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1 ably
2A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly
3as,favorably.
4 ana
5A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote acollection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus,Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsonianaof Johnson, etc.
6 ance
7A suffix signifying action
8also, quality or state
9as,assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
10 ancy
11A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea ofquality or state
12as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
13 ant
14A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action
15as, merchant,covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
16 arch
17A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
18 ation
19A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to theverbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings ofstate, and that which results from the action. Many of these nounshave verbs in -ate
20as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation
21many arederived through the French
22as, alteration, visitation
23and many areformed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise)
24as,civilization, demoralization.
25 blast
26A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biologicalterms, and signifying growth, formation
27as, bioblast, epiblast,mesoblast, etc.
28 derm
29A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms,and signifying skin, integument, covering
30as, blastoderm, ectoderm,etc.
31 dom
32A suffix denoting:(a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as inkingdom earldom.(b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom.
33 ed
34The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak,verbs
35also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns
36as,pigmented
37talented.
38 ee
39A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passivesignification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of anaction, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right isconferred
40as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It iscorrelative to -or, the agent or doer.
41 en
42An adjectival suffix, meaning made of
43as in golden, leaden,wooden.
44 ence
45A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality
46also, thatwhich relates to the action or state
47as in emergence, diffidence,diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.
48 ency
49A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but morecommonly signifying the quality or state
50as, emergency, efficiency.See -ancy.
51 ent
52An adjective suffix signifying action or being
53as, corrodent,excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
54 er
55.
56 escent
57A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be
58as, adolescent,effervescent, etc.
59 esque
60A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, andSpanish. It denotes manner or style
61like
62as, arabesque, after themanner of the Arabs.
63 ess
64A suffix used to form feminine nouns
65as, actress, deaconess,songstress.
66 est
67A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives andadverbs
68as, smoothest
69earl(y)iest.
70 et
71A noun suffix with a diminutive force
72as in baronet, pocket,facet, floweret, latchet.
73 ferous
74A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding
75as,auriferous, yielding gold
76chyliferous, producing chyle.
77 ful
78A suffix signifying full of, abounding with
79as, boastful,harmful, woeful.
80 fy
81A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.
82as, acetify,amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.
83 genous
84A suffix signifying producing, yielding
85as, alkaligenous
86endogenous.
87 gerous
88A suffix signifying bearing, producing
89as, calcigerous
90dentigerous.
91 gram
92A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,writing
93-- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
94 graph
95A suffix signifying something written, a writing
96also, awriter
97as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph.
98 graphy
99A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing
100also, thewriting or description itself
101a treatise
102as, calligraphy,biography, geography.
103 grave
104A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave.See Margrave.
105 head
106A variant of -hood.
107 hood
108A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
109 ible
110. See -able.
111 ic
112A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters intocertain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valencerelatively higher than in compounds where the name of the elementends in -ous
113as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the generalsense of pertaining to
114as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
115 ics
116. A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences,systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics,politics, athletics.
117 ide
118A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative,element or radical in a binary compound
119as, oxide, sulphide,chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride
120as, glycolide,phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives
121as, indogenide,glucoside, etc.
122 in
123A suffix. See the Note under -ine.
124 ine
125A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it isa part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
126 ing
127A suffix used to from present participles
128as, singing,playing.
129 ion
130A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or aprocess, thing acted upon, state, or condition
131as, revolution, theact or process of revolving
132construction, the act or process ofconstructing
133a thing constructed
134dominion, territory ruled over
135subjection, state of being subject
136dejection
137abstraction.
138 ise
139. See -ize.
140 ish
141A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and fromadjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, andsometimes has a diminutive force
142as, selfish, boyish, brutish
143whitish, somewhat white.
144 ism
145A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act ora process, a state
146also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine,idiom, etc.)
147as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism,sensualism, Anglicism.
148 ist
149A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, abeliever in
150as, theorist, one who theorizes
151socialist, one whoholds to socialism
152sensualist, one given to sensuality.
153 ite
154A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whosenames end in -ous
155as, sulphite, from sulphurous
156nitrite, fromnitrous acid, etc.
157 itis
158A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatorydisease of
159as, arthritis
160bronchitis, phrenitis.
161 ive
162An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of thenature of, tending to
163as affirmative, active, conclusive,corrective, diminutive.
164 ize
165A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice
166asapologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize.
167 kin
168A diminutive suffix
169as, manikin
170lambkin.
171 less
172A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,not having
173as witless, childless, fatherless.
174 let
175A noun suffix having a diminutive force
176as in streamlet,armlet.
177 ling
178A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatoryforce
179as in duck-ling, dosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling,underling.
180 logy
181A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,theory, science
182as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
183 ly
184A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likenessor resemblance.
185 mancy
186A combining form denoting divination
187as, aleuromancy,chiromancy, necromancy, etc.
188 ment
189A suffix denoting that which does a thing
190an act or process
191the result of an act or process
192state or condition
193as, aliment,that which nourishes, ornament, increment
194fragment, piece broken,segment
195abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement,adjournment
196amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
197 mere
198A combining form meaning part, portion
199as, blastomere,epimere.
200 meter
201A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured
202as,barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.
203 metry
204A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring
205as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
206 mo
207A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to thenumerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by foldinga sheet of paper
208as, sixteenmo or 16mo
209eighteenmo or 18mo. It istaken from the Latin forms similarly used
210as, duodecimo,sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and nearits top, is often used for -mo
211as, 16°, 18°, etc.
212 morphous
213A combining form denoting form, shape
214as, isomorphous.
215 ness
216A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality orstate
217as, goodness, greatness.
218 ock
219A suffix used to form diminutives
220as, bullock, hillock.
221 oid
222A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in theform of
223as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
224 ol
225A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which itappears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, ascarbinol, glycerol, etc.
226 oma
227A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition ofsome part, usually some kind of tumor
228as in fibroma, glaucoma.
229 one
230A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which itappears, is a ketone
231as, acetone.
232 ory
233A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for
234as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking
235consistory, factory,etc.
236 ose
237A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of wich itis affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group
238as in cellulose,sucrose, dextrose, etc.
239 our
240See -or.
241 ous
242A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the namebearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination-ic
243as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric,sulphuric, etc.
244 plastic
245A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing
246as,heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
247 plasty
248A combining form denoting the act or process of forming,development, growth
249as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.
250 pod
251A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot
252as,decapod, an animal having ten feet
253phyllopod, an animal havingleaflike feet
254myriapod, hexapod.
255 poda
256A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. foot
257as,hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
258 ric
259A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction
260as, bishopric, thedistrict over which a bishop exercises authority.
261 s
262The suffix used to form the plural of most words
263as in roads,elfs, sides, accounts.
264 scope
265A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing(with the eye) or observing (in any way)
266as in microscope,telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
267 ship
268A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art
269as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship,horsemanship.
270 some
271A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) thebody
272as in merosome, a body segment
273cephalosome, etc.
274 ster
275A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially aperson who does something with skill or as an occupation
276as inspinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (=bakester), youngster.
277 type
278A combining form signifying impressed form
279stamp
280print
281type
282typical form
283representative
284as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype,monotype.
285 uret
286A suffix with the same meaning as -ide. See -ide. [Obs.]
287 wards
288See -ward.
289 ways
290A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s(see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise
291as, endwaysor endwise
292noways or nowise, etc.
293 yl
294A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemicalradicals
295as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.
296 a
297The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as alsothe small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter,etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed fromthe Greek Alpha, of the same form
298and this was made from the firstletter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was aconsonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not anelement of Greek articulation
299and the Greeks took it to representtheir vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having novowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several differentvowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular longa, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has takenthe place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, wasa sound of the quality of ä (as in far).
300 a cheval
301Astride
302with a part on each side
303-- used specif. indesignating the position of an army with the wings separated by someline of demarcation, as a river or road.
304 a fortiori
305With stronger reason.
306 a mensa et thoro
307A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond,but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.Abbott.
308 a posteriori
309Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derivespropositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizationsfrom facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causesfrom effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
310 a priori
311Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deducesconsequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or whichinfers effects from causes previously known
312deductive ordeductively. The reverse of a posteriori.
313 a
314A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from varioussources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms ofAS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep,aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble,etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun orhill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving anintensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as inarise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS.inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-),which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as inaware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab,abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, orprivative, not, as in abyss, atheist
315akin to E. un-.
316 agood
317In earnest
318heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.
319 amornings
320In the morning
321every morning. [Obs.]And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.
322 asea
323On the sea
324at sea
325toward the sea.
326 atiptoe
327On tiptoe
328eagerly expecting.We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison.
329 aam
330A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in differentcities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, atHamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]
331 aardvark
332An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhatresembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrowsin the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with itslong, slimy tongue.
333 aardwolf
334A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa,resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.
335 ab
336The fifth month of the Jewish year according to theecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation,coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.
337 ab
338A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away, separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
339 abaca
340The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis)
341also, its fiber. SeeManila hemp under Manila.
342 abacinate
343To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]
344 abacination
345The act of abacinating. [R.]
346 abaciscus
347One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement
348anabaculus.
349 abacist
350One who uses an abacus in casting accounts
351a calculator.
352 aback
353Backward against the mast
354-said of the sails when pressed bythe wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backwardagainst the mast
355-- said of the sails, also of the ship when thesails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, ordiscomfited. Dickens.
356 abactinal
357Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in aradiate animal
358-- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinalarea." L. Agassiz.
359 abaction
360Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]
361 abactor
362One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds ordroves. [Obs.]
363 abaculus
364A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of variouscolors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.Fairholt.
365 abada
366The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas.
367 abaft
368Behind
369toward the stern from
370as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaftthe beam. See under Beam.
371 abaisance
372Obeisance. [Obs.] Jonson.
373 abaiser
374Ivory black or animal charcoal. Weale.
375 abaist
376Abashed
377confounded
378discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.
379 abalienate
380To transfer the title of from one to another
381to alienate.
382 abalienation
383The act of abalienating
384alienation
385estrangement. [Obs.]
386 abalone
387A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is linedwith mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes
388the sea-ear.Several large species are found on the coast of California, clingingclosely to the rocks.
389 abandon
390To relinquish all claim to
391-- used when an insured persongives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by apolicy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insuredagainst.
392 abandonedly
393Unrestrainedly.
394 abandonee
395One to whom anything is legally abandoned.
396 abandoner
397One who abandons. Beau. & Fl.
398 abandonment
399The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of whatmay remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a perilinsured against.
400 abandum
401Anything forfeited or confiscated.
402 abanet
403See Abnet.
404 abanga
405A West Indian palm
406also the fruit of this palm, the seeds ofwhich are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.
407 abarticulation
408Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits offree motion in the joint
409diarthrosis. Coxe.
410 abased
411Borne lower than usual, as a fess
412also, having the ends of thewings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
413 abasedly
414Abjectly
415downcastly.
416 abasement
417The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low
418the state ofbeing abased or humbled
419humiliation.
420 abaser
421He who, or that which, abases.
422 abash
423To destroy the self-possession of
424to confuse or confound, asby exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, orinferiority
425to put to shame
426to disconcert
427to discomfit.Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton.He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.
428 abashedly
429In an abashed manner.
430 abashment
431The state of being abashed
432confusion from shame.
433 abasia
434Inability to coördinate muscular actions properly in walking. -- A*ba"sic (#), a.
435 abatable
436Capable of being abated
437as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
438 abate
439(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to
440to do away with
441as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish
442to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or inproportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit iteither wholly or in part.
443 abatement
444A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
445 abater
446One who, or that which, abates.
447 abatised
448Provided with an abatis.
449 abator
450(a) One who abates a nuisance. (b) A person who, without right,enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before theheir or devisee. Blackstone.
451 abattoir
452A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
453 abature
454Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passingthrough them. Crabb.
455 abatvoix
456The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
457 abawed
458Astonished
459abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
460 abay
461Barking
462baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]
463 abb
464Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool forthe abb.
465 abb wool
466See Abb.
467 abba
468Father
469religious superior
470-- in the Syriac, Coptic, andEthiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishopsto the patriarch.
471 abbacy
472The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
473 abbatial
474Belonging to an abbey
475as, abbatial rights.
476 abbatical
477Abbatial. [Obs.]
478 abbe
479The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of anabbey
480but commonly a title of respect given in France to every onevested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
481 abbess
482A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent ofnuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots haveover the monks. See Abbey.
483 abbotship
484The state or office of an abbot.
485 abbreviate
486To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
487 abbreviated
488Shortened
489relatively short
490abbreviate.
491 abbreviation
492One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing itrespectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore.
493 abbreviatory
494Serving or tending to abbreviate
495shortening
496abridging.
497 abdal
498A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
499 abderian
500Given to laughter
501inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
502 abderite
503An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace. The Abderite, Democritus,the Laughing Philosopher.
504 abdest
505Purification by washing the hands before prayer
506-- aMohammedan rite. Heyse.
507 abdicable
508Capable of being abdicated.
509 abdicant
510Abdicating
511renouncing
512-- followed by of.Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock.
513 abdicate
514To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child
515to disown
516to disinherit.
517 abdication
518The act of abdicating
519the renunciation of a high office,dignity, or trust, by its holder
520commonly the voluntary renunciationof sovereign power
521as, abdication of the throne, government, power,authority.
522 abdicative
523Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey.
524 abdicator
525One who abdicates.
526 abditive
527Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.
528 abditory
529A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.
530 abdomen
531The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and thepelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by theperitoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. Inman, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and thecommencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelviccavity.
532 abdominal
533Having abdominal fins
534belonging to the Abdominales
535as,abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike openingon each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes
536--called also inguinal ring.
537 abdominales
538A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, andmany marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behindthe pectorals.
539 abdominalia
540A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.
541 abdominoscopy
542Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
543 abdominothoracic
544Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
545 abdominous
546Having a protuberant belly
547pot-bellied.Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinesefan. Cowper.
548 abduce
549To draw or conduct away
550to withdraw
551to draw to a differentpart. [Obs.]If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will notduplicate. Sir T. Browne.
552 abduction
553The movement which separates a limb or other part from theaxis, or middle line, of the body.
554 abductor
555A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the medianline of the body
556as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eyeoutward.
557 abeam
558On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle withthe ship's keel
559opposite to the center of the ship's side.
560 abearance
561Behavior. [Obs.] Blackstone.
562 abearing
563Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More.
564 abecedarian
565Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet
566alphabetic
567hence, rudimentary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc.,compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinctportions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.Hook.
568 abecedary
569A primer
570the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.]Fuller.
571 abegge
572Same as Aby. [Obs.] Chaucer.
573 abele
574The white polar (Populus alba).Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning.
575 abelmosk
576An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus-moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whosemusky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee
577-- sometimescalled musk mallow.
578 aberdevine
579The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green andyellow finch, related to the goldfinch.
580 aberr
581To wander
582to stray. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
583 aberrant
584See Aberr.]
585 aberrate
586To go astray
587to diverge. [R.]Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
588 aberration
589A small periodical change of position in the stars and otherheavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of lightand the motion of the observer
590called annual aberration, when theobserver's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy ordiurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis
591amounting whengreatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''.Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and themotion of the planet relative to the earth.
592 aberrational
593Characterized by aberration.
594 aberuncate
595To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey.
596 aberuncator
597A weeding machine.
598 abet
599To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commissionof an offense.
600 abetment
601The act of abetting
602as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
603 abettal
604Abetment. [R.]
605 abevacuation
606A partial evacuation. Mayne.
607 abeyance
608Expectancy
609condition of being undetermined.
610 abeyancy
611Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne.
612 abeyant
613Being in a state of abeyance.
614 abgeordnetenhaus
615See Legislature, Austria, Prussia.
616 abhal
617The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.
618 abhominable
619Abominable.
620 abhominal
621Inhuman. [Obs.] Fuller.
622 abhor
623To protest against
624to reject solemnly. [Obs.]I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak.
625 abhorrence
626Extreme hatred or detestation
627the feeling of utter dislike.
628 abhorrency
629Abhorrence. [Obs.] Locke.
630 abhorrently
631With abhorrence.
632 abhorrer
633One who abhors. Hume.
634 abhorrible
635Detestable. [R.]
636 abib
637The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivitythis month was called Nisan. Kitto.
638 abidance
639The state of abiding
640abode
641continuance
642compliance (with).The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine.Fuller.A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.
643 abide
644To stand the consequences of
645to answer for
646to suffer for.Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.
647 abiding
648Continuing
649lasting.
650 abidingly
651Permanently. Carlyle.
652 abies
653A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsamfir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred tothis genus.
654 abietene
655A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nutpine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
656 abietic
657Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products
658as, abieticacid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.
659 abietinic
660Of or pertaining to abietin
661as, abietinic acid.
662 abietite
663A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of thecommon silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc.
664 abigail
665A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys.Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curlsfor sleeping in. Leslie.
666 abiliment
667Habiliment. [Obs.]
668 ability
669The quality or state of being able
670power to perform, whetherphysical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal
671capacity
672skill or competence in doing
673sufficiency of strength, skill,resources, etc.
674-- in the plural, faculty, talent.Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined tosend relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29.Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning bystudy. Bacon.The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability.Macaulay.
675 abiogenesis
676The supposed origination of living organisms from lifelessmatter
677such genesis as does not involve the action of livingparents
678spontaneous generation
679-- called also abiogeny, and opposedto biogenesis.I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced bynot living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870.
680 abiogenetic
681Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
682 abiogenist
683One who believes that life can be produced independently ofantecedent. Huxley.
684 abiogenous
685Produced by spontaneous generation.
686 abiogeny
687Same as Abiogenesis.
688 abiological
689Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.
690 abirritant
691A medicine that diminishes irritation.
692 abirritate
693To diminish the sensibility of
694to debilitate.
695 abirritation
696A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation
697debility
698want of strength
699asthenia.
700 abirritative
701Characterized by abirritation or debility.
702 abit
7033d sing. pres. of Abide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
704 abject
705To cast off or down
706hence, to abase
707to degrade
708to lower
709todebase. [Obs.] Donne.
710 abjectedness
711A very abject or low condition
712abjectness. [R.] Boyle.
713 abjectly
714Meanly
715servilely.
716 abjectness
717The state of being abject
718abasement
719meanness
720servility.Grew.
721 abjudge
722To take away by judicial decision. [R.]
723 abjudicate
724To reject by judicial sentence
725also, to abjudge. [Obs.] Ash.
726 abjudication
727Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] Knowles.
728 abjugate
729To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey.
730 abjunctive
731Exceptional. [R.]It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive tothe universal. I. Taylor.
732 abjuratory
733Containing abjuration.
734 abjure
735To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.
736 abjurement
737Renunciation. [R.]
738 abjurer
739One who abjures.
740 ablactate
741To wean. [R.] Bailey.
742 ablactation
743The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting byapproach.
744 ablaqueate
745To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.
746 ablaqueation
747The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to exposethem to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.
748 ablastemic
749Non-germinal.
750 ablation
751Extirpation. Dunglison.
752 ablatitious
753Diminishing
754as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.
755 ablative
756Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some otherlanguages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal,separation, or taking away.
757 ablaut
758The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicatinga corresponding modification of use or meaning
759vowel permutation
760as, get, gat, got
761sing, song
762hang, hung. Earle.
763 able
764Legally qualified
765possessed of legal competence
766as, able toinherit or devise property.
767 ablebodied
768Having a sound, strong body
769physically competent
770robust."Able-bodied vagrant." Froude.-- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
771 ableminded
772Having much intellectual power.-- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.
773 ablegate
774To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.
775 ablegation
776The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
777 ableness
778Ability of body or mind
779force
780vigor. [Obs. or R.]
781 ablepsy
782Blindness. [R.] Urquhart.
783 abler
784comp. of Able.-- A"blest, a.,
785 abligate
786To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]
787 abligurition
788Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.
789 ablins
790Perhaps. [Scot.]
791 abloom
792In or into bloom
793in a blooming state. Masson.
794 ablude
795To be unlike
796to differ. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
797 abluent
798Washing away
799carrying off impurities
800detergent.-- n. (Med.)
801 ablush
802Blushing
803ruddy.
804 ablution
805A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash thepriest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then,as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunkby the priest.
806 ablutionary
807Pertaining to ablution.
808 abluvion
809That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight.
810 ably
811In an able manner
812with great ability
813as, ably done, planned,said.
814 abnegate
815To deny and reject
816to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
817 abnegation
818a denial
819a renunciation.With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they mayretain the friendship of the court. Knox.
820 abnegative
821Denying
822renouncing
823negative. [R.] Clarke.
824 abnegator
825One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]
826 abnet
827The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
828 abnodate
829To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount.
830 abnodation
831The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb.
832 abnormal
833Not conformed to rule or system
834deviating from the type
835anomalous
836irregular. "That deviating from the type
837anomalous
838irregular. " Froude.
839 abnormally
840In an abnormal manner
841irregularly. Darwin.
842 abnormity
843Departure from the ordinary type
844irregularity
845monstrosity."An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.
846 abnormous
847Abnormal
848irregular. Hallam.A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspectedcoadjutor. State Trials.
849 aboard
850On board
851into or within a ship or boat
852hence, into or withina railway car.
853 abodance
854An omen
855a portending. [Obs.]
856 abode
857of Abide.
858 abodement
859A foreboding
860an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affrightus." Shak.
861 aboding
862A foreboding. [Obs.]
863 abolishable
864Capable of being abolished.
865 abolisher
866One who abolishes.
867 abolishment
868The act of abolishing
869abolition
870destruction. Hooker.
871 abolition
872The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished
873anannulling
874abrogation
875utter destruction
876as, the abolition ofslavery or the slave trade
877the abolition of laws, decrees,ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
878 abolitionism
879The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
880 abolitionist
881A person who favors the abolition of any institution,especially negro slavery.
882 abolitionize
883To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.
884 aboma
885A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
886 abominableness
887The quality or state of being abominable
888odiousness. Bentley.
889 abominably
890In an abominable manner
891very odiously
892detestably.
893 abominate
894To turn from as ill-omened
895to hate in the highest degree, asif with religious dread
896loathe
897as, to abominate all impiety.
898 aboon
899and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott.The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.
900 aboral
901Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
902 abord
903Manner of approaching or accosting
904address. Chesterfield.
905 aboriginality
906The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.
907 aboriginally
908Primarily.
909 aborsement
910Abortment
911abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
912 aborsive
913Abortive. [Obs.] Fuller.
914 abort
915To become checked in normal development, so as either to remainrudimentary or shrink away wholly
916to become sterile.
917 aborted
918Rendered abortive or sterile
919undeveloped
920checked in normaldevelopment at a very early stage
921as, spines are aborted branches.The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their maturestate. Owen.
922 aborticide
923The act of destroying a fetus in the womb
924feticide.
925 abortifacient
926Producing miscarriage.-- n.
927 abortion
928Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains animperfect formation or is absorbed.
929 abortional
930Pertaining to abortion
931miscarrying
932abortive. Carlyle.
933 abortionist
934One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
935 abortive
936Imperfectly formed or developed
937rudimentary
938sterile
939as, anabortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
940 abortively
941In an abortive or untimely manner
942immaturely
943fruitlessly.
944 abortiveness
945The quality of being abortive.
946 abortment
947Abortion. [Obs.]
948 abought
949of Aby. [Obs.]
950 about
951On the point or verge of
952going
953in act of.Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.
954 aboutsledge
955The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
956 abovecited
957Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
958 aboveboard
959Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight
960without trick,concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.
961 abovedeck
962On deck
963and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.
964 abovesaid
965Mentioned or recited before.
966 abox
967Braced aback.
968 abra
969A narrow pass or defile
970a break in a mesa
971the mouth of acañon. [Southwestern U. S.]
972 abracadabra
973A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in thefigure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. Atpresent the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something withoutmeaning
974jargon.
975 abradant
976A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass,etc.
977 abrade
978To rub or wear off
979to waste or wear away by friction
980as, toabrade rocks. Lyell.
981 abrahamic
982Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch
983as, the Abrachamiccovenant.
984 abraid
985To awake
986to arouse
987to stir or start up
988also, to shout out.[Obs.] Chaucer.
989 abranchial
990Abranchiate.
991 abranchiata
992A group of annelids, so called because the species composing ithave no special organs of respiration.
993 abranchiate
994Without gills.
995 abrase
996Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." B. Jonson.
997 abrasion
998A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under theform of small shreds. Dunglison.
999 abrasive
1000Producing abrasion. Ure.
1001 abraxas
1002A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among theancients
1003also, a gem stone thus engraved.
1004 abray
1005See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
1006 abreaction
1007See Catharsis, below.
1008 abreast
1009Side by side
1010also, opposite
1011over against
1012on a line with thevessel's beam
1013-- with of.
1014 abregge
1015See Abridge. [Obs.]
1016 abrenounce
1017To renounce. [Obs.] "They abrenounce and cast them off."Latimer.
1018 abrenunciation
1019Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.]An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, andstill believed. Fuller.
1020 abreption
1021A snatching away. [Obs.]
1022 abreuvoir
1023The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled withmortar. Gwilt.
1024 abricock
1025See Apricot. [Obs.]
1026 abridger
1027One who abridges.
1028 abroach
1029To set abroach
1030to let out, as liquor
1031to broach
1032to tap.[Obs.] Chaucer.
1033 abrogable
1034Capable of being abrogated.
1035 abrogate
1036Abrogated
1037abolished. [Obs.] Latimer.
1038 abrogation
1039The act of abrogating
1040repeal by authority. Hume.
1041 abrogative
1042Tending or designed to abrogate
1043as, an abrogative law.
1044 abrogator
1045One who repeals by authority.
1046 abrood
1047In the act of brooding. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
1048 abrook
1049To brook
1050to endure. [Obs.] Shak.
1051 abrupt
1052Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.
1053 abruption
1054A sudden breaking off
1055a violent separation of bodies.Woodward.
1056 abscess
1057A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organof the body, the result of a morbid process. Cold abscess, an abscessof slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristicof ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting anytendency towards healing
1058a chronic abscess.
1059 abscession
1060A separating
1061removal
1062also, an abscess. [Obs.] Gauden.Barrough.
1063 abscind
1064To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest."Johnson.
1065 abscision
1066See Abscission.
1067 absciss
1068See Abscissa.
1069 abscissa
1070One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of acurve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.
1071 abscission
1072A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to saya thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor andcandor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
1073 abscond
1074To hide
1075to conceal. [Obs.] Bentley.
1076 abscondence
1077Fugitive concealment
1078secret retirement
1079hiding. [R.] Phillips.
1080 absconder
1081One who absconds.
1082 absentminded
1083Absent in mind
1084abstracted
1085preoccupied.-- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n.-- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.
1086 absentaneous
1087Pertaining to absence. [Obs.]
1088 absentation
1089The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.
1090 absentee
1091One who absents himself from his country, office, post, orduty
1092especially, a landholder who lives in another country ordistrict than that where his estate is situated
1093as, an Irishabsentee. Macaulay.
1094 absenteeism
1095The state or practice of an absentee
1096esp. the practice ofabsenting one's self from the country or district where one's estateis situated.
1097 absenter
1098One who absents one's self.
1099 absently
1100In an absent or abstracted manner.
1101 absentment
1102The state of being absent
1103withdrawal. [R.] Barrow.
1104 absentness
1105The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.
1106 abseybook
1107An A-B-C book
1108a primer. [Obs.] Shak.
1109 absinthate
1110A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positiveradical.
1111 absinthial
1112Of or pertaining to wormwood
1113absinthian.
1114 absinthian
1115Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T.Randolph.
1116 absinthiate
1117To impregnate with wormwood.
1118 absinthiated
1119Impregnated with wormwood
1120as, absinthiated wine.
1121 absinthic
1122Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
1123 absinthin
1124The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Watts.
1125 absinthism
1126The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use ofabsinth.
1127 absinthium
1128The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitterplant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
1129 absis
1130See Apsis.
1131 absist
1132To stand apart from
1133top leave off
1134to desist. [Obs.] Raleigh.
1135 absistence
1136A standing aloof. [Obs.]
1137 absolute
1138Pure
1139unmixed
1140as, absolute alcohol.
1141 absolutely
1142In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner
1143wholly
1144positively.
1145 absoluteness
1146The quality of being absolute
1147independence of everythingextraneous
1148unlimitedness
1149absolute power
1150independent reality
1151positiveness.
1152 absolution
1153An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accusedperson innocent. [Obs.]
1154 absolutism
1155Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash.
1156 absolutist
1157One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition orconcept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.
1158 absolutistic
1159Pertaining to absolutism
1160absolutist.
1161 absolutory
1162Serving to absolve
1163absolving. "An absolutory sentence."Ayliffe.
1164 absolvable
1165That may be absolved.
1166 absolvatory
1167Conferring absolution
1168absolutory.
1169 absolvent
1170Absolving. [R.] Carlyle.
1171 absolver
1172One who absolves. Macaulay.
1173 absonant
1174Discordant
1175contrary
1176-- opposed to consonant. "Absonant tonature." Quarles.
1177 absonous
1178Discordant
1179inharmonious
1180incongruous. [Obs.] "Absonous to ourreason." Glanvill.
1181 absorbability
1182The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).
1183 absorbable
1184Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.
1185 absorbedly
1186In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
1187 absorbency
1188Absorptiveness.
1189 absorbent
1190Absorbing
1191swallowing
1192absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), aground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or watercolors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted tothe colors.
1193 absorber
1194One who, or that which, absorbs.
1195 absorbing
1196Swallowing, engrossing
1197as, an absorbing pursuit.-- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.
1198 absorbition
1199Absorption. [Obs.]
1200 absorpt
1201Absorbed. [Arcahic.] "Absorpt in care." Pope.
1202 absorption
1203An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action
1204as,the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
1205 absorptive
1206Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E.Darwin.
1207 absorptiveness
1208The quality of being absorptive
1209absorptive power.
1210 absorptivity
1211Absorptiveness.
1212 absquatulate
1213To take one's self off
1214to decamp. [A jocular word. U. S.]
1215 absque hoc
1216. Etym: [L., without this.] (Law) The technical words of denialused in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
1217 abstain
1218To hold one's self aloof
1219to forbear or refrain voluntarily,and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites
1220--with from.Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay.Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak.
1221 abstainer
1222One who abstains
1223esp., one who abstains from the use ofintoxicating liquors.
1224 abstemiousness
1225The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in theuse of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree ofabstinence than temperance.
1226 abstention
1227The act of abstaining
1228a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor.
1229 abstentious
1230Characterized by abstinence
1231self-restraining. Farrar.
1232 absterge
1233To make clean by wiping
1234to wipe away
1235to cleanse
1236hence, topurge. [R.] Quincy.
1237 abstergent
1238Serving to cleanse, detergent.
1239 absterse
1240To absterge
1241to cleanse
1242to purge away. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
1243 abstersion
1244Act of wiping clean
1245a cleansing
1246a purging.The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott.
1247 abstersive
1248Cleansing
1249purging. Bacon.
1250 abstersiveness
1251The quality of being abstersive. Fuller.
1252 abstinency
1253Abstinence. [R.]
1254 abstinent
1255Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence ofappetite
1256abstemious
1257continent
1258temperate. Beau. & Fl.
1259 abstinently
1260With abstinence.
1261 abstorted
1262Wrested away. [Obs.] Bailey.
1263 abstract
1264To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of asubstance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this senseextract is now more generally used.
1265 abstractedly
1266In an abstracted manner
1267separately
1268with absence of mind.
1269 abstractedness
1270The state of being abstracted
1271abstract character.
1272 abstracter
1273One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
1274 abstraction
1275The act process of leaving out of consideration one or moreproperties of a complex object so as to attend to others
1276analysis.Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or thecolor of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act iscalled abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness,virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
1277 abstractional
1278Pertaining to abstraction.
1279 abstractionist
1280An idealist. Emerson.
1281 abstractitious
1282Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb.
1283 abstractive
1284Having the power of abstracting
1285of an abstracting nature. "Theabstractive faculty." I. Taylor.
1286 abstractively
1287In a abstract manner
1288separately
1289in or by itself. Feltham.
1290 abstractiveness
1291The quality of being abstractive
1292abstractive property.
1293 abstractly
1294In an abstract state or manner
1295separately
1296absolutely
1297byitself
1298as, matter abstractly considered.
1299 abstractness
1300The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas."Locke.
1301 abstringe
1302To unbind. [Obs.] Bailey.
1303 abstrude
1304To thrust away. [Obs.] Johnson.
1305 abstrusely
1306In an abstruse manner.
1307 abstruseness
1308The quality of being abstruse
1309difficulty of apprehension.Boyle.
1310 abstrusion
1311The act of thrusting away. [R.] Ogilvie.
1312 abstrusity
1313Abstruseness
1314that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
1315 absume
1316To consume gradually
1317to waste away. [Obs.] Boyle.
1318 absumption
1319Act of wasting away
1320a consuming
1321extinction. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne.
1322 absurd
1323Contrary to reason or propriety
1324obviously and fiatly opposedto manifest truth
1325inconsistent with the plain dictates of commonsense
1326logically contradictory
1327nonsensical
1328ridiculous
1329as, anabsurd person, an absurd opinion
1330an absurd dream.This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak.'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. Pope.p. 9
1331 absurdly
1332In an absurd manner.
1333 absurdness
1334Absurdity. [R.]
1335 abuna
1336The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
1337 abundance
1338An overflowing fullness
1339ample sufficiency
1340great plenty
1341profusion
1342copious supply
1343superfluity
1344wealth: -- strictlyapplicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath beenshed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.
1345 abundant
1346Fully sufficient
1347plentiful
1348in copious supply
1349-- followed byin, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6.Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot partsexceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14,whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10
1350and to aperfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6,whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.
1351 abundantly
1352In a sufficient degree
1353fully
1354amply
1355plentifully
1356in largemeasure.
1357 aburst
1358In a bursting condition.
1359 abusable
1360That may be abused.
1361 abusage
1362Abuse. [Obs.] Whately (1634).
1363 abuseful
1364Full of abuse
1365abusive. [R.] "Abuseful names." Bp. Barlow.
1366 abuser
1367One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].
1368 abusion
1369Evil or corrupt usage
1370abuse
1371wrong
1372reproach
1373deception
1374cheat. Chaucer.
1375 abusively
1376In an abusive manner
1377rudely
1378with abusive language.
1379 abusiveness
1380The quality of being abusive
1381rudeness of language, or violenceto the person.Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness,filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.
1382 abut
1383To project
1384to terminate or border
1385to be contiguous
1386to meet
1387-- with on, upon, or against
1388as, his land abuts on the road.
1389 abutilon
1390A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in thetorrid and temperate zones of both continents
1391-- called also Indianmallow.
1392 abuttal
1393The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end
1394aheadland. Spelman.
1395 abutter
1396One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of acontiguous estate
1397as, the abutters on a street or a river.
1398 abuzz
1399In a buzz
1400buzzing. [Colloq.] Dickens.
1401 abysm
1402An abyss
1403a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.
1404 abysmal
1405Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss
1406bottomless
1407unending
1408profound.Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy doesof space. Carlyle.
1409 abysmally
1410To a fathomless depth
1411profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G.Eliot.
1412 abyss
1413The center of an escutcheon.
1414 abyssal
1415Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss
1416unfathomable. Abyssalzone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E.Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants,animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing allbeyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.
1417 abyssinian
1418Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. Abyssinian gold, an alloy of90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. Ure.
1419 acacia
1420A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors,as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
1421 academe
1422An academy. [Poetic] Shak.
1423 academial
1424Academic. [R.]
1425 academian
1426A member of an academy, university, or college.
1427 academically
1428In an academical manner.
1429 academicals
1430The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges anduniversities.
1431 academism
1432The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.
1433 acadian
1434Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers."Longfellow.-- n.
1435 acajou
1436One of the Acalephæ.
1437 acalephae
1438A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes,and hydroids
1439-- so called from the stinging power they possess.Sometimes called sea nettles.
1440 acalephoid
1441Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.
1442 acanth
1443Same as Acanthus.
1444 acantha
1445A prickle.
1446 acanthaceous
1447Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe acanthus is the type.
1448 acanthine
1449Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
1450 acanthocarpous
1451Having the fruit covered with spines.
1452 acanthocephala
1453A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed withrecurved spines.
1454 acanthocephalous
1455Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
1456 acanthophorous
1457Spine-bearing. Gray.
1458 acanthopodious
1459Having spinous petioles.
1460 acanthopteri
1461A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. SeeAcanthopterygii.
1462 acanthopterous
1463Spiny-winged.
1464 acanthopterygian
1465Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as theperch.-- n.
1466 acanthopterygii
1467An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal,ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
1468 acanthopterygious
1469Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike
1470spiny-finned.
1471 acanthus
1472A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south ofEurope, Asia Minor, and India
1473bear's-breech.
1474 acapsular
1475Having no capsule.
1476 acardiac
1477Without a heart
1478as, an acardiac fetus.
1479 acaridan
1480One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
1481 acarina
1482The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Manyspecies are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
1483 acarine
1484Of or caused by acari or mites
1485as, acarine diseases.
1486 acaroid
1487Shaped like or resembling a mite.
1488 acarpellous
1489Having no carpels.
1490 acarpous
1491Not producing fruit
1492unfruitful.
1493 acarus
1494A genus including many species of small mites.
1495 acatalectic
1496Not defective
1497complete
1498as, an acatalectic verse.-- n.
1499 acatalepsy
1500Incomprehensibility of things
1501the doctrine held by the ancientSkeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts tocertainty, but only to probability.
1502 acataleptic
1503Incapable of being comprehended
1504incomprehensible.
1505 acater
1506See Caterer. [Obs.]
1507 acates
1508See Cates. [Obs.]
1509 acaudate
1510Tailless.
1511 acaulescent
1512Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed inthe ground. Gray.
1513 acauline
1514Same as Acaulescent.
1515 accadian
1516Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia beforethe Assyrian conquest.-- Ac*ca"di*an, n., Ac"cad, n. Sayce.
1517 accedence
1518The act of acceding.
1519 acceder
1520One who accedes.
1521 accelerando
1522Gradually accelerating the movement.
1523 acceleration
1524The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated
1525increase of motion or action
1526as, a falling body moves toward theearth with an acceleration of velocity
1527-- opposed to retardation.A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement,contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor.(Astr. & Physics.) Acceleration of the moon, the increase of themoon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its periodof revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.-- Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of thetides, under Priming.-- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by whichtheir apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequenceof which they daily come to the meridian of any place about threeminutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the daypreceding.-- Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of theirmotion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.
1528 accelerative
1529Relating to acceleration
1530adding to velocity
1531quickening. Reid.
1532 accelerator
1533One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.
1534as,accelerator nerves.
1535 acceleratory
1536Accelerative.
1537 accelerograph
1538An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns,etc.
1539 accelerometer
1540An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
1541 accend
1542To set on fire
1543to kindle. [Obs.] Fotherby.
1544 accendibility
1545Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed
1546inflammability.
1547 accendible
1548Capable of being inflamed or kindled
1549combustible
1550inflammable.Ure.
1551 accension
1552The act of kindling or the state of being kindled
1553ignition.Locke.
1554 accensor
1555One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
1556 accent
1557Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
1558 accentless
1559Without accent.
1560 accentor
1561One who sings the leading part
1562the director or leader. [Obs.]
1563 accentuable
1564Capable of being accented.
1565 accentual
1566Of or pertaining to accent
1567characterized or formed by accent.
1568 accentuality
1569The quality of being accentual.
1570 accentually
1571In an accentual manner
1572in accordance with accent.
1573 accentuation
1574Act of accentuating
1575applications of accent. Specifically(Eccles. Mus.),
1576 accept
1577To receive as obligatory and promise to pay
1578as, to accept abill of exchange. Bouvier.
1579 acceptability
1580The quality of being acceptable
1581acceptableness. "Acceptabilityof repentance." Jer. Taylor.
1582 acceptable
1583Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received withpleasure
1584pleasing to a receiver
1585gratifying
1586agreeable
1587welcome
1588as,an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
1589 acceptableness
1590The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorablyreceived
1591acceptability.
1592 acceptably
1593In an acceptable manner
1594in a manner to please or givesatisfaction.
1595 acceptance
1596An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which bindsthe person in law.
1597 acceptancy
1598Acceptance. [R.]Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs.Browning.
1599 acceptant
1600Accepting
1601receiving.
1602 acceptedly
1603In a accepted manner
1604admittedly.
1605 accepter
1606An acceptor.
1607 acceptilation
1608Gratuitous discharge
1609a release from debt or obligation withoutpayment
1610free remission.
1611 acception
1612Acceptation
1613the received meaning. [Obs.]Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense towhich the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller.Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism
1614partiality. [Obs.]Wyclif.
1615 acceptor
1616One who accepts
1617specifically (Law & Com.),
1618 accessarily
1619In the manner of an accessary.
1620 accessariness
1621The state of being accessary.
1622 accessary
1623Accompanying, as a subordinate
1624additional
1625accessory
1626esp.,uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. SeeAccessory.To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak.Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy,these are not of least reckoning. Milton.
1627 accessibility
1628The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach
1629receptibility. Langhorne.
1630 accessibly
1631In an accessible manner.
1632 accession
1633The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease
1634a fit orparoxysm.
1635 accessional
1636Pertaining to accession
1637additional. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
1638 accessive
1639Additional.
1640 accessorial
1641Of or pertaining to an accessory
1642as, accessorial agency,accessorial guilt.
1643 accessorily
1644In the manner of an accessory
1645auxiliary.
1646 accessoriness
1647The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
1648 accessory
1649Accompanying as a subordinate
1650aiding in a secondary way
1651additional
1652connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal
1653contributing or contributory
1654said of persons and things, and, whenof persons, usually in a bad sense
1655as, he was accessory to the riot
1656accessory sounds in music.
1657 acciaccatura
1658A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it isprefixed
1659-- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalentto the short appoggiatura.
1660 accident
1661A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, asgender, number, case.
1662 accidental
1663Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling oncertain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightnessand other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
1664 accidentalism
1665Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
1666 accidentality
1667The quality of being accidental
1668accidentalness. [R.]Coleridge.
1669 accidentally
1670In an accidental manner
1671unexpectedly
1672by chance
1673unintentionally
1674casually
1675fortuitously
1676not essentially.
1677 accidentalness
1678The quality of being accidental
1679casualness.
1680 accidie
1681Sloth
1682torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." Chaucer.
1683 accipenser
1684See Acipenser.
1685 accipient
1686A receiver. [R.] Bailey
1687 accipiter
1688A genus of rapacious birds
1689one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
1690 accipitral
1691Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk
1692hawklike.Lowell.
1693 accipitres
1694The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hookedbill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families,represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
1695 accipitrine
1696Like or belonging to the Accipitres
1697raptorial
1698hawklike.
1699 accismus
1700Affected refusal
1701coyness.
1702 accite
1703To cite
1704to summon. [Obs.]Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians.Chapman.
1705 acclaim
1706To shout applause.
1707 acclaimer
1708One who acclaims.
1709 acclamation
1710A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of peopleexpressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatoryacclamations are recorded. Elmes.
1711 acclamatory
1712Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
1713 acclimatable
1714Capable of being acclimated.
1715 acclimatation
1716Acclimatization.
1717 acclimate
1718To habituate to a climate not native
1719to acclimatize. J. H.Newman.
1720 acclimatement
1721Acclimation. [R.]
1722 acclimation
1723The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, orhabituated to a new climate
1724acclimatization.
1725 acclimatizable
1726Capable of being acclimatized.
1727 acclimatization
1728The act of acclimatizing
1729the process of inuring to a newclimate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin.
1730 acclimatize
1731To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which isnatural
1732to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strangeclimate
1733said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.
1734 acclimature
1735The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [R.]Caldwell.
1736 acclive
1737Acclivous. [Obs.]
1738 acclivitous
1739Acclivous. I. Taylor.
1740 acclivity
1741A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill,considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending
1742an upward slope
1743ascent.
1744 acclivous
1745Sloping upward
1746rising as a hillside
1747-- opposed to declivous.
1748 accloy
1749To fill to satiety
1750to stuff full
1751to clog
1752to overload
1753toburden. See Cloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
1754 accoast
1755To lie or sail along the coast or side of
1756to accost. [Obs.]Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.
1757 accoil
1758To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
1759 accolade
1760A brace used to join two or more staves.
1761 accombination
1762A combining together. [R.]
1763 accommodable
1764That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] I.Watts.
1765 accommodableness
1766The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.
1767 accommodate
1768To adapt one's self
1769to be conformable or adapted. [R.] Boyle.
1770 accommodately
1771Suitably
1772fitly. [R.]
1773 accommodateness
1774Fitness. [R.]
1775 accommodating
1776Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation
1777obliging
1778asan accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
1779 accommodator
1780He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton.
1781 accompanable
1782Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
1783 accompanier
1784He who, or that which, accompanies. Lamb.
1785 accompaniment
1786That which accompanies
1787something that attends as acircumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to theprincipal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.Specifically: (Mus.)
1788 accompanist
1789The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. Busby.
1790 accompany
1791To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
1792 accompletive
1793Tending to accomplish. [R.]
1794 accomplice
1795An associate in the commission of a crime
1796a participator in anoffense, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursedaccomplice of his treason." Johnson.
1797 accompliceship
1798The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.
1799 accomplicity
1800The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]
1801 accomplishable
1802Capable of being accomplished
1803practicable. Carlyle.
1804 accomplisher
1805One who accomplishes.
1806 accompt
1807See Account.
1808 accomptable
1809See Accountable.
1810 accomptant
1811See Accountant.
1812 accord
1813An agreement between parties in controversy, by whichsatisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed,bars a suit. Blackstone. With one accord, with unanimity.They rushed with one accord into the theater. Acts xix. 29.
1814 accordance
1815Agreement
1816harmony
1817conformity. "In strict accordance with thelaw." Macaulay.
1818 accordancy
1819Accordance. [R.] Paley.
1820 accordant
1821Agreeing
1822consonant
1823harmonious
1824corresponding
1825conformable
1826--followed by with or to.Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin.And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.
1827 accordantly
1828In accordance or agreement
1829agreeably
1830conformably
1831-- followedby with or to.
1832 accorder
1833One who accords, assents, or concedes. [R.]
1834 according
1835Agreeing
1836in agreement or harmony
1837harmonious. "This accordingvoice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well."Tennyson.According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay.Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.
1838 accordion
1839A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones aregenerated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
1840 accordionist
1841A player on the accordion.
1842 accordment
1843Agreement
1844reconcilement. [Obs.] Gower.
1845 accorporate
1846To unite
1847to attach
1848to incorporate. [Obs.] Milton.
1849 accost
1850To adjoin
1851to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to thesea accost." Spenser.
1852 accostable
1853Approachable
1854affable. [R.] Hawthorne.
1855 accosted
1856Supported on both sides by other charges
1857also, side by side.
1858 accouchement
1859Delivery in childbed
1860 accoucheur
1861A man who assists women in childbirth
1862a man midwife
1863anobstetrician.
1864 accoucheuse
1865A midwife. [Recent] Dunglison.
1866 account book
1867A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.
1868 accountability
1869The state of being accountable
1870liability to be called on torender an account
1871accountableness. "The awful idea ofaccountability." R. Hall.
1872 accountableness
1873The quality or state of being accountable
1874accountability.
1875 accountably
1876In an accountable manner.
