (n.) That which
is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature
or handwriting.
Autograph (a.) In one's
own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Autographal (a.)
Autographic.
Autographic (a.) Alt. of
Autographical
Autographical (a.)
Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an
autograph.
Autographical (a.)
Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink,
paper, or press.
Autography (n.) The
science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.
Autography (n.) A process
in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Autolatry (n.)
Self-worship.
Automath (n.) One who is
self-taught.
Automatic (a.) Alt. of
Automatical
Automatical (a.) Having an
inherent power of action or motion.
Automatical (a.)
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton;
self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to
machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand
are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe;
automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.
Automatical (a.) Not
voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or
functions.
Automatically (adv.) In an
automatic manner.
Automatism (n.) The state
or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical,
or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
Automata (pl. ) of
Automaton
Automatons (pl. ) of
Automaton
Automaton (v. i.) Any
thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
Automaton (v. i.) A
self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied
chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living
beings, such as men, birds, etc.
Automatous (a.) Automatic.
Automorphic (a.) Patterned
after one's self.
Automorphism (n.)
Automorphic characterization.
Autonomasy (n.) The use of
a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing;
as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."
Autonomic (a.) Having the
power of self-government; autonomous.
Autoomist (n.) One who
advocates autonomy.
Autonomous (a.)
Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
Autonomous (a.) Having
independent existence or laws.
Autonomy (n.) The power or
right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city
or a state.
Autonomy (n.) The
sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of
reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true
nature and only possible proof of liberty.
Autophagi (n. pl.) Birds
which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Autophoby (n.) Fear of
one's self; fear of being egotistical.
Autophony (n.) An
auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own
voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
Autoplastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to autoplasty.
Autoplasty (n.) The
process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue,
as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or
wounds.
Autopsic (a.) Alt. of
Autopsical
Autopsical (a.) Pertaining
to autopsy; autoptical.
Autopsorin (n.) That which
is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
Autopsy (a.) Personal
observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
Autopsy (a.) Dissection of
a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a
disease; a post-mortem examination.
Autoptic (a.) Alt. of
Autoptical
Autoptical (a.) Seen with
one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as,
autoptic testimony or experience.
Autoptically (adv.) By
means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
Autoschediastic (a.) Alt.
of Autoschediastical
Autoschediastical (a.)
Extemporary; offhand.
Autostylic (a.) Having the
mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the
Amphibia.
Autotheism (n.) The
doctrine of God's self-existence.
Autotheism (n.)
Deification of one's self; self-worship.
Autotheist (n.) One given
to self-worship.
Autotype (n.) A facsimile.
Autotype (n.) A
photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to
light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind
of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
Autotypography (n.) A
process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are
impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from
copperplate.
Autotypy (n.) The art or
process of making autotypes.
Autumn (n.) The third
season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the
fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal
equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23;
but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and
November.
Autumn (n.) The harvest or
fruits of autumn.
Autumn (n.) The time of
maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
Autumnal (a.) Of,
belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered
in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
Autumnal (a.) Past the
middle of life; in the third stage.
Auxanometer (n.) An
instrument to measure the growth of plants.
Auxesis (n.) A figure by
which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification;
hyperbole.
Auxetic (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
Auxiliar (a.) Auxiliary.
Auxiliar (n.) An
auxiliary.
Auxiliarly (adv.) By way
of help.
Auxiliary (a.) Conferring
aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Auxiliaries (pl. ) of
Auxiliary
Auxiliary (n.) A helper;
an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
Auxiliary (n.) Foreign
troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the
allied or subsidiary force.
Auxiliary (sing.) A verb
which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called,
also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in
English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and
haber, in Spanish.
Auxiliary (sing.) A
quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some
operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae.
Auxiliatory (a.)
Auxiliary; helping.
Ava (n.) Same as Kava.
Avadavat (n.) Same as
Amadavat.
Availed (imp. & p. p.) of
Avail
Availing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avail
Avail (v. t.) To turn to
the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as,
artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
Avail (v. t.) To promote;
to assist.
Avail (v. i.) To be of use
or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy
sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be
sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not
avail to check the disease.
Avail (n.) Profit;
advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of
little avail.
Avail (n.) Proceeds; as,
the avails of a sale by auction.
Avail (v. t. & i.) See
Avale, v.
Availabilities (pl. ) of
Availability
Availability (n.) The
quality of being available; availableness.
