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a |
A is the first letter of the Alphabet in most of the known languages of the earth; in the Ethiopic, ... |
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a-posteriori |
A-POSTERIORI, [L. posterior, after.]Arguments a posteriori, are drawn from effect, consequences or ... |
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a-re |
A-RE, |
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aam |
AAM, n. A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints. |
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aaronic |
AARON'IC, a. Pertaining to Aaron, the Jewish High Priest, or to the priesthood of which he was the ... |
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ab |
AB, In English names, is an abbreviation of Abbey or Abbot.AB, a prefix to words of Latin origin, ... |
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abacist |
AB'ACIST, n. One that casts accounts; a calculator. |
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aback |
ABACK, adv. [At, on or towards the back. See Back] Towards the back; on the back part; backward. ... |
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abacot |
AB'ACOT, n. The cap of State, formerly used by English Kings, wrought into the figure of two ... |
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abactor |
ABAC'TOR, n. [Latin from abigo, ab and ago, to drive.] In law, one that feloniously drives away or ... |
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abacus |
AB'ACUS, n. [L. anything flat, as a cupboard, a bench, a slate, a table or board for games; Gr. ... |
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abada |
AB'ADA, n. A wild animal of Africa, of the size of a steer, or half grown colt, having two horns ... |
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abaddon |
ABAD'DON, n. [Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.]1. The destroyer, or angel ... |
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abaft |
AB'AFT, adv. or prep. [Sax. eft or aeft, again. Hence efter or aefter, after, subsequent; Sax. ... |
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abagun |
AB'AGUN, n. The name of a fowl in Ethiopia, remarkable for its beauty and for a sort of horn, ... |
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abaisance |
ABAISANCE, [See Obeisance.] |
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abalienation |
ABALIENA'TION, n. The transferring of title to property. [See Alienation.] |
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abandon |
ABAN'DON, v.t. [Fr. abandonner; Sp. and Port. abandonar; It. abbandonare; said to be from ban, and ... |
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abandoned |
ABAN'DONED, pp. Wholly forsaken or deserted.2. Given up, as to a vice; hence, extremely wicked, or ... |
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abandoner |
ABAN'DONER, n. One who abandons. |
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abandoning |
ABAN'DONING, ppr. Forsaking or deserting wholly; renouncing; yielding one's self without ... |
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abandonment |
ABAN'DONMENT, n. 1. A total desertion; a state of being forsaken.2. In commerce, the relinquishing ... |
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abanga |
ABAN'GA, n. The ady; a species of Palmtree. [See Ady.] |
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abannition |
ABANNI'TION, n. [Low Lat.]A banishment for one or two years for manslaughter. [Not used.] |
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abaptiston |
ABAPTIS'TON, n. The perforating part of the trephine, an instrument used in trepanning. |
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abare |
ABA'RE, v.t. [Sax abarian. See Bare.]To make bare; to uncover. [Not in use.] |
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abarticulation |
ABARTICULA'TION, n. [See Articulate.]In anatomy, that species of articulation or structure of ... |
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abas |
ABAS', n. A weight in Persia used in weighing pearls, one eighth less than the European carat. |
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abase |
ABA'SE, v.t. [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; ... |
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abased |
ABA'SED, pp. Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.In heraldry, it is used of the wings of ... |
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abasement |
ABA'SEMENT, n. The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or ... |
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abash |
ABASH', v.t. [Heb. and Ch. bosh, to be confounded, or ashamed.]To make the spirits to fall; to ... |
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abashed |
ABASH'ED, pp. Confused with shame; confounded; put to silence; followed by at. |
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abashing |
ABASH'ING, ppr. Putting to shame or confusion. |
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abashment |
ABASH'MENT, n. Confusion from shame. [Little used.] |
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abasing |
ABA'SING, ppr. Humbling, depressing, bringing low. |
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abassi |
ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence ... |
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abassis |
ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, n. A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence ... |
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abatable |
ABA'TABLE, a. That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance. |
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abate |
ABA'TE, v.t. [Heb. Ch., to beat. The Saxon has the participle gebatod, abated. The prefix is sunk ... |
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abated |
ABA'TED, pp. Lessened; decreased; destroyed; mitigated; defeated; remitted; overthrown. |
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abatement |
ABA'TEMENT, n. 1. The act of abating; the state of being abated.2. A reduction, removing, or ... |
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abater |
ABA'TER, n. The person or thing that abates. |
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abating |
ABA'TING, ppr. Pulling down, diminishing, defeating, remitting. |
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abatis |
AB'ATIS, Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpened, and laid with ... |
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abator |
ABA'TOR, n. A person who enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the ... |
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abattis |
AB'ATTIS, n. [from beating or pulling down.] |
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abature |
AB'ATURE, n. [from abate.] Grass beaten or trampled down by a stag in passing. |
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abb |
ABB, n. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence abb-wool is wool for the abb. |
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abba |
AB'BA, n. In the Chaldee and Syriac, a father, and figuratively a superior. appen.In the Syriac, ... |
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abbacy |
AB'BACY, n. [from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of an abbot. It ... |
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abbatial |
ABBA'TIAL, a. |
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abbatical |
ABBAT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an abbey. |
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abbe |
AB'BE, n. Ab'by, [from abba.]In a monastic sense, the same as an abbot; but more generally, a ... |
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abbess |
AB'BESS, n. [from abba.]A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having ... |
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abbey |
AB'BEY, n. plu. abbeys, [from abba.]A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from ... |
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abbey-lubber |
AB'BEY-LUBBER, n. A name given to monks, in contempt for their idleness. |
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abbot |
AB'BOT, n. [formerly abbat, from abba, latinized abbas, or from Heb. plural.] The superior or ... |
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abbotship |
AB'BOTSHIP, n. The state of an abbot. |
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abbreuvoir |
ABBREUVOIR, n. [Fr. from abreuver, to water.]Among masons, the joint between stones in a wall, to ... |
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abbreviate |
ABBRE'VIATE, v.t. [from Latin abbrevio, brevio, from brevis, short]1. To shorten; to make shorter ... |
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abbreviated |
ABBRE'VIATED, pp. 1. Shortened; reduced in length; abridged.2. In botany an abbreviated perianth ... |
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abbreviating |
ABBRE'VIATING, ppr. Shortening; contracting in length or into a smaller compass. |
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abbreviation |
ABBREVIA'TION, n. 1. The act of shortening or contracting.2. A letter or a few letters used for ... |
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abbreviator |
ABBRE'VIATOR, n. One who abridges or reduces to a smaller compass. |
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abbreviators |
ABBRE'VIATORS, a college of seventy-two persons in the chancery of Rome, whose duty is to draw up ... |
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abbreviatory |
ABBRE'VIATORY, n. Shortening, contracting. |
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abbreviature |
ABBRE'VIATURE, n. A letter or character for shortening; an abridgment, a compend. |
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abdals |
AB'DALS, n. The name of certain fanatics in Persia, who, in excess of zeal, sometimes run into the ... |
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abderite |
AB'DERITE, n. An inhabitant of Abdera, a maritime town in Thrace. Democritus is so called, from ... |
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abdicant |
AB'DICANT, a. [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing. |
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abdicate |
AB'DICATE, v.t. [L. abdica; ab and dico, to dedicate, to bestow, but the literal primary sense of ... |
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abdicated |
AB'DICATED, pp. Renounced; relinquished without a formal resignation; abandoned. |
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abdicating |
AB'DICATING, ppr. Relinquishing without a formal resignation; abandoning. |
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abdication |
ABDICA'TION, n. 1. The act of abdicating; the abandoning of an office or trust, without a formal ... |
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abdicative |
AB'DICATIVE, a. Causing or implying abdication. [Little used.] |
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abditive |
AB'DITIVE, a. [L. abdo, to hide; ab and do.] Having the power or quality of hiding. [Little ... |
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abditory |
AB'DITORY, n. A place for secreting or preserving goods. |
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abdomen |
AB'DOMEN, or ABDO'MEN, n. [L. perhaps abdo and omentum.]1. The lower belly or that part of the ... |
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abdominal |
ABDOM'INAL, a. Pertaining to the lower belly.ABDOM'INAL, n. plu. abdominals. In ichthyology the ... |
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abdominous |
ABDOM'INOUS, a. Pertaining to the abdomen; having a large belly. |
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abduce |
ABDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead away, of ab and duco, to lead. See Duke.]To draw from; to ... |
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abducent |
ABDU'CENT, a. Drawing from, pulling back; used of those muscles which pull back certain parts of ... |
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abduction |
ABDUC'TION, n. 1. In a general sense, the act of drawing apart, or carrying away.2. In surgery, ... |
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abductor |
ABDUC'TOR, n. In anatomy, a muscle which serves to withdraw, or pull back a certain part of the ... |
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abear |
ABEA'R, v.t. abare, To bear; to behave. obs. |
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abearance |
ABEA'RANCE, n. [from abear, now disused from bear, to carry.] Behavior, demeanor. [Little used.] |
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abecedarian |
ABECEDA'RIAN, n. [a word formed from the first four letters of the alphabet.] One who teaches the ... |
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abecedary |
ABECE'DARY, a. Pertaining to, or formed by the letters of the alphabet. |
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abed |
ABED', adv. [See Bed.] On or in bed. |
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abel-tree |
ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.] |
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abele |
ABE'LE or ABEL-TREE, n. An obsolete name of the while poplar. [See Poplar.] |
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abelians |
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ... |
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abelites |
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ... |
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abelmosk |
A'BELMOSK, n. A trivial name of a species of hibiscus, or Syrian mallow. The plant rises on a ... |
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abelonians |
ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign ... |
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aberrance |
ABER'RANCE, [L. aberrans, aberro, to wander from; of ab and ABER'RANCY, erro, to wander.]A ... |
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aberrant |
ABER'RANT, a. Wandering, straying from the right way. [Rarely used.] |
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aberration |
ABERRA'TION, n. [L. aberratio.] 1. The act of wandering from the right way; deviation from truth ... |
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aberring |
ABER'RING, part, a. Wandering; going astray. |
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aberruncate |
ABERRUN'CATE, v.t. [L. averrunco.] To pull up by the roots; to extirpate utterly. [Not used.] |
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abet |
ABET' v.t. [Sax. betan, gebatan; properly to push forward, to advance; hence to amend, to revive, ... |
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abetment |
ABET'MENT, n. The act of abetting. |
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abetted |
ABETTED, pp. Incited, aided, encouraged to a crime. |
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abetting |
ABETTING, ppr. Counselling, aiding or encouraging to a crime. |
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abettor |
ABETTOR, n. One who abets, or incites, aids or encourages another to commit a crime. In treason, ... |
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abevacuation |
ABEVACUA'TION, n. [ab and evacuation.]In medicine, a partial evacuation of morbid humors of the ... |
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abeyance |
ABEY'ANCE, n. pron. abayance. [Norm. abbaiaunce, or abaizance, in expectation; boyance, ... |
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abhor |
ABHOR', v.t. [L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look ... |
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abhorred |
ABHOR'RED, pp. Hated extremely, detested. |
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abhorrence |
ABHOR'RENCE, n. Extreme hatred, detestation, great aversion. |
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abhorrency |
ABHOR'RENCY, |
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abhorrent |
ABHOR'RENT, a. 1. Hating, detesting, struck with abhorrence.2. Contrary, odious, inconsistent ... |
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abhorrently |
ABHOR'RENTLY, adv. With abhorrence. |
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abhorrer |
ABHOR'RER, n. One who abhors. |
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abhorring |
ABHOR'RING, ppr. Having great aversion, detesting. As a noun, it is used in Isaiah lxvi, for the ... |
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abib |
A'BIB, n. [Heb. swelling, protuberant. To produce the first or early fruit; a full grown ear of ... |
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abide |
ABI'DE, v. i. pert. and part. abode.abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, ... |
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abider |
ABI'DER, n. One who dwells or continues. |
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abiding |
ABI'DING, ppr. Dwelling; remaining; continuing; enduring; awaiting.ABI'DING, n. Continuance; ... |
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abidingly |
ABI'DINGLY, adv. In a manner to continue; permanently. |
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ability |
ABIL'ITY, n. [L. habilitas, ableness, fitness, from habeo, to have or hold.]1. Physical power, ... |
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abintestate |
ABINTEST'ATE, a. [L. ab and intestatus - dying without a will, from in and tester, to bear ... |
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abject |
ABJECT', v.t. To throw away; to cast out. Obs. |
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abjectedness |
ABJECT'EDNESS, n. A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.] |
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abjection |
ABJEC'TION, n. A state of being cast away, hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness. |
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abjectly |
AB'JECTLY, adv. In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely. |
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abjectness |
AB'JECTNESS, n. the state of being abject; meanness; servility. |
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abjuration |
ABJURA'TION, n. [See Abjure.]1. The act of abjuring; a renunciation upon oath; as "an abjuration ... |
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abjure |
ABJU'RE, v.t. [L. abjuro, to deny upon oath, from ab and juro, to swear.]1. To renounce upon ... |
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abjured |
ABJU'RED, pp. Renounced upon oath; solemnly recanted. |
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abjurer |
ABJU'RER, n. One who abjures. |
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abjuring |
ABJU'RING, ppr. Renouncing upon oath; disclaiming with solemnity. |
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abjurratory |
ABJUR'RATORY, a. Containing abjuration |
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ablactate |
ABLAC'TATE, v.t. [L. ablacto; from ab and lac, milk.] to wean from the breast. [Little used.] |
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ablactation |
ABLACTA'TION, n. [L. ab and lae, milk. Lacto, to suckle.]1. In medical authors, the weaning of a ... |
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ablaqueation |
ABLAQUEA'TION, [L. ablaqueatio, from ab and laquear, a roof or covering.]A laying bare the roots of ... |
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ablation |
ABLA'TION, n. [L. ab and latio, a carrying.]A carrying away. In medicine, the taking from the ... |
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ablative |
AB'LATIVE, a. [L.ablativus; L. ablatus, from aufero, to carry away, of ab and fero.]A word applied ... |
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able |
ABLE, a. a'bl. [L. habitis]1. Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or ... |
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able-bodied |
A'BLE-BODIED, a. Having a sound strong body, or a body of competent strength for service. In ... |
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ablen |
AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak. |
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ableness |
A'BLENESS, n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor; capability. |
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ablepsy |
AB'LEPSY, n. Want of sight; blindness. |
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abler |
A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able. |
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ablest |
A'BLER, and A'BLEST, Comp. and superl. of able. |
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ablet |
AB'LEN, or AB'LET, n. A small fresh water fish, the bleak. |
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ablocate |
AB'LOCATE, v.t. [L. abloco, ab and loco, to let our.] To let out; to lease. |
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ablocation |
ABLOCA'TION, n. A letter to hire. |
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ablude |
ABLU'DE, v.t. [L. abludo, ab and ludo, to play.]To be unlike; to differ. [Not used.] |
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abluent |
AB'LUENT, a. [L. abluo, to wash away; ab and luo, or lavo, to wash.]Washing clean; cleansing by ... |
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ablution |
ABLU'TION, n. [L. ablutio, from ab and luo or lavo to wash.]1. In a general sense, the act of ... |
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ably |
A'BLY, adv. In an able manner; with great ability. |
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abnegate |
AB'NEGATE, v.t. To deny. [Not used.] |
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abnegation |
ABNEGA'TION, n. [L. abnego, to deny, from ab and nego; Eng. nay; L. nee, not.] A denial; a ... |
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abnegator |
AB'NEGATOR, n. One who denies, renounces, or opposes any thing. |
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abnodation |
ABNODA'TION, n. [L. abnodo; ab and nodus, a knot.] The act of cutting away the knots of trees. |
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abnormity |
ABNORM'ITY, n. [L. abnormis, irregular; ab and norma, a rule.] Irregularity; deformity. [Little ... |
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abnormous |
ABNORM'OUS, a. [L. abnormis, supra.] Irregular; deformed. [Little used.] |
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aboard |
ABOARD, adv. [a and board. See Board.] Within a ship, vessel, or boat.To go aboard, to enter a ... |
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abodance |
ABO'DANCE, n. [from bode.] An omen. [Not used.] |
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abode |
ABO'DE, pret. of abideABO'DE, n. [See Abide.] 1. Stay; continuance in a place; residence for a ... |
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abodement |
ABO'DEMENT, n. [from body.] A secret anticipation of something future. |
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aboding |
ABO'DING, n. Presentiment; prognostication. |
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abolish |
ABOL'ISH, v.t. [L. abolco; from ab and oleo, olesco, to grow.]1. To make void; to annul; to ... |
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abolishable |
ABOL'ISHABLE, a. That may be annulled, abrogated, or destroyed, as a law, rite, custom, &c. |
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abolished |
ABOL'ISHED, pp. annulled; repealed; abrogated, or destroyed. |
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abolisher |
ABOL'ISHER, n. One who abolishes. |
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abolishing |
ABOL'ISHING, ppr. Making void; annulling; destroying. |
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abolishment |
ABOL'ISHMENT, n. The act of annulling; abrogation; destruction. |
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abolition |
ABOLI'TION, n. abolishun. The act of abolishing; or the state of being abolished; an annulling; ... |
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abominable |
ABOM'INABLE, a. [See Abominate.] 1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome.2. This word is ... |
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abominableness |
ABOM'INABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being very odious; hatefulness. |
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abominably |
ABOM'INABLY, adv. 1. Very odiously; detestably; sinfully. 1Kings xxi.2. In vulgar language, ... |
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abominate |
ABOM'INATE, v.t. [L. abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may ... |
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abominated |
ABOM'INATED, pp. Hated utterly, detested; abhorred. |
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abominating |
ABOM'INATING, ppr. Abhorring; hating extremely. |
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abomination |
ABOMINA'TION, n. 1. Extreme hatred; detestation.2. The object of detestation, a common ... |
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abord |
ABO'RD, n. [Fr. See Border.] Literally, arrival, but used for first appearance, manner of ... |
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aborea |
ABO'REA, n. A species of duck, called by Edwards, the black-bellied whistling duck. This fowl is ... |
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aboriginal |
ABORIG'INAL, a. [L. ab and origo, origin. See Origin.]First; original; primitive; aboriginal ... |
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aborinines |
ABORIN'INES, n. plur. Aboriginals - but not an English word.It may be well to let it pass into ... |
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aborsement |
ABORSEMENT, n. abors'ment. [See Abort.]Abortion. [Not in use.] |
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abort |
ABORT', v.i. [L. aborto; ab and ortus, orior.]To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.]ABORT', n. an ... |
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abortion |
ABOR'TION, n. [L. abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.]1. The act of ... |
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abortive |
ABOR'TIVE, a. 1. Brought forth in an immature state; failing, or coming to naught, before it is ... |
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abortively |
ABOR'TIVELY, adv. Immaturely; in an untimely manner. |
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abortiveness |
ABOR'TIVENESS, n. The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or ... |
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abortment |
ABORT'MENT, n. An untimely birth. |
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abound |
ABOUND', v. i. [L. abundo. If this word is from L. unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its ... |
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abounding |
ABOUND'ING, ppr. Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally ... |
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about |
ABOUT', prep. [Gr. butan, without, [see but,] literally, around, on the outside.]1. Around; on the ... |
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above |
ABOVE', prep.1. Literally, higher in place.The fowls that fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.2. ... |
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above-cited |
ABOVE-CITED, Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing. |
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above-ground |
ABOVE-GROUND, Alive, not buried. |
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above-mentioned |
ABOVE-MENTIONED, Mentioned before. A. Bp. Abbrev. for Archbishop. |
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abracadabra |
ABRACADAB'RA, The name of a deity worshipped by the Syrians: a cabalistic word. The letters of ... |
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abrade |
ABRA'DE, v.t. [L. abrado, to scrape, from rado.]To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used ... |
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abraded |
ABRA'DED, pp. Rubbed or worn off; worn; scraped. |
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abrading |
ABRA'DING, ppr. Rubbing off; wearing. |
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abrahamic |
ABRAHAM'IC, a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch, as Abrahamic Covenant. |
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abrasion |
ABRA'SION, n. abra'zhun. The act of wearing or rubbing off; also substance worn off by attrition. |
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abreast |
ABREAST', adv. abrest', [from a and breast.]1. Side by side; with the breasts in a line.Two men ... |
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abridge |
ABRIDGE', v.t. abridj', [G. short, or its root, from the root of break or a verb of that ... |
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abridged |
ABRIDG'ED, pp. Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived. |
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abridger |
ABRIDG'ER, n. One who abridges; one who makes a compend. |
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abridging |
ABRIDG'ING, ppr. shortening; lessening; depriving; debarring. |
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abridgment |
ABRIDG'MENT, n. 1. An epitome; a compend, or summary of a book.2. Diminution; contraction; ... |
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abroach |
ABROACH, adv. [See Broach.]Broached; letter out or yielding liquor, or in a posture for letting ... |
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abroad |
ABROAD, adv. abrawd'. [See Broad]In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow ... |
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abrogate |
AB'ROGATE, v.t. [L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. ... |
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abrogated |
AB'ROGATED, pp. Repealed; annulled by an act of authority. |
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abrogating |
AB'ROGATING, ppr. Repealing by authority; making void. |
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abrogation |
ABROGA'TION, n. the act of abrogating; a repeal of authority of the legislative power. |
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abrood |
ABROOD', adv. [See Brood.] In the action of brooding. [Not in use.] |
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abrooding |
ABROOD'ING, n. A sitting abrood. [Not in use.] |
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abrook |
ABROOK', v.t. To brook, to endure. [Not in use. See Brook.] |
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abrotanum |
ABRO'TANUM, n. A species of plant arranged under the Genus, Artemisia; called also southern wood. |
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abrupt |
ABRUPT', a. [L. abruptus, from abrumpo, to break off, of ab and rumpo. See Rupture.]1. ... |
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abruption |
ABRUP'TION, n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. |
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abruptly |
ABRUPT'LY, adv. suddenly; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; as, the Minister left ... |
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abruptness |
ABRUPT'NESS, n. 1. A state of being broken; craggedness; steepness.2. Figuratively, suddenness; ... |
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abscess |
AB'SCESS, n. [L. abscessus, from ab and cedo, to go from.]An imposthume. A collection of morbid ... |
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abscind |
ABSCIND', vt. [L. abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.] |
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absciss |
AB'SCISS, n. [L. abscissus, from ab and scindere, to cut; See Scissors.]In conics, a part of the ... |
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abscission |
ABSCIS'SION, n. [See Absciss.]1. A cutting off, or a begin cut off. In surgery, the separation of ... |
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abscond |
ABSCOND', v.i. [L. abscondo, to hide, of abs and condo, to hide, i.e. to withdraw, or to thrust ... |
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absconder |
ABSCOND'ER, n. One who withdraws from public notice, or conceals himself from public view. |
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absconding |
ABSCOND'ING, ppr. Withdrawing privately from public view; as, an absconding debtor, who confines ... |
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absence |
AB'SENCE, n. [L. absens, from absum, abesse, to be away; ab and sum.]1. A state of being at a ... |
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absent |
AB'SENT, a. 1. Not present; not in company; at such a distance as to prevent communication. It ... |
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absentee |
ABSENTEE', n. One who withdraws from his country, office or estate; one who removed to a distant ... |
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absenter |
ABSENT'ER, n. One who absents himself. |
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absentment |
ABSENT'MENT, n. A state of being absent. |
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absinthian |
ABSINTH'IAN, a. [from absinthium.] Of the nature of wormwood. |
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absinthiated |
ABSINTH'IATED, a. Impregnated with wormwood. |
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absinthium |
ABSINTH'IUM, n. Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. ... |
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absis |
AB'SIS, In astronomy. [See Apsis.] |
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absolute |
AB'SOLUTE, a. [L. absolutus. See Absolve.]1. Literally, in a general sense, free, independent of ... |
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absolutely |
AB'SOLUTELY, adv. 1. Completely, wholly, as a thing is absolutely unintelligible.2. Without ... |
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absoluteness |
AB'SOLUTENESS, n. Independence, completeness in itself.2. Despotic authority, or that which is ... |
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absolution |
ABSOLU'TION, n. In the civil law, an acquittal or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person ... |
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absolutory |
AB'SOLUTORY, a. Absolving; that absolves. |
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absolvatory |
ABSOLV'ATORY, a. [from absolve.] Containing absolution, pardon, or release; having power to ... |
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absolve |
ABSOLVE', v.t. abzolv', [L. absolvo, from ab and solvo, to loose or release; to absolve, to ... |
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absolved |
ABSOLV'ED, pp. Released; acquitted; remitted; declared innocent. |
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absolver |
ABSOLV'ER, n. One who absolves; also one that pronounces sin to be remit. |
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absolving |
ABSOLV'ING, ppr. Setting free from a debt, or charge; acquitting; remitting. |
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absonant |
AB'SONANT, a. [See absonous.] Wide from the purpose; contrary to reason. |
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absonous |
AB'SONOUS, a. [L. absonus; ab and sonus, sound.] Unmusical or untunable |
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absorb |
ABSORB', v.t. [L. absorbeo, ab and sorbeo, to drink in; to draw or drink in; whence sirup, ... |
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absorbability |
ABSORBABIL'ITY, n. a state or quality of being absorbable. |
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absorbable |
ABSORB'ABLE, a. That may be imbibed or swallowed. |
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absorbed |
ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed. |
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absorbent |
ABSORB'ENT, a. Imbibing; swallowing.ABSORB'ENT, n. In anatomy, a vessel which imbibes, as the ... |
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absorbing |
ABSORB'ING, ppr. Imbibing; engrossing; wasting. |
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absorpt |
ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', pp. Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed. |
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absorption |
ABSORP'TION, n. 1. The act or process of imbibing or swallowing; either by water which ... |
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absorptive |
ABSORP'TIVE, a. Having power to imbibe. |
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abstain |
ABSTA'IN, v.i. [L. abstineo, to keep from; abs and teneo, to hold. See Tenant.]In a general ... |
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abstemious |
ABSTE'MIOUS, a. [L. abstemium, from abs and temetum, an ancient name of strong wine, according to ... |
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abstemiously |
ABSTE'MIOUSLY, adv. Temperately; with a sparing use of meat or drink. |
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abstemiousness |
ABSTE'MIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being temperate or sparing in the use of food and strong ... |
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absterge |
ABSTERGE', v.t. abstery'. [L. abstergeo, of abs and tergeo, to wipe. Tergeo may have a common ... |
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abstergent |
ABSTERG'ENT, a. Wiping; cleansing.ABSTERG'ENT, n. a medicine which frees the body from ... |
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abstersion |
ABSTER'SION, n. [from L. abstergeo, abstersus.] The act of wiping clean; or a cleansing by ... |
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abstersive |
ABSTER'SIVE, a. Cleansing; having the quality of removing obstructions. [See Detersive.] |
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abstinence |
AB'STINENCE, n. [L. abstinentia. See Abstain.] 1. In general, the act or practice of ... |
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abstinent |
AB'STINENT, a. Refraining from indulgence, especially in the use of food and drink. |
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abstinently |
AB'STINENTLY, adv. With abstinence. |
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abstinents |
AB'STINENTS, a sect which appeared in France and Spain in the third century, who opposed marriage, ... |
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abstract |
ABSTRACT', v.t. [L. abstraho, to draw from or separate; from abs and traho, which is the Eng. ... |
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abstracted |
ABSTRACT'ED, pp. Separated; refined; exalted; abstruse; absent in mind. |
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abstractedly |
ABSTRACT'EDLY, adv. In a separate state, or in contemplation only. |
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abstractedness |
ABSTRACT'EDNESS, n. the state of being abstracted. |
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abstracter |
ABSTRACT'ER, n. One who makes an abstract, or summary. |
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abstracting |
ABSTRACT'ING, ppr. Separating, making a summary. |
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abstraction |
ABSTRAC'TION, n. 1. The act of separating, or state of being separated.2. The operation of the ... |
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abstractitious |
ABSTRACTI'TIOUS particularly from vegetables, without fermentation. |
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abstractive |
ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Having the power or quality of abstracting.ABSTRACT'IVE, a. Abstracted, or drawn ... |
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abstractly |
AB'STRACTLY, adv. separately; absolutely; in a state or manner unconnected with any thing else; ... |
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abstractness |
AB'STRACTNESS, n. A separate state; a state of being in contemplation only, or not connected with ... |
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abstrude |
ABSTRU'DE, v.t. [Infra.] To thrust or pull away. [Not used.] |
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abstruse |
ABSTRU'SE, a. [L. abstrusus, from abstrudo, to thrust away, to conceal; abs and trudo; Eng. to ... |
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abstrusely |
ABSTRU'SELY, adv. In a concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or ... |
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absurd |
ABSURD', a. [L. absurdus, from ab and surdus, deaf, insensible.] Opposed to manifest truth; ... |
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absurdity |
ABSURD'ITY, n. 1. The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound ... |
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absurdly |
ABSURD'LY, adv. In a manner inconsistent with reason or obvious propriety. |
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absurdness |
ABSURD'NESS, n. The same as absurdity, and less used. |
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abtruseness |
ABTRU'SENESS, n. Obscurity of meaning; the state of quality of being difficult to be understood. |
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abundance |
ABUND'ANCE, n. Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable ... |
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abundant |
ABUND'ANT, a. Plentiful; in great quantity; fully sufficient; as an abundant supply. In ... |
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abundantly |
ABUND'ANTLY, adv. Fully; amply; plentifully; in a sufficient degree. |
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abusage |
ABU'SAGE, n. Abuse. [Not used.] |
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abuse |
ABU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. abutor, abusus of ab and utor, to use; Gr. to accustom. See Use.]1. To ... |
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abused |
ABU'SED, pp. s as z. Ill-used; used to a bad purpose; treated with rude language; misemployed; ... |
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abuseful |
ABU'SEFUL, a. Using or practicing abuse; abusive. [Not used.] |
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abuser |
ABU'SER, n. s as z. One who abuses, in speech or behavior; one that deceives; a ravisher; a ... |
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abusing |
ABU'SING, ppr. s as z. Using ill; employing to bad purposes; deceiving; violating the person; ... |
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abusion |
ABU'SION, n. abu'zhon. Abuse; evil or corrupt usage; reproach. [Little used.] |
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abusive |
ABU'SIVE, a. 1. Practicing abuse; offering harsh words, or ill treatment; as an abusive author; ... |
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abusively |
ABU'SIVELY, adv. In an abusive manner; rudely; reproachfully. |
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abusiveness |
ABU'SIVENESS, n. Ill-usage; the quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the ... |
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abut |
ABUT', v.i. To border upon; to be contiguous to; to meet; in strictness, to adjoin to at the end; ... |
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abutment |
ABUT'MENT, n. 1. The head or end; that which unites one end of a thing to another; chiefly used ... |
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abuttal |
ABUT'TAL, n. The butting or boundary of land at the end; a head-land. |
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aby |
ABY', v.t. or i. [Probably contracted from abide.] To endure; to pay dearly; to remain. Obs. |
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abysm |
ABYSM', n. abyzm'. [See Abyss.] A gulf. |
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abyss |
ABYSS', n. [Gr. bottomless, from a priv. and bottom, Ion. See Bottom.] 1. A bottomless gulf; ... |
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abyssinian |
ABYSSIN'IAN, a. A name denoting a mixed multitude or a black race. |
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abyssinians |
ABYSSIN'IANS, n. A sect of christians in Abyssinia, who admit but one nature in Jesus Christ, and ... |
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ac |
AC, in Saxon, oak, the initial syllable of names, as acton, oaktown. |
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acacalot |
ACAC'ALOT, n. A Mexican fowl, the Tantalus Mexicanus, or |
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acacia |
ACA'CIA, n. [L. acacia, a thorn, from Gr., a point.]Egyptian thorn, a species of plant ranked by ... |
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acacians |
ACA'CIANS, in Church History, were certain sects, so denominated from their leaders, Acacius, ... |
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academe |
ACADE'ME; n. an academy; a society of persons. [Not used.] |
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academial |
ACADE'MIAL, a Pertaining to an academy. |
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academian |
ACADE'MIAN, n. A member of an academy; a student in a university or college. |
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academic |
ACADEM'IC, a. Belonging to an academy, or to a college or ACADEM'ICAL, university - as academic ... |
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academically |
ACADEM'ICALLY, adv. In an academical manner. |
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academician |
ACADEMI'CIAN, n. a member of an academy, or society for promoting arts and sciences; particularly, ... |
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academism |
ACAD'EMISM, n. The doctrine of the academic philosophy. |
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academist |
ACAD'EMIST, n. a member of an Academy for promoting arts and sciences; also an academic ... |
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academy |
ACAD'EMY, n. [L. academia.] Originally, it is said, a garden, grove, or villa, near Athens, ... |
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acalot |
AC'ALOT, Corvusaquaticus, water raven. |
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acamacu |
ACAMAC'U, n. A bird, the Brazilian fly catcher, or Todus. |
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acanaceous |
ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.]Armed with prickles. A class of plants are ... |
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acantha |
ACANTH'A, n. [Gr. a spine or thorn.]In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an ... |
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acanthaceous |
ACANTHA'CEOUS, a. Armed with prickles, as a plant. |
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acantharis |
ACAN'THARIS, n. In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, ... |
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acanthine |
ACANTH'INE, a [See acanthus.]Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ... |
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acanthopterygious |
ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.]In zoology, having back ... |
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acanthus |
ACANTH'US, n. [G. and L. acanthus, from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.]1. The plant bear's ... |
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acanticone |
ACAN'TICONE, n. See Pistacite. |
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acarnar |
ACARN'AR, n. A bright star, of the first magnitude, in Eridanus. |
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acatalectic |
ACATALEC'TIC, n. [Gr. not defective at the end, to cease.] A verse, which has the complete number ... |
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acatalepsy |
ACAT'ALEPSY, n. [Gr. to comprehend.]Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; ... |
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acatechill |
ACAT'ECHILL, n. a Mexican bird, a species of Fringilla, of the size of the siskin. |
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acater |
ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates. |
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acates |
ACATER, ACATES. See Caterer and Cates. |
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acauline |
ACAU'LINE, a. [L. a priv. and caulis, Gr. a stalk. See ACAU'LOUS, Colewort.]In botany, without a ... |
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accede |
ACCE'DE, v.i. [L. accedo, of ad and cedo, to yield or give place, or rather to move.]1. To agree ... |
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acceding |
ACCE'DING, ppr. Agreeing; assenting: becoming a party to a treaty by agreeing to the terms ... |
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accelerate |
ACCEL'ERATE, v.t. [L. accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick.1. To cause to ... |
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accelerated |
ACCEL'ERATED, pp. Quickened in motion; hastened in progress. |
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accelerating |
ACCEL'ERATING, ppr. Hastening; increasing velocity or progression. |
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acceleration |
ACCELERA'TION, n. The act of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in ... |
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accelerative |
ACCEL'ERATIVE, a. Adding to velocity; quickening progression. |
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acceleratory |
ACCEL'ERATORY, a Accelerating; quickening motion. |
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accend |
ACCEND', v.t. [L. accendo, to kindle; ad and candeo, caneo, to be white, canus, white; W. can, ... |
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accendibility |
ACCENDIBIL'ITY, n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed. |
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accendible |
ACCEND'IBLE, a. Capable OF being inflamed or kindled. |
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accension |
ACCEN'SION, n. The act of kindling or setting on fire; or the state of being kindled; ... |
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accent |
AC'CENT, n. [L. accentus, from ad and cano, cantum, to sing; See Accend.]1. The modulation of the ... |
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accented |
AC'CENTED, pp. Uttered with accent; marked with accent. |
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accenting |
AC'CENTING, ppr. Pronouncing or marking with accent. |
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accentual |
ACCENT'UAL, a. Pertaining to accent. |
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accentuate |
ACCENT'UATE, v.t. To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents. |
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accentuation |
ACCENTUA'TION, n. The act of placing accents in writing, or of pronouncing them in speaking. |
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accept |
ACCEPT', v.t. [L. accepto, from accipio, ad and capio, to take.]1. To take or receive what is ... |
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acceptable |
ACCEPT'ABLE, a. 1. That may be received with pleasure; hence pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; ... |
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acceptableness |
ACCEPT'ABLENESS, n. the quality of being agreeable to a ACCEPTABIL'ITY, receiver, or to a person ... |
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acceptably |
ACCEPT'ABLY, adv. In a manner to please, or give satisfaction.Let us have grace whereby we may ... |
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acceptance |
ACCEPT'ANCE, n. 1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work ... |
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acceptation |
ACCEPTA'TION, n. 1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.This is a saying worthy ... |
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accepted |
ACCEPT'ED, pp. Kindly received; regarded; agreed to; understood; received as a bill of exchange. |
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accepter |
ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as ... |
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accepting |
ACCEPT'ING, ppr. Receiving favorably; agreeing to; understanding. |
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acception |
ACCEP'TION, n. The received sense of a word. [Not now used.] |
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acceptive |
ACCEPT'IVE, a. Ready to accept. [Not used.] |
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acceptor |
ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, n. A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as ... |
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access |
ACCESS', n. [L. accessus, from accedo. See Accede.]1. A coming to; near approach; admittance; ... |
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accessarily |
ACCESSARILY, See ACCESSORILY. |
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accessariness |
ACCESSARINESS, See ACCESSORINESS |
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accessary |
ACCESSARY, See ACCESSORY. |
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accessibility |
ACCESSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being approachable; or of admitting access. |
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accessible |
ACCESS'IBLE, a. 1. That may be approached or reached; approachable; applied to things; as an ... |
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accession |
ACCESS'ION, n. [L. accessio.] 1. A coming to; an acceding to and joining; as a king's accession ... |
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accessional |
ACCESS'IONAL, a. Additional |
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accessorial |
ACCESSO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to an accessory; as accessorial agency, accessorial guilt. |
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accessorily |
AC'CESSORILY, adv. [See Accessory.] In the manner of an accessory; by subordinate means, or in a ... |
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accessoriness |
AC'CESSORINESS, n. The state of being accessory, or of being or acting in a secondary character. |
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accessory |
AC'CESSORY, a. [L. Accessorius, from accessus, accedo. See Accede. This word is accented on the ... |
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accidence |
AC'CIDENCE, n. [See Accident.] A small book containing the rudiments of grammar. |
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accident |
AC'CIDENT, n. [L. accidens, falling, from ad and cado, to fall. See Case and Cadence. Class ... |
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accidental |
ACCIDENT'AL, a. 1. Happening by chance, or rather unexpectedly; casual; fortuitous, taking place ... |
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accidentally |
ACCIDENT'ALLY, adv. By chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. |
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accidentalness |
ACCIDENT'ALNESS, n. The quality of being casual. [Little used.] |
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accidentiary |
ACCIDEN'TIARY, a. Pertaining to the accidence. [Not used.] |
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accipiter |
ACCIP'ITER, n. [L. ad and capio, to seize.]1. A name given to a fish, the milvus or lucerna, a ... |
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accipitrine |
ACCIP'ITRINE, a. Seizing; rapacious; as the accipitrine order of fowls. |
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accite |
ACCI'TE v.t. [L. adand cito, to cite.] To call; to cite; to summon. [Not used.] |
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acclaim |
ACCLA'IM v.t. [L acclamo, ad and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.] To applaud. [Little ... |
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acclamation |
ACCLAMA'TION, n. [L. acclamatio. See acclaim.]A shout of applause uttered by a multitude. ... |
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acclamatory |
ACCLAM'ATORY, a. Expressing joy or applause by shouts, or clapping of hands. |
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acclimated |
ACCLI'MATED, a. Habituated to a foreign climate, or a climate not native; so far accustomed to a ... |
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acclivity |
ACCLIV'ITY, n. [L. acclivus, acclivis, ascending, from ad and clivus, an ascent. A slope or ... |
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acclivous |
ACCLI'VOUS, a. Rising, as a hill with a slope. |
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accloy |
ACCLOY', To fill; to stuff; to fill to satiety. [Not used.] [See Clay.] |
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accoil |
ACCOIL', [See Coil.] |
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accola |
AC'COLA, n. A delicate fish eaten at Malta. |
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accolade |
ACCOLA'DE, n. [L. ad and collum, neck.] A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood; but ... |
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accommodable |
ACCOM'MODABLE, a. [See Accommodate.]That may be fitted, made suitable, or made to agree. [Little ... |
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accommodate |
ACCOM'MODATE, v.t. [L. accommodo, to apply or suit, from ad and commodo, to profit or help; of ... |
405
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accommodated |
ACCOM'MODATED, pp. fitted; adjusted; adapted; applied; also furnished with conveniences.We are ... |
406
|
accommodately |
ACCOM'MODATELY, adv. Suitable; fitly. [Little used.] |
407
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accommodateness |
ACCOM'MODATENESS, n. fitness. [Little used.] |
408
|
accommodating |
ACCOM'MODATING, ppr. Adapting; making suitable; reconciling; furnishing with conveniences; ... |
409
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accommodation |
ACCOMMODA'TION, n. 1. Fitness; adaptation; followed by to.The organization of the body with ... |
410
|
accommodator |
ACCOM'MODATOR, n. One that accommodates; one that adjusts. |
411
|
accompanable |
ACCOM'PANABLE, a. [See Accompany.] sociable. [Not used.] |
412
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accompanied |
ACCOM'PANIED, pp. Attended; joined with in society. |
413
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accompaniment |
ACCOM'PANIMENT, n. Something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament ... |
414
|
accompanist |
ACCOM'PANIST, n. The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. |
