+
animosities
pl.
of Animosity
+
aneurism
n.
A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.
+
affusion
n.
The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.
+
avail
v.t.
To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
+
aluminated
a.
Combined with alumina.
+
archiannelida
n.pl.
A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
+
amomum
n.
A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
+
affirmative
n.
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
+
anyhow
adv.
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
+
axiomatic
a.
Alt. of Axiomatical
+
analyst
n.
One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
+
artilleryman
n.
A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
+
attempting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attempt
+
adelaster
n.
A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
+
animastic
n.
Psychology.
+
autoplastic
a.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
+
agasp
adv.|a.
In a state of gasping.
+
agreeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Agree
+
abbreviature
n.
An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
+
annex
v.t.
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
+
abated
imp.|p.p.
of Abate
+
appropriate
v.t.
To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
+
armilla
n.
A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
+
aulnager
n.
See Alnage and Alnager.
+
attaint
p.p.
Attainted; corrupted.
+
assertor
n.
One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.
+
alluded
imp.|p.p.
of Allure
+
antagonize
v.t.
To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
+
areolae
pl.
of Areola
+
acarine
a.
Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
+
absolute
a.
Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
+
andabatism
n.
Doubt; uncertainty.
+
alecost
n.
The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.
+
antefix
n.
An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
+
address
v.t.
A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
+
adhibition
n.
The act of adhibiting; application; use.
+
amarantus
n.
Same as Amaranth.
+
attestative
a.
Of the nature of attestation.
+
afford
v.t.
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
+
avocation
n.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
+
assuefaction
n.
The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.
+
antichristian
a.
Opposed to the Christian religion.
+
adorned
imp.|p.p.
of Adorn
+
attach
v.i.
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
+
abash
v.t.
To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.
+
aidless
a.
Helpless; without aid.
+
acetabulum
n.
The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
+
anatifae
pl.
of Anatifa
+
asphyxy
n.
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
+
accelerated
imp.|p.p.
of Accelerate
+
amylic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.
+
anisopetalous
a.
Having unequal petals.
+
allogamous
a.
Characterized by allogamy.
+
applied
imp.|p.p.
of Apply
+
acrodont
a.
Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
+
arenae
pl.
of Arena
+
absorptive
a.
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
+
apportioned
imp.|p.p.
of Apportion
+
amove
v.t.
To dismiss from an office or station.
+
antagonize
v.i.
To act in opposition.
+
affect
v.t.
To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
+
aptychus
n.
A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.
+
alley
n.
A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
+
auntrous
a.
Adventurous.
+
aloud
adv.
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
+
aching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ache
+
asunder
adv.
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
+
anfractuosity
n.
A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
+
accountant
n.
A reckoner.
+
amorousness
n.
The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
+
abstract
a.
Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.
+
abase
a.
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
+
archipterygium
n.
The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
+
animalization
n.
The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
+
amble
n.
A movement like the amble of a horse.
+
assignment
n.
The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
+
antiorgastic
a.
Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
+
aslope
adv.|a.
Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
+
apotelesmatic
a.
Relating to an issue of fulfillment.
+
accent
n.
A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
+
armado
n.
Armada.
+
agenesis
n.
Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.
+
amphigen
n.
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
+
aurantiaceous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceae, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.
+
agalagal
n.
Same as Agar-agar.
+
aquiparous
a.
Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.
+
addition
n.
A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.
+
autogenous
a.
Developed from an independent center of ossification.
+
apparatus
n.
Things provided as means to some end.
+
autoptical
a.
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
+
angle
v.i.
To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
+
alliciency
n.
Attractive power; attractiveness.
+
avocative
n.
That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
+
ambidextrousness
n.
The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
+
apostate
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
+
aspiration
n.
The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
+
alkaloid
a.
Alt. of Alkaloidal
+
autogenously
adv.
In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
+
azo

A combining form of azote
+
acorn
n.
A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
+
aggregate
a.
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
+
abort
n.
An untimely birth.
+
allow
v.t.
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
+
a
prep.
In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.
+
arch
n.
A chief.
+
approach
v.i.
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
+
adscript
n.
One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.
+
alkaloid
n.
An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
+
aerophobia
n.
Alt. of Aerophoby
+
artificially
adv.
In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.
+
absolute
a.
Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
+
absurdness
n.
Absurdity.
+
auscultation
n.
An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.
+
acanthopterous
a.
Acanthopterygious.
+
aplotomy
n.
Simple incision.
+
aesculapian
a.
Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
+
attired
p.p.
Provided with antlers, as a stag.
+
awfulness
n.
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
+
acquirability
n.
The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
+
averaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Average
+
acknowledgment
n.
The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
+
appeal
v.t.
To summon; to challenge.
+
albuminuria
n.
A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
+
anecdote
n.
Unpublished narratives.
+
astraddle
adv.
In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
+
angelically
adv.
Like an angel.
+
antitypous
a.
Resisting blows; hard.
+
acknowledge
v.t.
To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.
+
appeal
v.t.
An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
+
anchylosis
n.
Alt. of Ankylosis
+
axstone
n.
A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
+
axtree
n.
Axle or axletree.
+
adjacently
adv.
So as to be adjacent.
+
available
a.
Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.
+
author
n.
One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
+
accent
n.
The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
+
anterior
a.
Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.
+
aramaic
n.
The Aramaic language.
+
ascertain
v.t.
To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
+
away
adv.
From a place; hence.
+
antiquaries
pl.
of Antiquary
+
ad captandum

A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
+
attractability
n.
The quality or fact of being attractable.
+
apathetic
a.
Alt. of Apathetical
+
advisedness
n.
Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.
+
assoil
v.t.
To set free from guilt; to absolve.
+
aftertaste
n.
A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
+
aphrodisiac
a.
Alt. of Aphrodisiacal
+
archaeological

Relating to archaeology, or antiquities; as, archaeological researches.
+
airy
a.
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
+
agency
n.
The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
+
antimonarchical

Opposed to monarchial government.
+
appraised
imp.|p.p.
of Appraise
+
around
adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
+
anta
n.
A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
+
awesome
a.
Expressive of awe or terror.
+
alter
v.t.
To geld.
+
atlantes
n.pl.
Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones.  See Caryatides.
+
all hail
interj.
All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.
+
anamese
a.
Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.
+
arbiter
v.t.
To act as arbiter between.
+
associate
v.t.
To connect or place together in thought.
+
amyss
n.
Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
+
ambrosially
adv.
After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.
+
atwo
adv.
In two; in twain; asunder.
+
absinthism
n.
The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.
+
abomasus
n.
The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.
+
arm
n.
A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
+
alternatively
adv.
In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.
+
aria
n.
An air or song; a melody; a tune.
+
awfully
adv.
Very; excessively.
+
axled
a.
Having an axle; -- used in composition.
+
astragalus
n.
See Astragal, 1.
+
abstractiveness
n.
The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
+
abound
v.i.
To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.
+
anthropology
n.
That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.
+
ail
v.t.
To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
+
adipocerous
a.
Like adipocere.
+
arianize
v.i.
To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.
+
awarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Award
+
adpress
v.t.
See Appressed.
+
amoebaeum
n.
A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
+
again
adv.
On the other hand.
+
abdominal
a.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
+
avisely
adv.
Advisedly.
+
action
n.
A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
+
aphoristically
adv.
In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
+
abridgment
n.
The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
+
affirmation
n.
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
+
assemble
v.i.
To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.
+
apertion
n.
The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.
+
acetometer
n.
Same as Acetimeter.
+
admiring
a.
Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance.
+
antenuptial
a.
Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.
+
antra
pl.
of Antrum
+
aphthoid
a.
Of the nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.
+
arquated
a.
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
+
attribute
n.
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
+
astronomic
a.
Astronomical.
+
affluentness
n.
Great plenty.
+
assistful
a.
Helpful.
+
aper
n.
One who apes.
+
astrolabe
n.
An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
+
accommodation
n.
Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
+
anthropomorphic
a.
Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.
+
allegge
v.t.
See Alegge and Allay.
+
auxiliaries
pl.
of Auxiliary
+
aurist
n.
One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.
+
ablaze
adv.|a.
On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
+
anthracometric
a.
Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.
+
associate
n.
A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
+
address
v.t.
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
+
acrospire
v.i.
To put forth the first sprout.
+
addlepate
n.
A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
+
affriction
n.
The act of rubbing against.
+
antiperistatic
a.
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
+
abele
n.
The white poplar (Populus alba).
+
advolution
n.
A rolling toward something.
+
affirmable
a.
Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
+
adulter
v.i.
To commit adultery; to pollute.
+
alveoliform
a.
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
+
arnut
n.
The earthnut.
+
attraction
n.
The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
+
admonish
v.t.
To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.
+
affrighter
n.
One who frightens.
+
absolute
a.
Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
+
amount
v.t.
To signify; to amount to.
+
arles
n.pl.
An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
+
anodynous
a.
Anodyne.
+
alkoranist
n.
Same as Alcoranist.
+
allusive
a.
Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
+
arsenious
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.
+
antihydropic
a.
Good against dropsy.
+
aberration
n.
A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
+
asset
n.
Any article or separable part of one's assets.
+
account
n.
A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
+
alma
n.
Alt. of Almah
+
atonic
a.
Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
+
areopagus
n.
The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal
+
arenulous
a.
Full of fine sand; like sand.
+
albertype
n.
A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
+
abstract
a.
Abstracted; absent in mind.
+
acrocarpous
a.
Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
+
alcoholized
imp.|p.p.
of Alcoholize
+
atrabiliar
a.
Melancholy; atrabilious.
+
abortion
n.
The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
+
ambreate
n.
A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
+
accomplished
imp.|p.p.
of Accomplish
+
abbreviator
n.
One who abbreviates or shortens.
+
alluvial
a.
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.
+
advantage
n.
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
+
ado
n.
To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.
+
anatomy
n.
A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
+
affiancing
p.pr.vb.n.
of Affiance
+
anacathartic
n.
An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
+
anthocarpous
a.
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
+
appanage
n.
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
+
allegro
n.
An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.
+
action
n.
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
+
agonizingly
adv.
With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
+
auscultatory
a.
Of or pertaining to auscultation.
+
acrolein
n.
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.
+
ague
n.
The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
+
accentual
a.
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
+
accessible
a.
Open to the influence of; -- with to.
+
agonothete
n.
An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
+
abbot
n.
One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
+
appointment
n.
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
+
assassinate
v.t.
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
+
addition
n.
Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.
+
agonistically
adv.
In an agonistic manner.
+
ambush
v.t.
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
+
annelid
a.
Alt. of Annelidan
+
anatomic
a.
Alt. of Anatomical
+
anxiety
n.
Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
+
albeit
conj.
Even though; although; notwithstanding.
+
antitropous
a.
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
+
artificious
a.
Artificial.
+
agalactia
n.
Alt. of Agalaxy
+
anthropolatry
n.
Man worship.
+
agreement
n.
A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.
+
art
n.
The black art; magic.
+
artist
n.
One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
+
accent
n.
A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
+
almacantar
n.
A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
+
ampulla
n.
The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
+
asseveration
n.
The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.
+
auscultate
v.i.|t.
To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
+
abortive
v.
Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
+
ask
v.t.
To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
+
asbestiform
a.
Having the form or structure of asbestus.
+
appetizer
n.
Something which creates or whets an appetite.
+
adight
p.p.
of Adight
+
addiction
n.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
+
advance
v.
The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.
+
alarmed
imp.|p.p.
of Alarm
+
anomophyllous
a.
Having leaves irregularly placed.
+
ampul
n.
Same as Ampulla, 2.
+
appendixes
pl.
of Appendix
+
amphiarthrosis
n.
A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
+
ardentness
n.
Ardency.
+
arrowheaded
a.
Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
+
affiliate
v.i.
To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
+
action
n.
An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
+
arabist
n.
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
+
attorn
v.t.
To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.
+
aviseful
a.
Watchful; circumspect.
+
authentic
n.
Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
+
angular
a.
Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
+
admirably
adv.
In an admirable manner.
+
alisphenoid
n.
The alisphenoid bone.
+
annexment
n.
The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.
+
agrope
adv.|a.
In the act of groping.
+
arborary
a.
Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.
+
archaeozoic
a.
Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.
+
apertly
adv.
Openly; clearly.
+
active
a.
Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice. 
+
antipyretic
n.
A febrifuge.
+
antiseptic
n.
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
+
adagio
n.
A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
+
arithmancy
n.
Divination by means of numbers.
+
aukward
a.
See Awkward.
+
ankylosis
n.
The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
+
absenter
n.
One who absents one's self.
+
atmometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.
+
acture
n.
Action.
+
appreciation
n.
A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
+
arboriculturist
n.
One who cultivates trees.
+
advance
v.t.
To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
+
atomicity
n.
Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.
+
abduct
v.t.
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
+
admiral
n.
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.
+
aswoon
adv.
In a swoon.
+
axillae
pl.
of Axilla
+
aberration
n.
The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
+
algae
pl.
of Alga
+
agreeably
adv.
In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.
+
atheism
n.
The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
+
anastomozed
imp.p.p.
of Anastomose
+
acervative
a.
Heaped up; tending to heap up.
+
anticked
imp.|p.p.
of Antic
+
accomplishable
a.
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
+
annelida
n.pl.
A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda.
+
asceticism
n.
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
+
airwards
adv.
Toward the air; upward.
+
actinaria
n.pl.
A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
+
achilles tendon
n.
The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.
+
asymmetry
n.
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
+
artless
a.
Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
+
after
a.
Hinder; nearer the rear.
+
arm
n.
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
+
alewives
pl.
of Alewife
+
arresting
a.
Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
+
aeroplane
n.
A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
+
abstinently
adv.
With abstinence.
+
authority
n.
That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
+
anelectric
a.
Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.
+
axes
pl.
of Axis
+
alphabetism
n.
The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
+
agriologist
n.
One versed or engaged in agriology.
+
amove
v.t.|i.
To move or be moved; to excite.
+
amatorially
adv.
In an amatorial manner.
+
anaemic
a.
Of or pertaining to anaemia.
+
armorial
a.
Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
+
adry
a.
In a dry or thirsty condition.
+
arreptitious
a.
Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.
+
appearance
n.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
+
armozeen
n.
Alt. of Armozine
+
aura
n.
Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
+
arm
n.
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
+
alertly
adv.
In an alert manner; nimbly.
+
ameliorated
imp.|p.p.
of Ameliorate
+
ambulatory
a.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
+
abjection
n.
The state of being rejected or cast out.
+
austin
a.
Augustinian; as, Austin friars.
+
anodyne
a.
Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
+
abound
v.i.
To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
+
appointment
n.
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
+
a fortiori

With stronger reason.
+
abluent
n.
A detergent.
+
aigret
n.
Alt. of Aigrette
+
assiduity
n.
Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural.
+
ablution
n.
The water used in cleansing.
+
algonkin
n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.
+
atabal
n.
A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.
+
amour propre

Self-love; self-esteem.
+
angled
imp.|p.p.
of Angle
+
asperity
n.
Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
+
afire
adv.|a.
On fire.
+
amenuse
v.t.
To lessen.
+
articulation
n.
A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
+
auspicate
v.t.
To foreshow; to foretoken.
+
anointment
n.
The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.
+
ablepsy
n.
Blindness.
+
almain
n.
Alt. of Alman
+
adventive
n.
A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.
+
appellee
n.
The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.
+
angel fish

See under Angel.
+
act
v.t.
To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
+
adjute
v.t.
To add.
+
ask
v.t.
To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
+
ayah
n.
A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.
+
alive
a.
Of all living (by way of emphasis).
+
alphabetically
adv.
In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.
+
anabaptist
n.
A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.
+
applauder
n.
One who applauds.
+
anglosaxonism
n.
The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
+
asteism
n.
Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
+
aroint
v.t.
To drive or scare off by some exclamation.
+
aryanize
v.t.
To make Aryan (a language, or in language).
+
alleviate
v.t.
To extenuate; to palliate.
+
aged
imp.|p.p.
of Age
+
attender
n.
One who, or that which, attends.
+
adversarious
a.
Hostile.
+
abstained
imp.|p.p.
of Abstain
+
agend
n.
See Agendum.
+
arborization
n.
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.
+
ate

In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc.  It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.
+
alkarsin
n.
A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
+
angioma
n.
A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
+
apteral
a.
Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.
+
animadversal
n.
The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.
+
avant
n.
The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.
+
asperne
v.t.
To spurn; to despise.
+
autolatry
n.
Self-worship.
+
astringency
n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
+
amplify
v.t.
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
+
aigrette
n.
A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
+
assize
n.
Measure; dimension; size.
+
anconoid
a.
Elbowlike; anconal.
+
accumb
v.i.
To recline, as at table.
+
alunite
n.
Alum stone.
+
arabian
a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.
+
arbor vitae

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
+
arrogancy
n.
Arrogance.
+
adumbrate
v.t.
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
+
aliquot
a.
An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
+
anthropoid
a.
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.
+
advocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advocate
+
apothegmatist
n.
A collector or maker of apothegms.
+
abolish
v.t.
To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.
+
antrovert
v.t.
To bend forward.
+
ascendance
n.
Same as Ascendency.
+
add
v.i.
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.
+
alternation
n.
The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
+
adangle
adv.
Dangling.
+
aught
adv.
At all; in any degree.
+
augured
imp.|p.p.
of Augur
+
adorer
n.
One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer.
+
arrest
v.t.
To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
+
amass
n.
A mass; a heap.
+
aerated
imp.|p.p.
of Aerate
+
apparentness
n.
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
+
anthrax
n.
An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
+
allegorizer
n.
One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.
+
alew
n.
Halloo.
+
ambry
n.
Almonry.
+
agonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Agonize
+
antonomasia
n.
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
+
aucupation
n.
Birdcatching; fowling.
+
acceptation
n.
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
+
annals
n.pl.
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."
+
apocalyptic
a.
Alt. of Apocalyptical
+
ark
n.
A chest, or coffer.
+
alose
n.
The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.
+
athletic
a.
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
+
anathema
n.
Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
+
antimalarial
a.
Good against malaria.
+
aspic
n.
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
+
accommodateness
n.
Fitness.
+
auspicate
a.
Auspicious.
+
augment
n.
Enlargement by addition; increase.
+
ascend
v.i.
To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
+
automath
n.
One who is self-taught.
+
affluent
a.
Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
+
attaint
v.t.
To attain; to get act; to hit.
+
asininity
n.
The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
+
acrid
a.
Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
+
antitropal
a.
Alt. of Antitropous
+
anxiety
n.
Eager desire.
+
acquaint
v.t.
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
+
accusant
n.
An accuser.
+
aurate
n.
A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.
+
anaconda
n.
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
+
aforehand
adv.
Beforehand; in anticipation.
+
address
v.t.
Act of preparing one's self.
+
atomically
adv.
In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.
+
antalgic
n.
A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
+
apologized
imp.|p.p.
of Apologize
+
achromatic
a.
Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
+
angulodentate
a.
Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
+
abrogative
a.
Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.
+
ant thrush

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.
+
anathematizer
n.
One who pronounces an anathema.
+
awoken

of Awake
+
availed
imp.|p.p.
of Avail
+
apoplexy
n.
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
+
ascarides
pl.
of Ascarid
+
adjournment
n.
The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.
+
account
v.i.
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
+
awreke
v.t.|i.
To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.
+
authorized
a.
Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
+
admissibility
n.
The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.
+
affectionate
a.
Strongly inclined; -- with to.
+
attestation
n.
The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.
+
affordment
n.
Anything given as a help; bestowal.
+
alkali
n.
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
+
attache
v.t.
One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
+
answerableness
n.
The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
+
allumette
n.
A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
+
albuminoid
a.
Resembling albumin.
+
azaleas
pl.
of Azalea
+
allthing
adv.
Altogether.
+
abortment
n.
Abortion.
+
argumentize
v.i.
To argue or discuss.
+
abovesaid
a.
Mentioned or recited before.
+
aloofness
n.
State of being aloof.
+
archlute
n.
Alt. of Archilute
+
attacker
n.
One who attacks.
+
absinthiate
v.t.
To impregnate with wormwood.
+
arrowworm
n.
A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
+
amercement
n.
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
+
agglutination
n.
Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
+
aggrandizer
n.
One who aggrandizes, or makes great.
+
arabesque
n.
A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
+
afforestation
n.
The act of converting into forest or woodland.
+
aculei
pl.
of Aculeus
+
adiaphoristic
a.
Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.
+
assume
v.i.
To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
+
ascospore
n.
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
+
arbor vine

A species of bindweed.
+
anthropopathic
a.
Alt. of Anthropopathical
+
astaticism
n.
The state of being astatic.
+
alarmable
a.
Easily alarmed or disturbed.
+
assuager
n.
One who, or that which, assuages.
+
adjudge
v.t.
To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
+
arboreous
a.
Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
+
alcove
n.
A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.
+
art
n.
Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
+
afterclap
n.
An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
+
anthropopathy
n.
The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
+
abit

3d sing. pres. of Abide.
+
archencephala
n.pl.
The division that includes man alone.
+
autofecundation
n.
Self-impregnation.
+
animalize
v.t.
To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
+
attestor
n.
One who attests.
+
appropriable
a.
Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
+
amoebean
a.
Alternately answering.
+
anapophysis
n.
An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.
+
althea
n.
An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
+
astony
v.t.
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
+
atrocha
n.
A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
+
allotter
n.
One who allots.
+
acetosity
n.
The quality of being acetous; sourness.
+
adaptable
a.
Capable of being adapted.
+
afterwards
adv.
Alt. of Afterward
+
allegresse
n.
Joy; gladsomeness.
+
adjudicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjudicate
+
ambages
n.pl.
A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
+
amusable
a.
Capable of being amused.
+
antitypal
a.
Antitypical.
+
accouter
v.t.
Alt. of Accoutre
+
accelerator
n.
One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
+
avenaceous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
+
animalism
n.
The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.
+
adipescent
a.
Becoming fatty.
+
analyzing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Analyze
+
anfractuosity
n.
A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
+
atonic
n.
An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing.
+
antifebrine
n.
Acetanilide.
+
augurship
n.
The office, or period of office, of an augur.
+
actinism
n.
The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.
+
administrator
n.
A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.
+
athwart
prep.
Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
+
abietinic
a.
Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.
+
authorize
v.t.
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
+
abetted
imp.|p.p.
of Abet
+
aurelia
n.
The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.
+
affixes
pl.
of Affix
+
antiphoner
n.
A book of antiphons.
+
alight
a.
Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
+
accrued
imp.|p.p.
of Accrue
+
air
n.
The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.
+
apostrophe
n.
A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."
+
abolisher
n.
One who abolishes.
+
acrasia
n.
Alt. of Acrasy
+
anime
n.
A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
+
agast
v.t.
Alt. of Aghast
+
ambigenous
a.
Of two kinds.
+
animous
a.
Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute.
+
assimilation
n.
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
+
adhesion
n.
The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
+
abacus
n.
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
+
antiscriptural
a.
Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
+
altruist
n.
One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.
+
absciss
n.
See Abscissa.
+
attle
n.
Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.
+
astucity
n.
Craftiness; astuteness.
+
appropriate
v.t.
To make suitable; to suit.
+
abjuratory
a.
Containing abjuration.
+
ameliorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ameliorate
+
anchorable
a.
Fit for anchorage.
+
asiphonea
n.pl.
Alt. of Asiphonida
+
abstentious
a.
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.
+
accouplement
n.
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.
+
authorize
v.t.
To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
+
absterse
v.t.
To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
+
alkaloidal
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
+
adjacency

The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
+
amelcorn
n.
A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
+
accredited
imp.|p.p.
of Accredit
+
as
adv.|conj.
That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
+
affray
v.t.
To startle from quiet; to alarm.
+
archivolt
n.
The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
+
azure
v.t.
To color blue.
+
antiscorbutic
n.
A remedy for scurvy.
+
ambrosial
a.
Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
+
alemannic
a.
Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
+
abnodation
n.
The act of cutting away the knots of trees.
+
air stove

A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.
+
avaunce
v.t.|i.
To advance; to profit.
+
active
a.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
+
aryan
n.
The language of the original Aryans.
+
acalephan
n.
One of the Acalephae.
+
again
prep.
Alt. of Agains
+
abyssinian
n.
A member of the Abyssinian Church.
+
awesome
a.
Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.
+
alvearies
pl.
of Alveary
+
apply
v.t.
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
+
adnoun
n.
An adjective, or attribute.
+
akin
a.
Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
+
accompany
v.t.
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
+
absolute
a.
Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
+
aculeate
a.
Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
+
acclaim
v.i.
To shout applause.
+
asking
n.
The publishing of banns.
+
account
v.i.
To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
+
architraved
a.
Furnished with an architrave.
+
azymous
a.
Unleavened; unfermented.
+
atomizer
n.
One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.
+
audible
n.
That which may be heard.
+
adhort
v.t.
To exhort; to advise.
+
antitheses
pl.
of Antithesis
+
aflaunt
adv.|a.
In a flaunting state or position.
+
antistrophe
n.
The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
+
abhominable
a.
Abominable.
+
auricular
a.
Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
+
accrescence
n.
Continuous growth; an accretion.
+
allegorizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allegorize
+
allopathically
adv.
In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
+
auspicial
a.
Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious.
+
anglocatholic
n.
A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
+
ataraxia
n.
Alt. of Ataraxy
+
accommodating
a.
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
+
apronless
a.
Without an apron.
+
authorize
v.t.
To justify; to furnish a ground for.
+
affrontee
n.
One who receives an affront.
+
antiphrastic
a.
Alt. of Antiphrastical
+
annulet
n.
A little circle borne as a charge.
+
affair
n.
A material object (vaguely designated).
+
ark
n.
A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
+
absolution
n.
Delivery, in speech.
+
astro

The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.
+
ametabola
n.pl.
A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
+
availment
n.
Profit; advantage.
+
ascriptitious
a.
Ascribed.
+
asiphonate
n.
An asiphonate mollusk.
+
acervose
a.
Full of heaps.
+
ancient
n.
An ensign or flag.
+
anatron
n.
Glass gall or sandiver.
+
adapt
v.t.
To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.
+
asses
pl.
of As
+
allocation
n.
The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
+
absolve
v.t.
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
+
acroteria
pl.
of Acroterium
+
authenticalness
n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
+
anchoretism
n.
The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
+
acrostic
n.
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
+
artemia
n.
A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
+
accidental
a.
Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
+
azurine
n.
The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so called from its color.
+
annulose
a.
Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
+
assassinous
a.
Murderous.
+
adderstongue
n.
A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
+
agony
n.
Violent contest or striving.
+
antiquity
n.
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
+
alder
a.
Alt. of Aller
+
abide
v.t.
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
+
attorney
n.
A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
+
absorbable
a.
Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
+
animalize
v.t.
To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
+
attenuate
v.t.
To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
+
addition
n.
A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
+
alleviated
imp.|p.p.
of Alleviate
+
another
pron.|a.
Not the same; different.
+
adhering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adhere
+
amphirhina
n.pl.
A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
+
alchemistical
a.
Relating to or practicing alchemy.
+
aerometric
a.
Of or pertaining to aerometry; as, aerometric investigations.
+
align
v.t.
To form in line; to fall into line.
+
anagrammatism
n.
The act or practice of making anagrams.
+
artilize
v.t.
To make resemble.
+
addleheaded
a.
Alt. of Addle-pated
+
amateurish
a.
In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
+
abroad
adv.
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
+
amioidei
n.pl.
An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
+
anemonic
a.
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.
+
apprehend
v.i.
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
+
auriphrygiate
a.
Embroidered or decorated with gold.
+
antithet
n.
An antithetic or contrasted statement.
+
anthem
n.
Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
+
areometry
n.
The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.
+
awaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Awake
+
addlebrained
a.
Alt. of Addle-pated
+
associational
a.
Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
+
advance
v.t.
To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.
+
actualize
v.t.
To make actual; to realize in action.
+
alternate
n.
A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
+
abortive
v.
Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
+
afflatus
n.
A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
+
alaternus
n.
An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
+
affective
a.
Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.
+
ankled
a.
Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled.
+
abstinent
n.
One who abstains.
+
apron
n.
A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
+
assert
v.t.
To maintain; to defend.
+
anaphroditic
a.
Produced without concourse of sexes.
+
anaphrodisia
n.
Absence of sexual appetite.
+
apprehensible
a.
Capable of being apprehended or conceived.
+
augustinianism
n.
Alt. of Augustinism
+
acre
n.
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
+
asperity
n.
Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
+
anoplothere
n.
Alt. of Anoplotherium
+
agnosticism
n.
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.
+
age
n.
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
+
argonauta
n.
A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.
+
annuent
a.
Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).
+
adorement
n.
The act of adoring; adoration.
+
auditive
a.
Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory.
+
alpaca
n.
A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
+
ambush
v.t.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
+
amice
n.
A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
+
appall
a.
To make pale; to blanch.
+
agrarianism
n.
An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
+
age
v.i.
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
+
amble
v.i.
To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
+
abstraction
a.
Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
+
admeasure
v.t.
To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.
+
anecdotic
a.
Alt. of Anecdotical
+
antecursor
n.
A forerunner; a precursor.
+
aerosphere
n.
The atmosphere.
+
acclimatement
n.
Acclimation.
+
absolutist
n.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
+
author
n.
The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
+
anabaptistical
a.
Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.
+
agitator
n.
An implement for shaking or mixing.
+
apocynaceous
a.
Alt. of Apocyneous
+
achromatize
v.t.
To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
+
admit
v.t.
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.
+
absentness
n.
The quality of being absent-minded.
+
apiculated
a.
Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
+
alternation
n.
Permutation.
+
alkahest
n.
The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
+
abstraction
a.
The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
+
anisomeric
a.
Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
+
argumentable
a.
Admitting of argument.
+
adapting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adapt
+
alive
a.
Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
+
autocratorical
a.
Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute.
+
abeyancy
n.
Abeyance.
+
accustom
v.t.
To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
+
antic
a.