Availability (n.) That
which is available.
Available (a.) Having
sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an
available plea.
Available (a.) Such as one
may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a
purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an
available measure; an available candidate.
Availableness (n.)
Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
Availableness (n.) Quality
of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended.
Avaiably (adv.) In an
available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.
Availment (n.) Profit;
advantage.
Avalanche (n.) A large
mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling
down a precipice.
Avalanche (n.) A fall of
earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
Avalanche (n.) A sudden,
great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
Avale (v. t. & i.) To
cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
Avale (v. t. & i.) To
bring low; to abase.
Avale (v. t. & i.) To
descend; to fall; to dismount.
Avant (n.) The front of an
army. [Obs.] See Van.
Avant-courier (n.) A
person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or
their approach.
Avant-guard (n.) The van
or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.
Avarice (n.) An excessive
or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Avarice (n.) An inordinate
desire for some supposed good.
Avaricious (a.) Actuated
by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Avarous (a.) Avaricious.
Avast (a.) Cease; stop;
stay.
Avatar (n.) The descent of
a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly
associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Avatar (n.) Incarnation;
manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
Avaunce (v. t. & i.) To
advance; to profit.
Avaunt (interj.) Begone;
depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee
gone."
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To
advance; to move forward; to elevate.
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To
depart; to move away.
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To
vaunt; to boast.
Avaunt (n.) A vaunt; to
boast.
Avauntour (n.) A boaster.
Ave (n.) An ave Maria.
Ave (n.) A reverential
salutation.
Avel (v. t.) To pull away.
Avellane (a.) In the form
of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.
Ave Maria () Alt. of Ave Mary
Ave Mary () A salutation and
prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic
church.
Ave Mary () A particular time (as
in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also
at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.
Avena (n.) A genus of
grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
Avenaceous (a.) Belonging
to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
Avenage (n.) A quantity of
oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
Avener (n.) An officer of
the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.
Avenged (imp. & p. p.) of
Avenge
Avenging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avenge
Avenge (v. t.) To take
vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to
vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
Avenge (v. t.) To treat
revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
Avenge (v. i.) To take
vengeance.
Avenge (n.) Vengeance;
revenge.
Avengeance (n.) Vengeance.
Avengeful (a.) Vengeful.
Avengement (n.) The
inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
Avenger (n.) One who
avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
Avenger (n.) One who takes
vengeance.
Avengeress (n.) A female
avenger.
Avenious (a.) Being
without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.
Avenor (n.) See Avener.
Avens (n.) A plant of the
genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
Aventail (n.) The movable
front to a helmet; the ventail.
Aventine (a.) Pertaining
to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
Aventine (n.) A post of
security or defense.
Aventre (v. t.) To thrust
forward (at a venture), as a spear.
Aventure (n.) Accident;
chance; adventure.
Aventure (n.) A mischance
causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the
fire.
Aventurine (n.) A kind of
glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by
the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of
melted glass.
Aventurine (n.) A variety
of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Avenue (n.) A way or
opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a
way of approach or of exit.
Avenue (n.) The principal
walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such
approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
Avenue (n.) A broad
street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.
Aver (n.) A work horse, or
working ox.
Averred (imp. & p. p.) of
Aver
Averring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Aver
Aver (v. t.) To assert, or
prove, the truth of.
Aver (v. t.) To avouch or
verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
Aver (v. t.) To affirm
with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting
the truth.
Average (n.) That service
which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as
the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Average (n.) A tariff or
duty on goods, etc.
Average (n.) Any charge in
addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
Average (n.) A
contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for
the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
Average (n.) The equitable
and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
Average (n.) A mean
proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an
arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and
the average 10.
Average (n.) Any medial
estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific
cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
Average (n.) In the
English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the
principal corn markets.
Average (a.) Pertaining to
an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size,
quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an
average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
Average (a.) According to
the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
Averaged (imp. & p. p.) of
Average
Averaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Average
Average (v. t.) To find
the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
Average (v. t.) To divide
among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
Average (v. t.) To do,
accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
Average (v. i.) To form,
or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an
average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each;
these spars average ten feet in length.
Avercorn (n.) A reserved
rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.
Averment (v. t.) The act
of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
Averment (v. t.)
Verification; establishment by evidence.
Averment (v. t.) A
positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is
alleged.
Avernal (a.) Alt. of
Avernian
Avernian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous
vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying
over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal
regions.