415
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accompany |
ACCOM'PANY, v.t. [See Company.]1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate on a journey, ... |
416
|
accompanying |
ACCOM'PANYING, ppr. Attending; going with as a companion. |
417
|
accomplice |
ACCOM'PLICE, n. [L. complicatus, folded together, of con, with, and plico, to fold. See Complex ... |
418
|
accomplish |
ACCOM'PLISH, v.t. [L. compleo, to complete. See Complete.] 1. To complete; to finish ... |
419
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accomplished |
ACCOM'PLISHED, pp. 1. Finished; completed; fulfilled; executed; effected.2. a. Well endowed ... |
420
|
accomplisher |
ACCOM'PLISHER, n. One who accomplishes. |
421
|
accomplishing |
ACCOM'PLISHING, ppr. finishing; completing; fulfilling; executing; effecting; furnishing with ... |
422
|
accomplishment |
ACCOM'PLISHMENT, n.1. Completion; fulfillment; entire performance; as the accomplishment of a ... |
423
|
accompt |
ACCOMPT', obs. [See Account.] |
424
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accomptant |
ACCOMPT'ANT, Obs. [See Accountant.] |
425
|
accord |
ACCORD', n.The Lat. has concors, concordo. 1. Agreement; harmony of minds; consent or concurrence ... |
426
|
accordable |
ACCORD'ABLE, a. Agreeable, consonant. |
427
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accordant |
ACCORD'ANT, a. Corresponding; consonant; agreeable. |
428
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accorded |
ACCORD'ED, pp. Make to agree; adjusted. |
429
|
accorder |
ACCORD'ER, n. One that aids, or favors. [Little used.] |
430
|
according |
ACCORD'ING, ppr. 1. Agreeing; harmonizing.Th' according music of a well mixt state.2. Suitable; ... |
431
|
accordingly |
ACCORD'INGLY, adv. Agreeably; suitably; in a manner conformable to.Those who live in faith and ... |
432
|
accorporate |
ACCORP'ORATE, v.t. To unite; [Not in use.] [See Incorporate.] |
433
|
accost |
ACCOST', v.t. 1. To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face to face. [Not in ... |
434
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accostable |
ACCOST'ABLE, a. Ease of access; familiar. |
435
|
accosted |
ACCOST'ED, pp. Address; first spoken to. In heraldry, being side by side. |
436
|
accosting |
ACCOST'ING, ppr. Addressing by first speaking to. |
437
|
accoucheur |
ACCOUCHEUR, n. accoshare. A man who assists women in childbirth. |
438
|
account |
ACCOUNT', n.1. A sum stated on paper; a registry of a debt or credit; of debts and credits, or ... |
439
|
accountability |
ACCOUNTABIL'ITY, n. 1. The state of being liable to answer for one's conduct; liability to give ... |
440
|
accountable |
ACCOUNT'ABLE, a.1. Liable to be called to account; answerable to a superior.Every man is ... |
441
|
accountableness |
ACCOUNT'ABLENESS, n. Liableness to answer or to give account; the state of being answerable, or ... |
442
|
accountant |
ACCOUNT'ANT, n. One skilled in mercantile accounts; more generally, a person who keeps accounts; ... |
443
|
accountbook |
ACCOUNT'BOOK, n. A book in which accounts are kept. |
444
|
accounted |
ACCOUNT'ED, pp. Esteemed; deemed; considered; regarded; valued.Accounted for, explained. |
445
|
accounting |
ACCOUNT'ING, ppr. Deeming; esteeming; reckoning; rendering an account.Accounting for, rendering an ... |
446
|
accouple |
ACCOUPLE, v.t. accup'ple. To couple; to join or link together. [See Couple.] |
447
|
accouplement |
ACCOUPLEMENT, n. accup'plement. A coupling, a connecting in pairs; junction. [Little used.] |
448
|
accourage |
ACCOUR'AGE, v.t. accur'age. [See Courage.] To encourage. [Not used.] |
449
|
accourt |
ACCOURT, v.t. [See Court.] To entertain with courtesy. [Not used.] |
450
|
accouter |
ACCOUTER, v.t. acoot'erIn a general sense, to dress; to equip, but appropriately, to array in a ... |
451
|
accoutered |
ACCOUT'ERED, pp. Dressed in arms; equipped. |
452
|
accoutering |
ACCOUT'ERING, ppr. Equipping with military habiliments. |
453
|
accouterments |
ACCOUT'ERMENTS, n. plu. 1. Dress; equipage; furniture for the body; appropriately, military dress ... |
454
|
accoy |
ACCOY', v.t. To render quiet or diffident; to soothe; to caress. [Obs.] |
455
|
accredit |
ACCRED'IT, v.t. [L. ad and credo, to believe, or give faith to. See Credit.]To give credit, ... |
456
|
accreditation |
ACCREDITA'TION, n. That which gives title to credit. [Little used.] |
457
|
accredited |
ACCRED'ITED, pp. Allowed; received with reputation; authorized in a public character. |
458
|
accrediting |
ACCRED'ITING, ppr. Giving authority or reputation. |
459
|
accrescent |
ACCRES'CENT,a. [See Accretion.] Increasing. |
460
|
accretion |
ACCRE'TION, n. [Lat. accretio, increase; accres'co, to increase, literally, to grow to; ad and ... |
461
|
accretive |
ACCRE'TIVE, a. Increasing by growth; growing; adding to be growth; as the accretive motion of ... |
462
|
accroach |
ACCROACH, v.i.1. To hook, or draw to, as with a hook; but in this sense not used.2. To encroach; ... |
463
|
accrue |
ACCRUE, v.i. accru'. [L. accresco, cresco.]Literally, to grow to; hence to arise, proceed or ... |
464
|
accruing |
ACCRU'ING, ppr. Growing to; arising; coming; being added. |
465
|
accrument |
ACCRU'MENT, n. Addition; increase. [Little used.] |
466
|
accubation |
ACCUBA'TION, n. [L. accubatio, a reclingin, from ad and cubo, to lie down. See Cube.]A lying or ... |
467
|
accumb |
ACCUMB', v.i. [L. accumbo; ad and cubo.] To recline as at table. [Not used.] |
468
|
accumbency |
ACCUM'BENCY, n. State of being accumbent or reclining. |
469
|
accumbent |
ACCUM'BENT, a. [L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ... |
470
|
accumulate |
ACCU'MULATE, v.t. [L. accumulo, ad and cumulo, to heap; cumulus a heap.]1. To heap up; to pile; ... |
471
|
accumulated |
ACCU'MULATED, pp. Collected into a heap or great quantity. |
472
|
accumulating |
ACCU'MULATING, ppr. Heaping up; amassing; increasing greatly. |
473
|
accumulation |
ACCUMULA'TION,n. 1. The act of accumulating; the state of being accumulated; an amassing; a ... |
474
|
accumulative |
ACCU'MULATIVE, a. That accumulates; heaping up; accumulating. |
475
|
accumulator |
ACCU'MULATOR, n. One that accumulates, gathers, or amasses. |
476
|
accuracy |
AC'CURACY,n. [L. accuratio, from accurare, to take care of; ad and curare, to take care; cura, ... |
477
|
accurate |
AC'CURATE, a. [L. accuratus.] 1. In exact conformity to truth, or to a standard or rule, or to a ... |
478
|
accurately |
AC'CURATELY, adv. 1. Exactly; in an accurate manner; with precision; without error or defect; as ... |
479
|
accurateness |
AC'CURATENESS, n. Accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. |
480
|
accurse |
ACCURSE, v.t. accurs', [ Ac for ad and curse.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or ... |
481
|
accursed |
ACCURS'ED, pp. or a. 1. Doomed to destruction or misery:The city shall be accursed. John 6.2. ... |
482
|
accusable |
ACCU'SABLE,a. That may be accused; chargeable with a crime; blamable; liable to censure; followed ... |
483
|
accusant |
ACCU'SANT, n. One who accuses. |
484
|
accusation |
ACCUSA'TION, n. 1. The act of charging with a crime or offense; the act of accusing of any wrong ... |
485
|
accusative |
ACCU'SATIVE, a. A term given to a case of nouns, in Grammars, on which the action of a verb ... |
486
|
accusatively |
ACCU'SATIVELY, adv. 1. In an accusative manner.2. In relation to the accusative case in Grammar. |
487
|
accusatory |
ACCU'SATORY, a. Accusing; containing an accusation; as an accusatory libel. |
488
|
accuse |
ACCU'SE, v.t. [L. accuso, to blame or accuse; ad and causor, to blame, or accuse; causa, blame, ... |
489
|
accused |
ACCU'SED, pp. Charged with a crime, by a legal process; charged with an offense; blamed. |
490
|
accuser |
ACCU'SER, n. One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for ... |
491
|
accusing |
ACCU'SING, ppr. Charging with a crime; blaming. |
492
|
accustom |
ACCUS'TOM, v.t.To make familiar by use; to form a habit by practice; to habituate or inure; as to ... |
493
|
accustomable |
ACCUS'TOMABLE, a. Of long custom; habitual; customary. [Little used.] |
494
|
accustomably |
ACCUS'TOMABLY, adv. According to custom or habit. [Little used.] |
495
|
accustomance |
ACCUS'TOMANCE, n. custom; habitual use or practice. [Not used.] |
496
|
accustomarily |
ACCUS'TOMARILY, adv. According to custom or common practice. [See Customarily.] [Little used.] |
497
|
accustomary |
ACCUS'TOMARY, a. Usual; customary [See Customary.] [Little used.] |
498
|
accustomed |
ACCUS'TOMED, pp. 1. Being familiar by use; habituated; inured.2. a. Usual; often practiced; as ... |
499
|
accustoming |
ACCUS'TOMING, ppr. Making familiar by practice; inuring. |
500
|
ace |
ACE, n. [L. as, a unit or pound; G. ass.]1. A unit; a single point on a card or die; or the card ... |
501
|
aceetate |
ACE'ETATE, n. [See Acid.] In chimistry, a neutral salt formed by the union of the acetic acid, or ... |
502
|
aceldama |
ACEL'DAMA, n. A field said to have laid south of Jerusalem, the same as the potters field, ... |
503
|
acephalous |
ACEPH'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a priv., a head.]Without a head, headless. In history, the term Acephali, or ... |
504
|
acephalus |
ACEPH'ALUS, n. an obsolete name of the taenia or tape worm, which was formerly supposed to have no ... |
505
|
acerb |
ACERB', a. [L. acerbus; G. herbe, harsh, sour, tart, bitter, rough, whence herbst autumn, ... |
506
|
acerbity |
ACERB'ITY, n. 1. A sourness, with roughness, or astringency.2. Figuratively, harshness or ... |
507
|
aceric |
ACER'IC, a. [L. acer, a maple tree.]Pertaining to the maple; obtained from the maple, as aceric ... |
508
|
acerous |
AC'EROUS, a. [L. acerosus, chaffy, from acus, chaff or a point.]1. In botany, chaffy; resembling ... |
509
|
acescency |
ACES'CENCY, n. [L. acescens, turning sour, from acesco. See Acid.] A turning sour by spontaneous ... |
510
|
acescent |
ACES'CENT, a. Turning sour; becoming tart or acid by spontaneous decomposition. Hence slightly ... |
511
|
aceste |
ACES'TE, n. In entomology, a species of papilio or butterfly, with subdentated wings, found in ... |
512
|
acestis |
ACES'TIS, n. A factitious sort of chrysocolla, made of Cyprian verdigris, urine, and niter. |
513
|
acetabulum |
ACETAB'ULUM, n. [L. from acetum, vinegar. See Acid.] Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like ... |
514
|
acetary |
AC'ETARY, n. [See Acid.] an acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a ... |
515
|
acetated |
AC'ETATED, a. [See Acid.] Combined with acetic acid, or radical vinegar. |
516
|
acetic |
ACE'TIC, a. [See Acid.] A term used to denote a particular acid, acetic acid, the concentrated ... |
517
|
acetification |
ACETIFICA'TION, n. The act of making acetous or sour; or the operation of making vinegar. |
518
|
acetify |
ACE'TIFY, v.t. To convert into acid or vinegar. |
519
|
acetite |
AC'ETITE, [See Acid.] Neutral salt formed by the acetous acid, with a salifiable base; as the ... |
520
|
acetometer |
ACETOM'ETER, n. [L. acetum, vinegar, and measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of ... |
521
|
acetous |
ACE'TOUS, a. [See Acid.[ Sour; like or having the nature of vinegar. Acetous acid is the term ... |
522
|
acetum |
ACE'TUM, n. [L. See Acid.] Vinegar, a sour liquor, obtained from vegetables dissolved in boiling ... |
523
|
ache |
ACHE, v.i. ake. [Gr. to ache or be in pain. The primary sense is to be pressed. Perhaps the ... |
524
|
achean |
ACHE'AN, a. Pertaining to Achaia in Greece, and a celebrated league or confederacy established ... |
525
|
acherner |
ACHERN'ER, n. A star of the first magnitude in the southern extremity of the constellation ... |
526
|
acherset |
ACH'ERSET, n. An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels. |
527
|
achievable |
ACHIE'VABLE, a. [See Achieve.] That may be performed. |
528
|
achievance |
ACHIE'VANCE, n. Performance. |
529
|
achieve |
ACHIE'VE, v.t.1. To perform, or execute; to accomplish; to finish, or carry on to a final close. ... |
530
|
achieved |
ACHIE'VED, pp. Performed; obtained; accomplished. |
531
|
achievement |
ACHIE'VEMENT, n.1. The performance of an action.2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished ... |
532
|
achiever |
ACHIE'VER, n. One who accomplishes a purpose, or obtains an object by his exertions. |
533
|
achieving |
ACHIE'VING, ppr. Performing; executing; gaining. |
534
|
aching |
A'CHING, ppr. Being in pain; suffering distress.A'CHING, n. Pain; continued pain or distress. |
535
|
achiote |
A'CHIOTE, n. The anotta, a tree, and a drug used for dyeing red. The bard of the tree makes good ... |
536
|
achor |
A'CHOR, n. [Gr., sordes capitis.]1. The scald head, a disease forming scaly eruptions, supposed ... |
537
|
achromatic |
ACHROMAT'IC, a. [Gr. priv. and color.]Destitute of color. achromatic telescopes are formed of a ... |
538
|
acicular |
ACIC'ULAR, a. [L. acicula, Priscian, a needle, from Gr., L. a point. See Acid.]In the shape of a ... |
539
|
acicularly |
ACIC'ULARLY, adv. In the manner of needles, or prickles. |
540
|
acid |
AC'ID, a. [L. acidus. See Edge.]Sour, sharp or biting to the taste, having the taste of vinegar, ... |
541
|
acidiferous |
ACIDIF'EROUS, a. [Acid and L. fero.] Containing acids, or an acid.Acidiferous minerals are such ... |
542
|
acidifiable |
ACID'IFIABLE, a. [From Acidify.]Capable of being converted into an acid, by union with an ... |
543
|
acidification |
ACIDIFICA'TION, n. The act or process of acidifying or changing into an acid. |
544
|
acidified |
ACID'IFIED, pp. Made acid; converted into an acid. |
545
|
acidifier |
ACID'IFIER, n. That which by combination forms an acid, as oxygen and hydrogen. |
546
|
acidify |
ACID'IFY, v.t. [Acid and L. facio.]To make acid; but appropriately to convert into an acid, ... |
547
|
acidifying |
ACID'IFYING, ppr. Making acid; converting into an acid; having power to change into an acid. ... |
548
|
acidimeter |
ACIDIM'ETER, n. [Acid and Gr. measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. |
549
|
acidity |
ACID'ITY, n. The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste. |
550
|
acidness |
AC'IDNESS, n. The quality of being sour; acidity. |
551
|
acidulate |
ACID'ULATE, v.t. [L. acidulus, slightly sour;To tinge with an acid; to make acid in a moderate ... |
552
|
acidulated |
ACID'ULATED, pp. Tinged with an acid; made slightly sour. |
553
|
acidulating |
ACID'ULATING, ppr. Tinging with an acid. |
554
|
acidule |
AC'IDULE, n. In chimistry, a compound base is supersaturated |
555
|
acidulous |
ACID'ULOUS, a. [L. acidulus. See Acid.]Slightly sour; sub-acid, or having an excess of acid; as ... |
556
|
acidulum |
ACID'ULUM, with acid; as, tartareous acidulum; oxalic acidulum. |
557
|
acinaciform |
ACINAC'IFORM, a. [L. acinaces, a cimeter, Gr. and L. forma, form.]In botany, formed like, or ... |
558
|
aciniform |
AC'INIFORM, a. [L. acinus, a grape stone, and forma, shape.]Having the form of grapes; being in ... |
559
|
acinose |
AC'INOSE, a. [From L. acinus. See Aciniform.] |
560
|
acinous |
AC'INOUS, |
561
|
acinus |
AC'INUS, n. [L.] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, ... |
562
|
acipenser |
AC'IPENSER, a. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes, of the order of chondropterygii, having an ... |
563
|
acitli |
ACIT'LI, n. A name of the water hare, or great crested grebe or diver. |
564
|
acknowledge |
ACKNOWL'EDGE, v.t. Aknol'edge, [ad and knowledge. See Know.]1. To own, avow or admit to be true, ... |
565
|
acknowledged |
ACKNOWL'EDGED, pp. Owned; confessed; noticed with regard or gratitude; received with approbation; ... |
566
|
acknowledging |
ACKNOWL'EDGING, ppr. Owning; confessing; approving; grateful; but the latter sense is a gallicism, ... |
567
|
acknowledgment |
ACKNOWL'EDGMENT, n. 1. The act of owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault.2. The ... |
568
|
acme |
AC'ME, n. Ac'my [Gr.]The top or highest point. It is used to denote the maturity or perfection ... |
569
|
acne |
AC'NE, n. Ac'ny. [Gr.]A small hard pimple or tubercle on the face. |
570
|
acnestis |
ACNESTIS, n. [Gr. a priv. to rub or gnaw.]That part of the spine in quadrupeds which extends from ... |
571
|
aco |
AC'O, n. A Mediterranean fish, called also sarachus. |
572
|
acolin |
AC'OLIN, n. a bird of the partridge kind in Cuba. Its breast and belly are white; its back and ... |
573
|
acolothist |
ACOL'OTHIST, n. [Gr.] |
574
|
acolyte |
AC'OLYTE,In the ancient church, one of the subordinate officers, who lighted the lamps, prepared ... |
575
|
aconite |
AC'ONITE, n. [L. aconitum; Gr.]The herb wolf's bane, or monks-hood, a poisonous plant; and in ... |
576
|
acontias |
ACON'TIAS, n. [Gr. a dart.]1. A species of serpent, called dart-snake, or jaculum, from its ... |
577
|
acop |
ACOP' adv. [a and cope.] At the top. |
578
|
acorn |
A'CORN, n.1. The seed or fruit of the oak; an oval nut which grows in a rough permanent cup.The ... |
579
|
acorned |
A'CORNED, a. Furnished or loaded with acorns. |
580
|
acorus |
A'CORUS, n. [L. from Gr..]1. Aromatic Calamus, sweet flag, or sweet rush.2. In natural history, ... |
581
|
acotyledon |
ACOTYL'EDON, n. [Gr. a priv. a hollow.]In botany, a plant whose seeds have no side lobes, or ... |
582
|
acotyledonous |
ACOTYLED'ONOUS, a. Having no side lobes. |
583
|
acoustic |
ACOUS'TIC, a. [Gr. to hear.]Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of ... |
584
|
acoustics |
ACOUS'TICS, n. 1. The science of sounds, teaching their cause, nature and phenomena. This ... |
585
|
acquaint |
ACQUA'INT, v.t. [Eng. can, and ken; which see.]1. To make known; to make fully or intimately ... |
586
|
acquaintance |
ACQUAI'NTANCE, n. 1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or ... |
587
|
acquainted |
ACQUA'INTED, pp. Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge. |
588
|
acquainting |
ACQUA'INTING, ppr. Making known to; giving notice, or information to. |
589
|
acquest |
ACQUEST', n. [L. acquisitus, acquiro.]1. Acquisition; the thing gained.2. Conquest; a place ... |
590
|
acquiesce |
ACQUIESCE, v.i. acquiess'. [L. acquiesco, of ad and quiesco, to be quiet; quies, rest.]1. To ... |
591
|
acquiescence |
ACQUIES'CENCE, n. A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; ... |
592
|
acquiescent |
ACQUIES'CENT, a. Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit. |
593
|
acquiescing |
ACQUIES'CING, ppr. Quietly submitting; resting content. |
594
|
acquirable |
ACQUI'RABLE, a. That may be acquired. |
595
|
acquire |
ACQUI'RE, v.t. [L. acquiro, ad and quaero to seek, that is to follow, to press, to urge; acquiro ... |
596
|
acquired |
ACQUI'RED, pp. Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from ... |
597
|
acquirement |
ACQUI'REMENT, n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in ... |
598
|
acquirer |
ACQUI'RER, n. A person who acquires. |
599
|
acquiring |
ACQUI'RING, ppr. Gaining by labor or other means, something that has a degree of permanence in the ... |
600
|
acquiry |
ACQUI'RY, n. Acquirement. [Not used.] |
601
|
acquisite |
AC'QUISITE, a. s as z. Gained. [Not used.] |
602
|
acquisition |
ACQUISI'TION, n. [L. acquisitio, from acquisitus, acquaesivi, which are given as the part. and ... |
603
|
acquisitive |
ACQUIS'ITIVE, a. that is acquired; acquired; [but improper.] |
604
|
acquisitively |
ACQUIS'ITIVELY, adv. Noting acquirement, with to or for following. |
605
|
acquist |
ACQUIST', n. See Acquest. [Not used.] |
606
|
acquit |
ACQUIT', v.t. [L. cedo.]To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, ... |
607
|
acquitment |
ACQUIT'MENT, n. The act of acquitting, or state of being acquitted. [This word is superseded by ... |
608
|
acquittal |
ACQUIT'TAL, n. A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense; as, by ... |
609
|
acquittance |
ACQUIT'TANCE, n. 1. A discharge or release from a debt.2. The writing, which is evidence of a ... |
610
|
acquitted |
ACQUIT'TED, pp. Set free, or judicially discharge from an accusation; released from a debt, duty, ... |
611
|
acquitting |
ACQUIT'TING, ppr. Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion ... |
612
|
acrase |
ACRA'SE, v.t. |
613
|
acrasy |
AC'RASY, n. [Gr. from a priv. constitution or temperament.]In medical authors, an excess or ... |
614
|
acraze |
ACRA'ZE, 1. To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.]2. To impair; to destroy. ... |
615
|
acre |
ACRE, n. a'ker. [Gr; Lat. ager. In these languages, the word retains its primitive sense, an ... |
616
|
acred |
A'CRED, a. Possessing acres or landed property. |
617
|
acrid |
AC'RID, a. [L. accr.]Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid ... |
618
|
acridness |
AC'RIDNESS, n. A sharp, bitter, pungent quality. |
619
|
acrimonious |
ACRIMO'NIOUS, a. 1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony.2. Figuratively, sharpness ... |
620
|
acrimoniously |
ACRIMO'NIOUSLY, adv. With sharpness or bitterness. |
621
|
acrisy |
AC'RISY, n. [Gr. a priv., judgment.]A state or condition of which no right judgment can be formed; ... |
622
|
acritude |
AC'RITUDE, n. [See Acrid.]An acrid quality; bitterness to the taste; biting heat. |
623
|
acroamatic |
ACROAMAT'IC, a. [Gr. to hear.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; an epithet applied to the ... |
624
|
acroatic |
ACROAT'IC, a. [Gr.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; and opposed to exoteric. Aristotle's ... |
625
|
acroceraunian |
ACROCERAU'NIAN, a. [Gr. a summit, and thunder.]An epithet applied to certain mountains between ... |
626
|
acromion |
ACRO'MION, n. [Gr. highest, and shoulder.]In anatomy, that part of the spine of the scapula, which ... |
627
|
acronic |
ACRON'IC, a. [Gr. extreme and night.] |
628
|
acronical |
ACRON'ICAL,In astronomy, a term applied to the rising of a star at sun set, or its setting at sun ... |
629
|
acronically |
ACRON'ICALLY, adv. In an acronical manner; at the rising or setting of the sun. |
630
|
acrospire |
AC'ROSPIRE, n. [Gr. highest, a spire, or spiral line.]A shoot, or sprout of a seed; the plume, or ... |
631
|
acrospired |
AC'ROSPIRED, a. having a sprout, or having sprouted at both ends. |
632
|
across |
ACROSS', prep. akraus'. [a and cross. See Cross.]1. From side to side, opposed to along, which ... |
633
|
acrostic |
ACROS'TIC, n. [Gr extremity or beginning, order, or verse.]A composition in verse, in which the ... |
634
|
acrostically |
ACROS'TICALLY, adv. In the manner of an acrostic. |
635
|
acroteleutic |
ACROTELEU'TIC, n. [Gr. extreme, and end.]Among ecclesiastical writers, an appellation given to any ... |
636
|
acroter |
AC'ROTER, n. [Gr. a summit.]In architecture, a small pedestal, usually with out a base, anciently ... |
637
|
acrothymion |
ACROTHYM'ION, n. [Gr. extreme, and thyme.]Among physicians, a species of wart, with a narrow basis ... |
638
|
act |
ACT, v.i. [Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert ... |
639
|
acted |
ACT'ED, pp. Done; performed; represented on the stage. |
640
|
actian |
AC'TIAN, a. Relating to Actium, a town and promontory of Epirus, as Actian games, which were ... |
641
|
acting |
ACT'ING, ppr. Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another.ACT'ING, n. ... |
642
|
actinolite |
AC'TINOLITE, n. [Gr. a ray, a stone.]A mineral, called, by Werner, strahlstein, ray-stone, nearly ... |
643
|
actinolitic |
ACTINOLIT'IC, a. Like or pertaining to actinolite. |
644
|
action |
AC'TION, n. [L. actio. See Act.]1. Literally, a driving; hence, the state of acting or moving; ... |
645
|
actionable |
AC'TIONABLE, a. That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained; as, to call ... |
646
|
actionably |
AC'TIONABLY, adv. In a manner that subjects to legal process. |
647
|
actionary |
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns ... |
648
|
actionist |
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, n. In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns ... |
649
|
active |
ACT'IVE, a. [L. activus.]1. That has the power or quality of acting; that contains the principle ... |
650
|
actively |
ACT'IVELY, adv. in an active manner; by action; nimbly; briskly; also in an active signification, ... |
651
|
activeness |
ACT'IVENESS, n. the quality of being active; the faculty of acting; nimbleness; quickness of ... |
652
|
activity |
ACTIV'ITY, n. The quality of being active; the active faculty; nimbleness; agility; also the habit ... |
653
|
actor |
ACT'OR, n. 1. He that acts or performs; an active agent.2. He that represents a character or ... |
654
|
actress |
ACT'RESS, n. A female who acts or performs, and especially, on the stage, or in a play. |
655
|
actual |
ACT'UAL, a.1. Real or effective, or that exists truly and absolutely; as, actual heat, opposed to ... |
656
|
actuality |
ACTUAL'ITY, n. Reality. |
657
|
actually |
ACT'UALLY, adv. In fact; really; in truth. |
658
|
actuary |
ACT'UARY, n. [L. actuarius.]A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in ... |
659
|
actuate |
ACT'UATE, a. Put in action. [Little used.] ACT'UATE, v.t. [from act.]To put into action; to ... |
660
|
actuated |
ACT'UATED, pp. Put in action; incited to action. |
661
|
actuating |
ACT'UATING, ppr. Putting in action; inciting to action. |
662
|
actuation |
ACTUA'TION, n. The state of being put in action; effectual operation. |
663
|
actus |
ACT'US, n. Among the Romans, a measure in building equal to 120 Roman feet. In agriculture, the ... |
664
|
acuate |
AC'UATE, v.t. [L. acuo, to sharpen. See Acid.]To sharpen; to make pungent, or corrosive. ... |
665
|
acubene |
ACUBE'NE, n. A star of the fourth magnitude in the southern claw of Cancer. |
666
|
acuition |
ACUI'TION, n. [from L. acuo, to sharpen.]The sharpening of medicines to increase their effect. |
667
|
aculeate |
ACU'LEATE, a. [L. aculeus, from acus, Gr. a point, and the diminutive. See Acid.]1. In botany, ... |
668
|
aculei |
ACU'LEI, n. [L.] In botany and zoology, prickles or spines. |
669
|
aculon |
AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet ... |
670
|
aculos |
AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, n. [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet ... |
671
|
acumen |
ACU'MEN, n. [L. acumen, from acus or acuo.]A sharp point; and figuratively, quickness of ... |
672
|
acuminate |
ACU'MINATE, a. [L. acuminatus, from acumen.]Ending in a sharp point; pointed. |
673
|
acuminated |
ACU'MINATED, a. Sharpened to a point. |
674
|
acumination |
ACUMINA'TION, n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point. |
675
|
acupuncture |
ACUPUNC'TURE, n. [L. acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]Among the Chinese, a ... |
676
|
acus |
A'CUS, n. [L.]1. The needle-fish,or gar-fish.2. The ammodyte or sand eel.3. The oblong cimex. |
677
|
acute |
ACU'TE, a. [L. acutus, sharp-pointed; Heb.]1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; opposed ... |
678
|
acutely |
ACU'TELY, adv. Sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination. |
679
|
acuteness |
ACU'TENESS, n. 1. Sharpness; but seldom used in this literal sense, as applied to material ... |
680
|
acutiator |
ACUTIA'TOR, n. In the middle ages, a person whose office was to sharpen instruments. Before the ... |
681
|
ad |
AD. A Latin preposition, signifying to. It is probably from Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. Eth. and Ar. To ... |
682
|
adage |
AD'AGE, n. [L. adagium, or adagio]A proverb; an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; ... |
683
|
adagio |
ADA'GIO, n. [L. otium; Eng. ease.]In music, a slow movement. As an adverb, slowly, leisurely, and ... |
684
|
adam |
AD'AM, n. In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the ... |
685
|
adamant |
AD'AMANT, n. [ Gr.; L. adamas; a word of Celtic origin.]A very hard or impenetrable stone; a name ... |
686
|
adamantean |
ADAMANTE'AN, a. Hard as adamant. |
687
|
adamantine |
ADAMANT'INE, a. Made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant; that cannot be broken, ... |
688
|
adamic |
AD'AMIC, a. Pertaining to Adam. Adamic earth, is the term given to common red clay, so called by ... |
689
|
adamites |
AD'AMITES, in Church history, a sect of visionaries, who pretended to establish a state of ... |
690
|
adamitic |
ADAMIT'IC, Like the Adamites. |
691
|
adansonia |
ADANSO'NIA, n. Ethiopian sour gourd, monkey's bread, of African calabash-tree. It is a tree of ... |
692
|
adapt |
ADAPT' v.t. [L. ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.]To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an ... |
693
|
adaptable |
ADAPT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted. |
694
|
adaptation |
ADAPTA'TION, n. The act of making suitable, or the state of being suitable, or fit; fitness. |
695
|
adapted |
ADAPT'ED, pp. Suited; made suitable; fitted. |
696
|
adapter |
ADAPT'ER. See adopter. |
697
|
adapting |
ADAPT'ING, ppr. Suiting; making fit. |
698
|
adaption |
ADAP'TION, n. Adaptation; the act of fitting [Little used, and hardly legitimate.] |
699
|
adaptness |
ADAPT'NESS, n. A state of being fitted. [Not used.] |
700
|
adar |
A'DAR, n. a Hebrew month, answering to the latter part of February, and the beginning of March, ... |
701
|
adarce |
ADAR'CE, n. [Gr.]A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is lax ... |
702
|
adarcon |
ADAR'CON, n. In Jewish antiquity, a gold coin worth about three dollars and a third, or about ... |
703
|
adarme |
ADAR'ME, n. A Spanish weight, the sixteenth of an ounce. The Spanish ounce is seven per cent. ... |
704
|
adatis |
AD'ATIS, n. A muslin or species of cotton cloth from India. It is fine and clear; the piece is ... |
705
|
adaunt |
AD'AUNT, v.t. To subdue. [Not used. See Daunt.] |
706
|
adaw |
ADAW', v.t. To daunt; to subject. [Not used.] |
707
|
adays |
ADA'YS, adv. On or in days; as in the phrase, now adays. |
708
|
add |
ADD, v.t. [L. addo, from ad and do, to give.]1. To set or put together, join or unite, as one ... |
709
|
addarac |
AD'DARAC, n. Red orpiment. |
710
|
addecimate |
ADDEC'IMATE, v.t. [L. ad and decimus, tenth.]To take, or to ascertain tithes. |
711
|
added |
ADD'ED, pp. Joined in place, in sum, in mass or aggregate, in number, in idea or consideration; ... |
712
|
addeem |
ADDEE'M, v.t. [See Deem.] To award; to sentence. [Little used.] |
713
|
adder |
AD'DER, n. [L. natrix, a serpent.]A venomous serpent or viper, of several species. |
714
|
adder-fly |
AD'DER-FLY, n. a name of the dragon-fly or libellula; sometimes called adder-bolt. |
715
|
adders-grass |
ADDER'S-GRASS, n. A plant about which serpents lurk. |
716
|
adders-tongue |
ADDER'S-TONGUE, n. A plant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. |
717
|
adders-wort |
ADDER'S-WORT, n. Snakeweed, so named from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpent. |
718
|
addibility |
ADDIBIL'ITY, n. The possibility of being added. |
719
|
addible |
AD'DIBLE, a. [See Add.] That may be added. |
720
|
addice |
AD'DICE, obs. [See Adz.] |
721
|
addict |
ADDICT', a. Addicted. [Not much used.] |
722
|
addicted |
ADDICT'ED, pp. Devoted by customary practice. |
723
|
addictedness |
ADDICT'EDNESS, n. The quality or state of being addicted. |
724
|
addicting |
ADDICT'ING, ppr. Devoting time and attention; practicing customarily. |
725
|
addiction |
ADDIC'TION, n. 1. The act of devoting or giving up in practice; the state of being devoted.His ... |
726
|
adding |
ADD'ING, ppr. Joining; putting together; increasing. |
727
|
additament |
ADDIT'AMENT, n. [L. additamentum, from additus and ment. See Add.]An addition, or rather the ... |
728
|
addition |
ADDI'TION, n. [L. additio, from addo.]1. The act of adding, opposed to subtraction, or ... |
729
|
additional |
ADDI'TIONAL, a. That is added. it is used by Bacon for addition; but improperly. |
730
|
additionally |
ADDI'TIONALLY, adv. By way of addition. |
731
|
additive |
ADD'ITIVE, a. That may be added, or that is to be added. |
732
|
additory |
ADD'ITORY, a. That adds, or may add. |
733
|
addle |
AD'DLE, a. [Heb. to fail.]In a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. Hence, barren, producing ... |
734
|
addle-pated |
AD'DLE-PATED, a. Having empty brains. |
735
|
addled |
AD'DLED, a. Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren. |
736
|
addoom |
ADDOOM', v.t. [See Doom.] To adjudge. |
737
|
addorsed |
ADDORS'ED, a. [L. ad and dorsum,the back.]In heraldry, having the backs turned to each other, as ... |
738
|
address |
ADDRESS', v.t. [This is supposed to be from L. dirigo.]1. To prepare; to make suitable ... |
739
|
addressed |
ADDRESS'ED, pp. Spoken or applied to; directed; courted; consigned. |
740
|
addresser |
ADDRESS'ER, n. One who addresses or petitions. |
741
|
addressing |
ADDRESS'ING, ppr. Speaking or applying to, directing; courting; consigning. |
742
|
adduce |
ADDU'CE, v.t. [L. adduco, to lead or bring to; ad and duco, to lead. See Duke.]1. To bring ... |
743
|
adduced |
ADDU'CED, pp. Brought forward; cited; alledged in argument. |
744
|
adducent |
ADDU'CENT, a. Bringing forward, or together; a word applied to those muscles of the body which ... |
745
|
adducible |
ADDU'CIBLE, a. That may be adduced. |
746
|
adducing |
ADDU'CING, ppr. Bringing forward; citing in argument. |
747
|
adduction |
ADDUC'TION n. The act of bringing forward. |
748
|
adductive |
ADDUC'TIVE, a. That brings forward. |
749
|
adductor |
ADDUC'TOR, n. [L.]A muscle which draws one part of the body towards another; as the adductor ... |
750
|
addulce |
ADDULCE, v.t. adduls'. [L. ad and dulcis, sweet.]To sweeten. [Not used.] |
751
|
adeb |
AD'EB, n. An Egyptian weight of 210 okes, each of three rotolos, which is a weight of about two ... |
752
|
adel |
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth. |
753
|
adelantado |
ADELANTA'DO, n. A governor of a province; a lieutenant governor. |
754
|
adeling |
AD'ELING, n. a title of honor given by our Saxon ancestors to the children of princes, and to ... |
755
|
adelite |
AD'ELITE, n. adelites or Almogenens, in Spain, were conjurers, who predicted the fortunes of ... |
756
|
ademption |
ADEMP'TION, n. [L. adimo, to take away; of ad and emo, to take.]In the civil law, the revocation ... |
757
|
adenography |
ADENOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a gland, and to describe.]That part of anatomy which treats of the glands. |
758
|
adenoid |
AD'ENOID, a. [Gr. a gland, and form.]In the form of a gland; glandiform; glandulous; applied to ... |
759
|
adenological |
ADENOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the doctrine of the glands. |
760
|
adenology |
ADENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a gland, and discourse.]In anatomy, the doctrine of the glands, their nature, ... |
761
|
adenos |
AD'ENOS, n. a species of cotton, from Aleppo, called also marine cotton. |
762
|
adept |
ADEPT', n. [L. adeptus, obtained, from adipiscor.]One fully skilled or well versed in any art. ... |
763
|
adeption |
ADEP'TION, n. [L. adeptio.]An obtaining; acquirement. Obs. |
764
|
adequacy |
AD'EQUACY, n. [L. adaequatus, of ad and aquatus, made equal.The state or quality of being equal ... |
765
|
adequate |
AD'EQUATE, a. Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the ... |
766
|
adequately |
AD'EQUATELY, adv. In an adequate manner; in exact proportion; with just correspondence, ... |
767
|
adequateness |
AD'EQUATENESS, n. The state of being adequate; justness of proportion or representation; ... |
768
|
adequation |
ADEQUA'TION, n. Adequateness. [not used.] |
769
|
adessenarians |
ADESSENA'RIANS, n. [L. adesse, to be present.]In church history, a sect who hold the real presence ... |
770
|
adfected |
ADFECT'ED, a. In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity. |
771
|
adfiliated |
ADFIL'IATED, a. Adopted as a son. [See Affiliate.] |
772
|
adfiliation |
ADFILIA'TION, n. [L. ad and filius, a son.]A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former ... |
773
|
adhere |
ADHE'RE, v.i. [L. adhaereo, ad and haereo, to stick.]1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or ... |
774
|
adherence |
ADHE'RENCE, n. 1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering.2. Figuratively, a being fixed in ... |
775
|
adherency |
ADHE'RENCY, n. The same as adherence. In the sense of that which adhers, not legitimate. |
776
|
adherent |
ADHE'RENT, a. Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that ... |
777
|
adherently |
ADHE'RENTLY, adv. In an adherent manner. |
778
|
adherer |
ADHE'RER, n. One that adheres; an adherent. |
779
|
adhesion |
ADHE'SION, n. adhe'shun. [L. adhasio.]1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and ... |
780
|
adhesive |
ADHE'SIVE, a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are ... |
781
|
adhesively |
ADHE'SIVELY, adv. In an adhesive manner. |
782
|
adhesiveness |
ADHE'SIVENESS, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity. |
783
|
adhibit |
ADHIB'IT, v.t. [L. adhibeo, ad and habeo, to have.]To use, or apply. [Rarely used.] |
784
|
adhibition |
ADHIBI'TION, n. Application; use. |
785
|
adhil |
AD'HIL, n. A star of the sixth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in ... |
786
|
adhortation |
ADHORTA'TION, n. [L. adhortatio.]Advice. [Seldom used.] |
787
|
adhortatory |
ADHORT'ATORY, a. [L. adhortor, to advise, ad and hortor.]Advisory; containing counsel or warning. |
788
|
adiaphorists |
ADIAPH'ORISTS, n. [Gr. indifferent.]Moderate Lutherans; a name given in the sixteenth century, to ... |
789
|
adiaphorous |
ADIAPH'OROUS, a. Indifferent; neutral; a name given by Boyle to a spirit distilled from tartar, ... |
790
|
adieu |
ADIEU', Adu'.Farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends.ADIEU', n. A ... |
791
|
adipocerate |
ADIPOC'ERATE, v.t. To convert into adipocere. |
792
|
adipoceration |
ADIPOCERA'TION,n. The act or process of being changed into adipocere. |
793
|
adipocere |
AD'IPOCERE, n. [L. adeps, fat, and cera.]A soft unctuous or waxy substance, of a light brown ... |
794
|
adipose |
AD'IPOSE, a. [L. adiposus, from adeps, fat. Heb. fat, gross, AD'IPOUS, stupid.]Fat. The adipose ... |
795
|
adit |
ADIT, n. [L. aditus, from adeo, aditum, to approach, ad and eo, to go.]An entrance or passage; a ... |
796
|
adjacency |
ADJA'CENCY, n. [L. adjaceo, to lie contiguous, from ad and jaceo, to lie.]The state of lying ... |
797
|
adjacent |
ADJA'CENT, a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon; as, a field adjacent to the ... |
798
|
adject |
ADJECT' v.t. [L. adjicio, of ad and jacio, to throw.]To add or put, as one thing to another. |
799
|
adjection |
ADJEC'TION,n. The act of adding, or thing added. [Little used.] |
800
|
adjectitious |
ADJECTI'TIOUS, a. Added |
801
|
adjective |
AD'JECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or ... |
802
|
adjectively |
AD'JECTIVELY, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively. |
803
|
adjoin |
ADJOIN', v.t. [L. adjungo, ad and jungo. See Join.]To join or unite to; to put to, by placing in ... |
804
|
adjoinant |
ADJOIN'ANT, a. Contiguous to. [Not used.] |
805
|
adjoined |
ADJOIN'ED, pp. Joined to; united. |
806
|
adjoining |
ADJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining to; adjacent; contiguous. |
807
|
adjourn |
ADJOURN', v.t. Adjurn'. Literally, to put off, or defer to another day; but now used to denote a ... |
808
|
adjourned |
ADJOURN'ED, pp. 1. Put off, delayed, or deferred for a limited time.2. As an adjective, existing ... |
809
|
adjourning |
ADJOURN'ING, ppr. Deferring; suspending for a time; closing a session. |
810
|
adjournment |
ADJOURN'MENT, n.1. The act of adjourning; as, in legislatures, the adjournment of one house is not ... |
811
|
adjudge |
ADJUDGE', v.t.To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a ... |
812
|
adjudged |
ADJUDG'ED, pp. Determined by judicial opinion; decreed; sentenced. |
813
|
adjudging |
ADJUDG'ING, ppr. Determining by judicial opinion; sentencing. |
814
|
adjudgment |
ADJUDG'MENT, n. The act of judging; sentenced. |
815
|
adjudicate |
ADJU'DICATE, v.t. [L. adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.]To adjudge; to try and determine, as ... |
816
|
adjudicated |
ADJU'DICATED, pp. Adjudged; tried and decided. |
817
|
adjudicating |
ADJU'DICATING, ppr. Adjudging; trying and determining. |
818
|
adjudication |
ADJUDICA'TION, n. 1. The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining ... |
819
|
adjument |
AD'JUMENT, n. [L. adjumentum.] Help; support. [Not used.] |
820
|
adjunct |
AD'JUNCT,n. [L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.]1. Something added to another, but ... |
821
|
adjunction |
ADJUNC'TION, n. The act of joining; the thing joined. |
822
|
adjunctive |
ADJUNC'TIVE, a. Joining; having the quality of joining.ADJUNC'TIVE, n. That which is joined. |
823
|
adjunctively |
ADJUNC'TIVELY, adv. In an adjunctive manner. |
824
|
adjunctly |
ADJUNCT'LY, adv. In connection with; consequently. |
825
|
adjuration |
ADJURA'TION, n. 1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a ... |
826
|
adjure |
ADJU'RE, v.t. [L. adjuro, to sweat solemnly, or compel one to swear; from ad and juro, to ... |
827
|
adjured |
ADJU'RED, pp. Charged on oath, or with a denunciation of God's wrath; solemnly urged. |
828
|
adjurer |
ADJU'RER, n. One that adjures; one that exacts an oath. |
829
|
adjuring |
ADJU'RING, ppr. Charging on oath or on the penalty of a curse; beseeching with solemnity. |
830
|
adjust |
ADJUST', v.t. [L. ad, and justus, just, exact. See Just.]1. To make exact; to fit; to make ... |
831
|
adjusted |
ADJUST'ED, pp. Made exact or conformable; reduced to a right form or standard settled. |
832
|
adjuster |
ADJUST'ER, n. A person who adjusts; that which regulates. |
833
|
adjusting |
ADJUST'ING, ppr. Reducing to due form; fitting; making exact or correspondent; settling. |
834
|
adjustment |
ADJUST'MENT, n. The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fit ... |
835
|
adjutage |
AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a ... |
836
|
adjutancy |
AD'JUTANCY, n. [See Adjutant.] The office of an adjutant; skillful arrangement. |
837
|
adjutant |
AD'JUTANT, n. [L. adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help.]In ... |
838
|
adjute |
ADJU'TE, v.t. To help. [Not used.] |
839
|
adjutor |
ADJU'TOR, n. A helper. [Little used; its compound coadjutor is in common use.] |
840
|
adjuvant |
ADJU'VANT, a. Helping; assisting. |
841
|
adker |
'ADKER, n.1. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.2. A water newt. |
842
|
adlegation |
ADLEGA'TION, n. [L. ad and legatio, an embassy, from lego, to send. See Legate.]In the public law ... |
843
|
adlocution |
ADLOCU'TION, n. [See Allocation.] |
844
|
admeasure |
ADMEAS'URE, v.t. admezh'ur. [ad and measure. See Measure.]1. To measure or ascertain dimensions, ... |
845
|
admeasured |
ADMEAS'URED, pp. Measured; apportioned. |
846
|
admeasurement |
ADMEAS'UREMENT, n. 1. The measuring of dimensions by a rule, as of a ship, cask, and the like.2. ... |
847
|
admeasurer |
ADMEAS'URER, n. One that admeasures. |
848
|
admeasuring |
ADMEAS'URING, ppr. Measuring; apportioning. |
849
|
admensuration |
ADMENSURA'TION Is equivalent to admeasurement, but not much used. See Mensuration.] |
850
|
adminicle |
ADMIN'ICLE, n. [L. adminiculum.] Help; support. [Not used.] |
851
|
adminicular |
ADMINIC'ULAR, a. Supplying help; helpful. |
852
|
administer |
ADMIN'ISTER, v.t. [L. administro, of ad and ministro, to serve or manage. See Minister.]1. To ... |
853
|
administered |
ADMIN'ISTERED, pp. Executed; managed; governed; afforded; given; dispensed. |
854
|
administerial |
ADMINISTE'RIAL, a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. |
855
|
administering |
ADMIN'ISTERING, ppr. Executing; carrying into effect; giving; dispensing. |
856
|
administrate |
ADMIN'ISTRATE, In the place of administer, has been used, but is not well authorized. |
857
|
administration |
ADMINISTRA'TION, n. 1. The act of administering; direction; management; government of public ... |
858
|
administrative |
ADMIN'ISTRATIVE, a. That administers, or by which one administers. |
859
|
administrator |
ADMINISTRA'TOR, n. 1. a man who, by virtue of a commission from the Ordinary, Surrogate, Court of ... |
860
|
administratorship |
ADMINISTRA'TORSHIP, n. The office of an administrator. |
861
|
administratrix |
ADMINISTRA'TRIX, n. A female who administers upon the estate of an intestate; also a female who ... |
862
|
admirable |
AD'MIRABLE, a. [L. admirabilis.]To be admired; worthy of admiration; having qualities to excite ... |
863
|
admirableness |
AD'MIRABLENESS, n. The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration. |
864
|
admirably |
AD'MIRABLY, adv. In a manner to excite wonder, mingled with approbation, esteem or veneration. |
865
|
admiral |
AD'MIRAL, n. [In the Latin of the middle ages. Amira, Amiras, Admiralis, an Emir; Heb. to speak. ... |
866
|
admiralship |
AD'MIRALSHIP, n. The office or power of an admiral. [Little used.] |
867
|
admiralty |
AD'MIRALTY, n. In Great Britain, the office of Lord High Admiral. This office is discharged by ... |
868
|
admiration |
ADMIRA'TION, n. Wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love or veneration; ... |
869
|
admirative |
ADMI'RATIVE, n. A note of admiration, thus! [Not used.] |
870
|
admire |
ADMI'RE, v.t. [L. admiror, ad and miror, to wonder; demiror. See Moor and Mar.]1. To regard with ... |
871
|
admired |
ADMI'RED, pp. Regarded with wonder, mingled with pleasurable sensations, as esteem, love or ... |
872
|
admirer |
ADMI'RER, n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. |
873
|
admiring |
ADMI'RING, ppr. Regarding with wonder united with love or esteem. |
874
|
admiringly |
ADMI'RINGLY, adv. With admiration; in the manner of an admirer. |
875
|
admissibility |
ADMISSIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being admissable. |
876
|
admissible |
ADMISS'IBLE, a. [See admit.] That may be admitted, allowed or conceded; as, the testimony is ... |
877
|
admission |
ADMISS'ION, n. [L. admissio.]1. The act or practice of admitting, as the admission of aliens into ... |
878
|
admit |
ADMIT', v.t. [L. admitto, from ad and mitto, to send.]1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; ... |
879
|
admittable |
ADMIT'TABLE, a. That may be admitted or allowed. |
880
|
admittance |
ADMIT'TANCE, n. 1. The act of admitting; allowance. More usually,2. Permission to enter; the ... |
881
|
admitted |
ADMIT'TED, pp. Permitted to enter or approach; allowed; granted; conceded. |
882
|
admitter |
ADMIT'TER, n. He that admits. |
883
|
admitting |
ADMIT'TING, ppr. Permitting to enter or approach; allowing; conceding. |
884
|
admix |
ADMIX', v.t. To mingle with something else. [See Mix.] |
885
|
admixtion |
ADMIX'TION, n. admixchun, [L. admixtio, or admistio; of ad and misceo, to mix. See Mix.]A ... |
886
|
admixture |
ADMIX'TURE, n. [From admix.]The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. We ... |
887
|
admonish |
ADMON'ISH, v.t. [L. admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish.]1. To warn or notify of a ... |
888
|
admonished |
ADMON'ISHED, pp. Reproved; advised; warned; instructed. |
889
|
admonisher |
ADMON'ISHER, n. One who reproves or counsels. |
890
|
admonishing |
ADMON'ISHING, ppr. Reproving; warning; counseling; directing. |
891
|
admonishment |
ADMON'ISHMENT, n. Admonition. |
892
|
admonition |
ADMONI'TION, n. Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; ... |
893
|
admonitioner |
ADMONI'TIONER, n. A dispenser of admonitions. |
894
|
admonitive |
ADMON'ITIVE, a. Containing admonition. |
895
|
admonitor |
ADMON'ITOR, n. An admonisher, a monitor. |
896
|
admonitory |
ADMON'ITORY, a. Containing admonition; that admonishes. |
897
|
admortization |
ADMORTIZA'TION, n. The reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain. [See Mortmain.] |
898
|
admove |
ADMOVE', v.t. [L. admoveo.]To move to; to bring one thing to another. [Little used.] |
899
|
adnascent |
ADNAS'CENT, a. [L. ad and nascens, growing.] |
900
|
adnata |
ADNA'TA, n. [L. ad and natus, grown from nascor, to grow.]1. In anatomy, one of the coats of the ... |
901
|
adnate |
AD'NATE, a. [L. ad and natus, grown.]In botany, pressing close to the stem, or growing to it. |
902
|
adnoun |
AD'NOUN, n. [ad and noun.]In grammar, an adjective, or attribute. [Little used.] |
903
|
ado |
ADO', n. Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade ... |
904
|
adolescence |
ADOLES'CENCE, n. [L. adolescens, growing, of ad and olesco, to grow, from oleo. Heb. to ... |
905
|
adolescent |
ADOLES'CENT, a. Growing; advancing from childhood to manhood. |
906
|
adonean |
ADONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Adonis.Fair Adonean Venus. |
907
|
adonia |
ADO'NIA, n. Festivals celebrated anciently in honor of Adonis, by females, who spent two days in ... |
908
|
adonic |
ADO'NIC, a. Adonic Verse, a short verse, in which the death of Adonis was bewailed. It consists ... |
909
|
adonis |
ADO'NIS, n. In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. ... |
910
|
adonists |
ADO'NISTS, n. [Heb. Lord, a scriptural title of the Supreme Being.]Among critics, a sect or party ... |
911
|
adopt |
ADOPT', v.t. [L. adopto, of ad and opto, to desire or choose. See Option.]1. To take a stranger ... |
912
|
adopted |
ADOPT'ED, pp. Taken as one's own; received as son and heir; selected for use. |
913
|
adoptedly |
ADOPT'EDLY, adv. In the manner of something adopted. |
914
|
adopter |
ADOPT'ER, n.1. One who adopts.2. In chimistry, a large round receiver, with two necks, ... |
915
|
adopting |
ADOPT'ING, ppr. Taking a stranger as a son; taking as one's own. |
916
|
adoption |
ADOP'TION, n. [L. adoptio.]1. The act of adopting, or the state of being adopted; the taking and ... |
917
|
adoptive |
ADOPT'IVE, a. [L. adoptivus.]That adopts, as an adoptive father; or that is adopted, as an ... |
918
|
adorable |
ADO'RABLE, a. That ought to be adored; worth of divine honors. In popular use, worthy of the ... |
919
|
adorableness |
ADO'RABLENESS, n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. |
920
|
adorably |
ADO'RABLY, adv. In a manner worthy of adoration. |
921
|
adoration |
ADORA'TION, n. 1. The act of paying honors to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of ... |
922
|
adore |
ADO'RE, v.t. [L. adoro. In Heb. to honor, reverence or glorify to adorn; to be magnificent or ... |
923
|
adored |
ADO'RED, pp. Worshipped as divine; highly reverenced; greatly beloved. |
924
|
adorer |
ADO'RER, n. One who worships, or honors as divine; in popular language, an admiring lover. |
925
|
adoring |
ADO'RING, ppr. or a. Honoring or addressing as divine; regarding with great love or reverence. |
926
|
adorn |
ADORN', v.t. [L. adorno, ad and orno, to deck, or beautify, to dress, set off, extol, furnish.1. ... |
927
|
adorned |
ADORN'ED, pp. Decked; decorated; embellished. |
928
|
adorning |
ADORN'ING, ppr. Ornamenting; decorating; displaying beauty.ADORN'ING, n. Ornament; decoration. ... |
929
|
adosculation |
ADOSCULA'TION, n. [L. ad and osculatio, a kissing, from osculum, a kiss, or mouth.]The ... |
930
|
adossed |
ADOS'SED, a. In heraldry, denoting two figures or bearings place back to back. |
931
|
adown |
ADOWN', prep. [a and down.] From a higher to a lower situation; downwards; implying ... |
932
|
adread |
ADREAD', a. Adred'. [See Dread.] Affected by dread. Obs. |
933
|
adriatic |
ADRIAT'IC, a. [L. Aldria, or Hadria, the gulf of Venice.]Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from ... |
934
|
adrift |
ADRIFT', a. or adv. [See Drive. Adrift is the participle of the verb.]Literally, driven; ... |
935
|
adrogation |
ADROGA'TION, n. [L. ad and rogo, to ask. See Interrogate and Rogation.]A species of adoption in ... |
936
|
adroit |
ADROIT', [L. directus, dirigo. See Right.]Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and ... |
937
|
adroitly |
ADROIT'LY, adv. With dexterity; in a ready skillful manner. |
938
|
adroitness |
ADROIT'NESS, n. Dexterity; readiness in the use of the limbs, or of the mental faculties. |
939
|
adry |
ADRY', a. Thirsty, in want of drink. [This adjective always follows the noun.] |
940
|
adscititious |
ADSCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascititius, from adscisco, ascisco, to add or join.]Added; taken as ... |
941
|
adstrictory |
ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.] |
942
|
adstringent |
ADSTRIC'TORY, ADSTRING'ENT. [See Astringent.] |
943
|
adularia |
ADULA'RIA, n. [From Adula, the summit of a Swiss mountain.]A mineral deemed the most perfect ... |
944
|
adulation |
ADULA'TION, n. [L. adulatio.]Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited; high ... |
945
|
adulator |
AD'ULATOR, n. A flatterer; one who offers praise servilely. |
946
|
adulatory |
AD'ULATORY, a. Flattering; containing excessive praise or compliments; servilely praising; as, an ... |
947
|
adulatress |
AD'ULATRESS, n. A female that flatters with servility. |
948
|
adult |
ADULT', n. [L. adultus, grown to maturity, from oleo, to grow; Heb. to ascend.]Having arrived at ... |
949
|
adulterant |
ADUL'TERANT, n. The person or thing that adulterates. |
950
|
adulterate |
ADUL'TERATE, v.t. [L. adultero, from adulter, mixed, or an adulterer; ad and alter, other.]To ... |
951
|
adulterated |
ADUL'TERATED, pp. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value. |
952
|
adulterateness |
ADUL'TERATENESS, n. The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit. |
953
|
adulterating |
ADUL'TERATING, ppr. Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting. |
954
|
adulteration |
ADULTERA'TION, n. The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased ... |
955
|
adulterer |
ADUL'TERER, n. [L. adulter.]1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any ... |
956
|
adulteress |
ADUL'TERESS, n. A married woman guilty of incontinence. |
957
|
adulterine |
ADUL'TERINE, a. Proceeding from adulterous commerce; spurious. |
958
|
adulterous |
ADUL'TEROUS, a. 1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery.2. In scripture, idolatrous, very ... |
959
|
adultery |
ADUL'TERY, n. [L. adulterium. See Adulterate.]1. Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a ... |
960
|
adultness |
ADULT'NESS, n. The state of being adult. |
961
|
adumbrant |
ADUM'BRANT, a. [See Adumbrate.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance. |
962
|
adumbrate |
ADUM'BRATE, v.t. [L. adumbro, to shade, from umbra, a shade.]To give a faint shadow, or slight ... |
963
|
adumbration |
ADUMBRA'TION, n. 1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance.2. A faint sketch; an ... |
964
|
adunation |
ADUNA'TION, n. [L. ad and unus, unio,.]The state of being united; union. [Not used.] |
965
|
aduncity |
ADUN'CITY, n. [L. aduncitas, hookedness, of ad and uncus, a hook.]Hookedness; a bending in form of ... |
966
|
aduncous |
ADUN'COUS, a. [L. aduncus.]Hooked; bent or made in the form of a hook. |
967
|
adunque |
ADUNQUE, a. Adunk'. Hooked. [Not used.] |
968
|
adure |
ADU'RE, v.t. [L. aduro, ad and uro, to burn.]To burn up. [Not used.] |
969
|
adust |
ADUST', a. [L. adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn.]Burnt; scorched; become dry by ... |
970
|
adusted |
ADUST'ED, a. Become hot and dry; burnt; scorched. |
971
|
adustion |
ADUS'TION, n. The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated ... |
972
|
advance |
ADV'ANCE, v.t. adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.]1. To bring forward; to move further in ... |
973
|
advanced |
ADV'ANCED, pp. Moved forward; promoted; improved; furnished beforehand; situated in front, or ... |
974
|
advancement |
ADV'ANCEMENT, n. 1. The act of moving forward or proceeding.2. The state of being advanced; ... |
975
|
advancer |
ADV'ANCER, n. One who advances; a promoter.Among sportsmen, a start or branch of a buck's attire, ... |
976
|
advancing |
ADV'ANCING, ppr. Moving forward; proceeding; promoting; raising to higher rank or excellence; ... |
977
|
advancive |
ADV'ANCIVE, a. Tending to advance, or promote. |
978
|
advantage |
ADV'ANTAGE, n. 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, ... |
979
|
advantage-ground |
ADV'ANTAGE-GROUND, n. Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior ... |
980
|
advantageable |
ADV'ANTAGEABLE, a. Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used.] |
981
|
advantaged |
ADV'ANTAGED, pp. Benefitted; promoted. |
982
|
advantageous |
ADVANTA'GEOUS, a. Being of advantage; furnishing convenience, or opportunity to gain benefit; ... |
983
|
advantageously |
ADVANTA'GEOUSLY, adv. In an advantageous manner; profitably; usefully; conveniently. |
984
|
advantageousness |
ADVANTA'GEOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being advantageous; profitableness; usefulness; ... |
985
|
advantaging |
ADV'ANTAGING, ppr. Profiting; benefiting. |
986
|
advene |
ADVE'NE, v.i. [L. advenio, to come to, ad and venio.]To accede, or come to; to be added to, or ... |
987
|
advenient |
ADVE'NIENT, a. Advening; coming from outward causes. |
988
|
advent |
AD'VENT, n. [L. adventus, from advenio, of ad and venio, to come. See Find.]A coming; ... |
989
|
adventine |
ADVENT'INE, a. Adventitious. [Not used.] |
990
|
adventitious |
ADVENTI'TIOUS, a. [L. adventitius, from advenio. See Advent.]Added extrinsically; accidental; not ... |
991
|
adventitiously |
ADVENTI'TIOUSLY, adv. Accidentally. |
992
|
adventive |
ADVENT'IVE, a. Accidental; adventitious. [Little used.] |
993
|
adventual |
ADVENT'UAL, a. Relating to the season of advent. |
994
|
adventure |
ADVENT'URE, n. [See Advent.]1. Hazard; risk; chance; that of which one has no direction; as, at ... |
995
|
adventured |
ADVENT'URED, pp. Put to hazard; ventured; risked. |
996
|
adventurer |
ADVENT'URER, n.1. One who hazards, or puts something at risk, as merchant-adventurers.2. One who ... |
997
|
adventuresome |
ADVENT'URESOME, a. Bold; daring; incurring hazard. [See Venturesome.] |
998
|
adventuresomeness |
ADVENT'URESOMENESS, n. The quality of being bold and venturesome. |
999
|
adventuring |
ADVENT'URING, ppr. Putting to risk; hazarding. |
1000
|
adventurous |
ADVENT'UROUS, a.1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; ... |
1001
|
adventurously |
ADVENT'UROUSLY, adv. Boldly; daringly; in a manner to incur hazard. |
1002
|
adventurousness |
ADVENT'UROUSNESS, n. The act or quality of being adventurous. |
1003
|
adverb |
AD'VERB, n. [L. adverbium, of ad and verbum, to a verb.]In grammar, a word used to modify the ... |
1004
|
adverbial |
ADVERB'IAL, a. Pertaining to an adverb. |
1005
|
adverbially |
ADVERB'IALLY, adv. In the manner of an adverb. |
1006
|
adversaria |
ADVERSA'RIA, n. [L. from adversus. See Adverse.]Among the ancients, a book of accounts, so named ... |
1007
|
adversary |
AD'VERSARY, n. [See Adverse.]1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart.The Lord shall take ... |
1008
|
adversative |
ADVERS'ATIVE, a. Noting some difference, contrariety, or opposition; as, John is an honest man, ... |
1009
|
adverse |
AD'VERSE, a. [L. adversus, opposite; of ad and versus, turned; from verto, to turn. See Advert. ... |
1010
|
adversely |
AD'VERSELY, adv. In an adverse manner; oppositely; unfortunately; unprosperously; in a manner ... |
1011
|
adverseness |
AD'VERSENESS, n. Opposition; unprosperousness. |
1012
|
adversity |
ADVERS'ITY, n. An event, or series of events, which oppose success or desire; misfortune; ... |
1013
|
advert |
ADVERT', v.i. [L. adverto, of ad and verto, to turn.]To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, ... |
1014
|
adverted |
ADVERT'ED, pp. Attended to; regarded; with to. |
1015
|
advertence |
ADVERT'ENCE, |
1016
|
advertency |
ADVERT'ENCY, n. A direction of the mind to; attention; notice; regard; consideration; ... |
1017
|
advertent |
ADVERT'ENT, a. Attentive; heedful. |
1018
|
adverting |
ADVERT'ING, ppr. Attending to; regarding; observing. |
1019
|
advertise |
ADVERTI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advert.]1. To inform; to give notice, advice or intelligence to, ... |
1020
|
advertised |
ADVERTI'SED, pp. Informed; notified; warned; used of persons: published; made known; used of ... |