1877 accountancy
1878The art or employment of an accountant.
1879 accountant
1880Accountable. [Obs.] Shak.
1881 accountantship
1882The office or employment of an accountant.
1883 accouple
1884To join
1885to couple. [R.]The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.
1886 accourage
1887To encourage. [Obs.]
1888 accourt
1889To treat courteously
1890to court. [Obs.] Spenser.
1891 accreditation
1892The act of accrediting
1893as, letters of accreditation.
1894 accrementitial
1895Pertaining to accremention.
1896 accrementition
1897The process of generation by development of blastema, orfission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect likethe individual from which it proceeds.
1898 accrescence
1899Continuous growth
1900an accretion. [R.]The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of ageneral, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge.
1901 accrescent
1902Growing larger after flowering. Gray.
1903 accrete
1904To make adhere
1905to add. Earle.
1906 accretive
1907Relating to accretion
1908increasing, or adding to, by growth.Glanvill.
1909 accriminate
1910To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n. [Obs.]
1911 accroachment
1912An encroachment
1913usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey.
1914 accrual
1915Accrument. [R.]
1916 accrue
1917Something that accrues
1918advantage accruing. [Obs.]
1919 accruer
1920The act of accruing
1921accretion
1922as, title by accruer.
1923 accrument
1924The process of accruing, or that which has accrued
1925increase.Jer. Taylor.
1926 accubation
1927The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by theancients at meals.
1928 accumb
1929To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.
1930 accumbency
1931The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]
1932 accumbent
1933Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against anotherleaf. Gray.Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.Eaton.
1934 accumber
1935To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
1936 accumulate
1937To heap up in a mass
1938to pile up
1939to collect or bring together
1940to amass
1941as, to accumulate a sum of money.
1942 accumulation
1943The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by means ofweights lifted or masses put in motion
1944electricity stored.-- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of severaltogether, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed bythe rules.
1945 accumulative
1946Characterized by accumulation
1947serving to collect or amass
1948cumulative
1949additional.-- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv.-- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n.
1950 accumulator
1951An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored,such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulicelevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating theenergy of electrical charges, etc.
1952 accuracy
1953The state of being accurate
1954freedom from mistakes, thisexemption arising from carefulness
1955exact conformity to truth, or toa rule or model
1956precision
1957exactness
1958nicety
1959correctness
1960as, thevalue of testimony depends on its accuracy.The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, andto reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid.The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. Lardner.
1961 accurately
1962In an accurate manner
1963exactly
1964precisely
1965without error ordefect.
1966 accurateness
1967The state or quality of being accurate
1968accuracy
1969exactness
1970nicety
1971precision.
1972 accurse
1973To devote to destruction
1974to imprecate misery or evil upon
1975tocurse
1976to execrate
1977to anathematize.And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17.Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.
1978 accusable
1979Liable to be accused or censured
1980chargeable with a crime orfault
1981blamable
1982-- with of.
1983 accusal
1984Accusation. [R.] Byron.
1985 accusant
1986An accuser. Bp. Hall.
1987 accusatival
1988Pertaining to the accusative case.
1989 accusative
1990Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greeknouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action orinfluence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object ofmotion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds tothe objective case in English.
1991 accusatorial
1992Accusatory.
1993 accusatorially
1994By way accusation.
1995 accusatory
1996Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation
1997as, an accusatorylibel. Grote.
1998 accuse
1999Accusation. [Obs.] Shak.
2000 accused
2001Charged with offense
2002as, an accused person.
2003 accusement
2004Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2005 accuser
2006One who accuses
2007one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
2008 accusingly
2009In an accusing manner.
2010 accustom
2011To make familiar by use
2012to habituate, familiarize, or inure
2013-- with to.I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in littlethings, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.
2014 accustomable
2015Habitual
2016customary
2017wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.
2018 accustomably
2019According to custom
2020ordinarily
2021customarily. Latimer.
2022 accustomance
2023Custom
2024habitual use. [Obs.] Boyle.
2025 accustomarily
2026Customarily. [Obs.]
2027 accustomary
2028Usual
2029customary. [Archaic] Featley.
2030 accustomedness
2031Habituation.Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.
2032 aceldama
2033The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master,and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immensetracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.
2034 acentric
2035Not centered
2036without a center.
2037 acephal
2038One of the Acephala.
2039 acephala
2040That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalveshells, like the clams and oysters
2041-- so called because they have noevident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda,and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
2042 acephalan
2043Same as Acephal.
2044 acephalist
2045One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden.
2046 acephalocyst
2047A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle,or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of manand the lower animals
2048-- so called from the absence of a head orvisible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages ofcertain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
2049 acephalocystic
2050Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
2051 acephalous
2052Without a distinct head
2053-- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
2054 acequia
2055A canal or trench for irrigating land. [Sp. Amer.]
2056 acerate
2057A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
2058 acerb
2059Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit
2060sharpand harsh.
2061 acerbate
2062To sour
2063to imbitter
2064to irritate.
2065 acerbic
2066Sour or severe.
2067 acerbitude
2068Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.
2069 aceric
2070Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple
2071as, aceric acid.Ure.
2072 acerous
2073Same as Acerose.
2074 acerval
2075Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]
2076 acervate
2077To heap up. [Obs.]
2078 acervation
2079A heaping up
2080accumulation. [R.] Johnson.
2081 acervative
2082Heaped up
2083tending to heap up.
2084 acervose
2085Full of heaps. [R.] Bailey.
2086 acervuline
2087Resembling little heaps.
2088 acescent
2089Turning sour
2090readily becoming tart or acid
2091slightly sour.Faraday.
2092 acetable
2093An acetabulum
2094or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.
2095 acetabular
2096Cup-shaped
2097saucer-shaped
2098acetabuliform.
2099 acetabulifera
2100The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnishedwith cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus
2101the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.
2102 acetabuliferous
2103Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, ascuttlefish, etc.
2104 acetabuliform
2105Shaped like a shallow
2106saucer-shaped
2107as, an acetabuliformcalyx. Gray.
2108 acetabulum
2109A vinegar cup
2110socket of the hip bone
2111a measure of about oneeighth of a pint, etc.
2112 acetal
2113A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidationof alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
2114 acetaldehyde
2115Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
2116 acetamide
2117A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of anequivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
2118 acetanilide
2119A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain
2120-- called also antifebrine.
2121 acetarious
2122Used in salads
2123as, acetarious plants.
2124 acetary
2125An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.
2126 acetate
2127A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base orpositive radical
2128as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
2129 acetated
2130Combined with acetic acid.
2131 acetification
2132The act of making acetous or sour
2133the process of converting,or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
2134 acetifier
2135An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight.
2136 acetify
2137To convert into acid or vinegar.
2138 acetimeter
2139An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid invinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.
2140 acetimetry
2141The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, orthe proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.
2142 acetin
2143A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.
2144 acetize
2145To acetify. [R.]
2146 acetol
2147Methyl ketol
2148also, any of various homologues of the same.
2149 acetometer
2150Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C.
2151 acetone
2152A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six ofhydrogen, and one of oxygen
2153pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by thedistillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillationof citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.
2154 acetonic
2155Of or pertaining to acetone
2156as, acetonic bodies.
2157 acetonuria
2158Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes.
2159 acetophenone
2160A crystalline ketone, CH3COC6H5, which may be obtained by thedry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic andbenzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.
2161 acetose
2162Sour like vinegar
2163acetous.
2164 acetosity
2165The quality of being acetous
2166sourness.
2167 acetyl
2168A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts ofcarbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide isacetic acid.
2169 acetylene
2170A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion oftwo atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas,with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as anilluminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action ofwater on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts.
2171 acharnement
2172Savage fierceness
2173ferocity.
2174 achate
2175An agate. [Obs.] Evelyn.
2176 achatina
2177A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm partsof America and Africa.
2178 achatour
2179Purveyor
2180acater. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2181 ache
2182Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, orspasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones." Shak.
2183 achean
2184See Achæan, Achaian.
2185 achenial
2186Pertaining to an achene.
2187 acheron
2188A river in the Nether World or infernal regions
2189also, theinfernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it wassupposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.
2190 acherontic
2191Of or pertaining to Acheron
2192infernal
2193hence, dismal, gloomy
2194moribund.
2195 achievable
2196Capable of being achieved. Barrow.
2197 achievance
2198Achievement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
2199 achievement
2200An escutcheon or ensign armorial
2201now generally applied to thefuneral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans.
2202 achiever
2203One who achieves
2204a winner.
2205 achillean
2206Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad
2207invincible.
2208 achilous
2209Without a lip.
2210 aching
2211That aches
2212continuously painful. See Ache.-- Ach"ing*ly, adv.The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow.
2213 achiote
2214Seeds of the annotto tree
2215also, the coloring matter, annotto.
2216 achlamydate
2217Not possessing a mantle
2218-- said of certain gastropods.
2219 achlamydeous
2220Naked
2221having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.
2222 acholia
2223Deficiency or want of bile.
2224 acholous
2225Lacking bile.
2226 achromatic
2227Free from color
2228transmitting light without decomposing it intoits primary colors.
2229 achromatically
2230In an achromatic manner.
2231 achromaticity
2232Achromatism.
2233 achromatin
2234Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. W. Flemming.
2235 achromatism
2236The state or quality of being achromatic
2237as, the achromatismof a lens
2238achromaticity. Nichol.
2239 achromatization
2240The act or process of achromatizing.
2241 achromatize
2242To deprive of color
2243to make achromatic.
2244 achromatopsy
2245Color blindness
2246inability to distinguish colors
2247Daltonism.
2248 achromatous
2249Lacking, or deficient in, color
2250as, achromatous blood.
2251 achromic
2252Free from color
2253colorless
2254as, in Physiol. Chem., the achromicpoint of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is thepoint at which it fails to give any color with iodine.
2255 achronic
2256See Acronyc.
2257 achroous
2258Colorless
2259achromatic.
2260 achylous
2261Without chyle.
2262 achymous
2263Without chyme.
2264 acicula
2265One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of someanimals and plants
2266also, a needlelike crystal.
2267 acicular
2268Needle-shaped
2269slender like a needle or bristle, as some leavesor crystals
2270also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly,adv.
2271 aciculiform
2272Needle-shaped
2273acicular.
2274 aciculite
2275Needle ore. Brande & C.
2276 acid
2277One of a class of compounds, generally but not alwaysdistinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddeningof vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized bythe power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies orbases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losingtheir own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united witha more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generallywith oxygen, and take their names from this negative element orradical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracidsin distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids oroxacids.
2278 acid process
2279That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth processin which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highlysiliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.
2280 acidic
2281Containing a high percentage of silica
2282-- opposed to basic. anacidic solution.
2283 acidiferous
2284Containing or yielding an acid.
2285 acidifiable
2286Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
2287 acidific
2288Producing acidity
2289converting into an acid. Dana.
2290 acidification
2291The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.
2292 acidifier
2293A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary toproduce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
2294 acidimeter
2295An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure.
2296 acidimetry
2297The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by achemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or thefact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weightof reagent is required.-- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.
2298 acidity
2299The quality of being sour
2300sourness
2301tartness
2302sharpness to thetaste
2303as, the acidity of lemon juice.
2304 acidly
2305Sourly
2306tartly.
2307 acidness
2308Acidity
2309sourness.
2310 acidulate
2311To make sour or acid in a moderate degree
2312to sour somewhat.Arbuthnot.
2313 acidulent
2314Having an acid quality
2315sour
2316acidulous. "With anxious,acidulent face." Carlyle.
2317 acidulous
2318Slightly sour
2319sub-acid
2320sourish
2321as, an acidulous tincture. E.Burke. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride.
2322 acierage
2323The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as astereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaicelectricity
2324steeling.
2325 aciform
2326Shaped like a needle.
2327 acinaceous
2328Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
2329 acinaces
2330A short sword or saber.
2331 acinaciform
2332Scimeter-shaped
2333as, an acinaciform leaf.
2334 acinesia
2335Same as Akinesia.
2336 acinetae
2337A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage arestationary. See Suctoria.
2338 acinetiform
2339Resembling the Acinetæ.
2340 aciniform
2341Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions
2342as,acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.
2343 acinus
2344One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose orcompound gland, as the pancreas
2345also, one of the saccular recessesin the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain.
2346 acipenser
2347A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having thebody armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of thehead. See Sturgeon.
2348 aciurgy
2349Operative surgery.
2350 acknowledgedly
2351Confessedly.
2352 acknowledger
2353One who acknowledges.
2354 aclinic
2355Without inclination or dipping
2356-- said the magnetic needlebalances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is alsotermed the magnetic equator. Prof. August.
2357 acme
2358The crisis or height of a disease.
2359 acne
2360A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in thesebaceous glands.
2361 acnodal
2362Pertaining to acnodes.
2363 acnode
2364An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinatessatisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered asbelonging to the curve.
2365 acock
2366In a cocked or turned up fashion.
2367 acold
2368Cold. [Obs.] "Poor Tom's acold." Shak.
2369 acologic
2370Pertaining to acology.
2371 acology
2372Materia medica
2373the science of remedies.
2374 acolothist
2375See Acolythist.
2376 acolyctine
2377An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained fromAconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc.
2378 acolyte
2379One who has received the highest of the four minor orders inthe Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water andthe lights at the Mass.
2380 acolyth
2381Same as Acolyte.
2382 acolythist
2383An acolyte. [Obs.]
2384 aconital
2385Of the nature of aconite.
2386 aconite
2387The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood
2388-- applied to any plant ofthe genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which arepoisonous.
2389 aconitia
2390Same as Aconitine.
2391 aconitic
2392Of or pertaining to aconite.
2393 aconitine
2394An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
2395 aconitum
2396The poisonous herb aconite
2397also, an extract from it.Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak.
2398 acontia
2399Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells(cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæwhen irritated.
2400 acontias
2401Anciently, a snake, called dart snake
2402now, one of a genus ofreptiles closely allied to the lizards.
2403 acopic
2404Relieving weariness
2405restorative.
2406 acorn
2407A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle abovethe vane, on the mast-head.
2408 acorn cup
2409The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
2410 acornshell
2411One of the sessile cirripeds
2412a barnacle of the genus Balanus.See Barnacle.
2413 acosmism
2414A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
2415 acosmist
2416One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universeas distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.
2417 acotyledon
2418A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and allflowerless plants.
2419 acotyledonous
2420Having no seed lobes, as the dodder
2421also applied to plantswhich have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
2422 acouchy
2423A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
2424 acoumeter
2425An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense ofhearing. Itard.
2426 acoumetry
2427The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
2428 acoustic
2429Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, orthe science of sounds
2430auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, orexternal passage of the ear.-- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals
2431atelephone.-- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell,used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as torender them audible to a great distance.
2432 acoustical
2433Of or pertaining to acoustics.
2434 acoustically
2435In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall.
2436 acoustician
2437One versed in acoustics. Tyndall.
2438 acoustics
2439The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, andlaws.Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerablebranch of physics. Sir J. Herschel.
2440 acquaint
2441Acquainted. [Obs.]
2442 acquaintable
2443Easy to be acquainted with
2444affable. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
2445 acquaintanceship
2446A state of being acquainted
2447acquaintance. Southey.
2448 acquaintant
2449An acquaintance. [R.] Swift.
2450 acquainted
2451Personally known
2452familiar. See To be acquainted with, underAcquaint, v. t.
2453 acquaintedness
2454State of being acquainted
2455degree of acquaintance. [R.] Boyle.
2456 acquest
2457Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than byinheritance. Bouvier.
2458 acquiescency
2459The quality of being acquiescent
2460acquiescence.
2461 acquiescent
2462Resting satisfied or submissive
2463disposed tacitly to submit
2464assentive
2465as, an acquiescent policy.
2466 acquiescently
2467In an acquiescent manner.
2468 acquiet
2469To quiet. [Obs.]Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A.Sherley.
2470 acquirability
2471The quality of being acquirable
2472attainableness. [R.] Paley.
2473 acquirable
2474Capable of being acquired.
2475 acquire
2476To gain, usually by one's own exertions
2477to get as one's own
2478as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow.Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.Blackstone.
2479 acquirement
2480The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired
2481attainment."Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison.His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by manyexcellent endowments of nature. Hayward.
2482 acquirer
2483A person who acquires.
2484 acquiry
2485Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow.
2486 acquisite
2487Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.
2488 acquisitively
2489In the way of acquisition.
2490 acquisitiveness
2491The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire ofacquiring and possessing. Combe.
2492 acquisitor
2493One who acquires.
2494 acquist
2495Acquisition
2496gain. Milton.
2497 acquit
2498Acquitted
2499set free
2500rid of. [Archaic] Shak.
2501 acquitment
2502Acquittal. [Obs.] Milton.
2503 acquittal
2504A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense,by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.
2505 acquittance
2506To acquit. [Obs.] Shak.
2507 acquitter
2508One who acquits or releases.
2509 acrania
2510Partial or total absence of the skull.
2511 acranial
2512Wanting a skull.
2513 acraspeda
2514A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes
2515the Discophora.
2516 acreable
2517Of an acre
2518per acre
2519as, the acreable produce.
2520 acreage
2521Acres collectively
2522as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
2523 acred
2524Possessing acres or landed property
2525-- used in composition
2526as, large-acred men.
2527 acrid
2528The quality of being acrid or pungent
2529irritant bitterness
2530acrimony
2531as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
2532 acridly
2533In an acid manner.
2534 acrimoniously
2535In an acrimonious manner.
2536 acrimoniousness
2537The quality of being acrimonious
2538asperity
2539acrimony.
2540 acrimony
2541Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.]
2542 acrita
2543The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system hasbeen observed.
2544 acritan
2545Of or pertaining to the Acrita.-- n. An individual of the Acrita.
2546 acrite
2547Acritan. Owen.
2548 acritical
2549Having no crisis
2550giving no indications of a crisis
2551as,acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.
2552 acritochromacy
2553Color blindness
2554achromatopsy.
2555 acritude
2556Acridity
2557pungency joined with heat. [Obs.]
2558 acrity
2559Sharpness
2560keenness. [Obs.]
2561 acroatic
2562Same as Acroamatic.
2563 acrobat
2564One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daringgymnastic feats.
2565 acrobatic
2566Pertaining to an acrobat.-- Ac`ro*bat"ic*al*ly, adv.
2567 acrobatism
2568Feats of the acrobat
2569daring gymnastic feats
2570high vaulting.
2571 acrocephalic
2572Characterized by a high skull.
2573 acrocephaly
2574Loftiness of skull.
2575 acroceraunian
2576Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.
2577 acrodactylum
2578The upper surface of the toes, individually.
2579 acrodont
2580One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united tothe top of the alveolar ridge.-- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
2581 acrogen
2582A plant of the highest class of cryptograms, including theferns, etc. See Cryptogamia. The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age ofcoal plants, or the carboniferous era.
2583 acrogenous
2584Increasing by growth from the extremity
2585as, an acrogenousplant.
2586 acrolein
2587A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by thedehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutralfats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.
2588 acrolith
2589A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk beinggenerally of wood. Elmes.
2590 acromegaly
2591Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.
2592 acromial
2593Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison.
2594 acromion
2595The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.
2596 acromonogrammatic
2597Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with whichthe preceding verse ends.
2598 acronycally
2599In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, andvise versâ.
2600 acronyctous
2601Acronycal.
2602 acrook
2603Crookedly. [R.] Udall.
2604 acropetal
2605Developing from below towards the apex, or from thecircumference towards the center
2606centripetal
2607-- said of certaininflorescence.
2608 acrophony
2609The use of a picture symbol of an object to representphonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
2610 acropodium
2611The entire upper surface of the foot.
2612 acropolis
2613The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city
2614especially,the citadel of Athens.
2615 acropolitan
2616Pertaining to an acropolis.
2617 acrospire
2618The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate
2619the plumule in germination
2620-- so called from its spiral form.
2621 acrospore
2622A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructificationin fungi.
2623 acrosporous
2624Having acrospores.
2625 across
2626From side to side
2627athwart
2628crosswise, or in a directionopposed to the length
2629quite over
2630as, a bridge laid across a river.Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman.-- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across aregion without following the roads.
2631 acrostic
2632Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
2633 acrostically
2634After the manner of an acrostic.
2635 acrotarsium
2636The instep or front of the tarsus.
2637 acroteleutic
2638The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to besung by the people, by way of a response.
2639 acroter
2640Same as Acroterium.
2641 acroterial
2642Pertaining to an acroterium
2643as, ornaments. P. Cyc.
2644 acrotic
2645Pertaining to or affecting the surface.
2646 acrotism
2647Lack or defect of pulsation.
2648 acrotomous
2649Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
2650 acrylic
2651Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of whichacrolein is the hydride
2652as, acrylic acid.
2653 actable
2654Capable of being acted. Tennyson.
2655 actinal
2656Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains themouth. L. Agassiz.
2657 actinaria
2658A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simpletentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense,applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether formingcorals or not.
2659 actinic
2660Of or pertaining to actinism
2661as, actinic rays.
2662 actiniform
2663Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.
2664 actinism
2665The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar orelectric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as inphotography.
2666 actinium
2667A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercialzinc
2668-- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened byexposure to light.
2669 actinochemistry
2670Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper.
2671 actinogram
2672A record made by the actinograph.
2673 actinograph
2674An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in theactinic or chemical force of rays of light. Nichol.
2675 actinoid
2676Having the form of rays
2677radiated, as an actinia.
2678 actinolite
2679A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually infibrous or columnar masses.
2680 actinolitic
2681Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.
2682 actinology
2683The science which treats of rays of light, especially of theactinic or chemical rays.
2684 actinomere
2685One of the radial segments composing the body of one of theCoelenterata.
2686 actinometric
2687Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solarrays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
2688 actinomycosis
2689A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to thepresence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating tumors,esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big jaw. --Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic (#), a.
2690 actinophone
2691An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of theactinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
2692 actinophonic
2693Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means ofthe actinic, or ultraviolet, rays
2694as, actinophonic phenomena.
2695 actinophorous
2696Having straight projecting spines.
2697 actinosome
2698The entire body of a coelenterate.
2699 actinost
2700(Anat.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.
2701 actinostome
2702The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
2703 actinotrocha
2704A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms,having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
2705 actinozoa
2706A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa Ctenophora.The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.
2707 actinozoal
2708Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
2709 actinula
2710A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having astellate form.
2711 action
2712Effective motion
2713also, mechanism
2714as, the breech action of agun.
2715 actionable
2716That may be the subject of an action or suit at law
2717as, tocall a man a thief is actionable.
2718 actionably
2719In an actionable manner.
2720 actionless
2721Void of action.
2722 activate
2723To make active. [Obs.]
2724 actively
2725In an active signification
2726as, a word used actively.
2727 activeness
2728The quality of being active
2729nimbleness
2730quickness of motion
2731activity.
2732 activity
2733The state or quality of being active
2734nimbleness
2735agility
2736vigorous action or operation
2737energy
2738active force
2739as, an increasingvariety of human activities. "The activity of toil." Palfrey.
2740 actless
2741Without action or spirit. [R.]
2742 acton
2743A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacketplated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] Halliwell. Sir W.Scott.
2744 actual
2745Something actually received
2746real, as distinct from estimated,receipts. [Cant]The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not,in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates.Fortnightly Review.
2747 actualist
2748One who deals with or considers actually existing facts andconditions, rather than fancies or theories
2749-- opposed to idealist.J. Grote.
2750 actuality
2751The state of being actual
2752reality
2753as, the actuality of God'snature. South.
2754 actualization
2755A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.
2756 actualize
2757To make actual
2758to realize in action. [R.] Coleridge.
2759 actualness
2760Quality of being actual
2761actuality.
2762 actuarial
2763Of or pertaining to actuaries
2764as, the actuarial value of anannuity.
2765 actuary
2766A registar or clerk
2767-- used originally in courts of civil lawjurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registar generally.
2768 actuate
2769Put in action
2770actuated. [Obs.] South.
2771 actuation
2772A bringing into action
2773movement. Bp. Pearson.
2774 actuator
2775One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] Melville.
2776 actuose
2777Very active. [Obs.]
2778 actuosity
2779Abundant activity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2780 acture
2781Action. [Obs.] Shak.
2782 acturience
2783Tendency or impulse to act. [R.]Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether asrestlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of somethingdesirable. J. Grote.
2784 acuate
2785To sharpen
2786to make pungent
2787to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuatethe blood." Harvey.
2788 acuation
2789Act of sharpening. [R.]
2790 acuition
2791The act of sharpening. [Obs.]
2792 acuity
2793Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
2794 aculeate
2795Having a sting
2796covered with prickles
2797sharp like a prickle.
2798 aculeated
2799Having a sharp point
2800armed with prickles
2801prickly
2802aculeate.
2803 aculeiform
2804Like a prickle.
2805 aculeolate
2806Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.
2807 aculeous
2808Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2809 aculeus
2810A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.Lindley.
2811 acumen
2812Quickness of perception or discernment
2813penetration of mind
2814the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden.
2815 acuminate
2816Tapering to a point
2817pointed
2818as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
2819 acumination
2820A sharpening
2821termination in a sharp point
2822a tapering point.Bp. Pearson.
2823 acuminose
2824Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley.
2825 acuminous
2826Characterized by acumen
2827keen. Highmore.
2828 acupressure
2829A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds orsurgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle,the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneoussurface. Simpson.
2830 acupuncturation
2831See Acupuncture.
2832 acupuncture
2833Pricking with a needle
2834a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):
2835 acustumaunce
2836See Accustomance. [Obs.]
2837 acutangular
2838Acute-angled.
2839 acute
2840Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and comingspeedily to a crisis
2841-- opposed to chronic
2842as, an acute disease.Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle.
2843 acuteangled
2844Having acute angles
2845as, an acute-angled triangle, a trianglewith every one of its angles less than a right angle.
2846 acutely
2847In an acute manner
2848sharply
2849keenly
2850with nice discrimination.
2851 acuteness
2852Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
2853 acutifoliate
2854Having sharp-pointed leaves.
2855 acutilobate
2856Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
2857 acutorsion
2858The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
2859 acyclic
2860Not cyclic
2861not disposed in cycles or whorls
2862as: (a) (Bot.)
2863 acyl
2864An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.
2865 ad captandum
2866A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts tocatch or win popular favor.
2867 ad hominem
2868` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to theprinciples, interests, or passions of a man.
2869 ad infinitum
2870Without limit
2871endlessly.
2872 ad interim
2873Meanwhile
2874temporary.
2875 ad libitum
2876. At one's pleasure
2877as one wishes.
2878 ad valorem
2879A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at acertain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number
2880as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
2881 ad
2882As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-,ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the wordto which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, andbefore d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit,advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. Itbecomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
2883 adact
2884To compel
2885to drive. [Obs.] Fotherby.
2886 adage
2887An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
2888aproverb.Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' theadage. Shak.
2889 adagial
2890Pertaining to an adage
2891proverbial. "Adagial verse." Barrow.
2892 adagio
2893Slow
2894slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio,adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
2895 adam
2896"Original sin
2897" human frailty.And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam's apple.
2898 adamantean
2899Of adamant
2900hard as adamant. Milton.
2901 adamantine
2902Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
2903 adambulacral
2904Next to the ambulacra
2905as, the adambulacral ossicles of thestarfish.
2906 adamite
2907One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate thestate of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.
2908 adance
2909Dancing. Lowell.
2910 adangle
2911Dangling. Browning.
2912 adansonia
2913A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are twospecies, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India,and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia.Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and awide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantlyacid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the nativesfor making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.
2914 adapt
2915Fitted
2916suited. [Obs.] Swift.
2917 adaptable
2918Capable of being adapted.
2919 adaptative
2920Adaptive. Stubbs.
2921 adaptedness
2922The state or quality of being adapted
2923suitableness
2924specialfitness.
2925 adapter
2926A connecting tube
2927an adopter.
2928 adaption
2929Adaptation. Cheyne.
2930 adaptive
2931Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation
2932characterized byadaptation
2933capable of adapting. Coleridge.-- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv.
2934 adaptiveness
2935The quality of being adaptive
2936capacity to adapt.
2937 adaptly
2938In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior.
2939 adaptness
2940Adaptedness. [R.]
2941 adaptorial
2942Adaptive. [R.]
2943 adar
2944The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and thesixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.
2945 adarce
2946A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds inGalatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansingthe skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.
2947 adatis
2948A fine cotton cloth of India.
2949 adaunt
2950To daunt
2951to subdue
2952to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton.
2953 adaw
2954To subdue
2955to daunt. [Obs.]The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.
2956 adays
2957By day, or every day
2958in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.
2959 addable
2960Addible.
2961 addax
2962One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx,nasomaculatus).
2963 addeem
2964To award
2965to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem theprise." Spenser.
2966 addendum
2967A thing to be added
2968an appendix or addition. Addendum circle(Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spurwheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth.Rankine.
2969 adder
2970One who, or that which, adds
2971esp., a machine for addingnumbers.
2972 adder fly
2973A dragon fly.
2974 adderwort
2975The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
2976 addibility
2977The quantity of being addible
2978capability of addition. Locke.
2979 addible
2980Capable of being added. "Addible numbers." Locke.
2981 addice
2982See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon.
2983 addict
2984Addicted
2985devoted. [Obs.]
2986 addictedness
2987The quality or state of being addicted
2988attachment.
2989 addiction
2990The state of being addicted
2991devotion
2992inclination. "Hisaddiction was to courses vain." Shak.
2993 additament
2994An addition, or a thing added. Fuller.My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were anadditament of a later age. Coleridge.
2995 addition
2996That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
2997 additional
2998Added
2999supplemental
3000in the way of an addition.
3001 additionally
3002By way of addition.
3003 additionary
3004Additional. [R.] Herbert.
3005 addititious
3006Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.
3007 additive
3008Proper to be added
3009positive
3010-- opposed to subtractive.
3011 additory
3012Tending to add
3013making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot.
3014 addle
3015Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, aseggs
3016putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains
3017muddled.Dryden.
3018 addlepatedness
3019Stupidity.
3020 addlings
3021Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
3022 addoom
3023To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.
3024 addorsed
3025Set or turned back to back.
3026 address
3027To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent orfactor
3028as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. Toaddress one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for
3029to apply one'sself to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.
3030 addressee
3031One to whom anything is addressed.
3032 addression
3033The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.]Chapman.
3034 adduce
3035To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, orconsideration which bears on a statement or case
3036to cite
3037to allege.Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay.Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.De Quincey.
3038 adducent
3039Bringing together or towards a given point
3040-- a word appliedto those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.Opposed to abducent.
3041 adducer
3042One who adduces.
3043 adducible
3044Capable of being adduced.Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, areadducible. I. Taylor.
3045 adduct
3046To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.
3047 adduction
3048The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards itsaxis]
3049-- opposed to abduction. Dunglison.
3050 adductive
3051Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
3052 adductor
3053A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward themiddle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body
3054--opposed to abductor
3055as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eyetoward the nose.In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of theshell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.
3056 addulce
3057To sweeten
3058to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon.
3059 adeem
3060To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by someother gift.
3061 adelantadillo
3062A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
3063 adelantado
3064A governor of a province
3065a commander. Prescott.
3066 adelaster
3067A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowersbotanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to itsproper genus.
3068 adeling
3069Same as Atheling.
3070 adelocodonic
3071Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike formand do not become free
3072-- opposed to phanerocodonic.
3073 adelopod
3074An animal having feet that are not apparent.
3075 adelphia
3076A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle
3077-- usedin composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
3078 adelphous
3079Having coalescent or clustered filaments
3080-- said of stamens
3081as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition
3082as, monadelphous.Gray.
3083 adempt
3084Takes away. [Obs.]Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt.Latimn.
3085 ademption
3086The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, orthe like. Bouvier.
3087 aden ulcer
3088A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to aspecific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. Itis often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer,tropical ulcer, etc.
3089 adeniform
3090Shaped like a gland
3091adenoid. Dunglison.
3092 adenitis
3093Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.
3094 adenographic
3095Pertaining to adenography.
3096 adenography
3097That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
3098 adenological
3099Pertaining to adenology.
3100 adenology
3101The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
3102 adenoma
3103A benign tumor of a glandlike structure
3104morbid enlargement ofa gland. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous, a.
3105 adenopathy
3106Disease of a gland.
3107 adenophorous
3108Producing glands.
3109 adenophyllous
3110Having glands on the leaves.
3111 adenosclerosis
3112The hardening of a gland.
3113 adenose
3114Like a gland
3115full of glands
3116glandulous
3117adenous.
3118 adenotomic
3119Pertaining to adenotomy.
3120 adenotomy
3121Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
3122 adenous
3123Same as Adenose.
3124 adeps
3125Animal fat
3126lard.
3127 adept
3128One fully skilled or well versed in anything
3129a proficient
3130as,adepts in philosophy.
3131 adeption
3132An obtaining
3133attainment. [Obs.]In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeptionof the victory. Grafton.
3134 adeptist
3135A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]
3136 adeptness
3137The quality of being adept
3138skill.
3139 adequacy
3140The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, orsufficient
3141a sufficiency for a particular purpose
3142as, the adequacyof supply to the expenditure.
3143 adequate
3144Equal to some requirement
3145proportionate, or correspondent
3146fully sufficient
3147as, powers adequate to a great work
3148an adequatedefinition.Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.
3149 adequately
3150In an adequate manner.
3151 adequateness
3152The quality of being adequate
3153suitableness
3154sufficiency
3155adequacy.
3156 adequation
3157The act of equalizing
3158act or result of making adequate
3159anequivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.
3160 adesmy
3161The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usuallyentire.
3162 adessenarian
3163One who held the real presence of Christ's body in theeucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
3164 adfected
3165See Affected, 5.
3166 adfiliated
3167See Affiliated. [Obs.]
3168 adfiliation
3169See Affiliation. [Obs.]
3170 adfluxion
3171See Affluxion.
3172 adhamant
3173Clinging, as by hooks.
3174 adherent
3175Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyxwith ovary, or stamens with petals.
3176 adherently
3177In an adherent manner.
3178 adherer
3179One who adheres
3180an adherent.
3181 adhesion
3182The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. SeeCohesion.
3183 adhesively
3184In an adhesive manner.
3185 adhesiveness
3186Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and topromote social intercourse.
3187 adhibition
3188The act of adhibiting
3189application
3190use. Whitaker.
3191 adhort
3192To exhort
3193to advise. [Obs.] Feltham.
3194 adhortation
3195Advice
3196exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.
3197 adhortatory
3198Containing counsel or warning
3199hortatory
3200advisory. [Obs.]Potter.
3201 adiabatic
3202Not giving out or receiving heat.-- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curveexhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when itexpands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
3203 adiactinic
3204Not transmitting the actinic rays.
3205 adiantum
3206A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water
3207maidenhair.Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
3208 adiaphorism
3209Religious indifference.
3210 adiaphorist
3211One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held someopinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, whichLuther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.
3212 adiaphoristic
3213Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.Shipley.
3214 adiaphorite
3215Same as Adiaphorist.
3216 adiaphorous
3217Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.Dunglison.
3218 adiaphory
3219Indifference. [Obs.]
3220 adiathermic
3221Not pervious to heat.
3222 adieu
3223Good-by
3224farewell
3225an expression of kind wishes at parting.
3226 adight
3227To set in order
3228to array
3229to attire
3230to deck, to dress. [Obs.]
3231 adios
3232Adieu
3233farewell
3234good-by
3235-- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people.
3236 adipescent
3237Becoming fatty.
3238 adipic
3239Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances
3240--applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitricacid.
3241 adipocerate
3242To convert adipocere.
3243 adipoceration
3244The act or process of changing into adipocere.
3245 adipocere
3246A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color,into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes areconverted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places.It is a result of fatty degeneration.
3247 adipoceriform
3248Having the form or appearance of adipocere
3249as, anadipoceriform tumor.
3250 adipocerous
3251Like adipocere.
3252 adipogenous
3253Producing fat.
3254 adipolysis
3255The digestion of fats.
3256 adipolytic
3257Hydrolyzing fats
3258converting neutral fats into glycerin andfree fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme
3259as, adipolyticaction.
3260 adipoma
3261A mass of fat found internally
3262also, a fatty tumor. --Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.
3263 adipose
3264Of or pertaining to animal fat
3265fatty. Adipose fin (Zoöl.), asoft boneless fin.-- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms orcontains fat.
3266 adipous
3267Fatty
3268adipose. [R.]
3269 adipsous
3270Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.
3271 adipsy
3272Absence of thirst.
3273 adjacent
3274Lying near, close, or contiguous
3275neighboring
3276bordering on
3277as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B.Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.
3278 adjacently
3279So as to be adjacent.
3280 adject
3281To add or annex
3282to join. Leland.
3283 adjection
3284The act or mode of adding
3285also, the thing added. [R.] B.Jonson.
3286 adjectional
3287Pertaining to adjection
3288that is, or may be, annexed. [R.]Earle.
3289 adjectitious
3290Added
3291additional. Parkhurst.
3292 adjectival
3293Of or relating to the relating to the adjective
3294of the natureof an adjective
3295adjective. W. Taylor (1797)
3296 adjectivally
3297As, or in the manner of, an adjective
3298adjectively.
3299 adjective
3300A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a qualityof the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit ordefine it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct fromsomething else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is theadjective, expressing a property of ruler.
3301 adjectively
3302In the manner of an adjective
3303as, a word used adjectively.
3304 adjoin
3305To join or unite to
3306to lie contiguous to
3307to be in contactwith
3308to attach
3309to append.Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note.Watts.
3310 adjoinant
3311Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew.
3312 adjoining
3313Joining to
3314contiguous
3315adjacent
3316as, an adjoining room. "Theadjoining fane." Dryden.Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak.
3317 adjoint
3318An adjunct
3319a helper. [Obs.]
3320 adjourn
3321To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely
3322topostpone
3323to close or suspend for the day
3324-- commonly said of themeeting, or the action, of convened body
3325as, to adjourn the meeting
3326to adjourn a debate.It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives toa further time. Barrow.'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day.Shak.
3327 adjournal
3328Adjournment
3329postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet." SirW. Scott.
3330 adjudger
3331One who adjudges.
3332 adjudgment
3333The act of adjudging
3334judicial decision
3335adjudication. Sir W.Temple.
3336 adjudicate
3337To adjudge
3338to try and determine, as a court
3339to settle byjudicial decree.
3340 adjudication
3341The decision upon the question whether the debtor is abankrupt. Abbott.
3342 adjudicative
3343Adjudicating.
3344 adjudicator
3345One who adjudicates.
3346 adjudicature
3347Adjudication.
3348 adjugate
3349To yoke to. [Obs.]
3350 adjument
3351Help
3352support
3353also, a helper. [Obs.] Waterhouse.
3354 adjunct
3355Conjoined
3356attending
3357consequent.Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak.Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to theharmony
3358auxiliary notes
3359passing notes.
3360 adjunction
3361The act of joining
3362the thing joined or added.
3363 adjunctive
3364Joining
3365having the quality of joining
3366forming an adjunct.
3367 adjunctively
3368In an adjunctive manner.
3369 adjunctly
3370By way of addition or adjunct
3371in connection with.
3372 adjuratory
3373Containing an adjuration.
3374 adjure
3375To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, orunder the penalty of a curse
3376to appeal to in the most solemn orimpressive manner
3377to entreat earnestly.Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man beforethe Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi.26.The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God,that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63.The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable anopportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.
3378 adjurer
3379One who adjures.
3380 adjustable
3381Capable of being adjusted.
3382 adjustage
3383Adjustment. [R.]
3384 adjuster
3385One who, or that which, adjusts.
3386 adjustive
3387Tending to adjust. [R.]
3388 adjustment
3389Settlement of claims
3390an equitable arrangement of conflictingclaims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, andmarshaling. Bispham.
3391 adjutage
3392Same as Ajutage.
3393 adjutant
3394A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, orcommanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details ofregimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), theprincipal staff officer of an army, through whom the commandinggeneral receives communications and issues military orders. In the U.S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of aselect number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order,each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.
3395 adjutator
3396A corruption of Agitator.
3397 adjute
3398To add. [Obs.]
3399 adjutor
3400A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.
3401 adjutory
3402Serving to help or assist
3403helping. [Obs.]
3404 adjutrix
3405A female helper or assistant. [R.]
3406 adjuvant
3407Helping
3408helpful
3409assisting. [R.] "Adjuvant causes." Howell.
3410 adlegation
3411A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire ofjoining their own ministers with those of the emperor in publictreaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.Encyc. Brit.
3412 adlocution
3413See Allocution. [Obs.]
3414 admarginate
3415To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge.
3416 admaxillary
3417Near to the maxilla or jawbone.
3418 admeasure
3419To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment
3420as, to admeasure dower
3421to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone.
3422 admeasurer
3423One who admeasures.
3424 admensuration
3425Same as Admeasurement.
3426 adminicle
3427Corroborative or explanatory proof.
3428 adminicular
3429Supplying help
3430auxiliary
3431corroborative
3432explanatory
3433as,adminicular evidence. H. Spencer.
3434 adminiculary
3435Adminicular.
3436 administer
3437To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, orwhose will fails of an executor.
3438 administerial
3439Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part ofgovernment.
3440 administrable
3441Capable of being administered
3442as, an administrable law.
3443 administrant
3444Executive
3445acting
3446managing affairs.-- n.
3447 administrate
3448To administer. [R.] Milman.
3449 administrative
3450Pertaining to administration
3451administering
3452executive
3453as, anadministrative body, ability, or energy.-- Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv.
3454 administrator
3455A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or ofa testator when there is no competent executor
3456one to whom the rightof administration has been committed by competent authority.
3457 administratorship
3458The position or office of an administrator.
3459 administratrix
3460A woman who administers
3461esp., one who administers the estateof an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have beengranted
3462a female administrator.
3463 admirability
3464Admirableness. [R.] Johnson.
3465 admirableness
3466The quality of being admirable
3467wonderful excellence.
3468 admirably
3469In an admirable manner.
3470 admiral
3471A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America.The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zoöl.), the popular nameof an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, agreat officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) isat the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.
3472 admiralship
3473The office or position oaf an admiral
3474also, the naval skill ofan admiral.
3475 admirance
3476Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser.
3477 admirative
3478Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle.
3479 admire
3480To wonder
3481to marvel
3482to be affected with surprise
3483--sometimes with at.To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller.
3484 admirer
3485One who admires
3486one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper.
3487 admiring
3488Expressing admiration
3489as, an admiring glance.-- Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. Shak.
3490 admissibility
3491The quality of being admissible
3492admissibleness
3493as, theadmissibility of evidence.
3494 admissible
3495Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted
3496that maybe allowed or conceded
3497allowable
3498as, the supposition is hardlyadmissible.-- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n.-- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
3499 admission
3500Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, anddistinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposesprior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without suchinquiry.
3501 admissive
3502Implying an admission
3503tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.
3504 admissory
3505Pertaining to admission.
3506 admittable
3507Admissible. Sir T. Browne.
3508 admittance
3509The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.
3510 admittatur
3511The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
3512 admitter
3513One who admits.
3514 admix
3515To mingle with something else
3516to mix. [R.]
3517 admixtion
3518A mingling of different things
3519admixture. Glanvill.
3520 admonisher
3521One who admonishes.
3522 admonishment
3523Admonition. [R.] Shak.
3524 admonition
3525Gentle or friendly reproof
3526counseling against a fault orerror
3527expression of authoritative advice
3528friendly caution orwarning.
3529 admonitioner
3530Admonisher. [Obs.]
3531 admonitive
3532Admonitory. [R.] Barrow.-- Ad*mon"i*tive*ly, adv.
3533 admonitor
3534Admonisher
3535monitor.Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor.Shenstone.
3536 admonitorial
3537Admonitory. [R.] "An admonitorial tone." Dickens.
3538 admonitory
3539That conveys admonition
3540warning or reproving
3541as, anadmonitory glance.-- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.
3542 admonitrix
3543A female admonitor.
3544 admortization
3545The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.
3546 admove
3547To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3548 adnascent
3549Growing to or on something else. "An adnascent plant." Evelyn.
3550 adnate
3551Grown to congenitally.
3552 adnation
3553The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or setsof organs.
3554 adnominal
3555Pertaining to an adnoun
3556adjectival
3557attached to a noun. Gibbs.-- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.
3558 adnoun
3559An adjective, or attribute. [R.] Coleridge.
3560 adnubilated
3561Clouded
3562obscured. [R.]
3563 adobe
3564An unburnt brick dried in the sun
3565also used as an adjective,as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
3566 adolescence
3567The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood
3568youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generallyconsidered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one.Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
3569 adolescency
3570The quality of being adolescent
3571youthfulness.
3572 adolescent
3573Growing
3574advancing from childhood to maturity.Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain theiradolescent charge too long. Cowper.
3575 adonai
3576A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testamentby the word "Lord".
3577 adonean
3578Pertaining to Adonis
3579Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.
3580 adonic
3581Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.-- n.
3582 adonis
3583A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in thechase by a wild boar.
3584 adonist
3585One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated"Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." SeeJehovist.
3586 adonize
3587To beautify
3588to dandify.I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozingmyself. Smollett.
3589 adoptable
3590Capable of being adopted.
3591 adopted
3592Taken by adoption
3593taken up as one's own
3594as, an adopted son,citizen, country, word.-- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.
3595 adopter
3596A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one ofwhich admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to anotherreceiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elasticvapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unitetwo vessels whose openings have different diameters. [Written alsoadapter.]
3597 adoptionist
3598One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of Godnot by nature but by adoption.
3599 adoptious
3600Adopted. [Obs.]
3601 adoptive
3602Pertaining to adoption
3603made or acquired by adoption
3604fitted toadopt
3605as, an adoptive father, an child
3606an adoptive language.-- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv.
3607 adorability
3608Adorableness.
3609 adorableness
3610The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson.
3611 adorably
3612In an adorable manner.
3613 adore
3614To adorn. [Obs.]Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.
3615 adorement
3616The act of adoring
3617adoration. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3618 adorer
3619One who adores
3620a worshiper
3621one who admires or loves greatly
3622an ardent admirer. "An adorer of truth." Clarendon.I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak.
3623 adoringly
3624With adoration.
3625 adorn
3626To deck or dress with ornaments
3627to embellish
3628to set off toadvantage
3629to render pleasing or attractive.As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10.At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned thevenerable place. Goldsmith.
3630 adornation
3631Adornment. [Obs.]
3632 adorner
3633He who, or that which, adorns
3634a beautifier.
3635 adorningly
3636By adorning
3637decoratively.
3638 adornment
3639An adorning
3640an ornament
3641a decoration.
3642 adosculation
3643Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
3644 adown
3645From a higher to a lower situation
3646downward
3647down, to or onthe ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." Spenser.
3648 adpress
3649See Appressed.-- Ad*pressed",, a.
3650 adrad
3651Put in dread
3652afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3653 adragant
3654Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.
3655 adread
3656To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
3657 adreamed
3658Visited by a dream
3659-- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, todream. [Obs.]
3660 adrenal
3661Suprarenal.
3662 adrian
3663Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
3664as, Adrian billows.
3665 adriatic
3666Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part ofwhich is known as the Gulf of Venice.
3667 adrift
3668Floating at random
3669in a drifting condition
3670at the mercy ofwind and waves. Also fig.So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden.Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.
3671 adrip
3672In a dripping state
3673as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.
3674 adrogate
3675To adopt (a person who is his own master).
3676 adrogation
3677A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
3678 adroit
3679Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of themental faculties
3680exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding dangeror escaping difficulty
3681ready in invention or execution
3682-- appliedto persons and to acts
3683as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply."Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley."He was adroit in intrigue." Macaulay.