Averpenny (n.) Money paid
by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
Averroism (n.) The tenets
of the Averroists.
Averroist (n.) One of a
sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration
of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian
philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.
Averruncate (v. t.) To
avert; to ward off.
Averruncate (v. t.) To
root up.
Averruncation (n.) The act
of averting.
Averruncation (n.)
Eradication.
Averruncator (n.) An
instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook,
fixed on the end of a long rod.
Aversation (n.) A turning
from with dislike; aversion.
Averse (a.) Turned away or
backward.
Averse (a.) Having a
repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
Averse (v. t. & i.) To
turn away.
Aversely (adv.) Backward;
in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.
Aversely (adv.) With
repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
Averseness (n.) The
quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
Aversion (n.) A turning
away.
Aversion (n.) Opposition
or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Aversion (n.) The object
of dislike or repugnance.
Averted (imp. & p. p.) of
Avert
Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avert
Avert (n.) To turn aside,
or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the
occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
Avert (v. i.) To turn
away.
Averted (a.) Turned away,
esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.
Averter (n.) One who, or
that which, averts.
Avertible (a.) Capable of
being averted; preventable.
Avertiment (n.)
Advertisement.
Aves (n. pl.) The class of
Vertebrata that includes the birds.
Avesta (n.) The
Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.
Avian (a.) Of or
instrument to birds.
Aviaries (pl. ) of Aviary
Aviary (n.) A house,
inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.
Aviation (n.) The art or
science of flying.
Aviator (n.) An
experimenter in aviation.
Aviator (n.) A flying
machine.
Avicula (n.) A genus of
marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so
called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.
Avicular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a bird or to birds.
Avicularia (n. pl.) See
prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a
bird's bill.
Aviculture (n.) Rearing
and care of birds.
Avid (a.) Longing eagerly
for; eager; greedy.
Avidious (a.) Avid.
Avidiously (adv.) Eagerly;
greedily.
Avidity (n.) Greediness;
strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
Avie (adv.) Emulously.
Avifauna (n.) The birds,
or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Avigato (n.) See Avocado.
Avignon berry () The fruit of the
Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from
the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring
yellow. Called also French berry.
Avile (v. t.) To abase or
debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
Avis (n.) Advice; opinion;
deliberation.
Avise (v. t.) To look at;
to view; to think of.
Avise (v. t.) To advise;
to counsel.
Avise (v. i.) To consider;
to reflect.
Aviseful (a.) Watchful;
circumspect.
Avisely (adv.) Advisedly.
Avisement (n.) Advisement;
observation; deliberation.
Avision (n.) Vision.
Aviso (n.) Information;
advice.
Aviso (n.) An advice boat,
or dispatch boat.
Avocado (n.) The pulpy
fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and
shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's
butter.
Avocat (n.) An advocate.
Avocate (a.) To call off
or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
Avocation (n.) A calling
away; a diversion.
Avocation (n.) That which
calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
Avocation (n.) Pursuits;
duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
Avocative (a.) Calling
off.
Avocative (n.) That which
calls aside; a dissuasive.
Avocet (n.) Alt. of Avoset
Avoset (n.) A grallatorial
bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward
toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana.
Avoided (imp. & p. p.) of
Avoid
Avoiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avoid
Avoid (a.) To empty.
Avoid (a.) To emit or
throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Avoid (a.) To quit or
evacuate; to withdraw from.
Avoid (a.) To make void;
to annul or vacate; to refute.
Avoid (a.) To keep away
from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to
avoid the company of gamesters.
Avoid (a.) To get rid of.
Avoid (a.) To defeat or
evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the
defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
Avoid (v. i.) To retire;
to withdraw.
Avoid (v. i.) To become
void or vacant.
Avoidable (a.) Capable of
being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
Avoidable (a.) Capable of
being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Avoidance (n.) The act of
annulling; annulment.
Avoidance (n.) The act of
becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the
state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of
the incumbent.
Avoidance (n.) A
dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
Avoidance (n.) The act of
avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
Avoidance (n.) The courts
by which anything is carried off.
Avoider (n.) The person
who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
Avoider (n.) One who
avoids, shuns, or escapes.
Avoidless (a.)
Unavoidable; inevitable.
Avoirdupois (n.) Goods
sold by weight.
Avoirdupois (n.)
Avoirdupois weight.
Avoirdupois (n.) Weight;
heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.