1021
|
advertisement |
ADVER'TISEMENT, n. Information; admonition, notice given. More generally, a publication intended ... |
1022
|
advertiser |
ADVERTI'SER, n. One who advertises. This title is often given to public prints. |
1023
|
advertising |
ADVERTI'SING, ppr. 1. Informing; giving notice; publishing notice.2. a. Furnishing ... |
1024
|
advice |
ADVI'CE, n. [L. viso, to see, to visit.]1. Counsel; an opinion recommended, or offered, as worthy ... |
1025
|
advisable |
ADVI'SABLE, a. [See Advise.]1. Proper to be advised; prudent; expedient; proper to be done or ... |
1026
|
advisableness |
ADVI'SABLENESS, n. The quality of being advisable or expedient. |
1027
|
advise |
ADVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advice.]1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or ... |
1028
|
advised |
ADVI'SED, pp. 1. Informed; counseled; also cautious; prudent; acting with deliberation.Let him be ... |
1029
|
advisedly |
ADVI'SEDLY, adv. With deliberation or advice; heedfully; purposely; by design; as, an enterprize ... |
1030
|
advisedness |
ADVI'SEDNESS, n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure. |
1031
|
advisement |
ADVI'SEMENT, n.1. Counsel; information; circumspection.2. Consultation.The action standing ... |
1032
|
adviser |
ADVI'SER, n. One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or ... |
1033
|
advising |
ADVI'SING, ppr. Giving counsel. |
1034
|
advisory |
ADVI'SORY, a. 1. Having power to advise.The general association has a general advisory ... |
1035
|
advocacy |
AD'VOCACY, n. 1. The act of pleading for; intercession.2. Judicial pleading; law-suit. |
1036
|
advocate |
AD'VOCATE, n. [L. advocatus, from advoco, to call for, to plead for; of ad and voco, to call. See ... |
1037
|
advocated |
AD'VOCATED, pp. Defended by argument; vindicated. |
1038
|
advocatess |
AD'VOCATESS, n. A female advocate. |
1039
|
advocating |
AD'VOCATING, ppr. Supporting by reasons; defending; maintaining. |
1040
|
advocation |
ADVOCA'TION, n. A pleading for: plea; apology.A bill of advocation, in Scotland, is a written ... |
1041
|
advoutress |
ADVOU'TRESS, n. An adulteress. |
1042
|
advoutry |
ADVOU'TRY, n. Adultery. [Little used.] |
1043
|
advowee |
ADVOWEE', n. 1. He that has the right of advowson.2. The advocate of a church or religious ... |
1044
|
advowson |
ADVOW'SON, n. s as z. [The word was latinized, advocatio, from advoco, and avow is from ... |
1045
|
advoyer |
ADVOY'ER, or Avoy'er, A chief magistrate of a town or canton in Switzerland. |
1046
|
ady |
A'DY, n. The abanga, or Thernel's restorative; a species of Palm tree, in the West Indies, tall, ... |
1047
|
adz |
ADZ, n. An iron instrument with an arching edge, across the line of the handle, and ground from a ... |
1048
|
ae |
AE, a diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. In derivatives from the ... |
1049
|
aed |
AED, ed, ead, syllables found in names from the Saxon, signify happy; as, Eadric, happy kingdom; ... |
1050
|
aedile |
AE'DILE, n. [Lat.] In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate, who had the care of the public ... |
1051
|
aegilops |
AE'GILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and the eye.]A tumor in the corner of the eye, and a plant so called. |
1052
|
aegis |
AE'GIS, n. [Gr. a goat skin, and shield; from a goat.]A shield, or defensive armor. |
1053
|
ael |
AEL, Eng. all, are seen in many names; as, in AElfred, Alfred, all peace; AElwin, all conqueror. |
1054
|
aelf |
AELF, seems to be one form of help, but more generally written elph or ulph; as, in AElfwin, ... |
1055
|
aeolist |
AE'OLIST, n. [L. AEolus.]A pretender to inspiration. |
1056
|
aerate |
A'ERATE, v.t. [See Air.] To combine with carbonic acid, formerly called fixed air. [The word has ... |
1057
|
aerated |
A'ERATED, pp. Combined with carbonic acid. |
1058
|
aerating |
A'ERATING, ppr. Combining with carbonic acid. |
1059
|
aeration |
AERA'TION, n. The act or operation of combining with carbonic acid. |
1060
|
aerial |
AE'RIAL, a. [L. aerius. See Air.]1. Belonging to the air, or atmosphere; as, aerial regions.2. ... |
1061
|
aerians |
AE'RIANS, n. In church history, a branch of Arians, so called from Aerius, who maintained, that ... |
1062
|
aerie |
A'ERIE, n. The nest of a fowl, as of an eagle or hawk; a covey of birds. |
1063
|
aerification |
AERIFICA'TION, n.1. The act of combining air with; the state of being filled with air.2. The act ... |
1064
|
aerified |
A'ERIFIED, pp. Having air infused, or combined with. |
1065
|
aeriform |
A'ERIFORM, a. [L. aer, air, and forma, form.]Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic, ... |
1066
|
aerify |
A'ERIFY, v.t. To infuse air into; to fill with air, or to combine air with. |
1067
|
aerography |
AEROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. air, and to describe.]A description of the air or atmosphere; but aerology is ... |
1068
|
aerolite |
A'EROLITE, n. [Gr. air, and a stone.]A stone falling from the air, or atmospheric regions; a ... |
1069
|
aerological |
AEROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aerology. |
1070
|
aerologist |
AEROL'OGIST, n. One who is versed in aerology. |
1071
|
aerology |
AEROL'OGY, n [Gr. air, and description.]A description of the air; that branch of philosophy which ... |
1072
|
aeromancy |
A'EROMANCY, n. [Gr. divination.]Divination by means of the air and winds. [Little used.] |
1073
|
aerometer |
AEROM'ETER, n. [Gr. air, and measure.]An instrument for weighing air, or for ascertaining the ... |
1074
|
aerometry |
AEROM'ETRY, n. [as above.] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its ... |
1075
|
aeronaut |
A'ERONAUT, n. [Gr. a sailor, from a ship.]One who sails or floats in the air; an aerial navigator; ... |
1076
|
aeronautic |
AERONAUT'IC, a. Sailing or floating in the air; pertaining to aerial sailing. |
1077
|
aeronautics |
AERONAUT'ICS, n. The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon. |
1078
|
aeronautism |
A'ERONAUTISM, n. The practice of ascending and floating in the atmosphere, in balloons. |
1079
|
aeroscopy |
AEROS'COPY, n. [Gr to see.] The observation of the air. [Little used.] |
1080
|
aerostat |
A'EROSTAT, n. [Gr. sustaining, from to stand.]A machine or vessel sustaining weights in the air; a ... |
1081
|
aerostatic |
AEROSTAT'IC, a. Suspending in air; pertaining to the art of aerial navigation. |
1082
|
aerostation |
AEROSTA'TION, n. 1. Aerial navigation; the science of raising, suspending, and guiding machines ... |
1083
|
aery-light |
A'ERY-LIGHT, in Milton, light as air; used for airy light. |
1084
|
aethel |
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth. |
1085
|
afar |
AF'AR, adv. [a and far. See Far.]1. At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with ... |
1086
|
afeard |
AFE'ARD, a. Afeard is the participle passive. See Fear.]Afraid; affected with fear or ... |
1087
|
affa |
AF'FA, n. A weight used on the Guinea coast, equal to an ounce. The half of it is call eggeba. |
1088
|
affability |
AFFABIL'ITY, n. [See Affable.] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; civility and ... |
1089
|
affable |
AF'FABLE, a. [L. affabilis, of ad and fabulor. See Fable.]1. Easy of conversation; admitting ... |
1090
|
affableness |
AF'FABLENESS, n. Affability. |
1091
|
affably |
AF'FABLY, adv. In an affable manner; courteously; invitingly. |
1092
|
affair |
AFFA'IR, n. [L. facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.]1. Business of any ... |
1093
|
affect |
AFFECT', v.t. [L. afficio, affectum, of ad and facio, to make; affecto, to desire, from the same ... |
1094
|
affectation |
AFFECTA'TION, n. [L. affectatio.]1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; ... |
1095
|
affected |
AFFECT'ED, pp. 1. Impressed; moved, or touched, either in person or in interest; having suffered ... |
1096
|
affectedly |
AFFECT'EDLY, adv. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality; formally; ... |
1097
|
affectedness |
AFFECT'EDNESS, n. The quality of being affected; affectation. |
1098
|
affecter |
AFFECT'ER, n. One that affects; one that practices affectation. |
1099
|
affecting |
AFFECT'ING, ppr.1. Impressing; having an effect on; touching the feelings; moving the passions; ... |
1100
|
affectingly |
AFFECT'INGLY, adv. In an affecting manner; in a manner to excite emotions. |
1101
|
affection |
AFFEC'TION, n. 1. The state of being affected. [Little used.]2. Passion; but more generally,3. ... |
1102
|
affectionate |
AFFEC'TIONATE, a. 1. Having great love, or affection; fond; as, an affectionate brother.2. Warm ... |
1103
|
affectionately |
AFFEC'TIONATELY, adv. With affection; fondly; tenderly; kindly. 1Thes. 2. |
1104
|
affectionateness |
AFFEC'TIONATENESS, n. Fondness; goodwill; affection. |
1105
|
affectioned |
AFFEC'TIONED, a. 1. Disposed; having an affection of heart.Be ye kindly affectioned one to ... |
1106
|
affective |
AFFECT'IVE, a. That affects, or excites emotion; suited to affect. [Little used.] |
1107
|
affectively |
AFFECT'IVELY, adv. In an affective or impressive manner. |
1108
|
affector |
AFFECT'OR |
1109
|
affectuous |
AFFECT'UOUS, a. Full of passion. [Not used.] |
1110
|
affeer |
AFFEE'R, v.t. To confirm. [Not used.]AFFEE'R, v.t.In law, to assess or reduce an arbitrary ... |
1111
|
affeered |
AFFEE'RED, pp. Moderated in sum; assessed; reduced to a certainty. |
1112
|
affeerment |
AFFEE'RMENT, n. The act of affeering, or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances ... |
1113
|
affeeror |
AFFEE'ROR, n. One who affeers; a person sworn to assess a penalty, or reduce an uncertain penalty ... |
1114
|
affettuoso |
AFFETTUO'SO, or con affetto, [L. affectus.]In music, a direction to render notes soft and ... |
1115
|
affiance |
AFFI'ANCE, n. [L. fido, fides.]1. The marriage contract or promise; faith pledged.2. Trust in ... |
1116
|
affianced |
AFFI'ANCED, pp. Pledged in marriage; betrothed; bound in faith. |
1117
|
affiancer |
AFFI'ANCER, n. One who makes a contract of marriage between parties. |
1118
|
affiancing |
AFFI'ANCING, ppr. Pledging in marriage; promising fidelity. |
1119
|
affidavit |
AFFIDA'VIT, n. [An old law verb in the perfect tense; he made oath; from ad and fides, faith.]A ... |
1120
|
affied |
AFFI'ED, a. or part. Joined by contract; affianced. [Not used.] |
1121
|
affile |
AFFI'LE, v.t. To polish. [Not used.] |
1122
|
affiliate |
AFFIL'IATE, v.t. [L. ad and filius, a son.]1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son.2. To ... |
1123
|
affiliation |
AFFILIA'TION, n. Adoption; association in the same family or society. |
1124
|
affinity |
AFFIN'ITY, n. [L. affinitas, from affinis, adjacent, related by marriage; ad and finis, end.]1. ... |
1125
|
affirm |
AFFIRM, v.t. afferm' [L. affirmo; ad and firmo, to make firm. See Firm.]1. To assert positively; ... |
1126
|
affirmable |
AFFIRM'ABLE, a. That may be asserted or declared; followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of ... |
1127
|
affirmance |
AFFIRM'ANCE, n. 1. Confirmation; ratification; as, the affirmance of a judgment; a statute in ... |
1128
|
affirmant |
AFFIRM'ANT, n. One who affirms. |
1129
|
affirmation |
AFFIRMA'TION, n.1. The act of affirming or asserting as true; opposed to negation or denial.2. ... |
1130
|
affirmative |
AFFIRM'ATIVE, a. 1. That affirms, or asserts; declaratory of what exists; opposed to negative; ... |
1131
|
affirmatively |
AFFIRM'ATIVELY, adv. In an affirmative manner; positively; on the affirmative side of a question; ... |
1132
|
affirmed |
AFFIRM'ED, pp. Declared; asserted; averred; confirmed; ratified. |
1133
|
affirmer |
AFFIRM'ER, n. One who affirms. |
1134
|
affirming |
AFFIRM'ING, ppr. Asserting; declaring positively; confirming. |
1135
|
affix |
AFFIX', v.t. [L. affigo, affixum, of ad and figo, to fix. Eng. peg. See Fix.]1. To unite at ... |
1136
|
affixed |
AFFIX'ED, pp. United at the end; annexed; attached. |
1137
|
affixing |
AFFIX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; subjoining; attaching. |
1138
|
affixion |
AFFIX'ION, n. The act of uniting at the end, or state of being so united. [Little used.] |
1139
|
affixture |
AFFIX'TURE, n. That which is affixed. |
1140
|
afflation |
AFFLA'TION, n. [L. affle, afflatum, of ad and flo; Eng. blow. See Blow.]A blowing or breathing ... |
1141
|
afflatus |
AFFLA'TUS, n. [L.]1. A breath or blast of wind.2. Inspiration; communication of divine ... |
1142
|
afflict |
AFFLICT', v.t. [L. affligo, afflicto, of ad and figo, to strike; eng. flog; Gr. to strike;, L. ... |
1143
|
afflicted |
AFFLICT'ED, pp. Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering ... |
1144
|
afflictedness |
AFFLICT'EDNESS, n. The state of being afflicted; but superseded by affliction. |
1145
|
afflicter |
AFFLICT'ER, n. One who afflicts, or causes pain of body or of mind. |
1146
|
afflicting |
AFFLICT'ING, ppr. Causing continued or durable pain of body or mind; grieving; ... |
1147
|
affliction |
AFFLIC'TION, n. 1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.Some virtues ... |
1148
|
afflictive |
AFFLICT'IVE, a. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; painful; distressing. |
1149
|
afflictively |
AFFLICT'IVELY, adv. In a manner to give pain or grief. |
1150
|
affluence |
AF'FLUENCE, n. [L. affluentia, of ad and fluo, to flow. See Flow.]1. Literally, a flowing to, or ... |
1151
|
affluent |
AF'FLUENT, a. Flowing to; more generally, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant. |
1152
|
affluently |
AF'FLUENTLY, adv. In abundance; abundantly. |
1153
|
afflux |
AF'FLUX, n. [L. affluxum, from affluo. See Flow.]The act of flowing to; a flowing to, or that ... |
1154
|
affluxion |
AFFLUX'ION, n. The act of flowing to; that which flows to. [See Afflux.] |
1155
|
afforage |
AF'FORAGE, n. [ad and force.]In France, a duty paid to the lord of a district, for permission to ... |
1156
|
afforcement |
AFFO'RCEMENT, n. [ad and force.]In old charters, a fortress; a fortification for defense. Obs. |
1157
|
afford |
AFFO'RD, v.t. [ad and the root of forth, further. The sense is to send forth. But I have not ... |
1158
|
afforded |
AFFO'RDED, pp. Yielded as fruit, produce or result; sold without loss or with profit. |
1159
|
affording |
AFFO'RDING, ppr. Yielding; producing; selling without loss; bearing expenses. |
1160
|
afforest |
AFFOR'EST, v.t. [ad and forest.]To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman ... |
1161
|
afforestation |
AFFORESTA'TION, n. The act of turning ground into forest or wood land. |
1162
|
afforested |
AFFOR'ESTED, pp. Converted into forest. |
1163
|
afforesting |
AFFOR'ESTING, ppr. Converting into forest. |
1164
|
affranchisement |
AFFRAN'CHISEMENT,n. [See Franchise and disfranchise.]The act of making free, or liberating from ... |
1165
|
affrap |
AFFRAP', v.t. [Eng. rap.] To strike. Obs. |
1166
|
affray |
AFFRA'Y, |
1167
|
affrayment |
AFFRA'YMENT, n.1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror ... |
1168
|
affreight |
AFFREIGHT', v.t. affra'te. [See Freight.]To hire a ship for the transportation of goods or ... |
1169
|
affreighted |
AFFREIGHT'ED, pp. Hired for transporting goods. |
1170
|
affreighter |
AFFREIGHT'ER, n. The person who hires or charters a ship or other vessel to convey goods. |
1171
|
affreightment |
AFFREIGHT'MENT, n. The act of hiring a ship for the transportation of goods. |
1172
|
affret |
AFFRET', n. A furious onset, or attack. [Not used.] |
1173
|
affriction |
AFFRIC'TION, n. The act of rubbing. [Not used.] [See Friction.] |
1174
|
affriended |
AFFRIENDED, a. affrend'ed. Made friends; reconciled. Obs. |
1175
|
affright |
AFFRI'GHT, v.t. affri'te. [See Fright.]To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or ... |
1176
|
affrighted |
AFFRI'GHTED, pp. Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by ... |
1177
|
affrighter |
AFFRI'GHTER, n. One who frightens. |
1178
|
affrightful |
AFFRI'GHTFUL, a. Terrifying; terrible; that may excite great fear; dreadful. |
1179
|
affrighting |
AFFRI'GHTING, ppr. Impressing sudden fear; terrifying. |
1180
|
affrightment |
AFFRI'GHTMENT, n. Affright; terror; the state of being frightened. [Rarely used.] [In common ... |
1181
|
affront |
AFFRONT', v.t. [L. frons, front, face.]1. Literally, to meet or encounter face to face, in a good ... |
1182
|
affronted |
AFFRONT'ED, pp. 1. Opposed face to face; dared; defied; abused.2. In popular language, offended; ... |
1183
|
affrontee |
AFFRONTEE', a. In heraldry, front to front; an epithet given to animals that face each other. |
1184
|
affronter |
AFFRONT'ER, n. One that affronts. |
1185
|
affronting |
AFFRONT'ING, ppr. Opposing face to face; defying; abusing; offering abuse, or any cause of ... |
1186
|
affrontive |
AFFRONT'IVE, a. Giving offense; tending to offend; abusive. |
1187
|
affrontiveness |
AFFRONT'IVENESS, n. The quality that gives offense. [Little used.] |
1188
|
affuse |
AFFU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. affundo, affusum, ad and fundo, to pour out. See Fuse.]To pour upon; ... |
1189
|
affused |
AFFU'SED, pp. Sprinkled with a liquid; sprinkled on; having a liquid poured upon. |
1190
|
affusing |
AFFU'SING, ppr. Pouring upon, or sprinkling. |
1191
|
affusion |
AFFU'SION, n. affu'zhun. The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid substance, as water ... |
1192
|
affy |
AFFY', v.t. To betroth; to bind or join. [Not used.]AFFY', v.t. To trust or confide in. [Not ... |
1193
|
afield |
AFIE'LD, adv. [a and field.] To the field. |
1194
|
afire |
AFI'RE, adv. On fire. |
1195
|
aflat |
AFLAT', adv. [a and flat.] Level with the ground. |
1196
|
afloat |
AFLO'AT, adv. or a. [a and float.]1. Borne on the water; floating; swimming; as, the ship is ... |
1197
|
afoot |
AFOOT', adv. [a or on and foot.] 1. On foot; borne by the feet; opposed to riding.2. In action; ... |
1198
|
afore |
AFO'RE, adv. or prep. [a and fore.]1. In front.2. Between one object and another, so as to ... |
1199
|
aforegoing |
AFO'REGOING, a. Going before. [See Foregoing, which is chiefly used.] |
1200
|
aforehand |
AFO'REHAND, adv. [afore and hand.]1. In time previous; by previous provision; as, he is ready ... |
1201
|
aforementioned |
AFO'REMENTIONED, a. [afore and mention.]Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse. |
1202
|
aforenamed |
AFO'RENAMED, a. [afore and name.] Named before. |
1203
|
aforesaid |
AFO'RESAID, a. [afore and say.] Said or recited before, or in a proceeding part. |
1204
|
aforetime |
AFO'RETIME, adv. [afore and time.] In time past; in a former time. |
1205
|
afoul |
AFOUL', adv. or a. [a and foul.] Not free; entangled. |
1206
|
afraid |
AFRA'ID, a. [The participle of affray.]Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word ... |
1207
|
afresh |
AFRESH', adv. [a and fresh.] Anew; again; recently; after intermission.They crucify the son of ... |
1208
|
afric |
AF'RIC, |
1209
|
africa |
AF'RICA, n. [L. a neg. and frigus, cold.]One of the four quarters or largest divisions of the ... |
1210
|
african |
AF'RICAN, a. Pertaining to Africa.AF'RICAN, n. A native of Africa.This name is given also to the ... |
1211
|
afront |
AFRONT', adv. In front. |
1212
|
aft |
'AFT, a. or adv.In seaman's language, a word used to denote the stern or what pertains to the stern ... |
1213
|
after |
'AFTER, a. [The comparative degree of aft. But is some Teutonic dialects it is written with g.]1. ... |
1214
|
after-account |
'AFTER-ACCOUNT, n. A subsequent reckoning. |
1215
|
after-act |
'AFTER-ACT, n. A subsequent act. |
1216
|
after-ages |
'AFTER-AGES, n. Later ages; succeeding times. After-age, in the singular, is not improper. |
1217
|
after-band |
'AFTER-BAND, n. A future band. |
1218
|
after-birth |
'AFTER-BIRTH, n. The appendages of the fetus, called also secundines. |
1219
|
after-clap |
'AFTER-CLAP, n. An unexpected, subsequent event; something happening after an affair is supposed ... |
1220
|
after-comer |
'AFTER-COMER, n. A successor. |
1221
|
after-comfort |
'AFTER-COMFORT, n. Future comfort |
1222
|
after-conduct |
'AFTER-CONDUCT, n. Subsequent behavior. |
1223
|
after-conviction |
'AFTER-CONVIC'TION, n Future conviction. |
1224
|
after-cost |
'AFTER-COST, n. Later cost; expense after the execution of the main design. |
1225
|
after-course |
'AFTER-COURSE, n. Future course. |
1226
|
after-crop |
'AFTER-CROP, n. The second crop in the same year. |
1227
|
after-days |
'AFTER-DAYS, n. Future days. |
1228
|
after-eatage |
'AFTER-EATAGE, n. Part of the increase of the same year. [Local.] |
1229
|
after-endeavor |
'AFTER-ENDEAV'OR, n. An endeavor after the first or former effort. |
1230
|
after-game |
'AFTER-GAME, n. A subsequent scheme, or expedient. |
1231
|
after-guard |
'AFTER-GUARD, n. The seaman stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after ... |
1232
|
after-hope |
'AFTER-HOPE, n. Future hope. |
1233
|
after-hours |
'AFTER-HOURS, n. Hours that follow; time following. |
1234
|
after-ignorance |
'AFTER-IGNORANCE, n. Subsequent ignorance. |
1235
|
after-king |
'AFTER-KING, n. A succeeding king. |
1236
|
after-life |
'AFTER-LIFE, n. 1. Future life or the life after this. 2. A later period of life; subsequent ... |
1237
|
after-liver |
'AFTER-LIVER, n. One who lives in succeeding times. |
1238
|
after-love |
'AFTER-LOVE, n. The second or later love. |
1239
|
after-malice |
'AFTER-MALICE, n. Succeeding malice. |
1240
|
after-math |
'AFTER-MATH, n. [after and math. See Mow.]A second crop of grass, in the same season; rowen. |
1241
|
after-most |
'AFTER-MOST, a. Superl. In marine language, nearest the stern, opposed to foremost; also ... |
1242
|
after-noon |
'AFTER-NOON', n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening. |
1243
|
after-pains |
'AFTER-PAINS, n. The pains which succeed child birth. |
1244
|
after-part |
'AFTER-PART, n. The latter part. In marine language, the part of a ship towards the stern. |
1245
|
after-piece |
'AFTER-PIECE, n. A piece performed after a play; a farce or other entertainment. |
1246
|
after-proof |
'AFTER-PROOF, n. Subsequent proof or evidence; qualities known by subsequent experience. |
1247
|
after-repentance |
'AFTER-REPENT'ANCE, n. Subsequent repentance. |
1248
|
after-report |
'AFTER-REPORT, n. Subsequent report, or information. |
1249
|
after-sails |
'AFTER-SAILS, n. The sails on the mizzenmast and stays, between the main and mizzen-masts. |
1250
|
after-state |
'AFTER-STATE, n. The future state. |
1251
|
after-sting |
'AFTER-STING, n. Subsequent sting. |
1252
|
after-storm |
'AFTER-STORM, n. A succeeding or future storm. |
1253
|
after-supper |
'AFTER-SUPPER, n. The time between supper and going to bed. |
1254
|
after-swarm |
'AFTER-SWARM, n. A swarm of bees which leaves the hive after the first. |
1255
|
after-taste |
'AFTER-TASTE, n. A taste which succeeds eating and drinking. |
1256
|
after-thought |
'AFTER-THOUGHT, n. [See Thought.] Reflections after an act; later thought, or expedient occurring ... |
1257
|
after-times |
'AFTER-TIMES, n. Succeeding times. It may be used in the singular. |
1258
|
after-tossing |
'AFTER-TOSSING, n. The swell or agitation of the sea after a storm. |
1259
|
after-wise |
'AFTER-WISE, a. Wise afterwards or too late. |
1260
|
after-wit |
'AFTER-WIT, n. Subsequent wit; wisdom that comes too late. |
1261
|
after-wrath |
'AFTER-WRATH, n. Later wrath; anger after the provocation has ceased. |
1262
|
after-writer |
'AFTER-WRITER, n. A succeeding writer. |
1263
|
afterward |
'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time. |
1264
|
afterwards |
'AFTERWARD, or 'AFTERWARDS, adv. [See Ward.] In later or subsequent time. |
1265
|
aga |
AGA, n. In the Turkish dominions, a commander or chief officer. The title is given to various ... |
1266
|
again |
AGAIN, adv. agen'. [L. con, whence contra;]1. A second time; once more.I will not again curse the ... |
1267
|
against |
AGAINST, prep. agenst'.1. In opposition; noting enmity or disapprobation.His hand will be against ... |
1268
|
agalloch |
AG'ALLOCH, |
1269
|
agallochum |
AGAL'LOCHUM, n. [Of oriental origin.]Aloes-wood, the product of a tree growing in China, and some ... |
1270
|
agalmatolite |
AGALMAT'OLITE,n. [Gr. image, and stone.]A name given by Klaproth to two varieties of the pierre de ... |
1271
|
agape |
AG'APE, adv. or a. [a and gape. See Gape.]Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager ... |
1272
|
agaric |
AG'ARIC, n. [Gr.]In botany, mushroom, a genus of funguses, containing numerous species. Mushrooms ... |
1273
|
agast |
AG'AST or AGH'AST, aStruck with terror, or astonishment; amazed; struck silent with horror.With ... |
1274
|
agate |
AGA'TE, adv. [a and gate.] On the way; going. Obs. |
1275
|
agatine |
AG'ATINE, a. Pretaining to agate.AG'ATINE, n. A genus of shells, oval or oblong. |
1276
|
agatized |
AG'ATIZED, a. Having the colored lines and figures of agate.Agatized wood, a substance apparently ... |
1277
|
agaty |
AG'ATY, a. Of the nature of agate. |
1278
|
agave |
AGA'VE, n. [Gr. admirable.]1. The American aloe. The great aloe rises twenty feet, and its ... |
1279
|
agaze |
AGA'ZE, v.t. [from gaze.] To strike with amazement. Obs. |
1280
|
agazed |
AGA'ZED, pp. Struck with amazement. [Not in use.] |
1281
|
age |
AGE, n. [L. aetas,or aevum. But these are undoubtedly contracted words.]1. The whole duration of ... |
1282
|
aged |
A'GED, a. 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species ... |
1283
|
agen |
AGEN', for again. Obs. |
1284
|
agency |
A'GENCY, n. [L. agens. See Act.]1. The quality of moving or of exerting power; the state of ... |
1285
|
agenda |
AGEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.]A memorandum-book; the service or office of a church; a ritual ... |
1286
|
agent |
A'GENT, a. Acting; opposed to patient, or sustaining action; as, the body agent. [Little ... |
1287
|
agentship |
A'GENTSHIP, n. The office of an agent. [Not used.] We now use agency. |
1288
|
aggelation |
AGGELA'TION, n. [L. gelu.] Concretion of a fluid. [Not used.] |
1289
|
aggeneration |
AGGENERA'TION, n. [L. ad and generatio.] The state of growing to another. [Not used.] |
1290
|
agger |
AG'GER, n. [L.] A fortress, or mound. [Not used.] |
1291
|
aggerate |
AG'GERATE, v.t. [L. aggero.] To heap. [Not used.] |
1292
|
aggeration |
AGGERA'TION, n. A heaping; accumulation; as, "aggerations of sand." |
1293
|
agglomerate |
AGGLOM'ERATE, v.t. [L. agglomero, ad and glomero, to wind into a ball, from glomus a ball of ... |
1294
|
agglomerated |
AGGLOM'ERATED, pp. Wound or collected into a ball. |
1295
|
agglomerating |
AGGLOM'ERATING, ppr. Winding into a ball; gathering into a lump. |
1296
|
agglomeration |
AGGLOMERA'TION, n. The act of winding into a ball; the state of being gathered into a ball or ... |
1297
|
agglutinant |
AGGLU'TINANT, n. Any viscous substance which unites other substances, by causing an adhesion; any ... |
1298
|
agglutinate |
AGGLU'TINATE, v.t. [Lat. agglutino, ad and glutino, from gluten. Eng. glue. See Glue.]To unite, ... |
1299
|
agglutinated |
AGGLU'TINATED, pp. Glued together; united by a viscous substance. |
1300
|
agglutinating |
AGGLU'TINATING, ppr. Gluing together; united by causing adhesion. |
1301
|
agglutination |
AGGLUTINA'TION, n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being ... |
1302
|
agglutinative |
AGGLU'TINATIVE, a. That tends to unite, or has power to cause adhesion. |
1303
|
aggrace |
AGGRA'CE, v.t. To favor. [Not used.]AGGRA'CE, n. Kindness; favor. [Not used.] |
1304
|
aggrandization |
AGGRANDIZA'TION, n. The act of aggrandizing. [Not used.] |
1305
|
aggrandize |
AG'GRANDIZE, v.t. [L. ad and grandis. See Grand.]1. To make great or greater in power, rank or ... |
1306
|
aggrandized |
AG'GRANDIZED, pp. Made great or greater; exalted; enlarged. |
1307
|
aggrandizement |
AGGRAND'IZEMENT, n. The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; ... |
1308
|
aggrandizer |
AG'GRANDIZER, n. One that aggrandizes or exalts in power, rank or honor. |
1309
|
aggrandizing |
AG'GRANDIZING, ppr. Making great; exalting; enlarging. |
1310
|
aggrate |
AGGRA'TE, v.t. To please. [Not used.] |
1311
|
aggravate |
AG'GRAVATE, v.t. [L. aggravo, of ad and gravis, heavy. See Grave, Gravity.]1. To make heavy, but ... |
1312
|
aggravated |
AG'GRAVATED, pp. Increased, in severity or enormity; made worse; exaggerated. |
1313
|
aggravating |
AG'GRAVATING, ppr. Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree, as evils, misfortunes, pain, ... |
1314
|
aggravation |
AGGRAVA'TION, n. 1. The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of ... |
1315
|
aggregate |
AG'GREGATE, v.t [L. aggrego, to collect in troops, of ad and grex, a herd or band. See ... |
1316
|
aggregated |
AG'GREGATED, pp. Collected into a sum, mass or system. |
1317
|
aggregately |
AG'GREGATELY, adv. Collectively; taken in a sum or mass. |
1318
|
aggregating |
AG'GREGATING, ppr. Collecting into a sum or mass. |
1319
|
aggregation |
AGGREGA'TION, n. 1. The act of aggregating; the state of being collected into a sum or mass; a ... |
1320
|
aggregative |
AG'GREGATIVE, a. Taken together; collective. |
1321
|
aggregator |
AG'GREGATOR, n. He that collects into a whole or mass. |
1322
|
aggress |
AGGRESS', v.i. [L. aggredior, aggressus, of ad and gradior, to go. See Grade.]To make a first ... |
1323
|
aggressing |
AGGRESS'ING, ppr. Commencing hostility first; making the first attack. |
1324
|
aggression |
AGGRESS'ION, n. The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act ... |
1325
|
aggressive |
AGGRESS'IVE, a. Tending to aggress; making the first attack. |
1326
|
aggressor |
AGGRESS'OR, n. The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an ... |
1327
|
aggrievance |
AGGRIE'VANCE, n. See Aggrieve.] Oppression; hardship; injury. But grievance is more generally ... |
1328
|
aggrieve |
AGGRIE'VE, v.t. [of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.]1. To give pain or sorrow; to ... |
1329
|
aggrieved |
AGGRIE'VED, pp. Pained; afflicted, civilly or politically oppressed. |
1330
|
aggrieving |
AGGRIE'VING, ppr. Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing. |
1331
|
aggroop |
AGGROOP, v.t. [See Group.]To bring together; to group; to collect many persons in a crowd, or many ... |
1332
|
aggrooped |
AGGROOP'ED, pp. Collected into a group or assemblage. |
1333
|
aggroup |
AGGROUP', |
1334
|
aggrouped |
AGGROUP'ED, |
1335
|
aghast |
AGH'AST, or more correctly AGHAST, a or adv. [Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the ... |
1336
|
agile |
AG'ILE, a. [L. agilis, from ago. See Act.]Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the ... |
1337
|
agileness |
AG'ILENESS, n. Nimbleness; activity; the faculty of moving the limbs quickly; agility. |
1338
|
agility |
AGIL'ITY, n. [L. agilitas.]The power of moving the limbs quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity; ... |
1339
|
agio |
A'GIO, n.1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio ... |
1340
|
agist |
AGIST', v.t. In law, to take the cattle of others to graze, at a certain sum; to feed or pasture ... |
1341
|
agistator |
AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, ... |
1342
|
agistment |
AGIST'MENT, n. The taking and feeding other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own ... |
1343
|
agistor |
AGIST'OR, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, ... |
1344
|
agitable |
AG'ITABLE, a. [See Agitate.] That may be agitated, shaken or discussed. |
1345
|
agitate |
AG'ITATE, v.t. [L. agito, from ago. See Act.]1. To stir violently; to move back and forth with a ... |
1346
|
agitated |
AG'ITATED, pp. Tossed from side to side; shaken; moved violently and irregularly; disturbed; ... |
1347
|
agitating |
AG'ITATING, ppr. Shaking; moving with violence; disturbing; disputing; contriving. |
1348
|
agitation |
AGITA'TION, n. 1. The act of shaking; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular ... |
1349
|
agitato |
AGITA'TO, in music, denotes a broken style of performance, adapted to awaken surprise or ... |
1350
|
agitator |
AG'ITATOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In ... |
1351
|
aglet |
AG'LET, |
1352
|
aglet-baby |
AG'LET-BABY, n. A small image on the top of a lace. |
1353
|
agminal |
AG'MINAL, a. [L. agmen, a troop or body of men arrayed from ago.] Pertaining to an army or troop. ... |
1354
|
agnail |
AG'NAIL, n. [ad and nail. See Nail.]A disease of the nail; a whitlow; an inflammation round the ... |
1355
|
agnate |
AG'NATE, a. [L. agnatus.] Related or akin by the father's side.AG'NATE, n. [L. agnatus, ... |
1356
|
agnatic |
AGNAT'IC, a. Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. |
1357
|
agnation |
AGNA'TION, n. Relation by the father's side only, or descent in the male line, distinct from ... |
1358
|
agnel |
AG'NEL, n. [From agnus, a lamb, the figure struck on the coin.]An ancient French coin, value ... |
1359
|
agnition |
AGNI'TION, n. [L. agnitio, agnosco.] Acknowledgment. [Little used.] |
1360
|
agnize |
AGNI'ZE, v.t. To acknowledge. [Not in use.] |
1361
|
agnominate |
AGNOM'INATE, v.t. [L. agnomino; ad and nomino, nomen, name.] To name. [Little used.] |
1362
|
agnomination |
AGNOMINA'TION, n. [L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.]1. An additional name, or ... |
1363
|
ago |
AGO', adv. or a. [See Go.] Past; gone; as a year ago. |
1364
|
agog |
AGOG', adv.In a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object.The gaudy gossip when ... |
1365
|
agoing |
AGO'ING, [The participle of go, with the prefix a.]In motion, as to set a mill agoing; or about to ... |
1366
|
agon |
A'GON, n. [Gr.] The contest for the prize. [Not used.] |
1367
|
agone |
AGONE, pp. agawn;, [See ago and Gone.] Ago; past; since.[Nearly Obs.] |
1368
|
agonism |
AG'ONISM, n. [Gr.] Contention for a prize. |
1369
|
agonist |
AG'ONIST, n. One who contends for the prize in public games. Milton has used Agonistes in this ... |
1370
|
agonistic |
AGONIST'IC, |
1371
|
agonistical |
AGONIST'ICAL, a. Pertaining to prize-fighting, contests of strength, or athletic combats. |
1372
|
agonistically |
AGONIST'ICALLY, adv. In an agonistic manner; like prize-fighting. |
1373
|
agonize |
AG'ONIZE, v.t. [Gr. to strive. See Agony.]To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent ... |
1374
|
agonizing |
AG'ONIZING, ppr. Suffering severe pain; writhing with torture. |
1375
|
agonizingly |
AG'ONIZINGLY, adv. With extreme anguish. |
1376
|
agony |
AG'ONY, n. [Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in ... |
1377
|
agood |
AGOOD, adv. In earnest. [Not used.] |
1378
|
agouty |
AGOUTY, n. [L. acutus.]A quadruped of the order Rodentia; arranged by naturalist in the genus ... |
1379
|
agrarian |
AGRA'RIAN, a. [L. agrarius, from ager, a field.]Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or ... |
1380
|
agree |
AGREE', v.i.[L. gratia. the primary sense is advancing, from the same root as L. gradior.]1. To ... |
1381
|
agreeability |
AGREEABIL'ITY, n. Easiness of disposition. [Not used.] |
1382
|
agreeable |
AGREE'ABLE, a.1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue ... |
1383
|
agreeableness |
AGREE'ABLENESS, n. 1. Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to ... |
1384
|
agreeably |
AGREE'ABLY, adv.1. Pleasingly; in an agreeable manner; in a manner to give pleasure; as, to be ... |
1385
|
agreed |
AGREE'D, pp. 1. Being in concord or harmony of opinion; of one mind.Can two walk together except ... |
1386
|
agreeing |
AGREE'ING, ppr. Living in concord; concurring; assenting; settling by consent. |
1387
|
agreeingly |
AGREE'INGLY, adv. In conformity to. [Little used.] |
1388
|
agreement |
AGREE'MENT, n. 1. Concord; harmony; conformity.What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? ... |
1389
|
agrestic |
AGRES'TIC, |
1390
|
agrestical |
AGRES'TICAL, a. [L. agrestis; ager, a field, or the same root.]Rural; rustic; pertaining to fields ... |
1391
|
agricultor |
AG'RICULTOR, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultor, a cultivator.]One whose occupation is to till the ... |
1392
|
agricultural |
AGRICUL'TURAL, a. Pertaining to husbandry, tillage, or the culture of the earth. |
1393
|
agriculture |
AG'RICULTURE, n. [L. ager, a field, and cultura, cultivation. See Acre and Culture.]In general ... |
1394
|
agriculturism |
AGRICUL'TURISM, n. The art or science of agriculture. [Little used.] |
1395
|
agriculturist |
AGRICUL'TURIST, n. One skilled in the art of cultivating the ground; a skilful husbandman. |
1396
|
agrimony |
AG'RIMONY, n. [L. agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is ... |
1397
|
agrippinians |
AGRIPPIN'IANS, n. In Church history, the followers of Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, in the third ... |
1398
|
agrise |
AGRISE, v.i. To shiver. [Not in use.]AGRISE, v.t. To terrify; also, to make frightful. [Not in ... |
1399
|
agrom |
A'GROM, n. a disease frequent in Bengal, and other parts of the E. Indies, in which the tongue ... |
1400
|
agrostemma |
AGROSTEM'MA, n. A genus of plants of several species, containing the common corn cockle, wild ... |
1401
|
agrostis |
AGROS'TIS, n. [Gr.] Bent grass; a genus of many species. |
1402
|
aground |
AGROUND', adv. [Of a, at or on, and ground.]1. On the ground; a marine term, signifying that the ... |
1403
|
aguapecaca |
AGUAPECA'CA, n. The Jacana, a Brazilian bird, about the size of a pigeon. In the extremity of ... |
1404
|
ague |
A'GUE, n. a'gu,1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. ... |
1405
|
ague-cake |
A'GUE-CAKE, n. a hard tumor on the left side of the belly, lower than the false ribs; supposed to ... |
1406
|
ague-fit |
A'GUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness. |
1407
|
ague-proof |
A'GUE-PROOF, n. Able to resist agues; proof against agues. |
1408
|
ague-spell |
A'GUE-SPELL, n. A charm or spell to cure or prevent ague. |
1409
|
ague-struck |
A'GUE-STRUCK, a. Struck with ague. |
1410
|
ague-tree |
A'GUE-TREE, n. A name sometimes applied to sassafras, on account of its febrifuge qualities. |
1411
|
agued |
A'GUED, a. Chilly; having a fit of ague; shivering with cold or fear. |
1412
|
aguerry |
AGUER'RY, v.t. To inure to the hardships of war; to instruct in the art of war. [Not in use.] |
1413
|
aguillaneuf |
AGUILLANEUF', n. [From a, to, gui, misleto, and l'an neuf, the new year.]A form of rejoicing among ... |
1414
|
aguise |
AGUI'SE, v.t. [See Guise.] To dress; to adorn. [Not in use.]AGUI'SE, n. Dress. [Not in use.] |
1415
|
aguish |
A'GUISH, a. Chilly; somewhat cold or shivering; also, having the qualities of an ague.Her aguish ... |
1416
|
aguishness |
A'GUISHNESS, n. Chilliness; the quality of being aguish. |
1417
|
agul |
A'GUL, n. A species of the hedysarum. |
1418
|
ah |
AH, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, ... |
1419
|
aha |
'AH'A.1. An exclamation expressing triumph, contempt, or simple surprise; but the senses are ... |
1420
|
ahaniger |
AHAN'IGER, n. A name of the gar-fish. |
1421
|
ahead |
AHEAD, adv. Ahed', [a and head, or at head.]1. Further forward than another thing; in front; ... |
1422
|
aheight |
AHEI'GHT, adv. [a and height.] Aloft; on high. [Not used.] |
1423
|
ahiccyatli |
AHICCYAT'LI, n. A poisonous serpent of Mexico, somewhat resembling the rattlesnake, but destitute ... |
1424
|
ahigh |
AHI'GH, adv. On high. [Not used.] |
1425
|
ahold |
AHO'LD, adv. Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Not in use.] |
1426
|
ahovai |
AHOVAI, n. A trivial name synonymous with Cerbera, a very poisonous species of plum. |
1427
|
ahoy |
AHOY;, Exclam. A sea term used in hailing. |
1428
|
ahriman |
AHRIMAN. [See Ariman.] |
1429
|
ahuitla |
AHUIT'LA, n. A worm found in the lake of Mexico, four inches in length, as thick as a goose-quill; ... |
1430
|
ahuitzote |
AHUIT'ZOTE, n. An amphibious quadruped of the tropical climate. of America, whose body is a foot ... |
1431
|
aia |
A'IA, n. A Brazilian fowl of the spoon-bill kind, and resembling that bird in form and size. |
1432
|
aicurus |
AICU'RUS, n. A large and beautiful species of parrot, found in Brazil; its head beautifully ... |
1433
|
aid |
AID, v.t. [L. adjuto.To help; to assist; to support, either by furnishing strength or means to ... |
1434
|
aidance |
A'IDANCE, n. Aid; help; assistance. [little used.] |
1435
|
aidant |
A'IDANT, a. Helping; helpful; supplying aid. [Not used.] |
1436
|
aiddecamp |
A'IDDECAMP, n. plur. Aiddecamps.]In military affairs, an officer whose duty is to receive and ... |
1437
|
aided |
A'IDED, pp. Assisted; supported; furnished with succor. |
1438
|
aider |
A'IDER, n. One who helps; an assistant, or auxiliary. |
1439
|
aiding |
A'IDING, ppr. Helping; assisting. |
1440
|
aidless |
A'IDLESS, a. Helpless; without aid; unsupported; undefended. |
1441
|
aiglet |
A'IGLET, n. 1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; ... |
1442
|
aigret |
A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See ... |
1443
|
aigrette |
A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n. 1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See ... |
1444
|
aigulet |
A'IGULET, n. [Fr. Usually contracted into aiglet, which see.] |
1445
|
aikraw |
A'IKRAW, n. A popular name of a species of lichen, or moss. |
1446
|
ail |
AIL, v.t.To trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; used to express some ... |
1447
|
aile |
AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church. |
1448
|
ailing |
A'ILING, ppr. Diseased; indisposed; full of complaints. |
1449
|
ailment |
A'ILMENT, n. Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ... |
1450
|
aim |
AIM, v.i.To point at, with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or purpose; to attempt to ... |
1451
|
aimed |
A'IMED, pp. Pointed; directed; intended to strike or affect. |
1452
|
aimer |
A'IMER, n. One that aims. |
1453
|
aiming |
A'IMING, ppr. Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; ... |
1454
|
aimless |
A'IMLESS, a. Without aim. |
1455
|
air |
AIR, n. [L. aer; Heb. to shine. The radical sense is to open, expand; whence clear; or to flow, ... |
1456
|
air-balloon |
A'IR-BALLOON. [See Balloon.] |
1457
|
air-bladder |
A'IR-BLADDER, n. A vesicle or cuticle filled with air; also, the bladder of a fish. |
1458
|
air-born |
A'IR-BORN, a. Born of the air. |
1459
|
air-braving |
A'IR-BRAVING, a. Braving the winds. |
1460
|
air-built |
A'IR-BUILT, a. Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built ... |
1461
|
air-drawn |
A'IR-DRAWN, a. Drawn in air; imaginary. |
1462
|
air-gun |
A'IR-GUN, n. A pneumatic engine, resembling a musket, to discharge bullets by means of the elastic ... |
1463
|
air-holder |
A'IR-HOLDER, n. [Air and hold.]An instrument for holding air, for the purpose of counteracting the ... |
1464
|
air-hole |
A'IR-HOLE, n. An opening to admit or discharge air. |
1465
|
air-jacket |
A'IR-JACKET, n. A leather jacket, to which are fastened bags or bladders filled with air, to ... |
1466
|
air-pipe |
A'IR-PIPE, n. A pipe used to draw foul air from a ship's hold, by means of a communication with ... |
1467
|
air-poise |
A'IR-POISE, n. [Air and poise.]An instrument to measure the weight of the air. |
1468
|
air-pump |
A'IR-PUMP, n. A machine for exhausting the air of a vessel. The machines for this purpose are of ... |
1469
|
air-sacs |
A'IR-SACS, n. Air bags in birds, which are certain receptacles of air, or vesicles lodged in the ... |
1470
|
air-shaft |
A'IR-SHAFT, n. A passage for air into a mine, usually opened in a perpendicular direction, and ... |
1471
|
air-stirring |
A'IR-STIRRING, a. Putting the air in motion. |
1472
|
air-thread |
A'IR-THREAD, n. A name given to the spider's webs, which are often seen floating in the air. ... |
1473
|
air-threatening |
A'IR-THREATENING, a. Threatening the air; lofty. |
1474
|
air-vessel |
A'IR-VESSEL, n. A spiral duct in plants contained air, and supposed to be analogous to the lungs ... |
1475
|
aira |
A'IRA, n. Hair grass, a genus of plants. |
1476
|
aired |
A'IRED, pp. Exposed to air; cleansed by air; heated or dried by exposure to a fire; ventilated. |
1477
|
airer |
A'IRER, n. One who exposes to the air. |
1478
|
airiness |
A'IRINESS, n. 1. Exposure to a free current of air; openness to the air; as, the airiness of a ... |
1479
|
airing |
A'IRING, ppr. Exposing to the air; warming; drying.A'IRING, n. An exposure to the air, or to a ... |
1480
|
airless |
A'IRLESS, a. Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with open air. |
1481
|
airling |
A'IRLING, n. A thoughtless, gay person. |
1482
|
airy |
A'IRY, a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance.2. Relating or belonging to air; high in ... |
1483
|
airy-flying |
A'IRY-FLYING, a. Flying like air. |
1484
|
aisle |
AISLE, or AILE, n. Pronounced Ile. [L. ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church. |
1485
|
aizoon |
AIZO'ON, n. [L. aizoon.] it seems to be composed of Gr. always, and Eng. aye, and living.]A genus ... |
1486
|
ajava |
AJA'VA, n. The seed of a plant brought from Malabar, said to be an excellent carminative, and very ... |
1487
|
ajuga |
AJU'GA, n. Bugle, a genus of plants. |
1488
|
ajuru-catinga |
AJU'RU-CATINGA, n. A species of American parrot, of a green color, with eyes of a fiery red, ... |
1489
|
ajuru-curau |
AJU'RU-CURAU, n. An American parrot, of a lively green color, with a blue crown; the throat, and ... |
1490
|
ajuru-para |
AJU'RU-PARA, n. A small parrot of America, of a beautiful green, with the beak, legs and circlets ... |
1491
|
ajutage |
AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, n. A tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a ... |
1492
|
ake |
AKE, v.i. Less properly written ache. [See Ache.]1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some ... |
1493
|
aker |
A'KER, n. [Gr., L. ager.]Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the ... |
1494
|
akin |
AKIN', a. [a or of and kin. See Kin.]1. Related by blood, used of persons; as, the two families ... |
1495
|
aking |
A'KING, ppr. Having continued pain; suffering distress of mind, or grief. |
1496
|
al |
AL, in Arabic, an adjective or inseparable prefix. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the ... |
1497
|
alabaster |
AL'ABASTER, n. [L. from Gr.]A sub-variety of carbonate of lime, found in large masses, formed by ... |
1498
|
alack |
ALACK', exclam.An exclamation expressive of sorrow. |
1499
|
alackaday |
ALACK'ADAY, An exclamation uttered to express regret or sorrow. |
1500
|
alacriousness |
ALAC'RIOUSNESS, n. Briskness. [Not used.] |
1501
|
alacrity |
ALAC'RITY, n. [L. alacritas, from alacer, alaris.]Cheerfulness; gaiety; sprightliness; more ... |
1502
|
aladinists |
ALAD'INISTS. Free thinkers among the Mohammedans. |
1503
|
alalite |
AL'ALITE, n. A crystallized mineral; diopside; a semi-transparent pyroxene. A variety with twelve ... |
1504
|
alamire |
ALAMIRE', n. The lowest note but one, in Guido Aretine's scale of music. |
1505
|
alamodality |
ALAMODAL'ITY, n. Conformity to the prevailing mode, or fashion of the times. [Little used.] |
1506
|
alamode |
ALAMO'DE, adv. According to the fashion or prevailing mode.ALAMO'DE, n. A thin glossy silk for ... |
1507
|
aland |
ALAND', adv. At or on land. |
1508
|
alarm |
AL'ARM, n. 1. Any sound, outcry or information intended to give notice of approaching danger as, ... |
1509
|
alarm-bell |
AL'ARM-BELL, n. A bell that gives notice of danger. |
1510
|
alarm-post |
AL'ARM-POST, n. A place to which troops are to repair in cases of an alarm. |
1511
|
alarm-watch |
AL'ARM-WATCH, n. A watch that strikes the hour by regulated movement. |
1512
|
alarmed |
AL'ARMED, pp. Notified of sudden danger; surprised with fear; roused to vigilance or activity by ... |
1513
|
alarming |
AL'ARMING, ppr. Giving notice of approaching danger; rousing to vigilance; exciting solicitude by ... |
1514
|
alarmingly |
AL'ARMINGLY, adv. With alarm; in a manner to excite apprehension. |
1515
|
alarmist |
AL'ARMIST, n. One that excites alarm. |
1516
|
alarum |
ALARUM, For alarm, is a corruption, and is not to be used. |
1517
|
alas |
ALAS', ex. An exclamation expressive of sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil; ... |
1518
|
alate |
ALA'TE, adv. Lately. [Not used.] |
1519
|
alated |
ALA'TED, a. [L. ala, a wing; alatus, winged.]Winged; having dilatations like wings. |
1520
|
alatern |
AL'ATERN, n. A trivial name of a species of rhamnus or buckthorn. |
1521
|
alb |
ALB, n. [L. albus, Gr. white.]A surplice or vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, worn by ... |
1522
|
albatros |
AL'BATROS, n. An aquatic fowl, belonging to the order of ansers. The bill is strait; the upper ... |
1523
|
albegeois |
ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the ... |
1524
|
albeit |
ALBE'IT, [This is supposed to be a compound of all, be and it, and is equivalent to admit, or ... |
1525
|
albelen |
AL'BELEN, n. A fish of the truttaceous or trout kind, found in the German lakes, weighing five or ... |
1526
|
albescent |
ALBES'CENT, a. [L. albesco, to grow white.]Becoming white, or rather, whitish; moderately white. |
1527
|
albicore |
AL'BICORE, n. A marine fish, like a tunny, noted for following ships. |
1528
|
albigenses |
ALBIGEN'SES, ALBEGEOIS, n. A party of Reformers, who separated from the church of Rome, in the ... |
1529
|
albin |
AL'BIN, n. [L. albus, white.]A mineral, of an opake white color, consisting of aggregated ... |
1530
|
albino |
ALBI'NO, n. [L. albus, white.]A white descendant of black parents, or a white person belonging to ... |
1531
|
albinos |
ALBI'NOS, n. A name signifying white men, given by the Portuguese to the white negroes of Africa. ... |
1532
|
albion |
AL'BION, n. An ancient name of England, still used in poetry. It is supposed this name was given ... |
1533
|
albora |
ALBO'RA, n. A sort of itch or rather leprosy, terminating without ulceration, but with fetid ... |
1534
|
alboro |
ALBO'RO, n. The erythrinus, a small red fish of the Mediterranean. |
1535
|
albugineous |
ALBUGIN'EOUS, a. [L. albugo, the white spot in the eye, from albus white.]Pertaining to or ... |
1536
|
albugo |
ALBU'GO,n. The white speck in the eye, called the film, haw, dragon, pearl or cicatrice. Also a ... |
1537
|
albula |
ALBU'LA, n. A species of truttaceous fish, destitute of teeth. The albula Indica is called by the ... |
1538
|
album |
AL'BUM, n. [L. albus, white.]1. Among the Romans, a white table, board or register, on which the ... |
1539
|
albumen |
ALBU'MEN, n. [L. from albus, white.]The white of an egg. A like substance is a chief constituent ... |
1540
|
albuminous |
ALBU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to, or having the properties of albumen. |
1541
|
alburn |
AL'BURN, |
1542
|
alburnum |
ALBURN'UM, n. [L. alburnum, from albus, white.]The white and softer part of wood, between the ... |
1543
|
alcahest |
AL'CAHEST, or ALKAHEST, n. A pretended universal dissolvent, or menstruum. |
1544
|
alcaic |
ALCA'IC, a. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Lyric poet of Mitylene, in Lesbos, who flourished about the ... |
1545
|
alcaics |
ALCA'ICS, n. plu. Several kinds of verse; so called from Alcaeus, their inventor. One kind ... |
1546
|
alcaid |
ALCA'ID,Among the Moors, Spaniards and Portuguese, a governor. In Portugal, the chief civil ... |
1547
|
alcanna |
ALCAN'NA, n. A plant; and a powder, prepared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, used by the ... |
1548
|
alcatraz |
AL'CATRAZ, n. The Spanish name of the Pelecanus Onocrotalus of Linne; a pelican; also a fish taken ... |
1549
|
alcavala |
ALCAV'ALA, n. In Spain, a tax on every transfer of property, real or personal. |
1550
|
alcedo |
ALCE'DO, n. [L.]The king fisher; a genus of birds, of the order of Picae. The species are ... |
1551
|
alchimic |
ALCHIM'IC, |
1552
|
alchimical |
ALCHIM'ICAL |
1553
|
alchimically |
ALCHIM'ICALLY, a. Relating to alchimy, or produced by it. adv. In the manner of alchimy. |
1554
|
alchimist |
AL'CHIMIST, n. One who practices alchimy. |
1555
|
alchimistic |
ALCHIMIST'IC, |
1556
|
alchimistical |
ALCHIMIST'ICAL, a. Practicing alchimy, or relating to it. |
1557
|
alchimy |
AL'CHIMY, n. [See Chimistry.]1. The more sublime and difficult part of chimistry, and chiefly ... |
1558
|
alcmanian |
ALCMA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Alcman, a lyric poet of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, celebrated for ... |
1559
|
alco |
AL'CO, n. a quadruped of America, nearly resembling a dog, but mute and melancholy; and this ... |
1560
|
alcohol |
AL'COHOL, n. [Heb. to paint with a preparation of powder of antimony. The oriental females still ... |
1561
|
alcoholic |
ALCOHOL'IC, a. Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities. |
1562
|
alcoholization |
ALCOHOLIZA'TION, n. the act of rectifying spirit, till it is wholly dephlegmatedor of reducing a ... |
1563
|
alcoholize |
AL'COHOLIZE, v.t. To convert into alcohol; to rectify spirit till it is wholly dephlegmated; also, ... |
1564
|
alcor |
AL'COR, n. A small star adjoining to the large bright one in the middle of the tail of Ursa Major. |
1565
|
alcoran |
ALCORAN. [See Koran and Alkoran.] |
1566
|
alcove |
AL'COVE or ALCO'VE, n. [Eng. cubby.]1. A recess, or part of a room, separated by an estrade, or ... |
1567
|
alcyon |
AL'CYON, n. A trivial name of the kingfisher. [See Halcyon.] |
1568
|
alcyonite |
AL'CYONITE, n. A fossil zoophite, somewhat resembling a fungus. |
1569
|
alcyonium |
ALCYO'NIUM, n. The name of a submarine plant, or bastard spunge. Also a kind of astroit or coral, ... |
1570
|
alder |
AL'DER, n. [L. alnus.]A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. ... |
1571
|
alderman |
ALD'ERMAN, n. plu. Aldermen.1. Among our Saxon ancestors, a senior or superior. The title was ... |
1572
|
aldermanly |
AL'DERMANLY, a. Pertaining to or like an alderman. |
1573
|
aldern |
AL'DERN, a. Made of Alder. |
1574
|
ale |
ALE, n.1. A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having ... |
1575
|
ale-bench |
A'LE-BENCH, n. A bench in or before an ale house. |
1576
|
ale-berry |
A'LE-BERRY, n. A beverage, made by boiling ale with spice, sugar and sops of bread. |
1577
|
ale-brewer |
A'LE-BREWER, n. One whose occupation is to brew ale. |
1578
|
ale-conner |
A'LE-CONNER, n. [ale and con, to know or see.]An officer in London, whose business is to inspect ... |
1579
|
ale-cost |
A'LE-COST, n. Costmary, a plant, a species of Tanacetum. |
1580
|
ale-fed |
A'LE-FED, a. Fed with ale. |
1581
|
ale-gar |
A'LE-GAR, n. Sour ale; the acid of ale. |
1582
|
ale-hoof |
A'LE-HOOF, n.Ground-ivy, the glechoma hederacea, of Linne. The leaves of this plant are used to ... |
1583
|
ale-house |
A'LE-HOUSE, n. a house where ale is retailed; and hence a tipling house. |
1584
|
ale-house-keeper |
A'LE-HOUSE-KEEPER, n. One who keeps an ale-house. |
1585
|
ale-knight |
A'LE-KNIGHT, n. a pot companion. |
1586
|
ale-shot |
A'LE-SHOT, n. A reckoning to be paid for ale. |
1587
|
ale-silver |
A'LE-SILVER, n. A duty paid to the Lord Mayor of London, by the sellers of ale within the city. |
1588
|
ale-stake |
A'LE-STAKE, n. a stake set as a sign before an ale-house. |
1589
|
ale-taster |
A'LE-TASTER, n. An officer appointed in every court leet, and sworn, to inspect ale, beer and ... |
1590
|
ale-vat |
A'LE-VAT, n. a vat in which ale is fermented. |
1591
|
ale-washed |
A'LE-WASHED, a. Steeped or soaked in ale. |
1592
|
ale-wife |
A'LE-WIFE, n. a woman who keeps an ale house. |
1593
|
alectryomancy |
ALECTRYOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. a cock and divination.]An ancient practice of foretelling events by means ... |
1594
|
alee |
ALEE', adv. [a or at and lee. See Lee.]In seaman's language, on the side opposite to the wind, ... |
1595
|
aleger |
A'LEGER, a. [L. alacer.]Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Not used.] |
1596
|
alegge |
ALEGGE, v.t To lighten; to lessen; to assuage. [Not used.] |
1597
|
alembdar |
ALEMB'DAR, n. In Turkey, an officer who bears the green standard of Mohammed, when the Sultan ... |
1598
|
alembic |
ALEM'BIC, n.A chimical vessel used in distillation; usually made of glass or copper. The bottom ... |
1599
|
alength |
ALENGTH', adv. [a and length.]At full length; along; stretched at full length. |
1600
|
alepidote |
ALEP'IDOTE, n. [Gr. a scale.]Any fish whose skin is not covered with scales. |
1601
|
alert |
ALERT', a.1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. hence the military phrase, upon the alert, ... |
1602
|
alertness |
ALERT'NESS, n. Briskness; nimbleness; sprightliness; levity. |
1603
|
aleuromancy |
ALEUROM'ANCY, n. [Gr. meal and divination.]A kind of divination by meal, used by the ancients. |
1604
|
aleutian |
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of ... |
1605
|
aleutic |
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, a. Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of ... |
1606
|
alewife |
A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, n. An American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea ... |
1607
|
alexanders |
ALEX'ANDERS, n. The name of a plant of the genus Smyrnium. |
1608
|
alexandrian |
ALEX'ANDRIAN, n. Pertaining to Alexandria. There are many cities of this name, in various parts ... |
1609
|
alexandrine |
ALEX'ANDRINE,or ALEXANDRIAN, n. A kind of verse, consisting of twelve syllables, or of twelve and ... |
1610
|
alexipharmic |
ALEXIPH'ARMIC, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Expelling poison; antidotal; sudorific; that has the ... |
1611
|
alexiterial |
ALEXITE'RIAL, a. [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom. |
1612
|
alexiteric |
ALEXITER'IC, |
1613
|
alexiterical |
ALEXITER'ICAL, n. A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; ... |
1614
|
algarot |
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, ... |
1615
|
algaroth |
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, n. The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, ... |
1616
|
algates |
ALGATES, adv. By all means; on any terms. |
1617
|
algebra |
AL'GEBRA, n. [Ar. the reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers from the verb, ... |
1618
|
algebraic |
ALGEBRA'IC, |
1619
|
algebraical |
ALGEBRA'ICAL, a. Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of Algebra, or deduced from such ... |
1620
|
algebraist |
ALGEBRA'IST, n. One who is versed in the science of algebra. |
1621
|
algeneb |
AL'GENEB, n. A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the right side of Perseus; Long. 27 degrees ... |
1622
|
algerine |
ALGERINE', n. [from Algiers.] A native of Algiers, a city and a government on the coast of ... |
1623
|
algid |
AL'GID, a. [L. algidus.] Cold. [Not used.] |
1624
|
algol |
AL'GOL, n. A fixed star of the third magnitude, called Medusa's head, in Perseus; Long. 21 degrees ... |
1625
|
algor |
AL'GOR, n. [Lat.] Among physicians, an unusual coldness in any part of the body. |
1626
|
algorism |
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six ... |
1627
|
algorithm |
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, n. An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six ... |
1628
|
algous |
AL'GOUS, a. [L. alga, sea weed.] Pertaining to sea weed; abounding with, or like sea weed. |
1629
|
algum |
AL'GUM, n. In scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. The most probably ... |
1630
|
alhenna |
ALHEN'NA, n. [See Alkenna.] |
1631
|
alias |
A'LIAS, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial ... |
1632
|
alibi |
AL'IBI, n. [L.] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an ... |
1633
|
alien |
A'LIEN, a. alyen, [L. alienus, from alius, another. L. alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to ... |
1634
|
alienability |
ALIENABIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being alienated or transferred.The alienability of the domain. |
1635
|
alienable |
A'LIENABLE, a. That may be sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the ... |
1636
|
alienage |
A'LIENAGE, n. The state of being an alien. Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of ... |
1637
|
alienate |
A'LIENATE, v.t. [L. alieno.]1. To transfer title, property or right to another; as, to alienate ... |
1638