3684 adroitly
3685In an adroit manner.
3686 adroitness
3687The quality of being adroit
3688skill and readiness
3689dexterity.Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.
3690 adry
3691In a dry or thirsty condition. "A man that is adry." Burton.
3692 adscititious
3693Supplemental
3694additional
3695adventitious
3696ascititious."Adscititious evidence." Bowring.-- Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly, adv.
3697 adscript
3698Held to service as attached to the soil
3699-- said of feudalserfs.
3700 adscriptive
3701Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferablewith it. Brougham.
3702 adsignification
3703Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.
3704 adsignify
3705To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke.
3706 adstrict
3707See Astrict, and Astriction.
3708 adstrictory
3709See Astrictory.
3710 adstringent
3711See Astringent.
3712 adsuki bean
3713A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced intothe United States.
3714 adularia
3715A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, ororthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections
3716--called by lapidaries moonstone.
3717 adulate
3718To flatter in a servile way. Byron.
3719 adulation
3720Servile flattery
3721praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown fromadulation Shak.
3722 adulator
3723A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle.
3724 adulatory
3725Containing excessive praise or compliment
3726servilely praising
3727flattering
3728as, an adulatory address.A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke.
3729 adulatress
3730A woman who flatters with servility.
3731 adult
3732Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength
3733matured
3734as, an adult person or plant
3735an adult ape
3736an adult age.
3737 adulter
3738To commit adultery
3739to pollute. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3740 adulterant
3741That which is used to adulterate anything.-- a. Adulterating
3742as, adulterant agents and processes.
3743 adulterate
3744To commit adultery. [Obs.]
3745 adulterator
3746One who adulterates or corrupts. [R.] Cudworth.
3747 adulterer
3748A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2.
3749 adulteress
3750A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4.
3751 adulterine
3752Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious
3753without the support of law
3754illegal.When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper toact as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterineguilds. Adam Smith.
3755 adulterize
3756To commit adultery. Milton.
3757 adulterously
3758In an adulterous manner.
3759 adultery
3760The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
3761 adultness
3762The state of being adult.
3763 adumbrant
3764Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance
3765shadowing forth.
3766 adumbration
3767The shadow or outlines of a figure.
3768 adumbrative
3769Faintly representing
3770typical. Carlyle.
3771 adunation
3772A uniting
3773union. Jer. Taylor.
3774 aduncity
3775Curvature inwards
3776hookedness.The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.
3777 aduncous
3778Curved inwards
3779hooked.
3780 adure
3781To burn up. [Obs.] Bacon.
3782 adurol
3783Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and brominederivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.
3784 adust
3785Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in theblood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious
3786sallow
3787gloomy.
3788 adusted
3789Burnt
3790adust. [Obs.] Howell.
3791 adustible
3792That may be burnt. [Obs.]
3793 adustion
3794Cauterization. Buchanan.
3795 advance
3796Before in place, or beforehand in time
3797-- used for advanced
3798as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of anarmy
3799advance payment, or that made before it is due
3800advance proofs,advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance ofthe time of publication.
3801 advancement
3802Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of afuture distribution.
3803 advancing edge
3804The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supportingsurface
3805-- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.
3806 advancing surface
3807The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem
3808-- contr.with following surface, which is the rear surface.
3809 advancive
3810Tending to advance. [R.]
3811 advantage
3812To give an advantage to
3813to further
3814to promote
3815to benefit
3816toprofit.The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to complywith the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.Fuller.What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and losehimself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25.To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
3817 advantageable
3818Advantageous. [Obs.]
3819 advantageous
3820Being of advantage
3821conferring advantage
3822gainful
3823profitable
3824useful
3825beneficial
3826as, an advantageous position
3827trade isadvantageous to a nation.Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott.You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift andadvantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.
3828 advantageously
3829Profitably
3830with advantage.
3831 advantageousness
3832Profitableness.
3833 advene
3834To accede, or come (to)
3835to be added to something or become apart of it, though not essential. [R.]Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge.
3836 advenient
3837Coming from outward causes
3838superadded. [Obs.]
3839 advent
3840The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. AdventSunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, beingalways the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30).Shipley.
3841 adventist
3842One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who lookfor the proximate personal coming of Christ
3843-- called also SecondAdventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3844 adventitious
3845Out of the proper or usual place
3846as, adventitious buds orroots.
3847 adventive
3848Adventitious. Gray.
3849 adventual
3850Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson.
3851 adventure
3852To try the chance
3853to take the risk.I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak.
3854 adventureful
3855Given to adventure.
3856 adventuresome
3857Full of risk
3858adventurous
3859venturesome.-- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
3860 adventuress
3861A female adventurer
3862a woman who tries to gain position byequivocal means.
3863 adventurously
3864In an adventurous manner
3865venturesomely
3866boldly
3867daringly.
3868 adventurousness
3869The quality or state of being adventurous
3870daring
3871venturesomeness.
3872 adverb
3873A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle,adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it
3874as, he writeswell
3875paper extremely white.
3876 adverbial
3877Of or pertaining to an adverb
3878of the nature of an adverb
3879as,an adverbial phrase or form.
3880 adverbiality
3881The quality of being adverbial. Earle.
3882 adverbialize
3883To give the force or form of an adverb to.
3884 adverbially
3885In the manner of an adverb.
3886 adversaria
3887A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections
3888acommonplace book
3889also, commentaries or notes.These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp.Bull.
3890 adversarious
3891Hostile. [R.] Southey.
3892 adversary
3893One who is turned against another or others with a design tooppose
3894 adversative
3895Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis
3896as, anadversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. )
3897an adversativeforce.-- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.
3898 adverse
3899To oppose
3900to resist. [Obs.] Gower.
3901 adversely
3902In an adverse manner
3903inimically
3904unfortunately
3905contrariwise.
3906 adverseness
3907The quality or state of being adverse
3908opposition.
3909 adversion
3910A turning towards
3911attention. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
3912 advert
3913To turn the mind or attention
3914to refer
3915to take heed ornotice
3916-- with to
3917as, he adverted to what was said.I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.
3918 advertent
3919Attentive
3920heedful
3921regardful. Sir M. Hale.-- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.
3922 advertise
3923To give notice to
3924to inform or apprise
3925to notify
3926to makeknown
3927hence, to warn
3928-- often followed by of before the subject ofinformation
3929as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic]I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.
3930 advertiser
3931One who, or that which, advertises.
3932 advice
3933Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Adviceboat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter
3934adispatch boat.-- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with anotheror others.
3935 advisability
3936The quality of being advisable
3937advisableness.
3938 advisableness
3939The quality of being advisable or expedient
3940expediency
3941advisability.
3942 advisably
3943With advice
3944wisely.
3945 advisedness
3946Deliberate consideration
3947prudent procedure
3948caution.
3949 adviser
3950One who advises.
3951 advisership
3952The office of an adviser. [R.]
3953 adviso
3954Advice
3955counsel
3956suggestion
3957also, a dispatch or advice boat.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3958 advisory
3959Having power to advise
3960containing advice
3961as, an advisorycouncil
3962their opinion is merely advisory.The General Association has a general advisory superintendence overall the ministers and churches. Trumbull.
3963 advocacy
3964The act of pleading for or supporting
3965work of advocating
3966intercession.
3967 advocate
3968To plead in favor of
3969to defend by argument, before a tribunalor the public
3970to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.To advocate the cause of thy client. Bp. Sanderson (1624).This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has beenadvocated. Burke.Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. Mitford.
3971 advocateship
3972Office or duty of an advocate.
3973 advocation
3974The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to thesupreme court. Bell.
3975 advocatory
3976Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]
3977 advoke
3978To summon
3979to call. [Obs.]Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke thecause to Rome. Fuller.
3980 advolution
3981A rolling toward something. [R.]
3982 advoutrer
3983An adulterer. [Obs.]
3984 advoutress
3985An adulteress. [Obs.] Bacon.
3986 advowee
3987One who has an advowson. Cowell.
3988 advowson
3989The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in thechurch. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) orprotector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or presentto it.]
3990 advoyer
3991See Avoyer. [Obs.]
3992 adward
3993Award. [Obs.] Spenser.
3994 adynamia
3995Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.Dunglison.
3996 adynamic
3997Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vitalpowers
3998weak.
3999 adynamy
4000Adynamia. [R.] Morin.
4001 adytum
4002The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whenceoracles were given. Hence: A private chamber
4003a sanctum.
4004 adz
4005To cut with an adz. [R.] Carlyle.
4006 ae
4007A diphthong in the Latin language
4008used also by the Saxonwriters. It answers to the Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, thelong e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostlysuperseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination,the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
4009 aecidium
4010A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts orBrands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
4011 aedile
4012A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence ofpublic buildings, highways, shows, etc.
4013hence, a municipal officer.
4014 aedileship
4015The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.
4016 aegean
4017Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,east of Greece. See Archipelago.
4018 aegicrania
4019Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture,representing rams' heads or skulls.
4020 aegilops
4021An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
4022 aegis
4023A shield or protective armor
4024-- applied in mythology to theshield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield
4025aprotection.
4026 aegophony
4027Same as Egophony.
4028 aegrotat
4029A medical certificate that a student is ill.
4030 aeneid
4031The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.
4032 aeneous
4033Colored like bronze.
4034 aeolic
4035Æolian, 1
4036as, the Æolic dialect
4037the Æolic mode.
4038 aeolotropic
4039Exhibiting differences of quality or property in differentdirections
4040not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson.
4041 aeolotropy
4042Difference of quality or property in different directions.
4043 aeolus
4044The god of the winds.
4045 aeon
4046A period of immeasurable duration
4047also, an emanation of theDeity. See Eon.
4048 aeonian
4049Eternal
4050everlasting. "Æonian hills." Tennyson.
4051 aepyornis
4052A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.
4053 aerate
4054To expose to the chemical action of air
4055to oxygenate (theblood) by respiration
4056to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised bycharging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gasin the dough by fermentation.
4057 aeration
4058A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air inrespiration
4059oxygenation of the blood in respiration
4060arterialization.
4061 aerator
4062That which supplies with air
4063esp. an apparatus used forcharging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
4064 aerial sickness
4065A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights andrapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountainsickness and some of seasickness.
4066 aeriality
4067The state of being aërial
4068[R.] De Quincey.
4069 aerially
4070Like, or from, the air
4071in an aërial manner. "A murmur heardaërially." Tennyson.
4072 aerie
4073The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk
4074also abrood of such birds
4075eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence orresting place perched like an eagle's nest.
4076 aeriferous
4077Conveying or containing air
4078air-bearing
4079as, the windpipe isan aëriferous tube.
4080 aeriform
4081Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid
4082gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
4083 aero
4084The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.
4085 aerobic
4086Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen
4087also,pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies
4088as, aërobic fermentation. --A`ër*o"bic*al*ly (#), adv.
4089 aerobies
4090Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and needoxygen for their growth
4091as the microbacteria which form on thesurface of putrefactive fluids.
4092 aerobiotic
4093Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies
4094as, aërobioticplants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
4095 aeroboat
4096A form of hydro-aëroplane
4097a flying boat.
4098 aerobus
4099An aëroplane or airship designed to carry passengers.
4100 aeroclub
4101A club or association of persons interested in aëronautics.
4102 aerocurve
4103A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, theadvantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.
4104 aerocyst
4105One of the air cells of algals.
4106 aerodonetics
4107The science of gliding and soaring flight.
4108 aerodynamic
4109Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
4110 aerodynamics
4111The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodiesunder the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
4112 aerofoil
4113A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movementthrough the air
4114a spread wing, as of a bird.
4115 aerognosy
4116The science which treats of the properties of the air, and ofthe part it plays in nature. Craig.
4117 aerographer
4118One versed in aëography: an aërologist.
4119 aerography
4120A description of the air or atmosphere
4121aërology.
4122 aerogun
4123A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for useagainst aircraft.
4124 aerohydrodynamic
4125Acting by the force of air and water
4126as, an aërohydrodynamicwheel.
4127 aerolite
4128A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth fromdistant space
4129a meteorite
4130a meteoric stone.
4131 aerolith
4132Same as A.
4133 aerolithology
4134The science of aërolites.
4135 aerolitic
4136Of or pertaining to aërolites
4137meteoric
4138as, aërolitic iron.Booth.
4139 aerologist
4140One versed in aërology.
4141 aerology
4142That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
4143 aeromancy
4144Divination from the state of the air or from atmosphericsubstances
4145also, forecasting changes in the weather.
4146 aeromechanic
4147A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice ofaëronautics.
4148 aeromechanics
4149The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriformfluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics.
4150 aerometer
4151An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air andgases.
4152 aerometric
4153Of or pertaining to aërometry
4154as, aërometric investigations.
4155 aerometry
4156The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of itspressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation
4157pneumatics.
4158 aeronat
4159A dirigible balloon.
4160 aeronaut
4161An aërial navigator
4162a balloonist.
4163 aeronautics
4164The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as bymeans of a balloon
4165aërial navigation
4166ballooning.
4167 aeronef
4168A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.
4169 aerophyte
4170A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving itsnourishment from it
4171an air plant or epiphyte.
4172 aeroplane
4173A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying,which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
4174 aeroplanist
4175One who flies in an aëroplane.
4176 aeroscope
4177An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria,etc., suspended in the air.
4178 aeroscopy
4179The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
4180 aerose
4181Of the nature of, or like, copper
4182brassy. [R.]
4183 aerosiderite
4184A mass of meteoric iron.
4185 aerosphere
4186The atmosphere. [R.]
4187 aerostatics
4188The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids,or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aëronautics.
4189 aerotaxis
4190The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on aërobicand anaërobic bacteria. -- A`ër*o*tac"tic (#), a.
4191 aerotherapentics
4192Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
4193 aeroyacht
4194A form of hydro-aëroplane
4195a flying boat.
4196 aeruginous
4197Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
4198 aerugo
4199The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper
4200verdigris.
4201 aery
4202An aerie.
4203 aesculapian
4204Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art
4205medical
4206medicinal.
4207 aesculapius
4208The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
4209 aesculin
4210Same as Esculin.
4211 aesir
4212In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder,Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.
4213 aesthesia
4214Perception by the senses
4215feeling
4216-- the opposite ofanæsthesia.
4217 aesthesis
4218Sensuous perception. [R.] Ruskin.
4219 aesthesodic
4220Conveying sensory or afferent impulses
4221-- said of nerves.
4222 aesthete
4223One who makes much or overmuch of æsthetics. [Recent]
4224 aesthetican
4225One versed in æsthetics.
4226 aestheticism
4227The doctrine of æsthetics
4228æsthetic principles
4229devotion to thebeautiful in nature and art. Lowell.
4230 aesthophysiology
4231The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. H.Spenser.
4232 aestival
4233Of or belonging to the summer
4234as, æstival diseases. [Speltalso estival.]
4235 aestivate
4236To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]
4237 aestivation
4238The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness ofsummer, as in certain snails
4239-- opposed to hibernation.
4240 aestuary
4241See Estuary.
4242 aestuous
4243Glowing
4244agitated, as with heat.
4245 aetheogamous
4246Propagated in an unusual way
4247cryptogamous.
4248 aether
4249See Ether.
4250 aethiops mineral
4251Same as Ethiops mineral. [Obs.]
4252 aethogen
4253A compound of nitrogen and boro
4254 aethrioscope
4255An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer.It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by differentconditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
4256 aetiological
4257Pertaining to ætiology
4258assigning a cause.-- Æ`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
4259 aetites
4260See Eaglestone.
4261 afar
4262At, to, or from a great distance
4263far away
4264-- often used withfrom preceding, or off following
4265as, he was seen from afar
4266I sawhim afar off.The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.
4267 afeard
4268Afraid. [Obs.]Be not afeard
4269the isle is full of noises. Shak.
4270 afer
4271The southwest wind. Milton.
4272 affability
4273The quality of being affable
4274readiness to converse
4275courteousness in receiving others and in conversation
4276complaisantbehavior.Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love.Elyot
4277 affableness
4278Affability.
4279 affably
4280In an affable manner
4281courteously.
4282 affabrous
4283Executed in a workmanlike manner
4284ingeniously made. [R.]Bailey.
4285 affair
4286An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to becalled a battle.
4287 affamish
4288To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.
4289 affamishment
4290Starvation. Bp. Hall.
4291 affatuate
4292To infatuate. [Obs.] Milton.
4293 affear
4294To frighten. [Obs.] Spenser.
4295 affect
4296Affection
4297inclination
4298passion
4299feeling
4300disposition. [Obs.]Shak.
4301 affectationist
4302One who exhibits affectation. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.
4303 affected
4304Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknownquantity
4305adfected
4306as, an affected equation.
4307 affectedness
4308Affectation.
4309 affecter
4310One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after."Affecters of wit." Abp. Secker.
4311 affectibility
4312The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]
4313 affectible
4314That may be affected. [R.]Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, becomeaffectible. Coleridge.
4315 affectingly
4316In an affecting manner
4317is a manner to excite emotions.
4318 affection
4319Disease
4320morbid symptom
4321malady
4322as, a pulmonary affection.Dunglison.
4323 affectional
4324Of or pertaining to the affections
4325as, affectional impulses
4326an affectional nature.
4327 affectionated
4328Disposed
4329inclined. [Obs.]Affectionated to the people. Holinshed.
4330 affectionately
4331With affection
4332lovingly
4333fondly
4334tenderly
4335kindly.
4336 affectionateness
4337The quality of being affectionate
4338fondness
4339affection.
4340 affectively
4341In an affective manner
4342impressively
4343emotionally.
4344 affectuous
4345Full of passion or emotion
4346earnest. [Obs.] --Af*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan.
4347 affeer
4348To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, toa certain and reasonable sum.Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone.
4349 affeerment
4350The act of affeering. Blackstone.
4351 afferent
4352Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ
4353-- opposed toefferent
4354as, afferent vessels
4355afferent nerves, which conveysensations from the external organs to the brain.
4356 affettuoso
4357With feeling.
4358 affiancer
4359One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
4360 affiant
4361One who makes an affidavit. [U. S.] Burrill.
4362 affiche
4363A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall
4364aposter
4365a placard.
4366 affidavit
4367A sworn statement in writing
4368a declaration in writing, signedand made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.
4369 affile
4370To polish. [Obs.]
4371 affiliable
4372Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with inorigin.
4373 affiliate
4374To connect or associate one's self
4375-- followed by with
4376as,they affiliate with no party.
4377 affiliation
4378The establishment or ascertaining of parentage
4379the assignmentof a child, as a bastard, to its father
4380filiation.
4381 affinal
4382Related by marriage
4383from the same source.
4384 affine
4385To refine. [Obs.] Holland.
4386 affined
4387Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin."Shak.
4388 affinitative
4389Of the nature of affinity.-- Af*fin"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.
4390 affinitive
4391Closely connected, as by affinity.
4392 affinity
4393That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance,between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them toform chemical compounds
4394chemism
4395chemical or elective affinity orattraction.
4396 affirm
4397to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, broughtbefore an appelate court for review.
4398 affirmable
4399Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared
4400-- followedby of
4401as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
4402 affirmant
4403One who affirms of taking an oath.
4404 affirmation
4405A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, bypersons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declarationis in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.
4406 affirmative
4407Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
4408 affirmatively
4409In an affirmative manner
4410on the affirmative side of aquestion
4411in the affirmative
4412-- opposed to negatively.
4413 affirmatory
4414Giving affirmation
4415assertive
4416affirmative. Massey.
4417 affirmer
4418One who affirms.
4419 affix
4420That which is affixed
4421an appendage
4422esp. one or more lettersor syllables added at the end of a word
4423a suffix
4424a postfix.
4425 affixion
4426Affixture. [Obs.] T. Adams.
4427 affixture
4428The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed
4429attachment.
4430 afflation
4431A blowing or breathing on
4432inspiration.
4433 afflict
4434Afflicted. [Obs.] Becon.
4435 afflictedness
4436The state of being afflicted
4437affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
4438 afflicter
4439One who afflicts.
4440 afflicting
4441Grievously painful
4442distressing
4443afflictive
4444as, an afflictingevent.-- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
4445 afflictionless
4446Free from affliction.
4447 afflictive
4448Giving pain
4449causing continued or repeated pain or grief
4450distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope.Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
4451 afflictively
4452In an afflictive manner.
4453 affluency
4454Affluence. [Obs.] Addison.
4455 affluent
4456A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake
4457atributary stream.
4458 affluently
4459Abundantly
4460copiously.
4461 affluentness
4462Great plenty. [R.]
4463 afflux
4464A flowing towards
4465that which flows to
4466as, an afflux of bloodto the head.
4467 affluxion
4468The act of flowing towards
4469afflux. Sir T. Browne.
4470 affodill
4471Asphodel. [Obs.]
4472 afforce
4473To reënforce
4474to strengthen. Hallam.
4475 afforciament
4476See Afforcement. [Obs.]
4477 affordable
4478That may be afforded.
4479 affordment
4480Anything given as a help
4481bestowal. [Obs.]
4482 afforest
4483To convert into a forest
4484as, to afforest a tract of country.
4485 afforestation
4486The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.
4487 afformative
4488An affix.
4489 affranchise
4490To make free
4491to enfranchise. Johnson.
4492 affranchisement
4493The act of making free
4494enfranchisement. [R.]
4495 affrap
4496To strike, or strike down. [Obs.] Spenser.
4497 affray
4498The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to theterror of others. Blackstone.
4499 affrayer
4500One engaged in an affray.
4501 affrayment
4502Affray. [Obs.] Spenser.
4503 affreight
4504To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.
4505 affreighter
4506One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
4507 affreightment
4508The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, orsome part of it, to convey cargo.
4509 affret
4510A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] Spenser.
4511 affricate
4512A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediatelyfollowing fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, aspf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.
4513 affriction
4514The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]
4515 affriended
4516Made friends
4517reconciled. [Obs.] "Deadly foes . . .affriended." Spenser.
4518 affright
4519To impress with sudden fear
4520to frighten
4521to alarm.Dreams affright our souls. Shak.A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their servicequaint. Milton.
4522 affrightedly
4523With fright. Drayton.
4524 affrighten
4525To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes."Southey.
4526 affrighter
4527One who frightens. [Archaic]
4528 affrightful
4529Terrifying
4530frightful.-- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.
4531 affrightment
4532Affright
4533the state of being frightened
4534sudden fear or alarm.[Archaic]Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror andaffrightment. Locke.
4535 affronte
4536Face to face, or front to front
4537facing.
4538 affrontedly
4539Shamelessly. [Obs.] Bacon.
4540 affrontee
4541One who receives an affront. Lytton.
4542 affronter
4543One who affronts, or insults to the face.
4544 affrontingly
4545In an affronting manner.
4546 affrontive
4547Tending to affront or offend
4548offensive
4549abusive.How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.
4550 affrontiveness
4551The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.
4552 affuse
4553To pour out or upon. [R.]I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle.
4554 affusion
4555The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as waterupon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med)
4556 affy
4557To trust or confide. [Obs.] Shak.
4558 afghan
4559Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.
4560 afire
4561On fire.
4562 aflame
4563Inflames
4564glowing with light or passion
4565ablaze. G. Eliot.
4566 aflat
4567Level with the ground
4568flat. [Obs.] Bacon.
4569 aflaunt
4570In a flaunting state or position. Copley.
4571 aflicker
4572In a flickering state.
4573 aflow
4574Flowing.Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning.
4575 aflush
4576In a flushed or blushing state.
4577 aflutter
4578In a flutter
4579agitated.
4580 afoam
4581In a foaming state
4582as, the sea is all afoam.
4583 afore
4584In the fore part of a vessel.
4585 aforecited
4586Named or quoted before.
4587 aforegoing
4588Going before
4589foregoing.
4590 aforehand
4591Beforehand
4592in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.
4593 aforementioned
4594Previously mentioned
4595before-mentioned. Addison.
4596 aforenamed
4597Named before. Peacham.
4598 aforesaid
4599Said before, or in a preceding part
4600already described oridentified.
4601 aforethought
4602Premeditated
4603prepense
4604previously in mind
4605designed
4606as,malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.
4607 aforetime
4608In time past
4609formerly. "He prayed . . . as he did aforetime."Dan. vi. 10.
4610 afoul
4611In collision
4612entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to runagainst or come into collision with, especially so as to becomeentangled or to cause injury.
4613 afraid
4614Impressed with fear or apprehension
4615in fear
4616apprehensive.[Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled,afraid." Milton.
4617 afreet
4618Same as Afrit.
4619 afresh
4620Anew
4621again
4622once more
4623newly.They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6.
4624 afric
4625African.-- n.
4626 african
4627Of or pertaining to Africa. African hemp, a fiber prerared fromthe leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa andIndia.-- African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta).-- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by OldfieldiaAfricana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, aUnited States citizen of African descent.
4628 africander
4629One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a"colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a nativeborn of European settlers.
4630 africanism
4631A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa orAfricans. "The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers." Milton.
4632 africanize
4633To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.]Bartlett.
4634 afront
4635In front
4636face to face.-- prep. In front of. Shak.
4637 aft
4638Near or towards the stern of a vessel
4639astern
4640abaft.
4641 after
4642To ward the stern of the ship
4643-- applied to any object in therear part of a vessel
4644as the after cabin, after hatchway.
4645 after damp
4646An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire dampin mines
4647choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
4648 afterdinner
4649The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak.[Obs.] -- a.
4650 aftereatage
4651Aftergrass.
4652 afterglow
4653A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
4654 afterimage
4655The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina ofthe eye after the cause has been removed
4656also extended toimpressions left of tones, smells, etc.
4657 aftermentioned
4658Mentioned afterwards
4659as, persons after-mentioned (in awriting).
4660 afternote
4661One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of themeasure, taking their time from the preceding note.
4662 aftersails
4663The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between themainmast and mizzenmast. Totten.
4664 afterwit
4665Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. "After-wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.
4666 afterwitted
4667Characterized by afterwit
4668slow-witted. Tyndale.
4669 afterbirth
4670The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected,and which come away after delivery.
4671 aftercast
4672A throw of dice after the game in ended
4673hence, anything donetoo late. Gower.
4674 afterclap
4675An unexpected subsequent event
4676something disagreeablehappening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser.
4677 aftercrop
4678A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer.
4679 aftereye
4680To look after. [Poetic] Shak.
4681 aftergame
4682A second game
4683hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton.Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resemblingbackgammon. Beau. & Fl.
4684 aftergrass
4685The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown
4686aftermath.
4687 aftergrowth
4688A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S.Mill.
4689 afterguard
4690The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of theship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.
4691 afterings
4692The last milk drawn in milking
4693strokings. [Obs.] Grose.
4694 aftermath
4695A second moving
4696the grass which grows after the first crop ofhay in the same season
4697rowen. Holland.
4698 aftermost
4699Nearest the stern
4700most aft.
4701 afternoon
4702The part of the day which follows noon, between noon andevening.
4703 afterpains
4704The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling theafterbirth.
4705 afterpiece
4706The heel of a rudder.
4707 aftersensation
4708A sensation or sense impression following the removal of astimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primarysensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. Theaftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or followit after an interval.
4709 aftershaft
4710The hypoptilum.
4711 aftertaste
4712A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
4713 afterthought
4714Reflection after an act
4715later or subsequent thought orexpedient.
4716 afterwise
4717Wise after the event
4718wise or knowing, when it is too late.
4719 aftmost
4720Nearest the stern.
4721 aftward
4722Toward the stern.
4723 again
4724Against
4725also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
4726 againbuy
4727To redeem. [Obs.] Wyclif.
4728 againsay
4729To gainsay. [Obs.] Wyclif.
4730 againstand
4731To withstand. [Obs.]
4732 againward
4733Back again. [Obs.]
4734 agalagal
4735Same as Agar-agar.
4736 agalactous
4737Lacking milk to suckle with.
4738 agalmatolite
4739A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowishcolor, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figurestone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
4740 agama
4741A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetablesubstances
4742also, one of these lizards.
4743 agami
4744A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to thecranes, and easily domesticated
4745-- called also the gold-breastedtrumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
4746 agamically
4747In an agamic manner.
4748 agamist
4749An unmarried person
4750also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.
4751 agamogenesis
4752Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes:asexual reproduction.
4753 agamogenetic
4754Reproducing or produced without sexual union.-- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to theprimitive stock. Huxley.
4755 agamous
4756Having no visible sexual organs
4757asexual. In Bot.,cryptogamous.
4758 aganglionic
4759Without ganglia.
4760 agape
4761Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.
4762 agaragar
4763A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies
4764Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
4765 agaric
4766A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which thecommon mushroom is an example.
4767 agasp
4768In a state of gasping. Coleridge.
4769 agast
4770See Aghast.
4771 agastric
4772Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as thetapeworm.
4773 agate
4774On the way
4775agoing
4776as, to be agate
4777to set the bells agate.[Obs.] Cotgrave.
4778 agatiferous
4779Containing or producing agates. Craig.
4780 agatine
4781Pertaining to, or like, agate.
4782 agatize
4783To convert into agate
4784to make resemble agate. Dana.
4785 agaty
4786Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.
4787 agave
4788A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ) of which the chiefspecies is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly calledAloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, inattaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem,sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice isthe pulque of the Mexicans
4789distilled, it yields mescal. A strongthread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood hasmany uses.
4790 agazed
4791Gazing with astonishment
4792amazed. [Obs.]The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak.
4793 age
4794To grow aged
4795to become old
4796to show marks of age
4797as, he grewfat as he aged.They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.Holland.I am aging
4798that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored,hair here and there. Landor.
4799 agedly
4800In the manner of an aged person.
4801 agedness
4802The quality of being aged
4803oldness.Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.
4804 ageless
4805Without old age limits of duration
4806as, fountains of agelessyouth.
4807 agen
4808See Again. [Obs.]
4809 agend
4810See Agendum. [Obs.]
4811 agenesic
4812Characterized by sterility
4813infecund.
4814 agenesis
4815Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly oforganization.
4816 agennesis
4817Impotence
4818sterility.
4819 agent
4820Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The bodyagent." Bacon.
4821 agential
4822Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall.
4823 agentship
4824Agency. Beau. & Fl.
4825 ageratum
4826A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) haslavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.
4827 aggeneration
4828The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley.
4829 agger
4830An earthwork
4831a mound
4832a raised work. [Obs.] Hearne.
4833 aggerate
4834To heap up. [Obs.] Foxe.
4835 aggeration
4836A heaping up
4837accumulation
4838as, aggerations of sand. [R.]
4839 aggerose
4840In heaps
4841full of heaps.
4842 aggest
4843To heap up. [Obs.]The violence of the waters aggested the earth. Fuller.
4844 agglomerate
4845To wind or collect into a ball
4846hence, to gather into a mass oranything like a mass.Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.
4847 agglomerative
4848Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of hisown words) agglomerative. Coleridge.
4849 agglutinant
4850Uniting, as glue
4851causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.-- n.
4852 agglutinate
4853To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscoussubstance
4854to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
4855 agglutination
4856Combination in which root words are united with little or nochange of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
4857 agglutinative
4858Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or acompound.In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared tomechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds.R. Morris.Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds.The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinativelanguages. R. Morris.Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots.Max Müller.
4859 aggrace
4860To favor
4861to grace. [Obs.] "That knight so much aggraced."Spenser.
4862 aggrade
4863To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, byaddition of material
4864as, streams aggrade their beds by depositingsediment.
4865 aggrandizable
4866Capable of being aggrandized.
4867 aggrandization
4868Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse.
4869 aggrandize
4870To increase or become great. [Obs.]Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall.
4871 aggrandizement
4872The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized orexalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth
4873exaltation
4874enlargement
4875as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
4876 aggrandizer
4877One who aggrandizes, or makes great.
4878 aggrate
4879To please. [Obs.]Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser.
4880 aggravatingly
4881In an aggravating manner.
4882 aggravative
4883Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv.-- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.
4884 aggregately
4885Collectively
4886in mass.
4887 aggregation
4888The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated
4889collection into a mass or sum
4890a collection of particulars
4891anaggregate.
4892 aggregator
4893One who aggregates.
4894 aggrege
4895To make heavy
4896to aggravate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4897 aggress
4898To commit the first act of hostility or offense
4899to begin aquarrel or controversy
4900to make an attack
4901-- with on.
4902 aggression
4903The first attack, or act of hostility
4904the first act of injury,or first act leading to a war or a controversy
4905unprovoked attack
4906assault
4907as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."  Hallam
4908 aggressive
4909Tending or disposed to aggress
4910characterized by aggression
4911making assaults
4912unjustly attacking
4913as, an aggressive policy, war,person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
4914 aggressor
4915The person who first attacks or makes an aggression
4916he whobegins hostility or a quarrel
4917an assailant.The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to thetameness of the sufferer. Ames.
4918 aggrievance
4919Oppression
4920hardship
4921injury
4922grievance. [Archaic]
4923 aggrieve
4924To give pain or sorrow to
4925to afflict
4926hence, to oppress orinjure in one's rights
4927to bear heavily upon
4928-- now commonly used inthe passive TO be aggrieved.Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.
4929 aggroup
4930To bring together in a group
4931to group. Dryden.
4932 aggroupment
4933Arrangement in a group or in groups
4934grouping.
4935 aghast
4936See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]
4937 agible
4938Possible to be done
4939practicable. [Obs.] "Fit for agiblethings." Sir A. Sherley.
4940 agile
4941Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
4942apt or readyto move
4943nimble
4944active
4945as, an agile boy
4946an agile tongue.Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper.
4947 agilely
4948In an agile manner
4949nimbly.
4950 agileness
4951Agility
4952nimbleness. [R.]
4953 agio
4954The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it isgiven in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount onforeign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
4955 agiotage
4956Exchange business
4957also, stockjobbing
4958the maneuvers ofspeculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen oflife. Landor.
4959 agist
4960To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum
4961-- usedoriginally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, andcollecting the money for the same. Blackstone.
4962 agistator
4963See Agister.
4964 agitable
4965Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]
4966 agitatedly
4967In an agitated manner.
4968 agitative
4969Tending to agitate.
4970 agitato
4971Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
4972 agitator
4973One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time,to look after their interests
4974-- called also adjutators. Clarendon.
4975 agleam
4976Gleaming
4977as, faces agleam. Lowell.
4978 agley
4979Aside
4980askew. [Scotch] Burns.
4981 aglimmer
4982In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.
4983 aglitter
4984Clittering
4985in a glitter.
4986 aglossal
4987Without tongue
4988tongueless.
4989 aglow
4990In a glow
4991glowing
4992as, cheeks aglow
4993the landscape all aglow.
4994 aglutition
4995Inability to swallow.
4996 agminal
4997Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.]
4998 agnate
4999A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively throughmales.
5000 agnatic
5001Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. "Theagnatic succession." Blackstone.
5002 agnation
5003Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished fromcognation. Bouvier.
5004 agnition
5005Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.
5006 agnize
5007To recognize
5008to acknowledge. [Archaic]I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak.
5009 agnoiology
5010The doctrine concerning those things of which we arenecessarily ignorant.
5011 agnominate
5012To name. [Obs.]
5013 agnostic
5014Professing ignorance
5015involving no dogmatic
5016pertaining to orinvolving agnosticism.-- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly, adv.
5017 agnosticism
5018That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nordenies. Specifically: (Theol.)
5019 agnus
5020Agnus Dei.
5021 agnus castus
5022A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus)
5023the chaste tree. Loudon.And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden.
5024 agnus scythicus
5025The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. SeeBarometz.
5026 ago
5027Past
5028gone by
5029since
5030as, ten years ago
5031gone long ago.
5032 agog
5033In eager desire
5034eager
5035astir.All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper.
5036 agoing
5037In motion
5038in the act of going
5039as, to set a mill agoing.
5040 agon
5041A contest for a prize at the public games.
5042 agone
5043Ago. [Archaic. & Poet.]Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13.
5044 agonic
5045Not forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary lineon the earth's surface passing through those places where themagnetic needle points to the true north
5046the line of no magneticvariation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, andanother in the Eastern hemisphere.
5047 agonism
5048Contention for a prize
5049a contest. [Obs.] Blount.
5050 agonist
5051One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]
5052 agonistically
5053In an agonistic manner.
5054 agonistics
5055The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
5056 agonize
5057To cause to suffer agony
5058to subject to extreme pain
5059totorture.He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.
5060 agonizingly
5061With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
5062 agonothete
5063An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
5064 agonothetic
5065Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.
5066 agood
5067In earnest
5068heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood."  Shak.
5069 agora
5070An assembly
5071hence, the place of assembly, especially themarket place, in an ancient Greek city.
5072 agouara
5073The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in thetropical parts of America.
5074 agouta
5075A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied tothe moles, found only in Hayti.
5076 agrace
5077See Aggrace. [Obs.]
5078 agrammatist
5079A illiterate person. [Obs.] Bailey.
5080 agraphia
5081The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by writtensigns. It is one form of aphasia.
5082 agraphic
5083Characterized by agraphia.
5084 agrappes
5085Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.
5086 agrarian
5087Wild
5088-- said of plants growing in the fields.
5089 agrarianism
5090An equal or equitable division of landed property
5091theprinciples or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
5092 agrarianize
5093To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles ofagrarianism.
5094 agree
5095To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
5096 agreeingly
5097In an agreeing manner (to)
5098correspondingly
5099agreeably. [Obs.]
5100 agreement
5101Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender,number, case, or person.
5102 agreer
5103One who agrees.
5104 agrestic
5105Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city
5106rural
5107rustic
5108unpolished
5109uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.
5110 agrestical
5111Agrestic. [Obs.]
5112 agricolation
5113Agriculture. [Obs.] Bailey.
5114 agricolist
5115A cultivator of the soil
5116an agriculturist. Dodsley.
5117 agricultor
5118An agriculturist
5119a farmer. [R.]
5120 agricultural
5121Of or pertaining to agriculture
5122connected with, or engaged in,tillage
5123as, the agricultural class
5124agricultural implements, wages,etc.-- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species ofant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. Theremarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circularareas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.
5125 agriculturalist
5126An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
5127 agriculture
5128The art or science of cultivating the ground, including theharvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock
5129tillage
5130husbandry
5131farming.
5132 agriculturism
5133Agriculture. [R.]
5134 agriculturist
5135One engaged or skilled in agriculture
5136a husbandman.The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a meretheorist. Crabb.
5137 agrief
5138In grief
5139amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5140 agrin
5141In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.
5142 agriologist
5143One versed or engaged in agriology.
5144 agriology
5145Description or comparative study of the customs of savage oruncivilized tribes.
5146 agrise
5147To shudder with terror
5148to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5149 agrom
5150A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the EastIndies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.
5151 agronomics
5152The science of the distribution and management of land.
5153 agronomist
5154One versed in agronomy
5155a student of agronomy.
5156 agronomy
5157The management of land
5158rural economy
5159agriculture.
5160 agrope
5161In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.
5162 agrostis
5163A genus of grasses, including species called in common languagebent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuablepasture grasses.
5164 agrostography
5165A description of the grasses.
5166 agrostologist
5167One skilled in agrostology.
5168 agrostology
5169That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
5170 agrotechny
5171That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods ofconversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles
5172agricultural technology.
5173 aground
5174On the ground
5175stranded
5176-- a nautical term applied to a shipwhen its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.
5177 agroupment
5178See Aggroupment.
5179 agrypnotic
5180Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, asstrong tea or coffee.
5181 ague
5182An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
5183 aguilt
5184To be guilty of
5185to offend
5186to sin against
5187to wrong. [Obs.]Chaucer.
5188 aguise
5189Dress. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
5190 agush
5191In a gushing state. Hawthorne.
5192 agynous
5193Without female organs
5194male.
5195 ah
5196An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint,entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according tothe manner of utterance.
5197 aha
5198An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph,mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
5199 aheap
5200In a heap
5201huddled together. Hood.
5202 aheight
5203Aloft
5204on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.
5205 ahem
5206An exclamation to call one's attention
5207hem.
5208 ahey
5209Hey
5210ho.
5211 ahigh
5212On high. [Obs.] Shak.
5213 ahold
5214Near the wind
5215as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.
5216 ahorseback
5217On horseback.Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.
5218 ahoy
5219A term used in hailing
5220as, "Ship ahoy."
5221 ahriman
5222The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians
5223the Princeof Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.
5224 ahu
5225The Asiatic gazelle.
5226 ahull
5227With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee
5228-- applied toships in a storm. See Hull, n.
5229 ahungered
5230Pinched with hunger
5231very hungry. C. Bronté.
5232 ai
5233The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America.See Sloth.
5234 aid
5235To support, either by furnishing strength or means incoöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil
5236tohelp
5237to assist.You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.
5238 aiddecamp
5239An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also toassist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.
5240 aidmajor
5241The adjutant of a regiment.
5242 aidance
5243Aid. [R.]Aidance 'gainst the enemy. Shak.
5244 aidant
5245Helping
5246helpful
5247supplying aid. Shak.
5248 aider
5249One who, or that which, aids.
5250 aidful
5251Helpful. [Archaic.] Bp. Hall.
5252 aidless
5253Helpless
5254without aid. Milton.
5255 aiel
5256See Ayle. [Obs.]
5257 aiglet
5258Same as Aglet.
5259 aigre
5260Sour. [Obs.] Shak.
5261 aigremore
5262Charcoal prepared for making powder.
5263 aigulet
5264See Aglet. Spenser.
5265 ail
5266To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental
5267to trouble
5268to be the matter with
5269-- used to express some uneasinessor affection, whose cause is unknown
5270as, what ails the man I knownot what ails him.What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.
5271 ailanthus
5272Same as Ailantus.
5273 ailantus
5274A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. Thetree imperfectly di
5275 aileron
5276A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of achurch.
5277 ailette
5278A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders ofknights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.
5279 ailment
5280Indisposition
5281morbid affection of the body
5282-- not appliedordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.
5283 ailuroidea
5284A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, andhyenas.
5285 aim
5286To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object
5287todirect, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against anobject
5288as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (atsomething)
5289to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
5290 aimer
5291One who aims, directs, or points.
5292 aimless
5293Without aim or purpose
5294as, an aimless life.-- Aim"less*ly, adv.-- Aim"less*ness, n.
5295 aino
5296One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islandsetc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposedto have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout andshort, with hairy bodies.
5297 air
5298An artificial or affected manner
5299show of pride or vanity
5300haughtiness
5301as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. Thackeray.
5302 air bed
5303A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
5304 air bladder
5305An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in thevisceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as thelungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain atubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
5306 air brake
5307A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight.
5308 air brush
5309A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in aspray by compressed air.
5310 air cell
5311A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
5312 air cock
5313A faucet to allow escape of air.
5314 air cooling
5315In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinderby increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators,and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Watercooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.
5316 air drill
5317A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air
5318apneumatic drill. Knight.
5319 air engine
5320An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.
5321 air gap
5322An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit
5323specif.,in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles andthe armature
5324clearance.
5325 air gas
5326See under Gas.
5327 air gun
5328A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air isused to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into areservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and iscontrolled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
5329 air hole
5330A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air
5331a blowhole.
5332 air jacket
5333A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can befilled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
5334 air level
5335Spirit level. See Level.
5336 air line
5337A path through the air made easy for aërial navigation bysteady winds.
5338 air pipe
5339A pipe for the passage of air
5340esp. a ventilating pipe.
5341 air plant
5342A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone
5343anaërophyte.
5344 air poise
5345A
5346 air pump
5347A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closedspace
5348also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.
5349 air sac
5350One of the spaces in different parts. of the bodies of birds,which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of thelungs
5351an air cell.
5352 air shaft
5353A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into amine or a tunnel.
5354 air stove
5355A stove for heating a current of air which is directed againstits surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through abuilding.
5356 air vessel
5357A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air
5358asthe air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.
5359the air vessel of apump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vesselsof insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.
5360 airbuilt
5361Erected in the air
5362having no solid foundation
5363chimerical
5364as,an air-built castle.
5365 airdrawn
5366Drawn in air
5367imaginary.This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak.
5368 airslacked
5369Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air
5370as, air-slackedlime.
5371 airtight
5372So tight as to be impermeable to air
5373as, an air-tightcylinder.
5374 aircraft
5375Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, orflying through, the air.
5376 airily
5377In an airy manner
5378lightly
5379gaily
5380jauntily
5381fippantly.
5382 airless
5383Not open to a free current of air
5384wanting fresh air, orcommunication with the open air.
5385 airlike
5386Resembling air.
5387 airling
5388A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] "Slight airlings." B. Jonson.
5389 airman
5390A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft
5391a flying machinepilot.
5392 airmanship
5393Art, skill, or ability in the practice of aërial navigation.
5394 airol
5395A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodideand gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [ATrademark]
5396 airometer
5397A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and openbelow, and has its open end plunged into water.
5398 airsick
5399Affected with aërial sickness. -- Air"sick`ness, n.
5400 airwoman
5401A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
5402 airy
5403Having the light and aërial tints true to nature. Elmes.
5404 aisled
5405Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
5406 aisless
5407Without an aisle.
5408 ait
5409An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake
5410an eyot.The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.
5411 aitch
5412The letter h or H.
5413 aitchbone
5414The bone of the rump
5415also, the cut of beef surrounding thisbone. [Spelt also edgebone.]
5416 aitiology
5417See Ætiology.
5418 ajar
5419Slightly turned or opened
5420as, the door was standing ajar.
5421 ajava
5422See Ajouan.
5423 ajog
5424On the jog.
5425 ajutage
5426A tube through which is water is discharged
5427an efflux tube
5428as, the ajutage of a fountain.
5429 ake
5430See Ache.
5431 akene
5432Same as Achene.
5433 aketon
5434See Acton.
5435 akimbo
5436With a crook or bend
5437with the hand on the hip and elbow turnedoutward. "With one arm akimbo." Irving.
5438 akinesia
5439Paralysis of the motor nerves
5440loss of movement. Foster.
5441 akinesic
5442Pertaining to akinesia.
5443 aknee
5444On the knee. [R.] Southey.
5445 aknow
5446Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.] To be aknow, to acknowledge
5447toconfess. [Obs.]
5448 al
5449All. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5450 al segno
5451A direction for the performer to return and recommence from thesign
5452 al
5453All
5454wholly
5455completely
5456as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L.ad.]
5457 alphitomancy
5458Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.
5459 ala
5460A winglike organ, or part.
5461 alabama period
5462A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary ageexcept the lignitic.
5463 alabastrian
5464Alabastrine.
5465 alabastrine
5466Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster
5467as alabastrine limbs.
5468 alabastrum
5469A flower bud. Gray.
5470 alack
5471An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet.] Shak.
5472 alackaday
5473An exclamation expressing sorrow.
5474 alacrify
5475To rouse to action
5476to inspirit.
5477 alacrious
5478Brisk
5479joyously active
5480lively.'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond.
5481 alacriously
5482With alacrity
5483briskly.
5484 alacriousness
5485Alacrity. [Obs.] Hammond.
5486 alacrity
5487A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude
5488joyousactivity
5489briskness
5490sprightliness
5491as, the soldiers advanced withalacrity to meet the enemy.I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wontto have. Shak.
5492 aladinist
5493One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.
5494 alalia
5495Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysisof the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis,aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.
5496 alamire
5497The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.
5498 alamodality
5499The quality of being à la mode
5500conformity to the mode orfashion
5501fashionableness. [R.] Southey.
