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A
  • (prep.) In

    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

    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)

    Aback
  • (adv.) Backward against the mast
  • (n.) An abacus.

    Abacus
  • (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like

    Abaft
  • (adv.) Toward the stern
  • (prep.) Behind

    Abalone
  • (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes

    Abandon
  • (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses
  • (v.) Abandonment
  • (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control

    Abase
  • (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness

    Abash
  • (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of

    Abate
  • (n.) Abatement.
  • (v. t.) To beat down

    Abattoir
  • (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

    Abba
  • (n.) Father

    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

    Abbey
  • (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy

    Abbot
  • (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

    Abbreviate
  • (a.) Abbreviated
  • (n.) An abridgment.
  • (v. t.) To make briefer

    Abbreviation
  • (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers

    Abdicate
  • (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
  • (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child

    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

    Abdominal
  • (a.) Having abdominal fins
  • (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.

    Abduct
  • (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

    Abeam
  • (adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel

    Abecedarian
  • (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.

    Abed
  • (adv.) In bed, or on the bed.

    Abele
  • (n.) The white poplar (Populus alba).

    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

    Aberrant
  • (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type

    Aberration
  • (n.) A partial alienation of reason.

    Abet
  • (n.) Act of abetting
  • (v. t.) To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

    Abeyance
  • (n.) Expectancy

    Abhor
  • (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike
  • (v. t.) To fill with horror or disgust.

    Abib
  • (n.) The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan

    Abide
  • (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition
  • (v. t.) To bear patiently

    Abiding
  • (a.) Continuing

    Abigail
  • (n.) A lady's waiting-maid.

    Ability
  • (n.) The quality or state of being able

    Abiogenesis
  • (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter

    Abject
  • (a.) Cast down
  • (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition

    Abjure
  • (v. i.) To renounce on oath.
  • (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity

    Ablation
  • (n.) A carrying or taking away

    Ablative
  • (a.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages

    Ablaut
  • (n.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning

    Ablaze
  • (adv. & a.) In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

    Able
  • (a.) To make able
  • (superl.) Fit

    Abloom
  • (adv.) In or into bloom

    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

    Ably
  • (adv.) In an able manner

    Abnegate
  • (v. t.) To deny and reject

    Abnormal
  • (a.) Not conformed to rule or system

    Aboard
  • (adv.) Alongside
  • (prep.) Across

    Abode
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Abide
  • (n.) Act of waiting
  • (v. i.) To be ominous.
  • (v. t.) An omen.

    Abolish
  • (v. t.) To do away with wholly

    Abolition
  • (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished

    Abominable
  • (a.) Excessive

    Abominate
  • (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened

    Abomination
  • (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.

    Aboriginal
  • (a.) First
  • (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.

    Abort
  • (n.) An aborted offspring.
  • (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly

    Abound
  • (v. i.) To be copiously supplied

    About
  • (adv.) Here and there
  • (prep.) Around

    Above
  • (adv.) Earlier in order
  • (prep.) Figuratively, higher than

    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

    Abranchiate
  • (a.) Without gills.

    Abrasion
  • (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

    Abrasive
  • (a.) Producing abrasion.

    Abreast
  • (adv.) At the same time

    Abridge
  • (v. t.) To deprive

    Abridgment
  • (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book

    Abroach
  • (adv.) Broached
  • (v. t.) To set abroach

    Abroad
  • (adv.) At large

    Abrogate
  • (a.) Abrogated
  • (v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act

    Abrupt
  • (a.) Broken off
  • (n.) An abrupt place.
  • (v. t.) To tear off or asunder.

    Abscess
  • (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process

    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.) 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

    Abscond
  • (v. i.) To depart clandestinely
  • (v. t.) To hide

    Absence
  • (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

    Absent
  • (a.) Being away from a place
  • (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse

    Absinthe
  • (n.) A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

    Absolute
  • (a.) Authoritative
  • (n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity

    Absolution
  • (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty

    Absolutism
  • (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.