|
alienation |
ALIENA'TION, n. [L. alienatio.]1. A transfer of title; or a legal conveyance of property to ... |
1639
|
alienator |
A'LIENATOR, n. One that alienates or transfers property. |
1640
|
aliene |
ALIE'NE, v.t. [L. alieno.]1. To transfer title or property to another; to sell.Nor could he ... |
1641
|
alienee |
ALIENEE', n. One to whom the title to property is transferred.If the alienee enters and keeps ... |
1642
|
alienism |
ALIENISM, n. Alyenizm. The state of being an alien.The law was very gentle in the construction of ... |
1643
|
alife |
ALI'FE, adv. [a or on and life.] On my life. |
1644
|
aliferous |
ALIF'EROUS, a. [L. ala, wing, and fero, to bear.] Having wings. |
1645
|
aliform |
ALI'FORM, a. [L. ala, wing, and forma, shape.]Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a ... |
1646
|
aligerous |
ALIG'EROUS, a. [L. ala wing, and gero, to carry] Having wings. |
1647
|
alight |
ALI'GHT, v.i.1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.2. To descend and ... |
1648
|
alike |
ALI'KE, a.Having resemblance or similitude; similar.The darkness and the light are both alike to ... |
1649
|
alike-minded |
ALI'KE-MINDED, a. Having the same mind; but like-minded is more generally used. |
1650
|
aliment |
AL'IMENT, n. [L. alimentum, from alo, to feed.]That which nourishes; food; nutriment; any thing ... |
1651
|
alimental |
ALIMENT'AL, a. Supplying food; that has the quality of nourishing; that furnishes the materials ... |
1652
|
alimentally |
ALIMENT'ALLY, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food. |
1653
|
alimentariness |
ALIMENT'ARINESS, n. The quality of supplying nutriment. |
1654
|
alimentary |
ALIMENT'ARY, a. Pertaining to aliment or food; having the quality of nourishing; as, alimentary ... |
1655
|
alimentation |
ALIMENTA'TION, n. 1. The act or power of affording nutriment.2. The state of being nourished. |
1656
|
alimonious |
ALIMO'NIOUS, a. [See alimony.] Nourishing; affording food. [Little used.] |
1657
|
alimony |
ALI'MONY, n. [L. alimonia, of alo, to feed. See Aliment.]An allowance made for the support of a ... |
1658
|
aliped |
AL'IPED, a. [L. ala, wing, and pes, foot.]Wing-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane, ... |
1659
|
aliquant |
AL'IQUANT, a. [L. aliquantum, a little.]In arithmetic, an aliquant number or part is that which ... |
1660
|
aliquot |
AL'IQUOT, a. [L.]An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will measure it without a ... |
1661
|
alish |
A'LISH, a. [From ale.] Like ale; having the qualities of ale. |
1662
|
alive |
ALI'VE, a.1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs ... |
1663
|
alkahest |
AL'KAHEST, n. A universal dissolvent; a menstrumm capable of dissolving every body, which ... |
1664
|
alkalescency |
ALKALES'CENCY, n. [See Alkali.]A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of ... |
1665
|
alkalescent |
ALKALES'CENT, a. tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline. |
1666
|
alkali |
AL'KALI, n. plu. AlkaliesIn chimistry, a term applied to all bodies which possess the following ... |
1667
|
alkalify |
AL'KALIFY, v.t. To form, or to convert into an alkali.AL'KALIFY, v.i. To become an alkali. |
1668
|
alkaligenous |
ALKALIG'ENOUS, a. [Alkali and to generate.]Producing or generating alkali. |
1669
|
alkalimeter |
ALKALIM'ETER, n. [Alkali and Gr. measure.]An instrument for ascertaining the strength of alkalies, ... |
1670
|
alkaline |
AL'KALINE, a. Having the properties of alkali. |
1671
|
alkalinity |
ALKALIN'ITY, n. The quality which constitutes an alkali. |
1672
|
alkalizate |
AL'KALIZATE, a. Alkaline; impregnated with alkali. Obs. |
1673
|
alkalization |
ALKALIZA'TION, n. The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali. |
1674
|
alkalize |
AL'KALIZE, v.t. [and formerly Alkalizate.]To make alkaline; to communicate the properties of an ... |
1675
|
alkanet |
AL'KANET, n. The plant bugloss. The root is used to impart a deep red color to oily substances, ... |
1676
|
alkekengi |
ALKEKEN'GI, n. The winter cherry, a species of physalis. The plant bears a near resemblance to ... |
1677
|
alkenna |
ALKEN'NA or ALHEN'NA, n. Egyptian privet, a species of Lawsonia. The pulverized leaves of this ... |
1678
|
alkermes |
ALKERM'ES, n.In pharmacy, a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, derived from the kermes ... |
1679
|
alkerva |
ALKER'VA, n. An arabic name of the Palma Christi. |
1680
|
alkoran |
AL'KORAN, n.The book which contains the Mohammedan doctrines of faith and practice. It was written ... |
1681
|
alkoranist |
AL'KORANIST, n. One who adheres strictly to the letter of the Alkoran, rejecting all comments. ... |
1682
|
alkussa |
ALKUS'SA, n. A fish of the Silurus kind, with one beard only under the chin. |
1683
|
all |
ALL, a. awl. [Gr. Shemitic from calah, to be ended or completed to perfect.]1. Every one, or the ... |
1684
|
all-abandoned |
ALL-ABAN'DONED, a. Abandoned by all |
1685
|
all-abhorred |
ALL-ABHOR'RED, a. Detested by all. |
1686
|
all-accomplished |
ALL-ACCOM'PLISHED, a. Fully accomplished; whose education is highly finished or complete. |
1687
|
all-admiring |
ALL-ADMI'RING, a. Wholly admiring. |
1688
|
all-advised |
ALL-ADVI'SED, a. Advised by all. |
1689
|
all-approved |
ALL-APPROVED, a. Approved by all. |
1690
|
all-atoning |
ALL-ATO'NING, a. Atoning for all; making complete atonement. |
1691
|
all-bearing |
ALL-BEA'RING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous. |
1692
|
all-beauteous |
ALL-BEAU'TEOUS, a. Perfectly beautiful |
1693
|
all-beholding |
ALL-BEHO'LDING, a. Beholding or seeing all things. |
1694
|
all-blasting |
ALL-BL'ASTING, a. Blasting all; defaming or destroying all. |
1695
|
all-bounteous |
ALL-BOUN'TEOUS, |
1696
|
all-bountiful |
ALL-BOUN'TIFUL, a. Perfectly bountiful; of infinite bounty. |
1697
|
all-changing |
ALL-CHA'NGING, a. Perpetually changing. |
1698
|
all-cheering |
ALL-CHEE'RING, a. That cheers all; that gives gaiety or cheerfulness to all. |
1699
|
all-commanding |
ALL-COMM'ANDING, a. Having command or sovereignty over all. |
1700
|
all-complying |
ALL-COMPLY'ING, a. Complying in every respect. |
1701
|
all-composing |
ALL-COMPO'SING, a. That makes all tranquil or peaceful. |
1702
|
all-comprehensive |
ALL-COMPREHEN'SIVE, a. Comprehending all things. |
1703
|
all-concealing |
ALL-CONCE'ALING, a. Hiding or concealing all. |
1704
|
all-conquering |
ALL-CON'QUERING, a. That subdues all. |
1705
|
all-conscious |
ALL-CON'SCIOUS, a. Conscious of all; all-knowing. |
1706
|
all-constraining |
ALL-CONSTRA'INING, a. Constraining all |
1707
|
all-consuming |
ALL-CONSU'MING, a. That consumes or devours all. |
1708
|
all-daring |
ALL-DA'RING, a. Daring to attempt every thing. |
1709
|
all-destroying |
ALL-DESTROY'ING, a. Destroying every thing. |
1710
|
all-devastating |
ALL-DEV'ASTATING, a. Wasting every thing. |
1711
|
all-devouring |
ALL-DEVOUR'ING, a Eating or consuming all. |
1712
|
all-dimming |
ALL-DIM'MING, a. Obscuring every thing. |
1713
|
all-discovering |
ALL-DISCOV'ERING, a. Discovering or disclosing every thing. |
1714
|
all-disgraced |
ALL-DISGRA'CED, a. Completely disgraced. |
1715
|
all-dispensing |
ALL-DISPENS'ING, a. Dispensing all things; affording dispensation or permission. |
1716
|
all-divine |
ALL-DIVI'NE, a. Supremely excellent. |
1717
|
all-divining |
ALL-DIVI'NING, a. Foretelling all things. |
1718
|
all-dreaded |
ALL-DREAD'ED, a. Dreaded by all. |
1719
|
all-efficient |
ALL-EFFI'CIENT, a. Of perfect or unlimited efficacy or efficiency. |
1720
|
all-eloquent |
ALL-EL'OQUENT, a. Eloquent in the highest degree. |
1721
|
all-embracing |
ALL-EMBRA'CING, a. Embracing all things. |
1722
|
all-ending |
ALL-END'ING, a. Putting an end to all things. |
1723
|
all-enlightening |
ALL-ENLI'GHTENING, a. Enlightening all things. |
1724
|
all-enraged |
ALL-ENRA'GED, a. Highly enraged. |
1725
|
all-flaming |
ALL-FLA'MING, a. Flaming in all directions. |
1726
|
all-fools-day |
ALL-FOOL'S-DAY, n. The first of April. |
1727
|
all-forgiving |
ALL-FORGIV'ING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all. |
1728
|
all-fours |
ALL-FOURS, n. [all and four.]A game at cards, played by two or four persons; so called from the ... |
1729
|
all-giver |
ALL-GIV'ER, n. The giver of all things. |
1730
|
all-good |
ALL-GOOD', a. Completely good. |
1731
|
all-gracious |
ALL-GRA'CIOUS, a. Perfectly gracious. |
1732
|
all-guiding |
ALL-GUI'DING, a. Guiding or conducting all things. |
1733
|
all-hail |
ALL-HA'IL, ex.All health; a phrase of salutation, expressing a wish of all health or safety to the ... |
1734
|
all-hallow |
ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all ... |
1735
|
all-hallow-tide |
ALL-HALLOW-TIDE, n. The time near All Saints, or November first. |
1736
|
all-hallows |
ALL-HAL'LOW, or ALL-HALLOWS, n. All Saints day, the first of November; a feast dedicated to all ... |
1737
|
all-happy |
ALL-HAP'PY, a. Completely happy. |
1738
|
all-heal |
ALL-HE'AL, n. The popular name of several plants. |
1739
|
all-healing |
ALL-HE'ALING, a. Healing all things. |
1740
|
all-helping |
ALL-HELP'ING, a. Assisting all |
1741
|
all-hiding |
ALL-HI'DING, a. Concealing all things. |
1742
|
all-honored |
ALL-HON'ORED, a. Honored by all. |
1743
|
all-hurting |
ALL-HURT'ING, a. Hurting all things. |
1744
|
all-idolizing |
ALL-I'DOLIZING, a. Worshiping any thing. |
1745
|
all-imitating |
ALL-IM'ITATING, a. Imitating every thing. |
1746
|
all-informing |
ALL-INFORM'ING, a. Imitating every thing. |
1747
|
all-interesting |
ALL-IN'TERESTING, a. Interesting in the highest degree. |
1748
|
all-interpreting |
ALL-INTER'PRETING, a. Explaining all things. |
1749
|
all-judging |
ALL-JUDG'ING, a. Judging all; possessing the sovereign right of judging. |
1750
|
all-just |
ALL-JUST;, a. Perfectly just. |
1751
|
all-kind |
ALL-KI'ND, a. Perfectly kind or benevolent. |
1752
|
all-knowing |
ALL-KNO'WING, a. Having all knowledge; omniscient. |
1753
|
all-licensed |
ALL-LI'CENSED, a. Licensed to every thing. |
1754
|
all-loving |
ALL-LOV'ING, a. Of infinite love. |
1755
|
all-making |
ALL-MA'KING, a. Making or creating all; omnific. |
1756
|
all-maturing |
ALL-MATU'RING, a. Maturing all things. |
1757
|
all-merciful |
ALL-MER'CIFUL, a. Of perfect mercy or compassion. |
1758
|
all-murdering |
ALL-MUR'DERING, a. Killing or destroying every thing. |
1759
|
all-obedient |
ALL-OBE'DIENT, a. Entirely obedient. |
1760
|
all-obeying |
ALL-OBEY'ING, a. [See Obey.] Receiving obedience from all. |
1761
|
all-oblivious |
ALL-OBLIV'IOUS, a. Causing total oblivion. |
1762
|
all-obscuring |
ALL-OBSCU'RING, a. Obscuring every thing. |
1763
|
all-patient |
ALL-PA'TIENT, a. Enduring every thing without murmurs. |
1764
|
all-penetrating |
ALL-PEN'ETRATING, a. Penetrating every thing. |
1765
|
all-perfect |
ALL-PER'FECT, a. Completely perfect; having all perfection. |
1766
|
all-perfectness |
ALL-PER'FECTNESS, n. The perfection of the whole; entire perfection. |
1767
|
all-piercing |
ALL-PIER'CING, a. Piercing every thing. |
1768
|
all-powerful |
ALL-POW'ERFUL, a. Almighty; omnipotent. |
1769
|
all-praised |
ALL-PRA'ISED, a. Praised by all. |
1770
|
all-ruling |
ALL-RU'LING, a. Governing all things. |
1771
|
all-sagacious |
ALL-SAGA'CIOUS, a. Having all sagacity; of perfect discernment. |
1772
|
all-saints-day |
ALL-SAINTS-DAY, n. The first day of November, called also all hallows; a feast in honor of all the ... |
1773
|
all-sanctifying |
ALL-SANC'TIFYING, a. Sanctifying the whole. |
1774
|
all-saving |
ALL-SA'VING, a. Saving all. |
1775
|
all-searching |
ALL-SEARCH'ING, a. Pervading and searching every thing. |
1776
|
all-seeing |
ALL-SEE'ING, a. Seeing every thing. |
1777
|
all-seer |
ALL-SEE'R, n. One that sees every thing. |
1778
|
all-shaking |
ALL-SHA'KING, a. Shaking all things. |
1779
|
all-shunned |
ALL-SHUN'NED, a. Shunned by all. |
1780
|
all-souls-day |
ALL-SOULS-DAY, n. The second day of November; a feast or solemnity held by the church of Rome, to ... |
1781
|
all-sufficiency |
ALL-SUFFI'CIENCY, n. Complete or infinite ability. |
1782
|
all-sufficient |
ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, a. Sufficient to every thing; infinitely able.ALL-SUFFI'CIENT, n. The ... |
1783
|
all-surrounding |
ALL-SURROUND'ING, a. Encompassing the whole. |
1784
|
all-surveying |
ALL-SURVEY'ING, n. [See Survey.] Surveying every thing. |
1785
|
all-sustaining |
ALL-SUSTA'INING, a. Upholding all things. |
1786
|
all-telling |
ALL-TELL'ING, a. Telling or divulging every thing. |
1787
|
all-triumphing |
ALL-TRI'UMPHING, a. Triumphant every where or over all. |
1788
|
all-watched |
ALL-WATCH'ED, a. Watched throughout. |
1789
|
all-wise |
ALL-WI'SE, a. Possessed of infinite wisdom. |
1790
|
all-witted |
ALL-WIT'TED, a. Having all kinds of wit. |
1791
|
all-worshiped |
ALL-WOR'SHIPED, a. Worshiped or adored by all. |
1792
|
all-worthy |
ALL-WOR'THY, a. Of infinite worth; of the highest worth. |
1793
|
allagite |
AL'LAGITE, n. A mineral, of a brown or green color, massive, with a flat conchoidal fracture, and ... |
1794
|
allanite |
AL'LANITE, n. A mineral named from Mr. Allan, of Edinburg, who first recognized it as a distinct ... |
1795
|
allatrate |
AL'LATRATE, v.t. [L. allatro.] To bark, as a dog. [Not used.] |
1796
|
allay |
ALLA'Y, v.t. [Gr.; L.ligo, to bind; but this may be the same word differently applied, that is, to ... |
1797
|
allayed |
ALLA'YED, pp. Layed at rest; quieted; tranquilized; abated; [reduced by mixture. Obs.] |
1798
|
allayer |
ALLA'YER, n. He, or that which allays. |
1799
|
allaying |
ALLA'YING, ppr. Quieting; reducing to tranquility; abating; [reducing by mixture. Obs.] |
1800
|
allayment |
ALLA'YMENT, n. The act of quieting, or a state of tranquility; a state of rest after disturbance; ... |
1801
|
alle |
AL'LE, n. ally. The little auk, or black and white diver. |
1802
|
allective |
ALLEC'TIVE, a. Alluring. [Not used.]ALLEC'TIVE, n. Allurement. [Not used.] |
1803
|
alledge |
ALLEDGE', v.t. [L. allego, ad and lego, to send; Eng. lay.]1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; ... |
1804
|
alledged |
ALLEDG'ED, pp. Affirmed; asserted, whether as a charge or a plea. |
1805
|
alledger |
ALLEDG'ER, n. One who affirms or declares. |
1806
|
alledging |
ALLEDG'ING, ppr. Asserting; averring; declaring. |
1807
|
allegation |
ALLEGA'TION, n. 1. Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration.2. That which is affirmed or ... |
1808
|
allege |
ALLEGE. [See Alledge.] |
1809
|
allegeable |
ALLEG'EABLE, a. That may be alledged. [Not used.] |
1810
|
allegeas |
ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, ... |
1811
|
allegement |
ALLEG'EMENT, n. Allegation. [Not in use.] |
1812
|
alleghanean |
ALLEGHA'NEAN, a. Pertaining to the mountains called Alleghany, or Alleghenny. |
1813
|
alleghany |
ALLEGHA'NY, n. The chief ridge of the great chains of mountains which run from N. East to S. West ... |
1814
|
allegiance |
ALLE'GIANCE, n. [L. alligo, of ad and ligo, to bind. See Liege and League.]The tie or obligation ... |
1815
|
allegiant |
ALLE'GIANT, a. Loyal. [Not used.] |
1816
|
allegias |
ALLE'GEAS, or ALLE'GIAS, n. A stuff manufactured in the East Indies, of two kinds, one of cotton, ... |
1817
|
allegoric |
ALLEGOR'IC, |
1818
|
allegorical |
ALLEGOR'ICAL, a. In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing by resemblances. |
1819
|
allegorically |
ALLEGOR'ICALLY, adv. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory. |
1820
|
allegoricalness |
ALLEGOR'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being allegorical. |
1821
|
allegorize |
AL'LEGORIZE, v.t. 1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of ... |
1822
|
allegorized |
AL'LEGORIZED, pp. Turned into allegory, or understood allegorically. |
1823
|
allegorizing |
AL'LEGORIZING, ppr. Turning into allegory, or understanding in all allegorical sense. |
1824
|
allegory |
AL'LEGORY, n. [Gr. other, to speak, a forum, an oration.]A figurative sentence or discourse, in ... |
1825
|
allegretto |
ALLEGRET'TO, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than andante, but not ... |
1826
|
allegro |
ALLE'GRO. [See Light.]In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain; the ... |
1827
|
alleluiah |
ALLELU'IAH, n. [Heb. praise to Jah.]Praise to Jehovah; a word used to denote pious joy and ... |
1828
|
allemand |
ALLEMAND', n. A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow movement. Also a ... |
1829
|
allemannic |
ALLEMAN'NIC, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient Germans, and to Alemannia, their country. The ... |
1830
|
allerion |
ALLER'ION, n. In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings; denoting ... |
1831
|
alleveur |
ALLEVEU'R, n. A small Swedish coin, value about a cent. |
1832
|
alleviate |
ALLE'VIATE, v.t. [Low L. allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light.]1. To make light; but ... |
1833
|
alleviated |
ALLE'VIATED, pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated. |
1834
|
alleviating |
ALLE'VIATING, ppr. Making lighter, or more tolerable; extenuating. |
1835
|
alleviation |
ALLEVIA'TION, n. 1. The act of lightening, allaying, or extenuating; a lessening or mitigation.2. ... |
1836
|
alleviative |
ALLE'VIATIVE, n. That which mitigates. [Not in use.] |
1837
|
alley |
AL'LEY, n. al'ly1. A walk in a garden; a narrow passage.2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as ... |
1838
|
alliaceous |
ALLIA'CEOUS, a. [L. allium, garlic.]Pertaining to allium, or garlic; having the properties of ... |
1839
|
alliance |
ALLI'ANCE, n. [Gr.; L.]1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage.2. The ... |
1840
|
alliant |
ALLI'ANT, n. An ally. [Not used.] |
1841
|
alliciency |
ALLI'CIENCY, n. [Lat. allicio, ad and lacio, allecto, elicio.The power of attracting any thing; ... |
1842
|
allicient |
ALLI'CIENT, n. That which attracts. [Not used.] |
1843
|
allied |
ALLI'ED, pp. Connected by marriage, treaty or similitude. [See ally.] |
1844
|
alligate |
AL'LIGATE, v.t. [L. alligo, and ad and ligo, to bind. See Allegiance, Liege, League.]To tie ... |
1845
|
alligation |
ALLIGA'TION, n. 1. The act of tying together; the state of being tied. [Little used.]2. A rule ... |
1846
|
alligator |
ALLIGA'TOR, n. [The Latin word seems to be connected with lacertus, the arm; and the animal may be ... |
1847
|
alligator-pear |
ALLIGA'TOR-PEAR, n. A west India fruit, resembling a pear in shape, from one to two pounds in ... |
1848
|
alligature |
ALLIG'ATURE, n. See Ligature, which is the word in use. |
1849
|
allinement |
ALLI'NEMENT, n. [L. linea.]A reducing to a line or to a square; a state of being in squares, in a ... |
1850
|
allioth |
AL'LIOTH, n. A star in the tail of the great bear, much used for finding the latitude at sea. |
1851
|
allision |
ALLISION, n. allizh'un. [L. allido, to dash or strike against of ad and lado, to hurt by ... |
1852
|
alliteration |
ALLITERA'TION, n. [L. ad and litera, a letter.]The repetition of the same letter at the beginning ... |
1853
|
alliterative |
ALLIT'ERATIVE, a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, alliteration. |
1854
|
allocation |
ALLOCA'TION, n. [L. ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.]The act of putting ... |
1855
|
allochroite |
AL'LOCHROITE, n. An amorphous, massive, opake mineral, of a grayish, yellowish or reddish color, ... |
1856
|
allocution |
ALLOCU'TION, n. [L. allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See eloquence.]1. The act or manner ... |
1857
|
allodial |
ALLO'DIAL, a. Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independence of a ... |
1858
|
allodian |
ALLODIAN is sometimes used, but is not well authorized. |
1859
|
allodium |
ALLO'DIUM, n.Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in ... |
1860
|
allonge |
ALLONGE', n. allunj'.1. A pass with a sword; a thrust made by stepping forward and extending the ... |
1861
|
alloo |
ALLOO', v.t. or i. To incite dogs by a call.[See the correct word, Halloo.] |
1862
|
allophane |
AL'LOPHANE, n. [Gr. other and to appear.]A mineral of a blue, and sometimes of a green or brown ... |
1863
|
allot |
ALLOT', v.t. [of ad and lot; See Lot.]1. To divide or distribute by lot.2. To distribute, or ... |
1864
|
allotment |
ALLOT'MENT, n.1. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that ... |
1865
|
allotted |
ALLOT'TED, pp. Distributed by lot; granted; assigned. |
1866
|
allottery |
ALLOT'TERY is used by Shakespeare for allotment; but is not authorized by usage. |
1867
|
allotting |
ALLOT'TING, ppr. Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning. |
1868
|
allow |
ALLOW', v.t. [L. loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.]1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a ... |
1869
|
allow-ableness |
ALLOW-ABLENESS, n. The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition, or ... |
1870
|
allowable |
ALLOW'ABLE, a. That may be permitted as lawful, or admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not ... |
1871
|
allowably |
ALLOW'ABLY, adv. In an allowable manner; with propriety. |
1872
|
allowance |
ALLOW'ANCE, n. 1. The act of allowing or admitting.2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; ... |
1873
|
allowed |
ALLOW'ED, pp. Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated. |
1874
|
allowing |
ALLOW'ING, ppr. Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting. |
1875
|
alloy |
ALLOY', v.t. [L. alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.]1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing ... |
1876
|
alloyage |
ALLOY'AGE, n. 1. The act of alloying metals or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to ... |
1877
|
alloyed |
ALLOY'ED, pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture. |
1878
|
alloying |
ALLOY'ING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign ... |
1879
|
allspice |
ALL'SPICE, [See under the compounds of all.] |
1880
|
allude |
ALLU'DE, v.i. [L. alludo, to smile upon or make sport with of ad and ludo, to play.]To refer to ... |
1881
|
alluding |
ALLU'DING, ppr. Having reference; hinting at. |
1882
|
alluminor |
ALLU'MINOR, n.One who colors or paints upon paper or parchment, giving light and ornament to ... |
1883
|
allure |
ALLU'RE, v.t.To attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite ... |
1884
|
allured |
ALLU'RED, pp. Tempted; drawn, or invited, by something that appears desirable. |
1885
|
allurement |
ALLU'REMENT, n. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating; as a ... |
1886
|
allurer |
ALLU'RER, n. He, or that, which allures. |
1887
|
alluring |
ALLU'RING, ppr.1. Drawing; tempting; inviting by some real or apparent good.2. a. Inviting; ... |
1888
|
alluringly |
ALLU'RINGLY, adv. In an alluring manner; enticingly. |
1889
|
alluringness |
ALLU'RINGNESS, n. The quality of alluring or tempting by the prospect of some good. [Rarely ... |
1890
|
allusion |
ALLU'SION, n. alluzhun. [L. See Allude.]A reference to something not explicitly mentioned; a ... |
1891
|
allusive |
ALLU'SIVE, a. Having reference to something not fully expressed. |
1892
|
allusively |
ALLU'SIVELY, adv. By way of allusion; by implication, remote suggestion or insinuation. |
1893
|
allusiveness |
ALLU'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being allusive. [Rarely used.] |
1894
|
alluvial |
ALLU'VIAL, a. [See alluvion.]1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.2. ... |
1895
|
alluvion |
ALLU'VION, |
1896
|
alluvious |
ALLU'VIOUS, a. The same as alluvial, and less frequently used. |
1897
|
alluvium |
ALLU'VIUM, n. [L. alluvio, of ad and lavo or luo, alluo, to wash. See Lave.]1. The insensible ... |
1898
|
ally |
ALLY', v.t. [L. ligo.]1. To unite, or form a relation, as between families by marriage, or ... |
1899
|
allying |
ALLY'ING, ppr. Uniting by marriage or treaty. |
1900
|
alma |
AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing. |
1901
|
almacantar |
AL'MACANTAR, n. [See almucantar.] |
1902
|
almadie |
ALMADIE, n. A bark canoe used by the Africans; also a long boat used at Calicut, in India,eighty ... |
1903
|
almagest |
AL'MAGEST, n. A book or collection of problems in astronomy and geometry, drawn up by Ptolemy. ... |
1904
|
almagra |
ALMA'GRA, n. a fine deep red ocher, with an admixture of purple, very heavy, dense but friable, ... |
1905
|
almanack |
AL'MANACK, n.A small book or table, containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, with the times ... |
1906
|
almanack-maker |
ALMANACK-MAKER, n. A maker of almanacks. |
1907
|
almandine |
AL'MANDINE, n. In mineralogy, precious garnet, a beautiful mineral of a red color, of various ... |
1908
|
alme |
AL'ME, or AL'MA, n. Girls in Egypt, whose occupation is to amuse company with singing and dancing. |
1909
|
almena |
ALME'NA, n. A weight of two pounds, used to weigh saffron in several parts of Asia. |
1910
|
almightiness |
ALMI'GHTINESS, n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; an attribute of God only. |
1911
|
almighty |
ALMI'GHTY, a. [all and mighty. See Might.]Possessing all power; omnipotent; being of unlimited ... |
1912
|
almond |
AL'MOND, n.1. The fruit of the almond tree; an ovate, compressed nut, perforated in the pores. It ... |
1913
|
almond-furnace |
ALMOND-FURNACE, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining ... |
1914
|
almond-tree |
ALMOND-TREE, n. The tree which produces the almond. The leaves and flowers resemble those of the ... |
1915
|
almond-willow |
ALMOND-WILLOW, n. A tree with leaves of a light green on both sides. |
1916
|
almoner |
AL'MONER, n. [See Alms.]An officer whose duty is to distribute charity or alms. By the ancient ... |
1917
|
almonry |
AL'MONRY, n. [Corrupted into ambry, aumbry, or aumery.]The place where the almoner resides, or ... |
1918
|
almost |
ALMO'ST, adv. [all and most.] Nearly; well nigh; for the greatest part.Almost thou persuadest me ... |
1919
|
alms |
'ALMS, 'amz. [Eng. almesse; L. eleemosyna; Gr. to pity.]Any thing given gratuitously to relieve ... |
1920
|
alms-chest |
'ALMS-BASKET; 'ALMS-BOX; 'ALMS-CHEST; vessels appropriated to receive alms. |
1921
|
alms-deed |
'ALMS-DEED, n. An act of charity; a charitable gift. |
1922
|
alms-folk |
'ALMS-FOLK, n. Persons supporting other by alms. [Not used.] |
1923
|
alms-giver |
'ALMS-GIVER, n. One who gives to the poor. |
1924
|
alms-giving |
'ALMS-GIVING, n. The bestowment of charity. |
1925
|
alms-house |
'ALMS-HOUSE, n. A house appropriated for the use of the poor, who are supported by the public. |
1926
|
alms-men |
'ALMS-MEN, |
1927
|
alms-people |
'ALMS-PEOPLE, n. Persons supported by charity or by public provision. |
1928
|
almucantar |
AL'MUCANTAR, n. A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a ... |
1929
|
almude |
ALMU'DE, n. A wine measure in Portugal, of which twenty-six make a pipe. |
1930
|
almug |
AL'MUG, |
1931
|
alnagar |
AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and ... |
1932
|
alnage |
AL'NAGE, n. [L. ulna; Gr. an arm, a cubit. See Ell.]A measuring by the ell. |
1933
|
alnager |
AL'NAGER, or AL'NAGAR, n. A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose duty was to inspect and ... |
1934
|
alnight |
AL'NIGHT, n A cake of wax with the wick in the midst. |
1935
|
aloe |
AL'OE, n. al'o, plu. aloes, pronounced aloze, and popularly al'oez, in three syllables, according ... |
1936
|
aloes |
ALOES, in medicine, is the inspissated juice of the aloe. The juice is collected from the leaves, ... |
1937
|
aloes-wood |
AL'OES-WOOD, n. [See Agallochum.] |
1938
|
aloetic |
ALOET'IC, |
1939
|
aloetical |
ALOET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to aloe or aloes; partaking of the qualities of aloes. |
1940
|
aloft |
ALOFT', adv. [a and loft. See Loft and Luff.]1. On high; in the air; high above the ground; as, ... |
1941
|
alogians |
ALO'GIANS, n. [Gr. a neg. and word.]In church history, a sect of ancient heretics, who denied ... |
1942
|
alogotrophy |
AL'OGOTROPHY, n. [Gr. unreasonable and nutrition.]A disproportionate nutrition of the parts of the ... |
1943
|
alogy |
AL'OGY, n. [Gr.] Unreasonableness; absurdity. Obs. |
1944
|
alone |
ALO'NE, a. [all and one.]1. Single; solitary; without the presence of another; applied to a ... |
1945
|
alonely |
ALO'NELY, a. or adv. Only; merely; singly. [Not used.] |
1946
|
aloneness |
ALO'NENESS, n. That state which belong to no other. [Not used.] |
1947
|
along |
ALONG', adv. [See Long.]1. By the length; lengthwise; in a line with the length; as, the troops ... |
1948
|
alongst |
ALONGST', adv. Along; through or by the length. Obs. |
1949
|
aloof |
ALOOF, adv. [Probably from the root of leave, to depart.]1. At a distance, but within view, or at ... |
1950
|
alopecy |
AL'OPECY, n. [Gr. a fox, whose urine is said to occasion baldness.]A disease, called the fox-evil ... |
1951
|
alosa |
ALO'SA, n. A fish of passage, called the shad, or other of herrings, a species of Clupea. It is ... |
1952
|
aloud |
ALOUD', adv. [a and loud; See Loud.]Loudly; with a loud voice, or great noise. Cry aloud, spare ... |
1953
|
alp |
ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albusA high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given ... |
1954
|
alpagna |
ALPAG'NA, n. An animal of Peru, used as a beast of burden; the Camelus Paco of Linne, and the ... |
1955
|
alpha |
AL'PHA, n. [Heb. an ox, a leader.]The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and used ... |
1956
|
alphabet |
AL'PHABET, n. [Gr.]The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of ... |
1957
|
alphabetarian |
ALPHABETA'RIAN, n. A learner while in the A.B.C. |
1958
|
alphabetic |
ALPHABET'IC, |
1959
|
alphabetical |
ALPHABET'ICAL, a. In the order of an alphabet, or in the order of the letters as customarily ... |
1960
|
alphabetically |
ALPHABET'ICALLY, adv. In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters. |
1961
|
alphenix |
ALPHE'NIX, n. [al and phaenix.]White barley sugar, used for colds. It is common sugar boiled till ... |
1962
|
alphest |
AL'PHEST, n. A small fish, having a purple back and belly, with yellow sides, a smooth mouth, and ... |
1963
|
alphonsin |
ALPHON'SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting bullets from wounds, so called from its ... |
1964
|
alphus |
AL'PHUS, n. [Gr. white.]That species of leprosy called vitiligo, in which the skin is rough, with ... |
1965
|
alpia |
AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds. |
1966
|
alpine |
AL'PINE, a. [L. alpinus, from Alpes.]1. Pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; very ... |
1967
|
alpist |
AL'PIST, or AL'PIA, n. The seed of the fox-tail; a small seed, used for feeding birds. |
1968
|
alps |
ALP, ALPS, n. [Gr. white; L. albusA high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given ... |
1969
|
alquier |
AL'QUIER, n. A measure in Portugal for dry things, as well as liquids, containing half an almude ... |
1970
|
alquifou |
AL'QUIFOU, n. A sort of lead ore, which, when broke, looks like antimony. It is found in ... |
1971
|
already |
ALREAD'Y, adv. alred'dy. [all and ready. See Ready.]Literally, a state of complete preparation; ... |
1972
|
also |
AL'SO, adv. [all and so.] Likewise; in like manner.Where your treasure is, there will your heart ... |
1973
|
alt |
ALT or AL'TO, a. [L. altus, high; Heb. upper, high.]In music a term applied to high notes in the ... |
1974
|
altaian |
ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an ... |
1975
|
altaic |
ALTA'IC, or ALTA'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Altai, a vast ridge of mountains extending, in an ... |
1976
|
altar |
AL'TAR, n. [L. altare, probably from the same root as altus, high.1. A mount; a table or elevated ... |
1977
|
altar-cloth |
AL'TAR-CLOTH, n. A cloth to lay upon an altar in churches. |
1978
|
altar-piece |
AL'TAR-PIECE, n. A painting placed over the altar in a church. |
1979
|
altar-thane |
AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the ... |
1980
|
altar-wise |
AL'TAR-WISE, adv. Placed in the manner of an altar. |
1981
|
altarage |
AL'TARAGE, n. The profits arising to priests from oblations, or on account of the altar. Also, in ... |
1982
|
altarist |
AL'TARIST, or AL'TAR-THANE, n. In old laws, an appellation given to the priest to whom the ... |
1983
|
alter |
AL'TER, v.t. [L. alter, another. See Alien.]1. To make some change in; to make different in some ... |
1984
|
alterability |
AL'TERABILITY, n. The quality of being susceptible of alteration. |
1985
|
alterable |
AL'TERABLE, a. That may become different; that may vary. |
1986
|
alterableness |
AL'TERABLENESS, n. The quality of admitting alteration; variableness. |
1987
|
alterably |
AL'TERABLY, adv. In a manner that may be altered, or varied. |
1988
|
alterage |
AL'TERAGE, n. [From alo, to feed.]The breeding, nourishing or fostering of a child. But this is ... |
1989
|
alterant |
AL'TERANT, a. Altering; gradually changing.AL'TERANT, n. A medicine which, without a sensible ... |
1990
|
alteration |
ALTERA'TION, n. [L. alteratio.]The act of making different, or of varying in some particular; an ... |
1991
|
alterative |
AL'TERATIVE, a. Causing alteration; having the power to alter.AL'TERATIVE, n. A medicine which, ... |
1992
|
altercate |
AL'TERCATE, v.i. [L. altercor, alterco, from alter, another.]To contend in words; to dispute with ... |
1993
|
altercation |
ALTERCA'TION, n. [L. altercatio.]Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; ... |
1994
|
altern |
AL'TERN a. [L. alternus, of alter, another.]1. Acting by turns; one succeeding another; ... |
1995
|
alternacy |
AL'TERNACY, n. Performance or actions by turns. [Little used.] |
1996
|
alternal |
ALTERN'AL, a. Alternative. [Little used.] |
1997
|
alternally |
ALTERN'ALLY, adv. By turns. [Little used.] |
1998
|
alternate |
ALTERN'ATE, a. [L. alternatus.]1. Being by turns; one following the other in succession of time ... |
1999
|
alternately |
ALTERN'ATELY, adv. In reciprocal succession; by turns, so that each is succeeded by that which it ... |
2000
|
alternateness |
ALTERN'ATENESS, n. The quality of being alternate, or of following in succession. |
2001
|
alternating |
AL'TERNATING, ppr. Performing or following by turns. |
2002
|
alternation |
ALTERNA'TION, n.1. The reciprocal succession of things, in time or place; the act of following and ... |
2003
|
alternative |
ALTERN'ATIVE, a. Offering a choice of two things.ALTERN'ATIVE, n. That which may be chosen or ... |
2004
|
alternatively |
ALTERN'ATIVELY, adv. In the manner of alternatives; in a manner that admits the choice of one out ... |
2005
|
alternativeness |
ALTERN'ATIVENESS, n. The quality or state of being alternative. |
2006
|
alternity |
ALTERN'ITY, n. Succession by turns; alternation. |
2007
|
althea |
ALTHE'A, n. [Gr. to heal.]In botany, a genus of polyandrian monadelphs, of several species; called ... |
2008
|
although |
ALTHO'UGH, altho', obs. verb, or used only in the Imperative. Grant all this; be it so; allow all; ... |
2009
|
altiloquence |
ALTIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. altus, high, and loquor, loquens, speaking.] Lofty speech; pompous ... |
2010
|
altimeter |
ALTIM'ETER, n. [L. altus, high and Gr. measure. See Measure and Mode.]An instrument for taking ... |
2011
|
altimetry |
ALTIM'ETRY, n. The art of ascertaining altitudes by means of a proper instrument, and by ... |
2012
|
altin |
AL'TIN, n. A money of account in Russia, value three kopecks, or about three cents; also a lake in ... |
2013
|
altincar |
ALTIN'CAR, n. A species of factitious salt or powder, used in the fusion and purification of ... |
2014
|
altisonant |
ALTIS'ONANT, |
2015
|
altisonous |
ALTIS'ONOUS, a. [L. altus, high, and sonans, sounding; sonus, sound.] High sounding, lofty or ... |
2016
|
altitude |
AL'TITUDE, n. [L. altitudo, of altus, high, and a common termination, denoting state, condition or ... |
2017
|
altivolant |
ALTIV'OLANT, a. [L. altus, high, and volans, flying.]Flying high. |
2018
|
alto |
AL'TO. [L. altus.] High.Alto and Basso, high and low, in old law, terms used to signify a ... |
2019
|
alto-octavo |
AL'TO-OCTA'VO. An octave higher. |
2020
|
alto-relievo |
AL'TO-RELIE'VO. High relief, in sculpture, is the projection of a figure half or more, without ... |
2021
|
alto-ripieno |
AL'TO-RIPIE'NO. The tenor of the great chorus, which sings and plays only in particular places. |
2022
|
alto-viola |
AL'TO-VIOLA. A small tenor viol. |
2023
|
alto-violino |
AL'TO-VIOLINO. A small tenor violin. |
2024
|
altogether |
ALTOGETH'ER, adv. [all and together. See Together.]Wholly; entirely; completely; without ... |
2025
|
aludel |
AL'UDEL, n. [a and lutum, without lute. Lunier.]In chimistry, aludels are earthern pots without ... |
2026
|
alum |
AL'UM, n. [L. alumen.]A triple sulphate of alumina and potassa. This substance is white, ... |
2027
|
alum-earth |
ALUM-EARTH, n. A massive mineral, of a blackish brown color, a dull luster, and soft consistence. |
2028
|
alum-slate |
ALUM-SLATE, n. A mineral of two species, common and glossy. |
2029
|
alum-stone |
ALUM-STONE, n. The siliceous subsulphate of alumina and potash. |
2030
|
alumin |
AL'UMIN, |
2031
|
alumina |
ALU'MINA, n. An earth or earthy substance, which has been considered to be elementary, and called ... |
2032
|
aluminiform |
ALU'MINIFORM a. Having the form of alumina. |
2033
|
aluminite |
AL'UMINITE, n. Subsulphate of alumina; a mineral that occurs in small roundish or reniform masses. ... |
2034
|
aluminous |
ALU'MINOUS, a. Pertaining to alum or alumina, or partaking of the same properties. |
2035
|
aluminum |
ALU'MINUM, n. The name given to the supposed metallic base of alumina. |
2036
|
alumish |
AL'UMISH, a. Having the nature of alum; somewhat resembling alum. |
2037
|
aluta |
ALU'TA, n. [L.] A species of leatherstone, soft, pliable and not laminated. |
2038
|
alutation |
ALUTA'TION, n. [L. aluta, tanned leather.] The tanning of leather. |
2039
|
alveary |
AL'VEARY, n. [L. alvearium, alveare,a bee hive, from alvus, the belly.] The hollow of the ... |
2040
|
alveolar |
AL'VEOLAR, |
2041
|
alveolary |
AL'VEOLARY, a. [L. alveolus, a socket, from alveus, a hollow vessel.] Containing sockets, hollow ... |
2042
|
alveolate |
AL'VEOLATE, a. [L. alveolatus,from alveus, a hollow vessel.]pitted, so as to resemble a honey ... |
2043
|
alveole |
AL'VEOLE, |
2044
|
alveolite |
AL'VEOLITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr.]In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular ... |
2045
|
alveolus |
AL'VEOLUS, n. [L. dim of alveus.]1. A cell in a bee hive, or in a fossil.2. The socket in the ... |
2046
|
alvine |
AL'VINE, a. [from alvus, the belly.] Belonging to the belly or intestines. |
2047
|
alwargrim |
ALWAR'GRIM, n. The spotted plover. |
2048
|
alway |
AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way]1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the ... |
2049
|
always |
AL'WAY or AL'WAYS, adv. [all and way]1. Perpetually; throughout all time; as, God is always the ... |
2050
|
am |
AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb. |
2051
|
ama |
A'MA, or HA'MA, n. In church affairs, a vessel to contain wine for the eucharist; also, a wine ... |
2052
|
amability |
AMABIL'ITY, n. [L. amabilis, from to love.]Loveliness; the power of pleasing, or rather the ... |
2053
|
amadavad |
AMAD'AVAD, n. A small curious bird of the size of the crested wren; the upper part of the body is ... |
2054
|
amadetto |
AMADET'TO, n. a sort of pear, so called, it is said, from a person who cultivated it. |
2055
|
amadogade |
AMAD'OGADE, n. a small beautiful bird in Peru; the upper part of its body and wings are of a ... |
2056
|
amadot |
AM'ADOT, n. A sort of pear. |
2057
|
amadou |
AM'ADOU, n. A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees.This is written ... |
2058
|
amain |
AMA'IN, adv.With force, strength or violence; violently; furiously; suddenly; at once.What, when we ... |
2059
|
amalgam |
AMAL'GAM, n. [Gr. to soften. Its usual derivation is certainly erroneous.]1. A mixture of ... |
2060
|
amalgamate |
AMAL'GAMATE, v.t. 1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize.2. To mix ... |
2061
|
amalgamated |
AMAL'GAMATED, pp. Mixed with quicksilver; blended. |
2062
|
amalgamating |
AMAL'GAMATING, ppr. Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding. |
2063
|
amalgamation |
AMALGAMA'TION, n. 1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal.2. The mixing or ... |
2064
|
amalozk |
AM'ALOZK, n. A large aquatic fowl of Mexico. |
2065
|
amandola |
AMAN'DOLA, n. A green marble, having the appearance of honey comb, and containing white spots; of ... |
2066
|
amanuensis |
AMANUEN'SIS, n. [L. from manus, hand.]A person whose employment is to write what another dictates. |
2067
|
amaranth |
AM'ARANTH, |
2068
|
amaranthine |
AMARANTH'INE, a. Belonging to amaranth; consisting of, containing, or resembling amaranth. |
2069
|
amaranthus |
AMARANTH'US, n. [Gr.of a neg. and to decay; so called, it is said, because, when cropped, it does ... |
2070
|
amaritude |
AMAR'ITUDE, n. [L. amaritudo, from amarus, bitter; from Heb. bitter.] Bitterness. [Not much ... |
2071
|
amaryllis |
AMARYL'LIS, n. [The name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]In botany, lily-daffodil, a ... |
2072
|
amass |
AM'ASS, v.t. [L. massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See mass.]1. To collect into a heap; to gather a ... |
2073
|
amassed |
AM'ASSED, pp. Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated. |
2074
|
amassing |
AM'ASSING, ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number. |
2075
|
amassment |
AM'ASSMENT, n. A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation. |
2076
|
amate |
AMA'TE, v.i. [See Mate.] To accompany; also to terrify, to perplex. [Not used.] |
2077
|
amateur |
AMATEU'R, n. [L. anator, a lover, from amo, to love.]A person attached to a particular pursuit, ... |
2078
|
amatorial |
AMATO'RIAL, |
2079
|
amatorially |
AMATO'RIALLY, adv. In an amatorial manner; by way of love. |
2080
|
amatorious |
AMATORIOUS, a. Pertaining to love. |
2081
|
amatory |
AM'ATORY, a. [L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]1. Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing ... |
2082
|
amaurosis |
AMAURO'SIS, n. [Gr. obscure.]A loss or decay of sight, without any visible defect in the eye, ... |
2083
|
amaze |
AMA'ZE, v.t.To confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to astonish.They shall be afraid; ... |
2084
|
amazed |
AMA'ZED, pp. Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise or wonder. |
2085
|
amazedly |
AMA'ZEDLY, adv. With amazement; in a manner to confound. [Little used.] |
2086
|
amazedness |
AMA'ZEDNESS, n. The state of being confounded with fear, surprise or wonder; astonishment; great ... |
2087
|
amazement |
AMA'ZEMENT, n. Astonishment; confusion or perplexity, from a sudden impression of fear, surprise ... |
2088
|
amazing |
AMA'ZING, ppr.1. Confounding with fear, surprise or wonder.2. a. Very wonderful; exciting ... |
2089
|
amazingly |
AMA'ZINGLY, adv. In an astonishing degree; in a manner to excite astonishment, or to perplex, ... |
2090
|
amazon |
AM'AZON, n. [This is said to be formed of a neg and breast. History informs us, that the Amazons ... |
2091
|
amazonian |
AMAZO'NIAN, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon. Applied to females, bold; of masculine ... |
2092
|
amb |
AMB,AM. About; around; used in composition. Gr., Lat. am or amb. |
2093
|
ambages |
AMBA'GES, n. [L. amb and ago, to drive.]1. A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas ... |
2094
|
ambassador |
AMBAS'SADOR, n. [This is the more common orthography; but good authors write also embassador; and ... |
2095
|
ambe |
AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument ... |
2096
|
amber |
AM'BER, n. [In 1Kings 10:2-10, the Arabic is rendered spices. The Arabic word is rendered by ... |
2097
|
amber-drink |
AM'BER-DRINK, n. A drink resembling amber in color. |
2098
|
amber-dropping |
AM'BER-DROPPING, a. Dropping amber. |
2099
|
amber-fellow |
CHAMBER-FELLOW,AMBER-FELLOW, n. One who sleeps in the same apartment. |
2100
|
amber-seed |
AM'BER-SEED, n. Musk-seed, resembling millet. It is of a bitterish taste, and brought from Egypt ... |
2101
|
amber-tree |
AM'BER-TREE, n. The English name of a species of Anthospermum, a shrub, with evergreen leaves, ... |
2102
|
ambergris |
AM'BERGRIS, n. A solid, opake, ash-colored inflammable substance, variegated like marble, ... |
2103
|
ambi |
AM'BE or AM'BI, n. [Gr. a brim; from amb, about.]Literally, a brim; but in surgery, an instrument ... |
2104
|
ambidexter |
AM'BIDEXTER, n. [L. ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand.]1. A person who uses both hands with ... |
2105
|
ambidexterity |
AMBIDEXTER'ITY, |
2106
|
ambidextrous |
AMBIDEX'TROUS, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease; practicing on siding ... |
2107
|
ambidextrousness |
AMBIDEX'TROUSNESS, n. The faculty of using both hands with equal facility; double dealing; the ... |
2108
|
ambient |
AM'BIENT, a. [L. ambiens, from ambio, to go round, from amb, about, and eo, to go.]Surrounding; ... |
2109
|
ambigenal |
AMBIG'ENAL, a. [L. ambo, both, and genu, a knee.]An ambigenal hyperbola is one of the triple ... |
2110
|
ambigu |
AM'BIGU, n. An entertainment or feast, consisting of a medley of dishes. |
2111
|
ambiguity |
AMBIGU'ITY, n. [L. ambiguitas, from ambigo.]Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a ... |
2112
|
ambiguous |
AMBIG'UOUS, a. [L. ambiguus.]Having two or more meanings; doubtful; being of uncertain ... |
2113
|
ambiguously |
AMBIG'UOUSLY, adv. In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning. |
2114
|
ambiguousness |
AMBIG'UOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and hence, ... |
2115
|
ambilevous |
AMBILEVOUS, a. [L., both, left.] Left handed on both sides. [Not in use.] |
2116
|
ambilogy |
AMBIL'OGY, n. [ambo, both, and speech.] Talk or language of doubtful meaning. |
2117
|
ambiloquous |
AMBIL'OQUOUS, a. [ambo, both, and laquor, to speak.]Using ambiguous expressions. |
2118
|
ambit |
AM'BIT, n. [L. ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.]The line that ... |
2119
|
ambition |
AMBI'TION, n. [L. ambitio, from ambio, to go about, or to seek by making interest, of amb, about, ... |
2120
|
ambitious |
AMBI'TIOUS, a. 1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority or excellence; aspiring; eager for ... |
2121
|
ambitiously |
AMBI'TIOUSLY, adv. In an ambitious manner; with an eager desire after preferment, or superiority. |
2122
|
ambitiousness |
AMBI'TIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being ambitious; ambition. Being nearly synonymous with ... |
2123
|
amble |
AM'BLE, v.i. [L. ambulo, to walk.]1. To move with a certain peculiar pace, as a horse, first ... |
2124
|
ambler |
AM'BLER, n. A horse which ambles; a pacer. |
2125
|
ambligon |
AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.]An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with ... |
2126
|
ambligonal |
AMBLIG'ONAL, a. Containing an obtuse angle. |
2127
|
ambligonite |
AM'BLIGONITE, n. [Gr. having an obtuse angle.]A greenish colored mineral, of different pale ... |
2128
|
ambling |
AM'BLING, ppr. or a. Lifting the two legs on the same side at first going off, and then changing. |
2129
|
amblingly |
AM'BLINGLY, adv. With an ambling gait. |
2130
|
amblygon |
AM'BLIGON, or AM'BLYGON, n. [Gr. obtuse, and an angle.]An obtuse angled triangle; a triangle with ... |
2131
|
amblyopy |
AM'BLYOPY, n. [Gr. dull, and eye.]Incipient amaurosis; dulness or obscurity of sight, without any ... |
2132
|
ambo |
AM'BO, n. [Gr. a pulpit; L. umbo, a boss.]A reading desk, or pulpit. |
2133
|
ambreada |
AMBREA'DA, n. [from amber.] A kind of factitious amber, which the Europeans sell to the Africans. |
2134
|
ambrosia |
AMBRO'SIA, n. ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on ... |
2135
|
ambrosial |
AMBRO'SIAL, a. ambro'zhal. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting ... |
2136
|
ambrosian |
AMBRO'SIAN, a. Pertaining to St Ambrose. The Ambrosian office, or ritual, is a formula of worship ... |
2137
|
ambrosin |
AM'BROSIN, n. In the middle ages, a coin struck by the dukes of Milan, on which St. Ambrose was ... |
2138
|
ambry |
AM'BRY, n. 1. An almonry; a place where alms are deposited for distribution to the poor. In ... |
2139
|
ambsace |
AMBS'ACE, n. [L. ambo, both, and ace.]A double ace, as when two dice turn up the ace. |
2140
|
ambulant |
AM'BULANT, a. [L. ambulans, from ambulo.]Walking; moving from place to place.Ambulant brokers, in ... |
2141
|
ambulation |
AMBULA'TION, n. [L. ambulatio.] a walking about; the act of walking. |
2142
|
ambulator |
AM'BULATOR, n. In entomology, a species of Lamia, whose thorax is armed on each side with two ... |
2143
|
ambulatory |
AM'BULATORY, a. 1. That has the power of faculty of walking; as, an animal is ambulatory.2. ... |
2144
|
ambury |
AM'BURY, OR AN'BURY, n. [L. umbo, the navel; Gr.]Among farriers, a tumor, wart or swelling on a ... |
2145
|
ambuscade |
AM'BUSCADE, n. [Eng. bush.]1. Literally, a lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of ... |
2146
|
ambuscaded |
AM'BUSCADED, pp. Having an ambush laid against, or attacked from a private station; as, his troops ... |
2147
|
ambuscading |
AM'BUSCADING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a secret station. |
2148
|
ambush |
AM'BUSH, n.1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by ... |
2149
|
ambushed |
AM'BUSHED, pp. Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station. |
2150
|
ambushing |
AM'BUSHING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a concealed station. |
2151
|
ambushment |
AM'BUSHMENT, n. An ambush; which see. |
2152
|
ambustion |
AMBUS'TION, n. [L. ambustio, from amburo, to burn or scorch, of amb, about, and uro, to ... |
2153
|
ameiva |
AMEI'VA, n. A species of lizard, found in Brazil. |
2154
|
amel |
AM'EL, n. The matter with which metallic bodies are overlaid; but its use is superseded by enamel; ... |
2155
|
ameliorate |
AME'LIORATE, v.t. [L. melior, better.]To make better; to improve; to meliorate.AME'LIORATE, v.il ... |
2156
|
amelioration |
AMELIORA'TION, n. A making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. |
2157
|
amen |
AMEN'. This word, with slight differences or orthography, is in all the dialects of the Assyrian ... |
2158
|
amenable |
AME'NABLE, a. 1. In old law, easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [This sense ... |
2159
|
amenage |
AM'ENAGE, v.t. To manage. Obs. |
2160
|
amenance |
AM'ENANCE, n. Conduct, behavior. Obs. |
2161
|
amend |
AMEND', v.t. [L. emendo, of e neg, and menda, mendum, a fault. See mend.]1. To correct; to ... |
2162
|
amendable |
AMEND'ABLE, a. That may be amended; capable of correction; as, an amendable writ or error. |
2163
|
amendatory |
AMEND'ATORY, a. That amends; supplying amendment; corrective. |
2164
|
amended |
AMEND'ED, pp. Corrected; rectified; reformed; improved, or altered for the better. |
2165
|
amender |
AMEND'ER, n. The person that amends. |
2166
|
amending |
AMEND'ING, ppr. Correcting; reforming; altering for the better. |
2167
|
amendment |
AMEND'MENT, n.1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; ... |
2168
|
amends |
AMENDS', n. plu.Compensation for an injury; recompense; satisfaction; equivalent; as, the happiness ... |
2169
|
amenity |
AME'NITY, n. [L. amanitas; amanus.] Pleasantness; agreeableness of situation; that which delights ... |
2170
|
ament |
AM'ENT, n. [L. amentum, a thong, or strap.]A botany, a species of inflorescence, from a common, ... |
2171
|
amentaceous |
AMENTA'CEOUS, a. Growing in an ament; resembling; a thong; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous ... |
2172
|
amerce |
AMERCE, v.t. amers'. [A verb formed from a for on or at, from L. merces, reward.]1. To inflict a ... |
2173
|
amerced |
AMER'CED, pp. Fined at the discretion of a court. |
2174
|
amercement |
AMERCEMENT, n. amers'ment. A pecuniary penalty inflicted on an offender at the discretion of the ... |
2175
|
amercer |
AMER'CER, n. One who set a fine at discretion, upon an offender. |
2176
|
america |
AMER'ICA, n. [from Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine, who pretended to have first discovered the ... |
2177
|
american |
AMER'ICAN, a. Pertaining to America.AMER'ICAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the ... |
2178
|
americanism |
AMER'ICANISM, n. The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of ... |
2179
|
americanize |
AMER'ICANIZE, v.t. To render American; to naturalize in America. |
2180
|
americim |
AMER'ICIM, n. A species of lizard in South America, not more than two inches in length, and the ... |
2181
|
amethodist |
AMETH'ODIST, n. A quack. [Not used.] |
2182
|
amethyst |
AM'ETHYST, n. [L. amethystus; Gr. which the Greeks supposed to be formed from a neg. and to ... |
2183
|
amethystine |
AMETHYST'INE, a. Pertaining to or resembling amethyst; anciently applied to a garment of the color ... |
2184
|
amia |
AM'IA, n. A genus of fish, of the abdominal order, found in the rivers of Carolina. |
2185
|
amiable |
A'MIABLE, a. [L. amabilis; from amo, to love.]1. Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; ... |
2186
|
amiableness |
A'MIABLENESS, n. The quality of deserving love; loveliness. |
2187
|
amiably |
A'MIABLY, adv. In an amiable manner; in a manner to excite or attract love. |
2188
|
amianth |
AM'IANTH, |
2189
|
amianthiform |
AMIANTH'IFORM , a. [Amianth and form.] Having the form or likeness of amianth.Amianthiform ... |
2190
|
amianthinite |
AMIANTH'INITE, n. A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite; its color ash, greenish ... |
2191
|
amianthoid |
AMIANTH'OID, n. [Amianth and Gr. form.]A mineral which occurs in tufts, composed of long capillary ... |
2192
|
amianthus |
AMIANTH'US, n. [Gr. of a neg. and to pollute, or vitiate; so called from its incombustibility. ... |
2193
|
amicable |
AM'ICABLE, a. [L. amicabilis, from amicus, a friend, from amo, to love.]1. Friendly; peaceable; ... |
2194
|
amicableness |
AM'ICABLENESS, n. The quality of being peaceable, friendly, or disposed to peace; friendliness; a ... |
2195
|
amicably |
AM'ICABLY, adv. In a friendly manner; with harmony or good will; without controversy; as, the ... |
2196
|
amice |
AM'ICE, n. [L. amictus from amicior, to clothe.]A square linen cloth that a Catholic priest ties ... |
2197
|
amid |
AMID' |
2198
|
amidst |
AMIDST', prep. [L. medius. See Middle and Midst.]1. In the midst or middle.2. Among; mingled ... |
2199
|
amilot |
AM'ILOT, n. A white fish in the Mexican lakes, more than a foot in length, and much esteemed at ... |
2200
|
amiss |
AMISS', a. [a and miss. See Miss.]1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be ... |
2201
|
amity |
AM'ITY, n. [L. amo, amicitia.]Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies or ... |
2202
|
amma |
AM'MA, n. [Heb. mother.]1. An abbess or spiritual mother.2. A girdle or truss used in ruptures. ... |
2203
|
amman |
AM'MAN, n. [See embassador.]In some European nations, a judge who has cognizance of civil causes. ... |
2204
|
ammite |
AM'MITE, or HAM'MITE, n. [Gr. sand.]A sand-stone or free-stone, of a pale brown color, very heavy, ... |
2205
|
ammocete |
AM'MOCETE,n. An obsolete name of the ammodyte. In Cuvier, the name of a genus of fish, including ... |
2206
|
ammochryse |
AM'MOCHRYSE, n. am'mokris. [Gr. sand and gold.]A yellow soft stone, found in Germany, consisting ... |
2207
|
ammodyte |
AM'MODYTE, n. [Gr. and, and to enter.]The sand eel, a genus of fish, of the apodal order, about a ... |
2208
|
ammonia |
AMMO'NIA, |
2209
|
ammoniac |
AMMO'NIAC, |
2210
|
ammoniacal |
AMMONI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties. |
2211
|
ammonian |
AMMO'NIAN, a. Relating to Ammonius, surnamed Saccas,of Alexandria, who flourished at the end of ... |
2212
|
ammonite |
AM'MONITE, n.[Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's ... |
2213
|
ammonium |
AMMO'NIUM, n. A name given to the supposed metallic basis of ammonia. If mercury, at the negative ... |
2214
|
ammoniuret |
AMMONI'URET, n. The solution of a substance in ammonia. |
2215
|
ammony |
AM'MONY, n. [The real origin of this word is not ascertained. Some authors suppose it to be from ... |
2216
|
ammunition |
AMMUNI'TION, n. [L. ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.]Military stores, or provisions for ... |
2217
|
amnesty |
AM'NESTY, n. [Gr. of a neg and memory, from the root of mens, mind. See Mind.]An act of oblivion; ... |
2218
|
amnion |
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in ... |
2219
|
amnios |
AM'NIOS or AM'NION, n. [Gr. a vessel or membrane.]The innermost membrane surrounding the fetus in ... |
2220
|
amniotic |
AMNIOT'IC, a. Obtained from the liquor of the amnios, as the amniotic acid. |
2221
|
amobean |
AMOBE'AN, a. Alternately answering. |
2222
|
amobeum |
AMOBE'UM, n. [Gr. alternate; change.]A poem in which persona are represented as speaking ... |
2223
|
amomum |
AMO'MUM n. [Gr.]A genus of plants; all natives of warm climates, and remarkable for their pungency ... |
2224
|
among |
AMONG', |
2225
|
amongst |
AMONGST', prep. [Gr. See Mingle.]1. In a general or primitive sense, mixed or mingled with; as ... |
2226
|
amonian |
AMO'NIAN, a. [from Amon or Hamon, a title of Jupiter, or rather of the sun. Heb.]Pertaining to ... |
2227
|
amorado |
AMORA'DO, n. [L. amor, love, amo, to love. but the word is ill formed.] A lover. See Inamorato, ... |
2228
|
amore |
AMO'RE, n. A name given by Marcgrave, to a tribe of fish, of three species, the pixuma, guacu, and ... |
2229
|
amoreans |
AMORE'ANS, n. A sect of Gemaric doctors or commentators on the Jerusalem Talmud. The Amoreans ... |
2230
|
amoret |
AMORET', n. [L. amor, love.]A lover; an amorous woman; also a love knot or a trifling love affair. |
2231
|
amorist |
AM'ORIST, n. [L. amor, love.] A lover, a gallant; an inamorato. |
2232
|
amoroso |
AMORO'SO, n. A lover; a man enamored. |
2233
|
amorous |
AM'OROUS, a. [L. amor, love.]1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual ... |
2234
|
amorously |
AM'OROUSLY, adv. In an amorous manner; fondly; lovingly. |
2235
|
amorousness |
AM'OROUSNESS, n. The quality of being inclined to love, or to sexual pleasure; fondness; ... |
2236
|
amorpha |
AMORPH'A, n. [Gr. a neg and form.]False or bastard indigo. The plant is a native of Carolina, ... |
2237
|
amorphous |
AMORPH'OUS, a. [Gr. a neg and form.]Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any ... |
2238
|
amorphy |
AMORPH'Y, n. Irregularity of form; deviation from a determinate shape. |
2239
|
amort |
AMORT', adv. [L. mors, mortuus.] In the state of the dead. |
2240
|
amortization |
AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a ... |
2241
|
amortize |
AMORT'IZE, v.t. [L. mors, death. See Mortmain.]In English law, to alienate in mortmain, that is, ... |
2242
|
amortizement |
AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, n. The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a ... |
2243
|
amotion |
AMO'TION, n. [L. amotio; amoveo.] Removal. |
2244
|
amount |
AMOUNT', v.i. [L. mons, a mountain, or its root.]1. To rise to or reach, by an accumulation of ... |
2245
|
amounting |
AMOUNT'ING, ppr. Rising to, by accumulation or addition; coming or increasing to; resulting in ... |
2246
|
amour |
AMOUR', n. [L. amor, love.]An unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an affair of ... |
2247
|
amoval |
AMOV'AL, n. [L. amoveo.] Total removal. [Not used.] |
2248
|
amove |
AMOVE', v.t. [L. amoveo, a and moveo, to move.] To remove. [Not used.] |
2249
|
ampelite |
AM'PELITE, n. [Gr. a vine. The name of an earth used to kill worms on vines. Pliny says it is ... |
2250
|
amphibia |
AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.]In zoology, amphibials are a class of ... |
2251
|
amphibial |
AMPHIB'IAL, AMPHIB'IA, n. [Gr. both or about and life.]In zoology, amphibials are a class of ... |
2252
|
amphibiolite |
AMPHIB'IOLITE, n. [Gr. amphibious and stone.]A fragment of a petrified amphibious animal. |
2253
|
amphibiological |