+
argumentative
a.
Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
+
archangel
n.
A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
+
acting
a.
Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an   acting superintendent.
+
anguish
n.
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
+
alcoran
n.
The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).
+
authentics
n.
A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity.
+
apple pie

A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.
+
avarice
n.
An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
+
angle
n.
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
+
agonism
n.
Contention for a prize; a contest.
+
adroit
a.
Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.
+
amphibolies
pl.
of Amphiboly
+
also
adv.|conj.
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
+
ass
n.
A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.
+
abstractedness
n.
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
+
advising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advise
+
auln
n.
An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.
+
acidness
n.
Acidity; sourness.
+
accord
v.t.
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
+
amalgama
n.
Same as Amalgam.
+
above
adv.
In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
+
abrasion
n.
A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
+
ablation
n.
A carrying or taking away; removal.
+
acontia
n.pl.
Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
+
applotted
imp.|p.p.
of Applot
+
adactylous
a.
Without fingers or without toes.
+
aganglionic
a.
Without ganglia.
+
abderite
n.
An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.
+
arsis
n.
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
+
absorber
n.
One who, or that which, absorbs.
+
alley
n.
A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
+
atomicism
n.
Atomism.
+
annulate
a.
Alt. of Annulated
+
accessional
a.
Pertaining to accession; additional.
+
ash
n.
The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
+
amphibolic
a.
Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
+
actinotrocha
n.pl.
A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
+
angiocarpous
a.
Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
+
acuteness
n.
The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
+
antarthritic
a.
Counteracting or alleviating gout.
+
atticism
n.
The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.
+
armorer
n.
Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.
+
architectonics
n.
The science of architecture.
+
amative
a.
Full of love; amatory.
+
acidify
v.t.
To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
+
anthology
n.
A collection of flowers; a garland.
+
arsenic
n.
Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
+
aristocrat
n.
One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
+
adept
n.
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
+
accessariness
n.
The state of being accessary.
+
acataleptic
a.
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
+
annoyer
n.
One who, or that which, annoys.
+
alum
v.t.
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
+
athermancy
n.
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
+
aurocyanide
n.
A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.
+
allotropy
n.
The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
+
appearingly
adv.
Apparently.
+
alilonghi
n.
The tunny. See Albicore.
+
aestuous
a.
Glowing; agitated, as with heat.
+
answering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Answer
+
acuteness
n.
The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
+
abduction
n.
The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
+
as
adv.|conj.
Because; since; it being the case that.
+
adeling
n.
Same as Atheling.
+
abdicate
v.t.
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
+
augurous
a.
Full of augury; foreboding.
+
allodialism
n.
The allodial system.
+
anaphrodisiac
a.|n.
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
+
acanthopodious
a.
Having spinous petioles.
+
acquisite
a.
Acquired.
+
arris
n.
The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
+
ambon
n.
Same as Ambo.
+
antivaccination
n.
Opposition to vaccination.
+
adduct
v.t.
To draw towards a common center or a middle line.
+
antagonistical
a.
Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
+
abate
v.t.
To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
+
abyssinian
a.
Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.
+
attack
v.t.
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
+
abrasion
n.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
+
afflict
v.t.
To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
+
aphesis
n.
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
+
abbreviate
v.t.
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
+
actiniform
a.
Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.
+
alouatte
n.
One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
+
anamorphism
n.
A distorted image.
+
adiathermic
a.
Not pervious to heat.
+
agio
n.
The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
+
aries
n.
A battering-ram.
+
appetence
n.
A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
+
adduced
imp.|p.p.
of Adduce
+
affecting
a.
Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
+
androecium
n.
The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
+
academism
n.
The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.
+
asperse
v.t.
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
+
archiepiscopality
n.
The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.
+
antheroid
a.
Resembling an anther.
+
apoplexed
a.
Affected with apoplexy.
+
appetite
n.
Tendency; appetency.
+
aggroup
v.t.
To bring together in a group; to group.
+
accommodate
a.
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
+
adipsous
a.
Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.
+
academist
n.
An Academic philosopher.
+
archy

A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.
+
auditory
n.
An assembly of hearers; an audience.
+
anotherguess
a.
Of another sort.
+
allocation
n.
The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
+
anthypnotic

See Antihypnotic.
+
auditual
a.
Auditory.
+
almery
n.
See Ambry.
+
aphidian
n.
One of the aphides; an aphid.
+
adessenarian
n.
One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
+
aspermous
a.
Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.
+
agitation
n.
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
+
alchemistic
a.
Alt. of Alchemistical
+
according
p.a.
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
+
aquatic
a.
Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
+
antipodal
a.
Diametrically opposite.
+
abdicable
a.
Capable of being abdicated.
+
aphlogistic
a.
Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
+
abetting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abet
+
abomination
n.
A cause of pollution or wickedness.
+
apyrous
a.
Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.
+
amadou
n.
A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.
+
aruspicy
n.
Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.
+
authoress
n.
A female author.
+
argentite
n.
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.
+
antecedent
a.
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
+
agree
v.i.
To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
+
actinometry
n.
The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
+
agglutinate
a.
United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
+
assure
v.t.
To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
+
antique
a.
Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
+
alpinist
n.
A climber of the Alps.
+
abrade
v.t.
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
+
arbitrate
v.t.
To decide, or determine generally.
+
amuser
n.
One who amuses.
+
amicability
n.
The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.
+
amplificatory
a.
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
+
access
n.
An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
+
articulation
n.
The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
+
ablen

A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
+
all
adv.
Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.)
+
assonance
n.
Resemblance of sound.
+
ab

A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
+
alvei
pl.
of Alveus
+
aver
n.
A work horse, or working ox.
+
although
conj.
Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
+
acetal
n.
A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
+
addle
v.t.|i.
To earn by labor.
+
amanuensis
n.
A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
+
aerostation
n.
The science of weighing air; aerostatics.
+
ashlering
n.
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
+
apportion
v.t.
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
+
anisopleura
n.pl.
A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
+
air
n.
Intelligence; information.
+
awed
imp.|p.p.
of Awe
+
arbalest
n.
Alt. of Arbalist
+
ascites
n.
A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
+
anglic
a.
Anglian.
+
abolitionize
v.t.
To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
+
atterrate
v.t.
To fill up with alluvial earth.
+
abreption
n.
A snatching away.
+
auricled
a.
Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.
+
acanthocephalous
a.
Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
+
albolith
n.
A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.
+
arenas
pl.
of Arena
+
acatalectic
n.
A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
+
aztec
n.
One of the Aztec race or people.
+
amen
v.t.
To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
+
alto
n.
An alto singer.
+
alternative
a.
Alternate; reciprocal.
+
accede
v.i.
To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
+
ascidiarium
n.
The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
+
antiplastic
a.
Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
+
abominating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abominate
+
abscission
n.
The state of being cut off.
+
affrighted
imp.|p.p.
of Affright
+
antepredicament
n.
A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
+
afford
v.t.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.
+
albumen
n.
Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
+
altorilievo
n.
High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.
+
anarthrous
a.
Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
+
attenuate
a.
Alt. of Attenuated
+
adulteration
n.
The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.
+
acetimetry
n.
The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.
+
assenting
a.
Giving or implying assent.
+
ahold
adv.
Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.
+
abbreviator
n.
One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
+
ayle
n.
A grandfather.
+
await
v.t.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
+
accension
n.
The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
+
auditory
a.
Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.
+
appropriation
n.
The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
+
auricular
a.
Received by the ear; known by report.
+
alienate
v.t.
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
+
agreeingly
adv.
In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably.
+
arbitrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arbitrate
+
avalanche
n.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
+
avena
n.
A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
+
acock
adv.
In a cocked or turned up fashion.
+
ambrotype
n.
A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
+
anger
n.
Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
+
aristocracy
n.
A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
+
apolar
a.
Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
+
allwhere
adv.
Everywhere.
+
aller
a.
Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.
+
avernal
a.
Alt. of Avernian
+
androphore
n.
A support or column on which stamens are raised.
+
awakening
n.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
+
aberrant
a.
Wandering; straying from the right way.
+
ace
n.
Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
+
audacious
a.
Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.
+
atrabiliary
a.
Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
+
african
a.
Of or pertaining to Africa.
+
affection
n.
Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
+
additionally
adv.
By way of addition.
+
amalgamate
a.
Alt. of Amalgamated
+
asterion
n.
The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
+
apostolical
a.
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
+
art

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
+
astrut
a.|adv.
In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
+
addibility
n.
The quantity of being addible; capability of addition.
+
adversative
n.
An adversative word.
+
antimoniureted
a.
Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen.
+
azure
a.
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
+
arching
n.
Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.
+
audiphone
n.
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.
+
accompany
v.i.
To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
+
ale
n.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
+
angler
n.
One who angles.
+
astriction
n.
The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
+
arthrodynia
n.
An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
+
atellan
a.
Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald.
+
apprize
v.t.
To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
+
aerator
n.
That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
+
agreeableness
n.
The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
+
alcarrazas
pl.
of Alcarraza
+
adlocution
n.
See Allocution.
+
allayment
n.
An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
+
astatic
a.
Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.
+
avoutrer
n.
See Advoutrer.
+
agencies
pl.
of Agency
+
autodidact
n.
One who is self-taught; an automath.
+
amianthoid
a.
Resembling amianthus.
+
adventure
n.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
+
analysis
n.
A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
+
altorelievo
n.
Alto-rilievo.
+
abusive
a.
Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
+
approach
v.i.
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
+
adnubilated
a.
Clouded; obscured.
+
aggrievance
n.
Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.
+
agonistical
a.
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
+
aromatization
n.
The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.
+
abandon
v.
Abandonment; relinquishment.
+
advance
v.t.
To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
+
amazing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amaze
+
atlantic
a.
Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
+
atomology
n.
The doctrine of atoms.
+
artiad
a.
Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.
+
ambidextrous
a.
Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
+
avow
n.
To bind, or to devote, by a vow.
+
arraign
v.t.
To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
+
atween
adv.orprep.
Between.
+
aniseed
n.
The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
+
aoristic
a.
Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.
+
augustan
n.
Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.
+
abstersiveness
n.
The quality of being abstersive.
+
armenian
a.
Of or pertaining to Armenia.
+
aeolian
a.
Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.
+
ambushing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ambush
+
adultery
n.
The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
+
anecdotage
n.
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
+
anteriorly
adv.
In an anterior manner; before.
+
apostille
n.
A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
+
analogy
n.
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
+
apt
a.
Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
+
androgynism
n.
Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
+
anthotaxy
n.
The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
+
alleger
n.
One who affirms or declares.
+
acrolithan
a.
Alt. of Acrolithic
+
algorithm
n.
The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
+
advantage
n.
Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
+
anconeus
n.
A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
+
amphi

A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
+
apologist
n.
One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
+
accessory
a.
Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
+
alleviating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alleviate
+
ashler
n.
In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
+
areolet
n.
A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.
+
arsesmart
n.
Smartweed; water pepper.
+
algate
adv.
Alt. of Algates
+
air
n.
Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air.
+
aunt
n.
The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
+
asleep
a.|adv.
Numbed, and, usually, tingling.
+
arthrosis
n.
Articulation.
+
ancestorially
adv.
With regard to ancestors.
+
aphides
n.pl.
See Aphis.
+
anthropomorphology
n.
The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
+
adjustable
a.
Capable of being adjusted.
+
allow
v.t.
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
+
awk
a.
Odd; out of order; perverse.
+
ameliorate
v.i.
To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
+
assess
v.
To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.
+
after damp

An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
+
arietation
n.
The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
+
alman
adj.
The German language.
+
absentaneous
a.
Pertaining to absence.
+
adonis
n.
A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
+
adolescency
n.
The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.
+
antecedence
n.
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
+
attainment
n.
That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
+
abstract
a.
To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
+
anthropometrical
a.
Pertaining to anthropometry.
+
accipitres
pl.
of Accipiter
+
anciently
adv.
In an ancient manner.
+
allotropicity
n.
Allotropic property or nature.
+
assoil
v.t.
To remove; to put off.
+
accipitres
n.pl.
The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
+
alenon lace

See under Lace.
+
answer
n.
To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
+
astrict
v.t.
To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
+
acclaim
v.t.
To applaud.
+
arrish
n.
The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
+
affectation
n.
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
+
anarchy
n.
Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
+
aware
a.
Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.
+
antihelix
n.
The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.
+
angariation
n.
Exaction of forced service; compulsion.
+
aidful
a.
Helpful.
+
abide
v.t.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
+
affect
v.t.
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
+
air pump

A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.
+
arachnoidea
n.pl.
Same as Arachnida.
+
abashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abash
+
atomy
n.
An atom; a mite; a pigmy.
+
ayme
n.
The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj.
+
aristotelian
a.
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).
+
adulterate
v.t.
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.
+
abaft
adv.
Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
+
annular
a.
Banded or marked with circles.
+
acclimatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acclimatize
+
amphipneust
n.
One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
+
anode
n.
The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
+
augustinian
n.
A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
+
autopsy
a.
Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.
+
air jacket

A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
+
actable
a.
Capable of being acted.
+
appliance
n.
The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
+
ascendant
n.
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
+
abortifacient
n.
A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
+
appoint
v.t.
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
+
admired
a.
Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.
+
ashfire
n.
A low fire used in chemical operations.
+
apetalous
a.
Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].
+
adorningly
adv.
By adorning; decoratively.
+
antique
a.
Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
+
architector
n.
An architect.
+
aiel
n.
See Ayle.
+
angrily
adv.
In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
+
atomic
a.
Alt. of Atomical
+
aesthetic
a.
Alt. of Aesthetical
+
anchorage
n.
Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
+
aryan
a.
Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
+
arch
n.
Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
+
accrue
n.
To increase; to augment.
+
absorbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Absorb
+
arcubus
n.
See Arquebus.
+
amoroso
adv.
In a soft, tender, amatory style.
+
adjustage
n.
Adjustment.
+
acquiesce
v.i.
To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
+
almendron
n.
The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
+
aitch
n.
The letter h or H.
+
aldermanly
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
+
acropolis
n.
The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.
+
appendical
a.
Of or like an appendix.
+
attractive
a.
Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.
+
accompanable
a.
Sociable.
+
anisophyllous
a.
Having unequal leaves.
+
anguineous
a.
Snakelike.
+
accompaniment
n.
A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
+
accumulate
v.t.
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
+
attic
a.
A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.
+
autotypography
n.
A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.
+
angel
n.
An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
+
abnegative
a.
Denying; renouncing; negative.
+
attendance
v.t.
Waiting for; expectation.
+
acrook
adv.
Crookedly.
+
amy
n.
A friend.
+
arere
v.t.|i.
See Arear.
+
afflicted
imp.|p.p.
of Afflict
+
asked
imp.|p.p.
of Ask
+
accurately
adv.
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
+
actor
n.
One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
+
array
n.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
+
autoomist
n.
One who advocates autonomy.
+
antiquity
n.
An old gentleman.
+
apparel
n.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
+
aerate
v.t.
To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
+
assurgent
a.
Ascending
+
adipic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
+
anthysteric
a.|n.
See Antihysteric.
+
annihilate
v.t.
To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
+
abator
n.
One who abates a nuisance.
+
adjudge
v.t.
To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
+
argumentative
a.
Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
+
albigenses
n.pl.
Alt. of Albigeois
+
animosity
v.t.
Mere spiritedness or courage.
+
attendant
n.
One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
+
appeach
v.t.
To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
+
admission
n.
The act or practice of admitting.
+
archtraitor
n.
A chief or transcendent traitor.
+
argentate
a.
Silvery white.
+
armorer
n.
One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
+
alchemy
n.
A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.
+
afterbirth
n.
The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
+
amphictyonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.
+
accord
v.t.
To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
+
aspectant
a.
Facing each other.
+
adulterate
a.
Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
+
agistment
n.
A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.
+
aspish
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an asp.
+
active
a.
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
+
analyzer
n.
One who, or that which, analyzes.
+
automatically
adv.
In an automatic manner.
+
annihilatory
a.
Annihilative.
+
abreast
adv.
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
+
adverbial
a.
Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
+
abrupt
a.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
+
androgyne
n.
An hermaphrodite.
+
aberuncate
v.t.
To weed out.
+
abrade
v.t.
Same as Abraid.
+
accretion
n.
Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
+
anchor
n.
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
+
applaud
v.i.
To express approbation loudly or significantly.
+
alisphenoid
a.
Alt. of Alisphenoidal
+
apparency
n.
Apparentness; state of being apparent.
+
achromatized
imp.|p.p.
of Achromatize
+
anna
n.
An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
+
admonitive
a.
Admonitory.
+
areostyle
a.|n.
See Intercolumniation, and Araeostyle.
+
airtight
a.
So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
+
akene
n.
Same as Achene.
+
anisic
a.
Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
+
avoidance
n.
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
+
approximator
n.
One who, or that which, approximates.
+
almner
n.
An almoner.
+
albuminiferous
a.
Supplying albumen.
+
auction
v.t.
To sell by auction.
+
amovability
n.
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
+
alienation
n.
A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
+
always
adv.
Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
+
appendiculata
n.pl.
An order of annelids; the Polych/ta.
+
artist
n.
One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.
+
antelope
n.
One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
+
associableness
n.
Associability.
+
alembic
n.
An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
+
apsis
n.
Same as Apse.
+
assuagement
n.
Mitigation; abatement.
+
amulet
n.
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
+
athermanous
a.
Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.
+
albuminiparous
a.
Producing albumin.
+
angelot
n.
A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.
+
allusory
a.
Allusive.
+
antiphonal
a.
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.
+
aldebaran
n.
A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.
+
amassment
n.
An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.
+
adjectival
a.
Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
+
antecedence
n.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
+
agglomerative
a.
Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.
+
astarte
n.
A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
+
appeal
v.t.
An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement.
+
alcayde
n.
A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
+
abracadabra
n.
A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
+
argutation
n.
Caviling; subtle disputation.
+
absolve
v.t.
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
+
actress
n.
A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
+
alguazil
n.
An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
+
abducting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abduct
+
arsenicate
v.t.
To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
+
ablastemic
a.
Non-germinal.
+
applier
n.
He who, or that which, applies.
+
alkalify
v.i.
To become changed into an alkali.
+
associable
a.
Sociable; companionable.
+
arousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arouse
+
anachorism
n.
An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place.
+
addict
p.p.
Addicted; devoted.
+
astragalus
n.
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
+
antirenter
n.
One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
+
athletics
n.
The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
+
adhesiveness
n.
The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
+
antarchist
n.
One who opposes all government.
+
audacity
n.
Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.
+
anointed
imp.|p.p.
of Anoint
+
atlantal
a.
Relating to the atlas.
+
aragonite
n.
A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.
+
appraise
v.t.
To praise; to commend.
+
advertise
v.t.
To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.
+
anthracic
a.
Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
+
abjudge
v.t.
To take away by judicial decision.
+
anchylose
v.t.|i.
To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
+
attain
v.i.
To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
+
aggrandize
v.t.
To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.
+
annularry
adv.
In an annular manner.
+
acceptance
n.
An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
+
actuary
n.
The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
+
almanac
n.
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.
+
ante
n.
Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
+
air cock

A faucet to allow escape of air.
+
atrip
adv.
Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
+
arctic
a.
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
+
avowance
n.
Act of avowing; avowal.
+
adhibit
v.t.
To attach; to affix.
+
astel
n.
An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.
+
alacrious
a.
Brisk; joyously active; lively.
+
arango
n.
A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
+
apus
n.
A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
+
accipenser
n.
See Acipenser.
+
astringe
v.t.
To bind by moral or legal obligation.
+
antihydrophobic
a.
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
+
assecuration
n.
Assurance; certainty.
+
aphanite
n.
A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
+
ant
n.
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
+
agent
n.
One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
+
await
v.t.
To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
+
aflush
adv.|a.
In a flushed or blushing state.
+
amoret
n.
A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.
+
arising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arise
+
antistrumatic
a.
Antistrumous.
+
all saints

The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
+
automorphic
a.
Patterned after one's self.
+
asp
n.
Same as Aspen.
+
accommodation
n.
A loan of money.
+
anallagmatic
a.
Not changed in form by inversion.
+
anorexia
n.
Alt. of Anorexy
+
awk
a.
Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).
+
arch
n.
Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
+
ally
v.
A relative; a kinsman.
+
advanced
a.
Far on in life or time.
+
agnus dei

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."
+
abuse
v.t.
To dishonor.
+
amit
v.t.
To lose.
+
attractivity
n.
The quality or degree of attractive power.
+
aidmajor
n.
The adjutant of a regiment.
+
asphyctic
a.
Pertaining to asphyxia.
+
apparel
v.t.
To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
+
affirmance
n.
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
+
aestivation
n.
The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
+
agony
n.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
+
allegorist
n.
One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.
+
acuteness
n.
Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
+
accordion
n.
A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
+
admiration
n.
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
+
assignment
n.
An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
+
aristocratical
a.
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
+
apathistical
a.
Apathetic; une motional.
+
ascidian
n.
One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.
+
acting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Act
+
awakening
a.
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
+
assaulting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assault
+
amerce
v.t.
To punish, in general; to mulct.
+
asarone
n.
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.
+
aphis lion

The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella).
+
aeroscopy
n.
The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
+
asystole
n.
A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
+
accompaniment
n.
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
+
appeasable
a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.
+
apprehensibiity
n.
The quality of being apprehensible.
+
apothem
n.
The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
+
awarn
v.t.
To warn.
+
abandonment
n.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
+
average
n.
Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
+
arnicin
n.
An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.
+
arietta
n.
Alt. of Ariette
+
angioscope
n.
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
+
araeostyle
a.|n.
See Intercolumniation.
+
availabilities
pl.
of Availability
+
abode
imp.|p.p.
of Abide
+
angoumois moth

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
+
abrogator
n.
One who repeals by authority.
+
accessaries
pl.
of Accessary
+
accustoming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accustom
+
acidifier
n.
A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
+
attaint
v.t.
To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
+
adjugate
v.t.
To yoke to.
+
athenian
a.
Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
+
allege
v.t.
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
+
admensuration
n.
Same as Admeasurement.
+
aquatile
a.
Inhabiting the water.
+
acclivitous
a.
Acclivous.
+
annoying
a.
That annoys; molesting; vexatious.
+
aggravate
v.t.
To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
+
abutment
n.
State of abutting.
+
astound

of Astound
+
assoil
v.t.
To set free; to release.
+
annex
n.
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
+
affectedly
adv.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
+
adhesion
n.
The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
+
arrive
v.i.
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
+
abbreviation
n.
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
+
aesthesodic
a.
Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.
+
acephalan
n.
Same as Acephal.
+
adays
adv.
By day, or every day; in the daytime.
+
allochroic
a.
Changeable in color.
+
annualist
n.
One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.
+
arval
n.
A funeral feast.
+
apodictical
a.
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
+
allochroite
n.
See Garnet.
+
appendication
n.
An appendage.
+
agalmatolite
n.
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
+
adventurousness
n.
The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
+
antephialtic
a.
Good against nightmare.
+
angellike
a.|adv.
Resembling an angel.
+
able
a.
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
+
apohyal
a.
Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
+
anticipation
n.
Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
+
academies
pl.
of Academy
+
approximated
imp.|p.p.
of Approximate
+
apocalypse
n.
Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
+
acerbitude
n.
Sourness and harshness.
+
awing
adv.
On the wing; flying; fluttering.
+
acuate
a.
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
+
arborized
a.
Having a treelike appearance.
+
anteater
n.
One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
+
ayein
adv.|prep.
Alt. of Ayeins
+
achromatism
n.
The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity.
+
alloo
v.t.i.
To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.
+
accensor
n.
One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
+
aecidium
n.
A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
+
anhima
n.
A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
+
agnize
v.t.
To recognize; to acknowledge.
+
antistrophe
n.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
+
alfet
n.
A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
+
anaptichi
pl.
of Anaptychus
+
ankylose
v.t.|i.
Same as Anchylose.
+
aldermanry
n.
The office or rank of an alderman.
+
accompanying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accompany
+
ascessant
a.
See Acescency, Acescent.
+
asymmetrical
a.
Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical.
+
anhang
v.t.
To hang.
+
amend
v.t.
To change or modify in any way for the better
+
amolition
n.
Removal; a putting away.
+
assay
v.i.
To attempt, try, or endeavor.
+
arachnidial
a.
Pertaining to the arachnidium.
+
anomalousness
n.
Quality of being anomalous.
+
attend
v.t.
To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.
+
allfours

A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."
+
assentient
a.
Assenting.
+
alburnum
n.
The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.
+
auxiliar
a.
Auxiliary.
+
anxiously
adv.
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
+
application
n.
The thing applied.
+
amphictyons
n.pl.
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
+
altering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alter
+
archprimate
n.
The chief primate.
+
aborsive
a.
Abortive.
+
apair
v.t.|i.
To impair or become impaired; to injure.
+
anharmonic
a.
Not harmonic.
+
abaxial
a.
Alt. of Abaxile
+
aliped
n.
An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
+
aurora
n.
The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
+
athleticism
n.
The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
+
aeon
n.
A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
+
aliethmoidal
a.
Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
+
accident
n.
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
+
amaze
v.t.
To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
+
antilae
pl.
of Antlia
+
arbitrarily
adv.
In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.
+
anserine
a.
Pertaining to the Anseres.
+
antifriction
n.
Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.
+
advisable
a.
Ready to receive advice.
+
abusiveness
n.
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
+
aversion
n.
A turning away.
+
acetylene
n.
A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
+
adoors

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors.
+
abounded
imp.|p.p.
of Abound
+
amel
v.t.
To enamel.
+
all souls day

The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.
+
amygdaliferous
a.
Almond-bearing.
+
anopsy
a.
Want or defect of sight; blindness.
+
aswooned
adv.
In a swoon.
+
anteposition
n.
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
+
alligator
n.
a kind of job press, called also alligator press.
+
amerceable
a.
Liable to be amerced.
+
anatomy
n.
The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
+
affinity
n.
A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
+
areolated
a.
Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.
+
adeniform
a.
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
+
act
v.t.
To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
+
anallantoic
a.
Without, or not developing, an allantois.
+
autochthonism
n.
The state of being autochthonal.
+
academic
a.
Alt. of Academical
+
apologize
v.i.
To make an apology or defense.
+
acquaintedness
n.
State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
+
award
v.t.
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
+
acute
a.
Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
+
abatement
n.
The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
+
arrangement
n.
The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
+
adolescent
n.
A youth.
+
adjectived
imp.|p.p.
of Adjective
+
archwise
adv.
Arch-shaped.
+
apogee
n.
Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
+
admaxillary
a.
Near to the maxilla or jawbone.
+
affinity
n.
Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
+
anoint
v.t.
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
+
anacanthini
n.pl.
Alt. of Anacanths
+
apellous
a.
Destitute of skin.
+
adipoceration
n.
The act or process of changing into adipocere.
+
ablet

Alt. of Ablen
+
apophthegm
n.
See Apothegm.
+
apartment
n.
A compartment.
+
attentive
a.
Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
+
adaptableness
n.
The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.
+
algaroba
n.
The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.
+
aerial
a.
Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
+
ashes
n.pl.
The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
+
assistantly
adv.
In a manner to give aid.
+
antozone
n.
A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.
+
ample
a.
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
+
arrowroot
n.
A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
+
a b c

A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
+
absentment
n.
The state of being absent; withdrawal.
+
arshine
n.
A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
+
audacious
a.
Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.
+
ambulator
n.
One who walks about; a walker.
+
aube
n.
An alb.
+
amphioxus
n.
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
+
aerography
n.
A description of the air or atmosphere; aerology.
+
amic
a.
Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
+
anon
adv.
At another time; then; again.
+
arsenic
n.
One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356° Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
+
albion
n.
An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
+
aerostatical
a.
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
+
admittance
n.
The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
+
affront
n.
An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
+
assenter
n.
One who assents.
+
accidence
n.
The rudiments of any subject.
+
achymous
a.
Without chyme.
+
arboret
n.
A small tree or shrub.
+
anamnestic
a.
Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.
+
alose
v.t.
To praise.
+
aperient
n.
An aperient medicine or food.
+
average
n.
In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
+
aidsdecamp
pl.
of Aid-de-camp
+
addled
imp.|p.p.
of Addle
+
aardvark
n.
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
+
asclepias
n.
A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
+
artist
n.
One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
+
angularity
n.
The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
+
archaical
a.
Archaic.
+
acid
n.
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.
+
amenorrhoeal
a.
Pertaining to amenorrhoea.
+
acceptation
n.
The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
+
accusative
n.
The accusative case.
+
acaciae
pl.
of Acacia
+
applicatory
a.
Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.
+
allocatur
n.
"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
+
acuation
n.
Act of sharpening.
+
amalgamation
n.
The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
+
anglewise
adv.
In an angular manner; angularly.
+
abattoir
n.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
+
afore
prep.
Before (in all its senses).
+
amethystine
a.
Composed of, or containing, amethyst.
+
assize
n.
A special kind of jury or inquest.
+
affected
imp.|p.p.
of Affect
+
alp
n.
Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
+
ansae
pl.
of Ansa
+
alkoranic
a.
Same as Alcoranic.
+
artless
a.
Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
+
advoutress
n.
An adulteress.
+
antagonist
n.
A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
+
avoidable
a.
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
+
assisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assist
+
assisted
imp.|p.p.
of Assist
+
antoecians
n.pl
Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.
+
augur
v.i.
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
+
agamis
pl.
of Agami
+
accrete
a.
Grown together.
+
acinetiform
a.
Resembling the Acinetae.
+
appetent
a.
Desiring; eagerly desirous.
+
autocratship
n.
The office or dignity of an autocrat.
+
aeolic
a.
Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode.
+
auld
a.
Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh.
+
awry
adv.|a.
Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.
+
adusted
a.
Burnt; adust.
+
abatis
n.
Alt. of Abattis
+
adenotomic
a.
Pertaining to adenotomy.
+
adust
a.
Inflamed or scorched; fiery.
+
anticlinal
n.
The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
+
apparition
n.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
+
apsidal
a.
Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
+
age
n.
The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
+
adenophyllous
a.
Having glands on the leaves.
+
awarded
imp.|p.p.
of Award
+
antipsoric
a.
Of use in curing the itch.
+
arrhythmous
a.
Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.
+
arbitrate
v.i.
To decide; to determine.
+
abortive
v.
Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
+
arillus
n.
A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
+
acouchy
n.
A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
+
accommodately
adv.
Suitably; fitly.
+
ascendant
n.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
+
attiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attire
+
atone
v.i.
To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.
+
asquat
adv.|a.
Squatting.
+
anglican
a.
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
+
applot
v.t.
To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
+
apposite
a.
Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
+
anchor
v.t.
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
+
allowance
n.
Approval; approbation.
+
alarmed
a.
Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
+
alterability
n.
The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
+
acephalous
a.
Wanting the beginning.
+
avantguard
n.
The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.
+
aft
adv.|a.
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
+
angienchyma
n.
Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
+
acology
n.
Materia medica; the science of remedies.
+
adulteration
n.
An adulterated state or product.
+
aerose
a.
Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy.
+
alexipharmical
a.
Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
+
ampliative
a.
Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
+
antapoplectic
a.
Good against apoplexy.
+
approached
imp.|p.p.
of Approach
+
apex
n.
The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
+
attorn
v.t.
To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
+
albicant
a.
Growing or becoming white.
+
ash wednesday

