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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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