AMPHIBIOLOG'ICAL, a. [Infra.] Pertaining to amphibiology. |
2254
|
amphibiology |
AMPHIBIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. on both sides, life, and discourse.]A discourse or treatise on amphibious ... |
2255
|
amphibious |
AMPHIB'IOUS, a. [See Amphibial.]1. Having the power of living in two elements, air and water, as ... |
2256
|
amphibiousness |
AMPHIB'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being able to live in two elements, or of partaking of two ... |
2257
|
amphibium |
AMPHIB'IUM, n. That which lives in two elements, as in air and water. |
2258
|
amphibole |
AM'PHIBOLE, n. [Gr. equivocal.]A name given by Hauy to a species of minerals, including the ... |
2259
|
amphibolic |
AMPHIBOL'IC, a. Pertaining to amphibole; resembling amphibole, or partaking of its nature and ... |
2260
|
amphibological |
AMPHIBOLOG'ICAL, a. Doubtful; of doubtful meaning. |
2261
|
amphibologically |
AMPHIBOLOG'ICALLY, adv. With a doubtful meaning. |
2262
|
amphibology |
AMPHIBOL'OGY, n. [Gr. speech.]A phrase or discourse, susceptible of two interpretations; and ... |
2263
|
amphibolous |
AMPHIB'OLOUS, a. [Gr. to strike.]Tossed from one to another; striking each way, with mutual blows. ... |
2264
|
amphiboly |
AMPHIB'OLY, n. [Gr. both ways and to strike.]Ambiguity of meaning. [Rarely used.] |
2265
|
amphibrach |
AM'PHIBRACH, n. [Gr. short.]In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first ... |
2266
|
amphicome |
AM'PHICOME, n. [Gr. hair.]A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with ... |
2267
|
amphictyonic |
AMPHICTYON'IC, a. Pertaining to the august council of Amphictyons. |
2268
|
amphictyons |
AMPHIC'TYONS, n. In Grecian history, an assembly or council of deputies from the different states ... |
2269
|
amphigene |
AM'PHIGENE, n. [Gr.]In mineralogy, another name of the leucite or Vesuvian. |
2270
|
amphihexahedral |
AMPHIHEXAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. and hexahedral.]In crystallography, when the faces of the crystal, ... |
2271
|
amphimacer |
AMPHIM'ACER, n. [Gr. long on both sides.]In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle ... |
2272
|
amphisben |
AMPHIS'BEN, |
2273
|
amphisbena |
AMPHISBE'NA, n. [Gr. to go; indicating that the animal moves with either end foremost.]A genus of ... |
2274
|
amphiscians |
AMPHIS'CIANS, n. [Gr. on both sides and shadow.]In geography, the inhabitants of the tropics, ... |
2275
|
amphiscil |
AMPHIS'CIL, |
2276
|
amphitane |
AM'PHITANE, n. A name given by ancient naturalists to a fossil, called by Dr. Hill pyricubium. ... |
2277
|
amphitheater |
AMPHITHE'ATER, n. [Gr. about and to see or look.]1. An edifice in an oval or circular form, ... |
2278
|
amphitheatral |
AMPHITHE'ATRAL, a. Resembling an amphitheater. |
2279
|
amphitheatrical |
AMPHITHEAT'RICAL, a. Pertaining to or exhibited in an amphitheater. |
2280
|
amphitrite |
AM'PHITRITE, n. [Gr. a goddess of the sea.]A genus of marine animals, of the Linnean order. |
2281
|
amphor |
AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.]Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The ... |
2282
|
amphora |
AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, n. [L. amphora; Gr.]Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The ... |
2283
|
ample |
AM'PLE, a. [L. amplus.]1. Large; wide; spacious; extended; as ample room. This word carries with ... |
2284
|
ampleness |
AM'PLENESS, n. Largeness; spaciousness; sufficiency; abundance. |
2285
|
amplexicaul |
AMPLEX'ICAUL, a. [L. amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a ... |
2286
|
ampliate |
AM'PLIATE, v.t. [L. amplio. See ample.]To enlarge; to make greater; to extend. [Little used.] |
2287
|
ampliation |
AMPLIA'TION, n.1. Enlargement; amplification; diffuseness. [Little used.]2. In Roman antiquity, ... |
2288
|
amplification |
AMPLIFICA'TION, n. [L. amplificatio.]1. Enlargement; extension.2. In rhetoric, diffusive ... |
2289
|
amplified |
AM'PLIFIED, pp. Enlarged; extended; diffusively treated. |
2290
|
amplifier |
AM'PLIFIER, n. One who amplifies or enlarges; one who treats a subject diffusively, to exhibit it ... |
2291
|
amplify |
AM'PLIFY, v.t. [L. amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.]1. To enlarge; to augment; to ... |
2292
|
amplifying |
AM'PLIFYING, ppr. Enlarging; exaggerating; diffusively treating. |
2293
|
amplitude |
AM'PLITUDE, n. [L. amplitudo, from amplus, large.]1. Largeness; extent, applied to bodies; as, ... |
2294
|
amply |
AM'PLY, adv. Largely; liberally; fully; sufficiently; copiously; in a diffusive manner. |
2295
|
amputate |
AM'PUTATE, v.t. [L. amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.]1. To prune branches of trees or ... |
2296
|
amputated |
AM'PUTATED, pp. Cut off; separated from the body. |
2297
|
amputating |
AM'PUTATING, ppr. Cutting off a limb or part of the body. |
2298
|
amputation |
AMPUTA'TION, n. [L. amputatio.]The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the ... |
2299
|
amulet |
AM'ULET, n. [L. amuletum; amolior, amolitus to remove.]Something worn as a remedy or preservative ... |
2300
|
amuse |
AMU'SE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. and L. musso.]1. To entertain the mind agreeably; to occupy or detain ... |
2301
|
amused |
AMU'SED, pp. s as z. Agreeably entertained; having the mind engaged by something pleasing. |
2302
|
amusement |
AMU'SEMENT, n. s as z. That which amuses, detains or engages the mind; entertainment of the mind; ... |
2303
|
amuser |
AMU'SER, n. s as z. One who amuses, or affords an agreeable entertainment to the mind. |
2304
|
amusing |
AMU'SING, ppr. or a. s as z. Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage ... |
2305
|
amusingly |
AMU'SINGLY, adv. s as z. In an amusing manner. |
2306
|
amusive |
AMU'SIVE, a. That has the power to amuse or entertain the mind. |
2307
|
amygdalate |
AMYG'DALATE, a. [L. amygdalus, an almond.] Made of almonds.AMYG'DALATE, n. An emulsion made of ... |
2308
|
amygdaline |
AMYG'DALINE, a. Pertaining to or resembling the almond. |
2309
|
amygdalite |
AMYG'DALITE, n. A plant; a species of spurge, with leaves resembling those of the almond. |
2310
|
amygdaloid |
AMYG'DALOID, n. [Gr. an almond, and form;]Toad-stone; a compound rock, consisting of a basis of ... |
2311
|
amygdaloidal |
AMYG'DALOIDAL, a. Pertaining to amygdaloid. |
2312
|
amylaceous |
AMYLA'CEOUS, a. [L. amylum, starch, of a priv. and a mill, being formerly made without ... |
2313
|
amyline |
AM'YLINE, n. [L. amylum; Gr. unground, a mill.]A farinaceous substance between gum and starch. |
2314
|
amyraldism |
AM'YRALDISM, n. In church history, the doctrine of universal grace, as explained by Amyraldus, or ... |
2315
|
amyztli |
AMYZ'TLI, n. A Mexican name of the sealion, an amphibious quadruped, inhabiting the shores and ... |
2316
|
an |
AN, a. [L. unus, una, unum; Gr.]One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, ... |
2317
|
ana |
A'NA, aa, or a. [Gr.]In medical prescriptions, it signifies an equal quantity of the several ... |
2318
|
anabaptism |
ANABAP'TISM, n. [See Anabaptist.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists. |
2319
|
anabaptist |
ANABAP'TIST, n. [Gr. again, and a baptist.]One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or ... |
2320
|
anabaptistic |
ANABAPTIST'IC, |
2321
|
anabaptistical |
ANABAPTIST'ICAL, a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines. |
2322
|
anabaptistry |
ANABAP'TISTRY, n. The sect of Anabaptists. |
2323
|
anabaptize |
ANABAPTI'ZE, v.t. To rebaptize. [Not used.] |
2324
|
anaca |
ANACA, n. A species of parakeet, about the size of a lark; the crown of the head is a dark red, ... |
2325
|
anacamptic |
ANACAMP'TIC, a. [Gr. to bend.]1. Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of ... |
2326
|
anacamptics |
ANACAMP'TICS, n. The doctrine of reflected light. [See Catoptrics.] |
2327
|
anacardium |
ANACAR'DIUM, n. The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, ... |
2328
|
anacathartic |
ANACATHAR'TIC, a. [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]Throwing upwards; cleansing by ... |
2329
|
anachoret |
ANACHORET. [See anchoret.] |
2330
|
anachronism |
ANACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.]An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events ... |
2331
|
anachronistic |
ANACHRONIS'TIC, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. |
2332
|
anaclastic |
ANACLAS'TIC, a. [Gr. breaking, from to break.]Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of ... |
2333
|
anaclastics |
ANACLAS'TICS, n. That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called ... |
2334
|
anacoenosis |
ANACOENO'SIS, n. [Gr. common.]A figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents ... |
2335
|
anaconda |
ANACOND'A, n. A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour ... |
2336
|
anacreontic |
ANACREON'TIC, a. Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for ... |
2337
|
anademe |
AN'ADEME, n. [Gr.] A chaplet or crown of flowers. |
2338
|
anadiplosis |
ANADIPLO'SIS, n. [Gr. again, and double.]Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting ... |
2339
|
anadromous |
ANAD'ROMOUS, a. [Gr. upward and course.]Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the ... |
2340
|
anaglyph |
AN'AGLYPH, n. [Gr. to engrave.]An ornament made by sculpture. |
2341
|
anaglyptic |
ANAGLYP'TIC, a. Relating to the art of carving, engraving, enchasing or embossing plate. |
2342
|
anagoge |
AN'AGOGE, |
2343
|
anagogical |
ANAGOG'ICAL, a. Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; as, the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical ... |
2344
|
anagogically |
ANAGOG'ICALLY, adv. In a mysterious sense; with religious elevation. |
2345
|
anagogics |
ANAGOG'ICS, n. Mysterious considerations. |
2346
|
anagogy |
AN'AGOGY, n. [Gr. upward, and a leading.]An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual ... |
2347
|
anagram |
AN'AGRAM, n. [Gr. a letter.]A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is ... |
2348
|
anagrammatic |
ANAGRAMMAT'IC |
2349
|
anagrammatical |
ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Making an anagram. |
2350
|
anagrammatically |
ANAGRAMMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of an anagram. |
2351
|
anagrammatism |
ANAGRAM'MATISM, n. The act or practice of making anagrams. |
2352
|
anagrammatist |
ANAGRAM'MATIST, n. A maker of anagrams. |
2353
|
anagrammatize |
ANAGRAM'MATIZE, v.i. To make anagrams. |
2354
|
anagros |
AN'AGROS, n. A measure of grain in Spain, containing something less than two bushels. |
2355
|
anal |
A'NAL, a. [L. anus.] Pertaining to the anus; as, the anal fin. |
2356
|
analcim |
ANAL'CIM, |
2357
|
analcime |
ANAL'CIME, n. Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals.This mineral is generally ... |
2358
|
analects |
AN'ALECTS, n. [Gr. to collect.] A collection of short essays, or remarks. |
2359
|
analemma |
AN'ALEMMA, n. [Gr. altitude.]1. In geometry, a projection of the sphere on the plane of the ... |
2360
|
analepsis |
ANALEP'SIS, n. [Gr. to receive again.]The augmentation of nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery ... |
2361
|
analeptic |
ANALEP'TIC, a. Corroborating; invigorating; giving strength after disease.ANALEP'TIC, n. A ... |
2362
|
analogal |
ANAL'OGAL, a. Analogous. [Not used.] |
2363
|
analogical |
ANALOG'ICAL, a. Having analogy; used by way of analogy; bearing some relation. Thus analogical ... |
2364
|
analogically |
ANALOG'ICALLY, adv. In an analogical manner; by way of similitude, relation or agreement. Thus to ... |
2365
|
analogicalness |
ANALOG'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being analogical; fitness to be applied for the illustration of ... |
2366
|
analogism |
ANAL'OGISM, n. [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.Investigation of things by the ... |
2367
|
analogist |
ANAL'OGIST, n. One who adheres to analogy. |
2368
|
analogize |
ANAL'OGIZE, v.t. To explain by analogy; to form some resemblance between different things; to ... |
2369
|
analogous |
ANAL'OGOUS, a. Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there ... |
2370
|
analogy |
ANAL'OGY, n. [Gr. ratio, proportion.]1. an agreement or likeness between things in some ... |
2371
|
analysis |
ANAL'YSIS, n. [Gr. a loosing, or resolving, from to loosen. See Loose.]1. The separation of a ... |
2372
|
analyst |
AN'ALYST, n. One who analyzes, or is versed in analysis. |
2373
|
analytic |
ANALYT'IC, |
2374
|
analytical |
ANALYT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to analysis; that resolves into first principles; that separates into ... |
2375
|
analytically |
ANALYT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of analysis; by way of separating a body into its constituent ... |
2376
|
analytics |
ANALYT'ICS, n. The science of analysis. [See Analysis.] |
2377
|
analyze |
AN'ALYZE, v.t. [Gr. See Analysis.]To resolve a body into its elements; to separate a compound ... |
2378
|
analyzed |
AN'ALYZED, pp. Resolved into its constituent parts or principles, for examination. |
2379
|
analyzer |
AN'ALYZER, n. One who analyzes; that which analyzes or has the power to analyze. |
2380
|
analyzing |
AN'ALYZING, ppr. Resolving into elements, constituent parts, or first principles. |
2381
|
anamorphosis |
ANAMORPHOSIS, n. [Gr. formation.]In perspective drawings, a deformed or distorted portrait or ... |
2382
|
ananas |
ANA'NAS, n. The name of a species of Bromelia, the pine-apple. |
2383
|
anapest |
AN'APEST, n. [Gr to strike.]In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, ... |
2384
|
anapestic |
ANAPEST'IC, n. The anapestic measure.ANAPEST'IC, a. Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of ... |
2385
|
anaphora |
ANAPH'ORA, n. [Gr.]1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the ... |
2386
|
anaplerotic |
ANAPLEROT'IC, a. [Gr. to fill.] Filling up; supplying or renovating flesh.ANAPLEROT'IC, n. A ... |
2387
|
anarch |
AN'ARCH, n. [See Anarchy.] The author of confusion; one who excites revolt. |
2388
|
anarchic |
ANARCH'IC, |
2389
|
anarchical |
ANARCH'ICAL, a. Without rule or government; in a state of confusion; applied to a state or ... |
2390
|
anarchist |
AN'ARCHIST, n. An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state. |
2391
|
anarchy |
AN'ARCHY, n. [Gr. rule.]Want of government; a state of society, when there is no law or supreme ... |
2392
|
anarhichas |
ANAR'HICHAS, n. The sea wolf; a genus of ravenous fish, of the order of Apodals, found in the ... |
2393
|
anas |
A'NAS, n. [L.] A genus of water fowl of the order Anseres; including the swans, geese, and ducks. ... |
2394
|
anasarca |
ANAS'ARCA, n. [Gr. in or between, and flesh.]A species of dropsy, from a serous humor spread ... |
2395
|
anasarcous |
ANAS'ARCOUS, a. Belonging to anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. |
2396
|
anastomose |
ANAS'TOMOSE, v.i. s as z. [Gr. mouth.]To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with ... |
2397
|
anastomosis |
ANASTOMO'SIS, n. The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an ... |
2398
|
anastomosy |
ANASTOM'OSY, |
2399
|
anastomotic |
ANASTOMOT'IC, a. Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.ANASTOMOT'IC, n. a ... |
2400
|
anastrophe |
ANAS'TROPHE, |
2401
|
anastrophy |
ANAS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. a conversion or inversion.]In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the ... |
2402
|
anatase |
AN'ATASE, n. [Gr. extension, so named from the length of its crystals.]Octahedrite; octahedral ... |
2403
|
anathema |
ANATH'EMA, n. [Gr. to place behind, backward or at a distance, to separate.]1. Excommunication ... |
2404
|
anathematical |
ANATHEMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anathema. |
2405
|
anathematically |
ANATHEMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of anathema. |
2406
|
anathematization |
ANATHEMATIZA'TION, n. The act of anathematizing. |
2407
|
anathematize |
ANATH'EMATIZE, v.t. To excommunicate with a denunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema ... |
2408
|
anathematized |
ANATH'EMATIZED, pp. Excommunicated with curses. |
2409
|
anathematizing |
ANATH'EMATIZING, ppr. Pronouncing an anathema. |
2410
|
anatiferous |
ANATIF'EROUS, a. [L. anas, a duck and fero, to produce.] Producing ducks. |
2411
|
anatocism |
ANAT'OCISM, n. [L. anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.]Interest upon interest; the taking of ... |
2412
|
anatomical |
ANATOM'ICAL, a. Belonging to anatomy or dissection; produced by or according to the principles of ... |
2413
|
anatomically |
ANATOM'ICALLY, adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection; according to the doctrine of ... |
2414
|
anatomist |
ANAT'OMIST, n. One who dissects bodies; more generally, one who is skilled in the art of ... |
2415
|
anatomize |
ANAT'OMIZE, v.t. To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of ... |
2416
|
anatomized |
ANAT'OMIZED, pp. Dissected, as an animal body. |
2417
|
anatomizing |
ANAT'OMIZING, ppr. Dissecting. |
2418
|
anatomy |
ANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. through and to cut.]1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the ... |
2419
|
anatreptic |
ANATREP'TIC, a. [Gr. to overturn.]Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the ... |
2420
|
anatron |
AN'ATRON, n. [Gr. niter.]1. Soda or mineral fixed alkali.2. Spume or glass gall, a scum which ... |
2421
|
anbury |
AN'BURY, n. A disease in turneps, or an injury occasioned by a fly. |
2422
|
ance |
'ANCE, n. Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing. |
2423
|
ancestor |
AN'CESTOR, n. [L. antecessor, of ante, before, and cedo, to go.]One from whom a person descends, ... |
2424
|
ancestral |
AN'CESTRAL, a. Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ... |
2425
|
ancestry |
AN'CESTRY, n. A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of ... |
2426
|
anchilops |
AN'CHILOPS, n. [Gr. a goat and an eye.]The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; ... |
2427
|
anchor |
AN'CHOR, n. [L. anchora; Gr.]1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in ... |
2428
|
anchor-ground |
AN'CHOR-GROUND, n. Ground suitable for anchoring. |
2429
|
anchor-hold |
AN'CHOR-HOLD, n. The hold or fastness of an anchor; security. |
2430
|
anchor-smith |
AN'CHOR-SMITH, n. The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to make anchors. |
2431
|
anchorable |
AN'CHORABLE, a. Fit for anchorage. [Not used.] |
2432
|
anchorage |
AN'CHORAGE, n. 1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too ... |
2433
|
anchored |
AN'CHORED, pp. Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in safety. |
2434
|
anchoress |
AN'CHORESS, n. A female anchoret. |
2435
|
anchoret |
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]A ... |
2436
|
anchoring |
AN'CHORING, ppr. Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor. |
2437
|
anchorite |
AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, n. [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]A ... |
2438
|
anchovy |
ANCHO'VY, |
2439
|
anchovy-pear |
ANCHO'VY-PEAR, n. A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large, contains a ... |
2440
|
ancient |
AN'CIENT, a. Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient. The pronunciation of the first vowel ... |
2441
|
anciently |
AN'CIENTLY, adv. In old times; in times long since past; as Rome was anciently more populous than ... |
2442
|
ancientness |
AN'CIENTNESS, n. The state of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. |
2443
|
ancientry |
AN'CIENTRY, n. Dignity of birth; the honor of ancient lineage. |
2444
|
ancienty |
AN'CIENTY, n. Age; antiquity. [Not used.]AN'CIENTY, n. In some old English statutes and authors, ... |
2445
|
ancillary |
AN'CILLARY, a. [L. ancilla, a female servant.]Pertaining to a maid servant, or female service; ... |
2446
|
ancipital |
ANCIP'ITAL, a. [L. anceps.]Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem ... |
2447
|
ancome |
AN'COME, n. A small ulcerous swelling coming suddenly. |
2448
|
ancon |
AN'CON, n. [L. ancon; Gr. the elbow.]The olecranon, the upper end of the ulna, or elbow. |
2449
|
ancone |
AN'CONE, n. [L. ancon, Gr.] In architecture, the corner of a wall, crossbeam or rafter. |
2450
|
ancony |
AN'CONY, n. [Probably from Gr., the cubit, from its resemblance to the arm.]In iron works, a piece ... |
2451
|
and |
AND, conj.And is a conjunction, connective or conjoining word. It signifies that a word or part of ... |
2452
|
andalusite |
AN'DALUSITE, n. A massive mineral, of a flesh or rose red color; sometimes found crystallized in ... |
2453
|
andante |
ANDAN'TE, [Eng. to wend, to wander.]In music, a word used to direct to a movement moderately slow, ... |
2454
|
andean |
AN'DEAN, a. Pertaining to the Andes. The great chain of mountains extending through S. America. |
2455
|
andira |
ANDI'RA, n. A species of bat in Brazil, nearly as large as a pigeon. |
2456
|
andiron |
AND'IRON, n. An iron utensil used, in Great Britain, where coal is the common fuel, to support the ... |
2457
|
andorinha |
ANDORIN'HA, n. The Brazilian swallow. |
2458
|
andranatomy |
ANDRANAT'OMY, n. [Gr. a man and dissection.]The dissection of a human body, especially of a male. |
2459
|
andreolite |
AN'DREOLITE, n. A mineral, the harmotome, or cross-stone. |
2460
|
androgynal |
ANDROG'YNAL, |
2461
|
androgynally |
ANDROG'YNALLY, adv. With the parts of both sexes. |
2462
|
androgynous |
ANDROG'YNOUS, a. [Gr. a man and woman.]Having two sexes; being male and female; ... |
2463
|
androgynus |
ANDROG'YNUS, n. A hermaphrodite. |
2464
|
android |
AN'DROID, n. [Gr. man and form.]A machine, in the human form, which, by certain springs, performs ... |
2465
|
andromeda |
ANDROM'EDA, n. 1. A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing ... |
2466
|
androphagi |
ANDROPH'AGI, [Gr. man, and to eat.]Man-eaters; but the word is little used, being superseded by ... |
2467
|
anear |
ANE'AR, prep. Near. |
2468
|
anecdote |
AN'ECDOTE, n. [Gr. to publish, part, given out.]In its original sense, secret history, or facts ... |
2469
|
anecdotical |
ANECDOT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anecdotes. |
2470
|
anele |
ANE'LE, v.t. To give extreme unction. [Not used.] |
2471
|
anemography |
ANEMOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. wind, and description.] A description of the winds. |
2472
|
anemology |
ANEMOL'OGY, n. [Gr. wind, and discourse.] The doctrine of winds, or a treatise on the subject. |
2473
|
anemometer |
ANEMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. wind, and to measure.] An instrument or machine for measuring the force and ... |
2474
|
anemone |
ANEM'ONE, |
2475
|
anemony |
ANEM'ONY, n. [Gr. from wind.]Wind-flower; a genus of plants of numerous species. Some of the ... |
2476
|
anemoscope |
ANEM'OSCOPE, n. [Gr. wind, and to view.] A machine which shows the course or velocity of the ... |
2477
|
anent |
ANENT', prep. About; concerning; over against: a Scottish word. [Gr.] |
2478
|
aneurism |
AN'EURISM, n. [Gr. to dilate, from broad.]A preternatural dilatation or rupture of the coats of an ... |
2479
|
aneurismal |
ANEURIS'MAL, a. Pertaining to an aneurism. |
2480
|
anew |
ANEW', adv. [a and new.]Over again; another time; in a new form; as, to arm anew; to create anew. |
2481
|
anfractuous |
ANFRAC'TUOUS, a. [L. anfractus, of amb, about, and fractus, broken. See Break.]Winding; full of ... |
2482
|
anfractuousness |
ANFRAC'TUOUSNESS, n. A state of being full of windings and turnings. |
2483
|
angariation |
ANGARIA'TION, n. [L. angario; Gr. to compel; a word of Persian origin.] Compulsion; exertion. ... |
2484
|
angeiotomy |
ANGEIOT'OMY, See Angiotomy. |
2485
|
angel |
AN'GEL, n. Usually pronounced angel, but most anomalously. [L. angelus; Gr. a messenger, to tell ... |
2486
|
angel-age |
ANGEL-AGE, n. The existence or state of angels. |
2487
|
angel-fish |
AN'GEL-FISH, n. A species of shark, the squalus squatina. It is from six to eight feet long, ... |
2488
|
angel-like |
AN'GEL-LIKE, a. Resembling or having the manners of angels. |
2489
|
angel-shot |
AN'GEL-SHOT, n. Chain-shot, being two halves of a cannon ball fastened to the ends of a chain. |
2490
|
angel-winged |
AN'GEL-WINGED, a. Winged like angels. |
2491
|
angel-worship |
AN'GEL-WORSHIP, n. The worshipping of angels. |
2492
|
angelic |
ANGEL'IC, |
2493
|
angelica |
ANGEL'ICA, n. A genus of digynian pentanders, containing several species. The common sort is ... |
2494
|
angelical |
ANGEL'ICAL, a. [L. angelicus.] Resembling angels; belonging to angels, or partaking of their ... |
2495
|
angelically |
ANGEL'ICALLY, adv. Like an angel. |
2496
|
angelicalness |
ANGEL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. |
2497
|
angelites |
AN'GELITES, in Church history, so called from Angelicum in Alexandria, where they held their first ... |
2498
|
angelology |
ANGELOL'OGY, n. A discourse on angels; or the doctrine of angelic beings. |
2499
|
angelot |
AN'GELOT, n. 1. An instrument of music, somewhat resembling a lute.2. An ancient English coin ... |
2500
|
anger |
AN'GER, n. ang'ger. [L. ango, to choke strangle, vex; whence angor, vexation, anguish, the ... |
2501
|
angered |
AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked. |
2502
|
angerly |
AN'GERLY, adv. [anger and like.] In an angry manner; more generally written angrily. |
2503
|
angina |
ANGI'NA, n. [L. from ango, to choke. See Anger.]A quinsey; an inflammation of the throat; a tumor ... |
2504
|
angiography |
ANGIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and description.] A description of the vessels in the human body. |
2505
|
angiology |
ANGIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and discourse.]A treatise or discourse on the vessels of the human ... |
2506
|
angiomonospermous |
ANGIOMONOSPERM'OUS, n. [Gr. a vessel, alone, and seed.] Producing one seed only in a pod. |
2507
|
angiosperm |
AN'GIOSPERM, n. [Gr. a vessel, and seed.] In botany, a plant which has its seeds inclosed in a ... |
2508
|
angiospermous |
ANGIOSPERM'OUS, a. Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. In Linne's system, the ... |
2509
|
angiotomy |
ANGIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. a vessel, and to cut.]The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as ... |
2510
|
angle |
AN'GLE, n. [L. angulus, a corner. Gr.]In popular language, the point where two lines meet, or the ... |
2511
|
angle-rod |
AN'GLE-ROD, n. The rod or pole to which a line and hook are fastened. |
2512
|
angled |
AN'GLED, a. Having angles - used only in compounds. |
2513
|
angler |
AN'GLER, n. One that fishes with an angle; also a fish, a species of lophius. |
2514
|
anglic |
AN'GLIC, |
2515
|
anglican |
AN'GLICAN, a. [L. icus, in publicus, and all similar adjectives. From ing, was formed Angles, the ... |
2516
|
anglicism |
AN'GLICISM, n. An English Idiom; a form of language peculiar to the English. |
2517
|
anglicize |
AN'GLICIZE, v.t. To make English; to render conformable to the English idiom, or to English ... |
2518
|
angling |
AN'GLING, ppr. Fishing with an angle.AN'GLING, n. A fishing with a rod and line. |
2519
|
anglo-danish |
ANGLO-DA'NISH, a. Pertaining to the English Danes, or the Danes who settled in England. |
2520
|
anglo-norman |
ANGLO-NORM'AN, a Pertaining to the English Normans. |
2521
|
anglo-saxon |
ANGLO-SAX'ON, a. Pertaining to the Saxons, who settled in England, or English Saxons.ANGLO-SAX'ON, ... |
2522
|
angola-pea |
ANGO'LA-PEA or PIGEON-PEA. A species of Cytisus. |
2523
|
angor |
AN'GOR, n. [L. See anger.]1. Pain; intense bodily pain.2. The retiring of the native bodily ... |
2524
|
angred |
AN'GRED or ANG'ERED, pp. Made angry; provoked. |
2525
|
angrily |
AN'GRILY, adv. In an angry manner; peevishly; with indications of resentment. |
2526
|
angry |
AN'GRY, a. [See anger.]1. Feeling resentment; provoked; followed generally by with before a ... |
2527
|
angsana |
ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood. |
2528
|
angsava |
ANGSA'NA or ANGSA'VA, n. A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood. |
2529
|
angu |
AN'GU, n. Bread made of the Cassada, a plant of the W. Indies. |
2530
|
anguifer |
AN'GUIFER, n. [L. anguis, a serpent, and fero, to bear.]In astronomy, a cluster of stars in the ... |
2531
|
anguilla |
ANGUIL'LA, n. [L. an eel.]In zoology, an eel; also the name of a Mediterranean fish used for food, ... |
2532
|
anguilliform |
ANGUIL'LIFORM, a. [L. anguilla, an eel, and forma, shape.] In the form of an eel, or of a ... |
2533
|
anguish |
AN'GUISH, n. [L. angustia, narrowness, from pressure. See Anger.]Extreme pain, either of body or ... |
2534
|
anguished |
AN'GUISHED, pp. Extremely pained; tortured; deeply distressed. |
2535
|
angular |
AN'GULAR, a.1. Having an angle, angles or corners; pointed; as an angular figure.2. Consisting of ... |
2536
|
angularity |
ANGULAR'ITY, n. The quality of having an angle or corner. |
2537
|
angularly |
AN'GULARLY, adv. With angles, or corners; in the direction of the angles. |
2538
|
angularness |
AN'GULARNESS, n. The quality of being angular. |
2539
|
angulated |
AN'GULATED, a. Formed with angles or corners. |
2540
|
angulous |
AN'GULOUS, a. Angular; having corners; hooked. |
2541
|
angust |
ANGUST', a. [L. angustus.] Narrow; straight. [Not used.] |
2542
|
angustation |
ANGUSTA'TION, n. [L. angustus, narrow. See Anger.]The act of making narrow; a straightening, or ... |
2543
|
angusticlave |
ANGUST'ICLAVE, n. [L. angustus, narrow, and clavus, a knob or stud.]A robe or tunic embroidered ... |
2544
|
anhelation |
ANHELA'TION, n. [L. anhelo, to pant or breathe with difficulty; from halo, to breathe.]Shortness ... |
2545
|
anhelose |
ANHELO'SE, a. Out of breath; panting; breathing with difficulty. [Little used.] |
2546
|
anhima |
AN'HIMA, n. A Brazilian aquatic fowl, larger than a swan, somewhat like a crane. Its head is ... |
2547
|
anhydrite |
AN'HYDRITE, n. [See Anhydrous.]A species of sulphate of lime, anhydrous gypsum, of which there are ... |
2548
|
anhydrous |
ANHY'DROUS, a. [Gr. dry, and water.]Destitute of water. Anhydrite is so called, because it is ... |
2549
|
aniented |
ANIENT'ED, a. Frustrated; brought to naught. Obs. |
2550
|
anight |
ANI'GHT, adv. [a or at, and night.]In the night time; anights, in the plural, is used of frequent ... |
2551
|
anil |
AN'IL, n. A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; Indigofera, or the indigo plant. |
2552
|
anility |
ANIL'ITY, n. [L. anilis, anilitas, from anus, an old woman; Celtic, hen old.]The state of being an ... |
2553
|
animadversion |
ANIMADVER'SION, n. [L. animadversio.]Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof; blame. It ... |
2554
|
animadversive |
ANIMADVER'SIVE, a. That has the power of perceiving. Obs. |
2555
|
animadvert |
ANIMADVERT', v.i. [L. animadverto, of animus, mind, and adverto, to turn to.]1. To turn the mind ... |
2556
|
animadverter |
ANIMADVERT'ER, n. One who animadverts or makes remarks by way of censure. |
2557
|
animadverting |
ANIMADVERT'ING, ppr. Considering; remarking by way of criticism or censure. |
2558
|
animal |
AN'IMAL, n. [L. animal, from anima, air, breath, soul.]An organized body, endowed with life and ... |
2559
|
animal-flower |
ANIMAL-FLOWER, n. In zoology, sea-anemone, sea-nettle or urtica marina, the name of several ... |
2560
|
animalcule |
ANIMAL'CULE, n. [L. animalculum, animalcula.]A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose ... |
2561
|
animalization |
ANIMALIZA'TION, n. The act of giving animal life,or endowing with the properties of an animal. |
2562
|
animalize |
AN'IMALIZE, v.t. 1. To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of animals.2. To convert ... |
2563
|
animalized |
AN'IMALIZED, pp. Endowed with animal life. |
2564
|
animalizing |
AN'IMALIZING, ppr. Giving animal life to. |
2565
|
animate |
AN'IMATE, v.t [L. amino. See Animal.]1. To give natural life to; to quicken; to make alive; as ... |
2566
|
animated |
AN'IMATED, pp.1. Being endowed with anima life, as the various classes of animated beings.2. a. ... |
2567
|
animating |
AN'IMATING, ppr. Giving life; infusing spirit; enlivening. |
2568
|
animation |
ANIMA'TION, n. 1. The act of infusing life; the state of being animated.2. The state of being ... |
2569
|
animative |
AN'IMATIVE, a. That has the power of giving life or spirit. |
2570
|
animator |
AN'IMATOR, n. One that gives life; that which infuses life or spirit. |
2571
|
anime |
AN'IME, n. In heraldry, a term denoting that the eyes of a rapacious animal are borne of a ... |
2572
|
animetta |
ANIMET'TA, n. Among ecclesiastical writers, the cloth which covers the cup of the eucharist. |
2573
|
animosity |
ANIMOS'ITY, n. [L. animositas; animosus, animated, courageous, enraged; from animus, spirit, mind ... |
2574
|
aninga |
ANIN'GA, n. A root growing in the West Indies, like the China plant, used in refining sugar. |
2575
|
anise |
AN'ISE, n. an'nis. [L. anisum; Gr.]An annual plant, placed by Linne under the genus Pimpinella. ... |
2576
|
anker |
ANK'ER, n. A measure of liquids used in Holland, containing about 32 gallons, English ... |
2577
|
ankle |
ANK'LE, n. ank'l. The joint which connects the foot with the leg. |
2578
|
ankle-bone |
ANK'LE-BONE, n. The bone of the ankle. |
2579
|
annalist |
AN'NALIST, n. [See Annals.] A writer of annals. |
2580
|
annalize |
AN'NALIZE, v.t. To record; to write annals. [Not much used.] |
2581
|
annals |
AN'NALS, n. plu. [L. amnales, annalis, from annus, a year, the root of which may be the Celtic ... |
2582
|
annats |
AN'NATS, n. [L. annus.]A year's income of a spiritual living; the first fruits, originally given ... |
2583
|
anneal |
ANNE'AL, v.t. 1. To heat; to heat, as glass and iron for the purpose of rendering them less ... |
2584
|
annealed |
ANNE'ALED, pp. Heated; tempered; made malleable and less brittle by heat. |
2585
|
annealing |
ANNE'ALING, ppr. heating; tempering by heat. |
2586
|
annex |
ANNEX', v.t. [L. annecto, annexum.]1. To unite at the end; as to annex a codicil to a will. To ... |
2587
|
annexation |
ANNEXA'TION, n. The act of annexing, or uniting at the end; conjunction; addition; the act of ... |
2588
|
annexed |
ANNEX'ED, pp. Joined at the end; connected with; affixed. |
2589
|
annexing |
ANNEX'ING, ppr. Uniting at the end; affixing. |
2590
|
annexion |
ANNEX'ION, n. The act of annexing; annexation; addition. [Little used.] |
2591
|
annexment |
ANNEX'MENT, n. The act of annexing; the thing annexed. |
2592
|
annihilable |
ANNI'HILABLE, a. That may be annihilated. |
2593
|
annihilate |
ANNI'HILATE, v.t. [L. ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle.]1. To reduce to ... |
2594
|
annihilated |
ANNI'HILATED, pp. Reduced to nothing; destroyed. |
2595
|
annihilating |
ANNI'HILATING, ppr. Reducing to nothing; destroying the specific form of. |
2596
|
annihilation |
ANNIHILA'TION, n. 1. The act of reducing to nothing or non-existence; or the act of destroying ... |
2597
|
anniversarily |
ANNIVERS'ARILY, adv. Annually. |
2598
|
anniversary |
ANNIVERS'ARY, a. [L. anniversarius, of annus, year, and verto, to turn.]Returning with the year, ... |
2599
|
annomination |
ANNOMINA'TION, n. [L. ad and nominatio, from nomino, to name, from nomen.]1. A pun; the use of ... |
2600
|
annona |
ANNO'NA, n. [L. annoma, from annus, a year, and signifying a year's production or increase; hence ... |
2601
|
annotate |
AN'NOTATE, v.i. [L.annoto.] To comment; to make remarks on a writing. |
2602
|
annotation |
ANNOTA'TION, n. [L. annotatio, of ad and notatio, a marking, from noto, to mark, or nota, a ... |
2603
|
annotator |
AN'NOTATOR, n. A writer of notes; a commentator; a scholiast; one who writes notes to illustrate ... |
2604
|
annotta |
ANNOT'TA, n. Orlean, or roucou; a hard dry paste, consisting of the pellicles of the seeds of the ... |
2605
|
announce |
ANNOUNCE, v.t. announs'. [L. annuncio, to deliver a message, of ad and nuncio, to tell from ... |
2606
|
announced |
ANNOUN'CED, pp. Proclaimed; first published. |
2607
|
announcement |
ANNOUNCEMENT, n. announs'ment. The act of giving notice; proclamation; publication. |
2608
|
announcer |
ANNOUN'CER, n. One that announces, or first gives notice; a proclaimer. |
2609
|
announcing |
ANNOUN'CING, ppr. Introducing notice; first publishing; proclaiming. |
2610
|
annoy |
ANNOY', v.t. [L. neceo, to hurt, that is, to strike; neco, to kill.To incommode; to injure or ... |
2611
|
annoyance |
ANNOY'ANCE, n. That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It ... |
2612
|
annoyed |
ANNOY'ED, pp. Incommoded, injured or molested by something that is continued or repeated. |
2613
|
annoyer |
ANNOY'ER, n. One that annoys. |
2614
|
annoyful |
ANNOY'FUL, a. Giving trouble; incommoding; molesting. [Not used.] |
2615
|
annoying |
ANNOY'ING, ppr. Incommoding; hurting; molesting. |
2616
|
annoyous |
ANNOY'OUS, a. Troublesome. [Not used.] |
2617
|
annual |
AN'NUAL, a. [L. annalis, from annus, a year; Gr.]1. Yearly; that returns every year; coming ... |
2618
|
annually |
AN'NUALLY, adv. Yearly; returning every year; year by year. |
2619
|
annuitant |
ANNU'ITANT, n. [See annuity.]One who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity. |
2620
|
annuity |
ANNU'ITY, n. [See Annual.]A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, ... |
2621
|
annul |
ANNUL', v.t. [L. ad nullum, to nothing.]1. To make void; to nullify; to abrogate; to abolish; ... |
2622
|
annular |
AN'NULAR, a. [L. annulus, a ring, from Celtic ain, a circle, and ul, young, small; annulus, a ... |
2623
|
annulary |
AN'NULARY, a. Having the form of a ring. |
2624
|
annulated |
AN'NULATED, a. Furnished with rings, or circles, like rings; having belts. |
2625
|
annulet |
AN'NULET, n. [L. annulus, a ring.]In architecture, a small square member in the Doric capital, ... |
2626
|
annulled |
ANNUL'LED, pp. Made void; abrogated. |
2627
|
annulling |
ANNUL'LING, ppr. Abrogating; abolishing. |
2628
|
annulment |
ANNUL'MENT, n. The act of annulling. |
2629
|
annumerate |
ANNU'MERATE, v.t. [L. annumero, of ad and numero, to numer, from numerus, number. See Number.]To ... |
2630
|
annumeration |
ANNUMERA'TION, n. Addition to a former number. |
2631
|
annunciate |
ANNUN'CIATE, v.t. [See Announce.] To bring tidings; to announce. |
2632
|
annunciation |
ANNUNCIA'TION, n. 1. An announcing; the tidings brought by the angel to Mary, of the incarnation ... |
2633
|
annunciator |
ANNUNCIA'TOR, n. One who announces; an officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business was ... |
2634
|
anodyne |
AN'ODYNE, [Gr. pain.]Any medicine which allays pain, or causes sleep, as an opiate, paregoric, ... |
2635
|
anoint |
ANOINT', v.t. [L. ungo.]1. To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous ... |
2636
|
anointed |
ANOINT'ED, pp. Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil.ANOINT'ED, n. The ... |
2637
|
anointer |
ANOINT'ER, n. One who anoints. |
2638
|
anointing |
ANOINT'ING, ppr. Smearing with oil; pouring on oil, or other oleaginous substance; ... |
2639
|
anointment |
ANOINT'MENT, n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed. |
2640
|
anole |
ANO'LE, n. A species of lizard in the W. Indies, of a yellowish color, having several blue and ... |
2641
|
anomaliped |
ANOM'ALIPED, a. [Gr. inequality and L. pes, foot.]An epithet given to fowls, whose middle toe is ... |
2642
|
anomalism |
ANOM'ALISM, n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule. |
2643
|
anomalistic |
ANOMALIS'TIC, |
2644
|
anomalistical |
ANOMALIS'TICAL, a. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.In astronomy, the ... |
2645
|
anomalous |
ANOM'ALOUS, a. Irregular; deviating from a general rule, method or analogy; applied, in grammar, ... |
2646
|
anomalously |
ANOM'ALOUSLY, adv. Irregularly; in a manner different from common rule, method or analogy. |
2647
|
anomaly |
ANOM'ALY, n. [Gr. inequality, equal, similar.]1. Irregularity; deviation from the common rule; ... |
2648
|
anomeans |
ANO'MEANS, n. [Gr. dissimilar.]In church history, the pure Arians, as distinguished from the ... |
2649
|
anomia |
ANO'MIA, n. [Gr. rule.]A genus of bivalve shells, so called from their unequal valves; the beaked ... |
2650
|
anomite |
AN'OMITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus anomia. |
2651
|
anomorhomboid |
ANOMORHOM'BOID, n. [Gr irregular, and of a rhomboidal figure.]A genus os spars, pellucid, and ... |
2652
|
anomy |
AN'OMY, n. [Gr.] A violation of law. [Rarely used.] |
2653
|
anon |
ANON', adv. 1. Quickly; without intermission: soon; immediately.The same is he that heareth the ... |
2654
|
anonymous |
ANON'YMOUS, a [L. anonymus; Gr. name. See Name.]Nameless; wanting a name; without the real name ... |
2655
|
anonymously |
ANON'YMOUSLY, adv. Without a name. |
2656
|
anoplother |
AN'OPLOTHER, |
2657
|
anoplotherium |
ANOPLOTHE'RIUM, n. [Gr. a beast.]This is the name which Cuvier has given to a genus of animals, ... |
2658
|
anopsy |
ANOP'SY, n. [Gr. sight.] Want of sight; invision. [Little used.] |
2659
|
anorexy |
AN'OREXY, n. [Gr. appetite.Want of appetite, without a lothing of food. |
2660
|
another |
ANOTH'ER, a. [an, or one and other.]1. Not the same; different; as, we have one form of ... |
2661
|
another-gaines |
ANOTH'ER-GAINES, adv. Of another kind. Obs. |
2662
|
another-gates |
ANOTH'ER-GATES, adv. Of another sort. Obs. |
2663
|
another-guise |
ANOTH'ER-GUISE, a. Of a different kind; different. This is a vulgar word, and usually contracted ... |
2664
|
anotta |
ANOT'TA, n. An elegant red color, formed from the pellicles or pulp of the seeds of the bixa, a ... |
2665
|
ansated |
AN'SATED, a. [L. ansatus, from ansa, a handle.]Having a handle or handles, or something in the ... |
2666
|
anser |
AN'SER, n. [L. a goose.]1. In zoology, the name of the goose, whether tame or wild. The domestic ... |
2667
|
anserine |
AN'SERINE, a. [L. anserinum, from anser, a goose.]1. Resembling the skin of a goose; uneven; as, ... |
2668
|
ansers |
AN'SERS, n. In Linne's system, the third order of aves or fowls, whose characteristics are a ... |
2669
|
anslaight |
AN'SLAIGHT, n. [See Slay.] An attack; an affray. [Not in use.] |
2670
|
answer |
'ANSWER, v.t. ansur.1. To speak in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration or ... |
2671
|
answer-jobber |
'ANSWER-JOBBER, n. One who makes a business of writing answers. |
2672
|
answerable |
'ANSWERABLE, a.1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that ... |
2673
|
answerableness |
ANSWERABLENESS, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent. |
2674
|
answerably |
ANSWERABLY, adv. In due proportion, correspondence or conformity; suitably; as, continents have ... |
2675
|
answered |
ANSWERED, pp. Replied to; fulfilled; paid; complied with; accomplished; solved; confuted. |
2676
|
answerer |
ANSWERER, n. One who answers; he or that which makes a return to what another has spoken; he who ... |
2677
|
answering |
'ANSWERING, ppr. Replying; corresponding to; fulfilling; solving; succeeding; reverberating; ... |
2678
|
ant |
AN'T, in old authors, is a contraction of an it, that is if it. [See An.] |
2679
|
ant-bear |
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a ... |
2680
|
ant-eater |
'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a ... |
2681
|
ant-eggs |
'ANT-EGGS, n. Little white balls found in the hillocks of ants, usually supposed to be their eggs, ... |
2682
|
ant-hill |
'ANT-HILL, n. A little tumulus or hillock, formed by ants, for their habitation. |
2683
|
anta |
AN'TA, n. In ancient architecture, a square column, at the corner of a building; a pilaster; ... |
2684
|
antacid |
ANTAC'ID, n. [anti and acid.]In pharmacy, an alkali, or a remedy for sourness or acidity; better ... |
2685
|
antacrid |
ANTAC'RID, n. [anti and acrid.] That which corrects acrimony; better written anti-acrid. |
2686
|
antagonism |
ANTAG'ONISM, n. Opposition of action; counteraction of things or principles. |
2687
|
antagonist |
ANTAG'ONIST, n. [Gr. against, and a champion. See Act and Agony.]1. One who contends with ... |
2688
|
antagonistic |
ANTAGONIS'TIC, a. Opposing in combat; contending against. |
2689
|
antagonize |
ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument. |
2690
|
antagony |
ANTAG'ONY, n. Contest; opposition [Not used.] |
2691
|
antalgic |
ANTAL'GIC, a. [Gr. against, and pain.] Alleviating pain; anodyne. |
2692
|
antanaclasis |
ANTANACLA'SIS, n. [Gr. a driving back.]1. In rhetoric, a figure, which consists in repeating the ... |
2693
|
antanagoge |
ANTANAGO'GE, n. antanago'gy. [Gr. against, and a taking up.]In rhetoric, a figure which consists ... |
2694
|
antaphrodisiac |
ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, a. [Gr. against, and venereal, from Venus.]Antivenereal; having the quality of ... |
2695
|
antaphroditic |
ANTAPHRODIT'IC, a. [Gr. See the preceding words.] Antivenereal, abating the venereal appetite, or ... |
2696
|
antapoplectic |
ANTAPOPLEC'TIC, a. Good against apoplexy. |
2697
|
antarctic |
ANTARC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and the bear, a northern constellation.]Opposite to the northern or ... |
2698
|
antares |
ANTA'RES, n. The name of a star of the first magnitude, called also the scorpion's heart. Its ... |
2699
|
antarthritic |
ANTARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy which cures or alleviates the gout.ANTARTHRIT'IC, a. [Gr against, and ... |
2700
|
antasthmatic |
ANTASTHMAT'IC, a. [Gr. against, and asthma.] Opposing the asthma. |
2701
|
ante |
AN'TE. A Latin preposition, Gr.; much used in the composition of English words, especially in ... |
2702
|
anteact |
AN'TEACT, n. [ante and act.] A preceding act. |
2703
|
antecedaneous |
ANTECEDA'NEOUS, a. [Infra.] Antecedent; preceding in time. |
2704
|
antecede |
ANTECE'DE, v.t. [ante and cedo, to go. See Cede.] To go before in time; to precede. |
2705
|
antecedence |
ANTECE'DENCE, n. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent ... |
2706
|
antecedent |
ANTECE'DENT, a. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the ... |
2707
|
antecedently |
ANTECE'DENTLY, adv. Previously; at a time preceding. |
2708
|
antecessor |
ANTECES'SOR, n. [L. whence ancestor. See Antecede.]1. One who goes before; a leader; a ... |
2709
|
antechamber |
AN'TECHAMBER, n. [Ante, before, and chamber.]A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment to ... |
2710
|
antechapel |
ANTECHAP'EL, n. The part of the chapel through which is the passage to the choir or body of it. |
2711
|
antecian |
ANTE'CIAN, n. [Gr. opposite, and to dwell; L. antaci.]In geography, the antecians are those ... |
2712
|
antecursor |
ANTECURS'OR, n. [L. ante, before, and cursor, a runner, from curro, to run. See Course.]One who ... |
2713
|
antedate |
AN'TEDATE, n. [Infra.] Prior date; a date antecedent to another.AN'TEDATE, v.t. [L. ante, and ... |
2714
|
antediluvial |
ANTEDILU'VIAL, |
2715
|
antediluvian |
ANTEDILU'VIAN, a. [L. ante and diluvium, a flood. See Lave.]Before the flood, or deluge, in ... |
2716
|
antelope |
AN'TELOPE, n. [Gr. resembling a deer.]In zoology, the gazelle; a genus of ruminant quadrupeds, ... |
2717
|
antelucan |
ANTELU'CAN, a. [L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.]Being before light; a word ... |
2718
|
antemeridian |
ANTEMERID'IAN, a. [ante, before, and meridian.]Being before noon; pertaining to the forenoon. |
2719
|
antemetic |
ANTEMET'IC, a. [against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Restraining or allaying vomiting.ANTEMET'IC, ... |
2720
|
antemundane |
ANTEMUND'ANE, a. [ante, before, and mundus, the world.] Being before the creation of the world. |
2721
|
antenicene |
ANTENI'CENE, a. [ante, before, and Nicene, from Nice.]Anterior to the first council of Nice; as ... |
2722
|
antennae |
ANTEN'NAE, n. plu. [L. antenna, a sail yard.]In zoology, the horns or feelers of insects, ... |
2723
|
antenumber |
ANTENUM'BER, n. A number that precedes another. |
2724
|
antenuptial |
ANTENUP'TIAL, a. [ante and nuptial.]Being before marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement; ... |
2725
|
antepaschal |
ANTEPASCH'AL, a. Pertaining to the time before Easter. |
2726
|
antepast |
AN'TEPAST, n. [ante, before, and pastum, fed.]A foretaste; something taken before the proper time. |
2727
|
antepenult |
ANTEPENULT', n. [L. ante, before, pene, almost, and ultimus, last.]The last syllable of a word, ... |
2728
|
antepenultimate |
ANTEPENULT'IMATE, a. Pertaining to the last syllable but two. |
2729
|
antepheptic |
ANTEPHEP'TIC, a. [against, and epileptic, from to seize.]Resisting or curing epilepsy. |
2730
|
antepileptic |
ANTEPILEP'TIC, n. A remedy for the epilepsy. |
2731
|
anteposition |
ANTEPOSI'TION, n. s as z. [L. ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.]In grammar, the ... |
2732
|
antepredicament |
ANTEPREDIC'AMENT, n. [ante and predicament.]A preliminary question in logic to illustrate the ... |
2733
|
anterior |
ANTE'RIOR, a. [L.] 1. Before in time or place; prior; antecedent; preceding in time.2. Before ... |
2734
|
anteriority |
ANTERIOR'ITY, n. The state of being anterior, preceding or in front; a state of being before in ... |
2735
|
anteroom |
AN'TEROOM, n. [ante and room.] A room before or in front of another. |
2736
|
antes |
AN'TES, n. plu. [L.] Pillars of large dimensions that support the front of a building. |
2737
|
antestature |
ANTESTAT'URE, n. [ante and stature.]In fortification, a small retrenchment or work formed of ... |
2738
|
antestomach |
ANTESTOM'ACH, n. [ante and stomach.]A cavity which leads into the stomach, as the crop in birds. ... |
2739
|
antevert |
ANTEVERT', v.t. [L. anteverto.] To prevent. [Not in use.] |
2740
|
antevirgilian |
ANTEVIRGIL'IAN, a. A term given to Tull's new husbandry, or method of horse hoeing. |
2741
|
anthelmintic |
ANTHELMIN'TIC, a. [against, and a worm.] Good against worms.ANTHELMIN'TIC, n. A remedy for worms ... |
2742
|
anthem |
AN'THEM, n. [Gr. against, and a hymn, from to sing. See Hymn.]A hymn sung in alternate parts; but ... |
2743
|
anthem-wise |
AN'THEM-WISE, adv. In the manner of an anthem; alternately. |
2744
|
anthemis |
AN'THEMIS, n. Camomile. |
2745
|
anther |
AN'THER, n. [L. anthera, a flowery plant, from the Greek, flowery, from a flower.]In botany, the ... |
2746
|
antheral |
AN'THERAL, a. Pertaining to anthers. |
2747
|
antheriferous |
ANTHERIF'EROUS, a. [anther and fero, to bear.] Producing anthers. |
2748
|
anthesterion |
ANTHESTE'RION, n. The sixth month of the Athenian year, consisting of 29 days, and answering to a ... |
2749
|
anthological |
ANTHOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthology. |
2750
|
anthology |
ANTHOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a flower, and a discourse, a collection.]1. A discourse on flowers.2. A ... |
2751
|
anthophyllite |
ANTHOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. a flower, and a leaf.]A mineral in masses composed of interlaced plates, ... |
2752
|
anthorism |
AN'THORISM, n. [Gr. opposite, and definition.]In rhetoric, a description or definition contrary to ... |
2753
|
anthracite |
AN'THRACITE, n. [Gr. a burning coal; infra.]Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that ... |
2754
|
anthracolite |
AN'THRACOLITE. [See Anthracite.] |
2755
|
anthrax |
AN'THRAX, n. [Gr.; supra.]A carbuncle; a malignant ulcer, with intense burning. The ancients gave ... |
2756
|
anthropoglot |
ANTHROP'OGLOT, [Gr. man, and the tongue.]An animal which has a tongue resembling that of a man, of ... |
2757
|
anthropography |
ANTHROPOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. man, and description.]A description of man or the human race, or of the ... |
2758
|
anthropolite |
ANTHROP'OLITE, n. [Gr. man, and a stone.]A petrifaction of the human body, or skeleton. Some ... |
2759
|
anthropological |
ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to anthropology; according to human manner of speaking. |
2760
|
anthropologist |
ANTHROPOL'OGIST, n. One who describes, or is versed in the physical history of the human body. |
2761
|
anthropology |
ANTHROPOL'OGY, n. [Gr. man, and discourse.]1. A discourse upon human nature.2. The doctrine of ... |
2762
|
anthropomancy |
ANTHROPOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. man, and divination.]Divination by inspecting the entrails of a human ... |
2763
|
anthropomorphism |
ANTHROPOMORPH'ISM, n. The heresy of the anthropomorphites. |
2764
|
anthropomorphite |
ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE, n. [Gr. man, and form.]One who believes a human form in the Supreme Being. A ... |
2765
|
anthropomorphous |
ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, a. Belonging to that which has the form of man; having the figure of ... |
2766
|
anthropopathy |
ANTHROPOP'ATHY, n. [man, and passion.]The affections of man, or the application of human passions ... |
2767
|
anthropophagi |
ANTHROPOPH'AGI, n. plu. [Gr. man, and to eat.]Maneaters; cannibals; men that eat human flesh. |
2768
|
anthropophagous |
ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS, a. Feeding on human flesh. |
2769
|
anthropophagy |
ANTHROPOPH'AGY, n. The eating of human flesh, or the practice of eat it. |
2770
|
anthroposcopy |
ANTHROPOS'COPY, n. [Gr. man, and to view.]The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, ... |
2771
|
anthroposophy |
ANTHROPOS'OPHY, n. [Gr. man, and wisdom.]Knowledge of the nature of man; acquaintance with man's ... |
2772
|
anthypnotic |
ANTHYPNOT'IC, a. Corrupt orthography. [See Antihypnotic.] |
2773
|
anthypochondriac |
ANTHYPOCHOND'RIAC. [See Antihypochondriac.] |
2774
|
anthypophora |
ANTHYPOPH'ORA. [See Antihypopohora.] |
2775
|
anthysteric |
ANTHYSTER'IC. [See Antihysteric.] |
2776
|
anti |
AN'TI, n. [Gr. See Ante.] A preposition signifying against, opposite, contrary, or in place of; ... |
2777
|
anti-chamber |
AN'TI-CHAMBER, n. Dr. Johnson prefers ante-chamber, which see. But ante and anti are the same ... |
2778
|
anti-christ |
AN'TI-CHRIST, n. [Gr. against, and Christ.]A great adversary of Christ; the man of sin; described ... |
2779
|
antiacid |
ANTIAC'ID, a. Opposing or removing acidity. Often written antacid.ANTIAC'ID, n. An alkali; a ... |
2780
|
antiamerican |
ANTIAMER'ICAN, a. Opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; ... |
2781
|
antiarthritic |
ANTIARTHRIT'IC, a. [See Antarthritic.] Good against the gout.ANTIARTHRIT'IC, n. A remedy for the ... |
2782
|
antiasthmatic |
ANTIASTHMAT'IC, a. [See Antasthmatic.] Good against asthma.ANTIASTHMAT'IC, n. A remedy for the ... |
2783
|
antibacchius |
ANTIBAC'CHIUS, n. [Gr. a foot of one short and two long syllables.]In poetry, a foot of three ... |
2784
|
antibasilican |
ANTIBASIL'ICAN, a. s as z. [Gr. a palace; L. royal, a hall of justice.] Opposed to royal state ... |
2785
|
antic |
AN'TIC, a. [L. antiquus.] Odd' fanciful; as, antic tricks.AN'TIC, n. 1. A buffoon or merry ... |
2786
|
anticachectic |
ANTICACHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. of an ill habit of body.]Curing or tending to cure an ill habit of the ... |
2787
|
anticatarrhal |
ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. [against, and a catarrh.] Good against catarrh.ANTICAT'ARRHAL, a. Remedy for ... |
2788
|
anticausotic |
ANTICAUSOT'IC, a. [against, and a burning fever.] Good against a burning fever.ANTICAUSOT'IC, n. ... |
2789
|
antichachectic |
ANTICHACHEC'TIC, n. A medicine that tends to correct an ill habit of body. |
2790
|
antichristian |
ANTICHRIS'TIAN, a. Pertaining to antichrist; opposite to or opposing the christian ... |
2791
|
antichristianism |
ANTICHRIS'TIANISM, n. Opposition or contrariety to the christian religion. |
2792
|
antichristianity |
ANTICHRISTIAN'ITY, n. Opposition or contrariety to christianity. |
2793
|
antichronism |
ANTICH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.] Deviation from the true order of time. |
2794
|
anticipate |
ANTIC'IPATE, v.t. [L. anticipo, of ante, before, and capio, to take.]1. To take or act, before ... |
2795
|
anticipated |
ANTIC'IPATED, pp. Taken before; foretasted; foreseen; precluded; prevented. |
2796
|
anticipating |
ANTIC'IPATING, ppr. Taking before; foretasting; precluding; preventing. |
2797
|
anticipation |
ANTICIPA'TION, n. 1. The act of taking up, placing, or considering something before the proper ... |
2798
|
anticipator |
ANTIC'IPATOR, n. One who anticipates. |
2799
|
anticipatory |
ANTIC'IPATORY, a. Taking before the time. |
2800
|
anticlimax |
ANTICLI'MAX, n. [Gr. opposite, and climax. See Climate.]A sentence in which the ideas fall or ... |
2801
|
anticly |
AN'TICLY, adv. In an antic manner; with odd postures and gesticulations; with fanciful appearance. |
2802
|
anticmask |
AN'TICMASK or AN'TIMASK, n. A mask of antics. |
2803
|
anticonstitutional |
ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution. |
2804
|
anticonstitutional |
ANTICONSTITU'TIONALIST, n. One opposed to the constitution. |
2805
|
anticontagionist |
ANTICONTA'GIONIST, n. One who opposes the doctrine of contagion. |
2806
|
anticontagious |
ANTICONTA'GIOUS, a. [and contagious.] Opposing or destroying contagion. |
2807
|
anticonvulsive |
ANTICONVUL'SIVE, a. [and convulsive.] Good against convulsions. |
2808
|
anticor |
AN'TICOR, n. [anti, and L. cor, the heart.]Among farriers, an inflammation in a horse's throat, ... |
2809
|
anticosmetic |
ANTICOSMET'IC, a. [anti and cosmetic. See Cosmetic.] Destructive or injurious to ... |
2810
|
anticourt |
AN'TICOURT, a. In opposition to the court. [Not used.] |
2811
|
anticourtier |
ANTICOURTIER, n. anticortyer. [anti and courtier.]One who opposed the court, or the measures of ... |
2812
|
anticreator |
ANTICREA'TOR, n. One that opposes the creator. |
2813
|
antidemocratic |
ANTIDEMOCRAT'IC, |
2814
|
antidemocratical |
ANTIDEMOCRAT'ICAL, a. Opposing democracy; contrary to government by the people. |
2815
|
antidotal |
AN'TIDOTAL, a. That has the quality of preventing the ill effects of poison, or of any thing ... |
2816
|
antidote |
AN'TIDOTE, n. [against, to give.]1. A medicine to counteract the effects of poison, or of any ... |
2817
|
antidotical |
ANTIDO'TICAL, a. Serving as an antidote. |
2818
|
antidotically |
ANTIDO'TICALLY, adv. By way of antidote. |
2819
|
antidysenteric |
ANTIDYSENTER'IC, a. [Gr. against, and dysenteric.] Good against the dysentery, or bloody ... |
2820
|
antiemetic |
ANTIEMET'IC, a. [Gr. against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Having the quality of allaying ... |
2821
|
antienneahedral |
ANTIENNEAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. opposite, nine, and side.]In crystallography, having nine faces on two ... |
2822
|
antienthusiastic |
ANTIENTHUSIAS'TIC, a. [anti and enthusiastic.] Opposing enthusiasm. |
2823
|
antientry |
AN'TIENTRY, n. [More correctly, ancientry.] Cast of antiquity; that which is ancient. |
2824
|
antiepiscopal |
ANTIEPISC'OPAL, a. Adverse to episcopacy. |
2825
|
antievangelical |
ANTIEVANGEL'ICAL, a. Contrary to orthodoxy, or the genuine sense of the gospel. |
2826
|
antiface |
AN'TIFACE, n. Opposite face. |
2827
|
antifanatic |
ANTIFANAT'IC, n. An opposer of fanaticism. |
2828
|
antifebrile |
ANTIFE'BRILE, a. [against, and febrile.]That has the quality of abating fever; opposing or tending ... |
2829
|
antiflattering |
ANTIFLAT'TERING, a. Opposite to flattery. |
2830
|
antigugler |
ANTIGUG'LER, n. [anti and guggle.]A crooked tube of metal, so bent as to be introduced into the ... |
2831
|
antihectic |
ANTIHEC'TIC, a. [Gr. against, and hectic.]That has the quality of opposing or curing hectical ... |
2832
|
antihypnotic |
ANTIHYPNOT'IC, a. [Gr. sleep.]Counteracting sleep; tending to prevent sleep or ... |
2833
|
antihypochondriac |
ANTIHYPOCHOND'RIAC, a. [Gr. hypochondriac.]That counteracts or tends to cure hypochondriac ... |
2834
|
antihypophora |
ANTIHYPOPH'ORA, n. [Gr. an inference.]In rhetoric, a figure which consists in refuting an ... |
2835
|
antihysteric |
ANTIHYSTER'IC, a. [Gr. uterus.] Counteracting hysterics.ANTIHYSTER'IC, n. A medicine that cures ... |
2836
|
antilogarithm |