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
+
acerose
a.
Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
+
accentuate
v.t.
To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
+
armisonant
a.
Alt. of Armisonous
+
aggress
n.
Aggression.
+
australian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Australia.
+
appoggiatura
n.
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
+
application
n.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
+
affix
v.t.
To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
+
arcade
n.
An arched or covered passageway or avenue.
+
antimonarchist
n.
An enemy to monarchial government.
+
araeosystyle
a.|n.
See Intercolumniation.
+
annulata
n.pl.
A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
+
acharnement
n.
Savage fierceness; ferocity.
+
abatised
a.
Provided with an abatis.
+
antichristianity
n.
Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
+
adherent
n.
That which adheres; an appendage.
+
ametropia
n.
Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
+
adminiculary
a.
Adminicular.
+
adjusted
imp.|p.p.
of Adjust
+
addition
n.
The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
+
athwart
adv.
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
+
agonize
v.i.
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
+
avise
v.t.
To advise; to counsel.
+
abattis
n.
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
+
appraise
v.t.
To estimate; to conjecture.
+
authenticity
n.
Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
+
agave
n.
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
+
affidavit
n.
A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.
+
astonishment
n.
The object causing such an emotion.
+
advantage
n.
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
+
addlehead
n.
Alt. of Addle-pate
+
agley
adv.
Aside; askew.
+
amiableness
n.
The quality of being amiable; amiability.
+
anchoress
n.
A female anchoret.
+
article
n.
One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
+
aforenamed
a.
Named before.
+
abassi
n.
Alt. of Abassis
+
alkoran
n.
The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
+
amphilogism
n.
Alt. of Amphilogy
+
agrostological
a.
Pertaining to agrostology.
+
accurst
p.p.|a.
Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed.
+
aidance
n.
Aid.
+
aretology
n.
That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.
+
appear
n.
Appearance.
+
alectorides
n.pl.
A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
+
anticipative
a.
Anticipating, or containing anticipation.
+
aureola
n.
Alt. of Aureole
+
assober
v.t.
To make or keep sober.
+
auditorial
a.
Auditory.
+
avidity
n.
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
+
acquiescency
n.
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
+
atramentarious
a.
Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.
+
axis
n.
The primary or secondary central line of any design.
+
acroatic
a.
Same as Acroamatic.
+
ace
n.
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
+
alabama period

A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.
+
acraze
v.t.
To craze.
+
altarage
n.
The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
+
adding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Add
+
ardassine
n.
A very fine sort of Persian silk.
+
amaryllideous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.
+
anantherous
a.
Destitute of anthers.
+
abominableness
n.
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.
+
amphora
n.
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
+
amends
n.sing.|pl.
Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
+
aiguillette
n.
A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.
+
agglomeration
n.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
+
alternative
n.
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
+
appointor
n.
The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
+
answerable
a.
Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
+
advertence

Alt. of Advertency
+
accessibly
adv.
In an accessible manner.
+
acquit
p.p.
Acquitted; set free; rid of.
+
ardor
n.
Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
+
acadian
n.
A native of Acadie.
+
absorbedly
adv.
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
+
above
adv.
Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
+
arras
v.t.
To furnish with an arras.
+
acceptance
n.
State of being accepted; acceptableness.
+
arguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Argue
+
ambulator
n.
An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.
+
arsenicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arsenicate
+
antispastic
n.
An antispastic agent.
+
alienation
n.
Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
+
alchemic
a.
Alt. of Alchemical
+
adventurous
n.
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
+
animalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Animalize
+
appertain
v.i.
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
+
annihilating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annihilate
+
anemone
n.
A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
+
ammite
n.
Oolite or roestone; -- written also hammite.
+
acceptability
n.
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
+
affrightedly
adv.
With fright.
+
aphanitic
a.
Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.
+
apogean
a.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
+
abacus
n.
A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
+
ambidexter
n.
A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.
+
animus
n.
Animating spirit; intention; temper.
+
antipodagric
a.
Good against gout.
+
arundiferous
a.
Producing reeds or canes.
+
accusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accuse
+
appeasive
a.
Tending to appease.
+
abiogenesis
n.
The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.
+
admix
v.t.
To mingle with something else; to mix.
+
assessor
v.
One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.
+
aligerous
a.
Having wings; winged.
+
actinium
n.
A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.
+
amortizable
a.
Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
+
acetated
a.
Combined with acetic acid.
+
anabatic
a.
Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.
+
altisonous
a.
Altisonant.
+
atomy
n.
A skeleton.
+
abjure
v.t.
To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
+
allophylian
a.
Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
+
acturience
n.
Tendency or impulse to act.
+
affiant
n.
One who makes an affidavit.
+
angled
a.
Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
+
affinities
pl.
of Affinity
+
agora
n.
An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
+
amphoral
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
+
auspicious
a.
Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
+
answer
v.i.
To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
+
avenge
n.
Vengeance; revenge.
+
atrabiliary
a.
Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania.
+
azalea
n.
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
+
accessorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
+
accent
n.
A word; a significant tone
+
adelantadillo
n.
A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
+
areola
n.
An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.
+
aswail
n.
The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.
+
apothegmatize
v.i.
To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
+
archbishop
n.
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
+
academic
n.
One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
+
amniotic
a.
Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.
+
afterward
adv.
At a later or succeeding time.
+
alkalization
n.
The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
+
apprizement
n.
Appraisement.
+
applicate
v.i.
To apply.
+
aquarius
n.
A constellation south of Pegasus.
+
auxiliary
sing.
A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
+
android
a.
Resembling a man.
+
at
prep.
A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.
+
arborescent
a.
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
+
anights
adv.
In the night time; at night.
+
abbacies
pl.
of Abbacy
+
aloin
n.
A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
+
acromial
a.
Of or pertaining to the acromion.
+
avengeful
a.
Vengeful.
+
adapted
imp.|p.p.
of Adapt
+
abox
adv.|a.
Braced aback.
+
astigmatism
n.
A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.
+
anachronistic
a.
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
+
adjoin
v.t.
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
+
actress
n.
A female actor or doer.
+
anywise
adv.
In any wise or way; at all.
+
agistment
n.
The price paid for such feeding.
+
anticipation
n.
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
+
axis
n.
The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
+
altisonant
a.
High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
+
aspersoir
n.
An aspergill.
+
amphibole
n.
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
+
abject
n.
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
+
anglican
a.
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
+
atheling
n.
An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family.
+
approve
v.t.
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
+
abbot
n.
The superior or head of an abbey.
+
availability
n.
That which is available.
+
advanced
a.
In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
+
afford
v.t.
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
+
acrisy
n.
Inability to judge.
+
abstractedly
adv.
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
+
antiquity
n.
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
+
appendency
n.
State of being appendant; appendance.
+
ancestry
n.
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
+
aciculite
n.
Needle ore.
+
artotyrite
n.
One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]
+
address
v.t.
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
+
archipelago
n.
The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
+
abjuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abjure
+
achiote
n.
Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.
+
alternate
n.
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
+
aggregate
v.t.
To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
+
appetency
n.
Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
+
acrocephalic
a.
Characterized by a high skull.
+
abase
a.
To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
+
act
n.
A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
+
adjunct
n.
A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
+
ambassy
n.
See Embassy, the usual spelling.
+
ananas
n.
The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
+
aboard
prep.
Across; athwart.
+
archetypal
a.
Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
+
article
n.
A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
+
acetous
a.
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
+
ad hominem

A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
+
amaze
v.i.
To be astounded.
+
angelic
a.
Alt. of Angelical
+
adviser
n.
One who advises.
+
advisement
n.
Consideration; deliberation; consultation.
+
admiralties
pl.
of Admiralty
+
atonic
n.
A word that has no accent.
+
anomuran
n.
One of the Anomura.
+
antacrid
a.
Corrective of acrimony of the humors.
+
actinometry
n.
The measurement of the force of solar radiation.
+
agglomerate
v.t.
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
+
aroid
a.
Alt. of Aroideous
+
accismus
n.
Affected refusal; coyness.
+
afoot
adv.
On foot.
+
abacus
n.
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
+
arm
v.t.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
+
acantha
n.
The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
+
anonym
n.
One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."
+
aggrace
n.
Grace; favor.
+
anarch
n.
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
+
ally
v.t.
To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
+
asserter
n.
One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.
+
apothecia
pl.
of Apothecium
+
actinolite
n.
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
+
aesthesia
n.
Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.
+
arguer
n.
One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.
+
alchymist
n.
Alt. of Alchymy
+
absonant
a.
Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.
+
attaint
v.t.
To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
+
anginose
a.
Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
+
abrood
adv.
In the act of brooding.
+
antemural
n.
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
+
arseniureted
a.
Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.
+
arthropoda
n.pl.
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
+
aqueduct
n.
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
+
assignee
v.
A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c).   An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.
+
adagial
a.
Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
+
arc
n.
A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
+
ambreic
a.
Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
+
avengeance
n.
Vengeance.
+
azotized
imp.|p.p.
of Azotize
+
alarming
a.
Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
+
antimonate
n.
A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.
+
ancient
a.
Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
+
air
n.
Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.
+
artillery
n.
The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
+
agroupment
n.
See Aggroupment.
+
assailant
a.
Assailing; attacking.
+
arched
imp.|p.p.
of Arch
+
amability
n.
Lovableness.
+
afore
prep.
Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
+
attry
a.
Poisonous; malignant; malicious.
+
antorgastic
a.
See Antiorgastic.
+
ascending
a.
Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
+
audient
n.
A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church.
+
abietin
n.
Alt. of Abietine
+
alligation
n.
The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
+
albication
n.
The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.
+
appeal
v.t.
A summons to answer to a charge.
+
ascend
v.i.
To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
+
amaracus
n.
A fragrant flower.
+
aegilops
n.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
+
alary
a.
Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.
+
aethiops mineral

Same as Ethiops mineral.
+
apheresis
n.
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
+
aethogen
n.
A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
+
ague
v.t.
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
+
affableness
n.
Affability.
+
affied
imp.|p.p.
of Affy
+
allhail
v.t.
To salute; to greet.
+
angering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anger
+
advance
v.i.
To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
+
actively
adv.
In an active signification; as, a word used   actively.
+
esopic
a.
Same as Aesopian.
+
abode
v.t.
To bode; to foreshow.
+
alligator
n.
A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
+
amenable
a.
Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
+
affiliable
a.
Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
+
atrip
adv.
Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.
+
astriction
n.
Constipation.
+
along
adv.
By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
+
agreeable
a.
In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
+
anthropomorphous
a.
Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant.
+
admit
v.t.
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.
+
assurance
n.
The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
+
aerologist
n.
One versed in aerology.
+
attain
n.
Attainment.
+
altruistic
a.
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
+
aigrette
n.
The small white European heron. See Egret.
+
accentless
a.
Without accent.
+
allowable
a.
Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
+
ancones
pl.
of Ancon
+
appellative
n.
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
+
anapnoic
a.
Relating to respiration.
+
alchemically
adv.
In the manner of alchemy.
+
affluent
n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
+
announcement
n.
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
+
atacamite
n.
An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.
+
aquilon
n.
The north wind.
+
attenuant
a.
Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.
+
adiaphory
n.
Indifference.
+
arthrography
n.
The description of joints.
+
anent
a.
About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.
+
aslant
prep.
In a slanting direction over; athwart.
+
alcoholic
n.
Alcoholic liquors.
+
antichristianly
adv.
In an antichristian manner.
+
americanism
n.
A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
+
admired
imp.|p.p.
of Admire
+
again
adv.
Moreover; besides; further.
+
addicted
imp.|p.p.
of Addict
+
amarine
n.
A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
+
auscult
v.i.|t.
To auscultate.
+
adaw
v.t.|i.
To awaken; to arouse.
+
archimandrite
n.
A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
+
advise
v.t.
To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
+
allude
v.t.
To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
+
addititious
a.
Additive.
+
antiphonic
a.
Antiphonal.
+
americanization
n.
The process of Americanizing.
+
admiration
n.
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
+
authenticate
v.t.
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.
+
animadvert
v.i.
To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.
+
avouch
v.t.
To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
+
anorthite
n.
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
+
anticly
adv.
Oddly; grotesquely.
+
ahriman
n.
The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.
+
acumen
n.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
+
autocrat
a.
An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).
+
ambiguities
pl.
of Ambiguity
+
apse
n.
The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
+
aberrate
v.i.
To go astray; to diverge.
+
axunge
n.
Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.
+
aforehand
a.
Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
+
anxietude
n.
The state of being anxious; anxiety.
+
amusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amuse
+
astonying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Astony
+
ataxy
n.
Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
+
amain
n.
With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
+
acrocephaly
n.
Loftiness of skull.
+
admeasure
v.t.
To measure.
+
addle
n.
Lees; dregs.
+
apply
v.i.
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
+
alpaca
n.
Wool of the alpaca.
+
airy
a.
Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
+
auriscope
n.
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
+
alloxanic
a.
Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
+
associable
a.
Capable of being associated or joined.
+
arse
n.
The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
+
anticipate
v.t.
To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.
+
afar
adv.
At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
+
ateles
n.
A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.
+
agglomerated
a.
Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
+
accretive
a.
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
+
arraigned
imp.|p.p.
of Arraign
+
alcyonaria
n.pl.
One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.
+
almost
adv.
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
+
amnesia
n.
Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.
+
algorithm
n.
The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
+
adaptly
adv.
In a suitable manner.
+
alteration
n.
The act of altering or making different.
+
automorphism
n.
Automorphic characterization.
+
abstersive
a.
Cleansing; purging.
+
andiron
n.
A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
+
affection
n.
Passion; violent emotion.
+
aegilops
n.
The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.
+
adjudication
n.
A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
+
agreement
n.
State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
+
abolitionist
n.
A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
+
arcuately
adv.
In the form of a bow.
+
amazon
n.
A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
+
apprehension
n.
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
+
ankylosis
n.
Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.
+
amort
a.
As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.
+
autocarpian
a.
Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
+
alcove
n.
A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
+
acclimatation
n.
Acclimatization.
+
avenge
v.t.
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
+
assegai
n.
Same as Assagai.
+
apollyon
n.
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
+
anastomosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anastomose
+
arcubalister
n.
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
+
aglet
n.
Alt. of Aiglet
+
archontate
n.
An archon's term of office.
+
anagrammatize
v.t.
To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.
+
ably

A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
+
aisle
n.
Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
+
abecedarian
n.
One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
+
abbreviation
n.
The act of shortening, or reducing.
+
adaptative
a.
Adaptive.
+
agamous
a.
cryptogamous.
+
annotation
n.
A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
+
afghan
n.
A native of Afghanistan.
+
atom
n.
The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
+
analytics
n.
The science of analysis.
+
arms
n.
The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
+
atmosphere
n.
Any gaseous envelope or medium.
+
abalienate
v.t.
To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
+
allhallows
n.
All Saints' Day, November 1st.
+
abstention
a.
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
+
aspermatous
a.
Aspermous.
+
aim
v.i.
Conjecture; guess.
+
aspirated
imp.|p.p.
of Aspirate
+
alienation
n.
A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
+
accompany
v.t.
To cohabit with.
+
antiparalytic
a.
Good against paralysis.
+
after
a.
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
+
allhallond
n.
Allhallows.
+
abiogenous
a.
Produced by spontaneous generation.
+
affrighten
v.t.
To frighten.
+
androgynal
a.
Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.
+
abandon
v.t.
Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
+
area
n.
The inclosed space on which a building stands.
+
affeeror
n.
One who affeers.
+
armisonous
a.
Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
+
ani
n.
Alt. of Ano
+
antagonist
n.
A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
+
awkward
a.
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
+
atafter
prep.
After.
+
amaryllis
n.
A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
+
ankerite
n.
A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
+
aversion
n.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
+
appositional
a.
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
+
accurse
v.t.
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
+
antecedent
n.
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
+
anticlinal
a.
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
+
apopemptic
a.
Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.
+
aetiology
n.
The assignment of a cause.
+
avocative
a.
Calling off.
+
anticontagious
a.
Opposing or destroying contagion.
+
abduction
n.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
+
adelopod
n.
An animal having feet that are not apparent.
+
applicate
a.
Applied or put to some use.
+
abluvion
n.
That which is washed off.
+
apex
n.
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
+
atmo
n.
The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
+
aret
v.t.
To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.
+
antestomach
n.
A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds.
+
antimason
n.
One opposed to Freemasonry.
+
adulterize
v.i.
To commit adultery.
+
arable
a.
Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.
+
assail
v.t.
To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
+
allegiance
n.
Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
+
airy
a.
Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
+
arrogation
n.
The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
+
adjunct
n.
Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
+
army
n.
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
+
apiculture
n.
Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
+
anatomize
v.t.
To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
+
apprising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apprise
+
aethrioscope
n.
An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
+
anomalous
a.
Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.
+
amaranth
n.
An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
+
arrivance
n.
Arrival.
+
abstinence
n.
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
+
accept
v.t.
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
+
achillean
a.
Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
+
acinaces
n.
A short sword or saber.
+
assign
v.t.
To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
+
animal
n.
One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
+
accroach
v.t.
To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
+
advocate
n.
Christ, considered as an intercessor.
+
aune
n.
A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.
+
aristarchian
a.
Severely critical.
+
apprehend
v.t.
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
+
annotine
n.
A bird one year old, or that has once molted.
+
aludel
n.
One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation.
+
alphabetic
a.
Alt. of Alphabetical
+
ascended
imp.|p.p.
of Ascend
+
animadvert
v.i.
To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.
+
altiloquence
n.
Lofty speech; pompous language.
+
accordantly
adv.
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
+
afforce
v.t.
To reenforce; to strengthen.
+
apply
v.t.
To visit.
+
ascribe
v.t.
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
+
address
v.
Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
+
apollinarian
n.
A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
+
analogy
n.
Proportion; equality of ratios.
+
atheneums
pl.
of Athenaeum
+
amphiblastic
a.
Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
+
all
a.
Any.
+
allied
a.
United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.
+
air engine

An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
+
advance
v.
Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
+
achate
n.
An agate.
+
aphorism
n.
A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
+
acknowledgment
n.
The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
+
austerity
n.
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
+
adown
prep.
Down.
+
apagogical
a.
Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.
+
ash
n.
sing. of Ashes.
+
assegai
n.
A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
+
anetic
a.
Soothing.
+
anglian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Angles.
+
award
v.t.
The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
+
aback
adv.
Toward the back or rear; backward.
+
algarot
n.
Alt. of Algaroth
+
atrocious
a.
Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
+
amarantaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.
+
actuarial
a.
Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
+
adduction
n.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
+
acidific
a.
Producing acidity; converting into an acid.
+
ambuscade
v.i.
To lie in ambush.
+
amethyst

A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
+
abiliment
n.
Habiliment.
+
altruism
n.
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
+
al
a.
All.
+
antilopine
a.
Of or relating to the antelope.
+
articulate
v.t.
To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
+
armfulus
pl.
of Armful
+
auscultator
n.
One who practices auscultation.
+
accentuated
imp.|p.p.
of Accentuate
+
animadverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Animadvert
+
antiloquy
n.
Contradiction.
+
abscission
n.
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
+
abbreviated
imp.|p.p.
of Abbreviate
+
analysis
n.
A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
+
awanting
a.
Missing; wanting.
+
attercop
n.
A spider.
+
ad

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
+
ambulatory
a.
Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
+
asquint
adv.
With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.
+
affiance
v.t.
To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
+
arbor dianae

A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
+
allocate
v.t.
To distribute or assign; to allot.
+
acroamatical
a.
Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
+
active
a.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
+
avengement
n.
The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
+
apperceive
v.t.
To perceive; to comprehend.
+
amadavat
n.
The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.
+
attempter
n.
One who attempts; one who essays anything.
+
annalize
v.t.
To record in annals.
+
attained
imp.|p.p.
of Attain
+
alfa grass
n.
A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
+
attagas
n.
Alt. of Attagen
+
almonry
n.
The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
+
assignation
n.
The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
+
affectationist
n.
One who exhibits affectation.
+
acerval
a.
Pertaining to a heap.
+
anathema
n.
An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
+
artfully
adv.
In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
+
arch
n.
Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
+
agriculturism
n.
Agriculture.
+
acquiescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acquiesce
+
applicability
n.
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
+
alexipharmic
n.
An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
+
affrontedly
adv.
Shamelessly.
+
allecret
n.
A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.
+
abime
n.
Alt. of Abyme
+
afflict
v.t.
To make low or humble.
+
asymmetrous
a.
Asymmetrical.
+
antefix
n.
An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.
+
avener
n.
An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.
+
affright
n.
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
+
annihilationist
n.
One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
+
angry
superl.
Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
+
airlike
a.
Resembling air.
+
arrogate
v.t.
To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.
+
acne
n.
A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.
+
arboricultural
a.
Pertaining to arboriculture.
+
annunciation
n.
The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
+
ajog
adv.
On the jog.
+
adherency
n.
That which adheres.
+
annual
n.
A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
+
account book

A book in which accounts are kept.
+
acknowledge
v.t.
To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
+
amities
pl.
of Amity
+
anise
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
+
antizymotic
a.
Preventing fermentation or decomposition.
+
arianize
v.t.
To convert to Arianism.
+
afternoon
n.
The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
+
a

An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
+
acetyl
n.
A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
+
autophoby
n.
Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.
+
actinometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
+
allodially
adv.
By allodial tenure.
+
above
adv.
Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
+
affamishment
n.
Starvation.
+
ailed
imp.|p.p.
of Ail
+
assumed
a.
Supposed.
+
amain
n.
At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
+
aliene
v.t.
To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
+
acacia
n.
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
+
arminian
n.
One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
+
abandon
v.t.
To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
+
algid
a.
Cold; chilly.
+
abscess
n.
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.
+
aphorismic
a.
Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
+
antecessor
n.
One who goes before; a predecessor.
+
ambidexterity
n.
A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
+
archiepiscopal
a.
Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
+
alkalimetric
a.
Alt. of Alkalimetrical
+
amphicarpous
a.
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
+
appear
v.i.
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
+
astronomical
a.
Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.
+
adiaphorite
n.
Same as Adiaphorist.
+
aphanipterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.
+
analemma
n.
A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.
+
ambrosial
a.
Divinely excellent or beautiful.
+
amnigenous
a.
Born or bred in, of, or near a river.
+
acephali
n.pl.
A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
+
ascertainer
n.
One who ascertains.
+
aiguille
n.
An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
+
aponeurosis
n.
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
+
alcyonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
+
acolyctine
n.
An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
+
axial
a.
Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
+
assurgent
a.
rising obliquely; curving upward.
+
apostolicity
n.
The state or quality of being apostolical.
+
andromeda
n.
A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
+
anniversary
n.
The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
+
abaculi
pl.
of Abaculus
+
amazonian
a.
Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
+
acephalan
a.
Belonging to the Acephala.
+
antiputrefactive
a.
Alt. of Antiputrescent
+
abolish
v.t.
To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
+
alopecist
n.
A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
+
augmentation
n.
The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
+
antithesis
n.
An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself."  "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."
+
arcuation
n.
The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
+
aguish
a.
Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England.
+
analogical
a.
Having analogy; analogous.
+
adjudicative
a.
Adjudicating.
+
affiance
v.t.
To assure by promise.
+
age
n.
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
+
atheroma
n.
An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.
+
amygdalic
a.
Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.
+
aristocratical
a.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
+
acrania
n.
The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.
+
adjection
n.
The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added.
+
antimask
n.
A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask.
+
arbiter
n.
Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
+
achromatin
n.
Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.
+
ataunt
adv.
Alt. of Ataunto
+
adjective
n.
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
+
admissory
a.
Pertaining to admission.
+
act
n.
Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
+
amaryllis
n.
A pastoral sweetheart.
+
antechapel
n.
The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
+
apocynin
n.
A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
+
attributing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attribute
+
annex
v.t.
To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
+
acrospore
n.
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
+
auriculars
n.pl.
A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.
+
appreciativeness
n.
The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
+
anneloid
n.
An animal resembling an annelid.
+
attendant
v.t.
Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.
+
amphibia
n.pl.
One of the classes of vertebrates.
+
awaked

of Awake
+
avoset
n.
Same as Avocet.
+
acervation
n.
A heaping up; accumulation.
+
allodial
a.
Anything held allodially.
+
admirance
n.
Admiration.
+
agate
adv.
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
+
alexandrian
a.
Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
+
alpestrine
a.
Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
+
antihemorrhagic
a.
Tending to stop hemorrhage.
+
airily
adv.
In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.
+
arthritis
n.
Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.
+
apron
n.
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.
+
assured
n.
One whose life or property is insured.
+
apologizer
n.
One who makes an apology; an apologist.
+
anaerobiotic
a.
Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies.
+
adhesively
adv.
In an adhesive manner.
+
aporose
a.
Without pores.
+
auberge
n.
An inn.
+
esopian
a.
Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.
+
accoucheur
n.
A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
+
anus
n.
The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.
+
adjudicate
v.i.
To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
+
arear
v.t.|i.
To raise; to set up; to stir up.
+
annoy
n.
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
+
avenue
n.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
+
anility
n.
The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.
+
annul
a.
To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
+
argillous
a.
Argillaceous; clayey.
+
afore
adv.
In the fore part of a vessel.
+
amnesic
a.
Of or pertaining to amnesia.
+
amylaceous
a.
Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
+
admonishment
n.
Admonition.
+
allhallowtide
n.
The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
+
antimetabole
n.
A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
+
aulic
n.
The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).
+
atlantean
a.
Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
+
antarthritic
n.
A remedy against gout.
+
adjunct
n.
A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
+
angered
imp.|p.p.
of Anger
+
augur
n.
An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
+
abaisance
n.
Obeisance.
+
apostate
v.i.
To apostatize.
+
accountability
n.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
+
acotyledon
n.
A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
+
attainable
a.
Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.
+
amharic
n.
The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
+
acclivous
a.
Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
+
attorney
n.
One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
+
attrahent
v.t.
Attracting; drawing; attractive.
+
adulterant
n.
That which is used to adulterate anything.
+
andranatomy
n.
The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
+
anelectrode
n.
The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
+
alarm
v.t.
To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
+
anxiousness
n.
The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
+
alive
a.
Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
+
adjust
v.t.
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
+
anticausotic
n.
A remedy for such a fever.
+
amphiuma
n.
A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
+
affair
n.
That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.
+
antiphysical
a.
Contrary to nature; unnatural.
+
assuage
v.t.
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
+
alexanders
n.
Alt. of Alisanders
+
abjure
v.i.
To renounce on oath.
+
anamorphosis
n.
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
+
adjutage
n.
Same as Ajutage.
+
abased
imp.|p.p.
of Abase
+
axletree
n.
A spindle or axle of a wheel.
+
average
n.
That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
+
amphid
n.
A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.
+
amortize
v.t.
To make as if dead; to destroy.
+
astrophysical
a.
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
+
aerostatics
n.
The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aeronautics.
+
aegicrania
n.pl.
Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.
+
avoid
a.
To empty.
+
aristate
a.
Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
+
apologetic
a.
Alt. of Apologetical
+
assiduity
n.
Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
+
appertained
imp.|p.p.
of Appertain
+
adlegation
n.
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
+
amphitheatre
n.
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
+
ayont
prep.|adv.
Beyond.
+
alluring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allure
+
adustible
a.
That may be burnt.
+
antiquation
n.
The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
+
absonous
a.
Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
+
aparejo
n.
A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
+
avidiously
adv.
Eagerly; greedily.
+
astay
adv.
An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
+
ambered
p.p.|p.a.
of Amber
+
atheist
n.
A godless person.
+
armature
n.
Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
+
ambitionist
n.
One excessively ambitious.
+
assembler
n.
One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.
+
apothegmatical
a.
Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
+
authorizer
n.
One who authorizes.
+
areed
v.t.
To read.
+
acaridan
n.
One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
+
agrarian
n.
One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
+
acescent
a.
Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
+
admortization
n.
The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.
+
axolotl
n.
An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
+
apprehensive
a.
Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
+
apodeictically
adv.
Alt. of Apodictically
+
air
n.
In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
+
alarming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alarm
+
annularity
n.
Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula.
+
adulteries
pl.
of Adultery
+
absorbent
n.
Anything which absorbs.
+
antrum
n.
A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus
+
assyrian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
+
anbury
n.
Alt. of Ambury
+
altitude
n.
Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
+
augment
v.i.
To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
+
ambit
n.
Circuit or compass.
+
affright
p.a.
Affrighted.
+
appurtenance
n.
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.
+
afterguard
n.
The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.
+
agami
n.
A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
+
africanize
v.t.
To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
+
acrimonious
a.
Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.
+
apiol
n.
An oily liquid derived from parsley.
+
accessory
n.
Same as Accessary, n.
+
accessories
pl.
of Accessory
+
advertisement
n.
A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.
+
abdal
n.
A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
+
advene
v.i.
To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential.
+
accosting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accost
+
acreage
n.
Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
+
animative
a.
Having the power of giving life or spirit.
+
affused
imp.|p.p.
of Affuse
+
abutment
n.
That on or against which a body abuts or presses
+
aerification
n.
The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
+
arrach
n.
See Orach.
+
acupuncture
v.t.
To treat with acupuncture.
+
amir
n.
Same as Ameer.
+
adroitly
adv.
In an adroit manner.
+
apparel
v.t.
To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
+
arna
n.
Alt. of Arnee
+
ataxy
n.
The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
+
academist
n.
An academician.
+
agedness
n.
The quality of being aged; oldness.
+
agnuses
pl.
of Agnus
+
aching
a.
That aches; continuously painful. See Ache.
+
annulus
n.
A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.
+
abevacuation
n.
A partial evacuation.
+
adjudication
n.
A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
+
additional
a.
Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.
+
albugines
pl.
of Albugo
+
abortive
v.
Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
+
again
adv.
Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
+
acrostic
n.
Alt. of Acrostical
+
anthracite
n.
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.
+
avaunt
interj.
Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."
+
advowtry
n.
Adultery.
+
aggravation
n.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
+
aztec
a.
Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
+
antithetical
a.
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
+
aby
v.t.|i.
Alt. of Abye
+
alloying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alloy
+
autumn
n.
The harvest or fruits of autumn.
+
arbor
n.
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
+
apprenticing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apprentice
+
atom
v.t.
To reduce to atoms.
+
agglutinate
v.t.
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
+
aphoristic
a.
Alt. of Aphoristical
+
apply
v.t.
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
+
annihilate
v.t.
To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
+
abrasive
a.
Producing abrasion.
+
aphony
n.
Loss of voice or vocal utterance.
+
assoilment
n.
A soiling; defilement.
+
abstrude
v.t.
To thrust away.
+
advancement
v.t.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
+
apricot
n.
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.
+
appellant
n.
One who appeals or entreats.
+
anoura
n.
See Anura.
+
appropriament
n.
What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.
+
arrest
v.t.
To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
+
adjunctive
a.
Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
+
assever
v.t.
See Asseverate.
+
attend
v.t.
To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.
+
about
adv.
Here and there; around; in one place and another.
+
anthophore
n.
The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.
+
approving
a.
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
+
attain
v.t.
To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
+
acciaccatura
n.
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
+
amoebian
n.
One of the Amoebea.
+
angevine
n.
A native of Anjou.
+
administrate
v.t.
To administer.
+
alunogen
n.
A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.
+
abassis
n.
A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.
+
animating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Animate
+
antagonism
n.
Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
+
anourous
a.
See Anurous.
+
artichoke
n.
The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
+
aforegoing
a.
Going before; foregoing.
+
aridity
n.
Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
+
antrorse
a.
Forward or upward in direction.
+
asphyxiation
n.
The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
+
agaty
a.
Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.
+
array
n.
The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
+
agalactous
a.
Lacking milk to suckle with.
+
arquifoux
n.
Same as Alquifou.
+
amour
n.
Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.
+
abusable
a.
That may be abused.
+
attach
v.t.
To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.
+
atheistical
a.
Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer.
+
aboard
adv.
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
+
anguilliform
a.
Eel-shaped.
+
agrarian
a.
Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
+
aleak
adv.|a.
In a leaking condition.
+
apodeictic
a.
Alt. of Apodictical
+
aero