5502 alamode
5503According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beefshops." Macaulay.
5504 alamort
5505To the death
5506mortally.
5507 alan
5508A wolfhound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5509 aland
5510On land
5511to the land
5512ashore. "Cast aland." Sir P. Sidney.
5513 alanine
5514A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehydeammonia.
5515 alantin
5516See Inulin.
5517 alar
5518Axillary
5519in the fork or axil. Gray.
5520 alarmable
5521Easily alarmed or disturbed.
5522 alarmed
5523Aroused to vigilance
5524excited by fear of approaching danger
5525agitated
5526disturbed
5527as, an alarmed neighborhood
5528an alarmed modesty.The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow.
5529 alarmedly
5530In an alarmed manner.
5531 alarming
5532Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm
5533causing apprehensionof danger
5534as, an alarming crisis or report.-- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
5535 alarmist
5536One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needlessalarms. Macaulay.
5537 alarum
5538See Alarm. [Now Poetic]
5539 alary
5540Of or pertaining to wings
5541also, wing-shaped.The alary system of insects. Wollaston.
5542 alas
5543An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension ofevil
5544-- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white
5545alas theday, like alack a day, or alas the white.
5546 alate
5547Lately
5548of late. [Archaic]There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.
5549 alation
5550The state of being winged.
5551 alaunt
5552See Alan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5553 alb
5554A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an envelopingthe person
5555-- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holyorders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least byclerics, in daily life.
5556 alb sunday
5557The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday,because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter evelaid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had beenput on after baptism.
5558 albacore
5559See Albicore.
5560 alban
5561A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
5562 albanian
5563Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.-- n.
5564 albata
5565A white metallic alloy
5566which is made into spoons, forks,teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver,under German.
5567 albatross
5568A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there areseveral species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from theland. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
5569 albedo
5570Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the lightreflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light fallingupon that surface.
5571 albeit
5572Even though
5573although
5574notwithstanding. Chaucer.Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson.
5575 albert ware
5576A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuitstate for decorating.
5577 albertite
5578A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the countyof A.
5579 albertype
5580A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced bymeans of a photographic negative.
5581 albescence
5582The act of becoming white
5583whitishness.
5584 albescent
5585Becoming white or whitish
5586moderately white.
5587 albicant
5588Growing or becoming white.
5589 albication
5590The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, orstreaks.
5591 albicore
5592A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family,esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in theMediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horsemackerel
5593the tunny. [Written also albacore.]
5594 albification
5595The act or process of making white. [Obs.]
5596 albigensian
5597Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
5598 albiness
5599A female albino. Holmes.
5600 albinism
5601The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism
5602leucopathy.
5603 albinistic
5604Affected with albinism.
5605 albino
5606A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by somedefect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin,hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has askin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deepred pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the loweranimals, as white mice, elephants, etc.
5607and of plants in a whitishcondition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc.
5608 albinoism
5609The state or condition of being an albino
5610albinism.
5611 albinotic
5612Affected with albinism.
5613 albion
5614An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.
5615 albite
5616A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization,and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a commonconstituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.
5617 albolith
5618A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consistingchiefly of magnesia and silica
5619-- called also albolite.
5620 alborak
5621The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said tohave been carried up to heaven
5622a white mule.
5623 albugineous
5624Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of anegg
5625albuminous
5626-- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., whichare perfectly white.
5627 albugo
5628Same as Leucoma.
5629 album
5630A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list ofnames, etc.
5631 album graecum
5632Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air.It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
5633 albumen
5634Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seedin many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the flourypart in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds,the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
5635 albumenize
5636To cover or saturate with albumen
5637to coat or treat with analbuminous solution
5638as, to albuminize paper.
5639 albumin
5640A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief andcharacteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum ofblood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid,also in many plants. It is soluble in water is coagulated by heat adby certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albuminproduced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.-- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkalinesubstances
5641-- called also albuminate.
5642 albuminate
5643A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin,and resembling casein in its properties
5644also, a compound formed bythe union of albumin with another substance.
5645 albuminiferous
5646Supplying albumen.
5647 albuminimeter
5648An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in aliquid.
5649 albuminin
5650The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds'eggs.
5651 albuminiparous
5652Producing albumin.
5653 albuminoid
5654Resembling albumin.-- n.
5655 albuminoidal
5656Of the nature of an albuminoid.
5657 albuminose
5658A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action ofnatural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
5659 albuminosis
5660A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminouselements in the blood.
5661 albuminuria
5662A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
5663 albumose
5664A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by diluteacids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, asantialbumose, hemialbumose.
5665 alburn
5666The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarlysilvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.
5667 alburnous
5668Of or pertaining to alburnum
5669of the alburnum
5670as, alburnoussubstances.
5671 alburnum
5672The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark andthe hard wood or duramen
5673sapwood.
5674 albyn
5675Scotland
5676esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.
5677 alcade
5678Same as Alcaid.
5679 alcahest
5680Same as Alkahest.
5681 alcaic
5682Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b.c.-- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consistsof five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, andtwo dactyls.
5683 alcalde
5684A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.Prescott.
5685 alcaldia
5686The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde
5687also, the building orchamber in which he conducts the business of his office.
5688 alcalimeter
5689See Alkalimeter.
5690 alcanna
5691An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna isobtained.
5692 alcarraza
5693A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids byevaporation from the exterior surface.
5694 alcayde
5695Same as Alcaid.
5696 alcazar
5697A fortress
5698also, a royal palace. Prescott.
5699 alcedo
5700A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher(Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
5701 alchemically
5702In the manner of alchemy.
5703 alchemist
5704One who practices alchemy.You are alchemist
5705make gold. Shak.
5706 alchemistry
5707Alchemy. [Obs.]
5708 alchemize
5709To change by alchemy
5710to transmute. Lovelace.
5711 alchemy
5712See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.
5713 alco
5714A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.
5715 alcohol
5716A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol inconstitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certainorganic radicals
5717as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol(C2H5OH)
5718methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit
5719amylforms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.
5720 alcoholate
5721A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which thelatter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.Graham.
5722 alcoholature
5723An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng.Dict.
5724 alcoholic
5725Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities
5726derived from, or caused by, alcohol
5727containing alcohol
5728as,alcoholic mixtures
5729alcoholic gastritis
5730alcoholic odor.
5731 alcoholism
5732A diseased condition of the system, brought about by thecontinued use of alcoholic liquors.
5733 alcoholize
5734An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with ascale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol,either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with aspecial scale.
5735 alcoholometry
5736The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of purealcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
5737 alcoran
5738The Mohammedan Scriptures
5739the Koran (now the usual form).[Spelt also Alcoran.]
5740 alcoranic
5741Of or pertaining to the Koran.
5742 alcoranist
5743One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting alltraditions.
5744 alcornoque
5745The bark of several trees, esp. of Bowdichia virgilioides ofBrazil, used as a remedy for consumption
5746of Byrsonima crassifolia,used in tanning
5747of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally
5748or ofQuercus ilex, the cork tree.
5749 alcove
5750A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into alarger one
5751especially, a recess to contain a bed
5752a lateral recessin a library.
5753 alcyon
5754See Halcyon.
5755 alcyonacea
5756A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is thetype. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.
5757 alcyonaria
5758One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea,Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.
5759 alcyones
5760The kingfishers.
5761 alcyonic
5762Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
5763 alcyonium
5764A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resemblingflowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used forcertain species of sponges.
5765 alcyonoid
5766Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.-- n.
5767 alday
5768Continually. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5769 aldebaran
5770A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye ofTaurus
5771the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called theHyades.Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia'schair. Spenser.
5772 aldehyde
5773A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained fromalcohol by certain of oxidation.
5774 aldehydic
5775Of or pertaining to aldehyde
5776as, aldehydic acid. Miller.
5777 alder
5778A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to thegenus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.
5779the bark by dyers andtanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs orsmall trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula)
5780Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilexverticillata), bearing red berries.
5781 alderliefest
5782Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.
5783 aldermancy
5784The office of an alderman.
5785 aldermanic
5786Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman
5787characteristicof an alderman.
5788 aldermanlike
5789Like or suited to an alderman.
5790 aldermanly
5791Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
5792 aldermanship
5793The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.
5794 aldern
5795Made of alder.
5796 alderney
5797One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the ChannelIslands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often calledJersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.
5798 aldine
5799An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) whichproceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, ofVenice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the signof the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied tocertain elegant editions of English works.
5800 aldol
5801A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of twomolecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO
5802also, anyof various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied,under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of manycompounds.
5803 ale silver
5804A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers ofale within the city.
5805 aleknight
5806A pot companion. [Obs.]
5807 aleak
5808In a leaking condition.
5809 aleatory
5810Depending on some uncertain contingency
5811as, an aleatorycontract. Bouvier.
5812 alebench
5813A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.
5814 aleberry
5815A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, andsops of bread.Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.
5816 alecithal
5817Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which havelittle or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.
5818 aleconner
5819Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale andbeer
5820also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London toinspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is asinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]
5821 alecost
5822The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoringale.
5823 alectorides
5824A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
5825 alectoromachy
5826Cockfighting.
5827 alectoromancy
5828See Alectryomancy.
5829 alectryomachy
5830Cockfighting.
5831 alectryomancy
5832Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on theletters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the orderin which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.
5833 alee
5834On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind
5835theopposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed closeto the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm tothe lee side.
5836 alegar
5837Sour ale
5838vinegar made of ale. Cecil.
5839 aleger
5840Gay
5841cheerful
5842sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon.
5843 alegge
5844To allay or alleviate
5845to lighten. [Obs.]That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser.
5846 alehoof
5847Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
5848 alehouse
5849A house where ale is retailed
5850hence, a tippling house.Macaulay.
5851 alem
5852The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.
5853 alemannic
5854Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike Germantribes.
5855 alembic
5856An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made ofglass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and wormstill.Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination.Brimley.
5857 alembroth
5858The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed ofthe chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as astimulant. Brande & C.
5859 alencon lace
5860See under Lace.
5861 alength
5862At full length
5863lenghtwise. Chaucer.
5864 alepidote
5865Not having scales.-- n.
5866 alepole
5867A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]
5868 aleppo grass
5869One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn.Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.
5870 alert
5871An alarm from a real or threatened attack
5872a sudden attack
5873also, a bugle sound to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow.On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger
5874readyto act.
5875 alertly
5876In an alert manner
5877nimbly.
5878 alertness
5879The quality of being alert or on the alert
5880briskness
5881nimbleness
5882activity.
5883 alestake
5884A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse,as a sign
5885an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, abunch of leaves, or a "bush." [Obs.] Chaucer.
5886 aletaster
5887See Aleconner. [Eng.]
5888 alethiology
5889The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.Sir W. Hamilton.
5890 alethoscope
5891An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as topresent them in their natural proportions and relations.
5892 aleuromancy
5893Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.
5894 aleurometer
5895An instrument for determining the expansive properties, orquality, of gluten in flour. Knight.
5896 aleuronat
5897Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flourin preparing bread for diabetic persons.
5898 aleurone
5899An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("proteingranules") in maturing seeds and tubers
5900-- supposed to be amodification of protoplasm.
5901 aleuronic
5902Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton.
5903 alevin
5904Young fish
5905fry.
5906 alew
5907Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.
5908 alewife
5909A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
5910 alexandrine
5911Belonging to Alexandria
5912Alexandrian. Bancroft.
5913 alexia
5914Alexipharmic. [Obs.]
5915 alexipharmic
5916An antidote against poison or infection
5917a counterpoison.
5918 alexipyretic
5919Serving to drive off fever
5920antifebrile.-- n.
5921 alexiteric
5922A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, andthe effects of poison in general. Brande & C.
5923 alfalfa
5924The lucern (Medicago sativa)
5925-- so called in California,Texas, etc.
5926 alfenide
5927An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
5928 alferes
5929An ensign
5930a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
5931 alfet
5932A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plungedhis forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
5933 alfilaria
5934The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
5935 alfione
5936An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
5937 alforja
5938A saddlebag. [Sp. Amer.]
5939 alfresco
5940In the open-air. Smollett.
5941 alga
5942A kind of seaweed
5943pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plantswhich includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse,sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervæ, etc.
5944 algal
5945Pertaining to, or like, algæ.
5946 algaroba
5947A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which isa compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerlyused in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
5948 algarovilla
5949The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a SouthAmerican tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, andas a dye.
5950 algazel
5951The true gazelle.
5952 algebra
5953That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations andproperties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It isapplicable to those relations that are true of every kind ofmagnitude.
5954 algebraically
5955By algebraic process.
5956 algebraist
5957One versed in algebra.
5958 algebraize
5959To perform by algebra
5960to reduce to algebraic form.
5961 algerian
5962Of or pertaining to Algeria.-- n.
5963 algerine
5964Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
5965 algid
5966Cold
5967chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.
5968 algidity
5969Chilliness
5970coldness
5971especially (Med.),
5972 algidness
5973Algidity. [Obs.]
5974 algific
5975Producing cold.
5976 algin
5977A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained fromcertain algæ.
5978 algoid
5979Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.
5980 algol
5981A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus,remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
5982 algological
5983Of or pertaining to algology
5984as, algological specimens.
5985 algologist
5986One learned about algæ
5987a student of algology.
5988 algology
5989The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.
5990 algometer
5991An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure.It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against theskin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#),a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
5992 algonkian
5993The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems.
5994 algonquian
5995Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of thelinguistic families of North American Indians, their territoryformerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115thmeridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United Stateseast of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with theexception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes.There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of whichthe strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees,Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.
5996 algor
5997Cold
5998chilliness.
5999 algous
6000Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds
6001abounding with, orlike, seaweed.
6002 alguazil
6003An inferior officer of justice in Spain
6004a warrant officer
6005aconstable. Prescott.
6006 algum
6007Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.
6008 alhambra
6009The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
6010 alhenna
6011See Henna.
6012 alibi
6013The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for acrime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place whenthe alleged act was committed
6014as, to set up an alibi
6015to prove analibi.
6016 alibility
6017Quality of being alible.
6018 alible
6019Nutritive
6020nourishing.
6021 alicant
6022A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed
6023-- said to have beenmade near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.
6024 alidade
6025The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant orastrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degreescut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.
6026 alien
6027To alienate
6028to estrange
6029to transfer, as property orownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." Sir M. Hale.The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . themarriage. Clarendon.
6030 alienability
6031Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of thedomain." Burke.
6032 alienable
6033Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
6034as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
6035 alienate
6036Estranged
6037withdrawn in affection
6038foreign
6039-- with from.O alienate from God. Milton.
6040 alienation
6041A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property toanother.
6042 alienator
6043One who alienates.
6044 aliene
6045To alien or alienate
6046to transfer, as title or property
6047as, toaliene an estate.
6048 alienee
6049One to whom the title of property is transferred
6050-- opposed toalienor.It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.
6051 alienist
6052One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.
6053 alienor
6054One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.
6055 alife
6056On my life
6057dearly. [Obs.] "I love that sport alife." Beau. &Fl.
6058 aliferous
6059Having wings, winged
6060aligerous. [R.]
6061 aliform
6062Wing-shaped
6063winglike.
6064 aligerous
6065Having wings
6066winged. [R.]
6067 alight
6068Lighted
6069lighted up
6070in a flame. "The lamps were alight."Dickens.
6071 align
6072To adjust or form to a line
6073to range or form in line
6074to bringinto line
6075to aline.
6076 alignment
6077The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction fromthe grades or profile.
6078 alike
6079Having resemblance or similitude
6080similar
6081without difference.[Now used only predicatively.]The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12.
6082 alikeminded
6083Like-minded. [Obs.]
6084 alimental
6085Supplying food
6086having the quality of nourishing
6087furnishingthe materials for natural growth
6088as, alimental sap.
6089 alimentally
6090So as to serve for nourishment or food
6091nourishing quality. SirT. Browne.
6092 alimentariness
6093The quality of being alimentary
6094nourishing quality. [R.]
6095 alimentary
6096Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition
6097nutritious
6098alimental
6099as, alimentary substances. Alimentary canal,the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by whichaliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless partsejected.
6100 alimentiveness
6101The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly inPhrenol.]
6102 alimonious
6103Affording food
6104nourishing. [R.] "Alimonious humors." Harvey.
6105 alimony
6106An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate orincome for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation fromhim, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.
6107 alinasal
6108Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
6109 aline
6110To range or place in a line
6111to bring into line
6112to align.Evelyn.
6113 alineation
6114See Allineation.
6115 alinement
6116Same as Alignment.
6117 aliner
6118One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them intoline. Evelyn.
6119 alioth
6120A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl inthe Dipper.
6121 aliped
6122Wing-footed, as the bat.-- n.
6123 aliphatic
6124Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat
6125fatty
6126-- applied tocompounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compoundsthus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of theparaffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as theethylene and acetylene series.
6127 aliquant
6128An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does notdivide it without leaving a remainder
6129thus, 5 is an aliquant part of16. Opposed to aliquot.
6130 aliquot
6131An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which willdivide it without a remainder
6132thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15.Opposed to aliquant.
6133 aliseptal
6134Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
6135 alish
6136Like ale
6137as, an alish taste.
6138 alisphenoid
6139The alisphenoid bone.
6140 alitrunk
6141The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings areattached
6142the thorax. Kirby.
6143 aliturgical
6144Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.Shipley.
6145 aliunde
6146From another source
6147from elsewhere
6148as, a case proved aliunde
6149evidence aliunde.
6150 alizari
6151The madder of the Levant. Brande & C.
6152 alizarin
6153A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and nowproduced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
6154 alkahest
6155The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists
6156a menstruumcapable of dissolving all bodies.-- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
6157 alkalamide
6158One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia inwhich a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and anotherpart by acid, atoms or radicals.
6159 alkalescent
6160Tending to the properties of an alkali
6161slightly alkaline.
6162 alkali
6163One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammoma,and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility inalcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap,neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown severalvegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixedalkalies, potash and soda.-- Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids.-- Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixedalkalies.
6164 alkali flat
6165A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottomof an undrained basin in an arid region
6166a playa.
6167 alkali soil
6168Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions,containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts whicheffloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dryweather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts ismainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a littlelime and  magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonlydistinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, butwhich practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which ishighly corrosive and destructive to vegetation
6169and white alkali,characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt),which is less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so calledbecause water containing it dissolves humus, forming a dark-coloredsolution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, producescharacteristic black spots.
6170 alkali waste
6171Waste material from the manufacture of alkali
6172specif., sodawaste.
6173 alkalifiable
6174Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
6175 alkalify
6176To convert into an alkali
6177to give alkaline properties to.
6178 alkalimeter
6179An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or thequantity of alkali in a mixture.
6180 alkalimetry
6181The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, orthe quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
6182 alkaline
6183Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies
6184having theproperties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, aslime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of thequalities of alkalies.-- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium.-- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by theaction on limits, turmeric, etc.
6185 alkalinity
6186The quality which constitutes an alkali
6187alkaline property.Thomson.
6188 alkalious
6189Alkaline. [Obs.]
6190 alkalizate
6191Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.
6192 alkalization
6193The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali
6194aconferring of alkaline qualities.
6195 alkalize
6196To render alkaline
6197to communicate the properties of an alkalito.
6198 alkaloid
6199An organic base, especially one of a class of substancesoccurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies ofanimals.
6200 alkanet
6201A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria,which gives a fine deep red color.
6202 alkargen
6203Same as Cacodylic acid.
6204 alkarsin
6205A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor,and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products
6206-- called alsoCadel's fuming liquid.
6207 alkazar
6208See Alcazar.
6209 alkekengi
6210An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalisalkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size ofa cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx
6211-- also calledwinter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.
6212 alkermes
6213A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving itsname from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
6214 alkoran
6215The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
6216 alkoranic
6217Same as Alcoranic.
6218 alkoranist
6219Same as Alcoranist.
6220 all
6221The whole number, quantity, or amount
6222the entire thing
6223everything included or concerned
6224the aggregate
6225the whole
6226totality
6227everything or every person
6228as, our all is at stake.Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.All that thou seest is mine. Gen. xxxi. 43.
6229 all fours
6230All four legs of a quadruped
6231or the two legs and two arms of aperson. To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the samefooting
6232to correspond (with) exactly
6233to be alike in all thecircumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours withthe other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.
6234 all hail
6235All health
6236-- a phrase of salutation or welcome.
6237 allamort
6238See Alamort.
6239 allhail
6240To salute
6241to greet. [Poet.]Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king,who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak.
6242 allpossessed
6243Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions
6244wild.[Colloq.]
6245 alla breve
6246With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung fasterlike four crotchets
6247in quick common time
6248-- indicated in the timesignature by
6249 allah
6250The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and theMohammedans generally.
6251 allanite
6252A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usuallyblack in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form andcomposition.
6253 allantoic
6254Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. Allantoic acid.(Chem.) See Allantoin.
6255 allantoidea
6256The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops anallantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.
6257 allantoin
6258A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in theallantoic liquid of the fetal calf
6259-- formerly called allantoic acidand amniotic acid.
6260 allatrate
6261To bark as a dog. [Obs.] Stubbes.
6262 allay
6263To diminish in strength
6264to abate
6265to subside. "When the rageallays." Shak.
6266 allayer
6267One who, or that which, allays.
6268 allayment
6269An allaying
6270that which allays
6271mitigation. [Obs.]The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.
6272 allecret
6273A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. bythe Swiss. Fairholt.
6274 allect
6275To allure
6276to entice. [Obs.]
6277 allectation
6278Enticement
6279allurement. [Obs.] Bailey.
6280 allective
6281Alluring. [Obs.]
6282 alledge
6283See Allege. [Obs.]
6284 allegation
6285A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, --usually applied to each separate averment
6286the charge or matterundertaken to be proved.
6287 allege
6288To alleviate
6289to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.]Wyclif.
6290 allegeable
6291Capable of being alleged or affirmed.The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.
6292 allegeance
6293Allegation. [Obs.]
6294 allegement
6295Allegation. [Obs.]With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson.
6296 alleger
6297One who affirms or declares.
6298 allegge
6299See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]
6300 allegiant
6301Loyal. Shak.
6302 allegorist
6303One who allegorizes
6304a writer of allegory. Hume.
6305 allegorization
6306The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in anallegorical sense.
6307 allegorize
6308To use allegory. Holland.
6309 allegorizer
6310One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory
6311anallegorist.
6312 allegory
6313A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notiondirectly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
6314 allegresse
6315Joy
6316gladsomeness.
6317 allegretto
6318Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.-- n.
6319 allegro
6320Brisk, lively.-- n.
6321 allelomorph
6322One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or inpairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited invarying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs whichunder certain circumstances are themselves compound are calledhypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.
6323 allemande
6324A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in thereign of Louis XIV.
6325-- now mostly found in suites of pieces, likethose of Bach and Handel.
6326 allemannic
6327See Alemannic.
6328 allenarly
6329Solely
6330only. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
6331 aller
6332Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer.
6333 allerion
6334Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. Burke.
6335 alleviative
6336Tending to alleviate.-- n.
6337 alleviator
6338One who, or that which, alleviaties.
6339 alleviatory
6340Alleviative. Carlyle.
6341 alley
6342Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than theexit, so as to give the appearance of length.
6343 alleyed
6344Furnished with alleys
6345forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." SirW. Scott.
6346 alleyway
6347An alley.
6348 allfours
6349A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."
6350 allhallond
6351Allhallows. [Obs.] Shak.
6352 allhallow
6353The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
6354 allhallow eve
6355The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
6356 allhallowmas
6357The feast of All Saints.
6358 allhallown
6359Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallownsummer." Shak. (i. e., late summer
6360"Indian Summer").
6361 allhallowtide
6362The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
6363 allheal
6364A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to someother plants.
6365 alliable
6366Able to enter into alliance.
6367 alliaceous
6368Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks,etc.
6369having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
6370 alliance
6371To connect by alliance
6372to ally. [Obs.]
6373 alliant
6374An ally
6375a confederate. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton.
6376 alliciency
6377Attractive power
6378attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
6379 allicient
6380That attracts
6381attracting.-- n.
6382 allied
6383United
6384joined
6385leagued
6386akin
6387related. See Ally.
6388 alligate
6389To tie
6390to unite by some tie.Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale.
6391 alligation
6392A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning thecompounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients ofdifferent qualities or values.
6393 alligator
6394A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiarto America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile,and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw,which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of thesouthern United States, there are allied species in South America.
6395 alligator wrench
6396A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on oneside.
6397 allignment
6398See Alignment.
6399 allineate
6400To align. [R.] Herschel.
6401 allision
6402The act of dashing against, or striking upon.The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.
6403 alliteral
6404Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
6405 alliterate
6406To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.
6407 alliteration
6408The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two ormore words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals
6409as in the following lines: -Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton.Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.
6410 alliterative
6411Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration
6412as,alliterative poetry.-- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv.-- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.
6413 alliterator
6414One who alliterates.
6415 allium
6416A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive,etc.
6417 allmouth
6418The angler.
6419 allness
6420Totality
6421completeness. [R.]The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy,and eternity. R. Turnbull.
6422 allnight
6423Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.
6424 allocatur
6425"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of aproceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicialofficer.
6426 allochroic
6427Changeable in color.
6428 allochroite
6429See Garnet.
6430 allochroous
6431Changing color.
6432 allod
6433See Allodium.
6434 allodial
6435Pertaining to allodium
6436freehold
6437free of rent or service
6438heldindependent of a lord paramount
6439-- opposed to feudal
6440as, allodiallands
6441allodial system. Blackstone.
6442 allodialism
6443The allodial system.
6444 allodialist
6445One who holds allodial land.
6446 allodially
6447By allodial tenure.
6448 allodiary
6449One who holds an allodium.
6450 allodium
6451Freehold estate
6452land which is the absolute property of theowner
6453real estate held in absolute independence, without beingsubject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It isthus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.
6454 allogamous
6455Characterized by allogamy.
6456 allogamy
6457Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from anotherof the same species
6458cross-fertilization.
6459 allogeneous
6460Different in nature or kind. [R.]
6461 allograph
6462A writing or signature made by some person other than any ofthe parties thereto
6463-- opposed to autograph.
6464 allomerism
6465Variability in chemical constitution without variation incrystalline form.
6466 allomerous
6467Characterized by allomerism.
6468 allomorphic
6469Of or pertaining to allomorphism.
6470 allomorphism
6471The property which constitutes an allomorph
6472the changeinvolved in becoming an allomorph.
6473 allonge
6474A thrust or pass
6475a lunge.
6476 allonymous
6477Published under the name of some one other than the author.
6478 alloo
6479To incite dogs by a call
6480to halloo. [Obs.]
6481 allopath
6482An allopathist. Ed. Rev.
6483 allopathic
6484Of or pertaining to allopathy.
6485 allopathically
6486In a manner conformable to allopathy
6487by allopathic methods.
6488 allopathist
6489One who practices allopathy
6490one who professes allopathy.
6491 allopathy
6492That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease bythe use of remedies which produce effects different from thoseproduced by the special disease treated
6493-- a term invented byHahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed tohomeopathy.
6494 alloquy
6495A speaking to another
6496an address. [Obs.]
6497 allotheism
6498The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor.
6499 allotment
6500The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particularthing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of asmall portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation.[Eng.]
6501 allotriophagy
6502A depraved appetite
6503a desire for improper food.
6504 allotrophic
6505Of or pertaining to allotropism.-- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the severalconditions which occur in a case of allotropism.
6506 allotropicity
6507Allotropic property or nature.
6508 allotropize
6509To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]
6510 allottable
6511Capable of being allotted.
6512 allottee
6513One to whom anything is allotted
6514one to whom an allotment ismade.
6515 allotter
6516One who allots.
6517 allottery
6518Allotment. [Obs.] Shak.
6519 allow
6520To admit
6521to concede
6522to make allowance or abatement.Allowing still for the different ways of making it. Addison.To allow of, to permit
6523to admit. Shak.
6524 allowableness
6525The quality of being allowable
6526permissibleness
6527lawfulness
6528exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.
6529 allowably
6530In an allowable manner.
6531 allowance
6532A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differentin different countries, such as tare and tret.
6533 allowedly
6534By allowance
6535admittedly. Shenstone.
6536 alloxan
6537An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddishcolor, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
6538 alloxanate
6539A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positiveradical.
6540 alloxanic
6541Of or pertaining to alloxan
6542-- applied to an acid obtained bythe action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
6543 alloxantin
6544A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and verydilute nitric acid.
6545 alloy
6546To form a metallic compound.Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure.
6547 alloy steel
6548Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metalalloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten,or vanadium.
6549 alloyage
6550The act or art of alloying metals
6551also, the combination oralloy.
6552 allspice
6553The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the WestIndies
6554a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic
6555Jamaica pepper
6556pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavorof cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves
6557and hence the name. The name isalso given to other aromatic shrubs
6558as, the Carolina allspice(Calycanthus floridus)
6559wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called alsospicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
6560 allthing
6561Altogether. [Obs.] Shak.
6562 allude
6563To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
6564to havereference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned
6565--followed by to
6566as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garmentsas were then in use. Hooker.
6567 allumette
6568A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
6569 alluminor
6570An illuminator of manuscripts and books
6571a limner. [Obs.]Cowell.
6572 allurance
6573Allurement. [R.]
6574 allure
6575To attempt to draw
6576to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by theoffer of some good, real or apparent
6577to invite by somethingflattering or acceptable
6578to entice
6579to attract.With promised joys allured them on. Falconer.The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.
6580 allurer
6581One who, or that which, allures.
6582 alluring
6583That allures
6584attracting
6585charming
6586tempting.-- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv.-- Al*lur"ing*ness, n.
6587 allusively
6588Figuratively [Obs.]
6589by way of allusion
6590by implication,suggestion, or insinuation.
6591 allusiveness
6592The quality of being allusive.
6593 allusory
6594Allusive. [R.] Warburton.
6595 alluvial
6596Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium
6597relatingto the deposits made by flowing water
6598washed away from one place anddeposited in another
6599as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations,deposits.
6600 alluvion
6601An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank bythe flowing of water. See Accretion.
6602 alluvious
6603Alluvial. [R.] Johnson.
6604 alluvium
6605Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter,made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanentlysubmerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.
6606 allwhere
6607Everywhere. [Archaic]
6608 allwork
6609Domestic or other work of all kinds
6610as, a maid of allwork,that is, a general servant.
6611 ally
6612See Alley, a marble or taw.
6613 allyl
6614An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlicand mustard.
6615 allylene
6616A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene
6617propine. CH3.C.CH
6618 alma mater
6619A college or seminary where one is educated.
6620 almagest
6621The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which containsnearly all that is known of the astronomical observations andtheories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similarworks.
6622 almagra
6623A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. Itis the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red itis used for polishing glass and silver.
6624 almanac
6625A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, towhich astronomical data and various statistics are often added, suchas the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses,hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts,etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containingastronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and otherinformation useful to mariners.
6626 almandine
6627The common red variety of garnet.
6628 almendron
6629The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
6630 almery
6631See Ambry. [Obs.]
6632 almesse
6633See Alms. [Obs.]
6634 almightily
6635With almighty power.
6636 almightiness
6637Omnipotence
6638infinite or boundless power
6639unlimited might. Jer.Taylor.
6640 almner
6641An almoner. [Obs.] Spenser.
6642 almond
6643One of the tonsils. Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweetor bitter almonds.-- Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained frombitter almonds by maceration and distillation
6644benzoic aldehyde.-- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.-- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.-- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of alight green on both sides
6645almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina).Shenstone.
6646 almond furnace
6647A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal fromcinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.
6648 almondine
6649See Almandine
6650 almoner
6651One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religioushouses, almshouses, etc.
6652also, one who dispenses alms for another,as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
6653 almonership
6654The office of an almoner.
6655 almonry
6656The place where an almoner resides, or where alms aredistributed.
6657 almose
6658Alms. [Obs.] Cheke.
6659 almost
6660Nearly
6661well nigh
6662all but
6663for the greatest part.Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28.Almost never, scarcely ever.-- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.
6664 almry
6665See Almonry. [Obs.]
6666 alms
6667Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money,food, or clothing
6668a gift of charity.A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2.Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden.Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.
6669 almsdeed
6670An act of charity. Acts ix. 36.
6671 almsfolk
6672Persons supported by alms
6673almsmen. [Archaic] Holinshed.
6674 almsgiver
6675A giver of alms.
6676 almsgiving
6677The giving of alms.
6678 almshouse
6679A house appropriated for the use of the poor
6680a poorhouse.
6681 almucantar
6682A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon
6683a circleor parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantarhave the same altitude. See Almacantar. [Archaic] Almucanter staff,an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerlyused at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the timeof its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.
6684 almuce
6685Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
6686 almude
6687A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal theLisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallonsU. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.
6688 alnage
6689Measurement (of cloth) by the ell
6690also, a duty for suchmeasurement.
6691 alnager
6692A measure by the ell
6693formerly a sworn officer in England,whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it aseal.
6694 aloe
6695The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] Wyclif.
6696 aloes wood
6697See Agalloch.
6698 aloetic
6699Consisting chiefly of aloes
6700of the nature of aloes.
6701 aloft
6702In the top
6703at the mast head, or on the higher yards orrigging
6704overhead
6705hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
6706 alogian
6707One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and theApocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.
6708 alogy
6709Unreasonableness
6710absurdity. [Obs.]
6711 aloin
6712A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
6713 alomancy
6714Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] Morin.
6715 alone
6716Solely
6717simply
6718exclusively.
6719 alonely
6720Only
6721merely
6722singly. [Obs.]This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all hisheirs and posterity. Latimer.
6723 aloneness
6724A state of being alone, or without company
6725solitariness. [R.]Bp. Montagu.
6726 along
6727By the length of, as distinguished from across. "Along thelowly lands." Dryden.The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12.
6728 alongshore
6729Along the shore or coast.
6730 alongshoreman
6731See Longshoreman.
6732 alongside
6733Along or by the side
6734side by side with
6735-- often with of
6736as,bring the boat alongside
6737alongside of him
6738alongside of the tree.
6739 alongst
6740Along. [Obs.]
6741 aloof
6742Same as Alewife.
6743 aloofness
6744State of being aloof. Rogers (1642).The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.
6745 alopecist
6746A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
6747 alose
6748To praise. [Obs.]
6749 alouatte
6750One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America.See Howler, 2.
6751 aloud
6752With a loud voice, or great noise
6753loudly
6754audibly.Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1.
6755 alow
6756Below
6757in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." Dryden.
6758 alp
6759A bullfinch. Rom. of R.
6760 alpaca
6761An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair,supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
6762 alpen
6763Of or pertaining to the Alps. [R.] "The Alpen snow." J.Fletcher.
6764 alpenglow
6765A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits ofmountains
6766specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after thesummits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curvingdownward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting fromthe cooling of the air.
6767 alpenstock
6768A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.Cheever.
6769 alpestrine
6770Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains
6771as, Alpestrinediseases, etc.
6772 alpha
6773The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, andhence used to denote the beginning.In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and thelast. Rev. xxii. 13.
6774 alpha paper
6775A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light.It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride.[Eng.]
6776 alpha rays
6777Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium andother radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positivelycharged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormousvelocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strongmagnetic or electric field.
6778 alphabet
6779To designate by the letters of the alphabet
6780to arrangealphabetically. [R.]
6781 alphabetarian
6782A learner of the alphabet
6783an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft.
6784 alphabetically
6785In an alphabetic manner
6786in the customary order of the letters.
6787 alphabetics
6788The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
6789 alphabetism
6790The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. Encyc. Brit.
6791 alphol
6792A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as anantiseptic and antirheumatic.
6793 alphonsine
6794Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under thepatronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.
6795 alpigene
6796Growing in Alpine regions.
6797 alpinist
6798A climber of the Alps.
6799 alquifou
6800A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters togive a green glaze to their wares
6801potter's ore.
6802 already
6803Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future
6804by this time
6805previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5.I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.
6806 alsatian
6807Pertaining to Alsatia.
6808 alsike
6809A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers
6810Trifoliumhybridum.
6811 alt
6812The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be inan exalted state of mind.
6813 altarpiece
6814The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar
6815reredos.
6816 altarwise
6817In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of achurch with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.
6818 altazimuth
6819An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
6820 alter
6821To become, in some respects, different
6822to vary
6823to change
6824as,the weather alters almost daily
6825rocks or minerals alter by exposure."The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.
6826 alterability
6827The quality of being alterable
6828alterableness.
6829 alterable
6830Capable of being altered.Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by athousand accidents. Rogers.
6831 alterableness
6832The quality of being alterable
6833variableness
6834alterability.
6835 alterably
6836In an alterable manner.
6837 alterant
6838Altering
6839gradually changing. Bacon.
6840 alterative
6841Causing ateration. Specifically:
6842 altercate
6843The contend in words
6844to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger
6845towrangle.
6846 altercation
6847Warm contention in words
6848dispute carried on with heat oranger
6849controversy
6850wrangle
6851wordy contest. "Stormy altercations."Macaulay.
6852 altercative
6853Characterized by wrangling
6854scolding. [R.] Fielding.
6855 alterity
6856The state or quality of being other
6857a being otherwise. [R.]For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) renderedintuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge.
6858 altern
6859Acting by turns
6860alternate. Milton. Altern base (Trig.), asecond side made base, in distinction from a side previously regardedas base.
6861 alternacy
6862Alternateness
6863alternation. [R.] Mitford.
6864 alternant
6865Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
6866 alternat
6867A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence amongrepresentatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and atother times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing oftreaties and conventions between nations.
6868 alternate
6869Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of thestem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. Gray.Alternate alligation. See Alligation.-- Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by twolines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD,are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGHand GHC, are called alternate angles.-- Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation.
6870 alternately
6871By alternation
6872when, in a proportion, the antecedent term iscompared with antecedent, and consequent.
6873 alternateness
6874The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
6875 alternating current
6876A current which periodically changes or reverses its directionof flow.
6877 alternation
6878Permutation.
6879 alternatively
6880In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of oneout of two things.
6881 alternativeness
6882The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choicebetween two.
6883 alternator
6884An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternatingcurrents.
6885 alternity
6886Succession by turns
6887alternation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
6888 altheine
6889Asparagine.
6890 althing
6891The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n.,8.
6892 altho
6893Although. [Reformed spelling] Alt"horn`, n. Etym: [Alt + horn.](Mus.)
6894 althorn
6895An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively inmilitary music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.
6896 although
6897Grant all this
6898be it that
6899supposing that
6900notwithstanding
6901though.Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29.
6902 altiloquence
6903Lofty speech
6904pompous language. [R.] Bailey.
6905 altiloquent
6906High-sounding
6907pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey.
6908 altimeter
6909An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant,etc. Knight.
6910 altimetry
6911The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
6912 altincar
6913See Tincal.
6914 altiscope
6915An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person tosee an object in spite of intervening objects.
6916 altisonant
6917High-sounding
6918lofty or pompous. Skelton.
6919 altisonous
6920Altisonant.
6921 altissimo
6922The part or notes situated above F in alt.
6923 altitude
6924The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object,above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circleintercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true orapparent
6925true when measured from the rational or real horizon,apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
6926 altitudinal
6927Of or pertaining to height
6928as, altitudinal measurements.
6929 altitudinarian
6930Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [R.] Coleridge.
6931 altivolant
6932Flying high. [Obs.] Blount.
6933 alto
6934Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor,voices
6935now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices,between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifiesthe tenor.
6936 altocumulus
6937A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayishglobular cloudlets with shaded  portions, often grouped in flocks orrows.
6938 altorelievo
6939Alto-rilievo.
6940 altorilievo
6941High relief
6942sculptured work in which the figures project morethan half their thickness
6943as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or inalto-rilievo.
6944 altostratus
6945A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and ata lower level.
6946 altometer
6947A theodolite. Knight.
6948 altrical
6949Like the articles.
6950 altrices
6951Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young arehatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to requirethe care of their parents for some time
6952-- opposed to præcoces.
6953 altruism
6954Regard for others, both natural and moral
6955devotion to theinterests of others
6956brotherly kindness
6957-- opposed to egoism orselfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.
6958 altruist
6959One imbued with altruism
6960-- opposed to egoist.
6961 altruistic
6962Regardful of others
6963beneficent
6964unselfish
6965-- opposed to Ant:egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain.-- Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
6966 aludel
6967One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed asto be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another insuccession
6968-- used in the process of sublimation. Ure.
6969 alula
6970A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
6971 alular
6972Pertaining to the alula.
6973 alum
6974A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element(esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four moleculesof water of crystallization.
6975 alum root
6976A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifragefamily, whose root has astringent properties.
6977 alum stone
6978A subsulphate of alumina and potash
6979alunite.
6980 alumen
6981Alum.
6982 alumina
6983One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium andthree of oxygen, Al2O3.
6984 aluminate
6985A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by thesubstitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
6986 aluminated
6987Combined with alumina.
6988 alumine
6989Alumina. Davy.
6990 aluminic
6991Of or containing aluminium
6992as, aluminic phosphate.
6993 aluminiferous
6994Containing alum.
6995 aluminiform
6996pertaining the form of alumina.
6997 aluminium
6998The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with abluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, andfor its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomicweight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold-colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings,etc.
6999 aluminize
7000To treat impregnate with alum
7001to alum.
7002 aluminography
7003Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminiumplates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. --A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.
7004 aluminous
7005Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina
7006as, aluminousminerals, aluminous solution.
7007 aluminum
7008See Aluminium.
7009 alumish
7010Somewhat like alum.
7011 alumna
7012A female pupil
7013especially, a graduate of a school or college.
7014 alumnus
7015A pupil
7016especially, a graduate of a college or other seminaryof learning.
7017 alunite
7018Alum stone.
7019 alunogen
7020A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of minesand quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina
7021-- also calledfeather alum, and hair salt.
7022 alure
7023A walk or passage
7024-- applied to passages of various kinds.The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble.T. Warton.
7025 alutation
7026The tanning or dressing of leather. [Obs.] Blount.
7027 alveary
7028The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.
7029 alveated
7030Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
7031 alveolar
7032Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillarybones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
7033 alveolary
7034Alveolar. [R.]
7035 alveolate
7036Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
7037 alveole
7038Same as Alveolus.
7039 alveoliform
7040Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, orcavities.
7041 alveolus
7042A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
7043 alveus
7044The channel of a river. Weate.
7045 alvine
7046Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines
7047as, alvine discharges
7048alvine concretions.
7049 alway
7050Always. [Archaic or Poetic]I would not live alway. Job vii. 16.
7051 alyssum
7052A genus of cruciferous plants
7053madwort. The sweet alyssum (A.maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
7054 am
7055The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicativemode, present tense. See Be.God said unto Moses, I am that am. Exod. iii. 14.
7056 amability
7057Lovableness. Jer. Taylor.
7058 amacratic
7059Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.
7060 amadavat
7061The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estreldaamandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olivebrown
7062the male, in summer, mostly crimson
7063-- called also redwaxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]
7064 amadou
7065A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletusand Polyporus) which grows on old trees
7066German tinder
7067punk. It hasbeen employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is astinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strongsolution of niter. Ure.
7068 amain
7069To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
7070 amalgam
7071A native compound of mercury and silver.
7072 amalgama
7073Same as Amalgam.They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherentrepublics. Burke.
7074 amalgamate
7075Coalesced
7076united
7077combined.
7078 amalgamative
7079Characterized by amalgamation.
7080 amalgamator
7081One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machinefor separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing themin contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
7082 amalgamize
7083To amalgamate. [R.]
7084 amanita
7085A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ,characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. Thespecies resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken forthem. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita,or fly agaric
7086and A. phalloides is the death cup.
7087 amanitine
7088The poisonous principle of some fungi.
7089 amanuensis
7090A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, orto copy what another has written.
7091 amaracus
7092A fragrant flower. Tennyson.
7093 amarant
7094Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] Milton.
7095 amarantaceous
7096Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe amaranth is the type.
7097 amaranth
7098A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of manyspecies, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
7099 amaranthine
7100Same as Amaranth.
7101 amarine
7102A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil ofbitter almonds.
7103 amaritude
7104Bitterness. [R.]
7105 amass
7106To collect into a mass or heap
7107to gather a great quantity of
7108to accumulate
7109as, to amass a treasure or a fortune
7110to amass wordsor phrases.The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions andhints the writers could meet with. Pope.
7111 amassable
7112Capable of being amassed.
7113 amasser
7114One who amasses.
7115 amassette
7116An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors onthe stone in the process of grinding.
7117 amassment
7118An amassing
7119a heap collected
7120a large quantity or numberbrought together
7121an accumulation.An amassment of imaginary conceptions. Glanvill.
7122 amasthenic
7123Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certainkind of lens
7124amacratic.
7125 amate
7126To dismay
7127to dishearten
7128to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic]The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greaterthan was true. Milton.
7129 amateur
7130A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science asto music or painting
7131esp. one who cultivates any study or art, fromtaste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
7132 amateurish
7133In the style of an amateur
7134superficial or defective like thework of an amateur.-- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv.-- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n.
7135 amateurism
7136The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
7137 amateurship
7138The quality or character of an amateur.
7139 amative
7140Full of love
7141amatory.
7142 amativeness
7143The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire
7144propensity tolove. Combe.
7145 amatorial
7146Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making
7147amatory
7148as,amatorial verses.
7149 amatorially
7150In an amatorial manner.
7151 amatorian
7152Amatory. [R.] Johnson.
7153 amatorious
7154Amatory. [Obs.] "Amatorious poem." Milton.
7155 amatory
7156Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love
7157as,amatory potions.
7158 amaurosis
7159A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the opticnerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye
7160-- calledalso gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
7161 amaurotic
7162Affected with amaurosis
7163having the characteristics ofamaurosis.
7164 amaze
7165To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor.
7166 amazedly
7167In amazement
7168with confusion or astonishment. Shak.
7169 amazedness
7170The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise,or wonder. Bp. Hall.
7171 amazeful
7172Full of amazement. [R.]
7173 amazing
7174Causing amazement
7175very wonderful
7176as, amazing grace.-- A*maz"ing*ly, adv.
7177 amazon
7178A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genusChrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens),of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphsother species and make slaves of them in their own nests.
7179 amazonian
7180A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
7181 ambages
7182A circuit
7183a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding
7184quibble
7185circumlocution
7186indirect mode of speech.After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.Burton.
7187 ambaginous
7188Ambagious. [R.]
7189 ambagious
7190Circumlocutory
7191circuitous. [R.]
7192 ambagitory
7193Ambagious. [R.]
7194 ambassadorial
7195Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.
7196 ambassadorship
7197The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
7198 ambassadress
7199A female ambassador
7200also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.
7201 ambassage
7202Same as Embassage. [Obs. or R.] Luke xiv. 32.
7203 ambassy
7204See Embassy, the usual spelling. Helps.
7205 amber
7206A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as afossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore inmany places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipemouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. Byfriction, it becomes strongly electric.
7207 amber fish
7208A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
7209 amber room
7210A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, whichwas richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber.  Theamber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second WorldWar and has, as of 1997, never been recovered.  The room is beingrecreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC
7211 amber seed
7212Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet,brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like thatof musk
7213musk seed. Chambers.
7214 amber tree
7215A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves,which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
7216 ambergrease
7217See Ambergris.
7218 ambergris
7219A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in theIndian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbidsecretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physetermacrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and oftenvariegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixtyto two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is whollyvolatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valuedin perfumery. Dana.
7220 ambesas
7221Ambs-ace. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7222 ambidexter
7223Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett.