ANTILOG'ARITHM, n. [anti and logarithm.]The complement of the logarithm of any sine, tangent or ... |
2837
|
antilogy |
ANTIL'OGY, n. [Gr. against, and speech.]A contradiction between any words or passages in an ... |
2838
|
antimagistrical |
ANTIMAGIS'TRICAL, a. Opposed to the office of magistrates. [Not used.] |
2839
|
antimaniac |
ANTIMA'NIAC, |
2840
|
antimaniacal |
ANTIMANI'ACAL, a. [anti and maniac.] Counteracting or curing madness or frenzy. |
2841
|
antimask |
AN'TIMASK, n. A lesser mask. |
2842
|
antimetabole |
ANTIMETAB'OLE, n. antimetab'oly. [Gr. against, and mutation.]In rhetoric, a setting of two things ... |
2843
|
antimetathesis |
ANTIMETATH'ESIS, n. [Gr. against, and a transposition.]In rhetoric, an inversion of the parts or ... |
2844
|
antimeter |
ANTIM'ETER, n. [Gr. measure.]An optical instrument for measuring angles, with greater accuracy ... |
2845
|
antimetrical |
ANTIMET'RICAL, a. Contrary to the rules of meter or verse. |
2846
|
antiministerial |
ANTIMINISTE'RIAL, a. [anti and ministerial.]Opposed to the ministry, or administration of ... |
2847
|
antiministerialist |
ANTIMINISTE'RIALIST, n. One that opposes the ministry. |
2848
|
antimonarchical |
ANTIMONARCH'ICAL, a. [anti, against and monarchical.]Opposed to monarchy; that opposes a kingly ... |
2849
|
antimonarchicalnes |
ANTIMONARCH'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being opposed to monarchy. |
2850
|
antimonial |
ANTIMO'NIAL, a. [from antimony.]Pertaining to antimony; relating to antimony, or partaking of its ... |
2851
|
antimoniate |
ANTIMO'NIATE, n. A compound or salt composed of antimonic acid and a base. |
2852
|
antimoniated |
ANTIMO'NIATED, a. Partaking of antimony; mixed or prepared with antimony; as antimoniated tartar. |
2853
|
antimonic |
ANTIMO'NIC, a. Pertaining to antimony; the antimonic acid is a peroxide of antimony. |
2854
|
antimonious |
ANTIMO'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to antimony. The antimonious acid is a deutoxyd of antimony. |
2855
|
antimonite |
AN'TIMONITE, n. A compound of antimonious acid and a base. |
2856
|
antimony |
AN'TIMONY, n. [Low L. antimonium.]Primarily, a metallic ore consisting of sulphur combined with a ... |
2857
|
antimoralist |
ANTIMOR'ALIST, n. An opposer of morality. |
2858
|
antimusical |
ANTIMU'SICAL, a. Opposed to music; having no ear for music. |
2859
|
antinephritic |
ANTINEPHRIT'IC, a. [anti, and nephritic, which see.]Counteracting diseases of the ... |
2860
|
antinomian |
ANTINO'MIAN, a. [Gr. against, and law.] Against law; pertaining to the Antinomians.ANTINO'MIAN, ... |
2861
|
antinomianism |
ANTINO'MIANISM, n. The tenets of Antinomians. |
2862
|
antinomist |
AN'TINOMIST, n. One who pays no regard to the law, or to good works. |
2863
|
antinomy |
AN'TINOMY, n. A contradiction between two laws, or between two parts of the same law. |
2864
|
antiochian |
ANTIO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Antiochus, the founder of a sect of philosophers, contemporary with ... |
2865
|
antipapal |
ANTIPA'PAL, a. Opposing popery. |
2866
|
antipapistic |
ANTIPAPIS'TIC, |
2867
|
antipapistical |
ANTIPAPIS'TICAL, a. Opposed to popery or papacy. |
2868
|
antiparallel |
ANTIPAR'ALLEL, a. Running in a contrary direction. |
2869
|
antiparalytic |
ANTIPARALYT'IC, a. [paralytic, which see.] Good against the palsy.ANTIPARALYT'IC, n. A remedy ... |
2870
|
antipathetic |
ANTIPATHET'IC, |
2871
|
antipathetical |
ANTIPATHET'ICAL, a. [See Antipathy.]Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion to a ... |
2872
|
antipatheticalness |
ANTIPATHET'ICALNESS, n. The quality or state of having an aversion or contrariety to a thing. |
2873
|
antipathy |
ANTIP'ATHY, n. [Gr. against, and feeling.]1. Natural aversion; instinctive contrariety or ... |
2874
|
antipatriotic |
ANTIPATRIOT'IC, a. Not patriotic; opposing the interests of one's country.Antipatriotic ... |
2875
|
antipedobaptist |
ANTIPEDOBAP'TIST, n. [Gr. against, a child, and baptize.]One who is opposed to the baptism of ... |
2876
|
antiperistaltic |
ANTIPERISTAL'TIC, a. [See Peristaltic.]Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, ... |
2877
|
antiperistasis |
ANTIPERIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a standing around.]The opposition of a contrary quality, by ... |
2878
|
antiperistatic |
ANTIPERISTAT'IC, a. Pertaining to antiperistasis. |
2879
|
antipestilential |
ANTIPESTILEN'TIAL, a. [anti and pestilential, which see.]Counteracting contagion or infection; ... |
2880
|
antiphlogistian |
ANTIPHLOGIS'TIAN, n. [anti and phlogiston, which see.] An opposer of the theory of phlogiston. |
2881
|
antiphlogistic |
ANTIPHLOGIS'TIC, a. Counteracting heat or inflammation; tending to reduce arterial action; opposed ... |
2882
|
antiphon |
AN'TIPHON, n. [See Antiphony.]The chant or alternate singing in choirs of cathedrals. |
2883
|
antiphonal |
ANTIPH'ONAL, |
2884
|
antiphonary |
ANTIPH'ONARY, n. [contrary, and sound, voice.]A service book, in the Catholic church, containing ... |
2885
|
antiphoner |
ANTIPH'ONER, n. A book of anthems or antiphons. |
2886
|
antiphonic |
ANTIPHON'IC, |
2887
|
antiphonical |
ANTIPHON'ICAL, a. [See Antiphony.] Pertaining to antiphony or alternate singing. |
2888
|
antiphony |
ANTIPH'ONY, n. [contrary, and voice.]1. The answer of one choir to another, when an anthem or ... |
2889
|
antiphrasis |
ANTIPH'RASIS, n. [Gr. against, and a form of speech.]The use of words in a sense opposite to their ... |
2890
|
antiphrastic |
ANTIPHRAS'TIC, |
2891
|
antiphrastical |
ANTIPHRAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to antiphrasis. |
2892
|
antipodal |
ANTIP'ODAL, a. Pertaining to the antipodes; having the feet directly opposite. |
2893
|
antipode |
AN'TIPODE, n. [Gr. opposite, and foot.]One who lives on the opposite side of the globe, and of ... |
2894
|
antipoison |
ANTIPOI'SON, n. s as z. An antidote for poison. |
2895
|
antipope |
AN'TIPOPE, n. [anti and pope.]One who usurps the papal power, in opposition to the pope.AN'TIPOPE, ... |
2896
|
antiprelatical |
ANTIPRELAT'ICAL, a. Adverse to prelacy. |
2897
|
antipriest |
AN'TIPRIEST, n. An opposer or enemy of priests. |
2898
|
antipriestcraft |
ANTIPRIE'STCRAFT, n. Opposition to priestcraft. |
2899
|
antiprinciple |
ANTIPRIN'CIPLE, n. An opposite principle. |
2900
|
antiprophet |
ANTIPROPH'ET, n. An enemy or opposer of prophets. |
2901
|
antiptosis |
ANTIP'TOSIS, n. [Gr. case.]In grammar, the putting of one case for another. |
2902
|
antipuritan |
ANTIPU'RITAN, n. An opposer of puritans. |
2903
|
antiquarian |
ANTIQUA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity. As a noun, this is used for ... |
2904
|
antiquarianism |
ANTIQUA'RIANISM, n. Love of antiquities. |
2905
|
antiquary |
AN'TIQUARY, n. [L. antiquarius.]One who studies into the history of ancient things, as statues, ... |
2906
|
antiquate |
AN'TIQUATE, v.t. [L. antiquo. See Antiquary.]To make old, or obsolete; to make old in such a ... |
2907
|
antiquated |
AN'TIQUATED, pp. Grown old; obsolete; out of use; having lost its binding force by non-observance; ... |
2908
|
antiquatedness |
AN'TIQUATEDNESS, n. The state of being old or obsolete. |
2909
|
antiquation |
ANTIQUA'TION, n. The state of being antiquated. |
2910
|
antique |
ANTIQUE, a. antee'k. [L. antiquus, probably from ante.]1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; in ... |
2911
|
antiqueness |
ANTIQUENESS, n. antee'kness. The quality of being ancient; an appearance of ancient origin and ... |
2912
|
antiquity |
ANTIQ'UITY, n. [L. antiquitas.]1. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; a very ... |
2913
|
antirevolutionary |
ANTIREVOLU'TIONARY, a. [See Revolution.]Opposed to a revolution; opposed to an entire change in ... |
2914
|
antirevolutionist |
ANTIREVOLU'TIONIST, n. One who is opposed to a revolution in government. |
2915
|
antisabbatarian |
ANTISABBATA'RIAN, n. [anti and sabbath.]One of a sect who oppose the observance of the Christian ... |
2916
|
antisabian |
ANTISA'BIAN, a. [See sabian.]Opposed or contrary to Sabianism, or the worship of the celestial ... |
2917
|
antisacerdotal |
ANTISACERDO'TAL, a. Adverse to priests. |
2918
|
antiscian |
ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.]In geography, the ... |
2919
|
antiscians |
ANTIS'CIAN, ANTIS'CIANS, n. [L. antiscii, of Gr. opposite, and shadow.]In geography, the ... |
2920
|
antiscorbutic |
ANTISCORBU'TIC, a. [anti and scorbutic.] which see.]Counteracting the scurvy.ANTISCORBU'TIC, n. A ... |
2921
|
antiscripturism |
ANTISCRIP'TURISM, n. Opposition to the Holy Scriptures. |
2922
|
antiscripturist |
ANTISCRIP'TURIST, n. One that denies revelation. |
2923
|
antiseptic |
ANTISEP'TIC, a. [Gr. putrid, from to putrify.]Opposing or counteracting putrefaction.ANTISEP'TIC, ... |
2924
|
antisocial |
ANTISO'CIAL, a. [See Social.]Averse to society; that tends to interrupt or destroy social ... |
2925
|
antispasis |
ANTIS'PASIS, n. [Gr. against, and to draw.]A revulsion of fluids, from one part of the body to ... |
2926
|
antispasmodic |
ANTISPASMOD'IC, a. [Gr. against, and from to draw.]Opposing spasm; resisting convulsions; as ... |
2927
|
antispastic |
ANTISPAS'TIC, a. [See Antispansis.]Causing a revulsion of fluids or humors. |
2928
|
antisplenetic |
ANTISPLENET'IC, a. [See Spleen.]Good as a remedy in diseases of the spleen. |
2929
|
antistasis |
ANTIS'TASIS, n. [Gr. Opposite, and station.]In oratory, the defense of an action from the ... |
2930
|
antistes |
ANTIS'TES, n. [L.] The chief priest or prelate. |
2931
|
antistrophe |
ANTIS'TROPHE,'TROPHY, n. [Gr. opposite, and a turning.1. In grammar, the changing of things ... |
2932
|
antistrophon |
ANTIS'TROPHON, n. A figure which repeats a word often. |
2933
|
antistrumatic |
ANTISTRUMAT'IC, a. [anti and struma, a scrophulous swelling.]Good against scrophulous disorders. |
2934
|
antithesis |
ANTITH'ESIS, n. [Gr. from, to place.]1. In rhetoric, an opposition of words or sentiments; ... |
2935
|
antithetic |
ANTITHET'IC, |
2936
|
antithetical |
ANTITHET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing or ... |
2937
|
antitrinitarian |
ANTITRINITA'RIAN, n. [anti and trinitarian, which see.]One who denies the trinity or the existence ... |
2938
|
antitrinitarianism |
ANTITRINITA'RIANISM, n. A denial of the trinity. |
2939
|
antitype |
AN'TITYPE, n. [Gr. against, and a type, or pattern.]A figure corresponding to another figure; that ... |
2940
|
antitypical |
ANTITYP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. |
2941
|
antivariolous |
ANTIVARIO'LOUS, a. [anti and variolous, which see.]Opposing the small pox. |
2942
|
antler |
ANT'LER, n. [From the root of ante, before. See Ante.]A start or branch of a horn, especially of ... |
2943
|
antlered |
ANT'LERED, a. Furnished with antlers. |
2944
|
antonian |
ANTO'NIAN, a. Noting certain medicinal waters in Germany, at or Tonstein. |
2945
|
antonomasia |
ANTONOMA'SIA, |
2946
|
antonomasy |
ANTONOM'ASY, n. [Gr. name.]To use of the name of some office, dignity, profession, science or ... |
2947
|
antosiandrian |
ANTOSIAN'DRIAN, n. One of a sect of rigid Lutherans, so denominated from their opposing the ... |
2948
|
anvil |
AN'VIL, n. [The Latin word incus, incudis,is formed by a like analogy fromin and cudo, to hammer, ... |
2949
|
anxiety |
ANXI'ETY, n. angzi'ety. [L. anxietas, from anxius, solicitous; L. ango. See Anger.]1. concern ... |
2950
|
anxious |
ANX'IOUS, a ank'shus. 1. Greatly concerned or solicitous, respecting something future or unknown; ... |
2951
|
anxiously |
ANX'IOUSLY, adv. In an anxious manner; solicitously; with painful uncertainty; carefully; ... |
2952
|
anxiousness |
ANX'IOUSNESS, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude. |
2953
|
any |
AN'Y, a. en'ny.1. One indefinitely.Nor knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. Math. 11.If a ... |
2954
|
any-wise |
ANY-WISE is sometimes used adverbially, but the two words may be separated, and used with a ... |
2955
|
aonian |
AO'NIAN, a. [From aonia, a part of Boeotia, in Greece.]Pertaining to the muses, or to Aonia in ... |
2956
|
aorist |
A'ORIST, n. [Gr. indefinite, of a priv. and limit.]The name of certain tenses in the grammar of ... |
2957
|
aoristic |
AORIST'IC, a. Indefinite; pertaining to an aorist, or indefinite tense. |
2958
|
aorta |
AORT'A, n. [Gr. the great artery; also an ark or chest.]The great artery, or trunk of the arterial ... |
2959
|
aortal |
AORT'AL, a. Pertaining to the aorta, or great artery. |
2960
|
aouta |
AOU'TA, n. The paper-mulberry tree in Otaheite, from whose bark is manufactured a cloth worn by ... |
2961
|
apace |
APA'CE, adv. [a and pace.]With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily; applied ... |
2962
|
apagoge |
AP'AGOGE, |
2963
|
apagogical |
APAGOG'ICAL, a. An apagogical demonstration is an indirect way of proof, by showing the absurdity ... |
2964
|
apagogy |
AP'AGOGY, n. [Gr. from, to draw aside, of from and to drive.]1. In logic abduction; a kind of ... |
2965
|
apalachian |
APALACH'IAN, a. Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. ... |
2966
|
apanthropy |
APAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. from, and man.]An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude. |
2967
|
aparithmesis |
APARITH'MESIS, n. [Gr.] In rhetoric, enumeration. |
2968
|
apart |
AP'ART, adv. [a and part; See Part.]1. Separately; at a distance; in a state of separation, as ... |
2969
|
apartment |
AP'ARTMENT, n. [See Part.]A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by ... |
2970
|
apathetic |
APATHET'IC, a. Void of feeling; free from passion; insensible. |
2971
|
apathy |
AP'ATHY, n. [Gr. passion.]Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to ... |
2972
|
apatite |
AP'ATITE, n. [From Gr. to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.]A variety of ... |
2973
|
ape |
APE, n.1. A genus of quadrupeds, found in the torrid zone of both continents, of a great variety ... |
2974
|
apeak |
APE'AK, adv. [a and peak, a point. See peak.]1. One the point; in a posture to pierce.2. In ... |
2975
|
apennine |
AP'ENNINE, a. [L. apenninus; ad and penninus, an epithet applied to a peak or ridge of the ... |
2976
|
apennines |
AP'ENNINES, n. The mountains above described. |
2977
|
apepsy |
APEP'SY, n. [Gr. diges.]Defective digestion; indigestion. [Little used.] |
2978
|
aper |
A'PER, n. One who apes. in zoology, the wild boar. |
2979
|
aperient |
APE'RIENT, a. [L. aperiens, aperio.]Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; ... |
2980
|
aperitive |
APER'ITIVE, a. Opening; deobstruent; aperient. |
2981
|
apert |
APERT', a. [L. apertus.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Not used.] |
2982
|
apertion |
APER'TION, n. The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or ... |
2983
|
apertly |
APERT'LY, adv. Openly [Little used.] |
2984
|
apertness |
APERT'NESS, n. [L. apertus.] Openness. [Rarely used.] |
2985
|
apertor |
APERT'OR, n. A muscle that raises the upper eye lid. |
2986
|
aperture |
AP'ERTURE, n.1. The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft or chasm; a passage ... |
2987
|
apetalous |
APET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. a flower-leaf or petal.]In botany, having no petals, or flower-leaves; having ... |
2988
|
apetalousness |
APET'ALOUSNESS, n. A state of being without petals. |
2989
|
apex |
A'PEX, n. plu. apexes. [L. apex, plu. apices.]The tip, point of summit of any thing. In ... |
2990
|
apexes |
A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.] |
2991
|
aphanite |
APH'ANITE, n. [Gr. to appear.]In mineralogy, compact amphibole in a particular state. |
2992
|
aphelion |
APHE'LION, n. [Gr. from, and the sun.]That point of a planet's orbit which is most distant from ... |
2993
|
apheresis |
APHERE'SIS, n. [Gr. from, and to take.]1. The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning ... |
2994
|
aphidivorous |
APHIDIV'OROUS, a. [of aphis, the puceron or vine fretter, and voro, to eat.]Eating, devouring, or ... |
2995
|
aphilanthropy |
APHILAN'THROPY, n. [of a neg. and to love, and man.]Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the ... |
2996
|
aphis |
A'PHIS, n. In zoology, the puceron, vine fretter, or plant-louse; a genus of insects, belonging to ... |
2997
|
aphlogistic |
APHLOGIS'TIC, a. [Gr. inflammable.]Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is ... |
2998
|
aphony |
APH'ONY, n. [Gr. voice.]A loss of voice; a palsy of the tongue; dumbness; catalepsy. |
2999
|
aphorism |
APH'ORISM, n. [Gr. determination, distinction; from to separate.]A maxim; a precept, or principle ... |
3000
|
aphorismer |
APHORISM'ER, n. A dealer in aphorisms. |
3001
|
aphoristic |
APHORIS'TIC, |
3002
|
aphoristical |
APHORIS'TICAL, a. In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an ... |
3003
|
aphoristically |
APHORIS'TICALLY, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms. |
3004
|
aphrite |
APH'RITE, n. [Gr. froth; the schaum erde, or earth scum, of Werner; the silvery chalk of Kirwan.]A ... |
3005
|
aphrizite |
APH'RIZITE, n. A variety of black tourmalin. |
3006
|
aphrodisiac |
APHRODIS'IAC, |
3007
|
aphrodisiacal |
APHRODISI'ACAL, a. [Gr. venereal, Venus, from froth.]Exciting venereal desire; increasing the ... |
3008
|
aphrodita |
APHRODI'TA, n. 1. In zoology, a genus of the order of Molluscas, called also sea-mouse. The body ... |
3009
|
aphrodite |
APH'RODITE, n. [Gr.] A follower of Venus.APH'RODITE, |
3010
|
aphthong |
APH'THONG, n. [Gr. without, and sound.]A letter or combination of letters, which, in the customary ... |
3011
|
aphthous |
APH'THOUS, a. [Gr. ulcers in the mouth.]Pertaining to thrush; of the nature of thrush or ulcerous ... |
3012
|
aphyllous |
APH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. a leaf.]In botany, destitute of leaves, as the rush, mushrooms, garlic, some ... |
3013
|
apiary |
A'PIARY, n. [L. apiarium, of apis, a bee.]The place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees. |
3014
|
apiaster |
A'PIASTER, n. [From apis, a bee.]The bird called a bee-eater, a species of merops. The apiaster ... |
3015
|
apices |
A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.] |
3016
|
apiece |
APIE'CE, adv. [a and piece.]To each; noting the share of each; as here is an orange apiece. |
3017
|
apis |
A'PIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of ... |
3018
|
apish |
A'PISH, a. [See Ape.] Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; ... |
3019
|
apishly |
A'PISHLY, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly. |
3020
|
apishness |
A'PISHNESS, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. |
3021
|
apitpat |
APIT'PAT, With quick beating or palpitation; a word formed from the sound, pit and pat, or from ... |
3022
|
aplanatic |
APLANAT'IC, a. [Gr. to wander.]An aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the ... |
3023
|
aplome |
APLO'ME, n. [Gr. simple.]A mineral closely allied to garnet. It is considered by Jameson, as ... |
3024
|
apluster |
APLUS'TER, |
3025
|
aplustre |
APLUS'TRE, n. [L. from Gr. the summit of the poop of a ship.]An ensign, or ornament carried by ... |
3026
|
apocalypse |
APOC'ALYPSE, n. apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to disclose; and to cover.]Revelation; discovery; ... |
3027
|
apocalyptic |
APOCALYP'TIC, |
3028
|
apocalyptical |
APOCALYP'TICAL, a. Containing or pertaining to revelation; disclosing. |
3029
|
apocalyptically |
APOCALYP'TICALLY, adv. By revelation; in the manner of disclosure. |
3030
|
apocopate |
APOC'OPATE, v.t. [See apocope.]To cut off, or drop the last letter or syllable of a word. |
3031
|
apocopated |
APOC'OPATED, pp. Shortened by the omission of the last letter or syllable. |
3032
|
apocopating |
APOC'OPATING, ppr. Cutting off, or omitting the last letter or syllable. |
3033
|
apocope |
APOC'OPE, |
3034
|
apocopy |
APOC'OPY, n. [Gr. abscission, of and to cut.]The cutting off, or omission of the last letter or ... |
3035
|
apocrisary |
APOC'RISARY, n. [Gr. from answer, to answer.]Anciently a resident in an imperial city, in the name ... |
3036
|
apocrustic |
APOCRUST'IC, a. [Gr. from, to drive from.]Astringent; repelling.APOCRUST'IC, n. A medicine which ... |
3037
|
apocrypha |
APOC'RYPHA, n. [Gr. from, to conceal.]Literally such things as are not published; but in an ... |
3038
|
apocryphal |
APOC'RYPHAL, a. Pertaining to the apecrypha; not canonical; of uncertain authority or credit; ... |
3039
|
apocryphally |
APOC'RYPHALLY, adv. Uncertainly; not indisputably. |
3040
|
apocryphalness |
APOC'RYPHALNESS, n. Uncertainty, as to authenticity; doubtfulness of credit, or genuineness. |
3041
|
apodal |
AP'ODAL, a. [See apode.]Without feet; in zoology, destitute of ventral fins. |
3042
|
apode |
AP'ODE, n. [Gr. foot.]An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are ... |
3043
|
apodictic |
APODIC'TIC, |
3044
|
apodictical |
APODIC'TICAL, a. [Gr. evidence, of an to show.]Demonstrative; evident beyond contradiction; ... |
3045
|
apodictically |
APODIC'TICALLY, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction. |
3046
|
apodosis |
APOD'OSIS, n. [Gr.] The application or latter part of a similitude. |
3047
|
apogee |
AP'OGEE, n. [apogeon, apogeum; Gr. from, and the earth.]That point in the orbit of a a planet, ... |
3048
|
apogon |
AP'OGON, n. A fish of the Mediterranean, the summit of whose head is elevated. |
3049
|
apograph |
AP'OGRAPH n. [Gr.] An exemplar; a copy or transcript. |
3050
|
apollinarian |
APOLLINA'RIAN, a. [From Apollo.]The Apollinarian games, in Roman antiquity, were celebrated in ... |
3051
|
apollinarians |
APOLLINA'RIANS, in Church history, a sect, deriving their name from Apollinaris, bishop of ... |
3052
|
apollyon |
APOL'LYON, n. [Gr. destroying.]The destroyer; a name used Rev. 9:11, for the angel of the ... |
3053
|
apologetic |
APOLOGET'IC, |
3054
|
apologetical |
APOLOGET'ICAL, a. [Gr. to speak in defense of; and speech.]Defending by words or arguments; ... |
3055
|
apologetically |
APOLOGET'ICALLY, adv. By way of apology or excuse. |
3056
|
apologist |
APOL'OGIST, n. [See Apology.]One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of ... |
3057
|
apologize |
APOL'OGIZE, v.i. To make an apology; to write or speak in favor of, or to make excuse for; ... |
3058
|
apologue |
AP'OLOGUE, n. ap'olog. [Gr. a long speech, a fable.]A moral fable; a story or relation of ... |
3059
|
apology |
APOL'OGY, n. [Gr. discourse.]An excuse; something said or written in defense or extenuation of ... |
3060
|
aponeurosis |
APONEURO'SIS, |
3061
|
aponeurosy |
APONEU'ROSY, n. [Gr. from, and to send.]An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the ... |
3062
|
apopemptic |
APOPEMP'TIC, a. [Gr. from, and a nerve.]Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or ... |
3063
|
apophasis |
APOPH'ASIS, n. [Gr. from, and form of speech.]In rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, ... |
3064
|
apophlegmatic |
APOPHLEGMAT'IC, a. [Gr. from, and phlegm.]Masticatory; having the quality of exciting discharges ... |
3065
|
apophlegmatism |
APOPHLEG'MATISM, n. An apophlegmatic. |
3066
|
apophlegmatizant |
APOPHLEGMAT'IZANT, n. An apophlegmatic. |
3067
|
apophthegm |
AP'OPHTHEGM, |
3068
|
apophyge |
APOPH'YGE, |
3069
|
apophygy |
APOPH'YGY, n. [Gr. from, and flight.]1. In architecture, the part of a column, where it springs ... |
3070
|
apophyllite |
APOPH'YLLITE, n. [Gr. from, and a leaf; so called because of its tendency to exfoliate.]A mineral ... |
3071
|
apophysis |
APOPH'YSIS, |
3072
|
apophysy |
APOPH'YSY, n. [Gr. from, and growth.]The projecting soft end or protuberance of a bone; a process ... |
3073
|
apoplectic |
APOPLEC'TIC, |
3074
|
apoplectical |
APOPLEC'TICAL, a. [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; ... |
3075
|
apoplexed |
AP'OPLEXED, a. Affected with apoplexy. |
3076
|
apoplexy |
AP'OPLEXY, n. [Gr. from, to strike.]A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, ... |
3077
|
aporia |
APO'RIA, n. [Gr. from a way or passage.]1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to ... |
3078
|
aporime |
AP'ORIME, n. [See Apory.] A problem difficult to be resolved. |
3079
|
aporon |
AP'ORON, |
3080
|
apory |
AP'ORY, |
3081
|
aposiopesis |
APOSIOPE'SIS, |
3082
|
aposiopesy |
APOSIO'PESY, n. [Gr. of to be silent.]Reticence or suppression; as when a speaker for some cause, ... |
3083
|
apostasy |
APOS'TASY, n. [Gr. a defection, to depart.]1. An abandonment of what one has professed; a total ... |
3084
|
apostate |
APOS'TATE, n. [Gr.]One who has forsaken the church, sect or profession to which he before adhered. ... |
3085
|
apostatical |
APOSTAT'ICAL, a. After the manner of an apostate. |
3086
|
apostatize |
APOS'TATIZE, v.i. To abandon one's profession or church; to forsake principles or faith which one ... |
3087
|
apostatizing |
APOS'TATIZING, ppr. Abandoning a church, profession, sect or party. |
3088
|
apostemate |
APOS'TEMATE, v.i. To form into an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. |
3089
|
apostemation |
APOSTEMA'TION, n. The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess; written ... |
3090
|
apostematous |
APOSTEM'ATOUS, a. Pertaining to an abscess; partaking of the nature of an aposteme. |
3091
|
aposteme |
AP'OSTEME, n. [Gr. from to go off, to recede; and to stand.]An abscess; a swelling filled with ... |
3092
|
apostle |
APOS'TLE, n. [L. apostalus; Gr. to send away, to sent.]A person deputed to execute some important ... |
3093
|
apostle-ship |
APOSTLE-SHIP, n. The office or dignity of an apostle. |
3094
|
apostolate |
APOS'TOLATE, n. A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. Ancient writers use it for the ... |
3095
|
apostolic |
APOSTOL'IC |
3096
|
apostolical |
APOSTOL'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age.2. According to ... |
3097
|
apostolically |
APOSTOL'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of the apostles. |
3098
|
apostolicalness |
APOSTOL'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being apostolical, or according to the doctrines of the ... |
3099
|
apostolics |
APOSTOL'ICS, n. Certain sects so called from their pretending to imitate the practice of the ... |
3100
|
apostrophe |
APOS'TROPHE, |
3101
|
apostrophic |
APOS'TROPHIC, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, noting the contraction of a word. |
3102
|
apostrophize |
APOS'TROPHIZE, v.i. or t. 1. To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to ... |
3103
|
apostrophized |
APOS'TROPHIZED, pp. Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or ... |
3104
|
apostrophizing |
APOS'TROPHIZING, ppr. Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophy. |
3105
|
apostrophy |
APOS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. from and a turning.]1. In rhetoric, a diversion of speech; a digressive ... |
3106
|
apostume |
AP'OSTUME, n. An aposteme, which see. |
3107
|
apotactite |
APOTAC'TITE, n. [Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.]One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in ... |
3108
|
apothecary |
APOTH'ECARY, n. [L. and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a ... |
3109
|
apothegm |
AP'OTHEGM, |
3110
|
apothegmatic |
APOTHEGMAT'IC, |
3111
|
apothegmatical |
APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, a. In the manner of an apothem. |
3112
|
apothegmatist |
APOTHEG'MATIST, n. A collector or maker of apothems. |
3113
|
apothegmatize |
APOTHEG'MATIZE, v.t. To utter apothems or short instructive sentences. |
3114
|
apothem |
AP'OTHEM, n. [Gr. from, and word. It would be eligible to reduce this harsh word to apothem.]A ... |
3115
|
apotheme |
AP'OTHEME, n. [See Apothecary.]In Russia, an apothecary's shop, or a shop for the preparation and ... |
3116
|
apotheosis |
APOTHE'OSIS, n. [Gr. of God.]Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince or other ... |
3117
|
apothesis |
APOTH'ESIS, n. [Gr. to put back.]1. The reduction of a dislocated bone.2. A place on the south ... |
3118
|
apotome |
APOT'OME, |
3119
|
apotomy |
APOT'OMY, n. [Gr. to cut off.]1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable ... |
3120
|
apotrepsis |
APOTREP'SIS, n. [Gr. to turn.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor. |
3121
|
apotropy |
AP'OTROPY, n. [Gr. to turn.]In ancient poetry, a verse or hymn composed for averting the wrath of ... |
3122
|
apozem |
AP'OZEM, n. [Gr. to boil.]A decoction, in which the medicinal substances of plants are extracted ... |
3123
|
apozemical |
APOZEM'ICAL, a. Like a decoction. |
3124
|
appair |
APPA'IR, v.t. To impair. [Not in use.]APPA'IR, v.i. To degenerate. [Not in use.] |
3125
|
appall |
APPALL', v.t. [L. palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]1. To depress or discourage with fear; to ... |
3126
|
appalled |
APPALL'ED, pp. Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced. |
3127
|
appalling |
APPALL'ING, ppr. Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement. |
3128
|
appallment |
APPALL'MENT, n. Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement. |
3129
|
appanage |
AP'PANAGE, n. 1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their ... |
3130
|
apparatus |
APPARA'TUS, n. plu. apparatuses. [L. from apparo, to prepare, of ad and par.]1. Things provided ... |
3131
|
apparel |
APPAR'EL, n. [L. paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara]1. Clothing; vesture; garments; dress.2. ... |
3132
|
appareled |
APPAR'ELED, pp. Dressed; clothed; covered as with dress; furnished. |
3133
|
appareling |
APPAR'ELING, ppr. Dressing; clothing; covering as with dress; furnishing. |
3134
|
apparence |
APPA'RENCE, |
3135
|
apparency |
APPA'RENCY, n. Appearance. [Not in use.] |
3136
|
apparent |
APPA'RENT, a. [See Appear.]1. That may be seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight ... |
3137
|
apparently |
APPA'RENTLY, adv.1. Openly; evidently; as, the goodness of God is apparently manifest in his works ... |
3138
|
apparition |
APPARI'TION, n. [See Appear.]1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used.]2. ... |
3139
|
apparitor |
APPAR'ITOR, n. [L. apparo, to prepare, or appareo, to attend.]Among the Romans, any officer who ... |
3140
|
appay |
APPA'Y, v.t. To satisfy. Obs. [See Pay.] |
3141
|
appeach |
APPE'ACH, v.t. To accuse; to censure, or reproach. Obs. [See Impeach.] |
3142
|
appeachment |
APPE'ACHMENT, n. Accusation; charge exhibited. Obs. |
3143
|
appeal |
APPE'AL, v.i. [L. apello; ad and pello, to drive or send; Gr. We do not see the sense of call in ... |
3144
|
appealable |
APPE'ALABLE, 1. That may be appealed; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, ... |
3145
|
appealant |
APPE'ALANT, n. One who appeals. [Not used.] |
3146
|
appealed |
APPE'ALED, pp. Removed to a higher court, as a cause; prosecuted for a crime by a private person, ... |
3147
|
appealer |
APPE'ALER, n. One who appeals; an appellor. |
3148
|
appealing |
APPE'ALING, ppr. Removing a cause to a higher tribunal; prosecuting as a private person for an ... |
3149
|
appear |
APPE'AR, v.i. [L. appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear, or be manifest.]1. To come or be in sight; ... |
3150
|
appearance |
APPE'ARANCE, n. 1. The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his ... |
3151
|
appearer |
APPE'ARER, n. The person that appears. |
3152
|
appearing |
APPE'ARING, ppr. Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the ... |
3153
|
appeasable |
APPE'ASABLE, a. That may be appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified. |
3154
|
appeasableness |
APPE'ASABLENESS, n. The quality of being appeasable. |
3155
|
appease |
APPE'ASE, v.t. s as z. [L. pax. See Peace.]To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; ... |
3156
|
appeased |
APPE'ASED, pp. Quieted; calmed; stilled; pacified. |
3157
|
appeasement |
APPE'ASEMENT, n. The act of appeasing; the state of being in peace. |
3158
|
appeaser |
APPE'ASER, n. One who appeases, or pacifies. |
3159
|
appeasive |
APPE'ASIVE, a. Having the power to appease; mitigating; quieting. |
3160
|
appellant |
APPEL'LANT, n. [See Appeal.]1. One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher ... |
3161
|
appellate |
APPEL'LATE, n. A person appealed, or prosecuted for a crime. [Not now used. See ... |
3162
|
appellation |
APPELLA'TION, n. [L. appellatio. See Appeal.]Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. ... |
3163
|
appellative |
APPEL'LATIVE, a. Pertaining to a common name; noting the common name of a species.APPEL'LATIVE, n. ... |
3164
|
appellatively |
APPEL'LATIVELY, adv. According to the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole ... |
3165
|
appellatory |
APPEL'LATORY, a. Containing an appeal. |
3166
|
appellee |
APPELLEE', n.1. The defendant in an appeal.2. The person who is appealed, or prosecuted by a ... |
3167
|
appellor |
APPELLOR', n. The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.This word is ... |
3168
|
append |
APPEND', v.t. [L. appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.]1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so ... |
3169
|
appendage |
APPEND'AGE n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a ... |
3170
|
appendance |
APPEND'ANCE, |
3171
|
appendant |
APPEND'ANT, a.1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a ... |
3172
|
appended |
APPEND'ED, pp. Annexed; attached. |
3173
|
appendence |
APPEND'ENCE, n. Something annexed. [Not used.] |
3174
|
appendicate |
APPEND'ICATE, v.t. To append; to add to. Obs. |
3175
|
appendication |
APPENDICA'TION, n. An appendage or adjunct. Obs. |
3176
|
appendicle |
APPEND'ICLE, n. A small appendage. |
3177
|
appending |
APPEND'ING, n. That which is by right annexed. |
3178
|
appendix |
APPEND'IX, n. plu. appendixes. [L. The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.]1. something ... |
3179
|
apperception |
APPERCEP'TION, n. [ad and perception.]Perception that reflects upon itself; consciousness. |
3180
|
appercetive |
APPERCE'TIVE, v.t. To comprehend. Obs. |
3181
|
apperil |
APPER'IL, n. Peril; danger, [Not in use.] |
3182
|
appertain |
APPERTA'IN, v.i. [L. ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach ... |
3183
|
appertaining |
APPERTA'INING, pp. Belonging. |
3184
|
appertainment |
APPERTA'INMENT, n. That which belongs. |
3185
|
appertenence |
APPER'TENENCE, n. [See Appurtenance.] |
3186
|
appertinent |
APPER'TINENT, a. Belonging; now written appurtenant.APPER'TINENT, n. That which belongs to ... |
3187
|
appetence |
AP'PETENCE, |
3188
|
appetency |
AP'PETENCY, n. [L. appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, ... |
3189
|
appetent |
AP'PETENT, a. Desiring; very desirous. |
3190
|
appetibility |
APPETIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being desirable for gratification. |
3191
|
appetible |
AP'PETIBLE, a. [Low L. appetibilis, from appeto. Desirable; that may be the object of sensual ... |
3192
|
appetite |
AP'PETITE, n. [L. appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence.]1. The natural desire of pleasure or ... |
3193
|
appetition |
APPETI'TION, n. [L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.] |
3194
|
appetitive |
AP'PETITIVE, a. That desires; that has the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power ... |
3195
|
appian |
AP'PIAN, a. Designating something that belongs to Appius, particularly a way from Rome through ... |
3196
|
applaud |
APPLAUD', v.t. [L. applaudo; ad and plaudo, to make a noise by clapping the hands; Eng. loud.]1. ... |
3197
|
applauded |
APPLAUD'ED, pp. Praised by acclamation, or other means; commended. |
3198
|
applauder |
APPLAUD'ER, n. One who praises or commends. |
3199
|
applauding |
APPLAUD'ING, ppr. praising by acclamation; commending. |
3200
|
applause |
APPLAUSE', n. s as z. [L. applausus.]A shout of approbation; approbation and praise, expressed by ... |
3201
|
applausive |
APPLAU'SIVE, a. Applauding; containing applause. |
3202
|
apple |
AP'PLE, n.1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus,] from which cider is made.2. The apple of ... |
3203
|
apple-graft |
AP'PLE-GRAFT, n. A scion of the appletree engrafted. |
3204
|
apple-harvest |
AP'PLE-HARVEST, n. The gathering of apples, or the time of gathering. |
3205
|
apple-pie |
AP'PLE-PIE, n. a pie made of apples stewed or baked, inclosed in paste, or covered with paste, as ... |
3206
|
apple-sauce |
AP'PLE-SAUCE, n. A sauce made of stewed apples. |
3207
|
apple-tart |
AP'PLE-TART, n. A tart made of apples baked on paste. |
3208
|
apple-tree |
AP'PLE-TREE, n. A tree arranged by Linne under the genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is ... |
3209
|
apple-woman |
AP'PLE-WOMAN, n. A woman who sells apples and other fruit. |
3210
|
apple-yard |
AP'PLE-YARD, n. An orchard; an inclosure for apples. |
3211
|
appliable |
APPLI'ABLE, a. [See Apply.] That may be applied. This word is superseded by applicable. |
3212
|
appliance |
APPLI'ANCE, n. The act of applying, or thing applied. Obs. |
3213
|
applicability |
APPLICABIL'ITY, n. [See Apply.] The quality of being applicable, or fit to be applied. |
3214
|
applicable |
AP'PLICABLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have ... |
3215
|
applicableness |
AP'PLICABLENESS, n. Fitness to be applied; the quality of being applicable. |
3216
|
applicably |
AP'PLICABLY, adv. In such a manner that it may be applied. |
3217
|
applicant |
AP'PLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner.The applicant for a cup of ... |
3218
|
applicate |
AP'PLICATE, n. A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ... |
3219
|
applicate-ordinate |
AP'PLICATE-ORDINATE. A right line at right angles applied to the axis of any conic section, and ... |
3220
|
application |
APPLICA'TION, n. [L. applicatio. See Apply.]1. The act of laying on; as the application of ... |
3221
|
applicative |
AP'PLICATIVE, a. That applies. |
3222
|
applicatory |
AP'PLICATORY, a. That includes the act of applying.AP'PLICATORY, n. That which applies. |
3223
|
applied |
APPLI'ED, pp. Put on; put to: directed; employed. |
3224
|
appliedly |
APPLI'EDLY, adv. In a manner which may be applied. [Not in use.] |
3225
|
applier |
APPLI'ER, n. One that applies. |
3226
|
appliment |
APPLI'MENT, n. Application. [Not in use.] |
3227
|
apply |
APPLY', v.t. [L. applico, of ad and plico, to fold or knit together; Gr. to knit, or twist; Eng. ... |
3228
|
applying |
APPLY'ING, ppr. Laying on; making application. |
3229
|
appoint |
APPOINT', v.t. 1. To fix; to settle; to establish; to make fast.When he appointed the foundations ... |
3230
|
appointable |
APPOINT'ABLE, a. That may be appointed or constituted; as, officers are appointable by the ... |
3231
|
appointed |
APPOINT'ED, pp. 1. Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted.2. ... |
3232
|
appointee |
APPOINTEE', n. 1. A person appointed. "The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and ... |
3233
|
appointer |
APPOINT'ER, n. One who appoints. |
3234
|
appointing |
APPOINT'ING, ppr. Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting; assigning. |
3235
|
appointment |
APPOINT'MENT, n.1. The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment ... |
3236
|
apporter |
APPO'RTER, n. [L. porto.] A bringer in; one that brings into the country. [Not in use.] |
3237
|
apportion |
APPO'RTION, v.t. [L. ad and portio, portion. See Portion and Part.]To divide and assign in just ... |
3238
|
apportioned |
APPO'RTIONED, Divided; set out or assigned in suitable parts or shares. |
3239
|
apportioner |
APPO'RTIONER, n. One that apportions. |
3240
|
apportioning |
APPO'RTIONING, ppr. Setting out in just proportions or shares. |
3241
|
apportionment |
APPO'RTIONMENT, n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a dividing ... |
3242
|
appose |
APPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. appono. See Apposite.]1. To put questions; to examine. [See Post.]2. ... |
3243
|
apposer |
APPO'SER, n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. In the English Court of ... |
3244
|
apposite |
AP'POSITE, a. s as z. [L. appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or ... |
3245
|
appositely |
AP'POSITELY, adv. Suitably; fitly; properly. |
3246
|
appositeness |
AP'POSITENESS, n. Fitness; propriety; suitableness. |
3247
|
apposition |
APPOSI'TION, n. 1. The act of adding to; addition; a setting to.By the opposition of new ... |
3248
|
appraise |
APPRA'ISE, v.t. [L. ad and pretium, price. See Price and Appreciate.]This word is written and ... |
3249
|
appraisement |
APPRA'ISEMENT, n. The act of setting the value; a valuation. [See Appreciate.] |
3250
|
appraiser |
APPRA'ISER, n. One who values; appropriately a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the ... |
3251
|
appreciable |
APPRE'CIABLE, a. apprishable. [See Appreciate.]1. That may be appreciated; valuable.2. That may ... |
3252
|
appreciate |
APPRE'CIATE, v.t. apprishate. [L. ad and pretium, value, price. See Price.]1. To value; to set ... |
3253
|
appreciated |
APPRE'CIATED, pp. Valued; prized; estimated; advanced in value. |
3254
|
appreciating |
APPRE'CIATING, ppr. Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value. |
3255
|
appreciation |
APPRECIA'TION, n. 1. A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any ... |
3256
|
apprehend |
APPREHEND', v.t. [L. apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize.]1. To take or seize; to ... |
3257
|
apprehended |
APPREHEND'ED, pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared. |
3258
|
apprehender |
APPREHEND'ER, n. One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears. |
3259
|
apprehending |
APPREHEND'ING, ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing. |
3260
|
apprehensible |
APPREHEN'SIBLE, a. That may be apprehended or conceived. |
3261
|
apprehension |
APPREHEN'SION, n. 1. The act of taking or arresting; as, the felon, after his apprehension ... |
3262
|
apprehensive |
APPREHEN'SIVE, a. 1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar.2. Fearful; in expectation ... |
3263
|
apprehensively |
APPREHEN'SIVELY, adv. In an apprehensive manner. |
3264
|
apprehensiveness |
APPREHEN'SIVENESS, n. The quality of being apprehensive; readiness to understand; fearfulness. |
3265
|
apprentice |
APPREN'TICE, n. [L. apprehendo. See Apprehend.]1. One who is bound by covenant to serve a ... |
3266
|
apprenticehood |
APPREN'TICEHOOD, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.] |
3267
|
apprenticeship |
APPREN'TICESHIP, n. 1. The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. This term ... |
3268
|
apprentisage |
APPREN'TISAGE, n. Apprenticeship. [Not used.] |
3269
|
apprest |
APPREST', [ad and pressed.]In botany, pressed close; lying near the stem; or applying its upper ... |
3270
|
apprise |
APPRI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Apprehend.]To inform; to give notice, verbal or written; followed by ... |
3271
|
apprised |
APPRI'SED, pp. Informed; having notice or knowledge communicated. |
3272
|
apprising |
APPRI'SING, ppr. Informing; communicating notice to. |
3273
|
apprize |
APPRI'ZE, v.t. To value; to set a value, in pursuance of authority. It is generally used for the ... |
3274
|
apprized |
APPRI'ZED, pp. Valued; having the worth fixed by authorized persons. |
3275
|
apprizement |
APPRI'ZEMENT, n.1. The act of setting a value under some authority or appointment; a valuation.2. ... |
3276
|
apprizer |
APPRI'ZER, n. a person appoointed to rate, or set a value on articles. When apprizers act under ... |
3277
|
apprizing |
APPRI'ZING, ppr. Rating; setting a value under authority.APPRI'ZING, n. The act of valuing under ... |
3278
|
approach |
APPROACH, v.i. [The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not ... |
3279
|
approachable |
APPROACHABLE, a. That may be approached; accessible. |
3280
|
approacher |
APPROACHER, n. One who approaches or draws near. |
3281
|
approaching |
APPROACHING, ppr. Drawing nearer; advancing nearer. |
3282
|
approachment |
APPROACHMENT, n. The act of coming near. [Little used.] |
3283
|
approbate |
AP'PROBATE, a. [L. approbatus.] Approved.AP'PROBATE, v.t. [L. approbo, to approve, of ad and ... |
3284
|
approbated |
AP'PROBATED, pp. Approved; commended. |
3285
|
approbating |
AP'PROBATING, ppr. Expressing approbation of. |
3286
|
approbation |
APPROBA'TION, n. [L. approbatio. See Proof and Prove.]1. The act of approving; a liking; that ... |
3287
|
approbative |
AP'PROBATIVE, a. Approving; implying approbation. |
3288
|
approbatory |
AP'PROBATORY, a. Comtaining approbation; expressing approbation. |
3289
|
approff |
APPROFF', n. Approval. [Not used.] |
3290
|
apprompt |
APPROMPT', Prompt. [Not used.] |
3291
|
approperate |
APPRO'PERATE, v.t. [L. appropero.] To hasten. [Not used.] |
3292
|
appropinquate |
APPROPIN'QUATE, v.i. ]L. appropinquo.] To draw near. [Not used.] |
3293
|
appropinquation |
APPROPINQUA'TION, n. A drawing night. [Not used.] |
3294
|
appropinque |
APPROPINQUE, v.i. To approach. [Not used.] |
3295
|
appropriable |
APPRO'PRIABLE, a. [From appropriate.]That may be appropriated; that may be set apart, sequestered, ... |
3296
|
appropriate |
APPRO'PRIATE, v.t. [L. ad and proprius, private, peculiar. See Proper.]1. To set apart for, or ... |
3297
|
appropriated |
APPRO'PRIATED, pp. Assigned to a particular use; claimed or used exclusively; annexed to an ... |
3298
|
appropriateness |
APPRO'PRIATENESS, n. Peculiar fitness; the quality of being appropriate, or peculiarly suitable. |
3299
|
appropriating |
APPRO'PRIATING, ppr. Assigning to a particular person or use; claiming or using exclusively; ... |
3300
|
appropriation |
APPROPRIA'TION, n.1. The act of sequestering, or assigning to a particular use or person, in ... |
3301
|
appropriator |
APPRO'PRIATOR, n.1. One who appropriates.2. One who is possessed of an appropriated benefice. |
3302
|
approprietary |
APPRO'PRIETARY, n. A lay possessor of the profits of a benefice. |
3303
|
approvable |
APPROV'ABLE, a. [See Approve.]That may be approved; that merits approbation. |
3304
|
approval |
APPROV'AL, n. Approbation. [See Approve.] |
3305
|
approvance |
APPROV'ANCE, n. Approbation. [See Approve.] |
3306
|
approve |
APPROVE', v.t. [L. approbo; of ad and probo, to prove or approve. See Approbate, Prove and ... |
3307
|
approved |
APPROV'ED, pp. Liked; commended; shown or proved to be worthy of approbation; having the ... |
3308
|
approvement |
APPROVE'MENT, n.1. Approbation; liking.2. In law, when a person indicated for felony or treason, ... |
3309
|
approver |
APPROV'ER, n. 1. One who approves. Formerly one who proves or makes trial.2. In law, one who ... |
3310
|
approving |
APPROV'ING, ppr. Liking; commending; giving or expressing approbation.APPROV'ING, a. Yielding ... |
3311
|
approximant |
APPROX'IMANT, a. Approaching. [Not used.] |
3312
|
approximate |
APPROX'IMATE, a. [L. ad and proximus, next. See approach.]Nearest to; next; near to. [This word ... |
3313
|
approximation |
APPROXIMA'TION, n.1. Approach; a drawing, moving or advancing near.2. In arithmetic and algebra, ... |
3314
|
approximative |
APPROX'IMATIVE, a. Approaching; that approaches. |
3315
|
appulse |
APPULSE, n. appuls;. [L. appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.]1. The act of striking against; as ... |
3316
|
appulsion |
APPUL'SION, n. The act of striking against by a moving body. |
3317
|
appulsive |
APPUL'SIVE, a. Striking against; driving towards; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. |
3318
|
appurtenance |
APPUR'TENANCE, n. so written for appertenance. See Appertain.]That which belongs to something ... |
3319
|
appurtenant |
APPUR'TENANT, a. 1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right.2. In law, common appurtenant is that ... |
3320
|
apricate |
A'PRICATE, v.i. [L. apricor.] To bask in the sun. [Little used.] |
3321
|
apricity |
APRIC'ITY, n. Sunshine. [Little used.] |
3322
|
apricot |
A'PRICOT, n. A fruit belonging to the genus Prunus, of the plum kind, of an oval figure, and ... |
3323
|
april |
A'PRIL, n. [L. aprilis.] The fourth month of the year. |
3324
|
apron |
A'PRON, n. 1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes ... |
3325
|
apron-man |
A'PRON-MAN, n. A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. |
3326
|
aproned |
A'PRONED, a. Wearing an apron. |
3327
|
apropos |
AP'ROPOS, adv. ap'ropo.1. Opportunely; seasonably.2. By the way; to the purpose; a word used to ... |
3328
|
apsis |
AP'SIS, n. plu apsides. [Gr. connection, from to connect.]1. In astronomy, the apsides are the ... |
3329
|
apt |
APT, a. [L. aptus, from apto, to fit. Gr. to tie.]1. Fit; suitable; as, he used very apt ... |
3330
|
aptable |
APT'ABLE, a. That may be adapted. [Not used.] |
3331
|
aptate |
AP'TATE, v.t. To make fit. [Not used.] |
3332
|
apter |
AP'TER, |
3333
|
aptera |
AP'TERA, n. [Gr. priv. and a wing.]An insect without wings. The aptera, constituting the seventh ... |
3334
|
apteral |
AP'TERAL, a. [Supra.] Destitute of wings. |
3335
|
aptitude |
APT'ITUDE, n. [of aptus, apt.]1. A natural or acquired disposition for a particular purpose, or ... |
3336
|
aptly |
APT'LY, adv. In an apt or suitable manner; with just correspondence of parts; fitly; properly; ... |
3337
|
aptness |
APT'NESS, n.1. Fitness; suitableness; as, the aptness of things to their end.2. Disposition of ... |
3338
|
aptote |
AP'TOTE, n. [Gr. priv, and case.]In grammar, a noun which has no variation of termination, or ... |
3339
|
apyrexy |
AP'YREXY, n. [Gr. a priv., to be feverish, from fire.]The absence or intermission of fever. |
3340
|
apyrous |
AP'YROUS, a. [Gr. priv. and fire.]Incombustible, or that sustains a strong heat without alteration ... |
3341
|
aqua |
A'QUA, n. [L. aqua.]Water; a word much used in pharmacy, and the old chimistry.Aqua fortis, in the ... |
3342
|
aquarian |
AQUA'RIAN, n. One of a sect of christians, in the primitive church, who consecrated water in the ... |
3343
|
aquarius |
AQUA'RIUS, n. [L.] The water bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st day ... |
3344
|
aquatic |
AQUAT'IC, a. [L. aquaticus. See Aqua.]Pertaining to water; applied to animals which live in ... |
3345
|
aquatile |
AQ'UATILE, a. That inhabits the water. [Rarely used.] |
3346
|
aquatinta |
AQUATINT'A, n. [aqua, water. See tincture.]A method of etching on copper, by which a beautiful ... |
3347
|
aqueduct |
AQ'UEDUCT, n. [L. aqua, water, and ductus, a pipe or canal, from duco, to lead. See Duke.]A ... |
3348
|
aqueous |
A'QUEOUS, a. Watery; partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it. |
3349
|
aqueousness |
A'QUEOUSNESS, n. The quality of being watery; waterishness; wateriness. |
3350
|
aquila |
AQ'UILA, n. [L. whence aquilinus.]In ornithology, the eagle. Also a northern constellation ... |
3351
|
aquiline |
AQ'UILINE, a. [L. aquilinus. See aquilla.]1. Belonging to the eagle.2. Curving; hooked; ... |
3352
|
aquilon |
AQ'UILON, n. [L. aquilo.] The north wind. |
3353
|
aquitanian |
AQUITA'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Aquitania, one of the great divisions of Gaul, which, according to ... |
3354
|
arabesky |
ARABESK'Y, a. [See Arabian.]1. In the manner of the Arabians; applied to ornaments consisting of ... |
3355
|
arabesque |
ARABESQUE, |
3356
|
arabian |
ARA'BIAN, a. [See the noun.] Pertaining to Arabia.ARA'BIAN, n. [Arab denotes a wanderer, or a ... |
3357
|
arabic |
AR'ABIC, a. Belonging to Arabia, or the language of its inhabitants.AR'ABIC, n. The language of ... |
3358
|
arabically |
ARAB'ICALLY, adv. In the Arabian manner. |
3359
|
arabism |
AR'ABISM, n. An Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language. |
3360
|
arabist |
AR'ABIST, n. One well versed in Arabic literature. |
3361
|
arable |
AR'ABLE, a. [L. aro, Gr. to plow.]Fit for plowing or tillage; hence often applied to land which ... |
3362
|
araby |
AR'ABY, n. Arabia. |
3363
|
arachnoid |
ARACH'NOID, a. [Gr. a spider, and from; Heb. to weave, that is to stretch, to draw out; Eng. ... |
3364
|
arachosian |
ARACHO'SIAN, a. Designating a chain of mountains which divide Persia from India. |
3365
|
araignee |
ARAIGNEE' or ARRA'IGN, n. ardin.In fortification, the branch, return or gallery of a mine. |
3366
|
araise |
ARA'ISE, v.t. To raise. [Not used.] |
3367
|
aramean |
ARAME'AN, a. Pertaining to Aram, a son of Shem, or to the Chaldeans. |
3368
|
aramism |
AR'AMISM, n. An idiom of the Aramean or Chaldee language; a Chaldaism. |
3369
|
araneous |
ARA'NEOUS, a. [L. aransea, a spider, or cobweb.] Resembling a cobweb. |
3370
|
araucanian |
ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili. |
3371
|
arbalist |
'ARBALIST, n. [From arcus, a bow, and balista, L., an engine to throw stones; Gr. to throw.]A ... |
3372
|
arbalister |
'ARBALISTER, n. A cross-bowman. |
3373
|
arbiter |
'ARBITER, n. [L.]1. A person appointed, or chosen by parties in controversy, to decide their ... |
3374
|
arbitrable |
'ARBITRABLE, a. Arbitrary; depending on the will. |
3375
|
arbitrament |
ARBIT'RAMENT, n.1. Will; determination.2. The award of arbitrators. In this sense award is more ... |
3376
|
arbitrarily |
'ARBITRARILY, adv. By will only; despotically; absolutely. |
3377
|
arbitrariness |
'ARBITRARINESS, n. The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. |
3378
|
arbitrarious |
ARBITRA'RIOUS, a. Arbitrary; despotic. [Not used.] |
3379
|
arbitrariously |
ARBITRA'RIOUSLY, adv. Arbitrarily. [Not used.] |
3380
|
arbitrary |
ARBITRARY, a. [L. arbitrarious.]1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed ... |
3381
|
arbitrate |
'ARBITRATE, v.i. [L. arbitror.]To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose men to arbitrate ... |
3382
|
arbitration |
ARBITRA'TION, n. 1. The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a ... |
3383
|
arbitrator |
'ARBITRATOR, n. A person chosen by a party, or by the parties who have a controversy, to determine ... |
3384
|
arbitress |
'ARBITRESS, n. A female arbiter. |
3385
|
arbor |
'ARBOR, n. [L. arbor, a tree, and the primary sense.]1. A frame of lattice work, covered with ... |
3386
|
arborator |
'ARBORATOR, n. One who plants or who prunes trees. |
3387
|
arboreous |
ARBO'REOUS, a. [L. arborecus, from arbor.]Belonging to a tree; resembling a tree; constituting a ... |
3388
|
arborescence |
ARBORES'CENCE, n. [L. arboresco, to grow to a tree.]The figure of a tree; the resemblance of a ... |
3389
|
arborescent |
ARBORES'CENT, a.1. Resembling a tree; having the figure of a tree; dendritical.2. From herbaceous ... |
3390
|
arboret |
'ARBORET, n. A small tree or shrub; a place planted or overgrown with trees. |
3391
|
arborist |
'ARBORIST, n. One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees. |
3392
|
arborization |
ARBORIZA'TION, n. The appearance or figure of a tree or plant in minerals, or fossils. [See ... |
3393
|
arborize |
'ARBORIZE, v.t. To form the appearance of a tree or plant in minerals. |
3394
|
arbuscle |
'ARBUSCLE, n. [L. arbusculus, a little tree.]A dwarf tree, in size between a shrub and a tree. |
3395
|
arbuscular |
ARBUS'CULAR, a. Resembling a shrub; having the figure of small trees. |
3396
|
arbustive |
ARBUST'IVE, a. [From arbustum.]Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs. |
3397
|
arbustum |
ARBUST'UM, n. [L. See Arbor.] A copse of shrubs or trees; an orchard. |
3398
|
arbute |
'ARBUTE, n. [L. arbutus.] The strawberry tree. |
3399
|
arbutean |
ARBU'TEAN, a. Pertaining to the strawberry tree. |
3400
|
arc |
'ARC, n. [L. arcus, a bow, vault or arch; arcuo, to bend; Gr. beginning, origin; to begin, to be ... |
3401
|
arcade |
ARCA'DE, n. A long or continued arch; a walk arched above. |
3402
|
arcadian |
ARCA'DIAN, |
3403
|
arcadic |
ARCA'DIC, a. Pertaining to Arcadia, a mountainous district in the heart of the Peloponnesus. |
3404
|
arcadics |
ARCA'DICS, n. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Arcadia. |
3405
|
arcane |
ARCA'NE, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden, secret. [Not much used.] |
3406
|
arcanum |
ARCA'NUM, n. [L.] A secret; generally used in the plural, arcana, secret things, mysteries. |
3407
|
arcboutant |
ARCBOUTANT, n. [See About, Abutment.] In building, an arched buttress. |
3408
|
arch |
'ARCH, n. [See Arc.] 1. A segment or part of a circle. A concave or hollow structure of stone ... |
3409
|
archaism |
'ARCHAISM, n. [Gr. ancient, from beginning.]An ancient or obsolete phrase or expression. |
3410
|
archangel |
ARCHAN'GEL, n.1. An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the ... |
3411
|
archangelic |
ARCHANGEL'IC, a. Belonging to archangels. |
3412
|
archapostate |
ARCHAPOS'TATE, n. A chief apostate. |
3413
|
archapostle |
ARCHAPOS'TLE, n. The chief apostle. |
3414
|
archarchitect |
ARCH'ARCHITECT, n. The supreme architect. |
3415
|
archbeacon |
ARCHBE'ACON, n. The chief beacon, place of prospect or signal. |
3416
|
archbilder |
ARCHBILD'ER, n. Chief builder. |
3417
|
archbishop |
ARCHBISH'OP, n. A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class; a metropolitan bishop, who ... |
3418
|
archbishopric |
ARCHBISH'OPRIC, n. [Archbishop and ric, or rick, territory or jurisdiction.]The jurisdiction or ... |
3419
|
archbotcher |
ARCHBOTCH'ER, n. The chief botcher, or mender, ironically. |
3420
|
archbuilder |
ARCHBUILD'ER, |
3421
|
archbutler |
ARCHBUT'LER, n. A chief butler; an officer of the German empire, who presents the cup to the ... |
3422
|
archchamberlain |
ARCHCHAMBERLAIN, n. A chief chamberlain; an officer of the German empire, whose office is similar ... |
3423
|
archchancellor |
ARCHCH'ANCELLOR, n. A chief chancellor; an officer in the German empire, who presides over the ... |
3424
|
archchanter |
ARCHCH'ANTER, n. The chief chanter, or president of the chanters of a church. |
3425
|
archchimic |
ARCHCHIM'IC, a. Of supreme chimical powers. |
3426
|
archconspirator |
ARCHCONSPIR'ATOR, n. Principal conspirator. |
3427
|
archcount |
ARCHCOUNT', n. A chief count; a title formerly given to the earl of Flanders, on account of his ... |
3428
|
archcritic |
ARCHCRIT'IC, n. A chief critic. |
3429
|
archdapifer |
ARCHDAP'IFER, n. [Arch, chief, and L. dapifer, a food-bearer, from daps, meat or a feast, and ... |
3430
|
archdeacon |
ARCHDE'ACON, n. [See Deacon.]In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, ... |
3431
|
archdeaconry |
ARCHDE'ACONRY, n. The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every ... |
3432
|
archdeaconship |
ARCHDE'ACONSHIP, n. The office of an archdeacon. |
3433
|
archdivine |
ARCHDIVI'NE, n. A principal theologian. |
3434
|
archdruid |
ARCHDRU'ID, n. [See Druid.] A chief druid, or pontiff of the ancient druids. |
3435
|
archducal |
ARCHDU'CAL, a. [See Archduke.] Pertaining to an archduke. |
3436
|
archduchess |
ARCHDUCH'ESS, n. [See Duchess.] A title given to the females of the house of Austria. |
3437
|
archduchy |
ARCHDUCH'Y, n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess. |
3438
|
archduke |
ARCHDU'KE, [See Duke.] A title given to princes of the House of Austria; all the sons being ... |
3439
|
archdukedom |
ARCHDU'KEDOM, n. The territory or jurisdiction of an archduke or archduchess. |
3440
|
arched |
'ARCHED, pp. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch. |
3441
|
archenemy |
ARCHEN'EMY, n. A principal enemy. |
3442
|
archeological |
ARCHEOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a treatise or antiquity, or to the knowledge of ancient things. |
3443
|
archeology |
ARCHEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. ancient, and discourse.]A discourse an antiquity; learning or knowledge which ... |
3444
|
archer |
'ARCHER, n. [See Arch and Arc.]A bowman; one who uses a bow in battle; one who is skilled in the ... |
3445
|
archeress |
'ARCHERESS, n. A female archer. |
3446
|
archery |
'ARCHERY, n. The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art or skill of archers; the act of ... |
3447
|
arches-court |
'ARCHES-COURT, in England, so called from the church of St. Mary le bow (de arcubus,) whose top is ... |
3448
|
archetypal |
'ARCHETYPAL, a. Original; constituting a model or pattern. |
3449
|
archetype |
'ARCHETYPE, n. [Gr. beginning, and form.]1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model ... |
3450
|
archeus |