The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.
+
amende
n.
A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
+
ambling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amble
+
adherence
n.
The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.
+
attack
v.t.
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
+
autochronograph
n.
An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
+
adenology
n.
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
+
aegean
a.
Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
+
aggrace
v.t.
To favor; to grace.
+
accession
n.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
+
apparition
n.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
+
affinity
n.
Companionship; acquaintance.
+
archival
a.
Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records.
+
antiphonies
pl.
of Antiphony
+
annotative
a.
Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.
+
advantageable
a.
Advantageous.
+
apsides
pl.
of Apsis
+
abridgment
n.
That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
+
arbitrament
n.
Determination; decision; arbitration.
+
antique
a.
Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
+
aurochloride
n.
The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.
+
amercer
n.
One who amerces.
+
adjuratory
a.
Containing an adjuration.
+
agalaxy
n.
Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
+
antecians
n.pl.
See Ant/cians.
+
aculeus
n.
A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
+
anatomically
adv.
In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
+
ax
n.
Alt. of Axe
+
arterial
a.
Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
+
avaunt
v.t.|i.
To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
+
arquebusade
n.
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
+
account
v.t.
To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
+
adore
v.t.
To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.
+
aguish
a.
Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
+
ascococcus
n.
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
+
adjudger
n.
One who adjudges.
+
aristotelianism

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
+
apocrustic
a.
Astringent and repellent.
+
applause
n.
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
+
archive
n.
The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.
+
acquiescence
n.
Submission to an injury by the party injured.
+
atropism
n.
A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.
+
advance
a.
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
+
academicism
n.
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
+
applicancy
n.
The quality or state of being applicable.
+
adrogate
v.t.
To adopt (a person who is his own master).
+
archenemy
n.
A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
+
abnormities
pl.
of Abnormity
+
ameer
n.
Alt. of Amir
+
assoil
v.t.
To soil; to stain.
+
anguineal
a.
Anguineous.
+
antevert
v.t.
To prevent.
+
ad infinitum

Without limit; endlessly.
+
atmospherology
n.
The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
+
aspersed
imp.|p.p.
of Asperse
+
alacrify
v.t.
To rouse to action; to inspirit.
+
about
adv.
On all sides; around.
+
actinolitic
a.
Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.
+
apotheosis
n.pl.
Glorification; exaltation.
+
adoringly
adv.
With adoration.
+
asymmetrical
a.
Incommensurable.
+
auletic
a.
Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.
+
ate

As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.
+
abjunctive
a.
Exceptional.
+
ascribed
imp.|p.p.
of Ascribe
+
avellane
a.
In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.
+
architectonic
n.
The science of architecture.
+
annectent
a.
Connecting; annexing.
+
adhesion
n.
Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
+
antipharmic
a.
Antidotal; alexipharmic.
+
air gun

A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
+
alabastrine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.
+
agamist
n.
An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.
+
apprizer
n.
A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
+
antilegomena
n.pl.
Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
+
adularia
n.
A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.
+
anglosaxon
n.
The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
+
again
adv.
In any other place.
+
avel
v.t.
To pull away.
+
apocryphalist
n.
One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha.
+
apertness
n.
Openness; frankness.
+
arenaceous
a.
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
+
abate
v.t.
To beat down; to overthrow.
+
archenteron
n.
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
+
adoption
n.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
+
arangoes
pl.
of Arango
+
accost
v.t.
To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
+
aristocratism
n.
Aristocrats, collectively.
+
ahull
adv.
With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.
+
anaptychus
n.
One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
+
affreightment
n.
The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
+
alto
n.
Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
+
aeriform
a.
Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
+
amniota
n.pl.
That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
+
abode
v.i.
To be ominous.
+
acantha
n.
A prickle.
+
airometer
n.
A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
+
awning
n.
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
+
apoda
n.
A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
+
array
n.
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
+
alhambresque
a.
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
+
average
a.
According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
+
amphibian
n.
One of the Amphibia.
+
aptness
n.
Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
+
aggress
v.t.
To set upon; to attack.
+
artillery
n.
The science of artillery or gunnery.
+
astonishedly
adv.
In an astonished manner.
+
acquiescence
n.
Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
+
alchemical
a.
Of or relating to alchemy.
+
atheroma
n.
A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
+
arsmetrike
n.
Arithmetic.
+
anapodeictic
a.
Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.
+
antiphlogistic
n.
Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
+
ample
a.
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
+
allochroous
a.
Changing color.
+
agrappes
n.pl.
Hooks and eyes for armor, etc.
+
assail
v.t.
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
+
automaton
v.i.
A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
+
assurer
n.
One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
+
abdest
n.
Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
+
ascriptitious
a.
Added; additional.
+
apophlegmatizant
n.
An apophlegmatic.
+
ascent

An eminence, hill, or high place.
+
avatar
n.
Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
+
apozemical
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.
+
aliturgical
a.
Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.
+
attitudinal
a.
Relating to attitude.
+
angle
n.
The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
+
absolutory
a.
Serving to absolve; absolving.
+
abortive
n.
A fruitless effort or issue.
+
autograph
n.
That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
+
admeasurer
n.
One who admeasures.
+
articling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Article
+
adustion
n.
The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
+
adulterated
imp.|p.p.
of Adulterate
+
affront
n.
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
+
apsides
n.pl.
See Apsis.
+
abscond
v.t.
To hide; to conceal.
+
ambustion
n.
A burn or scald.
+
astoned
imp.|p.p.
of Astone
+
acritical
a.
Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.
+
antiquarianize
v.i.
To act the part of an antiquary.
+
anatomize
v.t.
To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
+
alike
adv.
In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.
+
advice
n.
An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
+
antivenereal
a.
Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
+
anachronize
v.t.
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
+
ascribe
v.t.
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
+
antilibration
n.
A balancing; equipoise.
+
andante
n.
A movement or piece in andante time.
+
ariel gazelle

A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.
+
amphibium
n.
An amphibian.
+
atherine
n.
A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
+
appropinquity
n.
Nearness; propinquity.
+
apocalyptist
n.
The writer of the Apocalypse.
+
associate
v.t.
To accompany; to keep company with.
+
avile
v.t.
To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
+
anybody
n.
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
+
astrofel
n.
Alt. of Astrofell
+
anile
a.
Old-womanish; imbecile.
+
anagoge
n.
The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
+
accumbent
a.
Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.
+
advancement
v.t.
Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
+
armillary
n.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
+
amber
a.
Consisting of amber; made of amber.
+
atmolyzer
n.
An apparatus for effecting atmolysis.
+
affy
v.t.
To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.
+
antidysenteric
n.
A medicine for dysentery.
+
accusingly
adv.
In an accusing manner.
+
antimasonry
n.
Opposition to Freemasonry.
+
apocryphalness
n.
The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
+
average
n.
A tariff or duty on goods, etc.
+
anteversion
n.
A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.
+
apparition
n.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
+
anticipate
v.t.
To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.
+
abhorrently
adv.
With abhorrence.
+
architrave
n.
The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.
+
ay
adv.
Same as Aye.
+
assumption
n.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
+
augustly
adv.
In an august manner.
+
adulterine
a.
Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.
+
adust
a.
Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
+
affect
n.
Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
+
arrastre
n.
A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
+
approaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Approach
+
admiralty
n.
The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
+
anathematical
a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.
+
antimonious
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
+
away
adv.
From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
+
assuredly
adv.
Certainly; indubitably.
+
amperemeter
n.
Alt. of Amperometer
+
all
conj.
Although; albeit.
+
altitude
n.
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
+
adjudging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjudge
+
annexationist
n.
One who favors annexation.
+
aeration
n.
Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
+
aesthetican
n.
One versed in aesthetics.
+
asperifoliate
a.
Alt. of Asperifolious
+
append
v.t.
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
+
actinoid
a.
Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.
+
alleviate
v.t.
To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
+
alarm
n.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
+
arch
n.
Any part of a curved line.
+
assyriologist
n.
One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.
+
ablaut
n.
The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.
+
antispasmodic
n.
A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
+
aedile
n.
A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
+
antimere
n.
One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
+
adnominal
a.
Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
+
archive
n.
Public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.
+
adverb
n.
A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.
+
aperture
n.
The act of opening.
+
atmospherical
a.
Dependent on the atmosphere.
+
ataxy
n.
Disorder; irregularity.
+
alderman
n.
One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.
+
abuse
v.t.
Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
+
allhallow eve

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
+
assiento
n.
A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
+
austral
a.
Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.
+
anywhither
adv.
To or towards any place.
+
allective
n.
Allurement.
+
absolutism
n.
The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
+
allemande
n.
A figure in dancing.
+
affirmative
a.
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
+
algates
adv.
Always; wholly; everywhere.
+
audaciousness
n.
The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
+
animality
n.
Animal existence or nature.
+
agrarianize
v.t.
To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.
+
antenumber
n.
A number that precedes another.
+
acerate
a.
Acerose; needle-shaped.
+
abyss
n.
Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
+
austrohungarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.
+
antenicene
a.
Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
+
ardent
a.
Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
+
apish
a.
Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
+
aloe
n.
A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
+
advert
v.i.
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
+
argillite
n.
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
+
ashes
n.pl.
Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
+
anamese
n.
A native of Anam.
+
attire
v.t.
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
+
amphicarpic
a.
Alt. of Amphicarpous
+
abaist
p.p.
Abashed; confounded; discomfited.
+
apathetical
a.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
+
amputate
v.t.
To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
+
angola pea

A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
+
arriving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arrive
+
abiogeny
n.
Same as Abiogenesis.
+
arm
n.
A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
+
anamniotic
a.
Without, or not developing, an amnion.
+
allied
imp.|p.p.
of Ally
+
ambagious
a.
Circumlocutory; circuitous.
+
antinomy
n.
Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
+
arpen
n.
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.
+
achieved
imp.|p.p.
of Achieve
+
anaclastic
a.
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.
+
about
prep.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
+
adfiliation
n.
See Affiliation.
+
attemper
v.t.
To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.
+
attack
n.
A setting to work upon some task, etc.
+
age
n.
A great period in the history of the Earth.
+
anapaestic

Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
+
atrabilarious
a.
Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
+
arreption
n.
The act of taking away.
+
aslant
adv.|a.
Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
+
articulation
n.
The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
+
assecution
n.
An obtaining or acquiring.
+
alp
n.
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
+
accusable
a.
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
+
almightful
a.
Alt. of Almightiful
+
anglicization
n.
The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
+
animated
imp.|p.p.
of Animate
+
antizymic
a.
Preventing fermentation.
+
anchored
a.
Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
+
ambidextrous
a.
Practicing or siding with both parties.
+
acacia
n.
The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
+
aularian
n.
At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
+
apeak
adv.|a.
In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.
+
absolve
v.t.
To finish; to accomplish.
+
avian
a.
Of or instrument to birds.
+
anaglyphic
a.
Alt. of Anaglyphical
+
admarginate
v.t.
To write in the margin.
+
aha
interj.
An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
+
antiae
n.pl.
The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
+
argentine
n.
A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
+
ambuscade
v.t.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
+
actionless
a.
Void of action.
+
alevin
n.
Young fish; fry.
+
alcoholature
n.
An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
+
abb wool

See Abb.
+
aurated
a.
Having ears. See Aurited.
+
advowee
n.
One who has an advowson.
+
albuminous
a.
Alt. of Albuminose
+
affinitative
a.
Of the nature of affinity.
+
abomasum
n.
Alt. of Abomasus
+
atrial
a.
Of or pertaining to an atrium.
+
aband
v.t.
To abandon.
+
atheology
n.
Antagonism to theology.
+
apply
v.t.
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
+
avertiment
n.
Advertisement.
+
assay
n.
Trial; attempt; essay.
+
alacriously
adv.
With alacrity; briskly.
+
aggregation
n.
The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
+
aciculated
a.
Furnished with aciculae.
+
aluminic
a.
Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.
+
ae

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee.  In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
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accompany
v.i.
To associate in a company; to keep company.
+
aggrieve
v.i.
To grieve; to lament.
+
atwain
adv.
In twain; asunder.
+
accelerate
v.t.
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
+
adjoinant
a.
Contiguous.
+
agriculturalist
n.
An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
+
abstractitious
a.
Obtained from plants by distillation.
+
auriform
a.
Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
+
acreable
a.
Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.
+
amphiboly
n.
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
+
anise
n.
The fruit or seeds of this plant.
+
accessoriness
n.
The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
+
antivaccinationist
n.
An antivaccinist.
+
aridity
n.
The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
+
amasthenic
a.
Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
+
ablutionary
a.
Pertaining to ablution.
+
aptitudinal
a.
Suitable; fit.
+
ayuntamiento
n.
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
+
antecommunion
n.
A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
+
acquiesced
imp.|p.p.
of Acquiesce
+
and
conj.
If; though. See An, conj.
+
accent
n.
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
+
awful
a.
Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
+
anonaceous
a.
Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
+
aplysia
n.
A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
aggravatingly
adv.
In an aggravating manner.
+
atmidometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
+
appropriately
adv.
In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
+
angelage
n.
Existence or state of angels.
+
asper
a.
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
+
aberuncator
n.
A weeding machine.
+
artisan
n.
One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.
+
acadian
a.
Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
+
agrostis
n.
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
+
aguardiente
n.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque.
+
allow
v.t.
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
+
as
adv.|conj.
For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
+
apteryx
n.
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.
+
arret
n.
An arrest; a legal seizure.
+
anemoscope
n.
An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
+
assibilate
v.t.
To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.
+
approver
v.t.
A bailiff or steward; an agent.
+
aldermen
pl.
of Alderman
+
assistance
n.
Persons present.
+
apocope
n.
A cutting off; abscission.
+
ariel

Alt. of Ariel gazelle
+
adamantine
a.
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
+
assuming
a.
Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous.
+
acacias
pl.
of Acacia
+
advantaged
imp.|p.p.
of Advantage
+
agminated
a.
Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.
+
awless
a.
Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear.
+
abide
v.i.
To wait; to pause; to delay.
+
aponeuroses
pl.
of Aponeurosis
+
appoint
v.t.
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
+
attrap
v.t.
To entrap; to insnare.
+
attester
n.
Alt. of Attestor
+
aster
n.
A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
+
authentical
a.
Authentic.
+
apple
n.
Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
+
abalone
n.
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.
+
araucaria
n.
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.
+
allomerism
n.
Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.
+
accommodableness
n.
The quality or condition of being accommodable.
+
aspect
n.
Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
+
adulterate
v.i.
To commit adultery.
+
arthrodynic
a.
Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.
+
amendment
n.
In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
+
adminicle
n.
Help or support; an auxiliary.
+
agaric
n.
An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
+
anomaly
n.
The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
+
alienage
n.
The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
+
acted
imp.|p.p.
of Act
+
aside
adv.
So as to be heard by others; privately.
+
arsis
n.
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
+
artificialize
v.t.
To render artificial.
+
allotropism
n.
Alt. of Allotropy
+
aquilae
pl.
of Aquila
+
alow
adv.
Below; in a lower part.
+
attitudinarianism
n.
A practicing of attitudes; posture making.
+
annexer
n.
One who annexes.
+
angina
n.
Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.
+
adjoint
n.
An adjunct; a helper.
+
aware
a.
Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
+
atheneum
n.
Alt. of Athenaeum
+
athalamous
a.
Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.
+
aye
n.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."
+
amidogen
n.
A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.
+
allegiant
a.
Loyal.
+
anadrom
n.
A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
+
astrophyton
n.
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
+
appropriative
a.
Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.
+
appeared
imp.|p.p.
of Appear
+
aristocracy
n.
Government by the best citizens.
+
amnesty
v.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
+
adjust
v.t.
To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
+
awhape
v.t.
To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
+
allopathy
n.
That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.
+
acme
n.
Mature age; full bloom of life.
+
almsman
n.
A recipient of alms.
+
avise
v.i.
To consider; to reflect.
+
aquaria
pl.
of Aquarium
+
apace
adv.
With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
+
accentor
n.
One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
+
augmentation
n.
In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
+
alliterate
v.t.
To employ or place so as to make alliteration.
+
actinia
n.
A genus in the family Actinidae.
+
athenian
n.
A native or citizen of Athens.
+
ademption
n.
The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.
+
archegonium
n.
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
+
apophlegmatism
n.
An apophlegmatic.
+
actinograph
n.
An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.
+
astragal
n.
A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.
+
adder
n.
A serpent.
+
argive
n.
A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.
+
agrostography
n.
A description of the grasses.
+
acolyte
n.
One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
+
alms
n.sing.|pl.
Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
+
areosystyle
a.|n.
See Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle.
+
aphakial
a.
Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.
+
agnatic
a.
Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.
+
absently
adv.
In an absent or abstracted manner.
+
afflicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Afflict
+
apothem
n.
A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
+
antipope
n.
One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
+
acalysinous
a.
Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
+
acetone
n.
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.
+
assume
v.t.
To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
+
amentum
n.
Same as Ament.
+
alfa
n.
Alt. of Alfa grass
+
apriority
n.
The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.
+
armchair
n.
A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.
+
anthropomorphize
v.t.|i.
To attribute a human form or personality to.
+
arrowy
a.
Consisting of arrows.
+
associability
n.
The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness.
+
acantha
n.
A spine or prickly fin.
+
alertness
n.
The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
+
anomalism
n.
An anomaly; a deviation from rule.
+
aphrodisiac
n.
That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.
+
avenging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avenge
+
amphipod
n.
One of the Amphipoda.
+
accretion
n.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
+
aucht
n.
Property; possession.
+
asteriscus
n.
The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
+
alike
a.
Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
+
argillaceous
a.
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.
+
affix
v.t.
To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
+
anapestic
n.
Anapestic measure or verse.
+
abolishment
n.
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
+
acidulate
v.t.
To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
+
araby
n.
The country of Arabia.
+
aeolipile
n.
Alt. of Aeolipyle
+
anthropogenic
a.
Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
+
avuncular
a.
Of or pertaining to an uncle.
+
awlshaped
a.
Shaped like an awl.
+
anachoret
a.
Alt. of Anachoretical
+
affect
v.t.
To dispose or incline.
+
allnight
n.
Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.
+
assimulate
v.t.
To assimilate.
+
alarm
n.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
+
actualness
n.
Quality of being actual; actuality.
+
ambagitory
a.
Ambagious.
+
alternate
v.t.
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
+
absolute
a.
Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
+
analogism
n.
an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
+
articulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Articulate
+
answer
n.
To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
+
allowably
adv.
In an allowable manner.
+
avoucher
n.
One who avouches.
+
altrices
n.pl.
Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.
+
appraisement
n.
The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.
+
adjudgment
n.
The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication.
+
anagogy
n.
Same as Anagoge.
+
assort
v.t.
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]
+
awful
a.
Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
+
assurance
n.
Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
+
ae

Alt. of Ae
+
antiapoplectic
a.|n.
Same as Antapoplectic.
+
actuate
v.t.
To carry out in practice; to perform.
+
arduous
a.
Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
+
active
a.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
+
anthropometric
a.
Alt. of Anthropometrical
+
akinesic
a.
Pertaining to akinesia.
+
aurelia
n.
A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.
+
affrighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affright
+
abbey
n.
A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
+
anacoenosis
n.
A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
+
adscriptive
a.
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
+
acetabulum
n.
A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
+
assured
a.
Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
+
aboding
n.
A foreboding.
+
ataman
n.
A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.
+
antiloquist
n.
A contradicter.
+
archpresbyter
n.
Same as Archpriest.
+
acronycally
adv.
In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.
+
alectryomachy
n.
Cockfighting.
+
agistor
n.
Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
+
aglimmer
adv.|a.
In a glimmering state.
+
adhesion
n.
Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
+
arching
n.
The arched part of a structure.
+
arm
n.
A branch of a tree.
+
acrobatic
a.
Pertaining to an acrobat.
+
acquisitor
n.
One who acquires.
+
avertible
a.
Capable of being averted; preventable.
+
alarum
n.
See Alarm.
+
adnate
a.
Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
+
affordable
a.
That may be afforded.
+
anacardium
n.
A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
+
acaulose
a.
Alt. of Acaulous
+
affettuoso
adv.
With feeling.
+
arbitrament
n.
The award of arbitrators.
+
acervuline
a.
Resembling little heaps.
+
attainment
n.
The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
+
adventure
n.
The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
+
antiquely
adv.
In an antique manner.
+
anteroom
n.
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
+
attracting
a.
That attracts.
+
andean
a.
Pertaining to the Andes.
+
azoic
a.
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
+
ait
n.
An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
+
appointable
a.
Capable of being appointed or constituted.
+
abscond
v.i.
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
+
archdukedom
n.
An archduchy.
+
abecedary
a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
+
assume
v.i.
To undertake, as by a promise.
+
achaean
a.
Alt. of Achaian
+
artillery
n.
Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
+
agistator
n.
See Agister.
+
aurin
n.
A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.
+
asylum
n.
Any place of retreat and security.
+
antizymotic
n.
An agent so used.
+
aeolipyle
n.
An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.
+
anthropophuism
n.
Human nature.
+
art
n.
Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
+
algor
n.
Cold; chilliness.
+
abacuses
pl.
of Abacus
+
authentically
adv.
In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
+
aim
v.i.
To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
+
alloy
v.t.
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
+
approved
imp.|p.p.
of Approve
+
astone
v.t.
To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.
+
arson
n.
The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.
+
attical
a.
Attic.
+
ambrosian
a.
Ambrosial.
+
abegge

Same as Aby.
+
acardiac
a.
Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.
+
arpine
n.
An arpent.
+
antidote
n.
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
+
accusation
n.
The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
+
anatomizer
n.
A dissector.
+
assuage
v.i.
To abate or subside.
+
anchorite
n.
Same as Anchoret.
+
abelite
n.
Alt. of Abelonian
+
auspice
a.
Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
+
allurement
n.
That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
+
assume
v.t.
To receive or adopt.
+
admirative
a.
Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder.
+
amygdaloid
n.
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
+
acquiescent
a.
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
+
auction
n.
The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
+
aright
adv.
Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.
+
alcoholometric
a.
Alt. of Alcoholmetrical
+
anaglyptics
n.
The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
+
appropriate
v.t.
To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
+
almsfolk
n.
Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
+
acrania
n.
Partial or total absence of the skull.
+
argentine
n.
A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
+
apiary
n.
A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
+
afterings
n.pl.
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
+
authority
n.
A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
+
amoebiform
a.
Alt. of Amoeboid
+
aerocyst
n.
One of the air cells of algals.
+
avulsion
n.
A fragment torn off.
+
anhungered
a.
Ahungered; longing.
+
attrite
a.
Rubbed; worn by friction.
+
argilloferruginous
a.
Containing clay and iron.
+
astriction
n.
An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
+
alectoromachy
n.
Cockfighting.
+
adjuvant
n.
An assistant.
+
adamic
a.
Alt. of Adamical
+
affinal
a.
Related by marriage; from the same source.
+
attone
adv.
See At one.
+
arctic
n.
The arctic circle.
+
acritochromacy
n.
Color blindness; achromatopsy.
+
ano
n.
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.
+
adverbialize
v.t.
To give the force or form of an adverb to.
+
argumentation
n.
Debate; discussion.
+
ariled
a.
Having an aril.
+
abyss
n.
The center of an escutcheon.
+
apophlegmatic
n.
An apophlegmatic medicine.
+
abbreviated
a.
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
+
arrangement
n.
Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
+
astronomy
n.
A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.
+
apostolicalness
n.
Apostolicity.
+
aspiratory
a.
Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air
+
anatomical
a.
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations.
+
appension
n.
The act of appending.
+
arraigning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arraign
+
anencephalous
a.
Without a brain; brainless.
+
ampleness
n.
The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
+
aplacental
a.
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
+
allottee
n.
One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
+
amplitude
n.
Of extent of means or resources.
+
anguine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.
+
affranchisement
n.
The act of making free; enfranchisement.
+
antilogy
n.
A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
+
appellant
n.
One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
+
ambient
n.
Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
+
appetize
v.t.
To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.
+
accessory
n.
That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.
+
antinomian
n.
One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
+
abruptness
n.
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
+
astragaloid
a.
Resembling the astragalus in form.
+
ambiguous
a.
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
+
appointment
n.
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
+
acrimony
n.
A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.
+
autographical
a.
Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.
+
anonym
n.
A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word.
+
azotite
n.
A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.
+
abalienate
v.t.
To cause alienation of (mind).
+
autogenous
a.
Self-generated; produced independently.
+
amplitude
n.
An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.
+
astromantic
a.
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.
+
afforcement
n.
A fortress; a fortification for defense.
+
accost
v.t.
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
+
amphibolous
a.
Capable of two meanings.
+
absorb
v.t.
To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
+
analyzer
n.
The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.
+
axmen
pl.
of Axman
+
aliferous
a.
Having wings, winged; aligerous.
+
astronomer
n.
An astrologer.
+
anchor
v.i.
To stop; to fix or rest.
+
analogue
n.
That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
+
acinesia
n.
Same as Akinesia.
+
anemone
n.
The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.
+
annoyance
n.
That which annoys.
+
articulately
adv.
Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
+
amyl
n.
A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
+
a

An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter
+
amblyopia
n.
Alt. of Amblyopy
+
autotheism
n.
The doctrine of God's self-existence.
+
apollonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.
+
armory
n.
Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
+
advent
n.
The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
+
ana
adv.
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
+
aegilops
n.
A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.
+
analytically
adv.
In an analytical manner.
+
alter
v.t.
To agitate; to affect mentally.
+
air chamber

A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
+
anthrenus
n.
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.
+
assembled
imp.|p.p.
of Assemble
+
attraction
n.
The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
+
about
adv.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
+
aculeous
a.
Aculeate.
+
altercative
a.
Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
+
anemometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
+
abnodate
v.t.
To clear (tress) from knots.
+
amalgam
n.
A mixture or compound of different things.
+
amblyopic
a.
Of or pertaining to amblyopy.
+
addisons disease

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.
+
admonish
v.t.
To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
+
achievement
n.
The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.
+
adward
n.
Award.
+
acid
a.
Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.
+
aeruginous
a.
Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
+
admixture
n.
That which is mixed with anything.
+
attentat
n.
An attempt; an assault.
+
applesquire
n.
A pimp; a kept gallant.
+
anolis
n.
A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.
+
afloat
adv.|a.
Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
+
audit
a.
A general receptacle or receiver.
+
attached
imp.|p.p.
of Attach
+
absorbent
n.
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
+
await
v.t.
To wait on, serve, or attend.
+
acidimetry
n.
The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
+
addition
n.
That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
+
argumentative
a.
Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
+
applauded
imp.|p.p.
of Applaud
+
appreciator
n.
One who appreciates.
+
allying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ally
+
amboyna wood

A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
+
alight
v.i.
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
+
argal
adv.
A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
+
albigensian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
+
anthropopathical
a.
Of or pertaining to anthropopathy.
+
albinotic
a.
Affected with albinism.
+
agreeable
a.
Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.
+
audience
a.
Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.
+
atmologic
a.
Alt. of Atmological
+
applique
a.
Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.
+
aired
imp.|p.p.
of Air
+
anchovy
n.
A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
+
acquist
n.
Acquisition; gain.
+
alkalizate
a.
Alkaline.
+
advisership
n.
The office of an adviser.
+
aptness
n.
Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
+
alderliefest
a.
Most beloved.
+
almry
n.
See Almonry.
+
amalgamated
imp.|p.p.
of Amalgamate
+
autophony
n.
An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
+
albescence
n.
The act of becoming white; whitishness.
+
advocation
n.
Advowson.
+
averruncator
n.
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
+
accent
n.
Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
+
appulsive
a.
Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
+
ashlering
n.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
+
arrange
v.t.
To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
+
astronomer
n.
One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
+
amongst
prep.
Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.
+
acuminous
a.
Characterized by acumen; keen.
+
aforetime
adv.
In time past; formerly.
+
artemisia
n.
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
+
aloft
adv.
On high; in the air; high above the ground.
+
amplificate
v.t.
To amplify.
+
aristarchy
n.
Severe criticism.
+
acrodont
n.
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
+
alineation
n.
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
+
aphrodisian
a.
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].
+
adulterating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adulterate
+
adjusting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjust
+
addlepatedness
n.
Stupidity.
+
africanism
n.
A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.
+
achenium
n.
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
+
acknowledger
n.
One who acknowledges.
+
adiactinic
a.
Not transmitting the actinic rays.
+
abyss
n.
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
+
abiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abide
+
alphonsine
a.
Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).
+
allopath
n.
An allopathist.
+
annunciated
imp.|p.p.
of Annunciate
+
assailer
n.
One who assails.
+
assistant
n.
One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
+
adit
n.
An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
+
adonic
a.
Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.
+
antithetic
a.
Alt. of Antithetical
+
advoutry
n.
Alt. of Advowtry
+
annoyed
imp.|p.p.
of Annoy
+
anencephalic
a.
Alt. of Anencephalous
+
afflictionless
a.
Free from affliction.
+
avowry
n.
An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
+
annexation
v.t.
The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
+
amortisable
n.
Alt. of Amortisement
+
amuse
v.
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
+
aldermanlike
a.
Like or suited to an alderman.
+
adultery
n.
Faithlessness in religion.
+
augmented
imp.|p.p.
of Augment
+
aquarial
a.
Alt. of Aquarian
+
antipodes
n.
Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
+
association
n.
Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
+
amassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amass
+
amphibial
a.|n.
Amphibian.
+
audited
imp.|p.p.
of Audit
+
astonishing
a.
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
+
ashtaroth
pl.
of Ashtoreth
+
antediluvian
n.
One who lived before the Deluge.
+
aplacophora
n.pl.
A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
+
afterpiece
n.
A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
+
adonis
n.
A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
+
amalgamize
v.t.
To amalgamate.
+
acclaim
n.
Acclamation.
+
attitudinize
v.i.
To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
+
analeptic
n.
A restorative.
+
a priori

Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.
+
ambassage
n.
Same as Embassage.
+
afternote
n.
One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
+
alebench
n.
A bench in or before an alehouse.
+
atechnic
a.
Without technical or artistic knowledge.
+
approbative
a.
Approving, or implying approbation.
+
acrotomous
a.
Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
+
autonomous
a.
Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
+
attaintment
n.
Attainder; attainture; conviction.
+
ageless
a.
Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.
+
atop
adv.
On or at the top.
+
area
n.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
+
anchoretic
a.
Alt. of Anchoretical
+
adenous
a.
Same as Adenose.
+
abaser
n.
He who, or that which, abases.
+
angle
n.
A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."
+
awakenment
n.
An awakening.
+
aphrodite
n.
A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
+
alternativeness
n.
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
+
augitic
a.
Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks.
+
apron
n.
A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.
+
abrogated
imp.|p.p.
of Abrogate
+
aboon
prep.
and adv. Above.
+
authentic
n.
Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
+
amess
n.
Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
+
at one

Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.
+
actual
a.
Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
+
affiliate
v.t.
To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
+
azotometer
n.
An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.
+
auditing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Audit
+
adjuration
n.
The form of oath or appeal.
+
aerosiderite
n.
A mass of meteoric iron.
+
arose
imp.
of Arise
+
astrogeny
n.
The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
+
adult
n.
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
+
abbess
n.
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
+
abawed
p.p.
Astonished; abashed.
+
abductor
n.
One who abducts.
+
atomical
a.
Extremely minute; tiny.
+
affecter
n.
One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.
+
aries
n.
The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.
+
addict
v.t.
To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
+
alluvion
n.
Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
+
afloat
adv.|a.
Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
+
astringent
a.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
+
adventurer
n.
A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
+
asbestos
n.
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
+
amygdalate
n.
A salt amygdalic acid.
+
about
prep.
On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
+
adder
n.
One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
+
annihilator
n.
One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
+
aspire
v.t.
To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
+
adaptedness
n.
The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.
+
attendant
v.t.
Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
+
asian
n.
An Asiatic.
+
aesthesiometer
n.
Alt. of Esthesiometer
+
abid

of Abide
+
arm
n.
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
+
accorded
imp.|p.p.
of Accord
+
avarous
a.
Avaricious.
+
avatar
n.
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
+
adherence
n.
The quality or state of adhering.
+
arthrozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.
+
ancistroid
a.
Hook-shaped.
+
agnail
n.
An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.
+
attemperation
n.
The act of attempering or regulating.
+
accompanied
imp.|p.p.
of Accompany
+
anticatarrhal
n.
An anticatarrhal remedy.
+
amenable
a.
Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
+
araeometer

See Areometer.
+
artly
adv.
With art or skill.
+
arbor
n.
A mandrel in lathe turning.
+
anele
v.t.
To give extreme unction to.
+
aborigines
n.pl.
The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
+
ant egg

One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.
+
arsenal
n.
A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
+
aphonic
a.
Alt. of Aphonous
+
albification
n.
The act or process of making white.
+
avouch
v.t.
To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
+
acolythist
n.
An acolyte.
+
acropetal
a.
Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.
+
archimagus
n.
A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.
+
angle
n.
The figure made by. two lines which meet.
+
autotheism
n.
Deification of one's self; self-worship.
+
aftereye
v.t.
To look after.
+
apocalyptical
a.
Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
+
asarabacca
n.
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
+
advise
v.t.
To consider; to deliberate.
+
appreciate
v.i.
To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
+
amplifier
n.
One who or that which amplifies.
+
antiphone
n.
The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
+
abstemious
a.
Promotive of abstemiousness.
+
ambulacrum
n.
One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.
+
ait
n.
Oat.
+
alleviation
n.
That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
+
amended
imp.|p.p.
of Amend
+
appeacher
n.
An accuser.
+
avowal
n.
An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
+
antiphony
n.
A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
+
abuse
v.t.
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
+
acidulent
a.
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
+
achromaticity
n.
Achromatism.
+
aciculiform
a.
Needle-shaped; acicular.
+
alley
n.
A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
+
appeal
v.t.
The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
+
alfilaria
n.
The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
+
agenesic
a.
Characterized by sterility; infecund.
+
anamnesis
n.
A recalling to mind; recollection.
+
after
prep.
According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
+
acquire
v.t.
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
+
arthritical
a.
Pertaining to the joints.
+
alkalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alkalize
+
abietene
n.
A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
+
adjutant
n.
A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.
+
angelica
n.
The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
+
attribute
n.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
+
aggeneration
n.
The act of producing in addition.
+
availableness
n.
Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
+
apodyterium
n.
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
+
agynous
a.
Without female organs; male.
+
amia
n.
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
+
aggest
v.t.
To heap up.
+
apologer
n.
A teller of apologues.
+
aqueous
a.
Made from, or by means of, water.
+
arcadia
n.
Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
+
accroach
v.t.
To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.
+
adducer
n.
One who adduces.
+
arch
v.t.
To cover with an arch or arches.
+
acetabuliferous
a.
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
+
aspirant
n.
One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
+
agility
n.
Activity; powerful agency.
+
antarctic
a.
Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
+
apparitional
a.
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.
+
archery
n.
The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
+
allheal
n.
A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.
+
ancone
n.
The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
+
attainability
n.
The quality of being attainable; attainableness.
+
austere

Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
+
accent
n.
A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
+
appointing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appoint
+
address
v.
To aim; to direct.
+
antlered
a.
Furnished with antlers.
+
aleutic
a.
Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.
+
ahorseback
adv.
On horseback.
+
arsenical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
+
alible
a.
Nutritive; nourishing.
+
astatically
adv.
In an astatic manner.
+
assimilate
v.i.
To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
+
abdicative
a.
Causing, or implying, abdication.
+
alluminor
n.
An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
+
aggrandizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggrandize
+
aphthous
a.
Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
+
article
n.
One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
+
areolation
n.
Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.
+
anathema
n.
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
+
animadversion
n.
The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
+
abused
imp.|p.p.
of Abuse
+
appellee
n.
The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor.
+
aduncity
n.
Curvature inwards; hookedness.
+
alone
a.
Sole; only; exclusive.
+
atrophied
p.a.
Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.
+
astate
n.
Estate; state.
+
amphicoelian
a.
Alt. of Amphicoelous
+
accurateness
n.
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
+
antistrumous
a.
Good against scrofulous disorders.
+
arresting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arrest
+
apprise
n.
Notice; information.
+
armpit
n.
The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
+
acknowledgment
n.
The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
+
alla breve

With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.
+
auriculated
a.
Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.
+
alcoate
n.
Alt. of Alcohate
+
appall
n.
Terror; dismay.
+
anfractuose
a.
Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
+
anticness
n.
The quality of being antic.
+
able
superl.
Fit; adapted; suitable.
+
affectionateness
n.
The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
+
arthropomata
n.pl.
One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
+
appointive
a.
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
+
assuetude
n.
Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.
+
authority
n.
The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
+
adulate
v.t.
To flatter in a servile way.
+
antimonite
n.
A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
+
acidity
n.
The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
+
algidity
n.
Chilliness; coldness
+
ascians
n.pl.
Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.
+
avoided
imp.|p.p.
of Avoid
+
aluminum
n.
See Aluminium.
+
absinthian
n.
Of the nature of wormwood.
+
assessment
n.
The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.
+
alish
a.
Like ale; as, an alish taste.
+
aino
n.
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.
+
ablution
n.
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
+
armament
n.
Any equipment for resistance.
+
air bladder

A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
+
arsenic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
+
apprenticeship
n.
The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
+
affectation
n.
A striving after.
+
augurial
a.
Relating to augurs or to augury.
+
antorbital
n.
The antorbital bone.
+
alloy
v.t.
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
+
accentuality
n.
The quality of being accentual.
+
aquarian
n.
One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
+
alleluiah
n.
An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.
+
almond
n.
The fruit of the almond tree.
+
apostatical
a.
Apostate.
+
apostasies
pl.
of Apostasy
+
acerous
a.
Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.
+
aracari
n.
A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.
+
arquebuse
n.
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
+
aetites
n.
See Eaglestone.
+
action
n.
A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
+
auster
n.
The south wind.
+
acrolith
n.
A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
+
adorableness
n.
The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.
+
attack
v.i.
To make an onset or attack.
+
augmenter
n.
One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.
+
ashantee
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
+
auricle
n.
An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
+
adoptable
a.
Capable of being adopted.
+
autochthones
pl.
of Autochthon
+
abought
imp.|p.p.
of Abye
+
amalgamative
a.
Characterized by amalgamation.
+
alhambra
n.
The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
+
angry
superl.
Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.
+
argument
v.i.
To make an argument; to argue.
+
armory
n.
A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
+
artistry
n.
Artistic effect or quality.
+
amplified
imp.|p.p.
of Amplify
+
aiddecamp
n.
An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.
+
adherent
a.
Sticking; clinging; adhering.
+
antagonist
n.
One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
+
agenda
pl.
of Agendum
+
anthropophagite
n.
A cannibal.
+
agnail
n.
A corn on the toe or foot.
+
army
n.
A great number; a vast multitude; a host.
+
atrophied
p.p.
of Atrophy
+
assign
v.t.
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
+
air vessel

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.
+
annunciate
v.t.
To announce.
+
automata
pl.
of Automaton
+
and
conj.
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
+
aspic
n.
A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
+
amusement
n.
Deep thought; muse.
+
antifriction
a.
Tending to lessen friction.
+
application
n.
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
+
alienist
n.
One who treats diseases of the mind.
+
armament
n.
A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
+
accept
v.t.
To receive with favor; to approve.
+
approach
v.i.
Movements to gain favor; advances.
+
aim
v.t.
To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
+
appraisable
a.
Capable of being appraised.
+
appointment
n.
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
+
arcana
pl.
of Arcanum
+
ayeins
adv.|prep.
Again; back against.
+
accidental
n.
Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
+
allantoidal
a.
Of or pertaining to the allantois.
+
addorsed
a.
Set or turned back to back.
+
acanthopterous
a.
Spiny-winged.
+
embassade
ambassade.
The mission of an ambassador.
+
archangel
n.
A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
+
aluminiform
a.
Having the form of alumina.
+
appealer
n.
One who makes an appeal.
+
advise
v.t.
To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
+
attend
v.t.
To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
+
acquittance
n.
A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
+
awfully
adv.
In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.
+
awkly
adv.
In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner.
+
allayer
n.
One who, or that which, allays.
+
amaze
v.t.
Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.
+
agnoiology
n.
The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.
+
abandoned
a.
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.
+
assessorship
n.
The office or function of an assessor.
+
athamaunt
n.
Adamant.
+
affectation
n.
Fondness; affection.
+
appalling
a.
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.
+
atonement
n.
Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
+
ambulacriform
a.
Having the form of ambulacra.
+
author
n.
An informant.
+
attachment
n.
A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
+
aphilanthropy
n.
Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy.
+
archeress
n.
A female archer.
+
azorian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Azores.
+
armored
a.
Clad with armor.
+
appellative
a.
Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
+
acanthaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
+
embassador
n.
An official messenger and representative.
+
arch
a.
A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
+
aflame
adv.|a.
Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
+
accredit
v.t.
To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
+
annuller
n.
One who annuls.
+
awaked
p.p.
of Awake
+
apt
a.
Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
+
abbey
n.
The church of a monastery.
+
agonic
a.
Not forming an angle.
+
anglicanism
n.
The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
+
agonist
n.
One who contends for the prize in public games.
+
animate
v.t.
To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
+
assortment
n.
A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.
+
amorwe
adv.
In the morning.
+
air hole

A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.
+
active
a.
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
+
acquit
v.t.
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
+
act
n.
A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
+
antalkaline
n.
Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system.
+
archwife
n.
A big, masculine wife.
+
athenaeum
n.
A literary or scientific association or club.
+
angiospermous
a.
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
+
antanaclasis
n.
A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.
+
alutation
n.
The tanning or dressing of leather.
+
ayrshire
n.
One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
+
alterant
a.
Altering; gradually changing.
+
amerciament
n.
Same as Amercement.
+
argonautic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.
+
aporosa
n.pl.
A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
+
antiasthmatic
a.|n.
Same as Antasthmatic.
+
embassade
ambassade.
An embassy.
+
annexed
imp.|p.p.
of Annex
+
archaeologist
n.
One versed in archaeology; an antiquary.
+
alidade
n.
The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument
+
atom
n.
An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
+
asbestus
n.
Alt. of Asbestos
+
aboriginal
a.
First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
+
affronte
a.
Face to face, or front to front; facing.
+
accepter
n.
A respecter; a viewer with partiality.
+
amphitheatric
a.
Alt. of Amphitheatrical
+
articulation
n.
One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.
+
autocracy
n.
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
+
assister
n.
An assistant; a helper.
+
algidity
n.
coldness and collapse.
+
axillar
a.
Axillary.
+
absorptivity
n.
Absorptiveness.
+
arsine
n.
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
+
avengeress
n.
A female avenger.
+
ascendant
n.
Ascent; height; elevation.
+
artisan
n.
One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.
+
alternative
n.
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
+
acknowledge
v.t.
To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
+
adenoidal
a.
Glandlike; glandular.
+
attaint
v.
A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.
+
amir
n.
Emir.
+
angle
v.i.
To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
+
apert
adv.
Openly.
+
analyzable
a.
That may be analyzed.
+
abjectedness
n.
A very abject or low condition; abjectness.
+
agreeability
n.
Easiness of disposition.
+
amoneste
v.t.
To admonish.
+
alcyonacea
n.pl.
A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.
+
air
n.
An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs.
+
adonist
n.
One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.
+
asiphonida
n.pl.
A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
+
abolition
n.
The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
+
abjugate
v.t.
To unyoke.
+
aspire
v.t.
To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
+
amplexicaul
a.
Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
+
athletic
a.
Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.
+
arousal
n.
The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.
+
adjuster
n.
One who, or that which, adjusts.
+
adjustment
n.
The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
+
anagram
n.
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
+
addax
n.
One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).
+
alkalescency
n.
A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
+
alcoholate
n.
A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.
+
agitato
a.
Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
+
annex
v.i.
To join; to be united.
+
apathy
n.
Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.
+
aneath
prep.|adv.
Beneath.
+
ampulla
n.
Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
+
arnatto
n.
See Annotto.
+
alias
adv.
At another time.
+
anticipate
v.t.
To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
+
apoplectic
a.
Alt. of Apoplectical
+
ate

As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
+
armoniac
a.
Ammoniac.
+
abluent
a.
Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
+
adversary
a.
Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
+
aristocratism
n.
The principles of aristocrats.
+
application
n.
Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
+
aspersive
a.
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
+
accenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accent
+
aristocrat
n.
One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.
+
agrise
v.t.
To terrify; to affright.
+
angwantibo
n.
A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.
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allude
v.i.
To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
+
abducted
imp.|p.p.
of Abduct
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assentation
n.
Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
+
accursed
p.p.|a.
Alt. of Accurst
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appreciative
a.
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.
+
accountably
adv.
In an accountable manner.
+
araneidan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.
+
ave
n.
An ave Maria.
+
alias
n.
Another name; an assumed name.
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albino
n.
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.
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auk
n.
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda.  See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
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air gas

See under Gas.
+
accommodate
v.t.
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
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agendum
n.
A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]
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antibacchius
n.
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
+
asteroidal
a.
Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.
+
agrypnotic
n.
Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.
+
ambulator
n.
A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
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apprenticehood
n.
Apprenticeship.
+
armada
v.t.
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
+
arbitrator
n.
A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.
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apodeictical
a.
Alt. of Apodictical
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ague
n.
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
+
attemper
v.t.
To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
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antecedent
a.
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
+
alanine
n.
A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.
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apriorism
n.
An a priori principle.
+
ambulance
n.
An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
+
academy
n.
A place of training; a school.
+
auburn
a.
Flaxen-colored.
+
artifice
n.
Artful or skillful contrivance.
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achroous
a.
Colorless; achromatic.
+
atrophy
n.
A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.
+
abdominothoracic
a.
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
+
avenger
n.
One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
+
aim
v.i.
To guess or conjecture.
+
about
prep.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
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assistor
n.
A assister.
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apparel
v.t.
To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
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adequate
a.
Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
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all fools day

The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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avoid
a.
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
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adventure
n.
To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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agrostologist
n.
One skilled in agrostology.
+
appellation
n.
The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
+
appanage
n.
A dependency; a dependent territory.
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ambient
a.
Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
+
abscissas
pl.
of Abscissa
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accessary
n.
One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
+
argilliferous
a.
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
+
accusal
n.
Accusation.
+
approvedly
adv.
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
+
acetified
imp.|p.p.
of Acetify
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ascribable
a.
Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
+
across
adv.
Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
+
assignment
n.
The writing by which an interest is transferred.
+
agate
n.
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
+
anosmia
n.
Loss of the sense of smell.
+
analepsy

Recovery of strength after sickness.
+
adderwort
n.
The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
+
aerometry
n.
The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
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affirmatory
a.
Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
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albumose
n.
A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.
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aspectable
a.
Capable of being; visible.
+
aspersorium
n.
The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
+
arterializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arterialize
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auditor
a.
A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.
+
asseverate
v.t.
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
+
adeption
a.
An obtaining; attainment.
+
accumulative
a.
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.
+
antic
v.t.
To make appear like a buffoon.
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accomplishment
n.
The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
+
affray
v.t.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
+
artery
n.
Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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annihilation
n.
The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
+
ais
pl.
of Ai
+
andropetalous
a.
Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
+
abannation
n.
Alt. of Abannition
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appertinence
n.
See Appurtenance.
+
abdicant
n.
One who abdicates.
+
admiralty
n.
The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
+
agrostographic
a.
Alt. of Agrostographical
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aerification
n.
The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.
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arch

A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
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amentaceous
a.
Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
+
attire
n.
The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
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anaphora
n.
A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
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atmospherical
a.
Existing in the atmosphere.
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alter
v.i.
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
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afflictive
a.
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
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adducible
a.
Capable of being adduced.
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affixion
n.
Affixture.
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aconite
n.
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
+
anachoretical
a.
See Anchoret, Anchoretic.
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accrete
a.
Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
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attenuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attenuate
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acosmist
n.
One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.
+
accomptant
n.
See Accountant.
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aid
v.t.
Help; succor; assistance; relief.
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allowance
n.
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
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abhor
v.i.
To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with
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alestake
n.
A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."
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alchemist
n.
One who practices alchemy.
+
aragonese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.
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acorned
a.
Furnished or loaded with acorns.
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apprehension
n.
Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
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aspartic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
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analogue
n.
A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
+
adempt
p.p.
Takes away.
+
asprawl
adv.|a.
Sprawling.
+
arriver
n.
One who arrives.
+
auricle
n.
An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
+
anthropomorphitic
a.
to anthropomorphism.
+
anglicify
v.t.
To anglicize.
+
algates
adv.
Notwithstanding; yet.
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abstersive
n.
Something cleansing.
+
allonym
n.
A work published under the name of some one other than the author.
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advance
v.t.
To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
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abjuration
n.
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
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agile
a.
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
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aproctous
a.
Without an anal office.
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abanga
n.
A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.
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astrologer
n.
One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.
+
apyrexia
n.
Alt. of Apyrexy
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amphiprostyle
a.
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
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aculeate
a.
Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
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alated
a.
Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
+
agglutinative
a.
Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
+
affirmant
n.
One who affirms or asserts.
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argument
n.
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
+
alias
n.
A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
+
astrakhan
n.
The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
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alternacy
n.
Alternateness; alternation.
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abstrusely
adv.
In an abstruse manner.
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anabas
n.
A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.
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acalycine
a.
Alt. of Acalysinous
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absolution
n.
An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
+
adam
n.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
+
amber
n.
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
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anagrammatist
n.
A maker anagrams.
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acquisitively
adv.
In the way of acquisition.
+
analogical
a.
Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.
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alicant
n.
A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.
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appeal
v.t.
To invoke.
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argument
n.
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
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argufy
v.t.|i.
To argue pertinaciously.
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amoebae
pl.
of Amoeba
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adulterously
adv.
In an adulterous manner.
+
abstinent
n.
One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
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archaean
n.
The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.
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airiness
n.
The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.
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airiness
n.
Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
+
amblotic
a.
Tending to cause abortion.
+
arbor
n.
An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
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adulterer
n.
A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.
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acrid
a.
Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
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adelantado
n.
A governor of a province; a commander.
+
allege
v.t.
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
+
analogism
n.
Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
+
archaize
v.t.
To make appear archaic or antique.
+
ancy

A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
+
animalcule
n.
A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
+
acierage
n.
The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
+
average
n.
A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
+
adjutrix
n.
A female helper or assistant.
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acarpous
a.
Not producing fruit; unfruitful.
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assaying
n.
The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
+
autogamy
n.
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
+
awash
a.
Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
+
arches

pl. of Arch, n.
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ascription
n.
The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
+
analgesia
n.
Absence of sensibility to pain.
+
asperation
n.
The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
+
antidysenteric
a.
Good against dysentery.
+
assoilzie
v.t.
Alt. of Assoilyie
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aventurine
n.
A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.
+
apostemate
v.i.
To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
+
array
n.
The panel itself.
+
acknowledged
imp.|p.p.
of Acknowledge
+
arrive
v.i.
To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
+
asseverative
a.
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
+
agminate
a.
Alt. of Agminated
+
accent
n.
A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.
+
antique
a.
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.
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asphaltum
n.
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.
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actinomere
n.
One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.
+
anonymity
n.
The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.
+
aggressed
imp.|p.p.
of Aggress
+
admiral
n.
A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
+
apostil
n.
Alt. of Apostille
+
ague
n.
An acute fever.
+
araise
v.t.
To raise.
+
ay
interj.
Ah! alas!
+
ajar
adv.
Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
+
able
superl.
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
+
adrenal
a.
Suprarenal.
+
anthropology
n.
The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.
+
abusive
a.
Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
+
adambulacral
a.
Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.
+
asoak
a.
Soaking.
+
armipotence
n.
Power in arms.
+
asthmatical
a.
Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
+
antipeptone
n.
A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
+
arriswise
adv.
Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.
+
astrolatry
n.
The worship of the stars.
+
arraswise
adv.
Alt. of Arrasways
+
arnica
n.
A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
+
antimonial
n.
A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
+
argent
a.
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
+
althaea
n.
Alt. of Althea
+
anomaliped
n.
One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
+
atlas
n.
A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
+
amatorian
a.
Amatory.
+
adenography
n.
That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
+
accused
a.
Charged with offense; as, an accused person.
+
anconal
a.
Alt. of Anconeal
+
atomism
n.
The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
+
alveolary
a.
Alveolar.
+
arrayed
imp.|p.p.
of Array
+
ant

See Anti-, prefix.
+
allocution
n.
An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
+
able

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
+
acetification
n.
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
+
arithmetician
n.
One skilled in arithmetic.
+
attain
v.t.
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
+
antipodal
a.
Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
+
appoint
v.t.
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
+
annellata
n.pl.
See Annelida.
+
agamic
a.
Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.
+
amphibiological
a.
Pertaining to amphibiology.
+
assonate
v.i.
To correspond in sound.
+
alcoranist
n.
One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.
+
amber
n.
Ambergris.
+
abstemious
a.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
+
anchylosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anchylose
+
accidentalism
n.
Accidental character or effect.
+
angiospermatous
a.
Same as Angiospermous.
+
aver
v.t.
To assert, or prove, the truth of.
+
astomatous
a.
Alt. of Astomous
+
aumery
n.
A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.
+
atrophic
a.
Relating to atrophy.
+
air
n.
The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
+
an

This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as  "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce  (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.
+
affreight
v.t.
To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.
+
ambiparous
a.
Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.
+
apostolate
n.
The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
+
antennae
pl.
of Antenna
+
argus shell

A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.
+
aurigal
a.
Of or pertaining to a chariot.
+
attic
a.
Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
+
appendance
n.
Something appendant.
+
alarm
v.t.
To keep in excitement; to disturb.
+
ammonic
a.
Of or pertaining to ammonia.
+
acorn cup

The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
+
appointment
n.
The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
+
amoebea
n.pl.
That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.
+
arian
n.
One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
+
action
n.
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
+
angelify
v.t.
To make like an angel; to angelize.
+
acritan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Acrita.
+
alas
interj.
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
+
after
prep.
According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
+
annals
n.pl.
Historical records; chronicles; history.
+
archaist
n.
Am antiquary.
+
adjunct
n.
A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
+
astound
a.
Stunned; astounded; astonished.
+
aperient
a.
Gently opening the bowels; laxative.
+
adherer
n.
One who adheres; an adherent.
+
agate
n.
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
+
acerb
a.
Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
+
ancone
n.
A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
+
aleuronic
a.
Having the nature of aleurone.
+
afghan
a.
Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.
+
approach
v.t.
To take approaches to.
+
augmentation
n.
The state of being augmented; enlargement.
+
acephalous
a.
Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
+
aeolian
a.
Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
+
anthesis
n.
The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
+
acclimature
n.
The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
+
albumen
n.
Same as Albumin.
+
aglossal
a.
Without tongue; tongueless.
+
accomplice
n.
A cooperator.
+
annulose
a.
Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.
+
azure
n.
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
+
adansonia
n.
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia.  Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.
+
archiepiscopacy
n.
That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.
+
authochthons
pl.
of Autochthon
+
alternated
imp.|p.p.
of Alternate
+
associationism
n.
The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
+
abusively
adv.
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
+
areometric
a.
Alt. of Areometrical
+
abjectness
n.
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
+
anguiform
a.
Snake-shaped.
+
advancement
v.t.
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
+
auditor
a.
A hearer or listener.
+
amphigenous
a.
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
+
amplify
v.i.
To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
+
anacrusis
n.
A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
+
abdicator
n.
One who abdicates.
+
annodated
a.
Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.
+
acetanilide
n.
A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.
+
ancille
n.
A maidservant; a handmaid.
+
aurichalceous
a.
Brass-colored.
+
alienating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alienate
+
apices
pl.
of Apex
+
attracter
n.
One who, or that which, attracts.
+
agglutinated
imp.|p.p.
of Agglutinate
+
abjection
n.
The act of bringing down or humbling.
+
acephalous
a.
Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
+
aurous
a.
Containing gold.
+
anythingarian
n.
One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
+
arboreal
a.
Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
+
adjudicator
n.
One who adjudicates.
+
achromatopsy
n.
Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.
+
apparatus
n.
A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
+
above
prep.
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
+
absolving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Absolve
+
awk
adv.
Perversely; in the wrong way.
+
ambassador
n.
Alt. of Embassador
+
authochthonic
a.
Alt. of Autochthonous
+
americanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Americanize
+
auditor
a.
One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
+
adorability
n.
Adorableness.
+
abodance
n.
An omen; a portending.
+
accentuable
a.
Capable of being accented.
+
alineation
n.
See Allineation.
+
artsman
n.
A man skilled in an art or in arts.
+
apostatize
v.i.
To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
+
ascension
n.
The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
+
antistrophe
n.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
+
arraiment
v.t.
Alt. of Arrayment
+
anomalously
adv.
In an anomalous manner.
+
affording
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Afford
+
abbe
n.
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
+
advocation
n.
The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
+
advertisement
n.
Admonition; advice; warning.
+
angulated
a.
Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
+
asserted
imp.|p.p.
of Assert
+
affectionate
a.
Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
+
analogize
v.i.
To employ, or reason by, analogy.
+
anachronous
a.
Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
+
at
prep.
The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80°; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
+
authenticating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Authenticate
+
astounded
imp.|p.p.
of Astound
+
attorneygeneral
n.
The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required.
+
abhor
v.t.
To protest against; to reject solemnly.
+
archchancellor
n.
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
+
agronomy
n.
The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
+
apparel
n.
External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
+
adjective
v.t.
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
+
ablaqueate
v.t.
To lay bare, as the roots of a tree.
+
ant thrush

See Ant bird, under Ant.
+
acinus
n.
A grapestone.
+
avadavat
n.
Same as Amadavat.
+
augmentable
a.
Capable of augmentation.
+
ankle
n.
The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
+
acockbill
adv.
Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
+
advisedly
adv.
Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.
+
actinula
n.pl.
A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
+
adapt
a.
Fitted; suited.
+
assignability
n.
The quality of being assignable.
+
an
conj.
If; -- a word used by old English authors.
+
archimandrite
n.
A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.
+
admitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Admit
+
aves
n.pl.
The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.
+
agree
v.i.
To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
+
assessed
imp.|p.p.
of Assess
+
avulse
v.t.
To pluck or pull off.
+
alliance
n.
The persons or parties allied.
+
animation
n.
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
+
agglomerate
n.
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
+
and
conj.
It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
+
assurgency
n.
Act of rising.
+
audit
a.
An audience; a hearing.
+
asswage
v.
See Assuage.
+
amending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amend
+
archway
n.
A way or passage under an arch.
+
argent
n.
Silver, or money.
+
atone
v.t.
To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.
+
alphabet
n.
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
+
appropriation
n.
Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
+
according
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accord
+
academial
a.
Academic.
+
aeolotropy
n.
Difference of quality or property in different directions.
+
act
v.i.
To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
+
all fours

All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
+
apronful
n.
The quantity an apron can hold.
+
arrect
v.t.
To direct.
+
agreeability
n.
The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness.
+
abaculus
n.
A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.
+
angry
superl.
Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
+
anchor
n.
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
+
abstract
a.
To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.
+
abidance
n.
The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
+
awning
n.
That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
+
amphibolic
a.
Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
+
animal
a.
Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
+
alcyon
n.
See Halcyon.
+
aestivation
n.
The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
+
admirable
a.
Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.
+
amusette
n.
A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
+
arbalester
n.
Alt. of Arbalister
+
abstract
a.
To epitomize; to abridge.
+
affability
n.
The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
+
abiding
a.
Continuing; lasting.
+
angora
n.
A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
+
accessive
a.
Additional.
+
analytic
a.
Alt. of Analytical
+
antivivisection
n.
Opposition to vivisection.
+
applying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apply
+
abridge
v.t.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
+
attempt
v.t.
To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
+
ancome
n.
A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
+
affrontiveness
n.
The quality that gives an affront or offense.
+
amiss
adv.
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
+
abhorring
n.
Detestation.
+
averment
v.t.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
+
algonquin
n.
Alt. of Algonkin
+
affiliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affiliate
+
axis
n.
The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
+
aberrancy
n.
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
+
acuteangled
a.
Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
+
abrupt
a.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
+
acetabuliform
a.
Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.
+
adesmy
n.
The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.
+
azotize
v.t.
To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
+
assiege
n.
A siege.
+
atonic
a.
Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.
+
athermous
a.
Athermanous.
+
anaptotic
a.
Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.
+
allusiveness
n.
The quality of being allusive.
+
above
prep.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
+
abroach
adv.
Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
+
attendant
n.
One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
+
abramman
n.
One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.
+
anapest
n.
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
+
armful
n.
As much as the arm can hold.
+
ave
n.
A reverential salutation.
+
alveolar
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
+
agon
n.
A contest for a prize at the public games.
+
antecedent
n.
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
+
arctation
n.
Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.
+
an t

An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj.
+
argue
v.i.
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
+
arrangement
n.
Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
+
asexually
adv.
In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.
+
againsay
v.t.
To gainsay.
+
angulometer
n.
An instrument for measuring external angles.
+
accipiters
pl.
of Accipiter
+
apportioner
n.
One who apportions.
+
arterial
a.
Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
+
aurora
n.
A species of crowfoot.
+
alum shale