    Absolve
  • (v. t.) To finish

    Absorb
  • (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly

    Absorption
  • (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action

    Absquatulate
  • (v. i.) To take one's self off

    Abstain
  • (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof
  • (v. t.) To hinder

    Abstemious
  • (a.) Abstaining from wine.

    Abstention
  • (a.) The act of abstaining

    Abstinence
  • (n.) The act or practice of abstaining

    Abstract
  • (a.) Abstracted
  • (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.

    Abstruse
  • (a.) Concealed or hidden out of the way.

    Absurd
  • (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety
  • (n.) An absurdity.

    Abundance
  • (n.) An overflowing fullness

    Abundant
  • (a.) Fully sufficient

    Abuse
  • (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom

    Abusive
  • (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse

    Abut
  • (v. i.) To project

    Abuzz
  • (a.) In a buzz

    Abysm
  • (n.) An abyss

    Abyss
  • (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm

    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

    Academe
  • (n.) An academy.

    Academic
  • (n.) A member of an academy, college, or university

    Academism
  • (n.) The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.

    Academy
  • (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences

    Acadian
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
  • (n.) A native of Acadie.

    Acanthopterygian
  • (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
  • (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

    Acanthus
  • (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India

    Acarus
  • (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

    Acatalectic
  • (a.) Not defective
  • (n.) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

    Acaulescent
  • (a.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

    Accede
  • (v. i.) To approach

    Accelerando
  • (a.) Gradually accelerating the movement.

    Accelerate
  • (v. t.) To cause to move faster

    Acceleration
  • (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated

    Accelerator
  • (n.) One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.

    Accelerometer
  • (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

    Accent
  • (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.
  • (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark)

    Accept
  • (a.) Accepted.
  • (v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed

    Access
  • (n.) A coming to, or near approach

    Acciaccatura
  • (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed

    Accidence
  • (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words

    Accident
  • (n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation

    Accipiter
  • (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

    Accipitrine
  • (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres

    Acclaim
  • (n.) Acclamation.
  • (v. i.) To shout applause.
  • (v. t.) To applaud.

    Acclamation
  • (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.

    Acclimate
  • (v. t.) To habituate to a climate not native

    Acclimatize
  • (v. t.) To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural

    Acclivity
  • (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending

    Accolade
  • (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.

    Accommodate
  • (a.) Suitable
  • (v. i.) To adapt one's self
  • (v. t.) To bring into agreement or harmony

    Accommodating
  • (a.) Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation

    Accommodation
  • (n.) A loan of money.

    Accompaniment
  • (n.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices

    Accompanist
  • (n.) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

    Accompany
  • (v. i.) To associate in a company
  • (v. t.) To cohabit with.

    Accomplice
  • (n.) A cooperator.

    Accomplish
  • (v. t.) To bring to an issue of full success

    Accord
  • (v. i.) To agree
  • (v. t.) Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things

    Accost
  • (n.) Address
  • (v. i.) To adjoin
  • (v. t.) To approach

    Accouchement
  • (n.) Delivery in childbed

    Accoucheur
  • (n.) A man who assists women in childbirth

    Account
  • (n.) An estimate or estimation
  • (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason
  • (v. t.) To place to one's account

    Accredit
  • (v. t.) To believe

    Accrete
  • (a.) Characterized by accretion
  • (v. i.) To adhere
  • (v. t.) To make adhere

    Accretion
  • (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.

    Accrual
  • (n.) Accrument.

    Accrue
  • (n.) Something that accrues

    Accumulate
  • (a.) Collected
  • (v. i.) To grow or increase in quantity or number
  • (v. t.) To heap up in a mass

    Accumulation
  • (n.) The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated

    Accumulative
  • (a.) Characterized by accumulation

    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

    Accuracy
  • (n.) The state of being accurate

    Accurate
  • (a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains

    Accusation
  • (n.) That of which one is accused

    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
  • (n.) The accusative case.

    Accusatorial
  • (a.) Accusatory.