ARCHE'US, n. [Gr. beginning, or a chief.]A term used by the ancient chimists, to denote the ... |
3451
|
archfelon |
ARCHFEL'ON, n. [See Felon.] A chief felon. |
3452
|
archfiend |
ARCHFIE'ND, n. [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe. |
3453
|
archflamen |
ARCHFLAM'EN, n. A chief flamen or priest. |
3454
|
archflatterer |
ARCHFLAT'TERER, n. [See Flatter.] A chief flatterer. |
3455
|
archfoe |
ARCHFO'E, n. [See Foe.] A grand or chief enemy. |
3456
|
archfounder |
ARCHFOUND'ER, n. A chief founder. |
3457
|
archgovernor |
ARCHGOV'ERNOR, n. The chief governor. |
3458
|
archheresy |
ARCHHER'ESY, n. [See Heresy.] The greatest heresy. |
3459
|
archheretic |
ARCHHER'ETIC, n. A chief heretic. |
3460
|
archhierey |
ARCHHI'EREY, n. [Gr. chief, and priest.] A chief priest in Russia. |
3461
|
archhypocrite |
ARCHHYP'OCRITE, n. A great or chief hypocrite. |
3462
|
archiater |
ARCH'IATER, n. [Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia. |
3463
|
archical |
ARCH'ICAL, a. Chief; primary. |
3464
|
archidiaconal |
ARCHIDIAC'ONAL, a. [See Deacon.]Pertaining to an archdeacon; as an archidiaconal visitation. |
3465
|
archiepiscopal |
ARCHIEPIS'COPAL, a. [See Episcopal.]Belonging to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an ... |
3466
|
archil |
'ARCHIL, n. A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a ... |
3467
|
archilochian |
ARCHILO'CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the ... |
3468
|
archilute |
'ARCHILUTE, n.A large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and ... |
3469
|
archimagus |
'ARCHIMAGUS, n. [See Magician.] The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. |
3470
|
archimandrite |
ARCHIMAND'RITE, n. [from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk.]In church history, a chief of the ... |
3471
|
arching |
'ARCHING, ppr. Forming an arch; covering with an arch.'ARCHING, a. Curving like an arch. |
3472
|
archipelago |
ARCHIPEL'AGO, n. [Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be ... |
3473
|
architect |
'ARCHITECT, n. [Gr. chief, and a workman. See Technical.]1. A person skilled in the art of ... |
3474
|
architective |
ARCHITECT'IVE, a. Used in building; proper for building. |
3475
|
architectonic |
ARCHITECTON'IC, a. That has power or skill to build. |
3476
|
architectonics |
ARCHITECTON'ICS, n. The science of architecture. |
3477
|
architectress |
ARCHITECT'RESS, n. A female architect. |
3478
|
architectural |
ARCHITECT'URAL, a. Pertaining to the art of building; that is according to the rules of ... |
3479
|
architecture |
'ARCHITECTURE, n. [L. architectura.]1. The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate ... |
3480
|
architrave |
'ARCHITRAVE, n. [Gr. chief, and L. trabs, a beam.]In architecture, the lower division of an ... |
3481
|
archival |
'ARCHIVAL, a. [See Archives.] Pertaining to archives or records; contained in records. |
3482
|
archivault |
'ARCHIVAULT, n. [arch, chief, and vault.]In building, the inner contour of an arch, or a band ... |
3483
|
archives |
'ARCHIVES, n. plu. [Gr.; Low L. archivum.]The apartment in which records are kept; also the ... |
3484
|
archivist |
'ARCHIVIST, n. The keeper of archives or records. |
3485
|
archlike |
'ARCHLIKE, a. Built like an arch. |
3486
|
archlute |
'ARCHLUTE, |
3487
|
archly |
'ARCHLY, adv. Shrewdly; wittily; jestingly. |
3488
|
archmagician |
ARCHMAGI'CIAN, n. The chief magician. |
3489
|
archmarshal |
ARCHMAR'SHAL, n. The grand marshal of the German empire; a dignity belonging to the elector of ... |
3490
|
archness |
'ARCHNESS, n. Cunning; shrewdness; waggishness. |
3491
|
archon |
'ARCHON, n. [Gr. a prince.]The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of ... |
3492
|
archonship |
'ARCHONSHIP, n. The office of an archon; or the term of his office. |
3493
|
archontics |
ARCHON'TICS, n. In church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not ... |
3494
|
archpastor |
ARCHP'ASTOR, n. Chief pastor, the shepherd and bishop of our souls. |
3495
|
archphilosopher |
ARCHPHILOS'OPHER, n. A chief philosopher. |
3496
|
archpillar |
ARCHPIL'LAR, n. The main pillar. |
3497
|
archpoet |
ARCHPO'ET, n. The principal poet. |
3498
|
archpolitician |
ARCHPOLITI'CIAN, n. [See Policy.] An eminent or distinguished politician. |
3499
|
archpontiff |
ARCHPON'TIFF, n. [See Pontiff.] A supreme pontiff or priest. |
3500
|
archprelate |
ARCHPRE'LATE, n. [See Prelate.] The chief prelate. |
3501
|
archpresbyter |
ARCHPRES'BYTER, n. [See Presbyter.] a chief presbyter or priest. |
3502
|
archpresbytery |
ARCHPRES'BYTERY, n. The absolute dominion of presbytery, or the chief presbytery. |
3503
|
archpriest |
ARCHPRIE'ST, n. [See Priest.] A chief priest. |
3504
|
archprimate |
ARCHPRI'MATE, n. The chief primate; an archbishop |
3505
|
archprophet |
ARCHPROPH'ET, n. Chief prophet. |
3506
|
archprotestant |
ARCHPROT'ESTANT, n. A principal or distinguished protestant. |
3507
|
archpublican |
ARCHPUB'LICAN, n. The distinguished publican. |
3508
|
archrebel |
ARCHREB'EL, n. The chief rebel |
3509
|
archtraitor |
ARCHTRA'ITOR, n. A principal traitor. |
3510
|
archtreasurer |
ARCHTREAS'URER, n. [See Treasure.]The great treasurer of the German empire; a dignity claimed by ... |
3511
|
archtreasurership |
ARCHTREAS'URERSHIP, n. The office of archtreasurer. |
3512
|
archtyrant |
ARCHTY'RANT, n. A principal or great tyrant. |
3513
|
archvillain |
ARCHVIL'LAIN, n. [See Villain.] A chief or great villain. |
3514
|
archvillany |
ARCHVIL'LANY, n. Great villany. |
3515
|
archwise |
'ARCHWISE, adv. [arch and wise. See wise.] In the form of an arch. |
3516
|
arctation |
ARCTA'TION, |
3517
|
arctic |
ARC'TIC, a. [Gr. a bear, and a northern constellation so called.]Northern; pertaining to the ... |
3518
|
arctitude |
ARC'TITUDE, n. [L. artus, tight.] Preternatural straightness; constipation from inflammation. |
3519
|
arctizite |
'ARCTIZITE, n. A mineral, now called Wernerite. |
3520
|
arcturus |
ARCTU'RUS, n. [Gr. a bear, and tail.] A fixed star of the first magnitude, in the constellation ... |
3521
|
arcuate |
'ARCUATE, a. [L. arcuatus. See Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow. |
3522
|
arcuation |
ARCUA'TION, n.1. The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; ... |
3523
|
arcubalist |
'ARCUBALIST, n. [L. arcus, a bow, and balista, an engine for throwing stones.] A cross-bow. |
3524
|
arcubalister |
ARCUBALIS'TER, n. A cross-bowman; one who used the arbalist. |
3525
|
ard |
'ARD, The termination of many English words. We observe it in Goddard, a divine temper; Giffard, ... |
3526
|
ardency |
'ARDENCY, n. [L. ardens, from ardeo, to burn.]Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; eagerness; ... |
3527
|
ardent |
'ARDENT, a. 1. Hot; burning; that causes sensation of burning; as, ardent spirits, that is ... |
3528
|
ardently |
'ARDENTLY, adv. With warmth; affectionately; passionately. |
3529
|
ardentness |
'ARDENTNESS, n. Ardency. |
3530
|
ardor |
'ARDOR, n. [L.]1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.2. Warmth, or heat, ... |
3531
|
arduous |
ARDUOUS, a. [L. arduus.]1. High, lofty, in a literal sense; as, arduous paths.2. Difficult; ... |
3532
|
arduously |
'ARDUOUSLY, adv. In an arduous manner; with laboriousness. |
3533
|
arduousness |
'ARDUOUSNESS, n. Height; difficulty of execution. |
3534
|
are |
ARE. The plural of the substantive verb; but a different word from be, am or was. It is usually ... |
3535
|
area |
A'REA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, ... |
3536
|
aread |
AREA'D, |
3537
|
areal |
A'REAL, a. Pertaining to an area; as areal interstices. |
3538
|
areed |
AREE'D, v.t. To counsel; to advise. Obs. |
3539
|
areek |
AREE'K, adv. In a reeking condition. [See Reek.] |
3540
|
arefaction |
AREFAC'TION, n. [L. arefacio, to dry, from aero.] The act of drying; the state of growing dry. |
3541
|
arefy |
AR'EFY, v.t. To dry or make dry. |
3542
|
arena |
ARE'NA, n. [L. sand.] 1. An open space of ground strewed with sand, on which the gladiators, in ... |
3543
|
arenaceous |
ARENA'CEOUS, a. [from arena, sand.] 1. Sandy; having the properties of sand.2. Brittle; as ... |
3544
|
arenation |
ARENA'TION, n. Among physicians, a sand bath; a sprinkling of hot sand upon a diseased person. |
3545
|
arendalite |
AREN'DALITE, n. In mineralogy, another name of epidote, or pistacite; epidote being the name given ... |
3546
|
arendator |
ARENDA'TOR, n. In Livonia and other provinces of Russia, a farmer of the farms or rents; one who ... |
3547
|
arenilitic |
ARENILIT'IC, a. [arena, sand, and a stone.]Pertaining to sand stone; consisting of sand stone; as ... |
3548
|
arenose |
ARENO'SE, |
3549
|
arenous |
AR'ENOUS, a. Sandy; full of sand. |
3550
|
areola |
AREO'LA, n. [L.] The colored circle round the nipple or round a pustule. |
3551
|
areole |
AR'EOLE, |
3552
|
areometer |
AREOM'ETER, n. [Gr. rare, thin, and to measure.]An instrument for measuring the specific gravity ... |
3553
|
areometrical |
AREOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to an areometer. |
3554
|
areometry |
AREOM'ETRY, n. The measuring or act of measuring the specific gravity of fluids. |
3555
|
areopagite |
AREOP'AGITE, n. A member of the Areopagus, which see. Acts 17:34. |
3556
|
areopagitic |
AREOPAGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Areopagus. |
3557
|
areopagus |
AREOP'AGUS, n. [Gr. Mars, and hills.]A sovereign tribunal at Athens, famous for the justice and ... |
3558
|
areotic |
AREOT'IC, a. [Gr. thin.] Attenuating; making thin, as in liquids; rarefying.AREOT'IC, n. A ... |
3559
|
aretology |
ARETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. virtue, and discourse.]That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, ... |
3560
|
argal |
'ARGAL, n. Unrefined or crude tartar, a substance adhering to the sides of wine casks. |
3561
|
argean |
ARGE'AN, a. Pertaining to Argo or the Ark. |
3562
|
argent |
'ARGENT, n. [L. argentum; Gr. silver, from white.]1. The white color in coats of arms, intended ... |
3563
|
argent-horned |
'ARGENT-HORNED, a. Silver horned. |
3564
|
argental |
ARGENT'AL, a. Pertaining to silver; consisting of silver; containing silver; combined with silver; ... |
3565
|
argentate |
'ARGENTATE, n. A combination of the argentic acid with another substance. |
3566
|
argentation |
ARGENTA'TION, n. An overlaying with silver. |
3567
|
argentic |
ARGENT'IC, a. Pertaining to silver; the argentic acid is a saturated combination of silver and ... |
3568
|
argentiferous |
ARGENTIF'EROUS, a. [L. argentum, silver, and fero, to produce.] Producing silver; as ... |
3569
|
argentina |
ARGENTI'NA, |
3570
|
argentine |
'ARGENTINE, n. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals.Argentina is also a ... |
3571
|
argil |
'ARGIL, n. A species of the Ardea, or genus of cranes.'ARGIL, n. [L. argilla, white clay, from ... |
3572
|
argillaceous |
ARGILLA'CEOUS, a. [L. argillaceus.] Partaking of the nature of clay; clayey; consisting of argil. |
3573
|
argilliferous |
ARGILLIF'EROUS, a. [L. argilla, clay, and fero, to produce.] Producing clay; applied to such ... |
3574
|
argillite |
'ARGILLITE, n. Argillaceous shist or slate; clay-slate. Its usual color is bluish, greenish or ... |
3575
|
argillitic |
ARGILLIT'IC, a. Pertaining to argillite. |
3576
|
argillocalcite |
ARGILLOCAL'CITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and calx, calcarious earth.]A species of calcarious earth, ... |
3577
|
argillomurite |
ARGILLOMU'RITE, n. [of argilla, clay, and muria, brine or salt water; magnesia being obtained from ... |
3578
|
argillous |
ARGIL'LOUS, a. Consisting of clay; clayey; parting of clay; belonging to clay. |
3579
|
argive |
'ARGIVE, a. Designating what belongs to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece, whose inhabitants ... |
3580
|
argo |
ARGO, n. The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in ... |
3581
|
argo-navis |
ARGO-NAVIS, The ship Argo, is a constellation in the southern hemisphere, whose stars, in the ... |
3582
|
argoan |
ARGO'AN, a. Pertaining to the ship Argo. |
3583
|
argolic |
ARGOL'IC, a. Belonging to Argolis, a territory or district of Peloponnese, between Arcadia and the ... |
3584
|
argolics |
ARGOL'ICS, n. The title of a chapter in Pausanias, which treats of Argolis. |
3585
|
argonaut |
ARGONAUT, n. [of Jason's ship, and a sailor.]One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, ... |
3586
|
argonauta |
ARGONAUT'A, n. [See Argonaut.]A genus of shell-fish, of the order of vermes testacea. The shell ... |
3587
|
argonautic |
ARGONAUT'IC, a. Pertaining to the Argonauts, or to their voyage to Colchis; as the Argonautic ... |
3588
|
argonautics |
ARGONAUT'ICS, n. A poem on the subject of Jason's voyage, or the expedition of the Argonauts; as, ... |
3589
|
argosy |
'ARGOSY, n. A large merchantman; a carrac. |
3590
|
argue |
'ARGUE, v.i. [L. arguo, to show, argue, accuse or convict.]1. To reason; to invent and offer ... |
3591
|
argued |
'ARGUED, pp. Debated; discussed; evinced; accused. |
3592
|
arguer |
'ARGUER, n. One who argues; a reasoner; a disputer; a controvertist. |
3593
|
arguing |
'ARGUING, ppr. Inventing and offering reasons; disputing; discussing; evincing; accusing.'ARGUING, ... |
3594
|
argument |
'ARGUMENT, n. [L. argumentum.]1. A reason offered for or against a proposition, opinion, or ... |
3595
|
argumental |
ARGUMENT'AL, a. Belonging to argument; consisting in argument. |
3596
|
argumentation |
ARGUMENTA'TION, n. Reasoning; the act of reasoning; the act of inventing or forming reasons, ... |
3597
|
argumentative |
ARGUMENT'ATIVE, a. 1. Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as an ... |
3598
|
argumentatively |
ARGUMENT'ATIVELY, adv. In an argumentative manner. |
3599
|
argus |
'ARGUS, n. A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, placed by Juno to guard ... |
3600
|
argus-shell |
ARGUS-SHELL, n. A species of porcelain-shell, beautifully variegated with spots, resembling, in ... |
3601
|
argute |
ARGU'TE, a. [L. argutus.] Sharp; shrill; witty. [Little used.] |
3602
|
arguteness |
ARGU'TENESS, n. Acuteness; wittiness. [Little used.] |
3603
|
arian |
A'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century; or ... |
3604
|
arianism |
A'RIANISM, n. The doctrines of the Arians. |
3605
|
arianize |
A'RIANIZE, v.i. To admit the tenets of the Arians. |
3606
|
arid |
AR'ID, a. [L. aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry.]Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as ... |
3607
|
aridas |
AR'IDAS, n. A kind of taffeta, from the East Indies, made of thread, from certain plants. |
3608
|
aridity |
ARID'ITY, |
3609
|
aridness |
AR'IDNESS, n. 1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.2. A dry state of the body; ... |
3610
|
aries |
A'RIES, n. [L. from the Celtic.The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the ... |
3611
|
arietate |
AR'IETATE, v.i. [L. arieto, from aries.]To butt, as a ram. [Not used.] |
3612
|
arietation |
ARIETA'TION, n. 1. The act of battering with the aries or battering ram.2. The act of striking ... |
3613
|
arietta |
ARIET'TA, n. A short song; an air, or little air. |
3614
|
aright |
ARI'GHT, adv. [a and right.]Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime. |
3615
|
aril |
AR'IL, |
3616
|
arillated |
AR'ILLATED, |
3617
|
arilled |
AR'ILLED, a. Having an exterior covering or aril, as coffee. |
3618
|
arillus |
ARIL'LUS, n. The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it ... |
3619
|
arima |
AR'IMA, |
3620
|
ariman |
AR'IMAN, |
3621
|
ariolation |
ARIOLA'TION, |
3622
|
arioso |
ARIO'SO, a. Light; airy.But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody ... |
3623
|
arise |
ARI'SE, v.i. s as z pret. arose; pp. arisen; Heb.1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher ... |
3624
|
arising |
ARI'SING, ppr. Ascending; moving upward; originating or proceeding; getting up; springing up; ... |
3625
|
arista |
ARIST'A, n. [L.] In botany, awn, the long pointed beard which issues from the husk, or scaly ... |
3626
|
aristarchy |
ARISTAR'CHY, n. [Gr. best, and rule.]A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men. |
3627
|
aristocracy |
ARISTO'CRACY, n. [Gr. best, and to hold or govern.]A form of government, in which the whole ... |
3628
|
aristocrat |
ARIST'OCRAT, n. One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice; one who is a friend to an ... |
3629
|
aristocratic |
ARISTOCRAT'IC, |
3630
|
aristocratical |
ARISTOCRAT'ICAL, a.1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or ... |
3631
|
aristocratically |
ARISTOCRAT'ICALLY, adv. In an aristocratical manner. |
3632
|
aristocraticalness |
ARISTOCRAT'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being aristocratical. |
3633
|
aristotelian |
ARISTOTE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Aristotle, a celebrated philosopher, who was born at Stagyra, in ... |
3634
|
aristotelianism |
ARISTOTE'LIANISM, n. The philosophy or doctrines of Aristotle. |
3635
|
aristotelic |
ARISTOTEL'IC, a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.The pernicious effects of the ... |
3636
|
arithmancy |
AR'ITHMANCY, n. [Gr. number, and divination.]Divination or the foretelling of future events by the ... |
3637
|
arithmetic |
ARITH'METIC, n. [Gr. to number, the art of numbering, from number; from number, rhythm, order, ... |
3638
|
arithmetical |
ARITHMET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. |
3639
|
arithmetically |
ARITHMET'ICALLY, adv. According to the rules, principles or method arithmetic. |
3640
|
arithmetician |
ARITHMETI'CIAN, n. One skilled in arithmetic, or versed in the science of numbers. |
3641
|
ark |
'ARK, n. [L. arca.]1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the ... |
3642
|
arkite |
'ARKITE, n. A term used by Bryant to denote one of the persons who were preserved in the ark; or ... |
3643
|
arktizite |
'ARKTIZITE, |
3644
|
arm |
'ARM, n. [L. armus, an arm, a shoulder, a wing; armus is directly from the Gr. a joint, it would ... |
3645
|
armada |
ARMA'DA, n.A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. The term is usually applied to the Spanish fleet, ... |
3646
|
armadillo |
ARMADIL'LO, n.A quadruped peculiar to America, called also tatoo, and in zoology, the dasypus. ... |
3647
|
armament |
'ARMAMENT, n. [L. armamenta, utensils, tackle, from arma.]A body of forces equipped for war; used ... |
3648
|
armamentary |
ARMAMENT'ARY, n. An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [Rarely used.] |
3649
|
armature |
'ARMATURE, n. [L. armatura.]1. Armor; that which defends the body. It comprehends whatever is ... |
3650
|
arme-puissant |
ARME-PUIS'SANT, a. [See Puissant.] Powerful in arms. |
3651
|
armed |
'ARMED, pp. 1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of ... |
3652
|
armenia |
ARME'NIA, a. Pertaining to Armenia, a country and formerly, a kingdom, in Asia, divided into Major ... |
3653
|
armenian |
ARME'NIAN, n. A native of Armenia, or the language of the country.Armenian bole is a species of ... |
3654
|
armful |
'ARMFUL, n. As much as the arms can hold. |
3655
|
armgaunt |
ARMGAUNT, a. slender, as the arm. [Not in use.] |
3656
|
armhole |
'ARMHOLE, n. [arm and hole.] 1. The cavity under the shoulder, or the armpit.2. A hole for the ... |
3657
|
armigerous |
ARMIG'EROUS, a. [L. armiger, arma and gero.]Literally, bearing arms. But in present usage, ... |
3658
|
armillary |
'ARMILLARY, a. [L. armilla, a bracelet, from armus, the arm.]Resembling a bracelet, or ring; ... |
3659
|
arming |
'ARMING, ppr. Equipping with arms; providing with the means of defense or attack; also, preparing ... |
3660
|
armings |
'ARMINGS, n. The same as waist-clothes, hung about a ship's upper works. |
3661
|
arminian |
ARMIN'IAN, a. Pertaining to Arminius, or designating his principles.ARMIN'IAN, n. One of a sect ... |
3662
|
arminianism |
ARMIN'IANISM, n. The peculiar doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. |
3663
|
armipotence |
ARMIP'OTENCE, n. [arma and potentia. See Potency.] Power in arms. |
3664
|
armipotent |
ARMIP'OTENT, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms. |
3665
|
armisonous |
ARMIS'ONOUS, a. [arma and sonus. See sound.] Sounding or rustling in arms. |
3666
|
armistice |
'ARMISTICE, n. [L. arma and sisto, to stand still, Gr.]A cessation of arms, for a short time, by ... |
3667
|
armless |
'ARMLESS, a. Without an arm; destitute of weapons. |
3668
|
armlet |
'ARMLET, n. [dim. of arm.] A little arm; a piece of armor for the arm; a bracelet. |
3669
|
armor |
'ARMOR, n. [from arm.]1. Defensive arms; any habit worn to protect the body in battle; formerly ... |
3670
|
armor-bearer |
'ARMOR-BEARER, n. One who carries the armor of another. |
3671
|
armorer |
'ARMORER, n. A maker of armor or arms; a manufacturer of instruments of war. The armorer of a ... |
3672
|
armorial |
ARMO'RIAL, a. Belonging to armor, or to the arms or escutcheon of a family; as ensigns armorial. |
3673
|
armoric |
ARMOR'IC, |
3674
|
armorican |
ARMOR'ICAN, a. Designating the northwestern part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward ... |
3675
|
armorist |
'ARMORIST, n. One skilled in heraldry. |
3676
|
armory |
'ARMORY, n.1. A place where arms, and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.2. Armor; ... |
3677
|
armpit |
'ARMPIT, n. [arm and pit.] The hollow place or cavity under the shoulder. |
3678
|
arms |
'ARMS, n. plu. [L. arma.]1. Weapons of offense, or armor for defense and protection of the ... |
3679
|
arms-end |
ARMS-END, n. At the end of the arms; at a good distance; a phrase taken from boxers or wrestlers. |
3680
|
army |
'ARMY, n. 1. A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, ... |
3681
|
arnoldist |
'ARNOLDIST, n. A disciple of Arnold of Brescia, who in the 12th century, preached against the ... |
3682
|
arnot |
'ARNOT, n. A name of the bunium, pignut or earthnut. |
3683
|
arnotto |
ARNOT'TO, The Anotta, which see. Also a tree so called. |
3684
|
arnuts |
'ARNUTS, n. Tall oat grass. |
3685
|
aroma |
ARO'MA, |
3686
|
aromatic |
AROMAT'IC, |
3687
|
aromatical |
AROMAT'ICAL, a. Fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; having an agreeable odor. |
3688
|
aromatite |
AR'OMATITE, n. A bituminous stone, in smell and color resembling myrrh. |
3689
|
aromatization |
AROMATIZA'TION, n. The act of impregnating or scenting with aroma, or rendering aromatic. |
3690
|
aromatize |
AR'OMATIZE, v.t. To impregnate with aroma; to infuse an aromatic odor; to give a spicy scent or ... |
3691
|
aromatized |
AR'OMATIZED, pp. Impregnated with aroma; rendered fragrant. |
3692
|
aromatizer |
AR'OMATIZER, n. That which communicates an aromatic quality. |
3693
|
aromatizing |
AR'OMATIZING, ppr. Rendering spicy; impregnating with aroma. |
3694
|
aromatous |
ARO'MATOUS, a. Containing aroma, or the principle of fragrance. |
3695
|
aroph |
AR'OPH, [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.]1. A name by which saffron is sometimes called.2. ... |
3696
|
arose |
ARO'SE, The past or preterit tense of the verb, to arise. |
3697
|
around |
AROUND', prep. [a and round. See Round.]1. About; on all sides; encircling; encompassing; as, a ... |
3698
|
aroura |
AROURA, n. [Gr.] A Grecian measure of fifty feet. Also, a square measure of half the plethron, a ... |
3699
|
arouse |
AROUSE, v.t. arouz'. [Heb.]To excite into action, that which is at rest; to stir, or put in ... |
3700
|
aroused |
AROUS'ED, pp. Excited into action; put in motion. |
3701
|
arousing |
AROUS'ING, ppr. Putting in motion; stirring; exciting into action or exertion. |
3702
|
arow |
AROW, adv. [a and row.] In a row; successively. |
3703
|
aroynt |
AROYNT', adv. Be gone; away. obs. |
3704
|
arpeggio |
ARPEG'GIO, n. The distinct sound of the notes of an instrumental chord, accompanying the voice. |
3705
|
arpent |
'ARPENT, n. In Domesday, it is written arpennus, arpendus, and arpent. Columella mentions that ... |
3706
|
arquebusade |
ARQUEBUSA'DE, n. 1. A distilled liquor applied to a bruise.2. The shot of an arquebuse. |
3707
|
arquebuse |
'ARQUEBUSE, |
3708
|
arquebusier |
ARQUEBUSIE'R, n. a soldier armed with an arquebuse. |
3709
|
arrach |
AR'RACH, n. a plant. See Orrach. |
3710
|
arrack |
ARRACK', n. Contacted into rack. a spirituous liquor imported from the East Indies. The name is ... |
3711
|
arragonite |
AR'RAGONITE, n. In mineralogy, a species of carbonate of lime, but not pure, and said to contain 3 ... |
3712
|
arraign |
ARRA'IGN v.t. arra'ne. [L. reus, contracted from the root of res.]1. To call or set a prisoner ... |
3713
|
arraigned |
ARRA'IGNED, pp. Called before a tribunal to answer, and elect triers; accused; called in question. |
3714
|
arraigning |
ARRA'IGNING, ppr. Calling before a court or tribunal; accusing. |
3715
|
arraignment |
ARRA'IGNMENT, n.1. The act of arraigning; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court ... |
3716
|
arraiment |
ARRA'IMENT, n. [See Array.] Clothes; garments. We now use raiment. |
3717
|
arrange |
ARRANGE, v.t 1. To put in proper order; to dispose the parts of a whole in the manner intended, or ... |
3718
|
arranged |
ARRANGED, pp. Put in order; disposed in the proper order; adjusted. |
3719
|
arrangement |
ARRANGEMENT, n.1. The act of putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition ... |
3720
|
arranger |
ARRANGER, n. One that puts in order. |
3721
|
arranging |
ARRANGING, ppr. Putting in due order or form; adjusting. |
3722
|
arrant |
AR'RANT, a. [I know not the origin of this word.]Notorious, in an ill sense; infamous; mere; vile; ... |
3723
|
arrantly |
AR'RANTLY, adv. Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. |
3724
|
arras |
AR'RAS, n. Tapestry; hangings wove with figures. |
3725
|
array |
ARRA'Y, n. 1. Order; disposition in regular lines; as an army in battle array. Hence a posture ... |
3726
|
arrayed |
ARRA'YED, pp. Set in order, or in lines; arranged in order for attack or defense; dressed; adorned ... |
3727
|
arrayer |
ARRA'YER, n. One who arrays. In English history, an officer who had a commission of array, to put ... |
3728
|
arraying |
ARRA'YING, ppr. Setting in order; putting on splendid raiment; impaneling. |
3729
|
arrear |
ARRE'AR, adv. [L. ad and retro.]Behind; at the hinder part. In this sense obsolete. But from ... |
3730
|
arrearage |
ARRE'ARAGE, n.Arrears; any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part. A ... |
3731
|
arrect |
ARRECT', |
3732
|
arrected |
ARRECT'ED, a. [L. arrectus, raised, erect, from arrigo. See Reach.] Erect; attentive; as a ... |
3733
|
arrentation |
ARRENTA'TION, n. [See Rent.]In the forest laws of England, a licensing the owner of land in a ... |
3734
|
arreptitious |
ARREPTI'TIOUS, a. [L. arreptus, of ad and rapio, to snatch. See Rapacious.]1. Snatched away.2. ... |
3735
|
arrest |
ARREST', v.t. [L. resto, to stop; Eng. to rest. See Rest.]1. To obstruct; to stop; to check or ... |
3736
|
arrestation |
ARRESTA'TION, n. The act of arresting; an arrest, or seizure. |
3737
|
arrested |
ARREST'ED, pp. Seized; apprehended; stopped; hindered; restrained. |
3738
|
arrester |
ARREST'ER, |
3739
|
arresting |
ARREST'ING, ppr. Seizing; staying; hindering; restraining. |
3740
|
arrestment |
ARREST'MENT, n. The order of a judge by which a debtor to the arrestor's debtor is prohibited to ... |
3741
|
arrestor |
ARREST'OR, n. One who arrests. |
3742
|
arret |
ARRET', n. arreste'.The decision of a court tribunal or council; a decree published; the edict of ... |
3743
|
arride |
ARRI'DE, v.t. [L. arrideo.] To laugh at; to please well. [Not in use.] |
3744
|
arriere |
ARRIE'RE, n. The last body of an army; now called rear, which see.Arriere-ban, or ban and arriere ... |
3745
|
arrival |
ARRI'VAL, n.1. The coming to, or reaching a place, from a distance, whether by water, as in its ... |
3746
|
arrivance |
ARRI'VANCE, n. 1. Company coming. [Not used.]2. Arrival; a reading in progress. Obs. |
3747
|
arrive |
ARRI'VE, v.i. [L. ripa.]1. Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach ... |
3748
|
arriving |
ARRI'VING, ppr. Coming to, or reaching by water or land; gaining by research, effort or study. |
3749
|
arroba |
ARRO'BA, n. A weight in Portugal of thirty two pounds; in Spain, of twenty five pounds. Also a ... |
3750
|
arrogance |
AR'ROGANCE, n. [L. arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See ... |
3751
|
arrogancy |
AR'ROGANCY, n. Arrogance. [This orthography is less usual.] |
3752
|
arrogant |
AR'ROGANT, a.1. Assuming; making or having the disposition to make exorbitant claims of rank or ... |
3753
|
arrogantly |
AR'ROGANTLY, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self importance. |
3754
|
arrogantness |
AR'ROGANTNESS, n. Arrogance. [Little used.] |
3755
|
arrogate |
AR'ROGATE, v.t. [L. arrogo, of ad and rogo.]To assume, demand or challenge more than is proper; to ... |
3756
|
arrogated |
AR'ROGATED, pp. Claimed by undue pretensions. |
3757
|
arrogating |
AR'ROGATING, ppr. Challenging or claiming more power or respect than is just or reasonable. |
3758
|
arrogation |
ARROGA'TION, n. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than ... |
3759
|
arrogative |
AR'ROGATIVE, a. Assuming or making undue claims and pretensions. |
3760
|
arrondisment |
ARROND'ISMENT, n. A circuit; a district; a division or portion of territory, in France, for the ... |
3761
|
arrosion |
ARRO'SION, n. s as z. [L. arrodo.] A gnawing. |
3762
|
arrow |
AR'ROW, n.1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a ... |
3763
|
arrow-grass |
AR'ROW-GRASS, n. A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin. |
3764
|
arrow-head |
AR'ROW-HEAD, n. 1. The head of an arrow.2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from ... |
3765
|
arrow-root |
AR'ROW-ROOT, n. 1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said ... |
3766
|
arrowy |
AR'ROWY, a. 1. Consisting of arrows.2. Formed like an arrow. |
3767
|
arse |
'ARSE, n. 'ars. The buttocks or hind part of an animal.To hang an arse, is to lag behind; to be ... |
3768
|
arse-smart |
'ARSE-SMART, n. The vulgar name of a species of polygonum, or knot-grass. |
3769
|
arsenal |
'ARSENAL, n. [L. arx navalis, a naval citadel or repository.]A repository or magazine of arms and ... |
3770
|
arseniac |
ARSE'NIAC or ARSEN'ICAL ACID. Arsenic combined with a greater proportion of oxygen, than in the ... |
3771
|
arseniate |
ARSE'NIATE, n. A neutral salt, formed by arsenical acid combined with any metallic, earthy or ... |
3772
|
arsenic |
'ARSENIC, n. [Gr.'L. arsenicum.]Arsenic, as it is usually seen in the shops, is not a metal, but ... |
3773
|
arsenical |
ARSEN'ICAL, a. Belonging to arsenic; consisting of or containing arsenic. |
3774
|
arsenicate |
ARSEN'ICATE, v.t. To combine with arsenic. |
3775
|
arsenicated |
ARSEN'ICATED, a. combined with arsenic. |
3776
|
arsenious |
ARSE'NIOUS, a. Pertaining to, or containing arsenic. The arsenious acid, or white oxyd of ... |
3777
|
arsenite |
'ARSENITE, n. a salt formed by the arsenious acid, with a base. |
3778
|
arshine |
'ARSHINE, n. a russian measure of two feet, four inches and 242 decimals. This seems to be the ... |
3779
|
arson |
'ARSON, n. 'arsn.In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, ... |
3780
|
art |
'ART, The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive veb am. |
3781
|
artemisia |
ARTEMIS'IA, n. Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of ... |
3782
|
arterial |
ARTE'RIAL, a. [See Artery.]1. Pertaining to an artery or the arteries; as arterial action.2. ... |
3783
|
arteriotomy |
ARTERIOT'OMY, n. [Gr. an artery, and a cutting.]The opening of an artery by the lancet, for the ... |
3784
|
artery |
'ARTERY, n. [Gr. from air and to preserve or contain; so called, from the opinion of the ancients, ... |
3785
|
artful |
ARTFUL, a. [See Art.1. Performed with art or skill.2. Artificial, as opposed to natural3. ... |
3786
|
artfully |
'ARTFULLY, adv. With art, or cunning; skillfully; dexterously. |
3787
|
artfulness |
'ARTFULNESS, n. Art; craft; cunning; address. |
3788
|
arthritic |
ARTHRIT'IC, |
3789
|
arthritical |
ARTHRIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints. |
3790
|
arthritis |
ARTHRIT'IS, n. [Gr. from a joint. It seems to be of the same family as artus, a limb.]In a ... |
3791
|
arthrodia |
ARTHRO'DIA, n. [Gr. from to frame or articulate.]1. A species of articulation, in which the head ... |
3792
|
artic |
'ARTIC, This word is by mistake used by some authors for arctic. |
3793
|
artichoke |
'ARTICHOKE, n. [Gr.; L. carduus, chard, thistle, corrupted.]A plant somewhat resembling a thistle, ... |
3794
|
article |
'ARTICLE, n. [L. articulus, a joint, from artus; Gr.]1. A single clause in a contract, account ... |
3795
|
articled |
'ARTICLED, pp. Drawn up in particulars; accused or bound by articles. |
3796
|
articular |
ARTIC'ULAR, a. [L. articularis.]Belonging to the joints; as, the gout is an articular disease. |
3797
|
articulate |
ARTIC'ULATE, a. [L. articulatus, jointed, distinct.]1. Formed by jointing or articulation of the ... |
3798
|
articulated |
ARTIC'ULATED, pp.1. Uttered distinctly in syllables or words.2. Jointed; having joints, as a ... |
3799
|
articulately |
ARTIC'ULATELY, adv. 1. With distinct utterance of syllables or words.2. Article by article; in ... |
3800
|
articulateness |
ARTIC'ULATENESS, n. The quality of being articulate. |
3801
|
articulating |
ARTIC'ULATING, ppr. Uttering in distinct syllables or words. |
3802
|
articulation |
ARTICULA'TION, n. 1. In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds: ... |
3803
|
artifice |
'ARTIFICE, n. [L. artificium, from ars, art, and facio, to make.]1. Stratagem; an artful or ... |
3804
|
artificer |
ARTIF'ICER, n. [L. artifex, from ars, and facio.]1. An artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one ... |
3805
|
artificial |
ARTIFI'CIAL, a.1. Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; ... |
3806
|
artificiality |
ARTIFICIAL'ITY, n. The quality of being artificial; appearance of art. |
3807
|
artificially |
ARTIFI'CIALLY, adv. By art, or human skill and contrivance; hence, with good contrivance; with art ... |
3808
|
artificialness |
ARTIFI'CIALNESS, n. The quality of being artificial. |
3809
|
artillery |
ARTIL'LERY, n. This word has no plural.1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it ... |
3810
|
artisan |
'ARTISAN, n. s as z. [L. ars. See Art.]An artist; one skilled in any art, mystery or trade; a ... |
3811
|
artist |
'ARTIST, n. [L. ars. See Art.]1. One skilled in an art or trade; one who is master or professor ... |
3812
|
artless |
'ARTLESS, a. 1. Unskillful; wanting art, knowledge or skill.2. Free from guile, art, craft or ... |
3813
|
artlessly |
'ARTLESSLY, adv. 1. Without art or skill; in an artless manner.2. Without guile; naturally; ... |
3814
|
artlessness |
'ARTLESSNESS, n. The quality of being void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity; unaffectedness. |
3815
|
artotyrite |
AR'TOTYRITE, n. [Gr. bread, and cheese.]One of a sect of heretics, in the primitive church, who ... |
3816
|
arts-man |
'ARTS-MAN, n. A learned man. Obs. |
3817
|
arum |
A'RUM, n. [L. See aurate.] Gold.Aurum fulminans, fulminating gold, is gold dissolved in ... |
3818
|
arundelian |
ARUNDE'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Arundel, as Arundelian marbles. The Arundelian marbles are ancient ... |
3819
|
arundinaceous |
ARUNDINA'CEOUS, a. [L. arundo, a reed.]Pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. |
3820
|
arundineous |
ARUNDIN'EOUS, a. Abounding with reeds. |
3821
|
arura |
ARU'RA, n. [Gr.] Literally, as authors suppose, a plowed field. According to Herodotus, and ... |
3822
|
aruspex |
ARUS'PEX, n. [L.] A soothsayer. |
3823
|
aruspice |
ARUS'PICE, n. Written also haruspice. [L. aruspex, or haruspex, a soothsayer, or diviner, who ... |
3824
|
aruspicy |
ARUS'PICY, n. The act of prognosticating by inspection of the entrails of beasts, slain in ... |
3825
|
as |
AS, adv. az. [Gr. But more probably the English word is contracted from als.]1. Literally, like; ... |
3826
|
asa |
ASA, A corruption of lasar, an ancient name of a gum. [See Ooze.] |
3827
|
asa-dulcis |
ASA-DULCIS, The same as benzoin. |
3828
|
asa-fetida |
ASA-FET'IDA, n. [Asa, gum, and L. fatidus, fetid.]A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is ... |
3829
|
asbestine |
ASBES'TINE, a. [See Asbestus.]Pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature and qualities; ... |
3830
|
asbestinite |
ASBES'TINITE, n. [See Asbestus.] The actinolite or strahlstein.Calciferous abestinite; a variety ... |
3831
|
asbestos |
ASBES'TOS, n. [Gr. inextinguishable; of neg. to extinguish.]A mineral, which has frequently the ... |
3832
|
asbestus |
ASBES'TUS, |
3833
|
ascaris |
ASCA'RIS, n. plu. ascar'ides. [Gr.]In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is ... |
3834
|
ascend |
ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.]1. To move upwards; to mount; to go ... |
3835
|
ascendable |
ASCEND'ABLE, a. That may be ascended. |
3836
|
ascendant |
ASCEND'ANT, n. 1. Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascendant over ... |
3837
|
ascended |
ASCEND'ED, pp. or a. Risen; mounted up; gone to heaven. |
3838
|
ascendency |
ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence.Custom has an ascendency over the ... |
3839
|
ascending |
ASCEND'ING, ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from ... |
3840
|
ascension |
ASCEN'SION, n. [L. ascensio.]1. The act of ascending; a rising. It is frequently applied to the ... |
3841
|
ascension-day |
ASCENSION-DAY, n. A festival of some christian churches, held ten days or on the Thursday but one, ... |
3842
|
ascensive |
ASCEN'SIVE, a. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. |
3843
|
ascent |
ASCENT', n. [L. ascensus.]1. The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air, water or other ... |
3844
|
ascertain |
ASCERTA'IN, v.t. [L. ad certum, to a certainty.]1. To make certain; to define or reduce to ... |
3845
|
ascertainable |
ASCERTA'INABLE, a. That may be made certain in fact, or certain to the mind; that may be certainly ... |
3846
|
ascertained |
ASCERTA'INED, pp. Made certain; defined; established; reduced to a certainty. |
3847
|
ascertainer |
ASCERTA'INER, n. The person who ascertains or makes certain. |
3848
|
ascertaining |
ASCERTA'INING, ppr. Making certain; fixing; establishing; reducing to a certainty; obtaining ... |
3849
|
ascertainment |
ASCERTA'INMENT, n. The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; certainty; fixed rule. |
3850
|
ascessancy |
ASCESSANCY, |
3851
|
ascessant |
ASCESSANT, See Acescency, Acescent.] |
3852
|
ascetic |
ASCET'IC, a. [Gr. exercised, hardened; from to exercise.Retired from the world; rigid; severe; ... |
3853
|
ascian |
AS'CIAN, n. [L. ascii, from Gr. priv. and a shadow.]A person, who, at certain times of the year, ... |
3854
|
ascitans |
AS'CITANS, n. [Gr. a bag or bottle of skin.]A sect or branch of Montanists, who appeared in the ... |
3855
|
ascites |
AS'CITES, n. [Gr. a bladder.]A dropsy or tense elastic swelling of the belly, with fluctuation, ... |
3856
|
ascitic |
ASCIT'IC |
3857
|
ascitical |
ASCIT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an ascites; dropsical; hydropical. |
3858
|
ascititious |
ASCITI'TIOUS, a. [L. ascitus; Low L. ascititius, from ascisco, to take to or ... |
3859
|
asclepiad |
ASCLE'PIAD, n. In ancient poetry, a verse of four feet, the first of which is a spondee, the ... |
3860
|
ascribable |
ASCRI'BABLE, a. [See Ascribe.] That may be ascribed or attributed. |
3861
|
ascribe |
ASCRI'BE, v.t. [L. ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.]1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to ... |
3862
|
ascribed |
ASCRI'BED, pp. Attributed or imputed; considered or alleged, as belonging. |
3863
|
ascribing |
ASCRI'BING, ppr. Attributing; imputing; alleging to belong. |
3864
|
ascription |
ASCRIP'TION, n. The act of ascribing, imputing or affirming to belong. |
3865
|
ascriptitious |
ASCRIPTI'TIOUS, a. That is ascribed. This word is applied to villains under the feudal system, ... |
3866
|
ash |
ASH, n. 1. A well known tree, of which there are many species. There is no hermaphrodite calyx, ... |
3867
|
ash-colored |
ASH-COLORED, a. Of a color between brown and gray. |
3868
|
ashame |
ASHA'ME, v.t. To shame. [Not used.] |
3869
|
ashamed |
ASHA'MED, a. 1. Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal ... |
3870
|
ashamedly |
ASHA'MEDLY, adv. Bashfully. [Not used.] |
3871
|
ashen |
ASH'EN, a. [See Ash.] Pertaining to ash; made of ash. |
3872
|
ashes |
ASH'ES, n. plu. Without the singular number.1. The earthy particles of combustible substances ... |
3873
|
ashlering |
ASH'LERING, n. Quartering for lathing to, in garrets, two or three feet high, perpendicular to the ... |
3874
|
ashore |
ASHO'RE, adv. [a, at or on, and shore. See shore.]1. On shore; on the land adjacent to water; to ... |
3875
|
ashwednesday |
ASHWEDNESDAY, n. The first day of Lent; supposed to be so called from a custom in the Romish ... |
3876
|
ashy |
ASH'Y, a. Belonging to ashes; ash-colored; pale; inclining to a whitish gray. |
3877
|
ashypale |
ASHY'PALE, a. Pale as ashes. |
3878
|
asian |
A'SIAN, a. [from Asia, a name originally given to Asia Minor or some part of it; perhaps from the ... |
3879
|
asiarch |
A'SIARCH, n. [Asia and chief.]A chief or pontiff of Asia; one who had the superintendence of the ... |
3880
|
asiatic |
ASIAT'IC, a. Belonging to Asia, a quarter of the globe which extends from the strait of ... |
3881
|
asiaticism |
ASIAT'ICISM, n. Imitation of the Asiatic manner. |
3882
|
aside |
ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.]1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight ... |
3883
|
asinego |
ASINE'GO, n. A foolish fellow. |
3884
|
asinine |
AS'ININE, rarely. AS'INARY, a. [L. asinus.]Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass. |
3885
|
ask |
'ASK, v.t. [Gr. In former times, the English word was pronounced ax, as in the royal style of ... |
3886
|
askance |
ASK'ANCE, |
3887
|
askant |
ASK'ANT, adv. sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye. |
3888
|
asked |
'ASKED, pp. Requested; petitioned; questioned; interrogated. |
3889
|
askew |
ASKEW', adv. With a wry look; aside; askant; sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or envy. |
3890
|
asking |
'ASKING, ppr.1. Requesting; petitioning; interrogating; inquiring.2. Silently expressing request ... |
3891
|
aslake |
ASLA'KE, v.t. [See Slack.]To remit; to slacken. [Not in use.] |
3892
|
aslani |
ASLA'NI, n. A silver coin worth from 115 to 120 aspers. |
3893
|
aslant |
ASL'ANT, a. or adv. [a and slant. See Slant.]On one side; obliquely; not perpendicularly or with ... |
3894
|
asleep |
ASLEE'P, a. or adv. [a and sleep.]1. sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest.Sisera was fast ... |
3895
|
aslope |
ASLO'PE, a. or adv. [a and slope. See Slope.With leaning or inclination; obliquely; with ... |
3896
|
aslug |
ASLUG', ad. In a sluggish manner. [Not used.] |
3897
|
asmonean |
ASMONE'AN, a. Pertaining to Asmoneus, the father of Simon, and chief of the Asmoneans, a family ... |
3898
|
asomatous |
ASO'MATOUS, a. [Gr. priv and body.]Without a material body; incorporeal. [Not used.] |
3899
|
asp |
'ASP, |
3900
|
aspalathus |
ASPAL'ATHUS, n. A plant. |
3901
|
asparagin |
ASPAR'AGIN, n. White transparent crystals of a peculiar vegetable principle, which spontaneously ... |
3902
|
asparagus |
ASPAR'AGUS, n. [L. and Gr. probably from to tear, from its lacerated appearance, or from the root ... |
3903
|
aspect |
'ASPECT, n. [L. aspectus, from aspicio, to look on, of ad and specio, to see or look.]1. Look; ... |
3904
|
aspectable |
ASPECT'ABLE, a. That may be seen. [Not used.] |
3905
|
aspected |
ASPECT'ED, a. Having an aspect. [Not used.] |
3906
|
aspection |
ASPEC'TION, n. The act of viewing. [Not used.] |
3907
|
aspen |
ASP'EN or ASP, n. A species of the poplar, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move ... |
3908
|
asper |
AS'PER, a. [L. See Asperate.] Rough; rugged. [Little used.]AS'PER, n. [L. aspiro, to ... |
3909
|
asperate |
AS'PERATE, v.t. [L. aspero, from asper, rough.]To make rough or uneven. |
3910
|
asperation |
ASPERA'TION, n. A making rough. |
3911
|
asperifoliate |
ASPERIFO'LIATE, a. [L. asper, rough, and folium, a leaf.]Having rough leaves. Plants of this kind ... |
3912
|
asperifolious |
ASPERIFO'LIOUS, a. Having leaves rough to the touch. [See the preceding word.] |
3913
|
asperity |
ASPER'ITY, n. [L. asperitas, from asper, rough.]1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to ... |
3914
|
asperous |
AS'PEROUS, a. [L. asper, rough.] Rough; uneven. |
3915
|
asperse |
ASPERSE, v.t. aspers'. [L. aspergo, aspersus, of ad and spargo, to scatter.]1. To bespatter with ... |
3916
|
asperser |
ASPERS'ER, n One that asperses, or villifies another. |
3917
|
aspersion |
ASPER'SION, n.1. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense.2. The spreading of ... |
3918
|
asphalt |
ASPHALT' |
3919
|
asphaltic |
ASPHALT'IC, a. Pertaining to asphalt, or containing it; bituminous. |
3920
|
asphaltite |
ASPHALT'ITE, a. Pertaining to or containing asphalt. |
3921
|
asphaltum |
ASPHALT'UM, n. [Gr.] Bitumen Judaicum, Jew's pitch; a smooth, hard, brittle, black or brown ... |
3922
|
asphodel |
AS'PHODEL, n. [L. and Gr. See Theoph.]King's-spear; a genus of lilaceous plants, cultivated for ... |
3923
|
asphurelates |
ASPHU'RELATES, n. [Gr. priv. and a hammer; not malleable.]A series of semimetallic fossils, ... |
3924
|
asphyxy |
ASPHYX'Y, n. [Gr. of a priv. and pulse.] A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and ... |
3925
|
aspic |
ASP'IC, n. [L. aspis; Gr. a round shield and an asp; supposed to be from Heb. to gather in, or ... |
3926
|
aspirant |
ASPI'RANT, n. [See aspire.] One who aspires, breathes after, or seeks with eagerness. |
3927
|
aspirate |
AS'PIRATE, v.t. [L. aspiro, to breathe or blow; Gr. to palpitate, from spiro. See Spire, ... |
3928
|
aspirated |
AS'PIRATED, pp. Uttered with a strong emission of breath. |
3929
|
aspirating |
AS'PIRATING, ppr. Pronouncing with a full breath. |
3930
|
aspiration |
ASPIRA'TION, n. 1. The pronunciation of a letter with a full emission of breath.2. A breathing ... |
3931
|
aspire |
ASPI'RE, v.i. [L. aspiro, to breathe. See Aspirate.]1. To desire with eagerness; to pant after ... |
3932
|
aspirer |
ASPI'RER, n. One who aspires; one who aims to rise in power or consequence, or to accomplish some ... |
3933
|
aspiring |
ASPI'RING, ppr. Desiring eagerly; aiming at something noble, great, or spiritual.ASPI'RING, a. ... |
3934
|
asportation |
ASPORTA'TION, n. [L. asportatio, of abs and porto, to carry. See Bear.]A carrying away. In law, ... |
3935
|
asquint |
ASQUINT', adv. [See Askance, and Squint.]1. To the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; towards ... |
3936
|
ass |
'ASS, n. [L. asinus; Gr. an ear.]1. A quadruped of the equine genus. This animal has long ... |
3937
|
ass-head |
'ASS-HEAD, n. [ass and head.] One dull, like the ass; one slow of apprehension; a blockhead. |
3938
|
ass-like |
'ASS-LIKE, a. Resembling an ass. |
3939
|
assai |
ASS'AI, A term in music; added to a word signifying slow, it denotes a little quicker; and to a ... |
3940
|
assail |
ASSA'IL, v.t. [L. assilio, to leap or rush upon, of ad and salio, to leap, to rise.]1. To leap or ... |
3941
|
assailable |
ASSA'ILABLE, a. That may be assailed, attacked or invaded. |
3942
|
assailant |
ASSA'ILANT, n. One who assails, attacks or assaults.ASSA'ILANT, a. Assaulting; attacking; ... |
3943
|
assailed |
ASSA'ILED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; attacked with violence. |
3944
|
assailer |
ASSA'ILER, n. One who assails. |
3945
|
assailing |
ASSA'ILING, ppr. assaulting; invading by force; attacking with violence. |
3946
|
assailment |
ASSA'ILMENT, n. Attack. [Little used.] |
3947
|
assapanic |
ASSAPAN'IC, n. The flying squirrel; an animal which flies a little distance by extending the skin ... |
3948
|
assaron |
AS'SARON, n. The omer or homer, a Hebrew measure of five pints. |
3949
|
assart |
ASSART', n. 1. In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or ... |
3950
|
assassin |
ASSAS'SIN, n. One who kills or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault. The circumstance ... |
3951
|
assassinate |
ASSAS'SINATE, v.t. 1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by ... |
3952
|
assassinated |
ASSAS'SINATED, pp. Murdered by surprise or secret assault. |
3953
|
assassinating |
ASSAS'SINATING, ppr. Murdering by surprise or secret assault. |
3954
|
assassination |
ASSASSINA'TION, n. The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by ... |
3955
|
assassinator |
ASSAS'SINATOR, n. An assassin, which see. |
3956
|
assassinous |
ASSAS'SINOUS, a. Murderous. [Not used.] |
3957
|
assassins |
ASSAS'SINS, n. In Syria, a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, Batanists or Batenians. They ... |
3958
|
assation |
ASSA'TION, n. [L. assatus.] A roasting. [Not used.] |
3959
|
assault |
ASSAULT', n. [L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We ... |
3960
|
assaultable |
ASSAULT'ABLE, a. That may be assaulted. |
3961
|
assaulted |
ASSAULT'ED, pp. Attacked with force, arms, violence, or hostile views. |
3962
|
assaulter |
ASSAULT'ER, n. One who assaults, or violently attacks. |
3963
|
assaulting |
ASSAULT'ING, ppr. Attacking with force, or with hostile measures. |
3964
|
assay |
ASSA'Y, n. [L. sequor; assequor, to follow, to examine. See Essay.]1. The trial of the goodness, ... |
3965
|
assay-balance |
ASSAY-BALANCE, n. A balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals. |
3966
|
assay-master |
ASSAY-MASTER, n. An assayer; an officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious ... |
3967
|
assayed |
ASSA'YED, pp. Examined; tested; proved by experiment. |
3968
|
assayer |
ASSA'YER, n. One who examines metals to find their quantity and purity. An officer of the mint, ... |
3969
|
assaying |
ASSA'YING, ppr. Trying by some standard; examining by experiment, as metals; proving; attempting. |
3970
|
assecurance |
ASSECU'RANCE, n. Assurance. [Not used.] |
3971
|
assecuration |
ASSECURA'TION, n. assurance; a making secure. [Not used.] |
3972
|
assecure |
ASSECU'RE, v.t. To secure. [Not used.] |
3973
|
assecution |
ASSECU'TION, n. [L. assequor.] an obtaining or acquiring. |
3974
|
assemblage |
ASSEM'BLAGE, n. 1. A collection of individuals, or of particular things; the state of being ... |
3975
|
assemblance |
ASSEM'BLANCE, n. Representation; an assembling. [Not in use.] |
3976
|
assemble |
ASSEM'BLE, v.t. [L. simul.]To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or ... |
3977
|
assembled |
ASSEM'BLED, pp. collected into a body; congregated. |
3978
|
assembler |
ASSEM'BLER, n. One who assembles. |
3979
|
assembling |
ASSEM'BLING, ppr. Coming together; collecting into one place.ASSEM'BLING, n. A collection or ... |
3980
|
assembly |
ASSEM'BLY, n.1. A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same ... |
3981
|
assembly-room |
ASSEM'BLY-ROOM, n. a room in which persons assemble. |
3982
|
assent |
ASSENT', n. [L. assensus, from assentior, to assent, of ad and sentio, to thing.]1. The act of ... |
3983
|
assentation |
ASSENTA'TION, n. [L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.]Compliance with the opinion of another, ... |
3984
|
assentator |
ASSENTA'TOR, n. A flatterer. |
3985
|
assentatorily |
ASSENTATO'RILY, adv. With adulation. [Not in use.] |
3986
|
assenter |
ASSENT'ER, n. One who assents, agrees to, or admits. |
3987
|
assenting |
ASSENT'ING, ppr. Agreeing to, or admitting as true; yielding to. |
3988
|
assentingly |
ASSENT'INGLY, adv. In a manner to express assent; by agreement. |
3989
|
assentment |
ASSENT'MENT, a. Assent; agreement. [Rarely used.] |
3990
|
assert |
ASSERT', v.t. [L. assero, assertum, to claim or challenge, to maintain or assert; of ad and sero. ... |
3991
|
asserted |
ASSERT'ED, pp. Affirmed positively; maintained; vindicated. |
3992
|
asserting |
ASSERT'ING, ppr. Declaring with confidence; maintaining; defending. |
3993
|
assertion |
ASSER'TION, n. 1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim.2. Positive declaration or ... |
3994
|
assertive |
ASSERT'IVE, a. Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory. |
3995
|
assertively |
ASSERT'IVELY, adv. Affirmatively |
3996
|
assertor |
ASSERT'OR, n. One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, ... |
3997
|
assertory |
ASSERT'ORY, a. Affirming; maintaining. |
3998
|
assess |
ASSESS', v.t. [L. assideo, ad and sedeo.]1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a ... |
3999
|
assessable |
ASSESS'ABLE, a. That may be assessed. |
4000
|
assessed |
ASSESS'ED, pp. Charged with a certain sum; valued; set; fixed; ascertained. |
4001
|
assessing |
ASSESS'ING, ppr. Charging with a sum; valuing; fixing; ascertaining. |
4002
|
assession |
ASSES'SION, n. A sitting down by a person. [Not used.] |
4003
|
assessionary |
ASSES'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to assessors. |
4004
|
assessment |
ASSESS'MENT, n. 1. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. ... |
4005
|
assessor |
ASSESS'OR, n. 1. One appointed to assess the person or property.2. An inferior officer of ... |
4006
|
assets |
ASSETS', n. plu. [L. sat, satis, enough.]Goods or estate of a deceased person, sufficient to pay ... |
4007
|
assever |
ASSEV'ER, |
4008
|
asseverate |
ASSEV'ERATE, v.t. [L. assevero, from ad and swear.]To affirm or aver positively, or with ... |
4009
|
asseveration |
ASSEVERA'TION, n. Positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. This word is not, ... |
4010
|
assideans |
ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.]A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the ... |
4011
|
assident |
AS'SIDENT, a. [L. assideo, assidens, of ad and sedeo, to sit.]Assident signs, in medicine, are ... |
4012
|
assiduate |
ASSID'UATE, a. Daily. [Not in use.] |
4013
|
assiduity |
ASSIDU'ITY, n. [L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.]1. Constant or close application to any business ... |
4014
|
assiduous |
ASSID'UOUS, a. [L. assiduus, from assideo, to sit close, ad and sedeo; Eng. to sit.]1. Constant ... |
4015
|
assiduously |
ASSID'UOUSLY, adv. Diligently; attentively; with earnestness and care; with regular attendance. |
4016
|
assiduousness |
ASSID'UOUSNESS, n. Constant or diligent application. |
4017
|
assiento |
ASSIENT'O, n. [L. assideo.]A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers, ... |
4018
|
assign |
ASSI'GN, v.t. [L. assigno, of ad and signo, to allot to mark out, signum, a mark. The primary ... |
4019
|
assignable |
ASSI'GNABLE, a. 1. That may be allotted, appointed or assigned.2. That may be transferred by ... |
4020
|
assignat |
AS'SIGNAT, n. A public note or bill in France; paper currency. |
4021
|
assignation |
ASSIGNA'TION, n. 1. An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of ... |
4022
|
assigned |
ASSI'GNED, pp. Appointed; allotted; made over; shown or designated. |
4023
|
assignee |
ASSIGNEE', n. A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed to do some ... |
4024
|
assigner |
ASSI'GNER, n. One who assigns, or appoints. |
4025
|
assigning |
ASSI'GNING, ppr. Allotting; appointing; transferring; showing specially. |
4026
|
assignment |
ASSI'GNMENT, n.1. An allotting, or an appointment to a particular person or use.2. A transfer of ... |
4027
|
assignor |
ASSIGNOR', n. an assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as the assignor of a ... |
4028
|
assimilable |
ASSIM'ILABLE, a. That may be assimilated. |
4029
|
assimilate |
ASSIM'ILATE, v.t. [L. assimilo, of ad and similis, like. See Similar.]1. To bring to a likeness; ... |
4030
|
assimilated |
ASSIM'ILATED, pp. Brought to a likeness; changed into a like substance. |
4031
|
assimilating |
ASSIM'ILATING, ppr. Causing to resemble; converting into a like substance. |
4032
|
assimilation |
ASSIMILA'TION, n. 1. The act of bringing to a resemblance.2. The act or process by which bodies ... |
4033
|
assimilative |
ASSIM'ILATIVE, a. having power of converting to a likeness, or to a like substance. |
4034
|
assimulate |
ASSIM'ULATE, v.t. [L. assimulo.] To feign. [Not used. See simulate.] |
4035
|
assimulation |
ASSIMULA'TION, n. A counterfeiting. [Not used. See Simulation.] |
4036
|
assist |
ASSIST', v.t. [L. assisto, of ad and sisto, to stand up; English, to stand by.]To help; to aid; ... |
4037
|
assistance |
ASSIST'ANCE, n. Help; aid; furtherance; succor; a contribution of support in bodily strength or ... |
4038
|
assistant |
ASSIST'ANT, a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.ASSIST'ANT, n. One who aids, or who ... |
4039
|
assisted |
ASSIST'ED, pp. Helped; aided. |
4040
|
assister |
ASSIST'ER, n. One that lends aid. |
4041
|
assisting |
ASSIST'ING, ppr. Helping; aiding; supporting with strength or means. |
4042
|
assistless |
ASSIST'LESS, a. Without aid or help. |
4043
|
assize |
ASSI'ZE, |
4044
|
assized |
ASSI'ZED, pp. Regulated in weight, measure or price, by an assize or ordinance. |
4045
|
assizer |
ASSI'ZER, n. An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures. |
4046
|
assizes |
ASSI'ZES, n. [L. assideo, to sit by, of ad and sedeo, to sit.]1. Originally, an assembly of ... |
4047
|
assizor |
ASSI'ZOR, n. In Scotland, a juror. |
4048
|
assober |
ASSO'BER, v.t. [See Sober.] To keep under. [Not used.] |
4049
|
associability |
ASSOCIABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being capable of association; the quality of suffering some ... |
4050
|
associable |
ASSO'CIABLE, a. assoshable. [See Associate.] 1. That may be joined to or associated.2. In a ... |
4051
|
associate |
ASSO'CIATE, v.t. assoshate. [L. associo, of ad and socio, to join.]1. To join in company, as a ... |
4052
|
associated |
ASSO'CIATED, pp. United in company or in interest; joined. |
4053
|
associateship |
ASSO'CIATESHIP, n. The state or office of an associate. |
4054
|
associating |
ASSO'CIATING, ppr. Uniting in company or in interest; joining. |
4055
|
association |
ASSOCIA'TION, n. 1. The act of associating; union; connection of persons.2. Union of persons in ... |
4056
|
associational |
ASSOCIA'TIONAL, a. Pertaining to an association of clergymen. |
4057
|
associative |
ASSO'CIATIVE, a. Having the quality of associating, or of being affected by sympathy. |
4058
|
assoil |
ASSOIL', v.t. [L. absolvo.] To solve; to release; to absolve.ASSOIL', v.t. To soil; to stain. ... |
4059
|
assonance |
AS'SONANCE, n. [L. ad and sono, to sound. See Sound.]Resemblance of sounds. In rhetoric and ... |
4060
|
assonant |
AS'SONANT, a. Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in ... |
4061
|
assort |
ASSORT', v.t. [See Sort.]1. To separate and distribute into classes things of the like kind, ... |
4062
|
assorted |
ASSORT'ED, pp. 1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes.2. Furnished with an assortment, or ... |
4063
|
assorting |
ASSORT'ING, ppr. Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment. |
4064
|
assortment |
ASSORT'MENT, n.1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and ... |
4065
|
assot |
ASSOT', v.t. [See Sot.] To infatuate; to besot. [Not used.] |
4066
|
assuage |
ASSUA'GE, v.t. To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or ... |
4067
|
assuaged |
ASSUA'GED, pp. Allayed; mitigated; eased; appeased. |
4068
|
assuagement |
ASSUA'GEMENT, n. Mitigation; abatement. |
4069
|
assuager |
ASSUA'GER, n. One who allays; that which mitigates or abates. |
4070
|
assuaging |
ASSUA'GING, ppr. Allaying; mitigating; appeasing; abating. |
4071
|
assuasive |
ASSUA'SIVE, a. [from assuage.] Softening; mitigating; tranquilizing. |
4072
|
assuefaction |
ASSUEFAC'TION, n. [L. assuefacio.] The act of accustoming. [Not used.] |
4073
|
assuetude |
AS'SUETUDE, n. [L. assuetudo, from assuetus, p. of assuesco, to accustom.] Custom; habit; ... |
4074
|
assume |
ASSU'ME, v.t. [L. assumo, of ad and sumo, to take.]1. To take or take upon one. If differs from ... |
4075
|
assumed |
ASSU'MED, pp. Taken; arrogated; taken without proof; pretended. |