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.
+
albicore
n.
A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.
+
adenalgia
n.
Alt. of Adenalgy
+
aromatic
n.
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
+
areopagite
n.
A member of the Areopagus.
+
adulteress
n.
A woman who commits adultery.
+
alnage
n.
Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
+
are

The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
+
auguries
pl.
of Augury
+
afoul
adv.|a.
In collision; entangled.
+
acupuncturation
n.
See Acupuncture.
+
alterably
adv.
In an alterable manner.
+
arroyo
n.
A water course; a rivulet.
+
ambury
n.
A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
+
acalephae
n.pl.
A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
+
anachronic
a.
Alt. of Anachronical
+
appellative
n.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
+
again
adv.
Another time; once more; anew.
+
arminian
a.
Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.
+
accurate
a.
Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
+
administratorship
n.
The position or office of an administrator.
+
avaricious
a.
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
+
assignation
n.
An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.
+
anthorism
n.
A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.
+
atheous
a.
Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
+
awork
adv.
At work; in action.
+
anthropoid
n.
An anthropoid ape.
+
acrotic
a.
Pertaining to or affecting the surface.
+
afflict
p.p.|a.
Afflicted.
+
article
n.
Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
+
adorning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adorn
+
archical
pref.
Chief; primary; primordial.
+
auction
n.
A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
+
affectible
a.
That may be affected.
+
affrightful
a.
Terrifying; frightful.
+
algological
a.
Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.
+
anthology
n.
A discourse on flowers.
+
ablaze
adv.|a.
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
+
as
n.
A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
+
argillocalcareous
a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
+
affectioned
a.
Disposed.
+
alonely
a.
Exclusive.
+
amender
n.
One who amends.
+
apprehend
v.i.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
+
aces
pl.
of Ace
+
alutaceous
a.
Leathery.
+
appeal
v.t.
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
+
anglian
n.
One of the Angles.
+
autochthon
n.
That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
+
anticous
a.
Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
+
accuracy
n.
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.
+
alumnus
n.
A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
+
antasthmatic
n.
A remedy for asthma.
+
adjunct
n.
A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
+
ayeaye
n.
A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.
+
aggravative
a.
Tending to aggravate.
+
apparaillyng
v.
Preparation.
+
arrosion
n.
A gnawing.
+
amate
v.t.
To be a mate to; to match.
+
argentous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.
+
algaroth
n.
A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
+
alternative
a.
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
+
arroba
n.
A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
+
amorwe
adv.
On the following morning.
+
algates
adv.
By any or means; at all events.
+
algebraically
adv.
By algebraic process.
+
agnominate
v.t.
To name.
+
achievement
n.
A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
+
andromeda
n.
A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
+
algebraic
a.
Alt. of Algebraical
+
aesthete
n.
One who makes much or overmuch of aesthetics.
+
alimonious
a.
Affording food; nourishing.
+
allowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allow
+
affiliate
v.t.
To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.
+
algerian
a.
Of or pertaining to Algeria.
+
amalgamate
v.i.
To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
+
alaunt
n.
See Alan.
+
afterpiece
n.
The heel of a rudder.
+
aerographic
a.
Alt. of Aerographical
+
appraiser
n.
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
+
any
adv.
To any extent; in any degree; at all.
+
apprehensiveness
n.
The quality or state of being apprehensive.
+
aggregate
n.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.
+
anniverse
n.
Anniversary.
+
annulus
n.
The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
+
alligator
n.
a rock breaker
+
alpine
a.
Like the Alps; lofty.
+
abet
v.t.
To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
+
artistry
n.
Works of art collectively.
+
aforesaid
a.
Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.
+
azoleic
a.
Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
+
aquatical
a.
Aquatic.
+
airslacked
a.
Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
+
averse
v.t.|i.
To turn away.
+
avocado
n.
The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.
+
astonish
v.t.
To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.
+
assize
n.
A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures.
+
agency
n.
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
+
accretion
n.
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
+
aldern
a.
Made of alder.
+
apologizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apologize
+
axiom
a.
A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;"  "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."
+
apagoge
n.
An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
+
aliases
pl.
of Alias
+
authorized
imp.|p.p.
of Authorize
+
allotment
n.
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
+
aptotic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.
+
accosted
imp.|p.p.
of Accost
+
aggrieve
v.t.
To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
+
almond
n.
One of the tonsils.
+
afterdinner
a.
Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
+
adaunt
v.t.
To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate.
+
acinaceous
a.
Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
+
alien
n.
A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
+
astrict
v.t.
To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.
+
autopsorin
n.
That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
+
argent
n.
Whiteness; anything that is white.
+
ascript
a.
See Adscript.
+
august
a.
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
+
agonothetic
a.
Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.
+
adjuvant
n.
A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
+
accouplement
n.
That which couples, as a tie or brace.
+
adulatory
a.
Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
+
apprised
imp.|p.p.
of Apprise
+
animate
v.t.
To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
+
anormal
a.
Not according to rule; abnormal.
+
act
v.t.
To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
+
accedence
n.
The act of acceding.
+
acherontic
a.
Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
+
assident
a.
Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms.
+
assimilatory
a.
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.
+
augite
n.
A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.
+
analemma
n.
An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
+
amanitine
n.
The poisonous principle of some fungi.
+
angles
n.pl.
An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
+
anhelose
a.
Anhelous; panting.
+
auxanometer
n.
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
+
adjourning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjourn
+
almightily
adv.
With almighty power.
+
atlantic
a.
Descended from Atlas.
+
avoid
a.
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
+
adeptness
n.
The quality of being adept; skill.
+
amassable
a.
Capable of being amassed.
+
audibility
n.
The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.
+
apology
v.i.
To offer an apology.
+
affirmative
a.
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
+
aggrouped
imp.|p.p.
of Aggroup
+
attend
v.t.
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
+
anastomoses
pl.
of Anastomosis
+
aporias
pl.
of Aporia
+
attune
v.t.
To arrange fitly; to make accordant.
+
assessee
n.
One who is assessed.
+
avocation
n.
A calling away; a diversion.
+
acuminose
a.
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
+
azorian
n.
A native of the Azores.
+
ambrein
n.
A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
+
advertise
v.t.
To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
+
assimulate
v.t.
To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble.
+
abearance
n.
Behavior.
+
archbutler
n.
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
+
antephialtic
n.
A remedy nightmare.
+
ability
n.
The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.
+
affrayer
n.
One engaged in an affray.
+
adjutory
a.
Serving to help or assist; helping.
+
autobiography
n.
A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
+
alveary
n.
The hollow of the external ear.
+
alternative
a.
Offering a choice of two things.
+
apposition
n.
The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
+
amyelous
a.
Wanting the spinal cord.
+
appeasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appease
+
aldermanly
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
+
antiphlogistic
a.
Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
+
admittance
n.
Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.
+
affected
p.p.|a.
Inclined; disposed; attached.
+
antigraph
n.
A copy or transcript.
+
agraffe
n.
A hook or clasp.
+
argufy
v.t.|i.
To signify.
+
afrit
n.
Alt. of Afreet
+
abortively
adv.
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
+
awe
n.
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
+
aciculate
a.
Alt. of Aciculated
+
antecede
v.t.|i.
To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
+
adjuration
n.
The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
+
aristulate
a.
Having a short beard or awn.
+
all
a.
Only; alone; nothing but.
+
adjoin
v.i.
To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.
+
annulated
a.
Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
+
aye
a.
Alt. of Ay
+
amortise
n.
Alt. of Amortisement
+
avoirdupois
n.
Avoirdupois weight.
+
azymic
a.
Azymous.
+
articulate
v.i.
To join or be connected by articulation.
+
anemographic
a.
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
+
abbreviate
a.
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
+
ancestor
n.
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
+
appoint
v.i.
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
+
adverse
a.
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
+
angelus
n.
The Angelus bell.
+
alizari
n.
The madder of the Levant.
+
annoyance
n.
The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
+
along
prep.
By the length of, as distinguished from across.
+
atrede
v.t.
To surpass in council.
+
alcoholism
n.
A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.
+
arachnological
a.
Of or pertaining to arachnology.
+
arroba
n.
A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.
+
a

A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.
+
abandoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abandon
+
aketon
n.
See Acton.
+
ascribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ascribe
+
armorican
a.
Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.
+
antiochian
a.
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
+
afterimage
n.
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
+
avignon berry

The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.
+
acclamation
n.
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
+
arrected
a.
Attentive, as a person listening.
+
achylous
a.
Without chyle.
+
apostasy
n.
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
+
algum
n.
A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
+
attributive
a.
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
+
algerian
n.
A native of Algeria.
+
acroteleutic
n.
The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.
+
appetitive
a.
Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.
+
advocatory
a.
Of or pertaining to an advocate.
+
adhibit
v.t.
To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.
+
argosies
pl.
of Argosy
+
amplectant
a.
Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.
+
antimephitic
a.
Good against mephitic or deleterious gases.
+
arrival
n.
The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
+
averse
a.
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
+
antipathy
n.
Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
+
allure
n.
Allurement.
+
affliction
n.
The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
+
apostrophize
p.pr.|vb.n.
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
+
albumen
n.
The white of an egg.
+
ancon
n.
Alt. of Ancone
+
adamantine
a.
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
+
antiodontalgic
n.
A remedy for toothache.
+
assumed
imp.|p.p.
of Assume
+
abortive
n.
A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
+
antcattle
n.
Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
+
annunciate
p.p.|a.
Foretold; preannounced.
+
astert
v.i.
To escape.
+
accession
n.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
+
abler
a.
superl. of Able.
+
ampullaceous
a.
Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
+
amenableness
n.
The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
+
apothecaries
pl.
of Apothecary
+
arnotto
n.
Same as Annotto.
+
agminal
a.
Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train.
+
arvicole
n.
A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.
+
ablative
a.
Taking away or removing.
+
anatomy
n.
A treatise or book on anatomy.
+
advertency

The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
+
attorneyism
n.
The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
+
answer
n.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
+
absorb
v.t.
To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
+
article
n.
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
+
articulation
n.
The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
+
augmenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Augment
+
affirmant
n.
One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
+
area
n.
A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
+
alacrity
n.
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
+
aggrege
v.t.
To make heavy; to aggravate.
+
appeal
v.t.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
+
anglicized
imp.|p.p.
of Anglicize
+
athenaeum
n.
A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.
+
anaesthetization
n.
The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.
+
annulosan
n.
One of the Annulosa.
+
aha
n.
A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
+
authorize
v.t.
To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
+
accent
n.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
+
argean
a.
Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.
+
asymptote
n.
A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
+
alight
v.i.
To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
+
alluvium
n.
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
+
amphipodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
+
apron string

The string of an apron.
+
anemograph
n.
An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.
+
aspersion
n.
A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
+
annoying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annoy
+
attorneyship
n.
The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.
+
archaistic
a.
Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.
+
archeology
a.
Alt. of Archeological
+
alsatian
n.
An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.
+
axiomatical
a.
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.
+
adducent
a.
Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
+
atone
v.t.
To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
+
antiquities
pl.
of Antiquity
+
associate
n.
Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
+
acceptance
n.
Meaning; acceptation.
+
ambrosia
n.
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
+
addendum
n.
A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.
+
abraxas
n.
A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
+
attraction
n.
An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.
+
alcoholic
a.
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
+
archelogy
n.
The science of, or a treatise on, first principles.
+
annealer
n.
One who, or that which, anneals.
+
animal
a.
Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
+
arbitrarious
a.
Arbitrary; despotic.
+
aphrodite
n.
The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
+
absurdly
adv.
In an absurd manner.
+
affiliation
n.
The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
+
awk
a.
Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
+
allegory
n.
A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
+
acute
a.
High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
+
accend
v.t.
To set on fire; to kindle.
+
ataxic
a.
Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements.
+
adherent
n.
One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
+
assot
a.
Dazed; foolish; infatuated.
+
ascendable
a.
Capable of being ascended.
+
amazeful
a.
Full of amazement.
+
archbishopric
n.
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
+
advocate
n.
One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
+
achlamydate
a.
Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
+
awlessness
n.
The quality of being awless.
+
approach
v.t.
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
+
adjourn
v.t.
To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
+
astrophel
n.
See Astrofel.
+
away
adv.
Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
+
attenuated
a.
Made thin or slender.
+
alleviate
v.t.
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.
+
accumulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accumulate
+
accidentally
adv.
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
+
austerity
n.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
+
abstinent
a.
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
+
announcer
n.
One who announces.
+
apiked
a.
Trimmed.
+
adornation
n.
Adornment.
+
averruncation
n.
Eradication.
+
acceded
imp.|p.p.
of Accede
+
ancle
n.
See Ankle.
+
abarticulation
n.
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.
+
anabaptism
n.
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
+
archduke
n.
A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
+
along
adv.
In company; together.
+
absolutist
a.
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
+
attenuated
a.
Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
+
asiaticism
n.
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
+
atheromatous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma.
+
abettal
n.
Abetment.
+
apteryges
n.pl.
An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.
+
amphigonic
a.
Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
+
abscondence
n.
Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
+
ablactation
n.
The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.
+
asperated
imp.|p.p.
of Asperate
+
allusively
adv.
Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
+
approvable
a.
Worthy of being approved; meritorious.
+
adjacency

That which is adjacent.
+
areopagist
n.
See Areopagite.
+
anthropocentric
a.
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.
+
altrical
a.
Like the articles.
+
attirement
n.
Attire; adornment.
+
asternal
a.
Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
+
appointer
n.
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
+
anomaliped
a.
Alt. of Anomalipede
+
antiquity
n.
Old age.
+
anemometrograph
n.
An anemograph.
+
alliance
v.t.
To connect by alliance; to ally.
+
armhole
n.
A hole for the arm in a garment.
+
and
conj.
In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
+
allis
n.
The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.
+
architectonical
a.
Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.
+
abdominous
a.
Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
+
avenue
n.
A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.
+
administering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Administer
+
alligate
v.t.
To tie; to unite by some tie.
+
apparatuses
pl.
of Apparatus
+
albatross
n.
A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
+
arouse
v.t.
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
+
abscissa
n.
One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.
+
alligator
n.
a form of squeezer for the puddle ball
+
aeration
n.
A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
+
arrive
v.t.
To bring to shore.
+
analemma
n.
An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
+
acridly
adv.
In an acid manner.
+
arteritis
n.
Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
+
afflict
v.t.
To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
+
arbitrary
a.
Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.
+
anthoid
a.
Resembling a flower; flowerlike.
+
aggregative
a.
Gregarious; social.
+
alliterate
v.i.
To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
+
arduously
adv.
In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
+
around
prep.
On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
+
admirability
n.
Admirableness.
+
afront
adv.
In front; face to face.
+
appeal
v.t.
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
+
armadillo
n.
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
+
aspected
a.
Having an aspect.
+
awful
a.
Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.
+
affreighter
n.
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
+
agentship
n.
Agency.
+
allocation
n.
An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
+
appointee
v.t.
A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
+
ally
n.
See Alley, a marble or taw.
+
absorb
v.t.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
+
adelphia
n.
A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
+
anon
adv.
Straightway; at once.
+
absorbent
a.
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
+
aberration
n.
The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
+
aspirate
a.
Alt. of Aspirated
+
advoke
v.t.
To summon; to call.
+
adactyl
a.
Alt. of Adactylous
+
abdominal
a.
Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
+
averpenny
n.
Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
+
adjectitious

Added; additional.
+
adiposity
n.
The state of being fat; fatness.
+
apsis
n.
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
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arrival
n.
The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
+
alhenna
n.
See Henna.
+
ambuscade
v.t.
A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
+
aiguille
n.
A needle-shaped peak.
+
arguteness
n.
Acuteness.
+
appendicular
a.
Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.
+
affirm
v.t.
To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
+
antiquarian
a.
Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
+
appointment
n.
Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
+
acuity
n.
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
+
advance
v.i.
To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
+
approach
v.t.
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
+
adjudge
v.t.
To sentence; to condemn.
+
anthelmintic
a.
Good against intestinal worms.
+
auroras
pl.
of Aurora
+
associational
a.
Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.
+
adrift
adv.|a.
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
+
amber fish

A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
+
attemperament
n.
A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
+
aid
v.t.
An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
+
aeronautic
a.
Alt. of Aeronautical
+
actor
n.
An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
+
alterity
n.
The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.
+
anaesthetic
a.
Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.
+
apodictic
a.
Same as Apodeictic.
+
antichthones
pl.
of Antichthon
+
angiosporous
a.
Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
+
antrustion
n.
A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises
+
affection
n.
The lively representation of any emotion.
+
attacca

Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.
+
address
v.i.
To prepare one's self.
+
accipiter
n.
A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
+
allotment
n.
The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
+
acute
a.
Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
+
anopsia
a.
Alt. of Anopsy
+
acquisitiveness
n.
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
+
antisabbatarian
n.
One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
+
analcite
n.
Analcime.
+
alpenstock
n.
A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.
+
altarage
n.
The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
+
array
n.
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
+
ayenward
adv.
Backward.
+
anemometry
n.
The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.
+
abuse
v.t.
To violate; to ravish.
+
apprehension
n.
The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
+
alkazar

See Alcazar.
+
albertite
n.
A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick.
+
array
n.
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
+
assentator
n.
An obsequious; a flatterer.
+
aside
adv.
Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
+
abhorrent
a.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
+
acrimony
n.
Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.
+
aragonese
a.
Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
+
according
adv.
Accordingly; correspondingly.
+
acockbill
adv.
Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
+
all
n.
The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.
+
acholous
a.
Lacking bile.
+
adder
n.
In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
+
anchor
n.
An emblem of hope.
+
arrhizal
a.
Alt. of Arrhizous
+
acentric
a.
Not centered; without a center.
+
antares
n.
The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.
+
aruspex
n.
One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.
+
atoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Atone
+
axilla
n.
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
+
acme
n.
The crisis or height of a disease.
+
annihilation
n.
The state of being annihilated.
+
acception
n.
Acceptation; the received meaning.
+
abbacy
n.
The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
+
amotion
n.
Deprivation of possession.
+
abstracted
a.
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.
+
ausonian
a.
Italian.
+
absolutistic
a.
Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
+
annulling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annul
+
andron
n.
The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
+
apyrexy
n.
The absence or intermission of fever.
+
abib
n.
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.
+
abies
n.
A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
+
azotic
a.
Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.
+
archimedes
n.
An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
+
assiduities
pl.
of Assiduity
+
assailant
n.
One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
+
artocarpous
a.
Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.
+
autotypy
n.
The art or process of making autotypes.
+
acetin
n.
A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.
+
aboriginal
n.
An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
+
accusative
a.
Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.
+
assure
v.t.
To affiance; to betroth.
+
attend
v.t.
To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
+
arhizous
a.
Alt. of Arhythmous
+
acclive
a.
Acclivous.
+
anthracoid
a.
Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.
+
anglosaxon
a.
Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
+
abort
v.i.
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
+
amoeboid
a.
Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
+
appetite
n.
The thing desired.
+
accrue
n.
Something that accrues; advantage accruing.
+
adulator
n.
A servile or hypocritical flatterer.
+
advisability
n.
The quality of being advisable; advisableness.
+
aphrodite
n.
A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
+
amber
v.t.
To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
+
aspirate
n.
A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
+
abounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abound
+
atropine
n.
A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.
+
anomy
n.
Disregard or violation of law.
+
arraign
v.t.
To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
+
ally
v.t.
To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.
+
approbation
n.
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
+
apologies
pl.
of Apology
+
allomerous
a.
Characterized by allomerism.
+
active
a.
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
+
adiaphorism
n.
Religious indifference.
+
abaddon
n.
Hell; the bottomless pit.
+
aproned
a.
Wearing an apron.
+
admonisher
n.
One who admonishes.
+
admirable
a.
Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.
+
aught
n.
Alt. of Aucht
+
aquarelle
n.
A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.
+
asperse
v.t.
To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
+
abandum
n.
Anything forfeited or confiscated.
+
attal
n.
Same as Attle.
+
actinometric
a.
Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
+
armless
a.
Without any arm or branch.
+
arch
v.i.
To form into an arch; to curve.
+
allwork
n.
Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.
+
anacreontic
n.
A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
+
agglutinant
a.
Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.
+
aeration
n.
The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
+
accented
imp.|p.p.
of Accent
+
aurorae
pl.
of Aurora
+
ashame
v.t.
To shame.
+
atomization
n.
The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.
+
afforciament
n.
See Afforcement.
+
abscissae
pl.
of Abscissa
+
avast
a.
Cease; stop; stay.
+
album
n.
A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
+
anopla
n.pl.
One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
+
agrimony
n.
The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).
+
araucarian
a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.
+
annotate
v.i.
To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.
+
abregge
v.t.
See Abridge.
+
angler
n.
A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
+
affair
n.
Action; endeavor.
+
assumption
n.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
+
apostleship
n.
The office or dignity of an apostle.
+
antedate
v.t.
To anticipate; to make before the true time.
+
algerine
a.
Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
+
arrester
n.
The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.
+
anchorate
a.
Anchor-shaped.
+
alation
n.
The state of being winged.
+
agreeable
a.
Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
+
avoidable
a.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
+
absorption
n.
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
+
attachment
n.
That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
+
auchenium
n.
The part of the neck nearest the back.
+
academy
n.
A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
+
anaglyptograph
n.
An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.
+
assythment
n.
Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.
+
adiaphorist
n.
One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical.
+
aldermanship
n.
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
+
annotator
n.
A writer of annotations; a commentator.
+
arsenious
a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
+
anatropal
a.
Alt. of Anatropous
+
anaclastic
a.
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
+
alluvia
pl.
of Alluvium
+
angiology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
+
autogamous
a.
Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
+
antimony
n.
An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
+
adversative
a.
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
+
amount
n.
The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
+
appealed
imp.|p.p.
of Appease
+
asterophyllite
n.
A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
+
authorless
a.
Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
+
approbativeness
n.
The quality of being approbative.
+
articulate
v.i.
To treat or make terms.
+
astronomy
n.
Astrology.
+
antepenult
n.
Alt. of Antepenultima
+
amentia
n.
Imbecility; total want of understanding.
+
artful
a.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
+
astonishment
n.
Dismay; consternation.
+
aliment
v.t.
To provide for the maintenance of.
+
affect
v.t.
To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
+
annominate
v.t.
To name.
+
adorn
n.
Adornment.
+
ambrosia
n.
An unguent of the gods.
+
ascend
v.t.
To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
+
amazon stone
n.
A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
+
aphonia
n.
Alt. of Aphony
+
abstractive
a.
Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
+
arch stone

A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
+
apologetical
a.
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
+
abut
v.i.
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
+
aromatizer
n.
One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.
+
almighty
a.
Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
+
aid
v.t.
A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
+
anachronism
n.
A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
+
apricate
v.t.|i.
To bask in the sun.
+
anal
a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
+
aknow

Earlier form of Acknow.
+
affrontingly
adv.
In an affronting manner.
+
assiduous
a.
Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.
+
apporter
n.
A bringer in; an importer.
+
assuredness
n.
The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
+
astonied
p.p.
Stunned; astonished. See Astony.
+
administration
n.
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
+
attack
v.t.
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
+
aspect
n.
Prospect; outlook.
+
anatropous
a.
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous.
+
antidote
v.t.
To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
+
authentic
n.
Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
+
awaken
v.t.
To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.
+
authentic
n.
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
+
autogenesis
n.
Spontaneous generation.
+
aged
a.
Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.
+
abrogate
v.t.
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
+
acerate
n.
A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
+
aguise
n.
Dress.
+
altered
imp.|p.p.
of Alter
+
afferent
a.
Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
+
abashment
n.
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
+
adosculation
n.
Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
+
awm
n.
See Aam.
+
abietite
n.
A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
+
actionist
n.
A shareholder in joint-stock company.
+
abruption
n.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
+
alimentation
n.
State or mode of being nourished.
+
achieve
v.t.
To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
+
aerie
n.
The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.
+
arrogantly
adv.
In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
+
apparelling

of Apparel
+
assassin
v.t.
To assassinate.
+
alopecia
n.
Alt. of Alopecy
+
alter
v.t.
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
+
aldermanry
n.
The district or ward of an alderman.
+
assessment
n.
The specific sum levied or assessed.
+
arrange
v.t.
To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
+
asbestic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.
+
adulterator
n.
One who adulterates or corrupts.
+
affrontive
a.
Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
+
adown
adv.
From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
+
asking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ask
+
augmentation
n.
The thing added by way of enlargement.
+
alpigene
a.
Growing in Alpine regions.
+
anything
adv.
In any measure; anywise; at all.
+
anticausotic
a.
Good against an inflammatory fever.
+
able
superl.
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
+
anthracitic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.
+
aerolite
n.
A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
+
algebra
n.
That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
+
althea
n.
A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
+
aristocracy
n.
A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
+
arch
v.t.
To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
+
acceding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accede
+
apodosis
n.
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
+
adhesiveness
n.
Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
+
antipodes
n.
Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
+
adequation
n.
The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
+
answer
v.i.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
+
arabin
n.
Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
+
affabrous
a.
Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
+
aleurometer
n.
An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.
+
argonaut
n.
A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
+
antiscians
n.pl.
Alt. of Antiscii
+
attitudinarian
n.
One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.
+
arbustive
a.
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
+
agonize
v.i.
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
+
arm
n.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
+
aracanese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Aracan.
+
acquirer
n.
A person who acquires.
+
aliunde
adv.|a.
From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
+
antral
a.
Relating to an antrum.
+
arnot
n.
Alt. of Arnut
+
acarus
n.
A genus including many species of small mites.
+
accord
v.i.
To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
+
alkaline
a.
Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
+
absent
a.
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
+
affret
n.
A furious onset or attack.
+
also
adv.|conj.
In like manner; likewise.
+
angular
a.
Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
+
advance
v.t.
To raise; to elevate.
+
acquaintant
n.
An acquaintance.
+
ancestral
a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
+
abasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abase
+
apaume
n.
See Appaume.
+
anemogram
n.
A record made by an anemograph.
+
alchemistry
n.
Alchemy.
+
astound

of Astone
+
aqueousness
n.
Wateriness.
+
apishness
n.
The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
+
atmosphere
n.
The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
+
arride
v.t.
To please; to gratify.
+
abaft
prep.
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
+
antagony
n.
Contest; opposition; antagonism.
+
artlessly
adv.
In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.
+
accent
v.t.
To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
+
adjunct
a.
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
+
alamode
n.
A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
+
atazir
n.
The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men.
+
autocracy
n.
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
+
acoumeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
+
apology
n.
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
+
arnee
n.
The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
+
anacamptically
adv.
By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.
+
androphagous
a.
Anthropophagous.
+
assumpt
v.t.
To take up; to elevate; to assume.
+
appealable
a.
That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.
+
alternative
n.
An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
+
ablebodied
a.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
+
assess
v.
To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
+
agitation
n.
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.
+
alatern
n.
Alt. of Alaternus
+
altercate
v.i.
To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
+
ably
adv.
In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.
+
auriflamme
n.
See Oriflamme.
+
asylum
n.
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
+
analyser
n.
Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.
+
armgaunt
a.
With gaunt or slender legs. (?)
+
anticonstitutional
a.
Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.
+
avenor
n.
See Avener.
+
adulation
n.
Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
+
alternate
a.
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
+
attesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attest
+
assertory
a.
Affirming; maintaining.
+
agree
v.i.
To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
+
artist
n.
An artful person; a schemer.
+
argument
n.
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
+
addlepated
a.
Dull-witted; stupid.
+
amply
adv.
In an ample manner.
+
avoid
a.
To get rid of.
+
alexipharmac
a.|n.
Alt. of Alexipharmacal
+
achievable
a.
Capable of being achieved.
+
agglomerate
a.
Alt. of Agglomerated
+
abditory
n.
A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.
+
ardency
n.
Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.
+
accountancy
n.
The art or employment of an accountant.
+
adequate
a.
To equal.
+
arachnology
n.
The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.
+
acuate
v.t.
To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
+
ampersand
n.
A word used to describe the character /, /, or &.
+
amazing
a.
Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.
+
apostate
n.
One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
+
aplustre
n.
An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
+
amylolytic
a.
Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.
+
arrogating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arrogate
+
analysis
n.
A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
+
ambo
n.
A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
+
alcove
n.
Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
+
amorphas
pl.
of Amorpha
+
assayable
a.
That may be assayed.
+
antherozooid
n.
One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
+
arrest
v.t.
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
+
anniversaries
pl.
of Anniversary
+
anlace
n.
A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.
+
absolve
v.t.
To resolve or explain.
+
abdominales
pl.
of Abdominal
+
alkalescent
a.
Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
+
accede
v.i.
To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
+
anthropophagical
a.
Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.
+
anacreontic
a.
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
+
anastomotic
a.
Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
+
appreciable
a.
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.
+
anxiety
n.
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
+
affectionate
a.
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
+
amb

Alt. of Ambi-
+
anteport
n.
An outer port, gate, or door.
+
adventuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adventure
+
accustomarily
adv.
Customarily.
+
amplitude
n.
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
+
amaranthine
a.
Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
+
antisplenetic
n.
An antisplenetic medicine.
+
accept
v.t.
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
+
aigrette
n.
A tuft like that of the egret.
+
ache
v.i.
Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones."
+
allograph
n.
A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
+
antiquarianism
n.
Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
+
accompt
n.
See Account.
+
annulation
n.
A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.
+
accusatival
a.
Pertaining to the accusative case.
+
assize
n.
A kind of writ or real action.
+
amygdaloidal
a.
Almond-shaped.
+
adverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advert
+
aerobiotic
a.
Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
+
astriction
n.
A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
+
analectic
a.
Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.
+
abought

imp. & p. p. of Aby.
+
antipathy
n.
Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
+
aristarch
n.
A severe critic.
+
ambrite
n.
A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
+
arsenicated
imp.|p.p.
of Arsenicate
+
anury
n.
Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.
+
alongst
prep.|adv.
Along.
+
alarmedly
adv.
In an alarmed manner.
+
antechamber
n.
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
+
axminster
n.
An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
+
assagai
n.
Alt. of Assegai
+
amputating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amputate
+
agrostology
n.
That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
+
academy
n.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
+
affirmance
n.
A strong declaration; affirmation.
+
avalanche
n.
A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
+
agha
n.
In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.
+
asteroid
n.
A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
+
abstract
a.
A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.
+
aport
adv.
On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
+
agrise
v.i.
To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.
+
appeal
v.t.
To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
+
apparent
a.
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
+
arrect
a.
Alt. of Arrected
+
aboriginal
n.
An animal or a plant native to the region.
+
application
n.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
+
aumail
v.t.
To figure or variegate.
+
anisotropic
a.
Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
+
apply
v.i.
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
+
affront
v.t.
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
+
acute
v.t.
To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
+
assimulation
n.
Assimilation.
+
anthracene
n.
A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.
+
avise
v.t.
To look at; to view; to think of.
+
amplitude
n.
State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
+
anno domini