Avoke (v. t.) To call from
or back again.
Avolate (v. i.) To fly
away; to escape; to exhale.
Avolation (n.) The act of
flying; flight; evaporation.
Avoset (n.) Same as
Avocet.
Avouched (imp. & p. p.) of
Avouch
Avouching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avouch
Avouch (v. t.) To appeal
to; to cite or claim as authority.
Avouch (v. t.) To maintain
a just or true; to vouch for.
Avouch (v. t.) To declare
or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
Avouch (v. t.) To
acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Avouch (n.) Evidence;
declaration.
Avouchable (a.) Capable of
being avouched.
Avoucher (n.) One who
avouches.
Avouchment (n.) The act of
avouching; positive declaration.
Avoutrer (n.) See
Advoutrer.
Avoutrie (n.) Adultery.
Avowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Avow
Avowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avow
Avow (v. t.) To declare
openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a
man avows his principles or his crimes.
Avow (v. t.) To
acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.
Avow (n.) Avowal.
Avow (n.) To bind, or to
devote, by a vow.
Avow (n.) A vow or
determination.
Avowable (a.) Capable of
being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence.
Avowal (n.) An open
declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
Avowance (n.) Act of
avowing; avowal.
Avowance (n.) Upholding;
defense; vindication.
Avowant (n.) The defendant
in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
Avowed (a.) Openly
acknowledged or declared; admitted.
Avowee (n.) The person who
has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.
Avower (n.) One who avows
or asserts.
Avowry (n.) An advocate; a
patron; a patron saint.
Avowry (n.) The act of the
distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the
taking in his own right.
Avowtry (v. t.) Adultery.
See Advoutry.
Avoyer (n.) A chief
magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
Avulse (v. t.) To pluck or
pull off.
Avulsion (n.) A tearing
asunder; a forcible separation.
Avulsion (n.) A fragment
torn off.
Avulsion (n.) The sudden
removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an
inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which
a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another.
The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original
owner.
Avuncular (a.) Of or
pertaining to an uncle.
Awaited (imp. & p. p.) of
Await
Awaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Await
Await (v. t.) To watch
for; to look out for.
Await (v. t.) To wait on,
serve, or attend.
Await (v. t.) To wait for;
to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Await (v. t.) To be in
store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
Await (v. i.) To watch.
Await (v. i.) To wait (on
or upon).
Await (v. i.) To wait; to
stay in waiting.
Await (n.) A waiting for;
ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Awoke (imp.) of Awake
Awaked () of Awake
Awaked (p. p.) of Awake
Awaken () of Awake
Awoken () of Awake
Awaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Awake
Awoke () of Awake
Awake (v. t.) To rouse
from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
Awake (v. t.) To rouse
from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put
into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake
the dormant faculties.
Awake (v. i.) To cease to
sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a
state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
Awake (a.) Not sleeping or
lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Awakened (imp. & p. p.) of
Awaken
Awakening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Awaken
Awaken (v. t.) To rouse
from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
Awakener (n.) One who, or
that which, awakens.
Awakening (a.) Rousing
from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting;
as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
Awakening (n.) The act of
awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more
general attention to religious matters than usual.
Awakenment (n.) An
awakening.
Awanting (a.) Missing;
wanting.
Awarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Award
Awarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Award
Award (v. t.) To give by
sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard
to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to
the complainant.
Award (v. i.) To
determine; to make an award.
Award (v. t.) A judgment,
sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case
submitted.
Award (v. t.) The paper
containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Awarder (n.) One who
awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.
Aware (a.) Watchful;
vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Aware (a.) Apprised;
informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.
Awarn (v. t.) To warn.
Awash (a.) Washed by the
waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor,
etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
Away (adv.) From a place;
hence.
Away (adv.) Absent; gone;
at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
Away (adv.) Aside; off; in
another direction.
Away (adv.) From a state
or condition of being; out of existence.
Away (adv.) By ellipsis of
the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
Away (adv.) On; in
continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
Away-going (a.) Sown
during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; --
said of crops.
Awayward (adv.) Turned
away; away.
Awe (n.) Dread; great fear
mingled with respect.
Awe (n.) The emotion
inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful
and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
Awed (imp. & p. p.) of Awe
Awing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Awe
Awe (v. t.) To strike with
fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Awearied (p. p.) Wearied.
Aweary (a.) Weary.