    Accuse
  • (n.) Accusation.
  • (v. t.) To betray

    Accustom
  • (n.) Custom.
  • (v. i.) To be wont.
  • (v. t.) To make familiar by use

    Ace
  • (n.) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.

    Acentric
  • (a.) Not centered

    Acephalous
  • (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.

    Acequia
  • (n.) A canal or trench for irrigating land.

    Acerb
  • (a.) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit

    Acetabulum
  • (n.) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

    Acetal
  • (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black

    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

    Acetate
  • (n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical

    Acetic
  • (a.) Of a pertaining to vinegar

    Acetify
  • (v. i.) To turn acid.
  • (v. t.) To convert into acid or vinegar.

    Acetone
  • (n.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen

    Acetous
  • (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification

    Acetyl
  • (n.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen

    Ache
  • (n.) A name given to several species of plants
  • (v. i.) Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones

    Achieve
  • (v. t.) To carry on to a final close

    Achromatic
  • (a.) Free from color

    Acicula
  • (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants

    Acid
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid
  • (n.) A sour substance.

    Acinus
  • (n.) A grapestone.

    Acknowledge
  • (v. t.) To of or admit the knowledge of

    Acknowledgment
  • (n.) A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity

    Acme
  • (n.) Mature age

    Acne
  • (n.) A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.

    Acolyte
  • (n.) One who attends

    Aconite
  • (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.

    Acorn
  • (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

    Acoustic
  • (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds
  • (n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

    Acquaint
  • (v. t.) Acquainted.

    Acquiesce
  • (v. i.) To concur upon conviction

    Acquire
  • (v. t.) To gain, usually by one's own exertions

    Acquisition
  • (n.) The act or process of acquiring.

    Acquisitive
  • (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions

    Acquit
  • (p. p.) Acquitted
  • (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self

    Acre
  • (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land.

    Acrid
  • (a.) Causing heat and irritation

    Acrimonious
  • (a.) Acrid

    Acrimony
  • (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others

    Acrobat
  • (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

    Acrocephaly
  • (n.) Loftiness of skull.

    Acrodont
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
  • (n.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge

    Acrolein
  • (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin

    Acrolith
  • (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.

    Acromegaly
  • (n.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

    Acromion
  • (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

    Acropetal
  • (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center

    Acropolis
  • (n.) The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city

    Across
  • (adv.) From side to side
  • (n.) From side to side

    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

    Acrylic
  • (a.) Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride

    Act
  • (n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
  • (v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices
  • (v. t.) To assume the office or character of

    Actinal
  • (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

    Acting
  • (a.) Doing duty for another

    Actinic
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to actinism

    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

    Actinolite
  • (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

    Actinomere
  • (n.) One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

    Actinometer
  • (n.) An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.

    Action
  • (n.) An act

    Activate
  • (v. t.) To make active.

    Active
  • (a.) Applied to a form of the verb

    Activity
  • (n.) The state or quality of being active

    Actor
  • (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.

    Actress
  • (n.) A female actor or doer.

    Actual
  • (a.) Existing in act or reality
  • (n.) Something actually received

    Actuarial
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to actuaries

    Actuary
  • (n.) A registrar or clerk

    Actuate
  • (a.) Put in action
  • (v. t.) To carry out in practice

    Acuity
  • (n.) Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

    Aculeate
  • (a.) Having a sting

    Acumen
  • (n.) Quickness of perception or discernment

    Acuminate
  • (a.) Tapering to a point
  • (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
  • (v. t.) To render sharp or 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

    Acupuncture
  • (n.) Pricking with a needle
  • (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

    Acute
  • (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis
  • (v. t.) To give an acute sound to

    Acyclic
  • (a.) Having an open-chain structure

    Acyl
  • (n.) An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.

    Adage
  • (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use

    Adagio
  • (a. & adv.) Slow
  • (n.) A piece of music in adagio time

    Adam
  • (n.) "Original sin

    Adapt
  • (a.) Fitted
  • (v. t.) To make suitable

    Adar
  • (n.) The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March

    Add
  • (v. i.) To make an addition. To add to, to augment
  • (v. t.) To append, as a statement

    Addax
  • (n.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).