In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
+
apogamic
a.
Relating to apogamy.
+
affect
v.t.
To assign; to appoint.
+
approver
n.
An informer; an accuser.
+
abecedary
n.
A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
+
anagram
v.t.
To anagrammatize.
+
annealed
imp.|p.p.
of Anneal
+
apart
adv.
Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
+
assembling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assemble
+
articuli
pl.
of Articulus
+
arrested
imp.|p.p.
of Arrest
+
actual
n.
Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
+
alloxantin
n.
A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
+
argute
a.
Sharp; shrill.
+
anthropology
n.
The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
+
appreciate
v.t.
To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
+
adynamic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
+
anteriority
n.
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
+
asse
n.
A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.
+
appellation
n.
The act of calling by a name.
+
adjectively
adv.
In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
+
achean
a|n.
See Achaean, Achaian.
+
absence
n.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
+
agnostic
a.
Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.
+
ail
n.
Indisposition or morbid affection.
+
asyla
pl.
of Asylum
+
ambler
n.
A horse or a person that ambles.
+
associated
a.
Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.
+
amplificative
a.
Amplificatory.
+
awkward
a.
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
+
ammoniacal
a.
Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
+
acacia
n.
A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc.  Very few are found in temperate climates.
+
alban
n.
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
+
angling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Angle
+
ailuroidea
n.pl.
A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.
+
apparently
adv.
Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
+
ascidiform
a.
Shaped like an ascidian.
+
attaint
v.t.
To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
+
aflicker
adv.|a.
In a flickering state.
+
aconitum
n.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
+
allect
v.t.
To allure; to entice.
+
anime
a.
Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.
+
alarmist
n.
One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
+
assistant
n.
An attendant; one who is present.
+
avaiably
adv.
In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.
+
agnus dei

A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
+
allege
v.t.
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
+
antinomist
n.
An Antinomian.
+
accentuate
v.t.
To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
+
arachnoid
a.
Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.
+
amoeba
n.
A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
+
altheine
n.
Asparagine.
+
alkalimetry
n.
The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
+
ayegreen
n.
The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
+
aeolotropic
a.
Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic.
+
acoustician
n.
One versed in acoustics.
+
alcayde
n.
The warden, or keeper of a jail.
+
approximately
adv.
With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.
+
ardency
n.
Heat.
+
apse
n.
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
+
amrita
n.
Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.
+
animalcule
n.
An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
+
amusive
a.
Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.
+
ablactate
v.t.
To wean.
+
antepaschal
a.
Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
+
article
v.i.
To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
+
affear
v.t.
To frighten.
+
alethoscope
n.
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
+
anew
adv.
Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.
+
araneose
a.
Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
+
auctary
n.
That which is superadded; augmentation.
+
anatomized
imp.|p.p.
of Anatomize
+
alphabetize
v.t.
To furnish with an alphabet.
+
altimetry
n.
The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
+
aphis
n.
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.
+
ambitious
a.
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
+
acclimatization
n.
The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
+
acceptilation
n.
Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
+
acrostically
adv.
After the manner of an acrostic.
+
apathies
pl.
of Apathy
+
articulation
n.
The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
+
abatement
n.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
+
annually
adv.
Yearly; year by year.
+
applausable
a.
Worthy of applause; praiseworthy.
+
aberr
v.i.
To wander; to stray.
+
appoint
v.t.
To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
+
assigner
n.
One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
+
area
n.
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
+
autographical
a.
Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.
+
aforecited
a.
Named or quoted before.
+
amalgam
v.t.i.
To amalgamate.
+
anotta
n.
See Annotto.
+
acclimate
v.t.
To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
+
almond furnace

A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
+
adjacent
a.
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
+
automatical
a.
Having an inherent power of action or motion.
+
artiste
n.
One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.
+
accrementition
n.
The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
+
anomural
a.
Alt. of Anomuran
+
affray
v.t.
Alarm; terror; fright.
+
affirmative
a.
Positive; dogmatic.
+
apart
adv.
In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
+
ask
n.
A water newt.
+
applaud
v.t.
To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
+
asclepiad
n.
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
+
agistment
n.
Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.
+
archetypical
a.
Relating to an archetype; archetypal.
+
azimuthal
a.
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
+
au fait

Expert; skillful; well instructed.
+
amorphism
n.
A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.
+
a mensa et thoro

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
+
anglomaniac
n.
One affected with Anglomania.
+
assimilating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assimilate
+
attend
v.i.
To wait; to stay; to delay.
+
adumbration
n.
The shadow or outlines of a figure.
+
amplitude
n.
The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.
+
ar
conj.
Ere; before.
+
aquarian
a.
Of or pertaining to an aquarium.
+
accordingly
adv.
In natural sequence; consequently; so.
+
accusatorial
a.
Accusatory.
+
aegophony
n.
Same as Egophony.
+
atone
v.i.
To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.
+
aspirating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aspirate
+
anomalistical
a.
Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
+
alimentariness
n.
The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.
+
aquarius
n.
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
+
aeneous
a.
Colored like bronze.
+
azoth
n.
The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
+
annats
n.pl.
Alt. of Annates
+
anaplasty
n.
The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
+
addition
n.
Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
+
annulosa
n.pl.
A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only.
+
attrition
n.
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
+
argo
n.
A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.
+
antinomy
n.
An opposing law or rule of any kind.
+
adnate
a.
Grown to congenitally.
+
admeasure
v.t.
Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
+
anxieties
pl.
of Anxiety
+
alcalde
n.
A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
+
absquatulate
v.i.
To take one's self off; to decamp.
+
anabasis
n.
The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
+
allowance
n.
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
+
atavism
n.
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.
+
ahead
adv.
Headlong; without restraint.
+
acceptancy
n.
Acceptance.
+
average
n.
A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.
+
aconitine
n.
An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
+
abide
v.i.
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
+
at
prep.
The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
+
alkalized
imp.|p.p.
of Alkalize
+
athecata
n.pl.
A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.
+
advice
n.
Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
+
antiquity
n.
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
+
abominable
a.
Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.
+
aliment
n.
That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
+
avale
v.t.|i.
To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
+
arew
adv.
In a row.
+
acanthocephala
n.pl.
A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
+
abroach
adv.
Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
+
affirming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affirm
+
anecdotal
a.
Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
+
approbation
n.
Proof; attestation.
+
affix
n.
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
+
archebiosis
n.
The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis.
+
ambiguously
adv.
In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
+
assumedly
adv.
By assumption.
+
admiralty
n.
The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
+
anacardiaceous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.
+
arsenicism
n.
A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
+
anet
n.
The herb dill, or dillseed.
+
aroph
n.
A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.
+
allhallow
n.
Alt. of Allhallows
+
admonishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Admonish
+
ascian
n.
One of the Ascii.
+
amoebas
pl.
of Amoeba
+
academy
n.
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
+
anticipation
n.
The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
+
as
n.
An ace.
+
abstemious
a.
Abstaining from wine.
+
aggress
v.i.
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
+
adonis
n.
A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
+
allomorph
n.
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
+
ashcolored
a.
Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
+
againward
adv.
Back again.
+
all saints

Alt. of All Saints'
+
ambilevous
a.
Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.
+
auricula
n.
A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
+
anthropomorphitism
n.
Anthropomorphism.
+
avale
v.t.|i.
To descend; to fall; to dismount.
+
astonied
imp.|p.p.
of Astony
+
archaized
imp.|p.p.
of Archaize
+
anneal
v.t.
To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
+
alluviums
pl.
of Alluvium
+
autobiographic
a.
Alt. of Autobiographical
+
antipsoric
n.
An antipsoric remedy.
+
antiquary
n.
One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.
+
articularly
adv.
In an articular or an articulate manner.
+
appearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appear
+
adventure
n.
Risk; danger; peril.
+
arc
n.
A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
+
arpent
n.
Alt. of Arpen
+
acidification
n.
The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.
+
anacoluthic
a.
Lacking grammatical sequence.
+
alumish
a.
Somewhat like alum.
+
annals
n.pl.
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
+
authenticity
n.
The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
+
accipitral
n.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.
+
alumina
n.
One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
+
apostolic
n.
A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
+
ascent

The way or means by which one ascends.
+
ariman
n.
See Ahriman.
+
affection
n.
The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
+
actinozoon
n.
One of the Actinozoa.
+
avenious
a.
Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.
+
agamically
adv.
In an agamic manner.
+
alum schist

Alt. of Alum shale
+
aspirator
n.
An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
+
agnation
n.
Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
+
antecedent
n.
One who precedes or goes in front.
+
argal
n.
Alt. of Argali
+
audible
a.
Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.
+
arise
v.i.
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
+
ancient
a.
Experienced; versed.
+
altiloquent
a.
High-sounding; pompous in speech.
+
alcaic
n.
A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
+
alleys
pl.
of Alley
+
after
prep.
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
+
amphibolous
a.
Ambiguous; doubtful.
+
antherozoid
n.
Alt. of Antherozooid
+
almacantar
n.
Same as Almucantar.
+
apomecometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the height of objects.
+
astrologize
v.t.|i.
To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.
+
archetypally
adv.
With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct."
+
affiliate
v.t.
To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
+
ajutage
n.
A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.
+
aloof
adv.
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
+
apprizer
n.
An appraiser.
+
abroad
adv.
Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
+
actless
a.
Without action or spirit.
+
appointed
imp.|p.p.
of Appoint
+
accident
n.
Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
+
argentine
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
+
aflutter
adv.|a.
In a flutter; agitated.
+
anatomization
n.
The act of anatomizing.
+
affirmative
a.
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
+
able
a.
To vouch for.
+
ambuscade
v.t.
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
+
abjectly
adv.
Meanly; servilely.
+
actinosome
n.
The entire body of a coelenterate.
+
aepyornis
n.
A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.
+
agriology
n.
Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
+
appoint
v.t.
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
+
amplification
n.
The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
+
abodement
n.
A foreboding; an omen.
+
actualist
n.
One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.
+
ambuscadoed
p.p.
Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
+
attornment
n.
The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord.
+
aciniform
a.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
+
alcanna
n.
An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.
+
amoroso
n.
A lover; a man enamored.
+
aggrieving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggrieve
+
apsidal
a.
Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.
+
approvement
n.
Approbation.
+
animistic
a.
Of or pertaining to animism.
+
aggravating
a.
Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
+
abiological
a.
Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.
+
approximate
v.t.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
+
accommodating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accommodate
+
archivist
n.
A keeper of archives or records.
+
attest
v.t.
To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.
+
annealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anneal
+
anorexy
n.
Want of appetite, without a loathing of food.
+
archives
pl.
of Archive
+
accelerometer
n.
An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
+
abide
v.i.
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
+
appropriation
n.
The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
+
abusage
n.
Abuse.
+
arrest
v.t.
To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
+
abdomen
n.
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
+
adjustment
n.
Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
+
ameliorative
a.
Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.
+
alledge
v.t.
See Allege.
+
apogeotropism
n.
The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
+
anadromous
a.
Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
+
adhesive
a.
Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
+
audient
a.
Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls.
+
affirm
v.i.
To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
+
amenable
a.
Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
+
appertaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appertain
+
abstractional
a.
Pertaining to abstraction.
+
alleged
imp.|p.p.
of Allege
+
alabaster
n.
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
+
afterglow
n.
A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
+
apaches
n.pl.
A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
+
anapestic
a.
Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.
+
abelmosk
n.
An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
+
albinos
pl.
of Albino
+
apiologist
n.
A student of bees.
+
amentaceous
a.
Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.
+
affect
v.t.
To love; to regard with affection.
+
annates
n.pl.
The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
+
aquarium
n.
An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
+
argentine
n.
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
+
abet
v.t.
To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
+
gos
pl.
of Archipelago
+
anasarcous
a.
Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
+
asserting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assert
+
amendment
n.
Correction of an error in a writ or process.
+
anchoret
n.
Alt. of Anchorite
+
accentuation
n.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
+
adjudicate
v.t.
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
+
appropriated
imp.|p.p.
of Appropriate
+
achieve
v.t.
To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
+
arms
n.
The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.
+
allogeneous
a.
Different in nature or kind.
+
air sac

One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
+
annihilate
a.
Annihilated.
+
ay
adv.
Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.
+
attaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attain
+
astrometer
n.
An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
+
accusement
n.
Accusation.
+
apogamy
n.
The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
+
abstracted
a.
Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.
+
albugo
n.
Same as Leucoma.
+
acaulous
a.
Same as Acaulescent.
+
air
n.
Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
+
antipode
n.
One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
+
antapoplectic
n.
A medicine used against apoplexy.
+
apperil
n.
Peril.
+
acquisitive
a.
Acquired.
+
absorbition
n.
Absorption.
+
appall
v.i.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
+
anfracture
n.
A mazy winding.
+
aether
n.
See Ether.
+
apodeme
n.
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
+
abanet
n.
See Abnet.
+
antipyrotic
n.
Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
+
absolvatory
a.
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
+
aberration
n.
The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
+
ask
v.t.
To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.
+
arbitrator
n.
One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.
+
aconitia
n.
Same as Aconitine.
+
abbatial
a.
Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
+
atter
n.
Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore.
+
asterias
n.
A genus of echinoderms.
+
appeal
v.t.
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.
+
aspirement
n.
Aspiration.
+
ad libitum

At one's pleasure; as one wishes.
+
adamical
a.
Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him.
+
awakener
n.
One who, or that which, awakens.
+
academical
a.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
+
accloy
v.t.
To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
+
aristate
a.
Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.
+
agedly
adv.
In the manner of an aged person.
+
afflictively
adv.
In an afflictive manner.
+
accipitrine
a.
Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
+
apparel
v.t.
To dress or clothe; to attire.
+
absurd
a.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
+
average
n.
The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
+
amiable
a.
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
+
acephalous
a.
Without a leader or chief.
+
aisle
n.
Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
+
aspalathus
n.
A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
+
atheize
v.t.
To render atheistic or godless.
+
accoil
v.t.
To coil together.
+
avow
v.t.
To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
+
admove
v.t.
To move or conduct to or toward.
+
acoustical
a.
Of or pertaining to acoustics.
+
allurance
n.
Allurement.
+
assets
n.pl.
Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.
+
apply
v.t.
To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
+
abduct
v.t.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
+
areed
v.t.
To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.
+
addression
n.
The act of addressing or directing one's course.
+
amid
prep.
See Amidst.
+
amide
n.
A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.
+
attagen
n.
A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.
+
anthropophaginian
n.
One who east human flesh.
+
assumpt
n.
That which is assumed; an assumption.
+
ask
v.t.
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
+
aimless
a.
Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life.
+
avigato
n.
See Avocado.
+
atrypa
n.
A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.
+
aggregate
a.
United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.
+
anthonys fire

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.
+
atlas
n.
A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
+
anenterous
a.
Destitute of a stomach or an intestine.
+
atramentous
a.
Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.
+
antic
n.
An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
+
angelica
n.
An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
+
accent
n.
A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
+
adamite
n.
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
+
asbestous
a.
Asbestic.
+
abrogate
a.
Abrogated; abolished.
+
aration
n.
Plowing; tillage.
+
anglocatholic
a.
Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
+
apollinaris water

An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
+
auntie
n.
Alt. of Aunty
+
abuse
v.t.
Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
+
adductor
n.
A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
+
adventitious
a.
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
+
admiralty
n.
The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
+
asiphonate
a.
Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
+
accountable
a.
Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
+
anthropomorphism
n.
The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.
+
antelucan
a.
Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.
+
abirritative
a.
Characterized by abirritation or debility.
+
aquiline
a.
Belonging to or like an eagle.
+
appear
v.i.
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
+
appealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appeal
+
ampullae
pl.
of Ampulla
+
ashy
a.
Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
+
alluvion
n.
Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
+
agricolation
n.
Agriculture.
+
aimer
n.
One who aims, directs, or points.
+
auriculae
pl.
of Auricula
+
actualization
n.
A making actual or really existent.
+
assemblance
n.
Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
+
americanize
v.t.
To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
+
assapan
n.
Alt. of Assapanic
+
anathematize
v.t.
To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.
+
ambuscaded
imp.|p.p.
of Ambuscade
+
arabism
n.
An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.
+
allicient
n.
That attracts.
+
attemperate
a.
Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
+
antlion
n.
A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.
+
arundelian
a.
Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.
+
alb
n.
A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
+
anchoritess
n.
An anchoress.
+
adoptive
a.
Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.
+
ancestry
n.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
+
awlwort
n.
A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.
+
authorizable
a.
Capable of being authorized.
+
assimilation
n.
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
+
apostatic
a.
Apostatical.
+
acolyth
n.
Same as Acolyte.
+
articulate
v.t.
To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
+
acajou
n.
The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
+
atmology
n.
That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.
+
albumenized
imp.|p.p.
of Albumenize
+
allay
n.
Alleviation; abatement; check.
+
architecture
n.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
+
angelicalness
n.
The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
+
ake
n.|v.
See Ache.
+
artful
a.
Artificial; imitative.
+
acknowledge
v.t.
To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
+
alloy
v.t.
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
+
adonize
v.t.
To beautify; to dandify.
+
avouched
imp.|p.p.
of Avouch
+
apodes
n.pl.
An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
+
adorn
v.t.
To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
+
agnus castus

A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree.
+
ashamedly
adv.
Bashfully.
+
abranchiate
a.
Without gills.
+
as
n.
A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
+
avoid
a.
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
+
auscultation
n.
The act of listening or hearkening to.
+
annueler
n.
A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.
+
aloes wood

See Agalloch.
+
armory
n.
Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
+
apar
n.
Alt. of Apara
+
ach
n.
Alt. of Ache
+
arrectary
n.
An upright beam.
+
assemblies
pl.
of Assembly
+
appall
v.i.
To lose flavor or become stale.
+
attrectation
n.
Frequent handling or touching.
+
assize
n.
The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes.
+
apposed
a.
Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
+
aegis
n.
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
+
acclimatizable
a.
Capable of being acclimatized.
+
asymmetric
a.
Alt. of Asymmetrical
+
abhorring
n.
Object of abhorrence.
+
antihemorrhagic
n.
A remedy for hemorrhage.
+
antithesis
n.
The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
+
avoid
v.i.
To retire; to withdraw.
+
absinthin
n.
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
+
appareling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apparel
+
ascigerous
a.
Having asci.
+
albescent
a.
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
+
arbored
a.
Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.
+
asparaginous
a.
Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
+
acephali
n.pl.
A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
+
aglow
adv.|a.
In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.
+
arcanum
n.
A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
+
antiaphrodisiac
a.|n.
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
+
autoclave
n.
A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
+
altercated
imp.|p.p.
of Altercate
+
aworking
adv.
At work; in action.
+
accept
v.t.
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
+
antispast
n.
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).
+
assail
v.t.
To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
+
acoustics
n.
The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
+
abode
n.
Act of waiting; delay.
+
ammoniated
a.
Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
+
amnion
n.
A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
+
assized
imp.|p.p.
of Assize
+
authority
n.
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
+
aseptic
n.
An aseptic substance.
+
arrangement
n.
A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
+
accumbent
a.
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
+
avouch
v.t.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
+
amphidisc
n.
A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
+
anglicity
n.
The state or quality of being English.
+
alopecy
n.
Loss of the hair; baldness.
+
anthological
a.
Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.
+
ambitiously
adv.
In an ambitious manner.
+
assign
v.
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
+
aquatic
n.
Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
+
archetype
n.
The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
+
avowance
n.
Upholding; defense; vindication.
+
aurora
n.
The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
+
ashen
a.
Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
+
aerographical
a.
Pertaining to aerography; aerological.
+
alumnae
pl.
of Alumna
+
antialbumid
n.
A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
+
accumulation
n.
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
+
abundant
a.
Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.
+
assume
v.t.
To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
+
aforethought
n.
Premeditation.
+
aprosos
a.|adv.
By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.
+
authenticated
imp.|p.p.
of Authenticate
+
assay
n.
Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
+
anubis
n.
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
+
advent
n.
Coming; any important arrival; approach.
+
anticipation
n.
Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.
+
altincar
n.
See Tincal.
+
absolution
n.
An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
+
alkali
n.
Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
+
apprehensively
adv.
In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
+
anisodactyls
n.pl.
A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
+
adventurer
n.
One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
+
acipenser
n.
A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.
+
anoint
p.p.
Anointed.
+
augustan
n.
Of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times.
+
associative
a.
Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty.
+
apagogic
a.
Alt. of Apagogical
+
alcohate
n.
Shortened forms of Alcoholate.
+
armorbearer
n.
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
+
acroterial
a.
Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.
+
assistance
n.
The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
+
analepsis

Alt. of Analepsy
+
anthrax
n.
A carbuncle.
+
aluminous
a.
Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
+
acorned
a.
Fed or filled with acorns.
+
augurer
n.
An augur.
+
ayen
adv.|prep.
Alt. of Ayeins
+
admission
n.
The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.
+
agreeable
a.
Willing; ready to agree or consent.
+
advocacy
n.
The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.
+
almsgiving
n.
The giving of alms.
+
alder
n.
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.
+
asphalt
v.t.
To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
+
asphyxiated
p.p.
Alt. of Asphyxied
+
absolved
imp.|p.p.
of Absolve
+
aplanatic
a.
Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
+
adunc
a.
Alt. of Adunque
+
accrument
n.
The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.
+
accountantship
n.
The office or employment of an accountant.
+
agnate
a.
Allied; akin.
+
apostle
n.
A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
+
albinoism
n.
The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.
+
anthologist
n.
One who compiles an anthology.
+
ashweed
n.
Goutweed.
+
assure
v.t.
To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.
+
anthraconite
n.
A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.
+
animalized
imp.|p.p.
of Animalize
+
avoidance
n.
The courts by which anything is carried off.
+
addict
v.t.
To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
+
arterialized
imp.|p.p.
of Arterialize
+
almond
n.
The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
+
aggrandization
n.
Aggrandizement.
+
absentee
n.
One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.
+
apparel
n.
The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
+
admit
v.t.
To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
+
altitude
n.
Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
+
avoirdupois
n.
Goods sold by weight.
+
artfulness
n.
The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
+
alabaster
n.
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
+
alienation
n.
The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
+
anthemwise
adv.
Alternately.
+
anelace
n.
Same as Anlace.
+
acquiet
v.t.
To quiet.
+
aluminize
v.t.
To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.
+
ambition
n.
An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
+
antivivisectionist
n.
One opposed to vivisection
+
attame
v.t.
To pierce; to attack.
+
adynamy
n.
Adynamia.
+
ampullary
a.
Resembling an ampulla.
+
appui
n.
A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
+
address
v.
To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
+
amphitheatre
n.
An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
+
allowance
n.
License; indulgence.
+
agricultural
a.
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.
+
aggravation
n.
Exaggerated representation.
+
antibrachial
a.
Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
+
acceleration
n.
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.
+
addressee
n.
One to whom anything is addressed.
+
accordant
a.
Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.
+
associating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Associate
+
apportionment
n.
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.
+
afoot
adv.
Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
+
authoritative
a.
Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
+
adhesive
a.
Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
+
arrival
n.
An approach.
+
anhydride
n.
An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
+
act
v.t.
To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
+
adit
n.
Admission; approach; access.
+
angelet
n.
A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
+
ancestress
n.
A female ancestor.
+
antiscorbutic
a.
Counteracting scurvy.
+
acquittal
n.
The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
+
antiparalytical
a.
Antiparalytic.
+
animism
n.
The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
+
aspect
n.
The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
+
arboriform
a.
Treelike in shape.
+
administration
n.
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
+
accordable
a.
Agreeing.
+
alpha
n.
The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
+
alackaday
interj.
An exclamation expressing sorrow.
+
achatour
n.
Purveyor; acater.
+
alkekengi
n.
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.
+
abraum salts
n.
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
+
achenial
a.
Pertaining to an achene.
+
aroint
interj.
Stand off, or begone.
+
antipathous
a.
Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic.
+
addle
a.
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
+
adread
v.t.|i.
To dread.
+
alkalis
pl.
of Alkali
+
aspirate
n.
A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
+
articulated
imp.|p.p.
of Articulate
+
awninged
a.
Furnished with an awning.
+
astun
v.t.
To stun.
+
acrid
a.
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
+
amnestic
a.
Causing loss of memory.
+
animoseness
n.
Vehemence of temper.
+
approximate
v.t.
To come near to; to approach.
+
atticize
v.i.
To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
+
alchemy
n.
Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
+
aversely
adv.
With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
+
apostolicism
n.
Alt. of Apostolicity
+
abear
v.t.
To put up with; to endure.
+
acidifiable
a.
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
+
adze
n.
A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
+
aerodynamics
n.
The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
+
amalgamate
v.t.
To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
+
auditress
n.
A female hearer.
+
around
adv.
In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
+
ailantus
n.
A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.
+
accipiter
n.
A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
+
anethol
n.
A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.
+
ampullate
a.
Alt. of Ampullated
+
anchor
n.
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
+
abusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abuse
+
also
adv.|conj.
Even as; as; so.
+
answerable
a.
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
+
allodiary
n.
One who holds an allodium.
+
acclaim
v.t.
To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
+
amburry
n.
Same as Anbury.
+
antenniform
a.
Shaped like antennae.
+
ally
v.
Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
+
asonant
a.
Not sounding or sounded.
+
abstract
v.t.
To perform the process of abstraction.
+
alack
interj.
An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
+
abbreviating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abbreviate
+
aurited
a.
Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.
+
assay
v.
To try; to attempt; to apply.
+
aphoristical
a.
In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
+
aniline
n.
An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
+
astriction
n.
Astringency.
+
alabastrian
a.
Alabastrine.
+
acetabular
a.
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
+
antiscorbutical
a.
Antiscorbutic.
+
appendicitis
n.
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
+
apode
n.
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
+
antetemple
n.
The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
+
ampliate
v.t.
To enlarge.
+
auf
n.
A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
+
atony
n.
Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.
+
abdomen
n.
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
+
audit
a.
An examination in general; a judicial examination.
+
apara
n.
See Mataco.
+
appulse
n.
A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.
+
anaesthesia
n.
Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
+
alehoof
n.
Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
+
asthma
n.
A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
+
alderman
n.
A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
+
areopagitic
a.
Pertaining to the Areopagus.
+
authorize
v.t.
To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
+
awoke
imp.
of Awake
+
armigerous
a.
Bearing arms.
+
anglicism
n.
An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
+
ammunition
v.t.
To provide with ammunition.
+
ancient
a.
Former; sometime.
+
alterable
a.
Capable of being altered.
+
almah
n.
Same as Alme.
+
ava
n.
Same as Kava.
+
anasarca
n.
Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
+
arachnidan
n.
One of the Arachnida.
+
armories
pl.
of Armory
+
ambries
pl.
of Ambry
+
acater
n.
See Caterer.
+
asking
n.
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
+
affeerment
n.
The act of affeering.
+
agreer
n.
One who agrees.
+
accompany
v.i.
To cohabit (with).
+
attest
v.t.
To call to witness; to invoke.
+
address
v.i.
To direct speech.
+
amalgamator
n.
One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
+
aeolus
n.
The god of the winds.
+
abecedarian
n.
One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
+
affluence
n.
An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.
+
alular
a.
Pertaining to the alula.
+
agaragar
n.
A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
+
arow
adv.
In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order.
+
auxiliary
sing.
A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae.
+
adventured
imp.|p.p.
of Adventure
+
apogeal
a.
Apogean.
+
ajar
adv.
In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
+
ardor
n.
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
+
aspen
n.
Alt. of Asp
+
alternation
n.
The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
+
article
n.
A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
+
amalgamate
v.t.
To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
+
analyse
n.
Alt. of Analyser
+
abalienate
v.t.
To estrange; to withdraw.
+
appropriator
n.
One who appropriates.
+
aloetic
n.
A medicine containing chiefly aloes.
+
adoor

Alt. of Adoors
+
apiece
adv.
Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
+
affection
n.
Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
+
animation
n.
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
+
attack
v.t.
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
+
attorneys
pl.
of Attorney
+
apprenticed
imp.|p.p.
of Apprentice
+
accountant
n.
One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
+
asperges
n.
The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
+
acknowledging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acknowledge
+
abstracted
a.
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
+
addling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Addle
+
authenticly
adv.
Authentically.
+
ancient
a.
Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
+
alterant
n.
An alterative.
+
assist
v.i.
To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting.
+
agendum
n.
Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.
+
adeps
n.
Animal fat; lard.
+
absorbability
n.
The state or quality of being absorbable.
+
aloes
pl.
of Aloe
+
azedarach
n.
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.
+
aura
n.
The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
+
acates
n.pl.
See Cates.
+
auspicate
v.t.
To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
+
additionary
a.
Additional.
+
antinational
a.
Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
+
answer
v.i.
To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
+
adeem
v.t.
To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.
+
amissible
a.
Liable to be lost.
+
atlases
pl.
of Atlas
+
ascarid
n.
A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.
+
accrediting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accredit
+
atmologist
n.
One who is versed in atmology.
+
appellant
n.
A challenger.
+
avoid
a.
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
+
acceder
n.
One who accedes.
+
arcane
a.
Hidden; secret.
+
accustom
v.i.
To be wont.
+
acicular
a.
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
+
assured
imp.|p.p.
of Assure
+
altiscope
n.
An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
+
arminianism
n.
The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
+
attractile
a.
Having power to attract.
+
apod
n.
Alt. of Apode
+
americanism
n.
Attachment to the United States.
+
amygdaloid
a.
Alt. of Amygdaloidal
+
alphabet
v.t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
+
arist

3d sing. pres. of Arise, for ariseth.
+
announce
v.t.
To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
+
atheistic
a.
Alt. of Atheistical
+
afflux
n.
A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
+
allantoin
n.
A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.
+
allow
v.t.
To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
+
automatism
n.
The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
+
amharic
a.
Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.
+
against
prep.
In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
+
ambidexterity
n.
Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
+
aspergillum
n.
The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
+
actuary
n.
A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.
+
amphidromical
a.
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
+
apprizal
n.
See Appraisal.
+
apply
v.i.
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
+
averred
imp.|p.p.
of Aver
+
antichronism
n.
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
+
abeyance
n.
Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
+
anarthropoda
n.pl.
One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.
+
aptness
n.
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
+
athenaeum
n.
A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
+
agreement
n.
Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
+
annulet
n.
A little ring.
+
atavism
n.
The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
+
annulment
n.
The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
+
air bed