Aweather (adv.) On the
weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; --
opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn
out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.
Aweless (a.) See Awless.
Awesome (a.) Causing awe;
appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.
Awesome (a.) Expressive of
awe or terror.
Awesomeness (n.) The
quality of being awesome.
Awe-stricken (a.)
Awe-struck.
Awe-struck (a.) Struck
with awe.
Awful (a.) Oppressing with
fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
Awful (a.) Inspiring awe;
filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire
reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
Awful (a.) Struck or
filled with awe; terror-stricken.
Awful (a.) Worshipful;
reverential; law-abiding.
Awful (a.) Frightful;
exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful
boaster.
Awfully (adv.) In an awful
manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.
Awfully (adv.) Very;
excessively.
Awfulness (n.) The quality
of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the
awfulness of this sacred place.
Awfulness (n.) The state
of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
Awhape (v. t.) To
confound; to terrify; to amaze.
Awhile (adv.) For a while;
for some time; for a short time.
Awing (adv.) On the wing;
flying; fluttering.
Awk (a.) Odd; out of
order; perverse.
Awk (a.) Wrong, or not
commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).
Awk (a.) Clumsy in
performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
Awk (adv.) Perversely; in
the wrong way.
Awkly (adv.) In an unlucky
(left-handed) or perverse manner.
Awkly (adv.) Awkwardly.
Awkward (a.) Wanting
dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without
skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful;
as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
Awkward (a.) Not easily
managed or effected; embarrassing.
Awkward (a.) Perverse;
adverse; untoward.
Awl (n.) A pointed
instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers,
saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for
different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
Awless (a.) Wanting
reverence; void of respectful fear.
Awless (a.) Inspiring no
awe.
Awlessness (n.) The
quality of being awless.
Awl-shaped (a.) Shaped
like an awl.
Awl-shaped (a.) Subulate.
See Subulate.
Awlwort (n.) A plant
(Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.
Awm (n.) See Aam.
Awn (n.) The bristle or
beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage;
arista.
Awned (a.) Furnished with
an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
Awning (n.) A rooflike
cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from
the sun, rain, or wind.
Awning (n.) That part of
the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Awninged (a.) Furnished
with an awning.
Awnless (a.) Without awns
or beard.
Awny (a.) Having awns;
bearded.
Awork (adv.) At work; in
action.
Aworking (adv.) At work;
in action.
Awreak (v. t. & i.) Alt.
of Awreke
Awreke (v. t. & i.) To
avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.
Awrong (adv.) Wrongly.
Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or
twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out
of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to
glance awry.
Awry (adv. & a.) Aside
from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse
or perversely.
Awsome (a.) Same as
Awesome.
Ax (n.) Alt. of Axe
Axe (n.) A tool or
instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees,
chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve
or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the
blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier
than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.
Ax (v. t. & i.) To ask; to
inquire or inquire of.
Axal (a.) [See Axial.]
Axe () Alt. of Axeman
Axeman () See Ax, Axman.
Axial (a.) Of or
pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
Axial (a.) Belonging to
the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or
organ; as, the axial bones.
Axially (adv.) In relation
to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
Axil (n.) The angle or
point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and
the stem or branch from which it springs.
Axile (a.) Situated in the
axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
Axillae (pl. ) of Axilla
Axilla (n.) The armpit, or
the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Axilla (n.) An axil.
Axillar (a.) Axillary.
Axillaries (n. pl.) Alt.
of Axillars
Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers
connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the
closed wing.
Axillary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
Axillary (a.) Situated in,
or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
Axinite (n.) A
borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown
crystals with acute edges.
Axinomancy (n.) A species
of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
Axiom (a.) A self-evident
and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight
that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it
is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A
thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."
Axiom (a.) An established
principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is
universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
Axiomatic (a.) Alt. of
Axiomatical
Axiomatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident;
characterized by axioms.
Axiomatically (adv.) By
the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
Axis (n.) The spotted deer
(Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah
(Moorish name).
Axes (pl. ) of Axis
Axis (n.) A straight line,
real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be
supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the
parts are symmetrically arranged.
Axis (n.) A straight line
with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically
arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the
straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a
circle, any straight line passing through the center.
Axis (n.) The stem; the
central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged;
the central line of any body.
Axis (n.) The second
vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
Axis (n.) Also used of the
body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of
the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which
serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
Axis (n.) One of several
imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a
crystal is bounded.