7224 ambidexterity
7225A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
7226 ambidextral
7227Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-handside. Earle.
7228 ambidextrously
7229In an ambidextrous manner
7230cunningly.
7231 ambidextrousness
7232The quality of being ambidextrous
7233ambidexterity.
7234 ambient
7235Encompassing on all sides
7236circumfused
7237investing. "Ambientair." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.
7238 ambigenous
7239Of two kinds. (Bot.)
7240 ambigu
7241An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at thesame time.
7242 ambiguity
7243The quality or state of being ambiguous
7244doubtfulness oruncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language,arising from its admitting of more than one meaning
7245an equivocalword or expression.No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I.Taylor.The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. South.
7246 ambiguous
7247Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect tosignification
7248capable of being understood in either of two or morepossible senses
7249equivocal
7250as, an ambiguous course
7251an ambiguousexpression.What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with doublesense deluding Milton.
7252 ambiguously
7253In an ambiguous manner
7254with doubtful meaning.
7255 ambiguousness
7256Ambiguity.
7257 ambilevous
7258Left-handed on both sides
7259clumsy
7260-- opposed to ambidexter.[R.] Sir T. Browne.
7261 ambiloquy
7262Doubtful or ambiguous language. [Obs.] Bailey.
7263 ambiparous
7264Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers andleaves
7265-- applied to a bud.
7266 ambit
7267Circuit or compass.His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward.
7268 ambition
7269To seek after ambitiously or eagerly
7270to covet. [R.]Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains withXerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.
7271 ambitionist
7272One excessively ambitious. [R.]
7273 ambitionless
7274Devoid of ambition. Pollok.
7275 ambitiously
7276In an ambitious manner.
7277 ambitiousness
7278The quality of being ambitious
7279ambition
7280pretentiousness.
7281 ambitus
7282A canvassing for votes.
7283 ambler
7284A horse or a person that ambles.
7285 amblingly
7286With an ambling gait.
7287 amblotic
7288Tending to cause abortion.
7289 amblygon
7290An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.[Obs.]
7291 amblygonal
7292Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton.
7293 amblyopic
7294Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Quain.
7295 amblypoda
7296A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in theTertiary formation of the United States.
7297 ambo
7298A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christianchurches. Gwilt.
7299 ambon
7300Same as Ambo.
7301 amboyna button
7302A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in thetropics.
7303 amboyna pine
7304The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.
7305 amboyna wood
7306A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It isobtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
7307 ambreate
7308A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base orpositive radical.
7309 ambreic
7310Of or pertaining to ambrein
7311-- said of a certain acid producedby digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
7312 ambrein
7313A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent ofambergris.
7314 ambrite
7315A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
7316 ambrose
7317A sweet-scented herb
7318ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.
7319 ambrosia beetle
7320A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
7321 ambrosiac
7322Having the qualities of ambrosia
7323delicious. [R.]"Ambrosiacodors." B. Jonson.
7324 ambrosially
7325After the manner of ambrosia
7326delightfully. "Smeltambrosially." Tennyson.
7327 ambrosian
7328Ambrosial. [R.] . Jonson.
7329 ambrosin
7330An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing thefigure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
7331 ambrotype
7332A picture taken on a place of prepared glass, in which thelights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by adark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
7333 ambsace
7334Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck
7335anything of no account or value.
7336 ambulacral
7337Of or pertaining to ambulacra
7338avenuelike
7339as, the ambulacralossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
7340 ambulacriform
7341Having the form of ambulacra.
7342 ambulant
7343Walking
7344moving from place to place. Gayton.
7345 ambulate
7346To walk
7347to move about. [R.] Southey.
7348 ambulation
7349The act of walking. Sir T. Browne.
7350 ambulative
7351Walking. [R.]
7352 ambulatorial
7353Ambulatory
7354fitted for walking. Verrill.
7355 ambulatory
7356Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration
7357alterable
7358as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of thetestator.
7359 amburry
7360Same as Anbury.
7361 ambuscade
7362The body of troops lying in ambush.
7363 ambuscado
7364Ambuscade. [Obs.] Shak.
7365 ambuscadoed
7366Posted in ambush
7367ambuscaded. [Obs.]
7368 ambush
7369To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise
7370tolurk.Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. Trumbull.
7371 ambusher
7372One lying in ambush.
7373 ambushment
7374An ambush. [Obs.] 2 Chron. xiii. 13.
7375 ambustion
7376A burn or scald. Blount.
7377 amebean
7378See Am.
7379 amel
7380Enamel. [Obs.] Boyle.
7381 amelcorn
7382A variety of wheat from which starch is produced
7383-- calledalso French rice.
7384 ameliorable
7385Capable of being ameliorated.
7386 ameliorate
7387To make better
7388to improve
7389to meliorate.In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.Macaulay.
7390 amelioration
7391The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated
7392making or becoming better
7393improvement
7394melioration. "Amelioration ofhuman affairs." J. S. Mill.
7395 ameliorative
7396Tending to ameliorate
7397producing amelioration or improvement
7398as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.
7399 ameliorator
7400One who ameliorates.
7401 amen
7402An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So beit. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief.When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.It is used as a noun, to demote: (a) concurrence in belief, or in astatement
7403assent
7404(b) the final word or act
7405(c) Christ as being onewho is true and faithful.And let all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48.Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not seethe kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans.To say amen to, to approve warmly
7406to concur in heartily oremphatically
7407to ratify
7408as, I say Amen to all.
7409 amenability
7410The quality of being amenable
7411amenableness. Coleridge.
7412 amenable
7413Easy to be led
7414governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.]Jacob.
7415 amenableness
7416The quality or state of being amenable
7417liability to answercharges
7418answerableness.
7419 amenably
7420In an amenable manner.
7421 amenage
7422To manage. [Obs.] Spenser.
7423 amenance
7424Behavior
7425bearing. [Obs.] Spenser.
7426 amend
7427To change or modify in any way for the better
7428as,(a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous,faulty, and the like
7429(b) by supplying deficiencies
7430(c) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed
7431to rectify.Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak.An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, oropening for amended thought. De Quincey.We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to aNorman. Sir W. Scott.To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions ofa bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for itsimprovement.
7432 amendable
7433Capable of being amended
7434as, an amendable writ or error.-- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.
7435 amendatory
7436Supplying amendment
7437corrective
7438emendatory. Bancroft.
7439 amende
7440A pecuniary punishment or fine
7441a reparation or recantation.Amende honorable(#). (Old French Law) A species of infamouspunishment in which the offender, being led into court with a ropeabout his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of hisGod, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes apublic apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party,for improper language or treatment.
7442 amender
7443One who amends.
7444 amendful
7445Much improving. [Obs.]
7446 amendment
7447Correction of an error in a writ or process.
7448 amends
7449Compensation for a loss or injury
7450recompense
7451reparation. [Nowconst. with sing. verb.] "An honorable amends." Addison.Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak.
7452 amenity
7453The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respectto situation, climate, manners, or disposition
7454pleasantness
7455civility
7456suavity
7457gentleness.A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle.This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt.
7458 amenorrhoea
7459Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
7460 amenorrhoeal
7461Pertaining to amenorrhoea.
7462 ament
7463A species of inflorescence
7464a catkin.The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues.
7465 amentia
7466Imbecility
7467total want of understanding.
7468 amentiferous
7469Bearing catkins. Balfour.
7470 amentiform
7471Shaped like a catkin.
7472 amentum
7473Same as Ament.
7474 amenuse
7475To lessen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
7476 amerceable
7477Liable to be amerced.
7478 amercement
7479The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court
7480also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in thatthe latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribedby statue for an offense
7481but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, theact or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone.
7482 amercer
7483One who amerces.
7484 amerciament
7485Same as Amercement. Mozley & W.
7486 american
7487A native of America
7488-- originally applied to the aboriginalinhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born inAmerica, and especially to the citizens of the United States.The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism.Washington.
7489 american plan
7490In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and boardby the day, week, or other convenient period
7491-- contrasted withEuropean plan.
7492 american protective association
7493A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions bykeeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A.P .A.
7494 americanization
7495The process of Americanizing.
7496 americanize
7497To render American
7498to assimilate to the Americans in customs,ideas, etc.
7499to stamp with American characteristics.
7500 amesace
7501Same as Ambs-ace.
7502 amess
7503Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
7504 ametabola
7505A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.[Written also Ametabolia.]
7506 ametabolian
7507Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
7508 amethodist
7509One without method
7510a quack. [Obs.]
7511 amethyst
7512A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violetcolor, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparentcrystallized corundum or sapphire.
7513 ametropia
7514Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.-- Am`e*trop"ic, a.
7515 amharic
7516Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia
7517as, theAmharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.-- n.
7518 amia
7519A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined toNorth America
7520called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie,and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
7521 amiability
7522The quality of being amiable
7523amiableness
7524sweetness ofdisposition.Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor.
7525 amiableness
7526The quality of being amiable
7527amiability.
7528 amiably
7529In an amiable manner.
7530 amianth
7531See Amianthus. [Poetic]
7532 amianthiform
7533Resembling amianthus in form.
7534 amianthoid
7535Resembling amianthus.
7536 amianthus
7537Earth flax, or mountain flax
7538a soft silky variety of asbestus.
7539 amic
7540Related to, or derived, ammonia
7541-- used chiefly as a suffix
7542as, amic acid
7543phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class ofnitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.
7544 amicability
7545The quality of being amicable
7546friendliness
7547amicableness. Ash.
7548 amicable
7549Friendly
7550proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness
7551afterthe manner of friends
7552peaceable
7553as, an amicable disposition, orarrangement.That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicablemanner in which it was managed. Prideoux.Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted byamicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining adecision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier.Burrill.-- Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal tothe sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
7554 amicableness
7555The quality of being amicable
7556amicability.
7557 amicably
7558In an amicable manner.
7559 amice
7560A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but nowabout the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Churchwhile saying Mass.
7561 amid
7562See Amidst.
7563 amide
7564A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid elementor radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or morehydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acidamide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amidogroup for hydroxyl in an acid.
7565 amidin
7566Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, likehorn. It is soluble in cold water.
7567 amido
7568Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid inwhich a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by theamido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid.-- Amido group, amidogen, NH2.
7569 amidogen
7570A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state,which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one ofits hydrogen atoms has been removed
7571-- called also the amido group,and in composition represented by the form amido.
7572 amidol
7573A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as adeveloper.
7574 amidships
7575In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, andsometimes also her breadth. Totten.
7576 amigo
7577A friend
7578-- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islandsto friendly natives.
7579 amine
7580One of a class of strongly basic substances derived fromammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atomor radical.
7581 aminol
7582A colorless liquid prepared from herring brine and containingamines, used as a local antiseptic.
7583 amioid
7584Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.-- n.
7585 amioidei
7586An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See Bowfin andGanoidei.
7587 amir
7588Same as Ameer.
7589 amish
7590The Amish Mennonites.
7591 amiss
7592Astray
7593faultily
7594improperly
7595wrongly
7596ill.What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak.Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act orthing)
7597to take offense at' to take unkindly
7598as, you must not takethese questions amiss.
7599 amissibility
7600The quality of being amissible
7601possibility of being lost. [R.]Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power formisconduct were alternately broached by the two great religiousparties of Europe. Hallam.
7602 amissible
7603Liable to be lost. [R.]
7604 amission
7605Deprivation
7606loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
7607 amit
7608To lose. [Obs.]A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T.Browne.
7609 amitosis
7610Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of thenucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation ofchromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm
7611direct celldivision
7612-- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode ofdivision, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highlyspecialized cells which are incapable of long-continuedmultiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in earlystages of degeneration.
7613 amitotic
7614Of or pertaining to amitosis
7615karyostenotic
7616-- opposed tomitotic.
7617 amity
7618Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies,or nations
7619friendly relations
7620good understanding
7621as, a treaty ofamity and commerce
7622the amity of the Whigs and Tories.To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.
7623 amma
7624An abbes or spiritual mother.
7625 ammeter
7626A contraction of amperometer or ampèremeter.
7627 ammiral
7628An obsolete form of admiral. "The mast of some great ammiral."Milton.
7629 ammite
7630Oölite or roestone
7631-- written also hammite. [Obs.]
7632 ammonal
7633An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium andnitrate of ammonium.
7634 ammonia
7635A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with apungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spiritsof hartshorn.
7636 ammoniacal fermentation
7637Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that bywhich urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposedto the air.
7638 ammoniated
7639Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
7640 ammonic
7641Of or pertaining to ammonia.
7642 ammonite
7643A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There aremany genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical formshaving existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedinglynumerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of thesepta very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Alsocalled serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
7644 ammonitiferous
7645Containing fossil ammonites.
7646 ammonitoidea
7647An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant inMesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
7648 ammonium
7649A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of astrongly basic element like the alkali metals.
7650 ammunition
7651To provide with ammunition.
7652 amnesia
7653Forgetfulness
7654also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease,in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place ofthose he wishes to employ. Quian.
7655 amnesic
7656Of or pertaining to amnesia. "Amnesic or coördinate defects."Quian.
7657 amnestic
7658Causing loss of memory.
7659 amnesty
7660To grant amnesty to.
7661 amnicolist
7662One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.
7663 amnigenous
7664Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.
7665 amnion
7666A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, andreptiles.
7667 amnios
7668Same as Amnion.
7669 amniota
7670That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic lifethe envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds,and the mammals.
7671 amniotic
7672Of or pertaining to the amnion
7673characterized by an amnion
7674as,the amniotic fluid
7675the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] SeeAllantoin.
7676 amoeba
7677A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing manychanges of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
7678 amoebaeum
7679A poem in which persons are represented at speakingalternately
7680as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
7681 amoebea
7682That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba andsimilar forms.
7683 amoebean
7684Alternately answering.
7685 amoebian
7686One of the Amoebea.
7687 amoebous
7688Like an amoeba in structure.
7689 amole
7690Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, asthe roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc. [Sp.Amer. & Mex.]
7691 amolition
7692Removal
7693a putting away. [Obs.] Bp. Ward (1673).
7694 amomum
7695A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bearcardamoms, and grains of paradise.
7696 amoneste
7697To admonish. [Obs.]
7698 amontillado
7699A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds.
7700 amorette
7701An amoret. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
7702 amorist
7703A lover
7704a gallant. [R.] Milton.It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistressin the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon hisshoe. Southey.
7705 amorosa
7706A wanton woman
7707a courtesan. Sir T. Herbert.
7708 amorosity
7709The quality of being amorous
7710lovingness. [R.] Galt.
7711 amoroso
7712A lover
7713a man enamored.
7714 amorously
7715In an amorous manner
7716fondly.
7717 amorousness
7718The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love
7719lovingness.
7720 amorpha
7721A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purpleflowers
7722false or bastard indigo. Longfellow.
7723 amorphism
7724A state of being amorphous
7725esp. a state of being withoutcrystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal,etc.
7726 amorphozoa
7727Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as thesponges.
7728 amorphozoic
7729Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
7730 amorphy
7731Shapelessness. [Obs.] Swift.
7732 amort
7733As if dead
7734lifeless
7735spiritless
7736dejected
7737depressed. Shak.
7738 amortizable
7739Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
7740 amortization
7741The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, whichwas considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or inmortmain.
7742 amortize
7743To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation.See Mortmain.
7744 amortizement
7745Same as Amortization.
7746 amotus
7747Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip doesnot touch the ground.
7748 amount
7749To signify
7750to amount to. [Obs.]
7751 amour propre
7752Self-love
7753self-esteem.
7754 amovability
7755Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [R.] T.Jefferson.
7756 amovable
7757Removable.
7758 amove
7759To dismiss from an office or station.
7760 ampelite
7761An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to killinsects, etc., on vines
7762-- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceousalum schist.
7763 ampelopsis
7764A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.
7765 amperage
7766The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductoror generated by a machine, measured in ampères.
7767 ampere foot
7768A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure indistributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowingthrough one foot of conductor.
7769 ampere turn
7770A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of acoiled conductor) into one ampère of current
7771thus, a conductorhaving five convolutions and carrying a current of half an ampère issaid to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil isproportional to the number of its ampère turns.
7772 ampersand
7773A word used to describe the character Halliwell.
7774 amphi
7775A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of bothkinds, on both sides, about, around.
7776 amphiarthrodial
7777Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
7778 amphiarthrosis
7779A form of articulation in which the bones are connected byintervening substance admitting slight motion
7780symphysis.
7781 amphiaster
7782The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division,consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle ofrodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
7783 amphibia
7784One of the classes of vertebrates.
7785 amphibial
7786Amphibian. [R.]
7787 amphibian
7788Of or pertaining to the Amphibia
7789as, amphibian reptiles.
7790 amphibiological
7791Pertaining to amphibiology.
7792 amphibiology
7793A treatise on amphibious animals
7794the department of naturalhistory which treats of the Amphibia.
7795 amphibiotica
7796A division of insects having aquatic larvæ.
7797 amphibiously
7798Like an amphibious being.
7799 amphibium
7800An amphibian.
7801 amphiblastic
7802Segmenting unequally
7803-- said of telolecithal ova with completesegmentation.
7804 amphibole
7805A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color andin composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals
7806also massive,generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies fromwhite to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesiumand calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varietiesare tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the lastname being also used as a general term for the whole species).Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite,diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
7807 amphibological
7808Of doubtful meaning
7809ambiguous. "Amphibological expressions."Jer. Taylor.-- Am*phib`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
7810 amphibology
7811A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of twointerpretations
7812and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs fromequivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
7813 amphibolous
7814Capable of two meanings.An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, notfrom the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting ofa double construction
7815e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shalldepose." Whately.
7816 amphiboly
7817Ambiguous discourse
7818amphibology.If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create anamphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock.
7819 amphibrach
7820A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first andlast short (as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes theplace of the long and the unaccented of the short
7821as, pro-phet''ic.
7822 amphichroic
7823Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in thecolor test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
7824 amphicome
7825A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences,anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.
7826 amphictyonic
7827Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council
7828as, an Amphictyonic town or state
7829the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.
7830 amphictyons
7831Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to acongress or council. They considered both political and religiousmatters.
7832 amphictyony
7833A league of states of ancient Greece
7834esp. the celebratedconfederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was tomaintain the common interests of Greece.
7835 amphid
7836A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and abase, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, ortellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius.
7837 amphidisc
7838A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheelat each end
7839-- found in freshwater sponges.
7840 amphidromical
7841Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child
7842-- socalled because the friends of the parents carried the child aroundthe hearth and then named it.
7843 amphigamous
7844Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexualorgans
7845-- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order ofplants.
7846 amphigean
7847Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polarzones inclusive.
7848 amphigen
7849An element that in combination produces amphid salt
7850-- appliedby Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]
7851 amphigene
7852Leucite.
7853 amphigenesis
7854Sexual generation
7855amphigony.
7856 amphigenous
7857Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
7858 amphigonic
7859Pertaining to amphigony
7860sexual
7861as, amphigonic propagation.[R.]
7862 amphigonous
7863Relating to both parents. [R.]
7864 amphigony
7865Sexual propagation. [R.]
7866 amphigoric
7867Nonsensical
7868absurd
7869pertaining to an amphigory.
7870 amphigory
7871A nonsense verse
7872a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which onfurther attention proves to be meaningless. [Written alsoamphigouri.]
7873 amphimacer
7874A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the otherslong, as in cast. Andrews.
7875 amphineura
7876A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry ofthe organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
7877 amphioxus
7878A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or threeinches long, found in temperature seas
7879-- also called the lancelet.Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and mostgeneralized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull,vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania,Leptocardia, etc.
7880 amphipneust
7881One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills atthe same time, as the proteus and siren.
7882 amphipod
7883One of the Amphipoda.
7884 amphipoda
7885A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabitingboth fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally,and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, butthe posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beachflea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
7886 amphipodous
7887Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
7888 amphiprostyle
7889Doubly prostyle
7890having columns at each end, but not at thesides.-- n.
7891 amphirhina
7892A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasalsac is double.
7893 amphisbaena
7894A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs,and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head ateach, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
7895 amphisbaenoid
7896Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna.
7897 amphistomous
7898Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by meansof which they adhere.
7899 amphistylic
7900Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch andthe cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks
7901-- said of a skull.
7902 amphitheatral
7903Amphitheatrical
7904resembling an amphitheater.
7905 amphitheatrically
7906In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
7907 amphitrocha
7908A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventralcircle of special cilia.
7909 amphiuma
7910A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States,having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and twopersistent gill openings
7911the Congo snake.
7912 amphopeptone
7913A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone andantipeptone.
7914 amphora
7915Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at thebottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
7916 amphoral
7917Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
7918 amphoric
7919Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled,and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an emptydecanter
7920as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
7921 amphoteric
7922Partly one and partly the other
7923neither acid nor alkaline
7924neutral. [R.] Smart.
7925 ample
7926Large
7927great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk
7928spacious
7929roomy
7930widely extended.All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humbleknees. Spenser.
7931 amplectant
7932Clasping a support
7933as, amplectant tendrils. Gray.
7934 ampleness
7935The state or quality of being ample
7936largeness
7937fullness
7938completeness.
7939 amplexation
7940An embrace. [Obs.]An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall.
7941 amplexicaul
7942Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.
7943 ampliate
7944To enlarge. [R.]To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire.Udall.
7945 ampliation
7946A postponement of the decision of a cause, for furtherconsideration or re-argument.
7947 ampliative
7948Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already knownor received."All bodies possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment
7949because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as oneof their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.
7950 amplificate
7951To amplify. [Obs.] Bailey.
7952 amplification
7953The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity ofdescription, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect
7954diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all theparticulars of a subject.Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C.I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in whatmanner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.
7955 amplificative
7956Amplificatory.
7957 amplificatory
7958Serving to amplify or enlarge
7959amplificative. Morell.
7960 amplifier
7961One who or that which amplifies.
7962 amplify
7963To enlarge by addition or discussion
7964to treat copiously byadding particulars, illustrations, etc.
7965to expand
7966to make much of.Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but muchamplified by our English translator. Dryden.
7967 amplitude
7968The horizontal line which measures the distance to which aprojectile is thrown
7969the range.
7970 amply
7971In an ample manner.
7972 ampul
7973Same as Ampulla, 2.
7974 ampulla
7975A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out likea jug.
7976 ampullaceous
7977Like a bottle or inflated bladder
7978bottle-shaped
7979swelling.Kirby. Ampullaceous sac (Zoöl.), one of the peculiar cavities in thetissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.
7980 ampulliform
7981Flask-shaped
7982dilated.
7983 amputate
7984To cut off (a limb or projecting part (of the body). Wiseman.
7985 amputation
7986The act amputating
7987esp. the operation of cutting of a limb orprojecting part of the body.
7988 amputator
7989One who amputates.
7990 ampyx
7991A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the fronthair.
7992 amrita
7993Immorality
7994also, the nectar conferring immortality.-- a. Ambrosial
7995immortal.
7996 amt
7997An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.
7998 amuck
7999In a frenzied and reckless. To run amuck, to rush out in astate of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of"bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way
8000to assailrecklessly and indiscriminately.Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt atall I meet. Pope.
8001 amulet
8002An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic,etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, suchas diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic formsor characters.
8003 amuletic
8004Of or pertaining to an amulet
8005operating as a charm.
8006 amurcous
8007Full off dregs
8008foul. [R.] Knowles.
8009 amusable
8010Capable of being amused.
8011 amuse
8012To muse
8013to mediate. [Obs.]
8014 amuser
8015One who amuses.
8016 amusette
8017A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
8018 amusing
8019Giving amusement
8020diverting
8021as, an amusing story.-- A*mus"ing*ly, adv.
8022 amusive
8023Having power to amuse or entertain the mind
8024fitted to excitemirth. [R.] -- A*mu"sive*ly, adv.-- A*mu"sive*ness, n.
8025 amvis
8026An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative ofnitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.
8027 amy
8028A friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8029 amyelous
8030Wanting the spinal cord.
8031 amygdalaceous
8032Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
8033 amygdalate
8034Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
8035 amygdalic
8036Of or pertaining to almonds
8037derived from amygdalin
8038as,amygdalic acid.
8039 amygdaliferous
8040Almond-bearing.
8041 amygdalin
8042A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white,crystalline substance.
8043 amygdaline
8044Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
8045 amygdaloid
8046A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities,occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of differentminerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When theimbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it isporous, like lava.
8047 amyl
8048A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found inamyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
8049 amyl alcohol
8050Any of eight isomeric liquid compounds, C5H11OH
8051ordinarily, amixture of two of these forming a colorless liquid with a peculiarcough-exciting odor and burning taste, the chief constituent of fuseloil. It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate,amyl nitrite, etc.
8052 amyl nitrite
8053A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine asa heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vaporinstantly produces flushing of the face.
8054 amylaceous
8055Pertaining to starch
8056of the nature of starch
8057starchy.
8058 amylate
8059A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atomor radical.
8060 amylene
8061One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of theethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonlycalled amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.
8062 amylic
8063Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl
8064as, amylic ether. Amylicalcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent,colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide ofamyl.-- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starchor sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.
8065 amylobacter
8066A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops invegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.
8067 amylogen
8068That part of the starch granule or granulose which is solublein water.
8069 amylogenesis
8070The formation of starch.
8071 amyloid
8072The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
8073 amylolysis
8074The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins andsugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.
8075 amylolytic
8076Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin andsugar
8077as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster.
8078 amylometer
8079Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.
8080 amyloplastic
8081Starch-forming
8082amylogenic.
8083 amylopsin
8084The diastase of the pancreatic juice.
8085 amylose
8086One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates
8087as,starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
8088 amyous
8089Wanting in muscle
8090without flesh.
8091 amyss
8092Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
8093 an
8094This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called theindefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular numberonly, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. Insuch expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling anounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalentto each, every.
8095 ana
8096Of each
8097an equal quantity
8098as, wine and honey, ana (or,contracted, aa), ., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden.
8099 ana
8100A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
8101 anabaptism
8102The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
8103 anabaptist
8104A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding thatrebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.
8105 anabaptistry
8106The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.]Thus died this imaginary king
8107and Anabaptistry was suppressed inMunster. Pagitt.
8108 anabaptize
8109To rebaptize
8110to rechristen
8111also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.
8112 anabas
8113A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living longout of water, and of making their way on land for considerabledistances, and for climbing trees
8114the climbing fishes.
8115 anabasis
8116The first period, or increase, of a disease
8117augmentation.[Obs.]
8118 anabatic
8119Pertaining to anabasis
8120as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]
8121 anabolic
8122Pertaining to anabolism
8123an anabolic changes, or processes,more or less constructive in their nature.
8124 anabolism
8125The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished fromkatabolism.
8126 anabranch
8127A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, themain stream
8128also, less properly, a branch which loses itself insandy soil. [Australia]
8129 anacamptic
8130Reflecting of reflected
8131as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).
8132 anacamptically
8133By reflection
8134as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.Hutton.
8135 anacamptics
8136A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, asthe cod.
8137 anacanthous
8138Spineless, as certain fishes.
8139 anacardiaceous
8140Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants ofwhich the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are wellknown examples.
8141 anacardic
8142Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut
8143as, anacardicacid.
8144 anacardium
8145A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
8146 anacathartic
8147Producing vomiting or expectoration.-- n.
8148 anacharis
8149A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceæ),native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction tonavigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.
8150 anachorism
8151An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing
8152areferring something to a wrong place. [R.]
8153 anachronism
8154A misplacing or error in the order of time
8155an error inchronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other,esp. one by which an event is placed too early
8156falsification ofchronological relation.
8157 anachronistic
8158Erroneous in date
8159containing an anachronism. T. Warton.
8160 anachronize
8161To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [R.] Lowell.
8162 anachronous
8163Containing an anachronism
8164anachronistic.-- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv.
8165 anaclastic
8166Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water
8167as,anaclastic curves.
8168 anaclastics
8169That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light
8170--commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.
8171 anacoenosis
8172A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponentsfor their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.
8173 anacoluthic
8174Lacking grammatical sequence.-- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly, adv.
8175 anacoluthon
8176A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence
8177aninstance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latterpart does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
8178 anaconda
8179A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectesmurinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and smallmammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Pythontigris) of Ceylon.
8180 anacreontic
8181Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, theGreek poet Anacreon
8182amatory and convivial. De Quincey.
8183 anacrotic
8184Pertaining to anachronism.
8185 anacrotism
8186A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in asphygmographic tracing.
8187 anacrusis
8188A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properlybeginning with an accented syllable.
8189 anadem
8190A garland or fillet
8191a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.
8192 anadiplosis
8193A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in asentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunctidea
8194as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes --misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."
8195 anadrom
8196A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
8197 anadromous
8198Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, forbreeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
8199 anaemia
8200A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in qualityor in quantity.
8201 anaemic
8202Of or pertaining to anæmia.
8203 anaerobic
8204Relating to, or like, anaërobies
8205araërobiotic.
8206 anaerobies
8207Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed byit. Sternberg.
8208 anaerobiotic
8209Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.
8210 anaesthesia
8211Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation
8212astate of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by theinhalation or application of an anæsthetic.
8213 anaesthesis
8214See Anæsthesia.
8215 anaesthetic
8216That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform,ether, etc.
8217 anaesthetization
8218The process of anæsthetizing
8219also, the condition of thenervous system induced by anæsthetics.
8220 anaesthetize
8221To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.
8222 anaglyph
8223Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in lowrelief, as a cameo.
8224 anaglyphic
8225Work chased or embossed relief.
8226 anaglyptic
8227Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in lowrelief.
8228 anaglyptics
8229The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
8230 anaglyptograph
8231An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossedobject, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.
8232 anaglyptographic
8233Of or pertaining to anaglyptography
8234as, analyptographicengraving.
8235 anaglyptography
8236The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to givethe subject an embossed or raised appearance
8237-- used in representingcoins, bas-reliefs, etc.
8238 anagnorisis
8239The unfolding or dénouement. [R.] De Quincey.
8240 anagoge
8241Mystical
8242having a secondary spiritual meaning
8243as, the rest ofthe Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of thesaints in heaven
8244an anagogical explication.-- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.
8245 anagogics
8246Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L.Addison.
8247 anagogy
8248Same as Anagoge.
8249 anagram
8250Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in itsusual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another bythe transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus
8251William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) maybe turned into I moyl in law.
8252 anagrammatism
8253The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.
8254 anagrammatist
8255A maker anagrams.
8256 anagrammatize
8257To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form ananagram. Cudworth.
8258 anagraph
8259An inventory
8260a record. [Obs.] Knowles.
8261 anal
8262Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus
8263as, the anal fin orglands.
8264 analcime
8265A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite, occurring inisometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity
8266hence its name.
8267 analcite
8268Analcime.
8269 analectic
8270Relating to analects
8271made up of selections
8272as, an analecticmagazine.
8273 analemma
8274An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of themeridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in theeast or west point of the horizon.
8275 analeptic
8276Restorative
8277giving strength after disease.-- n.
8278 analgesia
8279Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain.
8280 anallagmatic
8281Not changed in form by inversion. Anallagmatic curves, a classof curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relationsto circles
8282-- sometimes called bicircular quartics.-- Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourthdegree.
8283 anallantoic
8284Without, or not developing, an allantois.
8285 anallantoidea
8286The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed.It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
8287 analogal
8288Analogous. [Obs.] Donne.
8289 analogic
8290Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot.
8291 analogically
8292In an analogical sense
8293in accordance with analogy
8294by way ofsimilitude.A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as apilot is to the vessel. Berkeley.
8295 analogicalness
8296Quality of being analogical.
8297 analogism
8298an argument from the cause to the effect
8299an a priori argument.Johnson.
8300 analogist
8301One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne.
8302 analogize
8303To employ, or reason by, analogy.
8304 analogon
8305Analogue.
8306 analogous
8307Having analogy
8308corresponding to something else
8309bearing someresemblance or proportion
8310-- often followed by to.Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey.Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to naturaldeath. J. H. Newman.nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomespositively electrified when heated.
8311 analogue
8312A word in one language corresponding with one in another
8313ananalogous term
8314as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English"father."
8315 analogy
8316A relation or correspondence in function, between organs orparts which are decidedly different.
8317 analysis
8318The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes,into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) whatelements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. Theformer is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
8319 analyst
8320One who analyzes
8321formerly, one skilled in algebraicalgeometry
8322now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
8323 analytically
8324In an analytical manner.
8325 analytics
8326The science of analysis.
8327 analyzable
8328That may be analyzed.
8329 analyzation
8330The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts
8331analysis.
8332 analyze
8333To subject to analysis
8334to resolve (anything complex) into itselements
8335to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose ofan examination of each separately
8336to examine in such a manner as toascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined
8337as, toanalyze a fossil substance
8338to analyze a sentence or a word
8339toanalyze an action to ascertain its morality.No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain.Darwin.
8340 analyzer
8341The part of a polariscope which receives the light afterpolarization, and exhibits its properties.
8342 anamese
8343Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.-- n.
8344 anamnesis
8345A recalling to mind
8346recollection.
8347 anamnestic
8348Aiding the memory
8349as, anamnestic remedies.
8350 anamniotic
8351Without, or not developing, an amnion.
8352 anamorphism
8353A gradual progression from one type to another, generallyascending. Huxley.
8354 anamorphoscope
8355An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted byanamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of acylindrical mirror.
8356 anamorphosis
8357A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of animage on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certainpoint, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron,appears regular and in proportion
8358a deformation of an image.
8359 anamorphosy
8360Same as Anamorphosis.
8361 anan
8362An expression equivalent to What did you say Sir Eh [Obs.]Shak.
8363 ananas
8364The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
8365 anandrous
8366Destitute of stamen
8367 anangular
8368Containing no angle. [R.]
8369 anantherous
8370Destitute of anthers. Gray.
8371 ananthous
8372Destitute of flowers
8373flowerless.
8374 anapest
8375A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first twoshort, or unaccented, the last long, or accented
8376the reverse of thedactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples ofanapests.
8377 anapestic
8378Pertaining to an anapest
8379consisting of an anapests
8380as, ananapestic meter, foot, verse.-- n.
8381 anapestical
8382Anapestic.
8383 anaphora
8384A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two ormore successive clauses.
8385 anaphrodisia
8386Absence of sexual appetite.
8387 anaphrodisiac
8388Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison.
8389 anaphroditic
8390Produced without concourse of sexes.
8391 anaplastic
8392Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
8393 anaplasty
8394The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normalshape by the use of healthy tissue.
8395 anaplerotic
8396Filling up
8397promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.-- n.
8398 anapnograph
8399A form of spirometer.
8400 anapnoic
8401Relating to respiration.
8402 anapodeictic
8403Not apodeictic
8404undemonstrable. [R.]
8405 anapophysis
8406An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.
8407 anaptotic
8408Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay
8409as, anaptotic languages.
8410 anaptychus
8411One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, asthe ammonites.
8412 anarch
8413The author of anarchy
8414one who excites revolt. Milton.Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron.
8415 anarchal
8416Lawless
8417anarchical. [R.]We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which arein a state of effervescence. Landor.
8418 anarchism
8419The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
8420 anarchist
8421An anarch
8422one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrowof civil government.
8423 anarchize
8424To reduce to anarchy.
8425 anarthropoda
8426One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are nojointed legs, as the annelids
8427-- opposed to Arthropoda.
8428 anarthropodous
8429Having no jointed legs
8430pertaining to Anarthropoda.
8431 anarthrous
8432Used without the article
8433as, an anarthrous substantive.
8434 anas
8435A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certainspecies of fresh-water ducks.
8436 anasarca
8437Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue
8438an effusion ofserum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale,inelastic swelling of the skin.
8439 anasarcous
8440Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy
8441dropsical.Wiseman.
8442 anaseismic
8443Moving up and down
8444-- said of earthquake shocks.
8445 anastaltic
8446Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.
8447 anastate
8448One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, byconstructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm
8449-- opposed to katastate. Foster.
8450 anastatic
8451Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from charactersin relief on zinc plates.
8452 anastigmatic
8453Not astigmatic
8454--said esp. of a lens system which consists ofa converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and oppositeastigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free fromastigmatism.
8455 anastomose
8456To inosculate
8457to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as thearteries and veins.The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.I. Taylor.
8458 anastomosis
8459The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between twoor more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication betweenarteries or veins.
8460 anastomotic
8461Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
8462 anastrophe
8463An inversion of the natural order of words
8464as, echoed thehills, for, the hills echoed.
8465 anathema
8466Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.-- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
8467 anathematism
8468Anathematization. [Obs.]We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronouncedagainst the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.
8469 anathematization
8470The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed
8471imprecation. Barrow.
8472 anathematize
8473To pronounce an anathema against
8474to curse. Hence: To condemnpublicly as something accursed. Milton.
8475 anathematizer
8476One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.
8477 anatifa
8478An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having afleshy stem or peduncle
8479a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
8480 anatifer
8481Same as Anatifa.
8482 anatiferous
8483Producing ducks
8484-- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notionof their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
8485 anatine
8486Of or pertaining to the ducks
8487ducklike.
8488 anatocism
8489Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier.
8490 anatomically
8491In an anatomical manner
8492by means of dissection.
8493 anatomist
8494One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
8495 anatomization
8496The act of anatomizing.
8497 anatomizer
8498A dissector.
8499 anatreptic
8500Overthrowing
8501defeating
8502-- applied to Plato's refutativedialogues. Enfield.
8503 anatron
8504Having the ovule inverted at an early period in itsdevelopment, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex
8505-- opposedto orthotropous. Gray.
8506 anatto
8507Same as Annotto.
8508 ance
8509A suffix signifying action
8510also, quality or state
8511as,assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
8512 ancestor
8513An earlier type
8514a progenitor
8515as, this fossil animal isregarded as the ancestor of the horse.
8516 ancestorial
8517Ancestral. Grote.
8518 ancestorially
8519With regard to ancestors.
8520 ancestral
8521Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestoror ancestors
8522as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
8523 ancestress
8524A female ancestor.
8525 anchor
8526An emblem of hope.
8527 anchor light
8528The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. Internationalrules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset tosunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, andif longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.
8529 anchor shot
8530A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
8531 anchor space
8532In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½,lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line.Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.
8533 anchor watch
8534A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at nightwhen a vessel is at anchor.
8535 anchorable
8536Fit for anchorage.
8537 anchorage
8538Abode of an anchoret.
8539 anchorate
8540Anchor-shaped.
8541 anchored
8542Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of ananchor
8543as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]
8544 anchoress
8545A female anchoret.And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.
8546 anchoretish
8547Hermitlike.
8548 anchoretism
8549The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
8550 anchorite
8551Same as Anchoret.
8552 anchoritess
8553An anchoress. [R.]
8554 anchorless
8555Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting
8556unsettled.
8557 anchovy
8558A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herringfamily (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in theMediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also appliedto several allied species.
8559 anchovy pear
8560A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled
8561also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
8562 anchusin
8563A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
8564 anchylose
8565To affect or be affected with anchylosis
8566to unite orconsolidate so as to make a stiff joint
8567to grow together into one.[Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.
8568 anchylotic
8569Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
8570 ancient
8571Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
8572 ancientness
8573The quality of being ancient
8574antiquity
8575existence from oldtimes.
8576 ancile
8577The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen fromheaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
8578 ancillary
8579Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid
8580auxiliary.The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered asinferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.
8581 ancillary administration
8582An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary orprincipal administration of an estate.
8583 ancille
8584A maidservant
8585a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8586 ancistroid
8587Hook-shaped.
8588 ancle
8589See Ankle.
8590 ancome
8591A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly
8592also, a whitlow.[Obs.] Boucher.
8593 ancon
8594The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed ofsheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated inMassachusetts in 1791
8595-- called also the otter breed.
8596 anconeus
8597A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
8598 anconoid
8599Elbowlike
8600anconal.
8601 ancony
8602A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar inthe middle, but unwrought at the ends.
8603 andabatism
8604Doubt
8605uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.
8606 andalusite
8607A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombicprisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It wasfirst discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
8608 andante
8609Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing
8610quicker thanlarghetto, and slower than allegretto.-- n.
8611 andantino
8612Rather quicker than andante
8613between that allegretto.
8614 andarac
8615Red orpiment. Coxe.
8616 andean
8617Pertaining to the Andes.
8618 andesine
8619A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
8620 andesite
8621An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially ofa triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
8622 andine
8623Andean
8624as, Andine flora.
8625 andiron
8626A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, onebeing placed on each side
8627a firedog
8628as, a pair of andirons.
8629 andranatomy
8630The dissection of a human body, especially of a male
8631androtomy. Coxe.
8632 androcephalous
8633Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptiansphinx.
8634 androecium
8635The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
8636 androgyne
8637An androgynous plant. Whewell.
8638 android
8639Resembling a man.
8640 andromeda
8641A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythicalAndromeda.
8642 andron
8643The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lowerpart of the house.
8644 andropetalous
8645Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, asdouble flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.
8646 androphagi
8647Cannibals
8648man-eaters
8649anthropophagi. [R.]
8650 androphagous
8651Anthropophagous.
8652 androphore
8653A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.
8654 andropogon
8655A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearlyall parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and thebeard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principalsubgenus is Sorghum, including  A. sorghum and A. halepensis, fromwhich have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass,the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet.Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yieldfragrant oils, used in perfumery.
8656 androsphinx
8657A man sphinx
8658a sphinx having the head of a man and the body ofa lion.
8659 androspore
8660A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.
8661 androtomous
8662Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
8663 androtomy
8664Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy
8665anthropotomy. [R.]
8666 androus
8667A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens
8668staminate
8669as, monandrous, with one stamen
8670polyandrous, with manystamens.
8671 anear
8672Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.
8673 aneath
8674Beneath. [Scot.]
8675 anecdotage
8676Anecdotes collectively
8677a collection of anecdotes.All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of italtogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.
8678 anecdotal
8679Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes
8680as, anecdotalconversation.
8681 anecdote
8682Unpublished narratives. Burke.
8683 anecdotist
8684One who relates or collects anecdotes.
8685 anelace
8686Same as Anlace.
8687 anelectric
8688Not becoming electrified by friction
8689-- opposed toidioelectric.-- n.
8690 anelectrode
8691The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
8692 anelectrotonus
8693The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in theregion of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a currentof electricity through it. Foster.
8694 anemogram
8695A record made by an anemograph.
8696 anemograph
8697An instrument for measuring and recording the direction andforce of the wind. Knight.
8698 anemographic
8699Produced by an anemograph
8700of or pertaining to anemography.
8701 anemology
8702The science of the wind.
8703 anemometer
8704An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind
8705a wind gauge.
8706 anemometrograph
8707An anemograph. Knight.
8708 anemometry
8709The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of thewind.
8710 anemone
8711A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family
8712windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
8713 anemonic
8714An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from,the anemone, or from anemonin.
8715 anemonin
8716An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained fromsome species of anemone.
8717 anemony
8718See Anemone. Sandys.
8719 anemorphilous
8720Fertilized by the agency of the wind
8721-- said of plants inwhich the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind
8722wind-Fertilized. Lubbock.
8723 anemoscope
8724An instrument which shows the direction of the wind
8725a windvane
8726a weathercock
8727-- usually applied to a contrivance consistingof a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index withpointers to show the changes of the wind.
8728 anemosis
8729A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings areseparated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon thetrunk
8730wind shake.
8731 anenterous
8732Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.
8733 aneroid
8734Containing no liquid
8735-- said of kind of barometer. Aneroidbarometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varyingpressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box(shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An indexshows the variation of pressure.
8736 anes
8737Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
8738 anet
8739The herb dill, or dillseed.
8740 anethol
8741A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel,etc., in the form of soft shining scales
8742-- called also anisecamphor. Watts.
8743 anetic
8744Soothing.
8745 aneurism
8746A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising fromthe preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.[Written also aneurysm.]
8747 aneurismal
8748Of or pertaining to an aneurism
8749as, an aneurismal tumor
8750aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]
8751 anew
8752Over again
8753another time
8754in a new form
8755afresh
8756as, to armanew
8757to create anew. Dryden.
8758 anfractuose
8759Anfractuous
8760as, anfractuose anthers.
8761 anfractuosity
8762A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating theconvolutions of the brain.
8763 anfractuous
8764Winding
8765full of windings and turnings
8766sinuous
8767tortuous
8768as,the anfractuous spires of a born.-- An*frac"tu*ous*ness, n.
8769 anfracture
8770A mazy winding.
8771 angariation
8772Exaction of forced service
8773compulsion. [Obs.] Speed.
8774 angel
8775An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of thearchangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc.
8776 angel fish
8777See under Angel.
8778 angelage
8779Existence or state of angels.
8780 angelet
8781A small gold coin formerly current in England
8782a half angel.Eng. Cyc.
8783 angelhood
8784The state of being an angel
8785angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.
8786 angelic
8787Of or derived from angelica
8788as, angelic acid
8789angelic ether.Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.
8790 angelically
8791Like an angel.
8792 angelicalness
8793The quality of being angelic
8794excellence more than human.
8795 angelify
8796To make like an angel
8797to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).
8798 angelize
8799To raise to the state of an angel
8800to render angelic.It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but tohumanize man. W. Taylor.
8801 angellike
8802Resembling an angel.
8803 angelolatry
8804Worship paid to angels.
8805 angelology
8806A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard toangels.The same mythology commanded the general consent
8807the sameangelology, demonology. Milman.
8808 angelophany
8809The actual appearance of an angel to man.
8810 angerly
8811Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic]Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.
8812 angevine
8813Of or pertaining to Anjou in France.-- n. A native of Anjou.
8814 angienchyma
8815Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels,dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
8816 angina
8817Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as thequinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tendsto produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Anginapectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense ofsuffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest
8818-- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
8819 angio
8820A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usuallyrelating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, orcovered by, a vessel.
8821 angiography
8822A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
8823 angiology
8824That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels andlymphatics.
8825 angioma
8826A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
8827 angiomonospermous
8828Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
8829 angioneurosis
8830Any disorder of the vasomotor system
8831neurosis of a bloodvessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.
8832 angiopathy
8833Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.
8834 angioscope
8835An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animalsand plants. Morin.
8836 angiosperm
8837A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
8838 angiospermatous
8839Same as Angiospermous.
8840 angiospermous
8841Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
8842 angiosporous
8843Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case ofsome fungi.
8844 angiostomous
8845With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
8846 angiotomy
8847Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.Dunglison.
8848 angle
8849A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."[Obs.] Chaucer.
8850 angle of entry
8851The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of anaërocurve) and the line of motion
8852-- contrasted with angle of trail,which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and theline of motion.
8853 angle of incidence
8854The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relativedirection of the undisturbed air current.
8855 angled
8856Having an angle or angles
8857-- used in compounds
8858as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.
8859 anglemeter
8860An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists tomeasure the dip of strata.
8861 angler
8862A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having alarge, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiarappendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes withinreach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish,allmouth, monkfish, etc.
8863 angles
8864An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, whichcame to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Anglesprobably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits ofSchleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
8865 anglesite
8866A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowishtransparent, prismatic crystals.
8867 anglewise
8868In an angular manner
8869angularly.
8870 angleworm
8871A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglersfor bait. See Earthworm.
8872 anglian
8873Of or pertaining to the Angles.-- n.
8874 anglic
8875Anglian.
8876 anglice
8877In English
8878in the English manner
8879as, Livorno, AngliceLeghorn.
8880 anglicify
8881To anglicize. [R.]