4076
|
assumer |
ASSU'MER, n. One who assumes; an arrogant person. |
4077
|
assuming |
ASSU'MING, ppr. Taking; arrogating; taking for granted; pretending.ASSU'MING, a. Taking or ... |
4078
|
assumpsit |
ASSUMP'SIT, n. [L. assumo.]1. In law, a promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This ... |
4079
|
assumpt |
ASSUMPT', v.t. To take up; to raise. [Barbarous and not used.]ASSUMPT', n. That which is ... |
4080
|
assumption |
ASSUMP'TION, n. [L. assumptio.]1. The act of taking to one's self.2. The act of taking for ... |
4081
|
assumptive |
ASSUMP'TIVE, a. That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has ... |
4082
|
assurance |
ASSU'RANCE, n. ashu'rance. [L. verus; or securus, contracted.]1. The act of assuring, or of ... |
4083
|
assure |
ASSU'RE, v.t. ashu're. [See Assurance.]1. To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, ... |
4084
|
assured |
ASSU'RED, pp. Made certain or confident; made secure; insured.ASSU'RED, a. Certain; indubitable; ... |
4085
|
assuredly |
ASSU'REDLY, adv. Certainly; indubitably. Assuredly thy son Solomon shall reign. 1Kings 1. |
4086
|
assuredness |
ASSU'REDNESS, n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. |
4087
|
assurer |
ASSU'RER, n. One who assumes; one who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. |
4088
|
assurgent |
ASSUR'GENT, a. [l. assurgens, assurgo.]Rising upwards in an arch; as an assurgent stem, in botany. |
4089
|
assuring |
ASSU'RING, ppr. Making sure or confident; giving security; confirming. |
4090
|
asswage |
ASSWA'GE, [See Assuage.] |
4091
|
astacite |
AS'TACITE, |
4092
|
astacolite |
AS'TACOLITE, n. [Gr. a crawfish and a stone.] Petrified or fossil crawfish, and other crustaceous ... |
4093
|
asteism |
AS'TEISM, n. [Gr. beautiful, polite.]In rhetoric, genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of ... |
4094
|
astenic |
ASTEN'IC, a. asten'ic. [Gr. priv. and strength.]Weak; characterized by extreme debility. |
4095
|
aster |
AS'TER, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cultivated for their ... |
4096
|
asterias |
ASTE'RIAS, |
4097
|
asteriated |
ASTE'RIATED, a. [Supra.] Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as asteriated ... |
4098
|
asteriatite |
ASTE'RIATITE, n. Petrified asterias. |
4099
|
asterisk |
AS'TERISK, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.]The figure of a star thus, *, used in printing and ... |
4100
|
asterism |
AS'TERISM, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.]1. A constellation; a sign in the zodiac.The ... |
4101
|
asterite |
AS'TERITE, or star stone. [See Astrite.] |
4102
|
astern |
ASTERN', adv. [a or at, and stern. See stern.]1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards ... |
4103
|
asteroid |
AS'TEROID, n. [Gr. a star, and form.] A name given by Herschel to the newly discovered planets ... |
4104
|
asteroidal |
ASTEROID'AL, a. Resembling a star; or pertaining to the asteroids. |
4105
|
asteropode |
AS'TEROPODE, |
4106
|
asteropodium |
ASTEROPO'DIUM, n. [Gr. a star, and a foot.]A kind of extraneous fossil, of the same substance with ... |
4107
|
astert |
ASTERT', v.t. To startle. [Not in use.] |
4108
|
asthenology |
ASTHENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.]The doctrine of diseases arising from ... |
4109
|
asthma |
ASTHMA, n. ast'ma. [Gr.]A shortness of breath; intermitting difficulty of breathing, with cough, ... |
4110
|
asthmatic |
ASTHMAT'IC, a. Pertaining to asthma; also affected by asthma; as an asthmatic patient. |
4111
|
astipulate |
ASTIPULATE for Stipulate. [Not in use.] |
4112
|
astipulation |
ASTIPULATION for Stipulation [Not in use.] |
4113
|
astone |
ASTO'NE, |
4114
|
astoned |
ASTO'NED, |
4115
|
astonied |
ASTO'NIED, pp. Astonished. Obs. |
4116
|
astonish |
ASTON'ISH, v.t. [L. attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.]To stun or strike dumb ... |
4117
|
astonished |
ASTON'ISHED, pp. Amazed; confounded with fear, surprise, or admiration. |
4118
|
astonishing |
ASTON'ISHING, ppr. Amazing; confounding with wonder or fear.ASTON'ISHING, a. Very wonderful; of a ... |
4119
|
astonishingly |
ASTON'ISHINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree to excite amazement. |
4120
|
astonishingness |
ASTON'ISHINGNESS, n. The quality of exciting astonishment. |
4121
|
astonishment |
ASTON'ISHMENT, n. Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise or admiration, at an ... |
4122
|
astony |
ASTO'NY, v.t. [See Astonish.] To terrify or astonish. Obs. |
4123
|
astound |
ASTOUND', v.t. To astonish; to strike dumb with amazement. |
4124
|
astraddle |
ASTRAD'DLE, adv. [ a and straddle. See Straddle.]With the legs across a thing, or on different ... |
4125
|
astragal |
AS'TRAGAL, n. [Gr. a turning joint, vertebra, spondylus.]1. In architecture, a little round ... |
4126
|
astral |
AS'TRAL, a. [L. astrum; Gr. a star.]Belonging to the stars; starry. |
4127
|
astray |
ASTRA'Y, adv. [a and stray. See Stray.]Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal ... |
4128
|
astrea |
ASTRE'A, n. [Gr. a star.]The goddess of justice. A name sometimes given to the sign virgo. The ... |
4129
|
astrict |
ASTRICT', v.t [L. astringo, astrictus. See Astringe.]To bind fast, or compress. [Not much ... |
4130
|
astricted |
ASTRICT'ED, pp. Bound fast; compressed with bandages. |
4131
|
astricting |
ASTRICT'ING, ppr. Binding close; compressing; contracting. |
4132
|
astriction |
ASTRIC'TION, n.1. The act of binding close, or compressing with ligatures.2. A contraction of ... |
4133
|
astrictive |
ASTRICT'IVE, a. Binding; compressing; styptic. |
4134
|
astrictory |
ASTRICT'ORY, a. Astringent; binding; apt to bind. |
4135
|
astriferous |
ASTRIF'EROUS, a. [L. astrifer; astrum, a star, and fero, to bear.]Bearing or containing stars. ... |
4136
|
astrigerous |
ASTRIG'EROUS,a. [Low L. astriger.] Bearing stars. [Not used.] |
4137
|
astringe |
ASTRINGE, v.t. astrinj'. [L. astringo, of ad and stringo, to bind fast, to strain. See ... |
4138
|
astringed |
ASTRING'ED, pp. Compressed; straitened; contracted. |
4139
|
astringency |
ASTRING'ENCY, n. The power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines which ... |
4140
|
astringent |
ASTRING'ENT, a. Binding; contracting; strengthening; opposed to laxative.ASTRING'ENT, n. a ... |
4141
|
astringer |
ASTRING'ER, n. A falconer that keeps a goss hawk. |
4142
|
astringing |
ASTRING'ING, ppr. Compressing; binding fast; contracting. |
4143
|
astrite |
AS'TRITE, n. [Gr. a star.]An extraneous fossil, called also asteria and astroit. Astrites are ... |
4144
|
astro-theology |
ASTRO-THEOL'OGY, n. [L. astrum, a star, and theologia, divinity.]Theology founded on the ... |
4145
|
astrography |
ASTROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a star, and to describe.]A description of the stars, or the science of ... |
4146
|
astroit |
AS'TROIT, n. 1. Star-stone. [See Astrite.]2. A species of petrified madrepore often found in ... |
4147
|
astrolabe |
AS'TROLABE, n. [Gr. a star, and to take.]1. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude ... |
4148
|
astrologer |
ASTROL'OGER, |
4149
|
astrologian |
ASTROLO'GIAN, n. [L. astrologus, of a star, and discourse.]1. One who professes to foretell ... |
4150
|
astrologic |
ASTROLOG'IC, |
4151
|
astrological |
ASTROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. |
4152
|
astrologically |
ASTROLOG'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of astrology. |
4153
|
astrologize |
ASTROL'OGIZE, v.i. To practice astrology. |
4154
|
astrology |
ASTROL'OGY, n. [Supra.] A science which teaches to judge of the effects and influences of the ... |
4155
|
astronomer |
ASTRON'OMER, n. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the ... |
4156
|
astronomic |
ASTRONOM'IC, |
4157
|
astronomical |
ASTRONOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astronomy. |
4158
|
astronomically |
ASTRONOM'ICALLY, adv. in an astronomical manner; by the principles of astronomy. |
4159
|
astronomize |
ASTRON'OMIZE', v.i. To study astronomy. [Little used.] |
4160
|
astronomy |
ASTRON'OMY, n. [Gr. a star, and a law or rule.]The science which teaches the knowledge of the ... |
4161
|
astroscope |
AS'TROSCOPE, n. [Gr. a star, and to view.]An astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on ... |
4162
|
astroscopy |
AS'TROSCOPY, n. [See Astroscope.] Observation of the stars. |
4163
|
astrut |
ASTRUT', adv. [See Strut.] In a strutting manner. |
4164
|
astute |
ASTU'TE, a. [L. astutus, from astus, craft, subtilty.]Shrewd; sharp; eagle-eyed; critically ... |
4165
|
asunder |
ASUND'ER, adv. [See sunder.]Apart; into parts; separately; in a divided state.The Lord hath cut ... |
4166
|
aswoon |
ASWOON', adv. In a swoon. Obs. |
4167
|
asylum |
ASY'LUM, n. [L. from Gr. safe from spoil, and spoil, to plunder.]1. A sanctuary, or place of ... |
4168
|
asymmetral |
ASYM'METRAL, |
4169
|
asymmetrical |
ASYMMET'RICAL, a. [See Symmetry.]Not having symmetry. [Little used.] |
4170
|
asymmetry |
ASYM'METRY, n. [Gr. priv. symmetry, of with, and to measure.]The want of proportion between the ... |
4171
|
asymptote |
AS'YMPTOTE, n. [Gr. priv. with, and to fall; not meeting or coinciding.]A line which approaches ... |
4172
|
asymptotical |
ASYMPTOT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an asymptote. Asymptotical lines or curves are such as continually ... |
4173
|
asyndeton |
ASYN'DETON, n. [Gr. priv. and to bind together.]In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; ... |
4174
|
at |
AT, prep. [L. ad. At, ad and to, if not radically the same word often coincide in signification; ... |
4175
|
atabal |
AT'ABAL, n. A kettle drum; a kind of tabor. |
4176
|
atacamite |
ATAC'AMITE, n. A muriate of copper |
4177
|
atagas |
AT'AGAS, n. The red cock or moor-game. |
4178
|
atamasco |
ATAMAS'CO, n. A species of lily of the genus Amaryllis. |
4179
|
ataraxy |
AT'ARAXY, n. [Gr. of a priv. and tumult.]Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics ... |
4180
|
ataxy |
ATAX'Y, n. [Gr. priv. and order.]Want of order; disturbance; irregularity in the functions of the ... |
4181
|
atche |
ATCHE, n. In Turkey, a small silver coin, value about six or seven mills. |
4182
|
ate |
ATE, The preterite of eat, which see.ATE, n. a'ty. [Gr. mischief; to hurt. Ate is a ... |
4183
|
atellan |
ATEL'LAN, a. Relating to the dramas at Atella in Italy.ATEL'LAN, n. A dramatic representation, ... |
4184
|
atempogiusto |
ATEMP'OGIUSTO, [L. in tempore, justo.]A direction in music, which signifies to sing or play in an ... |
4185
|
athanasian |
ATHANA'SIAN, a. Pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. The ... |
4186
|
athanor |
ATH'ANOR, n. [Heb. thanor, an oven or furnace.]A digesting furnace, formerly used in chimical ... |
4187
|
atheism |
A'THEISM, n. The disbelief of the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being.Atheism is a ... |
4188
|
atheist |
A'THEIST, n. [Gr. of a priv. and God.]One who disbelieves the existence of a God, or Supreme ... |
4189
|
atheistic |
ATHEIST'IC, |
4190
|
atheistical |
ATHEIST'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to atheism.2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious, ... |
4191
|
atheistically |
ATHEIST'ICALLY, adv. In an atheistic manner; impiously. |
4192
|
atheisticalness |
ATHEIST'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being atheistical. |
4193
|
atheize |
A'THEIZE, v.i. To discourse an an atheist. [Not used.] |
4194
|
athel |
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth. |
4195
|
athenian |
ATHE'NIAN, a. [from Athens.] Pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Attica in Greece.ATHE'NIAN, ... |
4196
|
atheologian |
ATHEOLO'GIAN, n. One who is opposed to a theologian. |
4197
|
atheology |
ATHEOL'OGY, n. atheism. [Not in use.] |
4198
|
atheous |
A'THEOUS, a. Atheistic; impious. [Not used.] |
4199
|
atherina |
ATHERI'NA, n. a genus of fishes of the abdominal order. The characters are, the upper jaw is ... |
4200
|
atherine |
ATH'ERINE, |
4201
|
atheroma |
ATHERO'MA, |
4202
|
atheromatous |
ATHERO'MATOUS, a. Pertaining to or resembling an atherome; having the qualities of an atherome. |
4203
|
atherome |
ATH'EROME, n. [Gr. from pap.]An encysted tumor, without pain or discoloration of the skin, ... |
4204
|
athirst |
ATHIRST', a. athrust'. [a and thirst. See Thirst.]1. Thirsty; wanting drink.2. Having a keen ... |
4205
|
athlete |
ATHLE'TE, n. [See Athletic.] A contender for victory. |
4206
|
athletic |
ATHLET'IC, a. [Gr.; L. athleta, a wrestler; from strife, contest.]1. Belonging to wrestling, ... |
4207
|
athwart |
ATHWART', prep. [a and thwart. See Thwart.]1. Across; from side to side; transverse; as athwart ... |
4208
|
atilt |
ATILT', adv. [a and tilt. See Tilt.]1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the ... |
4209
|
atimy |
AT'IMY, n. [Gr. honor.]In ancient Greece, disgrace; exclusion from office or magistracy, by some ... |
4210
|
atlantean |
ATLANTE'AN, a. 1. Pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk and ... |
4211
|
atlantian |
ATLAN'TIAN, |
4212
|
atlantic |
ATLAN'TIC, a. [from Atlas or Atlantis.]Pertaining to that division of the ocean, which lies ... |
4213
|
atlantica |
ATLAN'TICA, |
4214
|
atlantides |
ATLAN'TIDES, n. A name given to the Pleiades or seven stars, which were feigned to be the ... |
4215
|
atlantis |
ATLAN'TIS, n. An isle mentioned by the ancients, situated west of Gades, or Cadiz, on the strait ... |
4216
|
atlas |
AT'LAS, n. 1. A collection of maps in a volume; supposed to be so called from a picture of mount ... |
4217
|
atmometer |
ATMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. vapor, and to measure.]An instrument to measure the quantity of exhalation ... |
4218
|
atmosphere |
AT'MOSPHERE, n. [Gr. vapor, and a sphere.The whole mass of fluid, consisting of air, aqueous and ... |
4219
|
atmospheric |
ATMOSPHER'IC, |
4220
|
atmospherical |
ATMOSPHER'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the atmosphere; as atmospheric air or vapors.2. Dependent on ... |
4221
|
atom |
AT'OM, n. [Gr.; L. atomus; from not, and to cut.]1. A particle of matter so minute as to admit of ... |
4222
|
atom-like |
AT'OM-LIKE, a. Resembling atoms. |
4223
|
atomic |
ATOM'IC, |
4224
|
atomical |
ATOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to atoms; consisting of atoms; extremely minute.The atomical philosophy, ... |
4225
|
atomism |
AT'OMISM, n. The doctrine of atoms. |
4226
|
atomist |
AT'OMIST, n. One who holds to the atomical philosophy. |
4227
|
atomy |
AT'OMY, n. A word used by Shakespeare for atom; also an abbreviation of anatomy. |
4228
|
atone |
ATO'NE, adv. [at and one.] At one; together.ATO'NE, v.i. [Supposed to be compounded of at and ... |
4229
|
atoned |
ATO'NED, pp. Expiated; appeased; reconciled. |
4230
|
atonement |
ATO'NEMENT, n.1. Agreement; concord; reconciliation, after enmity or controversy. Rom. 5.Between ... |
4231
|
atoner |
ATO'NER, n. He who makes atonement. |
4232
|
atonic |
ATON'IC, a. Relaxed; debilitated. |
4233
|
atoning |
ATO'NING, ppr. 1. Reconciling. Obs.2. Making amends, or satisfaction. |
4234
|
atony |
AT'ONY, n. [Gr. defect, of a priv. and tone, from to stretch.]Debility; relaxation; a want of tone ... |
4235
|
atop |
ATOP', adv. [a and top. See Top.] On or at the top. |
4236
|
atrabilarian |
ATRABILA'RIAN, |
4237
|
atrabilarious |
ATRABILA'RIOUS, a. [L. atra bilis, black bile.]Affected with melancholy, which the ancients ... |
4238
|
atrabilariousness |
ATRABILA'RIOUSNESS, n. The state of being melancholy, or affected with disordered bile. |
4239
|
atramental |
ATRAMENT'AL, |
4240
|
atramentarious |
ATRAMENTA'RIOUS, a. Like ink; suitable for making ink. The sulphate of iron, or green copperas, ... |
4241
|
atramentous |
ATRAMENT'OUS, a. [L. atramentum, ink, after ater, black.]Inky; black like ink. |
4242
|
atrip |
ATRIP', adv. [a and trip. See Trip.]In nautical language, the anchor is atrip, when drawn out of ... |
4243
|
atrocious |
ATRO'CIOUS, a. [L. atrox, trux, fierce, cruel.]1. Extremely hainous, criminal or cruel; enormous; ... |
4244
|
atrociously |
ATRO'CIOUSLY, adv. In an atrocious manner; with enormous cruelty or guilt. |
4245
|
atrociousness |
ATRO'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being enormously criminal or cruel. |
4246
|
atrocity |
ATROC'ITY, n. Enormous wickedness; extreme hainousness or cruelty; as the atrocity of murder. |
4247
|
atrophy |
AT'ROPHY, n. [Gr. a priv. and to nourish.]A consumption or wasting of the flesh, with loss of ... |
4248
|
atropia |
ATRO'PIA, n. A new vegetable alkali extracted from the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. ... |
4249
|
attach |
ATTACH', v.t. [Gr.; L. tango, for tago, Eng. tack; &c. See attack and Tack.1. To take by legal ... |
4250
|
attachable |
ATTACH'ABLE, a. That may be legally attached; liable to be taken by writ or precept. |
4251
|
attached |
ATTACH'ED, pp. Taken by writ or precept; drawn to and fixed, or united by affection or interest. |
4252
|
attaching |
ATTACH'ING, ppr. Taking or seizing by commandment or writ; drawing to, and fixing by influence; ... |
4253
|
attachment |
ATTACH'MENT, n. 1. A taking of the person, goods or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, ... |
4254
|
attack |
ATTACK', v.t [Heb. to thrust, to drive, to strike.1. To assault; to fall upon with force; to ... |
4255
|
attacked |
ATTACK'ED, pp. Assaulted; invaded; fallen on by force or enmity. |
4256
|
attacker |
ATTACK'ER, n. One who assaults or invades. |
4257
|
attacking |
ATTACK'ING, ppr. Assaulting; invading; falling on with force, calumny or criticism. |
4258
|
attacottic |
ATTACOT'TIC, a. Pertaining to the Attacotti, a tribe of ancient Britons, allies of the Scots. |
4259
|
attagen |
AT'TAGEN, n. A beautiful fowl, resembling the pheasant, with a short black bill and a fine crest ... |
4260
|
attain |
ATTA'IN, v.i. [L. attingo, to reach, come to or overtake; ad and tango, to touch, reach or strike; ... |
4261
|
attainable |
ATTA'INABLE, a. That may be attained; that may be reached by efforts of the mind or body; that may ... |
4262
|
attainableness |
ATTA'INABLENESS, n. The quality of being attainable. |
4263
|
attainder |
ATTA'INDER, n. [L. ad and tingo, to stain; Gr. See Tinge.]1. Literally a staining, corruption, ... |
4264
|
attainment |
ATTA'INMENT, n. 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of ... |
4265
|
attaint |
ATTA'INT, v.t. [See Attainder.]1. To taint or corrupt; to extinguish the pure or inheritable ... |
4266
|
attainted |
ATTA'INTED, pp. Stained; corrupted; rendered infamous; rendered incapable of inheriting. |
4267
|
attainting |
ATTA'INTING, ppr. Staining; corrupting; rendering infamous by judicial act; depriving of ... |
4268
|
attaintment |
ATTA'INTMENT, n. The being attainted. |
4269
|
attainture |
ATTA'INTURE, n. A staining or rendering infamous; reproach; imputation. |
4270
|
attar |
AT'TAR, n. The essential oil or essence of roses. |
4271
|
attask |
ATTASK', v.t. To task; to tax. [Not used. See Task.] |
4272
|
attaste |
ATTA'STE, v.t. To taste. [Not used. See Taste.] |
4273
|
attemper |
ATTEM'PER, v.t. [L. attempero, of ad and tempero, to temper, mix, or moderate. See Temper.]1. To ... |
4274
|
attemperance |
ATTEM'PERANCE, n. Temperance. [Not used.] |
4275
|
attemperate |
ATTEM'PERATE, a. [L. attemperatus.]Tempered; proportioned; suited.Hope must be proportioned and ... |
4276
|
attempered |
ATTEM'PERED, ppr. Reduced in quality; moderated; softened; well mixed; suited. |
4277
|
attempering |
ATTEM'PERING, ppr. Moderating in quality; softening; mixing in due proportion; making suitable. |
4278
|
attemperly |
ATTEM'PERLY, adv. In a temperate manner. [Not in use.] |
4279
|
attempt |
ATTEMPT', v.t. [L. attento, to attempt, of ad and tento, to try; tento is from the same root as ... |
4280
|
attemptable |
ATTEMPT'ABLE, a. That may be attempted, tried or attacked; liable to an attempt, or attack. |
4281
|
attempted |
ATTEMPT'ED, pp. Essayed; tried; attacked. |
4282
|
attempter |
ATTEMPT'ER, n. One who attempts, or attacks. |
4283
|
attempting |
ATTEMPT'ING, ppr. Trying; essaying; making an effort to gain a point; attacking. |
4284
|
attend |
ATTEND', v.t. [L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.]1. To go with, or ... |
4285
|
attendance |
ATTEND'ANCE, n. 1. The act of waiting on, or serving.Of which no man gave attendance at the ... |
4286
|
attendant |
ATTEND'ANT, a. 1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train.Other suns with their attendant ... |
4287
|
attended |
ATTEND'ED, pp. Accompanied; having attendants; served; waited on. |
4288
|
attender |
ATTEND'ER, n. One who attends; a companion; an associate. [Little used.] |
4289
|
attending |
ATTEND'ING, ppr. Going with; accompanying; waiting on; superintending or taking care of; being ... |
4290
|
attent |
ATTENT', a. Attentive. 2Chron. 6. |
4291
|
attentates |
ATTENT'ATES, n. Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed. |
4292
|
attention |
ATTEN'TION, n. 1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or ... |
4293
|
attentive |
ATTENT'IVE, a.Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care. It is applied to the senses of ... |
4294
|
attentively |
ATTENT'IVELY, adv. Heedfully; carefully; with fixed attention. |
4295
|
attentiveness |
ATTENT'IVENESS, n. The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention. |
4296
|
attenuant |
ATTEN'UANT, a. [See Attenuate.]Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and ... |
4297
|
attenuate |
ATTEN'UATE, v.t. [L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.]1. To ... |
4298
|
attenuated |
ATTEN'UATED, ppr. Made thin or less viscid; comminuted; made slender. In botany, growing slender ... |
4299
|
attenuating |
ATTEN'UATING, pp. Making thin, as fluids; making fine, as solid substances; making slender or ... |
4300
|
attenuation |
ATTENUA'TION, n.1. The act of making thin, as fluids; as the attenuation of the humors.2. The act ... |
4301
|
atterate |
AT'TERATE, v.t. [L. attero, to wear.]1. To wear away.2. To form or accumulate by wearing. |
4302
|
atterated |
AT'TERATED, pp. Formed by wearing. |
4303
|
atteration |
ATTERA'TION, n. The operation of forming land by the wearing of the sea, and the wearing of the ... |
4304
|
attest |
ATTEST', v.t. [L. attestor; of ad and testor, to affirm or bear witness, from testis. See ... |
4305
|
attestation |
ATTESTA'TION, n. Testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in ... |
4306
|
attested |
ATTEST'ED, pp. Proved or supported by testimony, solemn or official; witnessed; supported by ... |
4307
|
attesting |
ATTEST'ING, ppr. Witnessing; calling to witness; affirming in support of. |
4308
|
attestor |
ATTEST'OR, n. One who attests. |
4309
|
attic |
AT'TIC, a. [L. Atticus; Gr.]Pertaining to Attica in Greece, or to its principal city, Athens. ... |
4310
|
atticism |
AT'TICISM, n. 1. The peculiar style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; ... |
4311
|
atticize |
AT'TICIZE, v.t. To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica. AT'TICIZE, ... |
4312
|
attics |
AT'TICS, n. plu. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Attica. |
4313
|
attire |
ATTI'RE, v.t.To dress; to array; to adorn with elegant or splendid garments.With the linen miter ... |
4314
|
attired |
ATTI'RED, pp. Dressed; decked with ornaments or attire. |
4315
|
attirer |
ATTI'RER, n. One who dresses or adorns with attire. |
4316
|
attiring |
ATTI'RING, ppr. Dressing; adorning with dress or attire. |
4317
|
attitle |
ATTI'TLE, v.t. To entitle. [Not in use.] |
4318
|
attitude |
AT'TITUDE, n. [L. actus, ago. 1. In painting and sculpture, the posture or action in which a ... |
4319
|
attollent |
ATTOL'LENT, a. [L. attollens, attollo, of ad and tollor, to lift.]Lifting up; raising; as an ... |
4320
|
attorn |
ATTORN', v.i. [L. ad and torno.]In the feudal law, to turn, or transfer homage and service from ... |
4321
|
attorney |
ATTORN'EY, n. plu. attorneys.One who is appointed or admitted in the place of another, to manage ... |
4322
|
attorneyship |
ATTORN'EYSHIP, n. The office of an attorney; agency for another. |
4323
|
attorning |
ATTORN'ING, ppr. Acknowledging a new lord, or transferring homage and fealty to the purchaser of ... |
4324
|
attornment |
ATTORN'MENT, n. The act of a feudatory, vassal or tenant, by which he consents, upon the ... |
4325
|
attract |
ATTRACT', v.t. [L. attraho, attractus, of ad and trako, to draw. See Drag and Draw.]1. To draw ... |
4326
|
attractability |
ATTRACTABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being attractable, or of being subject to the law of ... |
4327
|
attractable |
ATTRACT'ABLE, a. That may be attracted; subject to attraction. |
4328
|
attracted |
ATTRACT'ED, pp. Drawn towards; invited; allured; engaged. |
4329
|
attractic |
ATTRACT'IC, |
4330
|
attractical |
ATTRACT'ICAL, a. Having power to draw to. [Not used.] |
4331
|
attractile |
ATTRACT'ILE, a. That has power to attract. |
4332
|
attracting |
ATTRACT'ING, ppr. Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging. |
4333
|
attractingly |
ATTRACT'INGLY, adv. In an attracting manner. |
4334
|
attraction |
ATTRAC'TION, n. 1. The power in bodies which is supposed to draw them together; or the tendency ... |
4335
|
attractive |
ATTRACT'IVE, a. 1. Having the quality of attracting; drawing to; as the attractive force of ... |
4336
|
attractively |
ATTRACT'IVELY, adv. With the power of attracting, or drawing to. |
4337
|
attractiveness |
ATTRACT'IVENESS, n. The quality of being attractive, or engaging. |
4338
|
attractor |
ATTRACT'OR, n. The person or thing that attracts. |
4339
|
attrahent |
ATTRA'HENT, a. [L. attrahens.] Drawing to; or as a noun, that which draws to. |
4340
|
attrap |
ATTRAP', v.t. To clothe; to dress. [Not in use.] |
4341
|
attrectation |
ATTRECTA'TION, n. [L. attrectatio.] Frequent handling. |
4342
|
attributable |
ATTRIB'UTABLE, a. [See attribute.]That may be ascribed, imputed or attributed; ascribable; ... |
4343
|
attribute |
ATTRIB'UTE, v.t. [L. attribuo; ad and tribuo, to divide, to bestow, to assign; tribus, a tribe, ... |
4344
|
attributed |
ATTRIB'UTED, pp. Ascribed; yielded as due; imputed. |
4345
|
attributing |
ATTRIB'UTING, ppr. Ascribing; yielding or giving as due; imputing. |
4346
|
attribution |
ATTRIBU'TION, n. The act of attributing, or the quality ascribed; commendation. |
4347
|
attributive |
ATTRIB'UTIVE, a. Pertaining to or expressing an attribute.ATTRIB'UTIVE, n. In grammar, a word ... |
4348
|
attrite |
ATTRI'TE, a. [L. attritus, worn, of ad and tero to wear; Gr. See Trite.] worn by rubbing or ... |
4349
|
attriteness |
ATTRI'TENESS, n. the being much worn. |
4350
|
attrition |
ATTRI'TION, n. 1. Abrasion; the act of wearing by friction, or rubbing substances together.the ... |
4351
|
attune |
ATTU'NE, v.t [of ad and tune. See tone and Tune.]1. to make musical.Vernal airs attune the ... |
4352
|
attuned |
ATTU'NED, pp. Made musical or harmonious; accommodated in sound. |
4353
|
attuning |
ATTU'NING, ppr. Putting in tune; making musical, or accordant in sound. |
4354
|
atwain |
ATWA'IN, adv. In twain; asunder. Obs. |
4355
|
atween |
ATWEE'N, adv. Between. Obs. |
4356
|
atwixt |
ATWIXT', adv. Betwixt. Obs. |
4357
|
atwo |
ATWO, adv. In two. Obs. |
4358
|
aubaine |
AUBA'INE, n. aub'ain.The droit d'aubaine, in France, is the right of the king to the goods of an ... |
4359
|
auburn |
AU'BURN, a. Brown; of a dark color.His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. |
4360
|
auction |
AUC'TION, n. [L. auctio, a public sale; Eng. to hawk. See Hawk.]1. A public sale of property to ... |
4361
|
auctionary |
AUC'TIONARY, a. Belonging to an auction or public sale. |
4362
|
auctioneer |
AUCTIONEE'R, n. [L. auctionarius.]The person who sells at auction; a person licensed by government ... |
4363
|
aucupation |
AUCUPA'TION, n. [L. aucupatio, from aucupor, of avis and capio.] The act or practice of taking ... |
4364
|
audacious |
AUDA'CIOUS, a. [L. audax; audeo, to dare. The sense is, advancing forward.]1. Very bold or ... |
4365
|
audaciously |
AUDA'CIOUSLY, adv. In an impudent manner; with excess of boldness. |
4366
|
audaciousness |
AUDA'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity. |
4367
|
audacity |
AUDAC'ITY, n.1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence.2. ... |
4368
|
audeanism |
AUD'EANISM, n. Anthropomorphism; or the doctrine of Audeus, who maintained that God has a human ... |
4369
|
audible |
AUD'IBLE, a. [L. audibilis, from audio, to hear. This word is evidently connected with the name ... |
4370
|
audibleness |
AUD'IBLENESS, n. The quality of being audible. |
4371
|
audibly |
AUD'IBLY, adv. In an audible manner; in a manner so as to be heard. |
4372
|
audience |
AUD'IENCE, n.1. The act of hearing, or attending to sounds.His bold discourse had audience.2. ... |
4373
|
audient |
AUD'IENT, n. A hearer. [Not in use.] |
4374
|
audit |
AUD'IT, n. [L. audit, he hears.] 1. An examination of an account or of accounts, with a hearing ... |
4375
|
audit-house |
AUD'IT-HOUSE, n. An appendage to a cathedral, in which the business belonging to it is transacted. |
4376
|
auditive |
AUD'ITIVE, a. Having the power of hearing. |
4377
|
auditor |
AUD'ITOR, [L.] 1. A hearer; one who attends to hear a discourse.2. A person appointed and ... |
4378
|
auditorship |
AUD'ITORSHIP, n. The office of auditor. |
4379
|
auditory |
AUD'ITORY, a. That has the power of hearing; pertaining to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the ... |
4380
|
auditress |
AUD'ITRESS, n. A female hearer. |
4381
|
auf |
AUF, n. A fool; a simpleton. [See Oaf.] |
4382
|
augean |
AUGE'AN, a. The Augean stable, in Grecian mythology, is represented as belonging to Augeas or ... |
4383
|
auger |
AUG'ER, n. An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet ... |
4384
|
auger-hole |
AUG'ER-HOLE, n. A hole made by an auger. |
4385
|
aught |
AUGHT, n. aut.[L. qui, quae, quod, quid, what, to be the same word varied in orthography. This ... |
4386
|
augite |
AU'GITE, n. [Gr. brightness.]A mineral called by Hauy, pyroxene; often found in distinct crystals. ... |
4387
|
augitic |
AUGIT'IC, a. Pertaining to augite; resembling augite, or partaking of its nature and characters. |
4388
|
augment |
AUGMENT', v.t. [L. augmento, augmentum, from augeo, auxi, to increase; Gr. It seems to be the ... |
4389
|
augmentable |
AUGMENT'ABLE, a. That may be increased; capable of augmentation. |
4390
|
augmentation |
AUGMENTA'TION, n. 1. The act of increasing, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or ... |
4391
|
augmentative |
AUGMENT'ATIVE, a. Having the quality or power of augmenting. |
4392
|
augmenter |
AUGMENT'ER, n. He that augments. |
4393
|
augmenting |
AUGMENT'ING, ppr. Increasing; enlarging. |
4394
|
augur |
AU'GUR, n. [L. augur. The first syllable is from avis, a fowl; but the meaning and origin of the ... |
4395
|
augural |
AU'GURAL, a. [L. auguralis.] Pertaining to an augur, or to prediction by the appearance of birds. ... |
4396
|
augurate |
AU'GURATE, v.i. To judge by augury; to predict. [Little used.] |
4397
|
auguration |
AUGURA'TION, n. The practice of augury, or the foretelling of events by the chattering and flight ... |
4398
|
augured |
AU'GURED, pp. Conjectured by omens; prognosticated. |
4399
|
augurer |
AU'GURER, n. An augur. [Not legitimate.] |
4400
|
augurial |
AUGU'RIAL, a. Relating to augurs. |
4401
|
augurize |
AU'GURIZE, v.t. To augur. [Not in use.] |
4402
|
augurous |
AU'GUROUS, a. Predicting; foretelling; foreboding. |
4403
|
augury |
AU'GURY, n. [L. augurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or ... |
4404
|
august |
AUGUST', a. [L. augustus. The first syllable of this word is probably from the root of augeo, or ... |
4405
|
augustan |
AUGUST'AN, a.1. Pertaining to Augustus; as the Augustan age.2. The Augustan confession, drawn up ... |
4406
|
augustinians |
AUGUSTIN'IANS, n. Those divines, who from St. Augustin, maintain that grace is effectual from its ... |
4407
|
augustins |
AUGUST'INS, |
4408
|
augustness |
AUGUST'NESS, n. Dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. |
4409
|
auk |
AUK, n. [contracted from Alca.] The alca, a genus of aquatic fowls, of the order of ansers, ... |
4410
|
aularian |
AULA'RIAN, n. [L. aula, a hall.] At oxford, the member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. |
4411
|
auletic |
AULET'IC, a. [Gr. from a pipe.]Pertaining to pipes or to a pipe. [Little used.] |
4412
|
aulic |
AU'LIC, a. [L. audicus, from aula, a hall, court or palace; Gr.]Pertaining to a royal court. The ... |
4413
|
aum |
AUM, n.A Dutch liquid measure, containing eight steckans or twenty verges or verteels, equal to the ... |
4414
|
aumail |
AUMA'IL, v.t. To figure or variegate. [Not used.] |
4415
|
aumbry |
AUMBRY. [See Ambry.] |
4416
|
aume |
AUME, n. A dutch measure for Rhenish wine, containing 40 gallons. |
4417
|
aune |
AUNE, n. [A contraction of aulne, ulna.]A French cloth measure, but of different lengths in ... |
4418
|
aunt |
'AUNT, n. [L. amita, contracted.]The sister of one's father or mother, correlative to nephew or ... |
4419
|
aura |
AU'RA, n. [L. from Heb. a stream; Gr. See Air.]Literally, a breeze, or gentle current of air, but ... |
4420
|
aurate |
AU'RATE, n. [Supposed to be from aurum, gold.]A sort of pear.AU'RATE, n. [L. aurum, gold; Heb. ... |
4421
|
aurated |
AU'RATED, a. Resembling gold. |
4422
|
aurelia |
AURE'LIA, n. [from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis.]In natural history, the ... |
4423
|
aurelian |
AURE'LIAN, a. Like or pertaining to the aurelia. |
4424
|
auric |
AU'RIC, a. [from aurum, gold.] Pertaining to gold. The auric acid is a saturated combination of ... |
4425
|
auricle |
AU'RICLE, n. [L. auricula, dim. from auris, the ear.]1. The external ear, or that part which is ... |
4426
|
auricula |
AURIC'ULA, n. That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear. |
4427
|
auricular |
AURIC'ULAR, a. [from L. auricula, the ear.]1. Pertaining to the ear; within the sense of hearing; ... |
4428
|
auricularly |
AURIC'ULARLY, adv. In a secret manner; by way of whisper, or voice addressed to the ear. |
4429
|
auriculate |
AURIC'ULATE, a. Shaped like the ear. |
4430
|
auriculated |
AURIC'ULATED, a. Having large or elongated ears; as the auriculated vulture. |
4431
|
auriferous |
AURIF'EROUS, a. [L. aurifer, from aurum, gold, and fero, to produce.] That yields or produces ... |
4432
|
auriga |
AURI'GA, n. [L. of aurea, orea, a head-stall, a bridle, and rego, to govern or manage.]Literally, ... |
4433
|
aurigation |
AURIGA'TION, n. [L. auriga.] The act or practice of driving horses harnessed to carriages. |
4434
|
auripigmentum |
AURIPIGMENTUM. [See Orpiment.] |
4435
|
auriscalp |
AU'RISCALP, n. [L. auris, ear, and scalpo, to scrape.]An instrument to clean the ears; used also ... |
4436
|
aurist |
AU'RIST, n. [L. auris, ear.] One skilled in disorders of the ear, or who professes to cure them. |
4437
|
aurochs |
AU'ROCHS, n. A species of ox, whose bones are found in gravel and alluvial soil. |
4438
|
aurora |
AURO'RA, n. [L. aurora; Heb. light and to raise.]1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of ... |
4439
|
auroral |
AURO'RAL, a. Belonging to the aurora, or to the northern lights; resembling the twilight. |
4440
|
auscultation |
AUSCULTA'TION, n. [L. from antiq. ause, Gr. the ear, and cultus, from colo, to use or exercise.]1. ... |
4441
|
auspicate |
AU'SPICATE, v.t. [L. asupicor.] 1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman ... |
4442
|
auspice |
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]1. The omens of ... |
4443
|
auspices |
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, n. [L. auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]1. The omens of ... |
4444
|
auspicious |
AUSPI'CIOUS, a. [See auspice.] 1. Having omens of success, or favorable appearances; as an ... |
4445
|
auspiciously |
AUSPI'CIOUSLY, adv. With favorable omens; happily; prosperously; favorably; propitiously. |
4446
|
auspiciousness |
AUSPI'CIOUSNESS, n. A state of fair promise; prosperity. |
4447
|
auster |
AUS'TER, n. [L.] The south wind. |
4448
|
austere |
AUSTE'RE, a. [L. Austerus. 1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere ... |
4449
|
austerely |
AUSTE'RELY, adv. Severely; rigidly; harshly. |
4450
|
austereness |
AUSTE'RENESS, n. 1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.2. Roughness in taste. |
4451
|
austerity |
AUSTER'ITY, n. [L. austeritas.] Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. ... |
4452
|
austral |
AUS'TRAL, a. [L. australis, from auster, the south wind, or south.]Southern; lying or being in the ... |
4453
|
australasia |
AUSTRALA'SIA, n. [austral and Asia.] A name given to the countries situated to the south of Asia; ... |
4454
|
austrian |
AUS'TRIAN, a. [from Austria. This word is formed with the Latin termination, ia, ... |
4455
|
austrine |
AUS'TRINE, a. [L. austrinus, from auster, south.]South; southerly; southern. |
4456
|
austromancy |
AUS'TROMANCY, n. [from auster, the south wind, and Gr. divination.]Soothsaying, or prediction of ... |
4457
|
authentic |
AUTHEN'TIC, |
4458
|
authentical |
AUTHEN'TICAL, a. [Low L. authenticus, from the Gr. from an author or maker; one who does any thing ... |
4459
|
authentically |
AUTHEN'TICALLY, adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority. |
4460
|
authenticalness |
AUTHEN'TICALNESS, n. The quality of being authentic; genuineness; the quality of being of good ... |
4461
|
authenticate |
AUTHEN'TICATE, v.t. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or ... |
4462
|
authenticated |
AUTHEN'TICATED, pp. Rendered authentic; having received the forms which prove genuineness. |
4463
|
authenticating |
AUTHEN'TICATING, ppr. Giving authority by the necessary signature, seal, attestation or other ... |
4464
|
authentication |
AUTHENTICA'TION, n. The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary ... |
4465
|
authenticity |
AUTHENTIC'ITY, n. Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original; as the authenticity of ... |
4466
|
authenticness |
AUTHEN'TICNESS, n. Authenticity. [Rarely used.] |
4467
|
author |
AU'THOR, n. [L. auctor. The Latin word is from the root of augeo, to increase, or cause to ... |
4468
|
authoress |
AU'THORESS, n. A female author. |
4469
|
authoritative |
AUTHOR'ITATIVE, a. 1. Having due authority.2. Having an air of authority; positive; peremptory. |
4470
|
authoritatively |
AUTHOR'ITATIVELY, adv. In an authoritative manner; with a show of authority; with due authority. |
4471
|
authoritativeness |
AUTHOR'ITATIVENESS, n. The quality of being authoritative; an acting by authority; authoritative ... |
4472
|
authority |
AUTHOR'ITY, n. [L. auctoritas.]1. Legal power, or a right to command or to act; as the authority ... |
4473
|
authorization |
AUTHORIZA'TION, n. The act of giving authority, or legal power; establishment by authority. |
4474
|
authorize |
AU'THORIZE, v.t.1. To give authority, warrant or legal power to; to give a right to act; to ... |
4475
|
authorized |
AU'THORIZED, pp. Warranted by right; supported by authority; derived from legal or proper ... |
4476
|
authorizing |
AU'THORIZING, ppr. Giving authority to, or legal power, credit, or permission. |
4477
|
authorship |
AU'THORSHIP, n. [author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author. |
4478
|
autobiography |
AUTOBIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. biography.]Biography or memoirs of one's life written by himself. |
4479
|
autochthon |
AUTOCHTHON, n. [Gr.] One who rises or grows out of the earth. |
4480
|
autocrasy |
AUTOC'RASY, n. [Gr. self, and power, or to govern, to take or hold.]Independent power; supreme, ... |
4481
|
autocrat |
AU'TOCRAT, |
4482
|
autocrater |
AU'TOCRATER, |
4483
|
autocratic |
AUTOCRAT'IC, |
4484
|
autocratical |
AUTOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of ... |
4485
|
autocrator |
AU'TOCRATOR, n. 1. An absolute prince or sovereign; a ruler or monarch who holds and exercises ... |
4486
|
autocratrix |
AU'TOCRATRIX, n. A female sovereign, who is independent and absolute; a title given to the ... |
4487
|
autograph |
AU'TOGRAPH, |
4488
|
autographic |
AUTOGRAPH'IC, |
4489
|
autographical |
AUTOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own hand writing. |
4490
|
autography |
AUTOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. self, and writing.]A person's own hand writing; an original manuscript. |
4491
|
automalite |
AUTOM'ALITE, n. A mineral called by Hauy, spinelle zincifere. it is classed with the spinel ruby. ... |
4492
|
automath |
AU'TOMATH, n. [Gr. to learn.] One who is self taught. |
4493
|
automatic |
AUTOMAT'IC, |
4494
|
automatical |
AUTOMAT'ICAL, a. 1. Belonging to an automation; having the power of moving itself; mechanical.2. ... |
4495
|
automation |
AUTOM'ATION, n. [Gr. self. The Greek plural, automata, is sometimes used; but the regular English ... |
4496
|
automatous |
AUTOM'ATOUS, a. Having in itself the power of motion. |
4497
|
autonomous |
AUTON'OMOUS, a. [Infra.] Independent in government; having the right of self government. |
4498
|
autonomy |
AUTON'OMY, n. [Gr. self, and law, rule.]This word is rarely used. It signifies the power or right ... |
4499
|
autopsy |
AU'TOPSY, n. [Gr. self, and sight.]Personal observation; ocular view. |
4500
|
autoptical |
AUTOP'TICAL, a. Seen with one's own eyes. |
4501
|
autoptically |
AUTOP'TICALLY, adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.[Autopsy and its derivatives ... |
4502
|
autumn |
AU'TUMN, n. au'tum. [L. autumnus, "Etymon multum torquetur."]The third season of the year, or the ... |
4503
|
autumnal |
AUTUM'NAL,a. Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; as autumnal fruits.AUTUM'NAL, n. ... |
4504
|
auxesis |
AUXE'SIS, n. [Gr. increase.]In rhetoric, a figure by which any thing is magnified too much; an ... |
4505
|
auxiliar |
AUXIL'IAR, |
4506
|
auxiliaries |
AUXIL'IARIES, n. plu. Foreign troops in the service of nations at war. |
4507
|
auxiliary |
AUXIL'IARY, a. [L. auxiliaris, from auxilium, aid, uuxilior, to aid.]Helping; aiding; assisting; ... |
4508
|
avail |
AVA'IL, v.t. [L. valeo, to be strong or able, to profit, to be of force or authority; Eng. well. ... |
4509
|
available |
AVA'ILABLE, a. 1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is more or less ... |
4510
|
availableness |
AVA'ILABLENESS, n. 1. Power or efficacy, in promoting an end in view.2. Competent power; legal ... |
4511
|
availably |
AVA'ILABLY, adv. Powerfully; profitably; advantageously; validly; efficaciously. |
4512
|
availing |
AVA'ILING, pp. Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect. |
4513
|
availment |
AVA'ILMENT, n. Profit; efficacy; successful issue. [Little used.] |
4514
|
avails |
AVA'ILS, n. plu. Profits or proceeds. It is used in New England, for the proceeds of goods sold, ... |
4515
|
avalanche |
AVALANCHE, |
4516
|
avalange |
AVALANGE, n.A snow-slip; a vast body of snow sliding down a mountain. |
4517
|
avant |
AVANT', n. The front of an army. [Not used. See Van.] |
4518
|
avantguard |
AVANT'GUARD, n. The van or advanced body of an army. [See Vanguard.] |
4519
|
avanturine |
AVANT'URINE, n. A variety of quartz rock containing spangles. |
4520
|
avarice |
AV'ARICE, n. [L. avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet.]An inordinate desire of gaining and ... |
4521
|
avaricious |
AVARI'CIOUS, a. Covetous; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. |
4522
|
avariciously |
AVARI'CIOUSLY, adv. Covetously; with inordinate desire of gaining wealth. |
4523
|
avariciousness |
AVARI'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being avaricious; insatiable or inordinate passion for ... |
4524
|
avarous |
AV'AROUS, a. Covetous. [Not used.] |
4525
|
avast |
AV'AST, exclam. In seamen's language, cease; stop; stay. |
4526
|
avaunt |
AVAUNT, exel.Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase, "Get ... |
4527
|
avegeance |
AVEG'EANCE, n. Punishment. [Not used. See vengeance.] |
4528
|
avemary |
A'VEMARY, n. [from the first words of Gabriel's salutation to the Virgin Mary; L. ave, hail.]A ... |
4529
|
avenaceous |
AVENA'CEOUS, a. [L. avenacceus, from avena, oats.]Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of ... |
4530
|
avenage |
AV'ENAGE, n. A certain quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent or other ... |
4531
|
avener |
AV'ENER, |
4532
|
avenge |
AVENGE, v.t. avenj'. [L. vindex.]1. To take satisfaction for an injury by punishing the injuring ... |
4533
|
avenged |
AVENG'ED, pp. Satisfied by the punishment of the offender; vindicated; punished. |
4534
|
avengement |
AVENG'EMENT, n. Vengeance; punishment; the act of taking satisfaction for an injury in inflicting ... |
4535
|
avenger |
AVENG'ER, n. One who avenges or vindicates; a vindicator; a revenger. |
4536
|
avengeress |
AVENG'ERESS, n. A female avenger. |
4537
|
avenging |
AVENG'ING, ppr. Executing vengeance; taking satisfaction for an injury by the punishment of the ... |
4538
|
avenor |
AV'ENOR, n.In English feudal law, an officer of the king's stable whose duty was to provide oats. |
4539
|
avens |
AV'ENS, n. The herb bennet. |
4540
|
aventine |
AV'ENTINE, a. Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. |
4541
|
aventure |
AVEN'TURE, n. [L. venio, to come.]A mischance causing a person;s death without felony; as by ... |
4542
|
avenue |
AV'ENUE, n. [L. venio.]1. A passage; away or opening for entrance into a place; any opening or ... |
4543
|
aver |
AVER', v.t [See Verify.]To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive or peremptory manner, ... |
4544
|
average |
AV'ERAGE, n. 1. In commerce, a contribution to a general loss. When for the safety of a ship in ... |
4545
|
averaged |
AV'ERAGED, pp. Reduced or formed into a mean proportion, or into shares proportioned to each man's ... |
4546
|
averaging |
AV'ERAGING, ppr. Forming a mean proportion out of unequal sums or quantities, or reducing to just ... |
4547
|
averment |
AVER'MENT, n. [See Aver.]1. Affirmation; positive assertion; the act of averring.2. ... |
4548
|
avernat |
AVER'NAT, n. A sort of grape. |
4549
|
avernian |
AVER'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous ... |
4550
|
averpenny |
AV'ERPENNY, n. Money paid towards the kings carriages by land, instead of service by the beasts in ... |
4551
|
averred |
AVER'RED, pp. Affirmed; laid with an averment. |
4552
|
averring |
AVER'RING, ppr. Affirming; declaring positively; offering to justify or verify. |
4553
|
averroist |
AVERROIST, n. One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who were so demoninated from Averroes, a ... |
4554
|
averruncate |
AVERRUNC'ATE, v.t [L. averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]To root up; ... |
4555
|
averruncation |
AVERRUNCA'TION, n. The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots. |
4556
|
aversation |
AVERSA'TION, n. [L. aversor. See Avert.]A turning from with disgust or dislike; aversion; hatred; ... |
4557
|
averse |
AVERSE, a. avers'. [See Avert.] The literal sense of this word is, turned from, in manifestation ... |
4558
|
aversely |
AVERSELY, adv. avers'ly. With repugnance; unwillingly. |
4559
|
averseness |
AVERSENESS, n. avers'ness. Opposition of mind; dislike; unwillingness; backwardness. |
4560
|
aversion |
AVER'SION, n. [L. averto.]1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; ... |
4561
|
avert |
AVERT', v.t. [L. averto, a, from, and verto, to turn, anciently, vorto; hence vertex, vortex, ... |
4562
|
averter |
AVERT'ER, n. One that turns away; that which turns away. |
4563
|
averting |
AVERT'ING, ppr. Turning from; turning away. |
4564
|
aviary |
A'VIARY, n. [L. aviarium, from avis, a fowl.]A bird cage; an inclosure for keeping birds confined. |
4565
|
avidiously |
AVID'IOUSLY, adv. [See Avidity.] Eagerly; with greediness. |
4566
|
avidity |
AVID'ITY, n. [L. aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. to ... |
4567
|
avigato |
AVIGA'TO, |
4568
|
avile |
AVI'LE, v.t. [See Vile.] To depreciate. [Not in use.] |
4569
|
avise |
AVI'SE, |
4570
|
avisement |
AVI'SEMENT, n. Advisement. [See Advice and Advise.] |
4571
|
aviso |
AVI'SO, n. Advice; intelligence. [Not in use.] |
4572
|
avocado |
AVOCA'DO, n. The Persea, or alligator-pear, a species ranked under the genus Laurus, a native of ... |
4573
|
avocate |
AV'OCATE, v.t. [L. avoco, from a and voco, to call. See Voice and Vocal.]To call off, or away. ... |
4574
|
avocation |
AVOCA'TION, n. [See Vocation, Voice, Vocal.]1. The act of calling aside, or diverting from some ... |
4575
|
avocative |
AVO'CATIVE, a. Calling off. [Not used.] |
4576
|
avoid |
AVOID', v.t. [Eng. side, void, widow; L. vidua, vito, evito. See Void.]1. To shun; to keep at a ... |
4577
|
avoidable |
AVOID'ABLE, a. 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned or escaped.2. That may be ... |
4578
|
avoidance |
AVOID'ANCE, n. 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning.2. The act of vacating, or the state of being ... |
4579
|
avoided |
AVOID'ED, pp. Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected. |
4580
|
avoider |
AVOID'ER, n.1. One who avoids, shuns or escapes.2. The person who carries any thing away; the ... |
4581
|
avoiding |
AVOID'ING, ppr. Shunning, escaping; keeping at a distance; ejecting; evacuating; making void, or ... |
4582
|
avoidless |
AVOID'LESS, a. That cannot be avoided; inevitable. |
4583
|
avoirdupois |
AVOIRDUPOIS', n. s as z. [See Poise.]A weight, of which a pound contains 16 ounces. Its ... |
4584
|
avolation |
AVOLA'TION, n. [L. avolo, to fly away, of a and volo. See Volatile.]The act of flying away; ... |
4585
|
avoset |
AV'OSET, |
4586
|
avosetta |
AVOSET'TA, n. In ornithology, a species of fowls, arranged under the genus, recurvirostra, and ... |
4587
|
avouch |
AVOUCH', v.t. [L. voco, advoco. See Voice.]1. To affirm; to declare or assert with ... |
4588
|
avouchable |
AVOUCH'ABLE, a. That may be avouched. [Little used.] |
4589
|
avouched |
AVOUCH'ED, pp. Affirmed; maintained; called in to support. |
4590
|
avoucher |
AVOUCH'ER, n. One who avouches. |
4591
|
avouching |
AVOUCH'ING, ppr. Affirming; calling in to maintain; vindicating. |
4592
|
avouchment |
AVOUCH'MENT, n. Declaration; the act of avouching. |
4593
|
avow |
AVOW', v.t. [L. voveo.]1. To declare openly, with a view to justify, maintain or defend; or ... |
4594
|
avowable |
AVOW'ABLE, a. That may be avowed, or openly acknowledged with confidence. |
4595
|
avowal |
AVOW'AL, n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment. |
4596
|
avowant |
AVOW'ANT, n. The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the ... |
4597
|
avowed |
AVOW'ED, pp. Openly declared; owned; frankly acknowledged. |
4598
|
avowedly |
AVOW'EDLY, adv. In an open manner; with frank acknowledgment. |
4599
|
avowee |
AVOW'EE, n. Sometimes used for advowee, the person who has a right to present to a benefice, the ... |
4600
|
avower |
AVOW'ER, n. One who avows, owns, or asserts. |
4601
|
avowing |
AVOW'ING, ppr. Openly declaring; frankly acknowledging; justifying. |
4602
|
avowry |
AVOW'RY, n. In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and ... |
4603
|
avowtry |
AVOW'TRY, [See Advowtry.] |
4604
|
avulsed |
AVULS'ED, a. [See Avulsion.] Plucked or pulled off. |
4605
|
avulsion |
AVUL'SION, n. [L. avulsio, from avello, a and vello, to pull coinciding with Heb. to separate; ... |
4606
|
await |
AWA'IT, v.t. [a and wait. See Wait.]Literally, to remain, hold or stay.1. To wait for; to look ... |
4607
|
awaiting |
AWA'ITING, ppr. Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for. |
4608
|
awake |
AWA'KE, v.t. pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [The L. vigilo seems to be formed on this root. ... |
4609
|
awaken |
AWA'KEN, v.t. awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or ... |
4610
|
awakened |
AWA'KENED, pp. Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense. |
4611
|
awakener |
AWA'KENER, n. He or that which awakens. |
4612
|
awakening |
AWA'KENING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual. |
4613
|
award |
AWARD', v.t. [See Guard and Regard.]To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to ... |
4614
|
awarded |
AWARD'ED, pp. Adjudged, or given by judicial sentence, or by the decision of arbitrators. |
4615
|
awarder |
AWARD'ER, n. One that awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge. |
4616
|
awarding |
AWARD'ING, ppr. Adjudging; assigning by judicial sentence; determining. |
4617
|
aware |
AWA'RE, a. [See Ware and Wary.]Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, ... |
4618
|
awarn |
AWARN', v.t. To warn, which see. |
4619
|
awatcha |
AWAT'CHA, n. A bird of Kamtchatka, enumerated by Pennant, among the warblers. The upper parts of ... |
4620
|
away |
AWA'Y, adv. [See Way.]1. Absent; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.Have me away, ... |
4621
|
awe |
AWE, n. aw. [Gr. to be astonished.]1. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential ... |
4622
|
awe-commanding |
AWE-COMMAND'ING, a. Striking or influencing by awe. |
4623
|
awe-inspiring |
AWE-INSPI'RING, a. Impressing with awe. |
4624
|
aweary |
AWE'ARY, a. Weary, which see. |
4625
|
aweather |
AWEATHER, adv. aweth'er. [a and weather.]On the weather-side, or towards the wind; as, the helm is ... |
4626
|
awed |
AW'ED, pp. Struck with fear; influenced by fear or reverence. |
4627
|
aweigh |
AWEIGH', adv. [a and weigh.] Atrip. The anchor is aweigh, when it is just drawn out of the ... |
4628
|
awestruck |
AWE'STRUCK, a. Impressed or struck with awe. |
4629
|
awful |
AWFUL, a. [awe and full.]1. That strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence; as the ... |
4630
|
awfully |
AW'FULLY, adv. In a manner to fill with awe; in a reverential manner. |
4631
|
awfulness |
AW'FULNESS, n.1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; solemnity; as, "the ... |
4632
|
awhape |
AWHAPE, v.t. awhap'. To strike; to confound. Obs. [This is our vulgar shop.] |
4633
|
awhile |
AWHILE, adv. [a and while, time, or interval.]A space of time; for some time; for a short time. |
4634
|
awk |
AWK, a. 1. Odd; out of order.2. Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dexterous. ... |
4635
|
awkward |
AWK'WARD, a. [awk and ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands or of instruments; ... |
4636
|
awkwardly |
AWK'WARDLY, adv. Clumsily; in a rude or bungling manner; inelegantly; badly. |
4637
|
awkwardness |
AWK'WARDNESS, n. Clumsiness; ungracefulness in manners; want of dexterity in the use of the hands ... |
4638
|
awl |
AWL, n.An iron instrument for piercing small holes in leather, for sewing and stitching; used by ... |
4639
|
awless |
AW'LESS, a. [awe and less.]1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; as awless insolence.2. ... |
4640
|
awlwort |
AWL'WORT, n. [awl and wort. See Wort.]The popular name of the Subularia aquatica, or rough leaved ... |
4641
|
awm |
AWM, |
4642
|
awn |
AWN, n. [Gr.]The beard of corn or grass, as it is usually understood. But technically, a slender ... |
4643
|
awning |
AWN'ING, n.1. A cover of canvas,usually a sail or tarpaulin, spread over a boat or ship's deck, to ... |
4644
|
awnless |
AWN'LESS, a. Without awn or beard. |
4645
|
awny |
AWN'Y, a. Having awns' full of beard. |
4646
|
awoke |
AWO'KE, The preterit of awake. |
4647
|
awork |
AWORK', adv.At work; in a state of labor or action. [Not used.] |
4648
|
aworking |
AWORK'ING, adv. At work; into a state of working or action. |
4649
|
awry |
AWRY', a. or adv.1. Turned or twisted towards one side; not in a straight or true direction, or ... |
4650
|
ax |
AX, n. improperly written axe. [Gr.]An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping ... |
4651
|
axayacat |
AXAYA'CAT, n. A fly in Mexico, whose eggs, deposited on rushes and flags, in large quantities, are ... |
4652
|
axestone |
AXESTONE, |
4653
|
axiform |
AX'IFORM a. [L. axis, and forma.] In the form of an axis. |
4654
|
axil |
AX'IL, n. [L. axilla; Heb. to separate or set apart; whence armpits.]1. The armpit; a cavity ... |
4655
|
axillar |
AX'ILLAR, |
4656
|
axillary |
AX'ILLARY, a. Pertaining to the armpit, or to the axil of plants. Axillary leaves are those which ... |
4657
|
axinite |
AX'INITE, n. A mineral which sometimes occurs in lamellar masses, but commonly in crystals, whose ... |
4658
|
axinomancy |
AXINOM'ANCY, n. [Gr. an ax, and divination.]Among the ancients, a species of divination, by means ... |
4659
|
axiom |
AX'IOM, n. [Gr. authority, an authoritative sentence, or that which is assumed, from worthy, and ... |
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axiomatic |
AXIOMAT'IC, |
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axiomatical |
AXIOMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of self evident truths or received ... |
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axis |
AX'IS, n. plu. axes. [L.; Gr.]1. The straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, or ... |
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axle |
AX'LE, |
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axle-tree |
AX'LE-TREE, n. [See Axis.]A piece of timer or bar of iron, fitted for insertion in the hobs or ... |
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axolote |
AX'OLOTE, n. A water lizard found in the Mexican lake, about eight inches in length, sometimes ... |
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axstone |
AXSTONE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of jade; less hard than nephrite; of a leek or grass green, ... |
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ay |
AY, |
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aye |
AYE, adv.Yes, yea, a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is used ... |
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ayle |
AYLE, n. In law, a grandfather. |
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ayry |
A'YRY. [See Aerie.] |
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azarole |
AZ'AROLE, n. A species of thorn; the three grained medlar, a species of crataegus. |
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azerira |
AZERI'RA, n. A species of plum or prunus. |
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azerit |
AZ'ERIT,'TA, |
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azimuth |
AZ'IMUTH, n. 1. In astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the ... |
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azote |
AZOTE, n. [Gr. priv. and life, or vital.]A species of gas, called also mephitic air, and ... |
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azoth |
AZ'OTH, n. 1. Among alchimists, the first principle of metals; the mercury of metals; a universal ... |
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azotic |
AZOT'IC, a. Pertaining to azote; fatal to animal life. |
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azotite |
AZ'OTITE, n. A salt formed by a combination of the protoxyd of azote, or nitrous oxyd, with an ... |
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azure |
AZ'URE, a. azh'ur.Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky. |
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azure-stone |
AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite. |
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azured |
AZURED, a. Colored azure; being of an azure color. |
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azurite |
AZURE-STONE, AZURITE, n. Another name of the lazulite. |
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azurn |
AZURN, a. Of a blue color. [Little used.] |
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azyme |
AZYME, n. [See Azymous.] Unleavened bread. [Not in use.] |
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azymite |
AZYMITE, n. [See Azymous.] In church history, azymites are Christians who administer the eucharist ... |
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azymous |
AZYMOUS, a. [Gr., leaven.] Unleavened; unfermented; as sea-biscuit. |