Axis (n.) The primary or
secondary central line of any design.
Axle (n.) The pin or
spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
Axle (n.) A transverse bar
or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
Axle (n.) An axis; as, the
sun's axle.
Axle box () A bushing in the hub
of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
Axle box () The journal box of a
rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
Axled (a.) Having an axle;
-- used in composition.
Axle guard () The part of the
framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and
in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and
a housing in England.
Axletree (n.) A bar or
beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends
of which the wheels revolve.
Axletree (n.) A spindle or
axle of a wheel.
Axmen (pl. ) of Axman
Axman (n.) One who wields
an ax.
Axminster (n.) An
Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile;
-- so called from Axminster, Eng.
Axolotl (n.) An amphibian
of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
Axstone (n.) A variety of
jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea
Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
Axtree (n.) Axle or
axletree.
Axunge (n.) Fat; grease;
esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.
Ay (interj.) Ah! alas!
Ay (adv.) Same as Aye.
Ayah (n.) A native nurse
for children; also, a lady's maid.
Aye (adv.) Alt. of Ay
Ay (adv.) Yes; yea; -- a
word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used
in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.
Aye (n.) An affirmative
vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;"
"The ayes have it."
Aye (a.) Alt. of Ay
Ay (a.) Always; ever;
continually; for an indefinite time.
Aye-aye (n.) A singular
nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys
Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like
incisor teeth.
Ayegreen (n.) The
houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Ayen (adv. & prep.) Alt.
of Ayeins
Ayein (adv. & prep.) Alt.
of Ayeins
Ayeins (adv. & prep.)
Again; back against.
Ayenward (adv.) Backward.
Ayle (n.) A grandfather.
Ayme (n.) The utterance of
the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj.
Ayond (prep. & adv.)
Beyond.
Ayont (prep. & adv.)
Beyond.
Ayrie (n.) Alt. of Ayry
Ayry (n.) See Aerie.
Ayrshire (n.) One of a
superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the
quantity and quality of their milk.
Ayuntamiento (n.) In Spain
and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns,
corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Azaleas (pl. ) of Azalea
Azalea (n.) A genus of
showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false
honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
Azarole (n.) The
Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its
fruit.
Azedarach (n.) A handsome
Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called
also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
Azedarach (n.) The bark of
the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.
Azimuth (n.) The quadrant
of an azimuth circle.
Azimuth (n.) An arc of the
horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle
passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth
or bearing of a line surveying.
Azimuthal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
Azo- () A combining form of azote
Azo- () Applied loosely to
compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
Azo- () Now especially applied to
compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals,
as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes.
See Diazo-.
Azobenzene (n.) A
substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals
which are easily fusible.
Azoic (a.) Destitute of
any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the
existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as,
the azoic. rocks.
Azoleic (a.) Pertaining to
an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
Azonic (a.) Confined to no
zone or region; not local.
Azorian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Azores.
Azorian (n.) A native of
the Azores.
Azote (n.) Same as
Nitrogen.
Azoth (n.) The first
principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all
metals, and to be extractable from them.
Azoth (n.) The universal
remedy of Paracelsus.
Azotic (a.) Pertaining to
azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas;
azotic acid.
Azotite (n.) A salt formed
by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.
Azotized (imp. & p. p.) of
Azotize
Azotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Azotize
Azotize (v. t.) To
impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
Azotometer (n.) An
apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.
Azotous (a.) Nitrous; as,
azotous acid.
Aztec (a.) Of or relating
to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that
country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
Aztec (n.) One of the
Aztec race or people.
Azure (a.) Sky-blue;
resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
Azure (n.) The lapis
lazuli.
Azure (n.) The clear blue
color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.
Azure (n.) The blue vault
above; the unclouded sky.
Azure (n.) A blue color,
represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Azure (v. t.) To color
blue.
Azured (a.) Of an azure
color; sky-blue.
Azureous (a.) Of a fine
blue color; azure.
Azurine (a.) Azure.
Azurine (n.) The blue
roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so called from its color.
Azurite (n.) Blue
carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
Azurn (a.) Azure.
Azygous (a.) Odd; having
no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.
Azym (n.) Alt. of Azyme
Azyme (n.) Unleavened
bread.
Azymic (a.) Azymous.
Azymite (n.) One who
administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by
those of the Greek church to the Latins.
Azymous (a.) Unleavened;
unfermented.
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