8882 anglicity
8883The state or quality of being English.
8884 anglicization
8885The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
8886 anglicize
8887To make English
8888to English
8889to anglify
8890render conformable tothe English idiom, or to English analogies.
8891 anglify
8892To convert into English
8893to anglicize. Franklin. Darwin.
8894 angling
8895The act of one who angles
8896the art of fishing with rod andline. Walton.
8897 anglo
8898A combining form meaning the same as English
8899or English and,or English conjoined with
8900as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German,Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English andAmericans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America.-- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or theUnited States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English andDanes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of orpertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indianpeoples or languages.-- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the EastIndies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans,or to the Normans who settled in England.-- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conqueredEngland. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary.
8901 anglocatholic
8902Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the EnglishReformation
8903Anglican
8904-- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic orHigh Church section of the Church of England.
8905 anglocatholicism
8906The belief of those in the Church of England who accept manydoctrines and practices which they maintain were those of theprimitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider theChurch of England to be the lineal descendant.
8907 anglosaxon
8908The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or theEnglish people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.It is quite correct to call Æthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," butto call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simplynonsense. E. A. Freeman.
8909 anglosaxondom
8910The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the UnitedStates, etc.)
8911the Anglo-Saxon race.
8912 anglomania
8913A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs,institutions, etc.
8914 anglomaniac
8915One affected with Anglomania.
8916 anglophobia
8917Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.-- An"glo*phobe, n.
8918 angola
8919A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
8920 angola pea
8921A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kindof pulse
8922-- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called alsopigeon pea and Congo pea.
8923 angor
8924Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upperpart of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
8925 angora
8926A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name toa goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic catwith very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color.Called also Angola cat. See Cat.-- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared forits long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.
8927 angostura bark
8928An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a SouthAmerican of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S.Disp.
8929 angoumois moth
8930A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive towheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain,leaving only the shell.
8931 angrily
8932In an angry manner
8933under the influence of anger.
8934 angriness
8935The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. WholeDuty of Man.
8936 anguiform
8937Snake-shaped.
8938 anguilliform
8939Eel-shaped.
8940 anguine
8941Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "Theanguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.
8942 anguineal
8943Anguineous.
8944 anguineous
8945Snakelike.
8946 anguish
8947Extreme pain, either of body or mind
8948excruciating distress.But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and forcruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9.Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.
8949 angular
8950A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,and fishes.
8951 angularity
8952The quality or state of being angular
8953angularness.
8954 angularly
8955In an angular manner
8956with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.
8957 angularness
8958The quality of being angular.
8959 angulate
8960To make angular.
8961 angulation
8962A making angular
8963angular formation. Huxley.
8964 angulodentate
8965Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
8966 angulometer
8967An instrument for measuring external angles.
8968 angulose
8969Angulous. [R.]
8970 angulosity
8971A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
8972 angulous
8973Angular
8974having corners
8975hooked. [R.]Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.
8976 angust
8977Narrow
8978strait. [Obs.]
8979 angustate
8980Narrowed.
8981 angustation
8982The act or making narrow
8983a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.
8984 angusticlave
8985A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side ofthe tunic as a sign of rank.
8986 angustura bark
8987See Angostura bark.
8988 angwantibo
8989A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. Ithas only a rudimentary tail.
8990 anhang
8991To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8992 anharmonic
8993Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four pointsabcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where thesegments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order ofthe letters.
8994 anhelation
8995Short and rapid breathing
8996a panting
8997asthma. Glanvill.
8998 anhele
8999To pant
9000to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.]They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer.
9001 anhelose
9002Anhelous
9003panting. [R.]
9004 anhelous
9005Short of breath
9006panting.
9007 anhima
9008A South American aquatic bird
9009the horned screamer or kamichi(Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
9010 anhinga
9011An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga)
9012the darter, or snakebird.
9013 anhistous
9014Without definite structure
9015as, an anhistous membrane.
9016 anhungered
9017Ahungered
9018longing. [Archaic]
9019 anhydride
9020An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capableof forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water
9021-- socalled because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction ofwater.
9022 anhydrite
9023A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive.It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in notcontaining water (whence the name).
9024 anhydrous
9025Destitute of water
9026as, anhydrous salts or acids.
9027 anigh
9028Nigh. [Archaic]
9029 anil
9030A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the originalsources of indigo
9031also, the indigo dye.
9032 anile
9033Old-womanish
9034imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.
9035 anileness
9036Anility. [R.]
9037 anilic
9038Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil
9039indigotic
9040-- applied toan acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]
9041 anilide
9042One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides inwhich more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
9043 aniline
9044An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may beregarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced bythe radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originallyobtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufacturedfrom coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliantdyes are made.
9045 anilinism
9046A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in themanufacture of aniline.
9047 anility
9048The state of being and old woman
9049old-womanishness
9050dotage."Marks of anility." Sterne.
9051 animadversal
9052The faculty of perceiving
9053a percipient. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
9054 animadversive
9055Having the power of perceiving
9056percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill.I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shiningto the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.
9057 animadverter
9058One who animadverts
9059a censurer
9060also [Obs.], a chastiser.
9061 animal
9062Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcularlife." Tyndall.
9063 animalcule
9064An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. SeeInfusoria.
9065 animalculism
9066The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological andpathological by means of animalcules.
9067 animalculum
9068An animalcule.
9069 animalish
9070Like an animal.
9071 animalism
9072The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals
9073mere animal lifewithout intellectual or moral qualities
9074sensuality.
9075 animality
9076Animal existence or nature. Locke.
9077 animally
9078Physically. G. Eliot.
9079 animalness
9080Animality. [R.]
9081 animastic
9082Pertaining to mind or spirit
9083spiritual.
9084 animate
9085Endowed with life
9086alive
9087living
9088animated
9089lively.The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.
9090 animated
9091Endowed with life
9092full of life or spirit
9093indicatinganimation
9094lively
9095vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animatedbust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.
9096 animatedly
9097With animation.
9098 animater
9099One who animates. De Quincey.
9100 animating
9101Causing animation
9102life-giving
9103inspiriting
9104rousing."Animating cries." Pope.-- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
9105 animative
9106Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.
9107 animator
9108One who, or that which, animates
9109an animater. Sir T. Browne.
9110 anime
9111Of a different tincture from the animal itself
9112-- said of theeyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.
9113 animist
9114One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
9115 animistic
9116Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor.
9117 animoseness
9118Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]
9119 animus
9120Animating spirit
9121intention
9122temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.](Law), intention of stealing.
9123 anion
9124An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode
9125-- opposed tocation. Faraday.
9126 anise
9127An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally inEgypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative andaromatic seeds.
9128 aniseed
9129The seed of the anise
9130also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oilof aniseed." Brande & C.
9131 anisette
9132A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. DeColange.
9133 anisic
9134Of or derived from anise
9135as, anisic acid
9136anisic alcohol.
9137 anisocoria
9138Inequality of the pupils of the eye.
9139 anisodactylous
9140Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and onebackward, as in most passerine birds.
9141 anisol
9142Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid orby the action of methide on potassium phenolate.
9143 anisomeric
9144Not isomeric
9145not made of the same components in the sameproportions.
9146 anisomerous
9147Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals andsix stamens.
9148 anisometric
9149Not isometric
9150having unsymmetrical parts
9151-- said of crystalswith three unequal axes. Dana.
9152 anisometropia
9153Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.
9154 anisopetalous
9155Having unequal petals.
9156 anisophyllous
9157Having unequal leaves.
9158 anisopleura
9159A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiralshells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
9160 anisopoda
9161A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, isintermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
9162 anisospore
9163A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size
9164-- opposed toisospore.
9165 anisostemonous
9166Having unequal stamens
9167having stamens different in number fromthe petals.
9168 anisosthenic
9169Of unequal strength.
9170 anisotropous
9171Anisotropic.
9172 anito
9173In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.
9174 anker
9175A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutchanker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the oldwine gallons, or 8
9176 ankerite
9177A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
9178 ankh
9179A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute orsacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called alsocrux ansata.
9180 ankle
9181The joint which connects the foot with the leg
9182the tarsus.Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle
9183the astragalus.
9184 ankled
9185Having ankles
9186-- used in composition
9187as, well-ankled. Beau. &Fl.
9188 anklet
9189An ornament or a fetter for the ankle
9190an ankle ring.
9191 ankus
9192An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling ashort-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.
9193 ankylose
9194Same as Anchylose.
9195 ankylosis
9196Same as Anchylosis.
9197 ankylostomiasis
9198A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostomaduodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or alliednematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers theyproduce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinalwalls.  Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker'sanæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.
9199 anlace
9200A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written alsoanelace.]
9201 anlaut
9202An initial sound, as of a word or syllable.
9203 anna
9204An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, orabout 2
9205 annal
9206See Annals.
9207 annalist
9208A writer of annals.The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.
9209 annalistic
9210Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist
9211as, the dryannalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.
9212 annalize
9213To record in annals. Sheldon.
9214 annals
9215The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal."Young.
9216 annealer
9217One who, or that which, anneals.
9218 annectent
9219Connecting
9220annexing. Owen.
9221 annelida
9222A division of the Articulata, having the body formed ofnumerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. Theprincipal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta orearthworms and Polychæta or marine worms
9223and the Hirudinea orleeches. See Chætopoda.
9224 annelidous
9225Of the nature of an annelid.
9226 annellata
9227See Annelida.
9228 anneloid
9229An animal resembling an annelid.
9230 annex
9231To join
9232to be united. Tooke.
9233 annexationist
9234One who favors annexation.
9235 annexer
9236One who annexes.
9237 annexion
9238Annexation. [R.] Shak.
9239 annexionist
9240An annexationist. [R.]
9241 annexment
9242The act of annexing, or the thing annexed
9243appendage. [R.]Shak.
9244 annihilable
9245Capable of being annihilated.
9246 annihilate
9247Anhilated. [Archaic] Swift.
9248 annihilationist
9249One who believes that eternal punishment consists inannihilation or extinction of being
9250a destructionist.
9251 annihilative
9252Serving to annihilate
9253destructive.
9254 annihilator
9255One who, or that which, annihilates
9256as, a fire annihilator.
9257 annihilatory
9258Annihilative.
9259 anniversarily
9260Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall.
9261 anniversary
9262Returning with the year, at a stated time
9263annual
9264yearly
9265as,an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary,n., 2.-- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annualmeetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston andNew York. [Eastern U. S.]
9266 anniverse
9267Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.
9268 anno domini
9269In the year of the Christian era
9270as, a. d. 1887.
9271 annodated
9272Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.
9273 annominate
9274To name. [R.]
9275 annotate
9276To explain or criticize by notes
9277as, to annotate the works ofBacon.
9278 annotation
9279A note, added by way of comment, or explanation
9280-- usually inthe plural
9281as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or apassage.
9282 annotationist
9283An annotator. [R.]
9284 annotative
9285Characterized by annotations
9286of the nature of annotation.
9287 annotator
9288A writer of annotations
9289a commentator.
9290 annotatory
9291Pertaining to an annotator
9292containing annotations. [R.]
9293 annotine
9294A bird one year old, or that has once molted.
9295 annotinous
9296A year old
9297in Yearly growths.
9298 announcement
9299The act of announcing, or giving notice
9300that which announces
9301proclamation
9302publication.
9303 announcer
9304One who announces.
9305 annoy
9306A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what onedislikes
9307also, whatever causes such a feeling
9308as, to work annoy.Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.
9309 annoyer
9310One who, or that which, annoys.
9311 annoyful
9312Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
9313 annoying
9314That annoys
9315molesting
9316vexatious.-- An*noy"ing*ly, adv.
9317 annoyous
9318Troublesome
9319annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
9320 annual
9321A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, saiddaily for a year or on the anniversary day.
9322 annualist
9323One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
9324 annually
9325Yearly
9326year by year.
9327 annuary
9328Annual. [Obs.] -- n.
9329 annueler
9330A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.[Obs.] Chaucer.
9331 annuent
9332Nodding
9333as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).
9334 annuitant
9335One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.
9336 annuity
9337A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given numberof years, for life, or forever
9338an annual allowance.
9339 annularity
9340Annular condition or form
9341as, the annularity of a nebula. J.Rogers.
9342 annularry
9343In an annular manner.
9344 annulary
9345Having the form of a ring
9346annular. Ray.
9347 annulata
9348A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida,including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma,leeches, etc. See Annelida.
9349 annulate
9350One of the Annulata.
9351 annulation
9352A circular or ringlike formation
9353a ring or belt. Nicholson.
9354 annulet
9355A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used byitself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated,under the Doric capital.
9356 annullable
9357That may be Annulled.
9358 annuller
9359One who annuls. [R.]
9360 annulment
9361The act of annulling
9362abolition
9363invalidation.
9364 annuloid
9365Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
9366 annuloida
9367A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and alliedgroups
9368sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.[Written also Annuloidea.]
9369 annulosa
9370A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to theArticulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By somezoölogists it is applied to the former only.
9371 annulosan
9372One of the Annulosa.
9373 annulose
9374Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
9375 annulus
9376Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, variousanimals.
9377 annumerate
9378To add on
9379to count in. [Obs.] Wollaston.
9380 annumeration
9381Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
9382 annunciable
9383That may be announced or declared
9384declarable. [R.]
9385 annunciate
9386To announce.
9387 annunciation lily
9388The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because itis usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.
9389 annunciative
9390Pertaining to annunciation
9391announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More.
9392 annunciatory
9393Pertaining to, or containing, announcement
9394making known. [R.]
9395 anoa
9396A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to thebuffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
9397 anode
9398The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly theelectrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way tothe other pole
9399-- opposed to cathode.
9400 anodon
9401A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge.[Written also Anodonta.]
9402 anodyne
9403Serving to assuage pain
9404soothing.The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.
9405 anodynous
9406Anodyne.
9407 anoil
9408The anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.
9409 anoint
9410Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
9411 anointer
9412One who anoints.
9413 anointment
9414The act of anointing, or state of being anointed
9415also, anointment. Milton.
9416 anolis
9417A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. Theytake the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and inAmerica are often called chameleons.
9418 anomal
9419Anything anomalous. [R.]
9420 anomaliped
9421One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more orless united to the outer and inner ones.
9422 anomalism
9423An anomaly
9424a deviation from rule. Hooker.
9425 anomalistically
9426With irregularity.
9427 anomaloflorous
9428Having anomalous flowers.
9429 anomalous
9430Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy
9431abnormal
9432irregular
9433as, an anomalous proceeding.
9434 anomalously
9435In an anomalous manner.
9436 anomalousness
9437Quality of being anomalous.
9438 anomaly
9439Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specifictype.
9440 anomia
9441A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called fromtheir unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated forattachment.
9442 anomophyllous
9443Having leaves irregularly placed.
9444 anomuran
9445One of the Anomura.
9446 anomy
9447Disregard or violation of law. [R.] Glanvill.
9448 anona
9449A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural orderAnonaceæ, including the soursop.
9450 anonaceous
9451Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop,custard apple, etc.
9452 anonymity
9453The quality or state of being anonymous
9454anonymousness
9455also,that which anonymous. [R.]He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.
9456 anonymous
9457Nameless
9458of unknown name
9459also, of unknown /or unavowedauthorship
9460as, an anonymous benefactor
9461an anonymous pamphlet orletter.
9462 anonymously
9463In an anonymous manner
9464without a name. Swift.
9465 anonymousness
9466The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge.
9467 anopheles
9468A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malariaparasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means ofinfecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in theUnited States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoesof the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling thebeak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. Theyalso assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holdingthe body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping thehead and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at anangle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unlessthey become themselves infected by previously biting a subjectaffected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.
9469 anophyte
9470A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usuallyan upward growth and distinct leaves.
9471 anopla
9472One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
9473 anoplura
9474A group of insects which includes the lice.
9475 anormal
9476Not according to rule
9477abnormal. [Obs.]
9478 anorn
9479To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.
9480 anorthic
9481Having unequal oblique axes
9482as, anorthic crystals.
9483 anorthite
9484A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in smallglassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is alime feldspar. See Feldspar.
9485 anorthoclase
9486A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It ischiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57-- 2.60.
9487 anorthopia
9488Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.
9489 anorthoscope
9490An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures bymeans of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures arepainted.
9491 anorthosite
9492A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite.
9493 anosmia
9494Loss of the sense of smell.
9495 anothergaines
9496Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
9497 anothergates
9498Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
9499 anotherguess
9500Of another sort. [Archaic]It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
9501 anotta
9502See Annotto.
9503 anoura
9504See Anura.
9505 anourous
9506See Anurous.
9507 ansa
9508A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
9509 ansated
9510Having a handle. Johnson.
9511 anserated
9512Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions,etc.
9513as, an anserated cross.
9514 anseres
9515A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbedfeet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order wereincluded the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
9516 anseriformes
9517A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closelyallied forms.
9518 anserine
9519Pertaining to the Anseres.
9520 anserous
9521Resembling a goose
9522silly
9523simple. Sydney Smith.
9524 answer
9525A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings
9526aconfutation of what the other party has alleged
9527a responsivedeclaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is theusual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.Bouvier.
9528 answerableness
9529The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, orcorrespondent.
9530 answerably
9531In an answerable manner
9532in due proportion or correspondence
9533suitably.
9534 answerer
9535One who answers.
9536 answerless
9537Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.
9538 ant
9539A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which isnow made a family of several genera
9540an emmet
9541a pismire.
9542 ant bird
9543See Ant bird, under Ant, n.
9544 ant cow
9545Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
9546 ant egg
9547One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant,often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.
9548 ant
9549See Anti-, prefix.
9550 antbear
9551An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), livingon ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
9552 antcattle
9553Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for thesake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
9554 anteater
9555One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feedupon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
9556 anthill
9557A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming theirnests.
9558 antlion
9559A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand apitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species isMyrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.
9560 anta
9561A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at itstermination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital andbase.
9562 antacid
9563A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.-- a.
9564 antacrid
9565Corrective of acrimony of the humors.
9566 antaean
9567Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
9568 antagonism
9569Opposition of action
9570counteraction or contrariety of things orprinciples.
9571 antagonist
9572A muscle which acts in opposition to another
9573as a flexor,which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extendsit.
9574 antagonize
9575To contend with
9576to oppose actively
9577to counteract.
9578 antagony
9579Contest
9580opposition
9581antagonism. [Obs.]Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.
9582 antalgic
9583Alleviating pain.-- n.
9584 antalkaline
9585Of power to counteract alkalies.
9586 antambulacral
9587Away from the ambulacral region.
9588 antanagoge
9589A figure which consists in answering the charge of anadversary, by a counter charge.
9590 antaphrodisiac
9591Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.-- n.
9592 antaphroditic
9593An antaphroditic medicine.
9594 antapoplectic
9595Good against apoplexy.-- n.
9596 antarchism
9597Opposition to government in general. [R.]
9598 antarchist
9599One who opposes all government. [R.]
9600 antarctic
9601Opposite to the northern or arctic pole
9602relating to thesouthern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to acircle, distant from the pole 23º 28min. Thus we say the antarcticpole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
9603 antares
9604The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion'sHeart.
9605 antarthritic
9606A remedy against gout.
9607 antasthmatic
9608Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.-- n.
9609 ante
9610Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante)the game begins.
9611 ante mortem
9612Before death
9613-- generally used adjectivelly
9614as, an ante-mortem statement
9615ante-mortem examination.
9616 ante
9617A Latin preposition and prefix
9618akin to Gr. anti, Goth. and-,anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer,Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used inthe sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and theGr. opposite, or in the place of.
9619 anteact
9620A preceding act.
9621 anteal
9622Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming.
9623 antecedaneous
9624Antecedent
9625preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneousproof." Barrow.
9626 antecede
9627To go before in time or place
9628to precede
9629to surpass. Sir M.Hale.
9630 antecedence
9631An apparent motion of a planet toward the west
9632retrogradation.
9633 antecedency
9634The state or condition of being antecedent
9635priority.Fothherby.
9636 antecedent
9637The earlier events of one's life
9638previous principles, conduct,course, history. J. H. Newman.If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory issurely ours. Gen. G. McClellan.
9639 antecedently
9640Previously
9641before in time
9642at a time preceding
9643as,antecedently to conversion. Barrow.
9644 antechapel
9645The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.Shipley.
9646 antecians
9647See Ant.
9648 antecommunion
9649A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for thecommunion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
9650 antecursor
9651A forerunner
9652a precursor. [Obs.]
9653 antediluvial
9654Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
9655 antediluvian
9656Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time
9657hence, antiquated
9658as, an antediluvian vehicle.-- n.
9659 antefact
9660Something done before another act. [Obs.]
9661 anteflexion
9662A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in suchmanner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.
9663 antelope
9664One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between thedeer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. Thereare many species in Africa and Asia.The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.
9665 antelucan
9666Held or being before light
9667-- a word applied to assemblies ofChristians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in themorning. "Antelucan worship." De Quincey.
9668 antemeridian
9669Being before noon
9670in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev.a. m.)
9671 antemetic
9672Tending to check vomiting.-- n.
9673 antemosaic
9674Being before the time of Moses.
9675 antemundane
9676Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.
9677 antemural
9678An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in frontgateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
9679 antenatal
9680Before birth. Shelley.
9681 antenicene
9682Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the firstcouncil of Nice, held a. d. 325
9683as, antenicene faith.
9684 antenna
9685A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to theheads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, andusually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and insome species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near thebasal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and alsofeelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads ofother arthropods and of annelids.
9686 antennal
9687Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.
9688 antenniferous
9689Bearing or having antennæ.
9690 antenniform
9691Shaped like antennæ.
9692 antennule
9693A small antenna
9694-- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ orfeelers of Crustacea.
9695 antenumber
9696A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.
9697 antenuptial
9698Preceding marriage
9699as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.
9700 anteorbital
9701Same as Antorbital.
9702 antepaschal
9703Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
9704 antepast
9705A foretaste.Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.
9706 antependium
9707The hangings or screen in front of the altar
9708an altar cloth
9709the frontal. Smollett.
9710 antepenultimate
9711Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.-- n.
9712 antephialtic
9713Good against nightmare.-- n.
9714 antepileptic
9715Good against epilepsy.-- n.
9716 antepone
9717To put before
9718to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.
9719 anteport
9720An outer port, gate, or door.
9721 anteportico
9722An outer porch or vestibule.
9723 anteposition
9724The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules,ought to follow it.
9725 anteprandial
9726Preceding dinner.
9727 antepredicament
9728A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments andcategories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
9729 anteriority
9730The state of being anterior or preceding in time or insituation
9731priority. Pope.
9732 anteriorly
9733In an anterior manner
9734before.
9735 antero
9736A combining form meaning anterior, front
9737as, antero-posterior,front and back
9738antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
9739 anteroom
9740A room before, or forming an entrance to, another
9741a waitingroom.
9742 antestature
9743A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks ofearth.
9744 antestomach
9745A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.
9746 antetemple
9747The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
9748 anteversion
9749A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such mannerthat its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.
9750 antevert
9751To displace by anteversion.
9752 anthelion
9753A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or ringsaround the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on acloud or on an opposite fog bank.
9754 anthelix
9755Same as Antihelix.
9756 anthelmintic
9757Good against intestinal worms.-- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]
9758 anthem
9759To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.
9760 anthemion
9761A floral ornament. See Palmette.
9762 anthemis
9763Chamomile
9764a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
9765 anthemwise
9766Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon.
9767 anther
9768That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizingdust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of theovary.-- An"ther*al, a.
9769 antheridium
9770The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of acell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced
9771-- calledalso spermary.-- An`ther*id"i*al, a.
9772 antheriform
9773Shaped like an anther
9774anther-shaped.
9775 antherogenous
9776Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
9777 antheroid
9778Resembling an anther.
9779 anthesis
9780The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.
9781 anthobian
9782A beetle which feeds on flowers.
9783 anthobranchia
9784A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills forma wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. SeeNudibranchiata, and Doris.
9785 anthocarpous
9786Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to thepericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, andthe pineapple.
9787 anthocyanin
9788Same as Anthokyan.
9789 anthodium
9790The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many floretsare gathered into a involucrate head.
9791 anthography
9792A description of flowers.
9793 anthoid
9794Resembling a flower
9795flowerlike.
9796 anthokyan
9797The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
9798 antholite
9799A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.
9800 anthological
9801Pertaining to anthology
9802consisting of beautiful extracts fromdifferent authors, especially the poets.He published a geographical and anthological description of allempires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.
9803 anthologist
9804One who compiles an anthology.
9805 anthology
9806A service book containing a selection of pieces for thefestival services.
9807 anthomania
9808A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]
9809 anthophagous
9810Eating flowers
9811-- said of certain insects.
9812 anthophilous
9813Lit., fond of flowers
9814hence, feeding upon, or living among,flowers.
9815 anthophore
9816The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx andcorolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.
9817 anthophorous
9818Flower bearing
9819supporting the flower.
9820 anthophyllite
9821A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clovebrown color.-- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.
9822 anthorism
9823A description or definition contrary to that which is given bythe adverse party. [R.]
9824 anthotaxy
9825The arrangement of flowers in a cluster
9826the science of therelative position of flowers
9827inflorescence.
9828 anthozoa
9829The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and seaanemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria,Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
9830 anthozoan
9831Pertaining to the Anthozoa.-- n.
9832 anthozoic
9833Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
9834 anthracene
9835A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompaniesnaphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Itschief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written alsoanthracin.]
9836 anthracene oil
9837A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), whichdistills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is theprincipal source of anthracene.
9838 anthracic
9839Of or relating to anthrax
9840as, anthracic blood.
9841 anthraciferous
9842Yielding anthracite
9843as, anthraciferous strata.
9844 anthracite
9845A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster,differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, inconsequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. Thepurer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glancecoal and blind coal.
9846 anthracitic
9847Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite
9848as, anthraciticformations.
9849 anthracnose
9850Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic speciesof the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon,cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concavespots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is calledbird's-eye rot.
9851 anthracoid
9852Resembling anthrax in action
9853of the nature of anthrax
9854as, ananthracoid microbe.
9855 anthracomancy
9856Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
9857 anthracometer
9858An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in amixture.
9859 anthracometric
9860Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.
9861 anthraconite
9862A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell whenrubbed
9863-- called also stinkstone and swinestone.
9864 anthracosis
9865A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to theinhalation of coal dust
9866-- called also collier's lung and miner'sphthisis.
9867 anthraquinone
9868A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellowneedles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
9869 anthrax
9870A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis),resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
9871 anthrax vaccine
9872A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacteriumanthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp.cattle.
9873 anthrenus
9874A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larvalstate, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common"museum pest" is A. varius
9875the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. Thelarvæ are commonly confounded with moths.
9876 anthropidae
9877The group that includes man only.
9878 anthropocentric
9879Assuming man as the center or ultimate end
9880-- applied totheories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.Draper.
9881 anthropogenic
9882Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
9883 anthropogeny
9884The science or study of human generation, or the origin anddevelopment of man.
9885 anthropogeography
9886The science of the human species as to geographicaldistribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial,commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology whichdeals with distribution and physical environment. --An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher (#), n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al (#),a.
9887 anthropoglot
9888An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as theparrot.
9889 anthropography
9890That branch of anthropology which treats of the actualdistribution of the human race in its different divisions, asdistinguished by physical character, language, institutions, andcustoms, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treatshistorically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P.Cyc.
9891 anthropoid
9892Resembling man
9893-- applied especially to certain apes, as theourang or gorilla.-- n.
9894 anthropoidal
9895Anthropoid.
9896 anthropoidea
9897The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, andman.
9898 anthropolatry
9899Man worship.
9900 anthropolite
9901A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
9902 anthropologist
9903One who is versed in anthropology.
9904 anthropomancy
9905Divination by the entrails of human being.
9906 anthropometry
9907Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings,especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations,etc. Dunglison.
9908 anthropomorpha
9909The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
9910 anthropomorphic
9911Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley.-- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.
9912 anthropomorphist
9913One who attributes the human form or other human attributes tothe Deity or to anything not human.
9914 anthropomorphite
9915One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deityor to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect ofancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc.Tillotson.
9916 anthropomorphitic
9917to anthropomorphism. Kitto.
9918 anthropomorphitism
9919Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.
9920 anthropomorphize
9921To attribute a human form or personality to.You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing.Lowell.
9922 anthropomorphology
9923The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
9924 anthropomorphosis
9925Transformation into the form of a human being.
9926 anthropomorphous
9927Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man
9928as, ananthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.
9929 anthropopathite
9930One who ascribes human feelings to deity.
9931 anthropophagi
9932Man eaters
9933cannibals. Shak.
9934 anthropophaginian
9935One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.
9936 anthropophagite
9937A cannibal. W. Taylor.
9938 anthropophagous
9939Feeding on human flesh
9940cannibal.
9941 anthropophagy
9942The eating of human flesh
9943cannibalism.
9944 anthropophuism
9945Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.
9946 anthroposcopy
9947The art of discovering or judging of a man's character,passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]
9948 anthroposophy
9949Knowledge of the nature of man
9950hence, human wisdom.
9951 anthropotomical
9952Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
9953 anthropotomist
9954One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
9955 anthropotomy
9956The anatomy or dissection of the human body
9957androtomy. Owen.
9958 anthypnotic
9959See Antihypnotic.
9960 anthypochondriac
9961See Antihypochondriac.
9962 anthysteric
9963See Antihysteric.
9964 anti
9965A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, orin place of
9966-- used in composition in many English words. It isoften shortened to ant-
9967as, antacid, antarctic.
9968 antiamerican
9969Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to thegenius of American institutions. Marshall.
9970 antifederalist
9971One of party opposed to a federative government
9972-- appliedparticularly to the party which opposed the adoption of theconstitution of the United States. Pickering.
9973 antigallican
9974Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
9975 antiimperialism
9976Opposition to imperialism
9977-- applied specif., in the UnitedStates, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude orprinciples of those opposing territorial expansion
9978in England, ofthose, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of theempire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters ofcommerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti-im*pe`ri*al*is"tic (#), a.
9979 antisemitism
9980Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti-Sem"ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic (#), a.
9981 antitrade
9982A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to thetrade wind.
9983 antiae
9984The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of somebirds
9985the frontal points.
9986 antialbumid
9987A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion.It is convertible into antipeptone.
9988 antialbumose
9989See Albumose.
9990 antiaphrodisiac
9991Same as Antaphrodisiac.
9992 antiapoplectic
9993Same as Antapoplectic.
9994 antiar
9995A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of onespecies of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
9996 antiarin
9997A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.
9998 antiasthmatic
9999Same as Antasthmatic.
10000 antiattrition
10001Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compoundlubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, withsome greasy material
10002antifriction grease.
10003 antibacchius
10004A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the lastshort.
10005 antibillous
10006Counteractive of bilious complaints
10007tending to relievebiliousness.
10008 antibody
10009Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act inantagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteriaproducing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently containsvariousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cellsalso results in the development of their specific antibodies.
10010 antibrachial
10011Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
10012 antibrachium
10013That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus
10014the forearm.
10015 antibromic
10016An agent that destroys offensive smells
10017a deodorizer.
10018 antibubonic
10019Good or used against bubonic plague
10020as, antibubonic serum,obtained from immunized horses
10021antibubonic vaccine, a sterilizedbouillon culture of the plague bacillus
10022antibubonic measures.
10023 antiburgher
10024One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improperto take the Burgess oath.
10025 antic
10026"Lords of antic fame." Phaer.
10027 anticmask
10028An antimask. B. Jonson.
10029 anticatarrhal
10030Efficacious against catarrh.-- n.
10031 anticathode
10032The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it thecathode rays impinge.
10033 anticausodic
10034Same as Anticausotic.
10035 anticausotic
10036Good against an inflammatory fever.-- n.
10037 antichamber
10038See Antechamber.
10039 antichlor
10040Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used inremoving the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs afterbleaching.
10041 antichrist
10042A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist,person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.
10043 antichristian
10044Opposed to the Christian religion.
10045 antichristianly
10046In an antichristian manner.
10047 antichronical
10048Deviating from the proper order of time.-- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.
10049 antichronism
10050Deviation from the true order of time
10051anachronism. [R.]Selden.
10052 antichthon
10053Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.
10054 anticipant
10055Anticipating
10056expectant
10057-- with of.Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey.
10058 anticipation
10059The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or duringthe chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
10060 anticipative
10061Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of thefeast to come." Cary.-- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.
10062 anticipator
10063One who anticipates.
10064 anticipatory
10065Forecasting
10066of the nature of anticipation. Owen.Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.
10067 anticivic
10068Opposed to citizenship.
10069 anticivism
10070Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.
10071 anticlastic
10072Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinallyin one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as thesurface of a saddle.
10073 anticlimax
10074A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less importantand striking, at the close
10075-- the opposite of climax. It produces aridiculous effect. Example:Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINALAn`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.
10076 anticlinal
10077The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in oppositedirections.
10078 anticline
10079A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides ofan axis or axial plane dip away from the axis
10080an anticlinal.
10081 anticlinorium
10082The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting froma geanticlinal.
10083 anticly
10084Oddly
10085grotesquely.
10086 anticness
10087The quality of being antic. Ford.
10088 anticoherer
10089A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit ofsilver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus forreading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on thiscontrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherercan be used in conjunction with a telephone.
10090 anticonstitutional
10091Opposed to the constitution
10092unconstitutional.
10093 anticontagious
10094Opposing or destroying contagion.
10095 anticonvulsive
10096Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.
10097 anticor
10098A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, justopposite the heart.
10099 anticous
10100Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrseanthers of the water lily.
10101 anticyclone
10102A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regardsdirection of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, tothat of a cyclone.-- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a.-- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv.
10103 antidiphtheritic
10104Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli.-- n.
10105 antidotal
10106Having the quality an antidote
10107fitted to counteract theeffects of poison. Sir T. Browne.-- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.
10108 antidotary
10109Antidotal.-- n. Antidote
10110also, a book of antidotes.
10111 antidotical
10112Serving as an antidote.-- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv.
10113 antidromous
10114Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on astem.
10115 antidysenteric
10116Good against dysentery.-- n.
10117 antiemetic
10118Same as Antemetic.
10119 antiephialtic
10120Same as Antephialtic.
10121 antiepileptic
10122Same as Antepileptic.
10123 antifebrile
10124Febrifuge.
10125 antifebrine
10126Acetanilide.
10127 antifriction
10128Something to lessea. Tending to lessen friction.
10129 antigalastic
10130Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
10131 antigraph
10132A copy or transcript.
10133 antiguggler
10134A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of abottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment orcausing a gurgling noise.
10135 antihelix
10136The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or infront of the helix. See Ear.
10137 antihemorrhagic
10138Tending to stop hemorrhage.-- n.
10139 antihydrophobic
10140Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.-- n.
10141 antihydropic
10142Good against dropsy.-- n.
10143 antihypnotic
10144Tending to prevent sleep.-- n.
10145 antihypochondriac
10146Counteractive of hypochondria.-- n.
10147 antihysteric
10148Counteracting hysteria.-- n.
10149 antiicteric
10150Good against jaundice.-- n.
10151 antilegomena
10152Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time notuniversally received, but which are now considered canonical. Theseare the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, thesecond Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, andthe Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
10153 antilibration
10154A balancing
10155equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.
10156 antilithic
10157Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or todestroy them when formed.-- n.
10158 antilogarithm
10159The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has beensometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a givenlogarithm
10160also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a givenlogarithmic sine.-- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic, a.
10161 antilogous
10162Of the contrary name or character
10163-- opposed to analogous.Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomesnegatively electrified when heated.
10164 antilogy
10165A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. SirW. Hamilton.
10166 antiloimic
10167A remedy against the plague. Brande & C.
10168 antilopine
10169Of or relating to the antelope.
10170 antiloquist
10171A contradicter. [Obs.]
10172 antiloquy
10173Contradiction. [Obs.]
10174 antilyssic
10175Antihydrophobic.
10176 antimacassar
10177A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., toprevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from thehair.
10178 antimagistrical
10179Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.]South.
10180 antimalarial
10181Good against malaria.
10182 antimask
10183A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts ofa serious mask. [Written also anue.] Bacon.
10184 antimason
10185One opposed to Freemasonry.-- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.
10186 antimasonry
10187Opposition to Freemasonry.
10188 antimephitic
10189Good against mephitic or deletplwious gases.-- n.
10190 antimere
10191One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals
10192oneof any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
10193 antimetabole
10194A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated intransposed order.
10195 antimetathesis
10196An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverseorder.
10197 antimeter
10198A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.[Obs.]
10199 antimonarchist
10200An enemy to monarchial government.
10201 antimonate
10202A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.[Written also antimoniate.]
10203 antimonial
10204Of or pertaining to antimony.-- n. (Med.)
10205 antimoniated
10206Combined or prepared with antimony
10207as, antimoniated tartar.
10208 antimonic
10209Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony
10210-- said of thosecompounds of antimony in which this element has its highestequivalence
10211as, antimonic acid.
10212 antimonious
10213Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony
10214-- said of thosecompounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence nextlower than the highest
10215as, antimonious acid.
10216 antimonite
10217A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
10218 antimoniureted
10219Combined with or containing antimony
10220as, antimoniuretedhydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
10221 antimonsoon
10222The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over amonsoon.
10223 antimony
10224An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearanceand physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging tothe class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
10225 antinational
10226Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a nationalgovernment.
10227 antinephritic
10228Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.-- n.
10229 antinomian
10230Of or pertaining to the Antinomians
10231opposed to the doctrinethat the moral law is obligatory.
10232 antinomianism
10233The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.
10234 antinomist
10235An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.
10236 antinomy
10237A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language
10238--in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from theattempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributeswhich are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts ofexperience.
10239 antiodontalgic
10240Efficacious in curing toothache.-- n.
10241 antiorgastic
10242Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire
10243sedative.
10244 antipapal
10245Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.
10246 antiparallel
10247Running in a contrary direction. Hammond.
10248 antiparallels
10249Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respectopposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
10250 antiparalytic
10251Good against paralysis.-- n.
10252 antiparalytical
10253Antiparalytic.
10254 antipasch
10255The Sunday after Easter
10256Low Sunday.
10257 antipathic
10258Belonging to antipathy
10259opposite
10260contrary
10261allopathic.
10262 antipathist
10263One who has an antipathy. [R.] "Antipathist of light."Coleridge.
10264 antipathize
10265To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
10266 antipathous
10267Having a natural contrariety
10268adverse
10269antipathetic. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.
10270 antipeptone
10271A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing fromhemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action ofpancreatic juice.
10272 antiperiodic
10273A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return ofperiodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittentfevers.
10274 antiperistaltic
10275Opposed to, or checking motion
10276acting upward
10277-- applied to aninverted action of the intestinal tube.
10278 antiperistasis
10279Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength
10280resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of anopposite principle or quality.
10281 antiperistatic
10282Pertaining to antiperistasis.
10283 antipetalous
10284Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
10285 antipharmic
10286Antidotal
10287alexipharmic.
10288 antiphlogistian
10289An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
10290 antiphlogistic
10291Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
10292 antiphonal
10293Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing
10294sungalternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly.-- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
10295 antiphonary
10296A book containing a collection of antiphons
10297the book in whichthe antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, arecontained.
10298 antiphone
10299The response which one side of the choir makes to the other ina chant
10300alternate chanting or signing.
10301 antiphoner
10302A book of antiphons. Chaucer.
10303 antiphonic
10304Antiphonal.
10305 antiphrasis
10306The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning
10307as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
10308 antiphthisic
10309Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.-- n.
10310 antiphysical
10311Contrary to nature
10312unnatural.
10313 antiplastic
10314Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
10315 antipodagric
10316Good against gout.-- n.
10317 antipode
10318One of the antipodes
10319anything exactly opposite.In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to yourking. Lamb.
10320 antipodean
10321Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world
10322antipodal.
10323 antipole
10324The opposite pole
10325anything diametrically opposed. Geo. Eliot.
10326 antipope
10327One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to thepope canonically chosen
10328esp. applied to those popes who resided atAvignon during the Great Schism.
10329 antipsoric
10330Of use in curing the itch.-- n.
10331 antiptosis
10332The putting of one case for another.
10333 antipyic
10334Checking or preventing suppuration.-- n.
10335 antipyresis
10336The condition or state of being free from fever.
10337 antipyretic
10338Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.-- n.
10339 antipyrine
10340An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abatingfever.
10341 antipyrotic
10342Good against burns or pyrosis.-- n.
10343 antiquarian
10344Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity
10345as, antiquarianliterature.
10346 antiquarianism
10347Character of an antiquary
10348study or love of antiquities.Warburton.
10349 antiquarianize
10350To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]
10351 antiquary
10352Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquarytimes." Shak.
10353 antiquate
10354To make old, or obsolete
10355to make antique
10356to make old in sucha degree as to put out of use
10357hence, to make void, or abrogate.Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate orabrogate old one. Sir M. Hale.
10358 antiquated
10359Grown old. Hence: Bygone
10360obsolete
10361out of use
10362old-fashioned
10363as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden.Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant wasdenominated. Sir W. Scott.
10364 antiquatedness
10365Quality of being antiquated.
10366 antiquateness
10367Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
10368 antiquation
10369The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.Beaumont.
10370 antique
10371In general, anything very old
10372but in a more limited sense, arelic or object of ancient art
10373collectively, the antique, theremains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.
10374 antiquely
10375In an antique manner.
10376 antiqueness
10377The quality of being antique
10378an appearance of ancient originand workmanship.We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.Addison.
10379 antiquist
10380An antiquary
10381a collector of antiques. [R.] Pinkerton.
10382 antiquitarian
10383An admirer of antiquity.
10384 antirachitic
10385Good against the rickets.
10386 antirenter
10387One opposed to the payment of rent
10388esp. one of those who in1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons fromthe settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.-- An`ti*rent"ism, n.
10389 antisabbatarian
10390One of a sect which opposes the observance of the ChristianSabbath.
10391 antisacerdotal
10392Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.
10393 antiscorbutic
10394Counteracting scurvy.-- n.
10395 antiscorbutical
10396Antiscorbutic.
10397 antiscriptural
10398Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
10399 antisepalous
10400Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
10401 antisepsis
10402Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms.
10403 antiseptic
10404A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, ordestroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms
10405as, salt,carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
10406 antiseptically
10407By means of antiseptics.
10408 antisialagogue
10409Checking the flow of saliva.
10410 antislavery
10411Opposed to slavery.-- n.
10412 antisocial
10413Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse
10414averse tosociety, or hostile to its existence
10415as, antisocial principles.
10416 antisocialist
10417One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists orsocialism.
10418 antisolar
10419Opposite to the sun
10420-- said of the point in the heavens 180distant from the sun.
10421 antispasmodic
10422Good against spasms.-- n.
10423 antispast
10424A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and thesecond and third long.
10425 antispastic
10426An antispastic agent.
10427 antisplenetic
10428Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.-- n.
10429 antistrophic
10430Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
10431 antistrophon
10432An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.
10433 antistrumatic
10434Antistrumous.-- n.
10435 antistrumous
10436Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman.
10437 antisyphilitic
10438Efficacious against syphilis.-- n.
10439 antitheism
10440The doctrine of antitheists.-- An`ti*the*is"tic, a.
10441 antitheist
10442A disbeliever in the existence of God.
10443 antithesis
10444An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring inthe same sentence
10445as, "The prodigal robs his heir
10446the miser robshimself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell
10447he how openly aimed atthe Queen."
10448 antithet
10449An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon.
10450 antithetically
10451By way antithesis.
10452 antitragus
10453A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha ofthe external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.
10454 antitrochanter
10455An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which thegreat trochanter of the femur plays.
10456 antitypal
10457Antitypical. [R.]
10458 antitype
10459That of which the type pattern or representation
10460that which isrepresented by the type or symbol.
10461 antitypical
10462Of or pertaining to an antitype
10463explaining the type.-- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
10464 antitypous
10465Resisting blows
10466hard. [Obs.] Cudworth.
10467 antitypy
10468Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [R.] Sir W.Hamilton.
10469 antivaccination
10470Opposition to vaccination. London Times.
10471 antivaccinationist
10472An antivaccinist.
10473 antivaccinist
10474One opposed to vaccination.
10475 antivariolous
10476Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
10477 antivenereal
10478Good against venereal poison
10479antisyphilitic.
10480 antivenin
10481The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeatedinjections of small doses of the venom.
10482 antivivisection
10483Opposition to vivisection.
10484 antivivisectionist
10485One opposed to vivisection
10486 antizymic
10487Preventing fermentation.
10488 antizymotic
10489Preventing fermentation or decomposition.-- n.
10490 antler
10491The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervineanimal, as of a stag.Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay.
10492 antlered
10493Furnished with antlers.The antlered stag. Cowper.
10494 antlia
10495The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. SeeLepidoptera.
10496 antonomasia
10497The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, orthe like, instead of the proper name of the person
10498as when hismajesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,the philosopher
10499or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead ofan appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminentorator a Cicero.
10500 antonomastic
10501Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.-- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv.
10502 antonomasy
10503Antonomasia.
10504 antonym
10505A word of opposite meaning
10506a counterterm
10507-- used as acorrelative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.
10508 antorbital
10509Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of theorbit.-- n.
10510 antorgastic
10511See Antiorgastic.
10512 antozone
10513A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, butnow known to be hydrogen dioxide
10514-- so called because apparentlyantagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.
10515 antral
10516Relating to an antrum.
10517 antre
10518A cavern. [Obs.] Shak.
10519 antrorse
10520Forward or upward in direction. Gray.
10521 antrovert
10522To bend forward. [R.] Owen.
10523 antrum
10524A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus. Huxley.
10525 antrustion
10526A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in theirenterprises.
10527 anubis
10528An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits,represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
10529 anura
10530One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence ofa tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]
10531 anurous
10532Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also writtenanourous.]
10533 anury
10534Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine
10535ischury.
10536 anus
10537The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through whichthe excrements are expelled.
10538 anvil
10539the incus. See Incus. To be on the anvil, to be in a state ofdiscussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure isforming, but not matured. Swift.
10540 anxietude
10541The state of being anxious
10542anxiety. [R.]
10543 anxiety
10544A state of restlessness and agitation, often with generalindisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at theepigastrium. Dunglison.
10545 anxiously
10546In an anxious manner
10547with painful uncertainty
10548solicitously.
10549 anxiousness
10550The quality of being anxious
10551great solicitude
10552anxiety.
10553 any
10554To any extent
10555in any degree
10556at all.You are not to go loose any longer. Shak.Before you go any farther. Steele.
10557 anyhow
10558In any way or manner whatever
10559at any rate
10560in any event.Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginatederror. J. H. Newman.Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A.Freeman.
10561 anyone
10562One taken at random rather than by selection
10563anybody.
10564 anything
10565In any measure
10566anywise
10567at all.Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . .anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).
10568 anythingarian
10569One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
10570 anywhere
10571In any place. Udall.
10572 anywhither
10573To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe.
10574 anywise
10575In any wise or way
10576at all. "Anywise essential." Burke.
10577 aonian
10578Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who weresupposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, atthe foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to theMuses.
10579 aorist
10580A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action ascompleted in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, whollyindeterminate.
10581 aoristic
10582Indefinite
10583pertaining to the aorist tense.
10584 aorta
10585The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to allparts of the body except the lungs
10586the main trunk of the arterialsystem.
10587 aortic
10588Of or pertaining to the aorta.
10589 aortitis
10590Inflammation of the aorta.
10591 aoudad
10592An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus)having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, thechamois of the Old Testament.