    Addendum
  • (n.) A thing to be added

    Adder
  • (n.) A serpent.

    Addict
  • (p. p.) Addicted
  • (v. t.) To adapt

    Addition
  • (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half

    Additive
  • (a.) Proper to be added

    Addle
  • (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs
  • (n.) Lees
  • (v. t. & i.) To earn by labor.

    Address
  • (v.) Reflexively: To prepare one's self
  • (v. i.) To direct speech.
  • (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person

    Adduce
  • (v. t.) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case

    Adduct
  • (v. t.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line.

    Adenitis
  • (n.) Glandular inflammation.

    Adenoid
  • (n.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx

    Adenoma
  • (n.) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure

    Adenopathy
  • (n.) Disease of a gland.

    Adept
  • (a.) Well skilled
  • (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything

    Adequate
  • (a.) Equal to some requirement

    Adhere
  • (v. i.) To be consistent or coherent

    Adhesion
  • (n.) Adherence

    Adhesive
  • (a.) Apt or tending to adhere

    Adiabatic
  • (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat.

    Adieu
  • (interj. & adv.) Good-by
  • (n.) A farewell

    Adios
  • (interj.) Adieu

    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

    Adipose
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to animal fat
  • (n.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein

    Adit
  • (n.) Admission

    Adjacent
  • (a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous
  • (n.) That which is adjacent.

    Adjectival
  • (a.) Of or relating to the relating to the adjective

    Adjective
  • (n.) Added to a substantive as an attribute
  • (v. t.) To make an adjective of

    Adjoin
  • (v. i.) To join one's self.
  • (v. t.) To join or unite to

    Adjourn
  • (v. i.) To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely
  • (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely

    Adjudge
  • (v. t.) To award judicially in the case of a controverted question

    Adjudicate
  • (v. i.) To come to a judicial decision
  • (v. t.) To adjudge

    Adjudication
  • (n.) A deliberate determination by the judicial power

    Adjunct
  • (a.) Conjoined
  • (n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal

    Adjuration
  • (n.) The act of adjuring

    Adjure
  • (v. t.) To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse

    Adjust
  • (v. t.) To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument

    Adjutant
  • (n.) A helper

    Adjuvant
  • (a.) Helping
  • (n.) An assistant.

    Admeasure
  • (v. t.) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common

    Administer
  • (n.) Administrator.
  • (v. i.) To contribute
  • (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy

    Administrate
  • (v. t.) To administer.

    Administration
  • (n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another

    Administrative
  • (a.) Pertaining to administration

    Administrator
  • (n.) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor

    Admirable
  • (a.) Fitted to excite wonder

    Admiral
  • (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles

    Admiration
  • (n.) Cause of admiration

    Admire
  • (v. i.) To wonder
  • (v. t.) To regard with wonder and delight

    Admiring
  • (a.) Expressing admiration

    Admissible
  • (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted

    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

    Admit
  • (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege

    Admix
  • (v. t.) To mingle with something else

    Admonish
  • (v. t.) To counsel against wrong practices

    Admonition
  • (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof

    Admonitory
  • (a.) That conveys admonition

    Adnominal
  • (a.) Pertaining to an adnoun

    Ado
  • (n.) Doing

    Adobe
  • (n.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals

    Adolescence
  • (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood

    Adolescent
  • (a.) Growing
  • (n.) A youth.

    Adonai
  • (n.) A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".

    Adonis
  • (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis)

    Adopt
  • (v. t.) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.

    Adorable
  • (a.) Deserving to be adored

    Adoration
  • (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave

    Adore
  • (v. t.) To adorn.

    Adoring
  • (imp. & p. p. Adored (/))

    Adorn
  • (a.) Adorned
  • (n.) Adornment.
  • (v. t.) To deck or dress with ornaments


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