10593 apace
10594With a quick pace
10595quick
10596fast
10597speedily.His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser.A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.
10598 apaches
10599A group of nomadic North American Indians including severaltribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
10600 apagoge
10601An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing theimpossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
10602 apaid
10603Paid
10604pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.
10605 apair
10606To impair or become impaired
10607to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
10608 apalachian
10609See Appalachian.
10610 apanage
10611Same as Appanage.
10612 apanthropy
10613An aversion to the company of men
10614a love of solitude.
10615 aparejo
10616A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service andamong the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay,moss, or the like.
10617 aparithmesis
10618Enumeration of parts or particulars.
10619 apartment house
10620A building comprising a number of suites designed for separatehousekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light,elevator service, etc., furnished in common
10621-- often distinguishedin the United States from a flat house.
10622 apartness
10623The quality of standing apart.
10624 apastron
10625That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller staris farthest from its primary.
10626 apathetically
10627In an apathetic manner.
10628 apathist
10629One who is destitute of feeling.
10630 apathistical
10631Apathetic
10632une motional. [R.]
10633 apathy
10634Want of feeling
10635privation of passion, emotion, or excitement
10636dispassion
10637-- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied tothe mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference,incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertionby pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay.A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . toleave events to take their own course. Prescott.According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passionsby the ascendency of reason. Fleming.
10638 apatite
10639Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sidedprisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
10640 apaume
10641See Appaum.
10642 ape
10643A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teethof the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the samenumber and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheekpouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates,and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. Thehigher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often calledanthropoid apes or man apes.
10644 apeak
10645In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable hasbeen sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship isthem said to be hove apeak. [Spelt also apeek.]
10646 apehood
10647The state of being an ape.
10648 apellous
10649Destitute of skin. Brande & C.
10650 apennine
10651Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain ofmountains extending through Italy.
10652 apepsy
10653Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe.
10654 aper
10655One who apes.
10656 apercu
10657A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation soobtained
10658an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative ratherthan analytic.
10659 aperea
10660The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
10661 aperient
10662Gently opening the bowels
10663laxative.-- n.
10664 aperitive
10665Serving to open
10666aperient. Harvey.
10667 apert
10668Open
10669ev [Archaic] Fotherby.
10670 apertion
10671The act of opening
10672an opening
10673an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman.
10674 apertly
10675Openly
10676clearly. [Archaic]
10677 apertness
10678Openness
10679frankness. [Archaic]
10680 aperture
10681The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of atelescope or other optical instrument
10682as, a telescope of four-inchaperture.
10683 apetalous
10684Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].
10685 apetalousness
10686The state of being apetalous.
10687 apex
10688The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.] Apex ofthe earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward whichthe earth is moving in its orbit.
10689 aphaeresis
10690Same as Apheresis.
10691 aphakia
10692An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of thecrystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is theuse of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison.
10693 aphakial
10694Pertaining to aphakia
10695as, aphakial eyes.
10696 aphaniptera
10697A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. SeeFlea.
10698 aphanipterous
10699Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.
10700 aphanite
10701A very compact, dark-colored
10702 aphanitic
10703Resembling aphanite
10704having a very fine-grained structure.
10705 aphasic
10706Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia
10707speechless.
10708 aphelion
10709That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distantfrom the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
10710 apheliotropic
10711Turning away from the sun
10712-- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.
10713 apheliotropism
10714The habit of bending from the sunlight
10715-- said of certainplants.
10716 aphemia
10717Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power ofwriting
10718-- a disorder of cerebral origin.
10719 apheresis
10720The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of aword
10721e. g., cute for acute.
10722 aphesis
10723The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of aword
10724-- the result of a phonetic process
10725as, squire for esquire.New Eng. Dict.
10726 aphetic
10727Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginningof a word
10728as, an aphetic word or form.-- A*phet"ic*al*ly, adv. New Eng. Dict.
10729 aphetism
10730An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.
10731 aphetize
10732To shorten by aphesis.These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.
10733 aphid
10734One of the genus Aphis
10735an aphidian.
10736 aphides
10737See Aphis.
10738 aphidian
10739Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ.-- n.
10740 aphidivorous
10741Devouring aphides
10742aphidophagous.
10743 aphidophagous
10744Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of thefamily Coccinellidæ.
10745 aphilanthropy
10746Want of love to mankind
10747-- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.
10748 aphis
10749A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and familyAphidæ, including numerous species known as plant lice and greenflies.
10750 aphis lion
10751The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feedsvoraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of theladybugs (Coccinella).
10752 aphlogistic
10753Flameless
10754as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire iskept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
10755 aphorism
10756A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words
10757asharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than topractical matters.The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art islong." Fleming.
10758 aphorismer
10759A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.]Milton.
10760 aphorist
10761A writer or utterer of aphorisms.
10762 aphoristically
10763In the form or manner of aphorisms
10764pithily.
10765 aphorize
10766To make aphorisms.
10767 aphotic
10768Without light.
10769 aphotic region
10770A depth of water so great that only those organisms can existthat do not assimilate.
10771 aphrite
10772See under Calcite.
10773 aphrodisiac
10774That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites tovenery.
10775 aphrodisian
10776Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is,courtesans]. C. Reade.
10777 aphrodite
10778The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of theRomans.
10779 aphroditic
10780Venereal. [R.] Dunglison.
10781 aphthae
10782Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on thelips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonlycharacteristic of thrush.
10783 aphthoid
10784Of the nature of aphthæ
10785resembling thrush.
10786 aphthong
10787A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling aword, but in the pronunciation having no sound.-- Aph*thon"gal, a.
10788 aphthous
10789Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ
10790characterized by aphtæ
10791as, aphthous ulcers
10792aphthous fever.
10793 aphyllous
10794Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceousplants, etc.
10795 apiaceous
10796Umbelliferous.
10797 apian
10798Belonging to bees.
10799 apiarian
10800Of or relating to bees.
10801 apiarist
10802One who keeps an apiary.
10803 apiary
10804A place where bees are kept
10805a stand or shed for bees
10806abeehouse.
10807 apical
10808At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.
10809 apices
10810See Apex.
10811 apician
10812Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure
10813hence appliedto whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.H. Rogers.
10814 apicular
10815Situated at, or near, the apex
10816apical.
10817 apiculture
10818Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
10819 apiece
10820Each by itself
10821by the single one
10822to each
10823as the share ofeach
10824as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . athousand pounds apiece." Hume.
10825 apieces
10826In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.
10827 apiked
10828Trimmed. [Obs.]Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer.
10829 apiol
10830An oily liquid derived from parsley.
10831 apiologist
10832A student of bees. [R.] Emerson.
10833 apiology
10834The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.
10835 apis
10836A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including thecommon honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. SeeHoneybee.
10837 apish
10838Having the qualities of an ape
10839prone to imitate in a servilemanner. Hence: Apelike
10840fantastically silly
10841foppish
10842affected
10843trifling.The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.
10844 apishly
10845In an apish manner
10846with servile imitation
10847foppishly.
10848 apishness
10849The quality of being apish
10850mimicry
10851foppery.
10852 apitpat
10853With quick beating or palpitation
10854pitapat. Congreve.
10855 aplacental
10856Belonging to the Aplacentata
10857without placenta.
10858 aplacentata
10859Mammals which have no placenta.
10860 aplacophora
10861A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or coveredwith slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.
10862 aplanatic
10863Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combinedas to remove spherical aberration
10864-- said of a lens. Aplanatic focusof a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging passthe lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lensesthere are two such foci
10865and it is by taking advantage of this factthat the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes areconstructed.
10866 aplanatism
10867Freedom from spherical aberration.
10868 aplanogamete
10869A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.
10870 aplasia
10871Incomplete or faulty development.
10872 aplastic
10873Not plastic or easily molded.
10874 aplomb
10875Assurance of manner or of action
10876self-possession.
10877 aplotomy
10878Simple incision. Dunglison.
10879 aplustre
10880An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usuallyspreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.
10881 aplysia
10882A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata
10883thesea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purpleliquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. inAppendix.
10884 apneumatic
10885Devoid of air
10886free from air
10887as, an apneumatic lung
10888also,effected by or with exclusion of air
10889as, an apneumatic operation.
10890 apneumona
10891An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratoryorgans are wanting
10892-- called also Apoda or Apodes.
10893 apo
10894A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from,away from, off, or asunder, separate
10895as, in apocope (a cutting off),apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
10896 apocalypse
10897Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to theRevelation of St. John
10898containing, or of the nature of, a propheticrevelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev.xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.
10899 apocalyptically
10900By revelation
10901in an apocalyptic manner.
10902 apocarpous
10903Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of acompound pistil
10904-- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.
10905 apochromatic
10906Free from chromatic and spherical aberration
10907-- said esp. of alens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the samefocus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more completethan where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinaryachromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.
10908 apocodeine
10909An alkaloid, , prepared from codeine. In its effects itresembles apomorphine.
10910 apocopate
10911To cut off or drop
10912as, to apocopate a word, or the lastletter, syllable, or part of a word.
10913 apocopation
10914Shortening by apocope
10915the state of being apocopated.
10916 apocope
10917A cutting off
10918abscission.
10919 apocrustic
10920Astringent and repellent.-- n.
10921 apocryphalist
10922One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]
10923 apocryphally
10924In an apocryphal manner
10925mythically
10926not indisputably.
10927 apocryphalness
10928The quality or state of being apocryphal
10929doubtfulness ofcredit or genuineness.
10930 apocynin
10931A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynumcannabinum).
10932 apodan
10933Apodal.
10934 apodeme
10935One of the processes of the shell which project inwards andunite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
10936 apodictic
10937Same as Apodeictic.
10938 apodixis
10939Full demonstration.
10940 apodosis
10941The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence,expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis orclause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though heslay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis,and the latter the apodosis.
10942 apodous
10943Apodal
10944apod.
10945 apodyterium
10946The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra,where one stripped
10947a dressing room.
10948 apogaic
10949Apogean.
10950 apogamic
10951Relating to apogamy.
10952 apogamy
10953The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule oroöspore. De Bary.
10954 apogeal
10955Apogean.
10956 apogean
10957Connected with the apogee
10958as, apogean (neap) tides, whichoccur when the moon has passed her apogee.
10959 apogee
10960That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatestdistance from the earth.
10961 apogeotropic
10962Bending away from the ground
10963-- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.
10964 apogeotropism
10965The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
10966 apograph
10967A copy or transcript. Blount.
10968 apohyal
10969Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
10970 apoise
10971Balanced.
10972 apolar
10973Having no radiating processes
10974-- applied particularly tocertain nerve cells.
10975 apolaustic
10976Devoted to enjoyment.
10977 apollinarian
10978In honor of Apollo
10979as, the Apollinarian games.
10980 apollinaris water
10981An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a tablebeverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
10982 apollo
10983A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of lightand day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, andmusic, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace andbeauty
10984-- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebratedstatue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace atRome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.
10985 apollyon
10986The Destroyer
10987-- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel ofthe bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
10988 apologer
10989A teller of apologues. [Obs.]
10990 apologetically
10991By way of apology.
10992 apologetics
10993That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, andsets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
10994 apologist
10995One who makes an apology
10996one who speaks or writes in defenseof a faith, a cause, or an institution
10997especially, one who argues indefense of Christianity.
10998 apologize
10999To defend. [Obs.]The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson.
11000 apologizer
11001One who makes an apology
11002an apologist.
11003 apologue
11004A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to conveysome moral truth
11005a moral fable.
11006 apology
11007To offer an apology. [Obs.]For which he can not well apology. J. Webster.
11008 apomecometer
11009An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.
11010 apomecometry
11011The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. orR.]
11012 aponeurosis
11013Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ whichcover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles.They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. SeeFascia.
11014 aponeurotic
11015Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
11016 aponeurotomy
11017Dissection of aponeuroses.
11018 apopemptic
11019Sung or addressed to one departing
11020valedictory
11021as, apoplecticsongs or hymns.
11022 apophasis
11023A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice ofa favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effectdesired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., JuliusCæsar, iii. 2.]
11024 apophlegmatic
11025Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouthor nostrils.-- n.
11026 apophlegmatism
11027The action of apophlegmatics.
11028 apophlegmatizant
11029An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]
11030 apophthegm
11031See Apothegm.
11032 apophyge
11033The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of theshaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet
11034--called also the scape. Parker.
11035 apophyllite
11036A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in squareprisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Itis a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
11037 apophysis
11038A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
11039 apoplectic
11040One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
11041 apoplex
11042Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden.
11043 apoplexed
11044Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak.
11045 apoplexy
11046Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, andvoluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
11047 aporetical
11048Doubting
11049skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.
11050 aporia
11051A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss whatcourse to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
11052 aporosa
11053A group of corals in which the coral is not porous
11054-- opposedto Perforata.
11055 aporose
11056Without pores.
11057 aport
11058On or towards the port or left side
11059-- said of the helm.
11060 aposematic
11061Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors orstructures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, asin the skunk.
11062 aposiopesis
11063A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, asif unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind
11064as, "I declareto you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
11065 apositic
11066Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.
11067 apostasy
11068An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed
11069a totaldesertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party
11070esp.,the renunciation of a religious faith
11071as, Julian's apostasy fromChristianity.
11072 apostate
11073One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces hisclerical profession.
11074 apostatic
11075Apostatical. [R.]
11076 apostatical
11077Apostate.An heretical and apostatical church. Bp. Hall.
11078 apostatize
11079To renounce totally a religious belief once professed
11080toforsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the partyto which one has previously adhered.He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing inCarlyle.
11081 apostemate
11082To form an abscess
11083to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman.
11084 apostemation
11085The formation of an aposteme
11086the process of suppuration.[Written corruptly imposthumation.] Wiseman.
11087 apostematous
11088Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
11089 aposteme
11090An abscess
11091a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Writtencorruptly imposthume.]
11092 apostle
11093A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to thesuperior court, stating the case, etc.
11094a paper sent up on appeals inthe admiralty courts. Wharton. Burrill. Apostles' creed, a creed ofunknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. Itcertainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and someassert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourthcentury.-- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handleterminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered bysponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson.
11095 apostleship
11096The office or dignity of an apostle.
11097 apostolic
11098A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various timesprofessed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
11099 apostolic delegate
11100The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior toa nuncio.
11101 apostolically
11102In an apostolic manner.
11103 apostolicalness
11104Apostolicity. Dr. H. More.
11105 apostrophe
11106A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenlybreaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses,in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present
11107as,Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of"Paradise Lost."
11108 apostrophic
11109Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
11110 apostrophize
11111To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
11112 apostume
11113See Aposteme. [Obs.]
11114 apotactite
11115One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitationof the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
11116 apotelesm
11117The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.
11118 apothecary
11119One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinalpurposes.
11120 apothecium
11121The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses ofvarious shapes.
11122 apothegmatist
11123A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.
11124 apothegmatize
11125To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
11126 apothem
11127The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of aregular polygon.
11128 apotheosize
11129To exalt to the dignity of a deity
11130to declare to be a god
11131todeify
11132to glorify.
11133 apotome
11134The difference between two quantities commensurable only inpower, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and sideof a square.
11135 apozem
11136A decoction or infusion. [Obs.] Wiseman.
11137 apozemical
11138Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker.
11139 appair
11140To impair
11141to grow worse. [Obs.]
11142 appalachian
11143Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States,commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
11144 appall
11145Terror
11146dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.
11147 appalling
11148Such as to appall
11149as, an appalling accident.-- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.
11150 appallment
11151Depression occasioned by terror
11152dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.
11153 appanagist
11154A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
11155 apparaillyng
11156Preparation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
11157 apparatus
11158A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function
11159as, the respiratory apparatus.
11160 apparel
11161The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors,guns, etc.
11162 apparence
11163Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
11164 apparent
11165An heir apparent. [Obs.]I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak.
11166 apparentness
11167Plainness to the eye or the mind
11168visibleness
11169obviousness.[R.] Sherwood.
11170 apparition
11171The first appearance of a star or other luminary after havingbeen invisible or obscured
11172-- opposed to occultation. Circle ofperpetual apparition. See under Circle.
11173 apparitional
11174Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions
11175spectral. "Anapparitional soul." Tylor.
11176 apparitor
11177A messenger or officer who serves the process of anecclesiastical court. Bouvier.
11178 appaume
11179A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.
11180 appay
11181To pay
11182to satisfy or appease. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
11183 appeach
11184To impeach
11185to accuse
11186to asperse
11187to inform against
11188toreproach. [Obs.]And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.
11189 appeacher
11190An accuser. [Obs.] Raleigh.
11191 appeachment
11192Accusation. [Obs.]
11193 appeal
11194To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to asuperior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of fordecision. Tomlins.I appeal unto Cæsar. Acts xxv. 11.
11195 appealant
11196An appellant. [Obs.] Shak.
11197 appealer
11198One who makes an appeal.
11199 appealing
11200That appeals
11201imploring.-- Ap*peal"*ing*ly, adv.-- Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.
11202 appear
11203Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
11204 appearance
11205The coming into court of either of the parties
11206the beingpresent in court
11207the coming into court of a party summoned in anaction, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formalentry by the proper officer to that effect
11208the act or proceeding bywhich a party proceeded against places himself before the court, andsubmits to its jurisdiction. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in anappearance, to be present
11209to appear in person.-- To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.
11210 appearer
11211One who appears. Sir T. Browne.
11212 appearingly
11213Apparently. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
11214 appeasable
11215Capable of being appeased or pacified
11216placable.-- Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n.
11217 appease
11218To make quiet
11219to calm
11220to reduce to a state of peace
11221tostill
11222to pacify
11223to dispel (anger or hatred)
11224as, to appease thetumult of the ocean, or of the passions
11225to appease hunger or thirst.
11226 appeasement
11227The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased
11228pacification. Hayward.
11229 appeaser
11230One who appeases
11231a pacifier.
11232 appeasive
11233Tending to appease.
11234 appel
11235A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack
11236--called also attack.
11237 appellable
11238Appealable.
11239 appellancy
11240Capability of appeal.
11241 appellant
11242Relating to an appeal
11243appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction."Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals
11244appellant
11245--opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.
11246 appellate
11247Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellatejurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court,a court having cognizance of appeals.
11248 appellative
11249Common, as opposed to proper
11250denominative of a class.
11251 appellatively
11252After the manner of nouns appellative
11253in a manner to expresswhole classes or species
11254as, Hercules is sometimes usedappellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
11255 appellativeness
11256The quality of being appellative. Fuller.
11257 appellatory
11258Containing an appeal.An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the partyappellant. Ayliffe.
11259 appenage
11260See Appanage.
11261 appendage
11262A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ
11263an external organ orlimb, esp. of the articulates.Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter.
11264 appendaged
11265Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
11266 appendance
11267Something appendant.
11268 appendant
11269Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for aconsiderable time
11270-- said of a thing of inheritance belonging toanother inheritance which is superior or more worthy
11271as, anadvowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common offishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.
11272 appendical
11273Of or like an appendix.
11274 appendicate
11275To append. [Obs.]
11276 appendication
11277An appendage. [Obs.]
11278 appendicitis
11279Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
11280 appendicle
11281A small appendage.
11282 appendicular
11283Relating to an appendicle
11284appendiculate. [R.]
11285 appendicularia
11286A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like atadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of otherTunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. SeeIllustration in Appendix.
11287 appendiculata
11288An order of annelids
11289the Polychæta.
11290 appendiculate
11291Having small appendages
11292forming an appendage. Appendiculateleaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.
11293 appendix vermiformis
11294The vermiform appendix.
11295 appension
11296The act of appending. [Obs.]
11297 apperceive
11298To perceive
11299to comprehend. Chaucer.
11300 apperception
11301The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in itsown states
11302perception that reflects upon itself
11303sometimes,intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid.This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception orconsciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton.
11304 apperil
11305Peril. [Obs.] Shak.
11306 appertain
11307To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, orcustom
11308to relate.Things appertaining to this life. Hooker.Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.
11309 appertainment
11310That which appertains to a person
11311an appurtenance. [Obs. orR.] Shak.
11312 appertinent
11313Belonging
11314appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]Coleridge.
11315 appete
11316To seek for
11317to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
11318 appetence
11319A longing
11320a desire
11321especially an ardent desire
11322appetite
11323appetency.
11324 appetent
11325Desiring
11326eagerly desirous. [R.]Appetent after glory and renown. Sir G. Buck.
11327 appetibility
11328The quality of being desirable. Bramhall.
11329 appetible
11330Desirable
11331capable or worthy of being the object of desire.Bramhall.
11332 appetition
11333Desire
11334a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.
11335 appetitive
11336Having the quality of desiring gratification
11337as, appetitivepower or faculty. Sir M. Hale.
11338 appetize
11339To make hungry
11340to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.
11341 appetizer
11342Something which creates or whets an appetite.
11343 appetizing
11344Exciting appetite
11345as, appetizing food.The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.
11346 appian
11347Of or pertaining to Appius. Appian Way, the great paved highwayfrom ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi,constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.
11348 applaud
11349To express approbation loudly or significantly.
11350 applauder
11351One who applauds.
11352 applausable
11353Worthy pf applause
11354praiseworthy. [Obs.]
11355 applause
11356The act of applauding
11357approbation and praise publiclyexpressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet,acclamation, huzzas, or other means
11358marked commendation.The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.
11359 applausive
11360Expressing applause
11361approbative.-- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.
11362 apple
11363Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the baseof the fruit
11364an apple tree.
11365 apple pie
11366A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice andsugar. Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are sodoubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any onefrom getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare.-- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.]Halliwell.
11367 applefaced
11368Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-facedchildren." Dickens.
11369 applejack
11370Apple brandy. [U.S.]
11371 applejohn
11372A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered
11373--called also Johnapple. Shak.
11374 applesquire
11375A pimp
11376a kept gallant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
11377 appliable
11378Applicable
11379also, compliant. [Obs.] Howell.
11380 applicability
11381The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
11382 applicable
11383Capable of being applied
11384fit or suitable to be applied
11385havingrelevance
11386as, this observation is applicable to the case underconsideration.-- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n.-- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
11387 applicancy
11388The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]
11389 applicant
11390One who apples for something
11391one who makes request
11392apetitioner.The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre.The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.
11393 applicate
11394Applied or put to some use.Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over theelements. I. Taylor.Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case.-- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to theaxis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.
11395 applicative
11396Having of being applied or used
11397applying
11398applicatory
11399practical. Bramhall.-- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
11400 applicatorily
11401By way of application.
11402 applicatory
11403Having the property of applying
11404applicative
11405practical.-- n.
11406 appliedly
11407By application. [R.]
11408 applier
11409He who, or that which, applies.
11410 appliment
11411Application. [Obs.] Marston
11412 applique
11413Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of anothercolor or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation
11414as, appliquélace
11415appliqué work.
11416 applot
11417To divide into plots or parts
11418to apportion. Milton.
11419 applotment
11420Apportionment.
11421 appoggiatura
11422A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing thetime it occupies from that
11423a short auxiliary or grace note onedegree above or below the principal note unless it be of the sameharmony
11424-- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in theillustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
11425 appoint
11426To direct, designate, or limit
11427to make or direct a newdisposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance
11428--said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one'sself, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.
11429 appointable
11430Capable of being appointed or constituted.
11431 appointee
11432A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.Kent. Wharton.
11433 appointer
11434One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.
11435 appointive
11436Subject to appointment
11437as, an appointive office. [R.]
11438 appointment
11439The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power ofappointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property
11440also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
11441 appointor
11442The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
11443 apporter
11444A bringer in
11445an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
11446 apportion
11447To divide and assign in just proportion
11448to divide anddistribute proportionally
11449to portion out
11450to allot
11451as, to apportionundivided rights
11452to apportion time among various employments.
11453 apportionateness
11454The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]
11455 apportioner
11456One who apportions.
11457 apportionment
11458The act of apportioning
11459a dividing into just proportions orshares
11460a division or shares
11461a division and assignment, to eachproprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A.Hamilton.
11462 apposable
11463Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as thethumb to the fingers of the hand.
11464 appose
11465To put questions to
11466to examine
11467to try. [Obs.] See Pose.To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.
11468 apposed
11469Placed in apposition
11470mutually fitting, as the mandibles of abird's beak.
11471 apposer
11472An examiner
11473one whose business is to put questions. Formerly,in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited thesheriffs' accounts.
11474 apposite
11475Very applicable
11476well adapted
11477suitable or fit
11478relevant
11479pat
11480-- followed by to
11481as, this argument is very apposite to the case.-- Ap"po*site*ly, adv.-- Ap"po*site*ness, n.
11482 apposition
11483The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case,without a connecting word between them
11484as, I admire Cicero, theorator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic ofnon vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood istransformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganizedsubstance.
11485 appositional
11486Pertaining to apposition
11487put in apposition syntactically.Ellicott.
11488 appositive
11489Of or relating to apposition
11490in apposition.-- n.
11491 appraisable
11492Capable of being appraised.
11493 appraisal
11494A valuation by an authorized person
11495an appraisement.
11496 appraisement
11497The act of setting the value
11498valuation by an appraiser
11499estimation of worth.
11500 appraiser
11501One who appraises
11502esp., a person appointed and sworn toestimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
11503 apprecation
11504Earnest prayer
11505devout wish. [Obs.]A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall.
11506 apprecatory
11507Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp.Hall.
11508 appreciable
11509Capable of being appreciated or estimated
11510large enough to beestimated
11511perceptible
11512as, an appreciable quantity.-- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.
11513 appreciant
11514Appreciative. [R.]
11515 appreciate
11516To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] J. Morse.
11517 appreciatingly
11518In an appreciating manner
11519with appreciation.
11520 appreciative
11521Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception
11522as, an appreciative audience.-- Ap*pre"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.
11523 appreciativeness
11524The quality of being appreciative
11525quick recognition ofexcellence.
11526 appreciator
11527One who appreciates.
11528 appreciatory
11529Showing appreciation
11530appreciative
11531as, appreciatorycommendation.-- Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly, adv.
11532 apprehender
11533One who apprehends.
11534 apprehensibiity
11535The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] De Quincey.
11536 apprehensible
11537Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible byfaith." Bp. Hall.-- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.
11538 apprehensively
11539In an apprehensive manner
11540with apprehension of danger.
11541 apprehensiveness
11542The quality or state of being apprehensive.
11543 apprentice
11544A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years'standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]Blackstone.
11545 apprenticeage
11546Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
11547 apprenticehood
11548Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
11549 apprenticeship
11550Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its wholelength, as against a stem, Gray.
11551 apprise
11552To give notice, verbal or written
11553to inform
11554-- followed byof
11555as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack
11556heapprised the commander of what he had done.
11557 apprizal
11558See Appraisal.
11559 apprize
11560To appraise
11561to value
11562to appreciate.
11563 apprizement
11564Appraisement.
11565 apprizer
11566A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.
11567 approach
11568To take approaches to.
11569 approachability
11570The quality of being approachable
11571approachableness.
11572 approachable
11573Capable of being approached
11574accessible
11575as, approachablevirtue.
11576 approachableness
11577The quality or state of being approachable
11578accessibility.
11579 approacher
11580One who approaches.
11581 approaching
11582The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree intoanother, without cutting it from the parent stock
11583-- called, also,inarching and grafting by approach.
11584 approachless
11585Impossible to be approached.
11586 approachment
11587Approach. [Archaic] Holland.
11588 approbate
11589Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.
11590 approbative
11591Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.
11592 approbativeness
11593Love of approbation.
11594 approbator
11595One who approves. [R.]
11596 approbatory
11597Containing or expressing approbation
11598commendatory. Sheldon.
11599 appromt
11600To quicken
11601to prompt. [Obs.]To appromt our invention. Bacon.
11602 appropinquate
11603To approach. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.
11604 appropinquation
11605A drawing nigh
11606approach. [R.] Bp. Hall.
11607 appropinquity
11608Nearness
11609propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory.
11610 appropre
11611To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller.
11612 appropriable
11613Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, orassigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.
11614 appropriament
11615What is peculiarly one's own
11616peculiar qualification.[Obs.]If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. Ford.
11617 appropriate
11618Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belongingpeculiarly
11619peculiar
11620suitable
11621fit
11622proper.In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus.Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet.It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express ourideas. Locke.
11623 appropriately
11624In an appropriate or proper manner
11625fitly
11626properly.
11627 appropriateness
11628The state or quality of being appropriate
11629peculiar fitness.Froude.
11630 appropriative
11631Appropriating
11632making, or tending to, appropriation
11633as, anappropriative act.-- Ap*pro"pri*a*tive*ness, n.
11634 appropriator
11635A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice
11636also, an impropriator.
11637 approvable
11638Worthy of being approved
11639meritorious.-- Ap*prov"a*ble*ness, n.
11640 approval
11641Approbation
11642sanction.A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple.
11643 approvance
11644Approval. [Archaic] Thomson.
11645 approve
11646To make profit of
11647to convert to one's own profit
11648said esp. ofwaste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
11649 approvedly
11650So as to secure approbation
11651in an approved manner.
11652 approvement
11653a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason orfelony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a givingevidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term isno longer in use
11654it corresponded to what is now known as turningking's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in theUnited States. Burrill. Bouvier.
11655 approver
11656One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1stApprovement, 2.
11657 approving
11658Expressing approbation
11659commending
11660as, an approving smile.-- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
11661 approximate
11662To draw
11663to approach.
11664 approximately
11665With approximation
11666so as to approximate
11667nearly.
11668 approximative
11669Approaching
11670approximate.-- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly, adv.-- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness, n.
11671 approximator
11672One who, or that which, approximates.
11673 appui
11674A support or supporter
11675a stay
11676a prop. [Obs.]If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would bestays and appuies set to it. Holland.Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A givenpoint or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marchedin line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as acastle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.
11677 appulse
11678The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to themeridian
11679a coming into conjunction
11680as, the appulse of the moon to astar, or of a star to the meridian.
11681 appulsion
11682A driving or striking against
11683an appulse.
11684 appulsive
11685Striking against
11686impinging
11687as, the appulsive influence of theplanets. P. Cyc.
11688 appulsively
11689By appulsion.
11690 appurtenance
11691That which belongs to something else
11692an adjunct
11693an appendage
11694an accessory
11695something annexed to another thing more worthy
11696incommon parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to anotherthing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right ofway, or other easement to land
11697a right of common to pasture, anouthouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In astrict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon.The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid.
11698 appurtenant
11699Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing
11700accessory
11701incident
11702as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.
11703 apricate
11704To bask in the sun. Boyle.
11705 aprication
11706Basking in the sun. [R.]
11707 apricot
11708A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, anddelicious taste
11709also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnæus) whichbears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughoutthe temperate zone.
11710 apriorism
11711An a priori principle.
11712 apriority
11713The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior toexperience
11714a priori reasoning.
11715 aprocta
11716A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.
11717 aproctous
11718Without an anal office.
11719 apron man
11720A man who wears an apron
11721a laboring man
11722a mechanic. [Obs.]Shak.
11723 apron string
11724The string of an apron. To be tied to a wife's or mother'sapron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apronstrings even of the best of wives. Macaulay.
11725 aproned
11726Wearing an apron.A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.
11727 apronful
11728The quality an apron can hold.
11729 apronless
11730Without an apron.
11731 apsidal
11732Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
11733 apsides
11734See Apsis.
11735 apsis
11736One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite,which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body,corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to theapogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higherapsis
11737the other, the lower apsis
11738and the line joining them, theline of apsides.
11739 apt
11740To fit
11741to suit
11742to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." B.Jonson.That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
11743 aptable
11744Capable of being adapted. [Obs.] Sherwood.
11745 aptate
11746To make fit. [Obs.] Bailey
11747 aptera
11748Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnæn order ofinsects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders,centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in severaldistinct classes and orders.
11749 apteral
11750Apterous.
11751 apteran
11752One of the Aptera.
11753 apteria
11754Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. SeePteryliæ.
11755 apterous
11756Destitute of wings
11757apteral
11758as, apterous insects.
11759 apteryges
11760An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.
11761 apteryx
11762A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with onlyshort rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail
11763thekiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country.Five species are known.
11764 aptitudinal
11765Suitable
11766fit. [Obs.]
11767 aptly
11768In an apt or suitable manner
11769fitly
11770properly
11771pertinently
11772appropriately
11773readily.
11774 aptote
11775A noun which has no distinction of cases
11776an indeclinable noun.
11777 aptotic
11778Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes
11779uninflected
11780as,aptotic languages.
11781 aptychus
11782A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammoniteshells. Some authors consider them to be jaws
11783others, opercula.
11784 apus
11785A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
11786 apyretic
11787Without fever
11788-- applied to days when there is an intermissionof fever. Dunglison.
11789 apyrexial
11790Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." Brande & C.
11791 apyrous
11792Incombustible
11793capable of sustaining a strong heat withoutalteration of form or properties.
11794 aqua
11795Water
11796-- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.Aqua ammoniæ, the aqueous solution of ammonia
11797liquid ammonia
11798oftencalled aqua ammonia.-- Aqua marine, or Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine.-- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosivefuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. Ithas the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal.-- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secretpoisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle ofthe 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons.Francis.-- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh],a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.
11799 aqua fortis
11800Nitric acid. [Archaic]
11801 aquamarine
11802A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. SeeBeryl.
11803 aquapuncture
11804The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief ofpain.
11805 aquarelle
11806A design or painting in thin transparent water colors
11807also,the mode of painting in such colors.
11808 aquarellist
11809A painter in thin transparent water colors.
11810 aquarian
11811One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who usedwater instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
11812 aquarium
11813An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glasssides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants arekept.
11814 aquatic
11815Pertaining to water growing in water
11816living in, swimming in,or frequenting the margins of waters
11817as, aquatic plants and fowls.
11818 aquatical
11819Aquatic. [R.]
11820 aquatile
11821Inhabiting the water. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
11822 aqueduct
11823A canal or passage
11824as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channelconnecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
11825 aqueity
11826Wateriness. [Obs.]
11827 aqueousness
11828Wateriness.
11829 aquiferous
11830Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid
11831as, aquiferousvessels
11832the aquiferous system.
11833 aquiform
11834Having the form of water.
11835 aquila
11836A genus of eagles.
11837 aquilated
11838Adorned with eagles' heads.
11839 aquilon
11840The north wind. [Obs.] Shak.
11841 aquiparous
11842Secreting water
11843-- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.
11844 aquitanian
11845Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
11846 aquose
11847Watery
11848aqueous. [R.] Bailey.
11849 aquosity
11850The condition of being wet or watery
11851wateriness. Huxley.Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.
11852 ar
11853Ere
11854before. [Obs.] Chaucer.
11855 ara
11856The Altar
11857a southern constellation, south of the tail of theScorpion.
11858 arab
11859One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria,Northern Africa, etc. Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streetsof a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in dampdoorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.
11860 araba
11861A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and oftencovered. [Oriental]
11862 arabesque
11863A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved inlow relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real orimaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
11864 arabesqued
11865Ornamented in the style of arabesques.
11866 arabian
11867Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird,the phenix. Shak.
11868 arabic
11869Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. Arabic numerals orfigures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.-- Gum arabic. See under Gum.
11870 arabical
11871Relating to Arabia
11872Arabic.-- A*rab"ic*al*ly, adv.
11873 arabin
11874A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gumarabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
11875 arabinose
11876A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum byboiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
11877 arabism
11878An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. Stuart.
11879 arabist
11880One well versed in the Arabic language or literature
11881also,formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
11882 arable
11883Fit for plowing or tillage
11884-- hence, often applied to landwhich has been plowed or tilled.
11885 araby
11886The country of Arabia. [Archaic & Poetic]
11887 aracanese
11888Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.-- n. sing. & pl.
11889 aracari
11890A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied tothe toucans. There are several species.
11891 arace
11892To tear up by the roots
11893to draw away. [Obs.] Wyatt.
11894 araceous
11895Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arumis the type.
11896 arachnid
11897An arachnidan. Huxley.
11898 arachnida
11899One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.
11900 arachnidan
11901One of the Arachnida.
11902 arachnidium
11903The glandular organ in which the material for the web ofspiders is secreted.
11904 arachnitis
11905Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
11906 arachnoid
11907Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord,between the dura mater and pia mater.
11908 arachnoidal
11909Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane
11910arachnoid.
11911 arachnoidea
11912Same as Arachnida.
11913 arachnological
11914Of or pertaining to arachnology.
11915 arachnologist
11916One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology.
11917 arachnology
11918The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders and otherArachnida.
11919 araeometer
11920See Areometer.
11921 araeostyle
11922See Intercolumniation.
11923 araeosystyle
11924See Intercolumniation.
11925 aragonese
11926Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl.
11927 aragonite
11928A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate oflime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of itsphysical characters.
11929 araguato
11930A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus).See Howler, n., 2.
11931 araise
11932To raise. [Obs.] Shak.
11933 arak
11934Same as Arrack.
11935 aramaic
11936Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language,or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia
11937Aramæan
11938-- specificallyapplied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages,including Syriac and Chaldee.-- n.
11939 aramaism
11940An idiom of the Aramaic.
11941 araneidan
11942Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.-- n.
11943 araneiform
11944Having the form of a spider. Kirby.
11945 araneina
11946The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
11947 araneose
11948Of the aspect of a spider's web
11949arachnoid.
11950 araneous
11951Cobweblike
11952extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb
11953as, thearaneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.
11954 arango
11955A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported fromBombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.
11956 arapaima
11957A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
11958 arara
11959The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossusaterrimus).
11960 aration
11961Plowing
11962tillage. [R.]Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are undertillage. Brande.
11963 aratory
11964Contributing to tillage.
11965 araucaria
11966A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species areconfined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differfrom those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces intwo or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. Theseeds are edible.
11967 araucarian
11968Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliestconifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana.
11969 arbiter
11970To act as arbiter between. [Obs.]
11971 arbitrable
11972Capable of being decided by arbitration
11973determinable.[Archaic] Bp. Hall.
11974 arbitrage
11975A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange)
11976also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the sametime in different markets.
11977 arbitral
11978Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration. [R.]
11979 arbitrarily
11980In an arbitrary manner
11981by will only
11982despotically
11983absolutely.
11984 arbitrariness
11985The quality of being arbitrary
11986despoticalness
11987tyranny. Bp.Hall.
11988 arbitrarious
11989Arbitrary
11990despotic. [Obs.] -- Ar`bi*tra"*ri*ous*ly, adv.[Obs.]
11991 arbitration
11992The hearing and determination of a cause between parties incontroversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.
11993 arbitratrix
11994A female who arbitrates or judges.
11995 arbitress
11996A female arbiter
11997an arbitratrix. Milton.
11998 arblast
11999A crossbow. See Arbalest.
12000 arbor
12001A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,branches of trees, or other plants, for shade
12002a bower. Sir P.Sidney.
12003 arbor dianae
12004A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
12005 arbor vine
12006A species of bindweed.
12007 arbor vitae
12008An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. TheAmerican species is the T. occidentalis.
12009 arborary
12010Of or pertaining to trees
12011arboreal.
12012 arborator
12013One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn.
12014 arbored
12015Furnished with an arbor
12016lined with trees. "An arboreal walk."Pollok.
12017 arborescence
12018The state of being arborescent
12019the resemblance to a tree inminerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form
12020as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.
12021 arborescent
12022Resembling a tree
12023becoming woody in stalk
12024dendritic
12025havingcrystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree."Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.
12026 arboret
12027A small tree or shrub. [Obs.] Spenser.Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers Imbordered on each bank.Milton.
12028 arboretum
12029A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs iscultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
12030 arborical
12031Relating to trees. [Obs.]
12032 arboricole
12033Tree-inhabiting
12034-- said of certain birds.
12035 arboricultural
12036Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.
12037 arboriculture
12038The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or forornamental purposes.
12039 arboriculturist
12040One who cultivates trees.
12041 arboriform
12042Treelike in shape.
12043 arborist
12044One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in theknowledge of trees. Howell.
12045 arborization
12046The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals orfossils
12047a dendrite.
12048 arborized
12049Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate."Wright.
12050 arborous
12051Formed by trees. [Obs.]From under shady, arborous roof. Milton.
12052 arbuscle
12053A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree
12054atreelike shrub. Bradley.
12055 arbuscular
12056Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree
12057shrublike. Da Costa.
12058 arbustive
12059Containing copses of trees or shrubs
12060covered with shrubs.Bartram.
12061 arc
12062A portion of a curved line
12063as, the arc of a circle or of anellipse.
12064 arc light
12065The light of an arc lamp.
12066 arcaded
12067Furnished with an arcade.
12068 arcadia
12069Of or pertaining to Arcadia
12070pastoral
12071ideally rural
12072as,Arcadian simplicity or scenery.
12073 arcane
12074Hidden
12075secret. [Obs.] "The arcane part of divine wisdom."Berkeley.
12076 arcanum
12077A secret remedy
12078an elixir. Dunglison.
12079 arcboutant
12080A flying buttress. Gwilt.
12081 arch
12082Any part of a curved line.
12083 arch brick
12084A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
12085 arch stone
12086A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch
12087a voussoir.
12088 arch
12089A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
12090 archaean
12091Ancient
12092pertaining to the earliest period in geologicalhistory.
12093 archaeography
12094A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.
12095 archaeolithic
12096Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age
12097-- applied to aprehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.
12098 archaeologian
12099An archæologist.
12100 archaeologist
12101One versed in archæology
12102an antiquary. Wright.
12103 archaeology
12104The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoricantiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of anearly epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, writtenmanuscripts, etc.
12105 archaeopteryx
12106A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having along tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side,and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.
12107 archaeostomatous
12108Applied to a gastrula when the blastorope does not entirely up.
12109 archaeozoic
12110Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.
12111 archaic
12112Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism
12113antiquated
12114obsolescent.
12115 archaical
12116Archaic. [R.] -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.
12117 archaistic
12118Like, or imitative of, anything archaic
12119pertaining to anarchaism.
12120 archaize
12121To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy.
12122 archangel
12123A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelicaarchangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
12124 archangelic
12125Of or pertaining to archangels
12126of the nature of, orresembling, an archangel. Milton.
12127 archbishop
12128A chief bishop
12129a church dignitary of the first class (oftencalled a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of thesuffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopalauthority in his own diocese.
12130 archbishopric
12131The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop
12132the see orprovince over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
12133 archbutler
12134A chief butler
12135-- an officer of the German empire.
12136 archchamberlain
12137A chief chamberlain
12138-- an officer of the old German empire,whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
12139 archchancellor
12140A chief chancellor
12141-- an officer in the old German empire, whopresided over the secretaries of the court.
12142 archchemic
12143Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] "The archchemic sun." Milton.
12144 archdeacon
12145In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below abishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though withindependent authority. Blackstone.
12146 archdeaconry
12147The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. SeeBenefice.Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.
12148 archdeaconship
12149The office of an archdeacon.
12150 archdiocese
12151The diocese of an archbishop.
12152 archducal
12153Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
12154 archduchess
12155The consort of an archduke
12156also, a princess of the imperialfamily of Austria. See Archduke.
12157 archduchy
12158The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.
12159 archduke
12160A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
12161 archdukedom
12162An archduchy.
12163 archebiosis
12164To origination of living matter from non-living. SeeAbiogenesis. Bastian.
12165 arched
12166Made with an arch or curve
12167covered with an arch
12168as, an archeddoor.
12169 archegonial
12170Relating to the archegonium.
12171 archegonium
12172The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamicplants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
12173 archegony
12174Spontaneous generation
12175abiogenesis.
12176 archelogy
12177The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.
12178 archencephala
12179The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
12180 archenemy
12181A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary ofmankind. Milton.
12182 archenteric
12183Relating to the archenteron
12184as, archenteric invagination.
12185 archenteron
12186The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of agastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
12187 archer
12188A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
12189 archer fish
12190A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies
12191-- socalled from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey.The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.
12192 archeress
12193A female archer. Markham.
12194 archership
12195The art or skill of an archer.
12196 arches
12197pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law),the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof thejudge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean ofthe Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St.Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.
12198 archetypal
12199Of or pertaining to an archetype
12200consisting a model (real orideal) or pattern
12201original. "One archetypal mind." Gudworth.
12202 archetypally
12203With reference to the archetype
12204originally. "Partsarchetypally distinct." Dana.
12205 archetype
12206The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
12207 archetypical
12208Relating to an archetype
12209archetypal.
12210 archeus
12211The vital principle or force which (according to theParacelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of livingbeings
12212the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.[Obs.] Johnson.
12213 archi
12214A prefix signifying chief, arch
12215as, architect, archiepiscopal.In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral
12216as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.
12217 archiannelida
12218A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segmentsor distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
12219 archiater
12220Chief physician
12221-- a term applied, on the continent of Europe,to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physicianof some cities. P. Cyc.
12222 archibald wheel
12223A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp.adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.
12224 archiblastula
12225A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form
12226a c
12227 archical
12228Chief
12229primary
12230primordial. [Obs.] Cudworth.
12231 archidiaconal
12232Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation.Johnson.
12233 archiepiscopal
12234Of or pertaining to an archbishop
12235as, Canterbury is anarchiepiscopal see.
12236 archiepiscopality
12237The station or dignity of an archbishop
12238archiepiscopacy.Fuller.
12239 archiepiscopate
12240The office of an archbishop
12241an archbishopric.
12242 archierey
12243The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans,archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton.
12244 archilochian
12245Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus
12246as,Archilochian meter.
12247 archimedean
12248Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher
12249constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw
12250as, Archimedeandrill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, aninstrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raisingwater, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the formof a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and thelower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, thewater is raised to the upper end. Francis.
12251 archimedes
12252An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of thesubcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
12253 arching
12254Hogging
12255-- opposed to sagging.
12256 archipelagic
12257Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
12258 archipterygium
12259The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
12260 architective
12261Used in building
12262proper for building. Derham.
12263 architectonics
12264The science of architecture.
12265 architector
12266An architect. [Obs.] North.
12267 architectress
12268A female architect.
12269 architectural
12270Of or pertaining to the art of building
12271conformed to the rulesof architecture.-- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.
12272 architeuthis
12273A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, foundesp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
12274 architraved
12275Furnished with an architrave. Cowper.
12276 archival
12277Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke.
12278 archive
12279The place in which public records or historic documents arekept.Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up inhis archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue.
12280 archivist
12281A keeper of archives or records. [R.]
12282 archivolt
12283A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, havingthe bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings witha unison.
12284 archly
12285In an arch manner
12286with attractive slyness or roguishness
12287slyly
12288waggishly.Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow.
12289 archmarshal
12290The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that tothe Elector of Saxony.
12291 archness
12292The quality of being arch
12293cleverness
12294sly humor free frommalice
12295waggishness. Goldsmith.
12296 archon
12297One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, bypreëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.-- Ar*chon"tic, a.
12298 archonship
12299The office of an archon. Mitford.
12300 archontate
12301An archon's term of office. Gibbon.
12302 archonts
12303The group including man alone.
12304 archoplasm
12305The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitoticcell division, and of which they consist.
12306 archprelate
12307An archbishop or other chief prelate.
12308 archpresbyter
12309Same as Archpriest.
12310 archpresbytery
12311The absolute dominion of presbytery. Milton.
12312 archpriest
12313A chief priest
12314also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
12315 archprimate
12316The chief primate. Milton.
12317 archtraitor
12318A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts.
12319 archtreasurer
12320A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of theGerman empire.
12321 archway
12322A way or passage under an arch.
12323 archwife
12324A big, masculine wife. [Obs.] Chaucer.
12325 archwise
12326Arch-shaped.
12327 archy
12328Arched
12329as, archy brows.
12330 arciform
12331Having the form of an arch
12332curved.
12333 arcograph
12334An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of acentral point
12335a cyclograph.
12336 arctation
12337Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as inconstipation from inflammation.
12338 arctic
12339Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellationcalled the Bear
12340northern
12341frigid
12342as, the arctic pole, circle,region, ocean
12343an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
12344 arctisca
12345A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
12346 arctogeal
12347Of or pertaining to arctic lands
12348as, the arctogeal fauna.
12349 arctoidea
12350A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels,etc.
12351 arcturus
12352A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellationBoötes.
12353 arcual
12354Of or pertaining to an arc. Arcual measure of an angle (Math.),that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to theradius of the circle.
12355 arcuately
12356In the form of a bow.
12357 arcuation
12358A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground,and covering the small shoots with earth
12359layering. Chambers.
12360 arcubalist
12361A crossbow. Fosbroke.
12362 arcubalister
12363A crossbowman
12364one who used the arcubalist. Camden.
12365 arcubus
12366See Arquebus. [Obs.]
12367 ardassine
12368A very fine sort of Persian silk.
12369 ardently
12370In an ardent manner
12371eagerly
12372with warmth
12373affectionately
12374passionately.
12375 ardentness
12376Ardency. [R.]
12377 ardois system
12378A widely used system of electric night signals in which aseries of double electric lamps (white and red) is arrangedvertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.
12379 ardor
12380Bright and effulgent spirits
12381seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.]
12382 arduously
12383In an arduous manner
12384with difficulty or laboriousness.
12385 arduousness
12386The quality of being arduous
12387difficulty of execution.
12388 ardurous
12389Burning
12390ardent. [R.]Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary.
12391 are
12392The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be
12393but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are,and is, all come from the root as.
12394 area
12395The superficial contents of any figure
12396the surface includedwithin any given lines
12397superficial extent
12398as, the area of a squareor a triangle.
12399 areal
12400Of or pertaining to an area
12401as, areal interstices (the areasor spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
12402 arear
12403To raise
12404to set up
12405to stir up. [Obs.]
12406 areca
12407A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut,or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the PiperBetle and lime.
12408 areek
12409In a reeking condition. Swift.
12410 arefaction
12411The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.
12412 arefy
12413To dry, or make dry. Bacon.
12414 arena
12415The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which thegladiators fought and other shows were exhibited
12416-- so calledbecause it was covered with sand.
12417 arenaceous
12418Sandy or consisting largely of sand
12419of the nature of sand
12420easily disintegrating into sand
12421friable
12422as, arenaceous limestone.
12423 arenarious
12424Sandy
12425as, arenarious soil.
12426 arenation
12427A sand bath
12428application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.
12429 arendator
12430In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents orrevenues.
12431 arenicolite
12432An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.
12433 arenilitic
12434Of or pertaining to sandstone
12435as, arenilitic mountains.Kirwan.
12436 arenose
12437Sandy
12438full of sand. Johnson.
12439 arenulous
12440Full of fine sand
12441like sand. [Obs.]
12442 areola
12443The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle orpustule.
12444 areolar
12445Pertaining to, or like, an areola
12446filled with interstices orareolæ. reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue inwhich the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, orareolæ, between them.
12447 areole
12448Same as Areola.
12449 areolet
12450A small inclosed area
12451esp. one of the small spaces on thewings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.
12452 areometer
12453An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids
12454aform hydrometer.
12455 areometry
12456The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.
12457 areopagist
12458See Areopagite.
12459 areopagite
12460A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34.
12461 areopagitic
12462Pertaining to the Areopagus. Mitford.
12463 areopagus
12464The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held onMars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal
12465 areostyle
12466See Intercolumniation, and Aræostyle.
12467 areosystyle
12468See Intercolumniation, and Aræosystyle.
12469 arere
12470See Arear. [Obs.] Ellis.
12471 arest
12472A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.]Chaucer.
12473 aret
12474To reckon
12475to ascribe
12476to impute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
12477 aretaics
12478The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtueand happiness
12479the science of virtue
12480-- contrasted with eudemonics.J. Grote.
12481 arete
12482An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiaryridge between two mountain gorges.
12483 aretology
12484That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, itsnature, and the means of attaining to it.
12485 arew
12486In a row. [Obs.] "All her teeth arew." Spenser.
12487 argal
12488Crude tartar. See Argol.
12489 argala
12490The adjutant bird.
12491 argand lamp
12492A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney whichallow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. Argandburner, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which theprinciple of that lamp is applied.
12493 argas
12494A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. Thefamous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus
12495that ofCentral America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.
12496 argean
12497Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.
12498 argent
12499Whiteness
12500anything that is white.The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.
12501 argental
12502Of or pertaining to silver
12503resembling, containing, or combinedwith, silver.
12504 argentalium
12505A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density ofabout 2.9.
12506 argentan
12507An alloy of nicked with copper and zinc
12508German silver.
12509 argentate
12510Silvery white. Gray.
12511 argentation
12512A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.
12513 argentic
12514Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver
12515-- said ofcertain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowestproportion
12516as, argentic chloride.
12517 argentiferous
12518Producing or containing silver
12519as, argentiferous lead ore orveins.
12520 argentine
12521A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having asilvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellarstructure.
12522 argentite
12523Sulphide of silver
12524-- also called vitreous silver, or silverglance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectilelike lead.
12525 argentous
12526Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver
12527-- said of certainsilver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than inargentic compounds
12528as, argentous chloride.
12529 argentry
12530Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.]Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell.
12531 argil
12532Clay, or potter's earth
12533sometimes pure clay, or alumina. SeeClay.
12534 argillaceous
12535Of the nature of clay
12536consisting of, or containing, argil orclay
12537clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containingmuch clay.-- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.-- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
12538 argilliferous
12539Producing clay
12540-- applied to such earths as abound with argil.Kirwan.
12541 argillite
12542Argillaceous schist or slate
12543clay slate. Its colors is bluishor blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.-- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
12544 argilloareenaceous
12545Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
12546 argillocalcareous
12547Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
12548 argilloferruginous
12549Containing clay and iron.
12550 argillous
12551Argillaceous
12552clayey. Sir T. Browne.
12553 argive
12554Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.-- n.
12555 argo
12556The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-fourcompanions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
12557 argoan
12558Pertaining to the ship Argo.
12559 argoile
12560Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
12561 argol
12562Crude tartar
12563an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar isprepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited fromwines on the sides of the casks. Ure.
12564 argolic
12565Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.
12566 argon
12567A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphereand remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay.
12568 argonaut
12569A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
12570 argonauta
12571A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus orpaper sailor.
12572 argonautic
12573Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.
12574 argosy
12575A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the pettytraffickers. Shak.
12576 argot
12577A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves,tramps, and vagabonds
12578flash.
12579 arguable
12580Capable of being argued
12581admitting of debate.
12582 arguer
12583One who argues
12584a reasoner
12585a disputant.
12586 argulus
12587A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes
12588a fishlouse. See Branchiura.
12589 argument
12590The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends
12591as,the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
12592 argumentable
12593Admitting of argument. [R.] Chalmers.
12594 argumental
12595Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument
12596argumentative.
12597 argumentize
12598To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood.
12599 argus
12600A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes,who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to thepeacock's tail.
12601 argus shell
12602A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated withspots resembling those in a peacock's tail.
12603 arguseyed
12604Extremely observant
12605watchful
12606sharp-sighted.
12607 argutation
12608Caviling
12609subtle disputation. [Obs.]
12610 argutely
12611In a subtle
12612shrewdly.
12613 arguteness
12614Acuteness. Dryden.
12615 aria
12616An air or song
12617a melody
12618a tune.
12619 arian
12620See Aryan.
12621 arianism
12622The doctrines of the Arians.
12623 arianize
12624To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians
12625to become anArian.
12626 aricine
12627An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.
12628 arid
12629Exhausted of moisture
12630parched with heat
12631dry
12632barren. "An aridwaste." Thomson.
12633 aridness
12634Aridity
12635dryness.
12636 aries
12637A battering-ram.
12638 arietate
12639To butt, as a ram. [Obs.]
12640 arietation
12641A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.
12642 aright
12643Rightly
12644correctly
12645in a right way or form
12646without mistake orcrime
12647as, to worship God aright.
12648 arillode
12649A false aril
12650an aril originating from the micropyle instead offrom the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg isan arillode.
12651 ariman
12652See Ahriman.
12653 ariolation
12654A soothsaying
12655a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
12656 ariose
12657Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel
12658vocal melody is nothis forte
12659the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.
12660 arioso
12661In the smooth and melodious style of an air
12662ariose.
12663 arise
12664Rising. [Obs.] Drayton.
12665 arist
12666of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
12667 arista
12668An awn. Gray.
12669 aristarch
12670A severe critic. Knowles.
12671 aristarchian
12672Severely critical.
12673 aristarchy
12674Severely criticism.
12675 aristate
12676Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat
12677awned. Gray.
12678 aristology
12679The science of dining. Quart. Rev.
12680 aristophanic
12681Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
12682 aristotelian
12683Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher(384-322 b. c.).-- n.
12684 aristotelianism
12685The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripateticphilosophy.
12686 aristotelic
12687Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelicusage." Sir W. Hamilton.
12688 aristotype
12689Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silverchloride in gelatin
12690now, any such process using silver salts ineither collodion or gelatin
12691also, a print so made.
12692 aristulate
12693Pertaining a short beard or awn. Gray.
12694 arithmancy
12695Divination by means of numbers.
12696 arithmetical
12697Of or pertaining to arithmetic
12698according to the rules ormethod of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. SeeLogarithm.-- Arithmetical mean. See Mean.-- Arithmetical progression. See Progression.-- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.
12699 arithmetically
12700Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
12701 arithmetician
12702One skilled in arithmetic.
12703 arithmomancy
12704Arithmancy.
12705 arithmometer
12706A calculating machine.
12707 ark
12708The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, whichsupported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied themost sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tablesof stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of theCovenant.
12709 ark shell
12710A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and itsallies.
12711 arkite
12712Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber.
12713 arkose
12714A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite orgneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- Ar*kos"ic (#), a.
12715 arles
12716An earnest
12717earnest money
12718money paid to bind a bargain.[Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.
12719 arm
12720To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack orresistance
12721to take arms. " 'Tis time to arm." Shak.
12722 armgret
12723Great as a man's arm. [Obs.]A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.
12724 armada
12725A fleet of armed ships
12726a squadron. Specifically, the Spanishfleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
12727 armado
12728Armada. [Obs.]
12729 armament
12730All the cannon and small arms collectively, with theirequipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
12731 armamentary
12732An armory
12733a magazine or arsenal. [R.]
12734 armature
12735A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet,or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receiveand apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, itserves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
12736 armchair
12737A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson.
12738 armed
12739Having horns, beak, talons, etc
12740-- said of beasts and birds ofprey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor,sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans.-- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute.-- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature.-- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.
12741 armenian
12742Of or pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a soft clayey earthof a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc.-- Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b)Emery.
12743 armet
12744A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
12745 armful
12746As much as the arm can hold.
12747 armgaunt
12748With gaunt or slender legs. "An armgaunt steed." Shak.
12749 armiferous
12750Bearing arms or weapons. [R.]
12751 armiger
12752Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who borehis shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next indegree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term isnow superseded by esquire. Jacob.
12753 armigerous
12754Bearing arms. [R.]They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and wereentitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey.
12755 armilla
12756A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
12757 armillary
12758Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring
12759consisting ofrings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machinecomposed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,designed to represent the positions of the important circles of thecelestial sphere. Nichol.
12760 arming
12761A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of asounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.Totten.
12762 arminian
12763Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to theirdoctrines. See note under Arminian, n.
12764 arminianism
12765The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
12766 armipotence
12767Power in arms. [R.] Johnson.
12768 armipotent
12769Powerful in arms
12770mighty in battle.The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.
12771 armistice
12772A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention
12773atemporary suspension of hostilities by agreement
12774a truce.
12775 armoniac
12776Ammoniac. [Obs.]
12777 armorbearer
12778One who carries the armor or arms of another
12779an armiger. Judg.ix. 54.
12780 armorplated
12781Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war
12782steel-clad.This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigatein the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).
12783 armored
12784Clad with armor.
12785 armored cruiser
12786A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or lessprotected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is nodistinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored andprotected cruisers from each other, except that the first have moreor heavier armor than the second.
12787 armorial
12788Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of afamily.Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth.Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.
12789 armorican
12790A native of Armorica.
12791 armorist
12792One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans.
12793 armory
12794A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.Simmonds.
12795 armpit
12796The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
12797theaxilla.
12798 armrack
12799A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
12800 arms
12801Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike orassault another with
12802an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone.
12803 army organization
12804The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, andequips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regularor active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colorsand live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field
12805(2) thereserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remainingconstantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes,being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction,drill, or maneuvers
12806and (3) one or more classes of soldiersorganized largely for territorial defense, living at home and havingonly occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variouslycalled home reserves (as in the table below), second, third, etc.,line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarilyconstituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or thelike. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposedto serve a given number of years.  He is usually enrolled first inthe regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the homereserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for any reasonhe is not enrolled in the regular army, he may begin his service inthe army reserves or even the home reserves, but then serves the fullnumber of years or up to the age limit. In equipment the organizationof the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, andartillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, suchas engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizationssuch as those of the pay and subsistence departments.
12807 army worm
12808The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger thanthe domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
12809 arnatto
12810See Annotto.
12811 arnica
12812A genus of plants
12813also, the most important species (Arnicamontana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as anarcotic and stimulant.
12814 arnicin
12815An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.
12816 arnicine
12817An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.
12818 arnotto
12819Same as Annotto.
12820 aroint
12821Stand off, or begone. [Obs.]Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.
12822 arolla
12823The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).
12824 aroma
12825Pertaining to, or containing, aroma
12826fragrant
12827spicy
12828strong-scented
12829odoriferous
12830as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.),one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitteralmonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc.,many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the mostimportant of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from thebenzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of theirderivatives.-- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar.
12831 aromatic
12832A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell,and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices.
12833 aromatization
12834The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.
12835 aromatize
12836To impregnate with aroma
12837to render aromatic
12838to give a spicyscent or taste to
12839to perfume. Bacon.
12840 aromatizer
12841One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. Evelyn.
12842 aromatous
12843Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton.
12844 aroph
12845A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate variousmedical remedies. [Obs.]
12846 arose
12847The past or preterit tense of Arise.
12848 arousal
12849The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of ourbetter nature. Hare.
12850 arouse
12851To excite to action from a state of rest
12852to stir, or put inmotion or exertion
12853to rouse
12854to excite
12855as, to arouse one fromsleep
12856to arouse the dormant faculties.Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mightysovereign on the host. Cowper.No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.
12857 arow
12858In a row, line, or rank
12859successively
12860in order. Shak.And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden.
12861 aroynt
12862See Aroint.
12863 arpeggio
12864The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, asin playing the harp, and not simultaneously
12865a strain thus played.
12866 arpentator
12867The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.[R.]
12868 arpine
12869An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623).
12870 arquated
12871Shaped like a bow
12872arcuate
12873curved. [R.]
12874 arquebusier
12875A soldier armed with an arquebus.Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appearto have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.
12876 arquifoux
12877Same as Alquifou.
12878 arrach
12879See Orach.
12880 arrack
12881A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardentspirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice,molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
12882 arragonite
12883See Aragonite.
12884 arraign
12885To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer tothe matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.
12886 arraigner
12887One who arraigns. Coleridge.
12888 arraignment
12889The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned
12890the actof calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to anindictment or complaint.
12891 arranger
12892One who arranges. Burke.
12893 arrant
12894Notoriously or preëminently bad
12895thorough or downright, in abad sense
12896shameless
12897unmitigated
12898as, an arrant rogue or coward.I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.
12899 arrantly
12900Notoriously, in an ill sense
12901infamously
12902impudently
12903shamefully. L'Estrange.
12904 arras
12905Tapestry
12906a rich figured fabric
12907especially, a screen orhangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper.Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.
12908 arrasene
12909A material of wool or silk used for working the figures inembroidery.
12910 arrastre
12911A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containingfree gold.
12912 arraught
12913Obtained
12914seized. Spenser.
12915 array
12916To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause
12917that is,to call them man by man. Blackstone. To array a panel, to set forthin order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins.
12918 arrayer
12919One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to anofficer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them dulyaccoutered.
12920 arrear
12921To or in the rear
12922behind
12923backwards. [Obs.] Spenser.
12924 arrearage
12925That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part
12926arrears.The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.
12927 arrect
12928To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
12929 arrectary
12930An upright beam. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
12931 arrenotokous
12932Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps andbees.
12933 arrentation
12934A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in aforest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.
12935 arreption
12936The act of taking away. [Obs.] "This arreption was sudden." Bp.Hall.
12937 arreptitious
12938Snatched away
12939seized or possessed, as a demoniac
12940raving
12941mad
12942crack-brained. [Obs.]Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell.
12943 arrest
12944To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law
12945as, to arrestone for debt, or for a crime.
12946 arrestation
12947Arrest. [R.]The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by theNational Convention. H. M. Williams.
12948 arrestee
12949The person in whose hands is the property attached byarrestment.
12950 arrester
12951The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [Also writtenarrestor.]
12952 arresting
12953Striking
12954attracting attention
12955impressive.This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.
12956 arrestive
12957Tending to arrest. McCosh.
12958 arrestment
12959The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects
12960esp., aprocess by which money or movables in the possession of a third partyare attached.
12961 arret
12962Same as Aret. [Obs.] Spenser.
12963 arrha
12964Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract
12965apledge or earnest.
12966 arrhaphostic
12967Seamless. [R.]
12968 arrhytmy
12969Want of rhythm. [R.]
12970 arride
12971To please
12972to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson.Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solaceme are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.
12973 arriere
12974"That which is behind"
12975the rear
12976-- chiefly used as anadjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee,Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a feeheld of a feudatory.-- Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.
12977 arriereban
12978A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only theirimmediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to takethe field for war
12979also, the body of vassals called or liable to becalled to arms, as in ancient France.
12980 arris
12981The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meetingeach other, whether plane or curved
12982-- applied particularly to theedges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate theflutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular pieceof wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall,to throw off the rain. Gwilt.-- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of abuilding. Gwilt.
12983 arrish
12984The stubble of wheat or grass
12985a stubble field
12986eddish. [Eng.][Written also arish, ersh, etc.]The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag.
12987 arriswise
12988Diagonally laid, as tiles
12989ridgewise.
12990 arrivance
12991Arrival. [Obs.] Shak.
12992 arrive
12993Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer.How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.
12994 arriver
12995One who arrives.
12996 arrogance
12997The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in anoverbearing manner
12998that species of pride which consists inexorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or whichexalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree
12999proud contempt of others
13000lordliness
13001haughtiness
13002self-assumption
13003presumption.I hate not you for her proud arrogance. Shak.
13004 arrogancy
13005Arrogance. Shak.
13006 arrogantly
13007In an arrogant manner
13008with undue pride or self-importance.
13009 arrogantness
13010Arrogance. [R.]
13011 arrogate
13012To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, orpresumptuously
13013to make undue claims to, from vanity or baselesspretensions to right or merit
13014as, the pope arrogated dominion overkings.He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what wasorthodox doctrine. Macaulay.
13015 arrogation
13016Adoption of a person of full age.
13017 arrogative
13018Making undue claims and pretension
13019prone to arrogance. [R.]Dr. H. More.
13020 arrondissement
13021A subdivision of a department. [France]
13022 arrose
13023To drench
13024to besprinkle
13025to moisten. [Obs.]The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. Two N. Kins.
13026 arrosion
13027A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey.
13028 arrow
13029A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usuallyfeathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a) Anarrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance andgovernment stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broadarrowhead.
13030 arrow grass
13031An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and otherspecies) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
13032 arrowhead
13033An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia,-- named from the shape of the leaves.
13034 arrowheaded
13035Shaped like the head of an arow
13036cuneiform. Arrowheadedcharacters, characters the elements of which consist of strokesresembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges
13037-- hence called alsonail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters
13038theoldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris andEuphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruinsof Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.
13039 arrowroot
13040A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea,now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians usedthe roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
13041 arrowwood
13042A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets
13043-- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
13044 arrowworm
13045A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at thesurface of the sea. See Sagitta.
13046 arschin
13047See Arshine.
13048 arse
13049The buttocks, or hind part of an animal
13050the posteriors
13051thefundament
13052the bottom.
13053 arsenal
13054A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufactureand storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land ornaval service.
13055 arsenate
13056A salt of arsenic acid.
13057 arseniate
13058See Arsenate. [R.]
13059 arsenic
13060One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal inits physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking withthe nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster,though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combinedwith silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment andrealgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is thetrue arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds areactive poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight.Symbol As.
13061 arsenical
13062Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic
13063as, arsenicalvapor
13064arsenical wall papers. Arsenical silver, an ore of silvercontaining arsenic.
13065 arsenicate
13066To combine with arsenic
13067to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
13068 arsenicism
13069A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
13070 arsenide
13071A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element orradical
13072-- formerly called arseniuret.
13073 arseniferous
13074Containing or producing arsenic.
13075 arsenious
13076Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having anequivalence next lower than the highest
13077as, arsenious acid.
13078 arsenite
13079A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
13080 arseniuret
13081See Arsenide.
13082 arseniureted
13083Combined with arsenic
13084-- said some elementary substances orradicals
13085as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]
13086 arsenopyrite
13087A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containingarsenic, sulphur, and iron
13088-- also called arsenical pyrites andmispickel.
13089 arsesmart
13090Smartweed
13091water pepper. Dr. Prior.
13092 arshine
13093A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
13094 arsine
13095A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless andexceedingly poisonous gas, having and odor like garlic
13096arseniuretedhydrogen.
13097 arsis
13098The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which itis raised, in beating time
13099the weak or unaccented part of the bar
13100-- opposed to thesis. Moore.
13101 arsmetrike
13102Arithmetic. [Obs.] Chaucer.
13103 arson
13104The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse ofanother man, which by the common law is felony
13105the malicious andvoluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton.
13106 art
13107The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, ofthe substantive verb Be
13108but formed after the analogy of the pluralare, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending ofthe second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn orpoetical style.
13109 art union
13110An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), andgiving encouragement to artists.
13111 artemia
13112A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines
13113the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
13114 artemisia
13115A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or commonwormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of theRocky Mountain region.
13116 arteriac
13117Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
13118 arterialization
13119The process of converting venous blood into arterial bloodduring its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed andcarbonic acid evolved
13120-- called also aëration and hematosis.
13121 arterialize
13122To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood byexposure to oxygen in the lungs
13123to make arterial.
13124 arteriography
13125A systematic description of the arteries.
13126 arteriole
13127A small artery.
13128 arteriology
13129That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.
13130 arteriosclerosis
13131Abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries,esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. --Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#), a.
13132 arteriotomy
13133The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
13134 arteritis
13135Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.
13136 artery
13137One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous orarterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscularwalls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
13138 artesian
13139Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), inFrance. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till theinstrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flowsspontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter andoften of great depth.
13140 artfully
13141In an artful manner
13142with art or cunning
13143skillfully
13144dexterously
13145craftily.
13146 artfulness
13147The quality of being artful
13148art
13149cunning
13150craft.
13151 arthen
13152Same as Earthen. [Obs.] "An arthen pot." Holland.
13153 arthritis
13154Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.
13155 arthrochondritis
13156Chondritis of a joint.
13157 arthroderm
13158The external covering of an Arthropod.
13159 arthrodesis
13160Surgical fixation of joints.
13161 arthrodia
13162A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articularsurfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect balland socket.
13163 arthrodynia
13164An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, notdependent upon structural disease.
13165 arthrodynic
13166Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints
13167rheumatic.
13168 arthrogastra
13169A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated,including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.
13170pedipalpi.
13171 arthrography
13172The description of joints.
13173 arthrology
13174That part of anatomy which treats of joints.
13175 arthromere
13176One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.Packard.
13177 arthropathy
13178Any disease of the joints.
13179 arthropleura
13180The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
13181 arthropod
13182One of the Arthropoda.
13183 arthropoda
13184A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that havejointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, andCrustacea.-- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.
13185 arthropomata
13186One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
13187 arthrosis
13188Articulation.
13189 arthrospore
13190A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, butnow known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. -- Ar`thro*spor"ic(#), Ar*thros"po*rous (#), a.
13191 arthrostraca
13192One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because thethorax and abdomen are both segmented
13193Tetradecapoda. It includes theAmphipoda and Isopoda.
13194 arthrotome
13195A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.
13196 arthrozoic
13197Of or pertaining to the Articulata
13198articulate.
13199 arthurian
13200Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.  J. R. Symonds.
13201 artiad
13202Even
13203not odd
13204-- said of elementary substances and of radicalsthe valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.
13205 article
13206One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limitor define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinitearticle, the the definite article.
13207 articled
13208Bound by articles
13209apprenticed
13210as, an articled clerk.
13211 articular
13212Of or pertaining to the joints
13213as, an articular disease
13214anarticular process.
13215 articularly
13216In an articular or an articulate manner.
13217 articulate
13218An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
13219 articulateness
13220Quality of being articulate.
13221 articulation
13222A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
13223 articulative
13224Of or pertaining to articulation. Bush.
13225 articulator
13226One who, or that which, articulates
13227as: (a) One who enunciatesdistinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) Aninstrument to cure stammering.
13228 articulus
13229A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea
13230a joint or segment of anarthropod appendage.
13231 artifact
13232A product of human workmanship
13233-- applied esp. to the simplerproducts of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.
13234 artificer
13235A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.
13236also,one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a militarylaboratory.
13237 artificiality
13238The quality or appearance of being artificial
13239that which isartificial.
13240 artificialize
13241To render artificial.
13242 artificialness
13243The quality of being artificial.
13244 artificious
13245Artificial. [Obs.] Johnson.
13246 artilize
13247To make resemble. [Obs.]If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize artinstead of artilizing nature. Bolingbroke.
13248 artillerist
13249A person skilled in artillery or gunnery
13250a gunner
13251anartilleryman.
13252 artillery wheel
13253A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, usedon gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes
13254hence, awheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.
13255 artilleryman
13256A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun infiring.
13257 artiodactyla
13258One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functionaltoes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of eachfoot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical andpaired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox
13259-- opposed to Perissodactyla.
13260 artiodactyle
13261One of the Artiodactyla.
13262 artiodactylous
13263Even-toed.
13264 artiste
13265One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment,as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.
13266 artlessly
13267In an artless manner
13268without art, skill, or guile
13269unaffectedly. Pope.
13270 artlessness
13271The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile
13272simplicity
13273sincerity.
13274 artly
13275With art or skill. [Obs.]
13276 artotype
13277A kind of autotype.
13278 artotyrite
13279One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated theLord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the firstoblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of theirflocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]
13280 artow
13281A contraction of art thou. [Obs.] Chaucer.
13282 artsman
13283A man skilled in an art or in arts. [Obs.] Bacon.
13284 arum
13285A genus of plants found in central Europe and about theMediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. Thecuckoopint of the English is an example.Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock.
13286 arundelian
13287Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel
13288as, Arundel or Arundelianmarbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundelin 1624.
13289 arundiferous
13290Producing reeds or canes.
13291 arundinaceous
13292Of or pertaining to a reed
13293resembling the reed or cane.
13294 arundineous
13295Abounding with reeds
13296reedy.
13297 aruspex
13298One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans,who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victimsoffered on the altars of the gods.
13299 aruspice
13300A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written alsoharuspice.]
13301 aruspicy
13302Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slainsacrifice.
13303 arval
13304A funeral feast. [North of Eng.] Grose.
13305 arvicole
13306A mouse of the genus Arvicola
13307the meadow mouse. There are manyspecies.
13308 aryan
13309Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans
13310Indo-European
13311Indo-Germanic
13312as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
13313 aryanize
13314To make Aryan (a language, or in language). K. Johnston.
13315 arytenoid
13316Ladle-shaped
13317-- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx,and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. Thecartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected withthe vocal cords.
13318 as
13319An ace. [Obs.] Chaucer. Ambes-as, double aces.
13320 asa
13321An ancient name of a gum.
13322 asaphus
13323A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation.See Illust. in Append.
13324 asarabacca
13325An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves androots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used incephalic snuffs.
13326 asarone
13327A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from theAsarum Europæum
13328-- called also camphor of asarum.
13329 asbestic
13330Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus
13331inconsumable
13332asbestine.
13333 asbestiform
13334Having the form or structure of asbestus.
13335 asbestine
13336Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature
13337incombustible
13338asbestic.
13339 asbestous
13340Asbestic.
13341 asbolin
13342A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
13343 ascariasis
13344A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea,caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.
13345 ascarid
13346A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascarislumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine and alliedspecies found in domestic animals
13347also commonly applied to thepinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.
13348 ascend
13349To go or move upward upon or along
13350to climb
13351to mount
13352to goup the top of
13353as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, athrone.
13354 ascendable
13355Capable of being ascended.
13356 ascendant
13357The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises abovethe horizon at the moment of one's birth
13358supposed to have acommanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
13359 ascendency
13360Governing or controlling influence
13361domination
13362power.An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay.Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.
13363 ascendible
13364Capable of being ascended
13365climbable.
13366 ascending
13367Rising
13368moving upward
13369as, an ascending kite.-- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasinglatitude of a planet. Ferguson.-- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship tracedbackward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother,grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending.-- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet whereinit passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called thenorthern node. Herschel.-- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to theascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term isgreater than the preceding.-- Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.
13370 ascensional
13371Relating to ascension
13372connected with ascent
13373ascensive
13374tending upward
13375as, the ascensional power of a balloon. Ascensionaldifference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and rightascension
13376-- used chiefly as expressing the difference between thetime of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hoursfrom its meridian passage.
13377 ascensive
13378Augmentative
13379intensive. Ellicott.
13380 ascertainable
13381That may be ascertained.-- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n.-- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
13382 ascertainer
13383One who ascertains.
13384 ascertainment
13385The act of ascertaining
13386a reducing to certainty
13387a finding outby investigation
13388discovery.The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
13389 ascetic
13390Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions
13391austere
13392severe.The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.
13393 asceticism
13394The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
13395 ascham
13396A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and otherimplements of archery.
13397 asci
13398See Ascus.
13399 ascian
13400One of the Ascii.
13401 ascidian
13402One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of theTunicata. Also as an adj.
13403 ascidiarium
13404The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in acompound ascidian.
13405 ascidiform
13406Shaped like an ascidian.
13407 ascidioidea
13408A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. Thegroup includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlikestructure within the oral aperture. The integument is usuallyleathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.
13409 ascidiozooid
13410One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. SeeAscidioidea.
13411 ascidium
13412A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of aplant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderliketraps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
13413 ascigerous
13414Having asci. Loudon.
13415 ascites
13416A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen
13417dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.
13418 ascititious
13419Supplemental
13420not inherent or original
13421adscititious
13422additional
13423assumed.Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope.
13424 asclepiad
13425A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias,consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and aniambus.
13426 asclepiadaceous
13427Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweedfamily.
13428 asclepias
13429A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and someother species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly(Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (DanaisArchippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of thegenus Asclepias.
13430 ascocarp
13431In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shapedbody within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes themature fructification. The different forms are known in mycologyunder distinct names. Called also spore fruit.
13432 ascococcus
13433A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions,occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyalinecapsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
13434 ascomycetes
13435A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ,and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. Itcomprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews,truffles, morels, etc. -- As`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.
13436 ascospore
13437One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.[See Illust. of Ascus.]
13438 ascribable
13439Capable of being ascribed
13440attributable.
13441 ascript
13442See Adscript. [Obs.]
13443 ascription
13444The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong
13445also,that which is ascribed.
13446 ascus
13447A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed theseedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certainfungi.
13448 asemia
13449Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs ofthought.
13450 asepsis
13451State of being aseptic
13452the methods or processes ofasepticizing.
13453 aseptic
13454Not liable to putrefaction
13455nonputrescent.-- n.
13456 asexual
13457Having no distinct
13458without sexual action
13459as, asexualreproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
13460 asexualization
13461The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, asby vasectomy.
13462 asexually
13463In an asexual manner
13464without sexual agency.
13465 ash
13466A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnateleaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as theEuropean ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata)are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashesin their foliage.-- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
13467 ash wednesday
13468The first day of Lent
13469-- so called from a custom in the RomanCatholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads ofpenitents.
13470 ashcolored
13471Of the color of ashes
13472a whitish gray or brownish gray.
13473 ashfire
13474A low fire used in chemical operations.
13475 ashame
13476To shame. [R.] Barrow.
13477 ashamed
13478Affected by shame
13479abashed or confused by guilt, or aconviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "Iam ashamed to beg." Wyclif.All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13.I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson.Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay.An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of thosepresent. Darwin.
13480 ashamedly
13481Bashfully. [R.]
13482 ashantee
13483A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
13484 ashen
13485Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.
13486 ashine
13487Shining
13488radiant.
13489 ashore
13490On shore or on land
13491on the land adjacent to water
13492to theshore
13493to the land
13494aground (when applied to a ship)
13495-- sometimesopposed to aboard or afloat.Here shall I die ashore. Shak.I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.
13496 ashtoreth
13497The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal wasthe principal male divinity. W. Smith.
13498 ashweed
13499Goutweed.
13500 asian
13501Of or pertaining to Asia
13502Asiatic. "Asian princes." Jer.Taylor.-- n.
13503 asiarch
13504One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia,who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.Milner.
13505 asiatic
13506Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.-- n.
13507 asiaticism
13508Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
13509 aside
13510Something spoken aside
13511as, a remark made by a stageplayerwhich the other players are not supposed to hear.
13512 asilus
13513A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including thebee killer and robber fly.
13514 asinine
13515Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, asstupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." B. Jonson. "Asininefeast." Milton.
13516 asininity
13517The quality of being asinine
13518stupidity combined withobstinacy.
13519 asiphonate
13520Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube
13521-- said of manybivalve shells.-- n.
13522 asitia
13523Want of appetite
13524loathing of food.
13525 ask
13526A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
13527 askance
13528To turn aside. [Poet.]O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeedsaskance their eyes! Shak.
13529 asker
13530One who asks
13531a petitioner
13532an inquirer. Shak.
13533 askew
13534Awry
13535askance
13536asquint
13537oblique or obliquely
13538-- sometimesindicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser.
13539 aslake
13540To mitigate
13541to moderate
13542to appease
13543to abate
13544to diminish.[Archaic] Chaucer.
13545 aslant
13546Toward one side
13547in a slanting direction
13548obliquely.[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.
13549 aslope
13550Slopingly
13551aslant
13552declining from an upright direction
13553sloping. "Set them not upright, but aslope." Bacon.
13554 aslug
13555Sluggishly. [Obs.] Fotherby.
13556 asmear
13557Smeared over. Dickens.
13558 asmonean
13559Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which theMaccabees belonged
13560Maccabean
13561as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Writtenalso Asmonæan.]
13562 asoak
13563Soaking.
13564 asomatous
13565Without a material body
13566incorporeal. Todd.
13567 asonant
13568Not sounding or sounded. [R.] C. C. Felton.
13569 asp
13570Same as Aspen. "Trembling poplar or asp." Martyn.
13571 asparagine
13572A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O,found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It isbelieved to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughoutthe plant
13573-- called also altheine.
13574 asparaginous
13575Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus
13576havingshoots which are eaten like asparagus
13577as, asparaginous vegetables.
13578 asparagus
13579A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural orderLiliaceæ, and having erect much branched stems, and very slenderbranchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagusracemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated ingardens.
13580 aspartic
13581Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine
13582as, aspartic acid.
13583 aspect
13584The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another,or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them andmeeting at the eye
13585the joint look of planets or stars upon eachother or upon the earth. Milton.
13586 aspect ratio
13587The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane,aërocurve, or wing.
13588 aspectable
13589Capable of being
13590visible. "The aspectable world." Ray."Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.
13591 aspectant
13592Facing each other.
13593 aspected
13594Having an aspect. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
13595 aspection
13596The act of viewing
13597a look. [Obs.]
13598 aspen
13599Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it
13600made of aspenwood.Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.
13601 asper
13602Rough
13603rugged
13604harsh
13605bitter
13606stern
13607fierce. [Archaic] "Anasper sound." Bacon.
13608 asperate
13609To make rough or uneven.The asperated part of its surface. Boyle.
13610 asperation
13611The act of asperating
13612a making or becoming rough. Bailey.
13613 asperges
13614See Wateringpot shell.
13615 aspergilliform
13616Resembling the aspergillum in form
13617as, an aspergilliformstigma. Gray.
13618 aspermatous
13619Aspermous.
13620 aspermous
13621Destitute of seeds
13622aspermatous.
13623 asperne
13624To spurn
13625to despise. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
13626 asperous
13627Rough
13628uneven. Boyle.
13629 aspersed
13630Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered orstrewed over the surface. Cussans.
13631 asperser
13632One who asperses
13633especially, one who vilifies another.
13634 aspersive
13635Tending to asperse
13636defamatory
13637slanderous.-- As*pers"ive*ly, adv.
13638 aspersoir
13639An aspergill.
13640 asphalt
13641To cover with asphalt
13642as, to asphalt a roof
13643asphaltedstreets.
13644 asphalte
13645Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
13646 asphaltic
13647Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt
13648bituminous. "Asphaltic pool." "Asphaltic slime." Milton.
13649 asphaltite
13650Asphaltic.
13651 asphaltus
13652See Asphalt.
13653 asphodel
13654A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. Theasphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which arecultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
13655 asphyctic
13656Pertaining to asphyxia.
13657 asphyxial
13658Of or relating to asphyxia
13659as, asphyxial phenomena.
13660 asphyxiate
13661To bring to a state of asphyxia
13662to suffocate.
13663 asphyxiation
13664The act of causing asphyxia
13665a state of asphyxia.
13666 aspic
13667A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), whichproduces a volatile oil. See Spike.
13668 aspidobranchia
13669A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including theabalone shells and keyhole limpets.
13670 aspirant
13671Aspiring.
13672 aspirate
13673To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound
13674as,we aspirate the words horse and house
13675to aspirate a vowel or aliquid consonant.
13676 aspirator
13677An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certainliquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means ofsuction.
13678 aspiratory
13679Of or pertaining to breathing
13680suited to the inhaling of air
13681 aspire
13682To aspire to
13683to long for
13684to try to reach
13685to mount to. [Obs.]That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak.
13686 aspirement
13687Aspiration. [Obs.]
13688 aspirer
13689One who aspires.
13690 aspirin
13691A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid usedas a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines.
13692 aspiring
13693That aspires
13694as, an Aspiring mind.-- As*pir"ing*ly, adv.-- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
13695 aspish
13696Pertaining to, or like, an asp.
13697 asportation
13698The felonious removal of goods from the place where they weredeposited.
13699 asprawl
13700Sprawling.
13701 asquat
13702Squatting.
13703 asquint
13704With the eye directed to one side
13705not in the straight line ofvision
13706obliquely
13707awry, so as to see distortedly
13708as, to lookasquint.
13709 ass
13710A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than thehorse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame ordomestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become thetype of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wildasses which are swift-footed.
13711 assafoetida
13712Same as Asafetida.
13713 assai
13714A direction equivalent to very
13715as, adagio assai, very slow.
13716 assailable
13717Capable of being assailed.
13718 assailant
13719Assailing
13720attacking. Milton.
13721 assailer
13722One who assails.
13723 assailment
13724The act or power of assailing
13725attack
13726assault. [R.]His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.
13727 assamar
13728The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellowcolor, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like,are roasted till they turn brown.
13729 assamese
13730Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or toits inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl.
13731 assart
13732The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thusdestroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
13733 assassin
13734One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secretassault
13735one who treacherously murders any one unprepared fordefense.
13736 assassination
13737The act of assassinating
13738a killing by treacherous violence.
13739 assassinator
13740An assassin.
13741 assassinous
13742Murderous. Milton.
13743 assastion
13744Roasting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
13745 assault
13746An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force orviolence, to do hurt to another
13747an attempt or offer to beat another,accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person,as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or bystriking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, itis a battery. Blackstone. Wharton.Practically, however, the word assault is used to include thebattery. Mozley & W.
13748 assaultable
13749Capable of being assaulted.
13750 assaulter
13751One who assaults, or violently attacks
13752an assailant. E. Hall.
13753 assay
13754The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of aparticular metal in an ore or alloy
13755especially, the determination ofthe proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
13756 assay pound
13757A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc.,sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
13758 assay ton
13759A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience.Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligramsof precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directlythe number of ounces to the ton.
13760 assayable
13761That may be assayed.
13762 assayer
13763One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores orcompounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of anyparticular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
13764 assaying
13765The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examiningmetals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
13766 asse
13767A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valuedfor its fur.
13768 assecuration
13769Assurance
13770certainty. [Obs.]
13771 assecure
13772To make sure or safe
13773to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.
13774 assecution
13775An obtaining or acquiring. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
13776 assegai
13777Same as Assagai.
13778 assemble
13779To collect into one place or body
13780to bring or call together
13781to convene
13782to congregate.Thither he assembled all his train. Milton.All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2.
13783 assembler
13784One who assembles a number of individuals
13785also, one of anumber assembled.
13786 assembly
13787A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troopsto assemble.
13788 assemblyman
13789A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of astate legislature.
13790 assent
13791To admit a thing as true
13792to express one's agreement,acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, sayingthat these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9.The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.
13793 assentation
13794Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent
13795hypocritical orpretended concurrence.Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much asindiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld.Chesterfield.
13796 assentator
13797An obsequious
13798a flatterer. [R.]
13799 assentatory
13800Flattering
13801obsequious. [Obs.] -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.[Obs.]
13802 assenter
13803One who assents.
13804 assentient
13805Assenting.
13806 assenting
13807Giving or implying assent.-- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.
13808 assentive
13809Giving assent
13810of the nature of assent
13811complying.-- As*sent"ive*ness, n.
13812 assentment
13813Assent
13814agreement. [Obs.]
13815 asserter
13816One who asserts
13817one who avers pr maintains
13818an assertor.The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman.
13819 assertive
13820Positive
13821affirming confidently
13822affirmative
13823peremptory.In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill.As*sert"ive*ly, adv.-- As*sert"ive*ness, n.
13824 assertor
13825One who asserts or avers
13826one who maintains or vindicates aclaim or a right
13827an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator
13828a defender
13829an asserter.The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay.Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.
13830 assertorial
13831Asserting that a thing is
13832-- opposed to problematical andapodeictical.
13833 assertory
13834Affirming
13835maintaining.Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor.An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham.A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual.Sir W. Hamilton.
13836 assessable
13837Liable to be assessed or taxed
13838as, assessable property.
13839 assessee
13840One who is assessed.
13841 assession
13842A sitting beside or near.
13843 assessorial
13844Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.Coxe.
13845 assessorship
13846The office or function of an assessor.
13847 asset
13848Any article or separable part of one's assets.
13849 assever
13850See Asseverate. [Archaic]
13851 asseverate
13852To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
13853 asseveration
13854The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated
13855positiveaffirmation or assertion
13856solemn declaration.Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverationsupon slight and trivial occasions. Ray.
13857 asseverative
13858Characterized by asseveration
13859asserting positively.
13860 asseveratory
13861Asseverative.
13862 assibilate
13863To make sibilant
13864to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.
13865 assibilation
13866Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
13867 assidean
13868One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews,and supported the Asmoneans.
13869 assident
13870Usually attending a disease, but not always
13871as, assidentsigns, or symptoms.
13872 assiduate
13873Unremitting
13874assiduous. [Obs.] "Assiduate labor." Fabyan.
13875 assiege
13876To besiege. [Obs.] "Assieged castles." Spenser.
13877 assientist
13878A shareholder of the Assiento company
13879one of the parties tothe Assiento contract. Bancroft.
13880 assiento
13881A contract or convention between Spain and other powers forfurnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp.the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
13882 assign
13883To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, andvest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit ofcreditors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds thewidow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.
13884 assignability
13885The quality of being assignable.
13886 assignable
13887Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated
13888as, an assignable note or bill
13889an assignable reason
13890an assignablequantity.
13891 assignat
13892One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by therevolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on thesecurity of the lands of the church and of nobles which had beenappropriated by the state.
13893 assignee
13894In England, the persons appointed, under a commission ofbankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of hiscreditors.
13895 assigner
13896One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
13897 assignor
13898An assigner
13899a person who assigns or transfers an interest
13900as,the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
13901 assimilability
13902The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge.
13903 assimilable
13904That may be assimilated
13905that may be likened, or appropriatedand incorporated.
13906 assimilation
13907The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substanceof the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether inplants or animals.Not conversing the body, not repairing it by assimilation, butpreserving it by ventilation. Sir T. Browne.
13908 assimilative
13909Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation
13910that assimilatesor causes assimilation
13911as, an assimilative process or substance.
13912 assimilatory
13913Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation
13914as,assimilatory organs.
13915 assimulation
13916Assimilation. [Obs.] Bacon.
13917 assinego
13918See Asinego.
13919 assish
13920Resembling an ass
13921asinine
13922stupid or obstinate.Such . . . appear to be of the assich kind . . . Udall.
13923 assist
13924To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time ofdistress
13925to help
13926to aid
13927to succor.Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak.
13928 assistant
13929Of the second grade in the staff of the army
13930as, an assistantsurgeon. [U.S.]
13931 assistantly
13932In a manner to give aid. [R.]
13933 assister
13934An assistant
13935a helper.
13936 assistful
13937Helpful.
13938 assistive
13939Lending aid, helping.
13940 assistless
13941Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.
13942 assistor
13943A assister.
13944 assithment
13945See Assythment. [Obs.]
13946 assizer
13947An officer who has the care or inspection of weights andmeasures, etc.
13948 assizor
13949A juror.
13950 assober
13951To make or keep sober. [Obs.] Gower.
13952 associability
13953The quality of being associable, or capable of association
13954associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.
13955 associable
13956Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts
13957-- said oforgans, nerves, muscles, etc.The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animalbody. Med. Rep.
13958 associableness
13959Associability.
13960 associate
13961Connected by habit or sympathy
13962as, associate motions, such asoccur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. E.Darwin.
13963 associated
13964Joined as a companion
13965brought into association
13966accompanying
13967combined. Associated movements (Physiol.), consensual movements whichaccompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.
13968 associateship
13969The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.
13970 associationism
13971The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
13972 associationist
13973One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soulby the association of ideas
13974e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
13975 associative
13976Having the quality of associating
13977tending or leading toassociation
13978as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller.
13979 associator
13980An associate
13981a confederate or partner in any scheme.How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's withassociators. Dryden.
13982 assoil
13983To soil
13984to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl.Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.
13985 assoilment
13986Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled
13987absolution
13988acquittal.
13989 assonance
13990A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last accented voweland those which follow it in one word correspond in sound with thevowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words areunlike in sound
13991as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam.
13992 assonant
13993Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance
13994not consonant.
13995 assonantal
13996Assonant.
13997 assonate
13998To correspond in sound.
13999 assort
14000To agree
14001to be in accordance
14002to be adapted
14003to suit
14004to fallinto a class or place. Mitford.
14005 assorted
14006Selected
14007culled.
14008 assot
14009To besot
14010to befool
14011to beguile
14012to infatuate. [Obs.]Some ecstasy assotted had his sense. Spenser.