A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
+
anarchist
n.
An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
+
artichoke
n.
See Jerusalem artichoke.
+
avouch
v.t.
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
+
adnate
a.
Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
+
anachronical
a.
Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic.
+
acustumaunce
n.
See Accustomance.
+
attendance
v.t.
The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
+
acidulated
imp.|p.p.
of Acidulate
+
assientist
n.
A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract.
+
adenalgy
n.
Pain in a gland.
+
aping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ape
+
assembly
n.
A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
+
amazonite
n.
Alt. of Amazon stone
+
accomplish
v.t.
To complete, as time or distance.
+
azote
n.
Same as Nitrogen.
+
affy
v.i.
To trust or confide.
+
antipodagric
n.
A medicine for gout.
+
articulus
n.
A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
+
adventist
n.
One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.
+
accomplisher
n.
One who accomplishes.
+
assiege
v.t.
To besiege.
+
apotheoses
pl.
of Apotheosis
+
avowed
a.
Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.
+
apprehensive
a.
Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
+
apodal
n.
Without feet; footless.
+
alula
n.
A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
+
after
adv.
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
+
anniversarily
adv.
Annually.
+
arrestment
n.
A stoppage or check.
+
arak
n.
Same as Arrack.
+
arranger
n.
One who arranges.
+
await
v.t.
To watch for; to look out for.
+
acceptive
a.
Ready to accept.
+
attribute
n.
Reputation.
+
alarm
v.t.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
+
aplastic
a.
Not plastic or easily molded.
+
arachnidial
a.
Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.
+
abreast
adv.
Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
+
aviation
n.
The art or science of flying.
+
australize
v.i.
To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet.
+
antaphroditic
n.
An antaphroditic medicine.
+
agrimony
n.
A genus of plants of the Rose family.
+
ampullar
a.
Alt. of Ampullary
+
alkalamide
n.
One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
+
accredit
v.t.
To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
+
accord
v.t.
Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
+
attaghan
n.
See Yataghan.
+
aeriality
n.
The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
+
analyses
pl.
of Analysis
+
a b c

The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.
+
alonely
adv.
Only; merely; singly.
+
appendant
n.
Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
+
aim
v.i.
The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
+
affirm
v.t.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
+
analysis
n.
The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
+
alloy
v.t.
To form a metallic compound.
+
aeronaut
n.
An aerial navigator; a balloonist.
+
acerbic
a.
Sour or severe.
+
ancienty
n.
Age; antiquity.
+
acaulescent
a.
Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
+
asteridian
n.
A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.
+
aquariums
pl.
of Aquarium
+
ametabolous
a.
Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.
+
acrostical
n.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
+
adjudge
v.t.
To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.
+
authority
n.
A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
+
abada
n.
The rhinoceros.
+
adventitious
a.
Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
+
achatina
n.
A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.
+
aurigraphy
n.
The art of writing with or in gold.
+
abstract
a.
To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.
+
ambrosiac
a.
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
+
androus

A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
+
archimage
n.
Alt. of Archimagus
+
attack
n.
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
+
araguato
n.
A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.
+
aerolitic
a.
Of or pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron.
+
actiniae
pl.
of Actinia
+
accretion
n.
The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
+
antepast
n.
A foretaste.
+
anandrous
a.
Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.
+
arriereban
n.
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
+
astrography
n.
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
+
applicatorily
adv.
By way of application.
+
alighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alight
+
avale
v.t.|i.
To bring low; to abase.
+
adactylous
a.
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
+
armure
n.
Armor.
+
ascertain
v.t.
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
+
artificially
adv.
Craftily; artfully.
+
autocratical
a.
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
+
ical
a.
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
+
association
n.
The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.
+
aparithmesis
n.
Enumeration of parts or particulars.
+
astructive
a.
Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
+
aboriginality
n.
The quality of being aboriginal.
+
augean
a.
Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
+
amphipod
a.
Alt. of Amphipodan
+
agraffe
n.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.
+
affiliation
n.
Connection in the way of descent.
+
abjudication
n.
Rejection by judicial sentence.
+
absolution
n.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
+
ascidium
n.
A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
+
aridness
n.
Aridity; dryness.
+
alcohometric
a.
Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.
+
angustation
n.
The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
+
air poise

An instrument to measure the weight of air.
+
authority
n.
Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
+
argosy
n.
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
+
anchorage
n.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
+
altaic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
+
attemperate
v.t.
To attemper.
+
axis
n.
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
+
aduncous
a.
Curved inwards; hooked.
+
addlings
n.pl.
Earnings.
+
accuse
n.
Accusation.
+
artistic
a.
Alt. of Artistical
+
airward
adv.
Alt. of Airwards
+
advertent
a.
Attentive; heedful; regardful.
+
argentine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
+
apprehend
v.t.
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
+
arbitrage
n.
Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
+
august
a.
The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
+
assibilation
n.
Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
+
archership
n.
The art or skill of an archer.
+
advised
imp.|p.p.
of Advise
+
annelidous
a.
Of the nature of an annelid.
+
antenniferous
a.
Bearing or having antennae.
+
antiochian
a.
Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
+
adjournal
n.
Adjournment; postponement.
+
auricula
n.
A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
+
alienor
n.
One who alienates or transfers property to another.
+
argon
n.
A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.
+
ascitical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.
+
afflation
n.
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
+
abed
adv.
To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).
+
agouty
n.
A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.
+
alkalifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alkalify
+
annuary
n.
A yearbook.
+
article
n.
A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
+
arrest
v.t.
To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
+
abacinate
v.t.
To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
+
atoner
n.
One who makes atonement.
+
animadversive
a.
Having the power of perceiving; percipient.
+
apotactite
n.
One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
+
auspices
pl.
of Auspice
+
acetarious
a.
Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
+
adiabatic
a.
Not giving out or receiving heat.
+
aprocta
n.pl.
A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.
+
ancientness
n.
The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
+
antagonistic
a.
Alt. of Antagonistical
+
amido
a.
Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
+
acanth
n.
Same as Acanthus.
+
averted
imp.|p.p.
of Avert
+
arrear
adv.
To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
+
acolothist
n.
See Acolythist.
+
authorism
n.
Authorship.
+
attacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attack
+
art
n.
Skillful plan; device.
+
accrementitial
a.
Pertaining to accremention.
+
assurance
n.
Betrothal; affiance.
+
arranging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arrange
+
annoyful
a.
Annoying.
+
abate
v.t.
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
+
award
v.i.
To determine; to make an award.
+
aggregate
a.
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
+
archaeologic

Alt. of Archaeological
+
aglutition
n.
Inability to swallow.
+
autotype
n.
A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
+
argumental
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
+
ariose
a.
Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.
+
adherently
adv.
In an adherent manner.
+
ambergrease
n.
See Ambergris.
+
astrological
a.
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
+
assortment
n.
A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.
+
antidromous
a.
Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
+
attenuant
n.
A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.
+
absinthium
n.
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
+
allegory
n.
Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
+
anisette
n.
A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.
+
accountant
a.
Accountable.
+
antipyic
a.
Checking or preventing suppuration.
+
arbutus
n.
Alt. of Arbute
+
affront
v.t.
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
+
autosdafe
pl.
of Auto-da-fe
+
appaume
n.
A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.
+
auditorship
n.
The office or function of auditor.
+
antiseptical
a.
Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
+
abrading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abrade
+
articulata
v.
One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
+
adz
n.
Alt. of Adze
+
auricular
a.
Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
+
amphictyony
n.
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
+
anthobian
n.
A beetle which feeds on flowers.
+
accoutered
imp.|p.p.
of Accoutre
+
again
adv.
In return, back; as, bring us word again.
+
appalled
imp.|p.p.
of Appall
+
arrhizous
a.
Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.
+
angustate
a.
Narrowed.
+
abyssal
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
+
attentat
n.
Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
+
answer
n.
To be opposite to; to face.
+
ammonitiferous
a.
Containing fossil ammonites.
+
around
prep.
From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
+
accumulation
n.
The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
+
assemblymen
pl.
of Assemblyman
+
athenaea
pl.
of Athenaeum
+
anchored
imp.|p.p.
of Anchor
+
assuaged
imp.|p.p.
of Assuage
+
appertainment
n.
That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.
+
approve
v.t.
To show to be real or true; to prove.
+
appetition
n.
Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.
+
ageratum
n.
A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.
+
asphalt
n.
Alt. of Asphaltum
+
accouterments
n.pl.
Alt. of Accoutrements
+
acinose
a.
Alt. of Acinous
+
annoy
n.
A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
+
agony
n.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
+
animated
a.
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
+
antiloimic
n.
A remedy against the plague.
+
advantageousness
n.
Profitableness.
+
approximate
v.i.
To draw; to approach.
+
alienage
n.
The state or legal condition of being an alien.
+
afrite
n.
Alt. of Afreet
+
amativeness
n.
The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
+
abstergent
a.
Serving to cleanse, detergent.
+
annunciator
n.
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
+
agouti
n.
Alt. of Agouty
+
accession
n.
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
+
almeh
n.
An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.
+
alleyed
a.
Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.
+
areolate
a.
Alt. of Areolated
+
abutment
n.
A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
+
arrangement
n.
The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
+
autumn
n.
The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
+
android
n.
Alt. of Androides
+
adjoined
imp.|p.p.
of Adjoin
+
antaphroditic
a.
Antaphrodisiac.
+
anadem
n.
A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.
+
antickt

of Antic
+
apostematous
a.
Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
+
apron
n.
A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
+
arming
n.
The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
+
acquired
imp.|p.p.
of Acquire
+
associateship
n.
The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.
+
anthrax
n.
A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
+
abuzz
a.
In a buzz; buzzing.
+
arise
v.i.
To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
+
acclimatize
v.t.
To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.
+
adroitness
n.
The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.
+
arrowwood
n.
A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
+
aurora
n.
The rise, dawn, or beginning.
+
alimentation
n.
The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
+
assuasive
a.
Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing.
+
affectibility
n.
The quality or state of being affectible.
+
anient
v.t.
Alt. of Anientise
+
asylum
n.
An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
+
adscript
a.
Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
+
ancipital
a.
Alt. of Ancipitous
+
acescency
n.
The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
+
administered
imp.|p.p.
of Administer
+
antiquarian
n.
A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
+
amphitheatrically
adv.
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
+
annuloida
n.pl.
A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.
+
arbitrariness
n.
The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
+
apothecary
n.
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
+
alleviatory
a.
Alleviative.
+
accessarily
adv.
In the manner of an accessary.
+
aggrandize
v.t.
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.
+
abstract
a.
To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
+
arm
v.t.
Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
+
aphidophagous
a.
Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
+
amphoric
a.
Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
+
antimoniated
a.
Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
+
auncel
n.
A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
+
attire
n.
The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
+
aigulet
n.
See Aglet.
+
arefy
v.t.
To dry, or make dry.
+
acquainted
imp.|p.p.
of Acquaint
+
anamorphism
n.
A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending.
+
account
v.t.
To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
+
awake
v.t.
To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
+
abord
n.
Manner of approaching or accosting; address.
+
agileness
n.
Agility; nimbleness.
+
aphidian
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Aphidae.
+
assot
v.t.
To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate.
+
antimonarchic

Alt. of Antimonarchical
+
anatomism
n.
The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
+
antistrophic
a.
Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
+
abstemiousness
n.
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
+
abdication
n.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
+
adjunctly
adv.
By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.
+
acromion
n.
The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.
+
apple
n.
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
+
arrest
v.t.
The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
+
appellant
a.
Relating to an appeal; appellate.
+
acuition
n.
The act of sharpening.
+
animist
n.
One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
+
arabic
n.
The language of the Arabians.
+
ammonia
n.
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
+
amber tree

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
+
acinus
n.
One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
+
arrive
v.i.
To happen or occur.
+
armorer
n.
One who makes or repairs armor or arms.
+
achievement
n.
An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
+
adoration
n.
The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
+
artificial
a.
Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
+
antihysteric
a.
Counteracting hysteria.
+
allonge
v.i.
To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
+
abdicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abdicate
+
antepenultimate
n.
The antepenult.
+
anatomy
n.
The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
+
altometer
n.
A theodolite.
+
absconding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abscond
+
austrine
n.
Southern; southerly; austral.
+
archangelic
a.
Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.
+
afreet
n.
A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.
+
acquit
v.t.
To pay for; to atone for.
+
auncetry
n.
Ancestry.
+
accord
v.t.
Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
+
approbate
v.t.
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
+
affy
v.t.
To betroth or espouse; to affiance.
+
acton
n.
A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
+
angelot
n.
An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.
+
as
adv.|conj.
In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
+
anacrotic
a.
Pertaining to anachronism.
+
attaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attach
+
antemundane
a.
Being or occurring before the creation of the world.
+
abecedarian
a.
Alt. of Abecedary
+
antiquarian
n.
An antiquary.
+
amorette
n.
An amoret.
+
aphides
pl.
of Aphis
+
abstractly
adv.
In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
+
archidiaconal
a.
Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.
+
acotyledonous
a.
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
+
axe
n.
A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.
+
aconddylose
a.
Alt. of Acondylous
+
amphicoelous
a.
Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
+
allow
v.t.
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
+
absinthe
n.
The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
+
assist
v.i.
To lend aid; to help.
+
adversity
n.
Opposition; contrariety.
+
amphisbaena
n.
A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
acrity
n.
Sharpness; keenness.
+
absorbing
a.
Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.
+
apocalyptically
adv.
By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
+
anthraquinone
n.
A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
+
aphorize
v.i.
To make aphorisms.
+
atrocity
n.
An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
+
arraignment
n.
The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
+
aldehyde
n.
A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
+
arrestment
n.
The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
+
antique
a.
Odd; fantastic.
+
alcade
n.
Same as Alcaid.
+
aperea
n.
The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
+
aum
n.
Same as Aam.
+
anear
prep.|adv.
Near.
+
appall
a.
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
+
analepsy

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
+
acetamide
n.
A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
+
acerous
a.
Same as Acerose.
+
antedate
v.t.
To precede in time.
+
allegoric
a.
Alt. of Allegorical
+
arm
v.t.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
+
anchorage
n.
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
+
anisomerous
a.
Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
+
altogether
adv.
All together; conjointly.
+
arm
n.
An inlet of water from the sea.
+
accrete
v.t.
To make adhere; to add.
+
antevert
v.t.
To displace by anteversion.
+
acontias
n.
Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
+
alee
adv.
On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.
+
averruncate
v.t.
To root up.
+
ascendancy
n.
Alt. of Ascendance
+
apodes
pl.
of Apode
+
aerate
v.t.
To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
+
armed
a.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
+
amplitude
n.
The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
+
appallment
n.
Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.
+
anathemas
pl.
of Anathema
+
ataxia
n.
Alt. of Ataxy
+
austerities
pl.
of Austerity
+
articulate
v.t.
To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
+
apotheosis
n.pl.
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
+
amine
n.
One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.
+
artificially
adv.
Ingeniously; skillfully.
+
abnormous
a.
Abnormal; irregular.
+
agglomerate
v.i.
To collect in a mass.
+
air pump

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
+
assignat
n.
One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
+
aerology
n.
That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
+
alongshoreman
n.
See Longshoreman.
+
advocate
v.i.
To act as advocate.
+
ancient
a.
Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
+
antihypnotic
a.
Tending to prevent sleep.
+
argolic
a.
Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.
+
accomplish
v.t.
To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
+
assumptive
a.
Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.
+
antichronical
a.
Deviating from the proper order of time.
+
amputate
v.t.
To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
+
agitated
imp.|p.p.
of Agitate
+
aporia
n.
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
+
goes
pl.
of Archipelago
+
altercation
n.
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
+
aread
v.t.
Alt. of Areed
+
anger
n.
A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
+
arrentation

A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.
+
aspersing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Asperse
+
arithmetical
a.
Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
+
albugineous
a.
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
+
apiculate
a.
Alt. of Apiculated
+
aggri
a.
Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.
+
andesine
n.
A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
+
abundantly
adv.
In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.
+
anatomy
n.
The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
+
axially
adv.
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
+
agistment
n.
The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.
+
avicularia
n.pl.
See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.
+
acescent
n.
A substance liable to become sour.
+
affianced
imp.p.p.
of Affiance
+
adstrict
n.
See Astrict, and Astriction.
+
attentat
n.
A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
+
aliform
a.
Wing-shaped; winglike.
+
appressed
a.
Alt. of Apprest
+
ashery
n.
A depository for ashes.
+
angiosperm
n.
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
+
adversifolious
a.
Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.
+
adfected
v.
See Affected, 5.
+
anomaly
n.
Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
+
athletism
n.
The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
+
ampulla
n.
A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
+
arraignment
n.
A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
+
azureous
a.
Of a fine blue color; azure.
+
assinego
n.
A stupid fellow.
+
adderstongue
n.
The yellow dogtooth violet.
+
acapsular
a.
Having no capsule.
+
age
v.t.
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
+
actuality
n.
The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.
+
aerially
adv.
Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner.
+
aphorismatic
a.
Alt. of Aphorismic
+
appendix
n.
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
+
alp
n.
A bullfinch.
+
arbitrage
n.
A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.
+
attemperment
n.
Attemperament.
+
adnascent
a.
Growing to or on something else.
+
attire
n.
Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
+
areole
n.
Same as Areola.
+
aplomb
n.
Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
+
anomoura
n.pl.
A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
+
aggeration
n.
A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand.
+
aam
n.
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.
+
auspice
a.
A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
+
apollonian
a.
Alt. of Apollonic
+
amphibious
a.
Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
+
agraphic
a.
Characterized by agraphia.
+
archierey
n.
The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
+
assertion
n.
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
+
admixtion
n.
A mingling of different things; admixture.
+
apposer
n.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
+
accresce
v.i.
To increase; to grow.
+
asthmatic
a.
Alt. of Asthmatical
+
anenst
a.
Alt. of Anent
+
apartment
n.
A set or suite of rooms.
+
away
adv.
Aside; off; in another direction.
+
abrogable
a.
Capable of being abrogated.
+
ablaqueation
n.
The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.
+
acheron
n.
A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
+
acnode
n.
An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
+
armhole
n.
The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.
+
atrenne
v.t.
To outrun.
+
amaranthine
a.
Of or pertaining to amaranth.
+
asperity
n.
Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
+
aleutian
a.
Alt. of Aleutic
+
adject
v.t.
To add or annex; to join.
+
arrhytmy
n.
Want of rhythm.
+
alutaceous
a.
Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.
+
accompanier
n.
He who, or that which, accompanies.
+
avidious
a.
Avid.
+
aneurismal
a.
Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.
+
abdominal
n.
A fish of the group Abdominales.
+
aftermost
a.superl.
Nearest the stern; most aft.
+
abdicate
v.t.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
+
antiodontalgic
a.
Efficacious in curing toothache.
+
agouta
n.
A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.
+
amaritude
n.
Bitterness.
+
anglosaxonism
n.
A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
+
argue
v.t.
To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
+
abridger
n.
One who abridges.
+
amenable
a.
Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
+
angor
n.
Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
+
astricted
imp.|p.p.
of Astrict
+
agued
imp.|p.p.
of Ague
+
apodous
a.
Apodal; apod.
+
abator
n.
A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
+
anarchism
n.
The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
+
acquiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acquire
+
acknowledgment
n.
A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.
+
apocrypha
n.pl.
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
+
amphiscians
n.pl.
The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.
+
arthritical
a.
Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty.
+
allure
v.t.
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
+
albata
n.
A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc.   British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.
+
aventine
a.
Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
+
assure
v.t.
To confirm; to make certain or secure.
+
asexual
a.
Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
+
algazel
n.
The true gazelle.
+
alienability
n.
Capability of being alienated.
+
auxiliary
a.
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
+
armory
n.
That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
+
american
n.
A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
+
accountant
n.
One who renders account; one accountable.
+
authorly
a.
Authorial.
+
aculeus
n.
A sting.
+
assented
imp.|p.p.
of Assent
+
attent
v.t.
Attentive; heedful.
+
anthropical
a.
Like or related to man; human.
+
aline
v.t.
To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
+
aurichalcite
n.
A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.
+
anchor
n.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
+
antefixa
pl.
of Antefix
+
avoider
n.
The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
+
algidness
n.
Algidity.
+
altitudinal
a.
Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
+
agronomical

Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.
+
anagogics
n.pl.
Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.
+
assimilate
v.t.
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
+
axinomancy
n.
A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
+
adventure
v.i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
+
apotome
n.
The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between ˆ2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
+
abridged
imp.|p.p.
of Abridge
+
appeaser
n.
One who appeases; a pacifier.
+
atlas
n.
A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
+
abrook
v.t.
To brook; to endure.
+
ambushment
v.t.
An ambush.
+
attest
n.
Witness; testimony; attestation.
+
academic
n.
A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
+
acetize
v.i.
To acetify.
+
accusatorially
adv.
By way accusation.
+
allotted
imp.|p.p.
of Allot
+
ampulliform
a.
Flask-shaped; dilated.
+
admonitory
a.
That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.
+
accordable
a.
Reconcilable; in accordance.
+
accumulate
v.i.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
+
advoyer
n.
See Avoyer.
+
alsike
n.
A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
+
abstringe
v.t.
To unbind.
+
anicut
n.
Alt. of Annicut
+
annicut
n.
A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.
+
abactor
n.
One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
+
ambush
v.t.
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
+
artificial
a.
Artful; cunning; crafty.
+
abnegation
n.
a denial; a renunciation.
+
anemography
n.
A description of the winds.
+
alife
adv.
On my life; dearly.
+
are
n.
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
+
animatedly
adv.
With animation.
+
agnomination
n.
A surname.
+
autosdefe
pl.
of Auto-de-fe
+
army
n.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
+
abrahamman
n.
Alt. of Abram-man
+
antipyrine
n.
An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
+
aphthae
n.pl.
Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.
+
amaryllidaceous
a.
Alt. of Amaryllideous
+
archaeopteryx
n.
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.
+
asperges
n.
The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
+
adjective
n.
A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
+
amphitheatrical
a.
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
+
arrowhead
n.
The head of an arrow.
+
alan
n.
A wolfhound.
+
agglomeration
n.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
+
alternately
adv.
By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
+
agnomen
n.
An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
+
assaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assay
+
affinity
n.
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
+
africander
n.
One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
+
antiphlogistian
n.
An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
+
amenity
n.
The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
+
amazedly
adv.
In amazement; with confusion or astonishment.
+
animally
adv.
Physically.
+
appropriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appropriate
+
areola
n.
The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
+
agate
n.
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
+
aggrandizement
n.
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
+
abearing
n.
Behavior.
+
animalculist
n.
One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
+
alphabetarian
n.
A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.
+
agouara
n.
The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.
+
atmospherical
a.
Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.
+
adventitious
a.
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
+
addoom
v.t.
To adjudge.
+
appellate
a.
Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
+
aromatized
imp.|p.p.
of Aromatize
+
acraze
v.t.
To impair; to destroy.
+
allotropical
a.
Of or pertaining to allotropism.
+
ashoven
n.
A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
+
aerological
a.
Of or pertaining to aerology.
+
acid
n.
A sour substance.
+
animalize
v.t.
To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
+
acroterium
n.
One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
+
anthokyan
n.
The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
+
amorosity
n.
The quality of being amorous; lovingness.
+
authorization
n.
The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
+
adminicle
n.
Corroborative or explanatory proof.
+
assemblage
n.
The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.
+
arthrodic
a.
Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
+
aunter
v.t.
Alt. of Auntre
+
asteridea
n.pl.
A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
+
adjust
v.t.
To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
+
apostrophize
v.i.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
+
abort
n.
An aborted offspring.
+
astrogony
n.
Same as Astrogeny.
+
applotment
n.
Apportionment.
+
anemography
n.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
+
ashery
n.
A place where potash is made.
+
antepone
v.t.
To put before; to prefer.
+
alongside
adv.
Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
+
alibi
n.
The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
+
avid
a.
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
+
apart
adv.
In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
+
almondine
n.
See Almandine
+
ascertained
imp.|p.p.
of Ascertain
+
absorpt
a.
Absorbed.
+
auricula
n.
One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
+
aurated
a.
Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.
+
alveoli
pl.
of Alveolus
+
apotheosize
v.t.
To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
+
amygdalin
n.
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
+
animosity
v.t.
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
+
about
prep.
In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
+
anxious
a.
Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
+
alighted
imp.|p.p.
of Alight
+
amianth
n.
See Amianthus.
+
aheight
adv.
Aloft; on high.
+
allay
v.t.
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
+
allenarly
adv.
Solely; only.
+
attitude
n.
The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
+
assault
n.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
+
agglomerated
a.
Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
+
abstrusion
n.
The act of thrusting away.
+
allerion
n.
Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.
+
alloxan
n.
An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
+
arest
n.
A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
+
appurtenant
a.
Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.
+
across
adv.
From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
+
antic
a.
Old; antique.
+
allectation
n.
Enticement; allurement.
+
aloof
prep.
Away from; clear from.
+
ancient
n.
One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
+
assyrian
a.
Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
+
administer
v.t.
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
+
adultery
n.
The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.
+
anisotropous
a.
Anisotropic.
+
admittance
n.
Admissibility.
+
alcaic
a.
Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
+
agape
n.
The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.
+
avicula
n.
A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.
+
approximative
a.
Approaching; approximate.
+
awfulness
n.
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
+
attendant
v.t.
Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
+
apprehension
n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
+
affile
v.t.
To polish.
+
actinophorous
a.
Having straight projecting spines.
+
anaerobies
n.pl.
Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.
+
alpine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
+
angularly
adv.
In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
+
apostatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apostatize
+
appropriate
a.
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
+
azured
a.
Of an azure color; sky-blue.
+
afore
adv.
Before.
+
acrolithic
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.
+
aaronic
a.
Alt. of Aaronical
+
allure
n.
Gait; bearing.
+
almightiness
n.
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.
+
availing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avail
+
aconitic
a.
Of or pertaining to aconite.
+
amice
n.
A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.
+
amarant
n.
Amaranth, 1.
+
accord
v.t.
Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
+
annihilated
imp.|p.p.
of Annihilate
+
accidental
a.
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
+
assemble
v.t.
To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.
+
atrabilious
a.
Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
+
accourt
v.t.
To treat courteously; to court.
+
atheism
n.
Godlessness.
+
ally
v.
Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
+
apostle
n.
The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
+
assay
n.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
+
augrim
n.
See Algorism.
+
accoutering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accoutre
+
antepenultimate
a.
Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.
+
await
v.i.
To watch.
+
advisedly
adv.
With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design.
+
asclepiadaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
+
ayry
n.
See Aerie.
+
aptera
n.pl.
Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.
+
axle
n.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
+
anticipatory
a.
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
+
archaeology
n.
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.
+
anidiomatical
a.
Not idiomatic.
+
acrimonies
pl.
of Acrimony
+
avercorn
n.
A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.
+
anglicize
v.t.
To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
+
anisotrope
a.
Alt. of Anisotropic
+
arrived
imp.|p.p.
of Arrive
+
abnegated
imp.|p.p.
of Abnegate
+
azure
n.
The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
+
aspire
n.
Aspiration.
+
annihilate
v.t.
To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
+
atrium
n.
The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
+
apophthegmatical
a.
Same as Apothegmatic.
+
autochthonous
a.
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
+
authotype
n.
A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.
+
annihilative
a.
Serving to annihilate; destructive.
+
ailanthus
n.
Same as Ailantus.
+
artlessness
n.
The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
+
abb
n.
Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
+
avis
n.
Advice; opinion; deliberation.
+
approximating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Approximate
+
antemetic
n.
A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
+
anisodactylous
a.
Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
+
alumni
pl.
of Alumnus
+
abater
n.
One who, or that which, abates.
+
amaze
v.t.
To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
+
attent
n.
Attention; heed.
+
antidotical
a.
Serving as an antidote.
+
assets
n.pl.
Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.
+
administrable
a.
Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.
+
adore
v.t.
To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
+
anemorphilous
a.
Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.
+
agnition
n.
Acknowledgment.
+
anorthoscope
n.
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
+
admitted
a.
Received as true or valid; acknowledged.
+
asp
n.
One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.
+
alias
adv.
Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
+
alluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allude
+
ashes
n.pl.
The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
+
arbitress
n.
A female arbiter; an arbitratrix.
+
added
imp.|p.p.
of Add
+
abet
v.t.
To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
+
alomancy
n.
Divination by means of salt.
+
antiquate
v.t.
To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.
+
assembly
n.
A collection of inanimate objects.
+
atypical
a.
That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.
+
approach
v.i.
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
+
amphilogy
n.
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.
+
auditory
n.
An auditorium.
+
albanian
n.
A native of Albania.
+
aretaics
n.
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
+
asiarch
n.
One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
+
april
n.
The fourth month of the year.
+
answer
n.
To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
+
archchemic
a.
Of supreme chemical powers.
+
aeneid
n.
The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
+
aleurone
n.
An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
+
anthropomancy
n.
Divination by the entrails of human being.
+
approximate
a.
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
+
acclaim
v.t.
To declare by acclamations.
+
almadia
n.
Alt. of Almadie
+
ancipitous
a.
Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
+
apparence
n.
Appearance.
+
archenteric
a.
Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
+
askant
adv.
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
+
ascent

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
+
astrolater
n.
A worshiper of the stars.
+
armature
n.
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
+
amphistylic
a.
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
+
appellant
n.
One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
+
appendant
n.
A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
+
abaca
n.
The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
+
astray
adv.|a.
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
+
angeiology

Alt. of Angeiotomy
+
abrenunciation
n.
Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
+
averruncation
n.
The act of averting.
+
aband
v.t.
To banish; to expel.
+
abligurition
n.
Prodigal expense for food.
+
apodixis
n.
Full demonstration.
+
anchylotic
a.
Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
+
assault
n.
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
+
alienate
a.
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
+
autonomous
a.
Having independent existence or laws.
+
aversion
n.
The object of dislike or repugnance.
+
antimetathesis
n.
An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
+
auntter
n.
Adventure; hap.
+
autotheist
n.
One given to self-worship.
+
archduchy
n.
The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
+
answerable
a.
Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
+
adynamic
a.
Characterized by the absence of power or force.
+
alveolus
n.
A cell in a honeycomb.
+
asiphonata
n.pl.
Alt. of Asiphonida
+
aculeolate
a.
Having small prickles or sharp points.
+
alimentally
adv.
So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.
+
agitator
n.
One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.
+
apyretic
a.
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
+
adept
a.
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
+
aladinist
n.
One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.
+
accumulator
n.
One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
+
assessable
a.
Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.
+
affamish
v.t.|i.
To afflict with, or perish from, hunger.
+
aggregating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggregate
+
ah
interj.
An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.
+
aground
adv.|a.
On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
+
acrite
a.
Acritan.
+
address
v.
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
+
alman
adj.
German.
+
appulsion
n.
A driving or striking against; an appulse.
+
arenga
n.
A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.
+
advancer
n.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
+
assassinator
n.
An assassin.
+
arrected
a.
Lifted up; raised; erect.
+
ambiguity
n.
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
+
animalness
n.
Animality.
+
absurd
n.
An absurdity.
+
annunciation
n.
The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
+
antennal
a.
Belonging to the antennae.
+
accordingly
adv.
Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
+
artificer
n.
A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
+
accept
v.t.
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
+
annunciator
n.
An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
+
allonym
n.
The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.
+
affectedness
n.
Affectation.
+
assuaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assuage
+
adequately
adv.
In an adequate manner.
+
authorities
pl.
of Authority
+
aquatic
n.
An aquatic animal or plant.
+
ammunition
n.
Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
+
adjudication
n.
The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
+
apocrustic
n.
An apocrustic medicine.
+
alembroth
n.
The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant.
+
argo
n.
The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
+
allusion
n.
A figurative or symbolical reference.
+
amber
v.t.
To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
+
alectoromancy
n.
See Alectryomancy.
+
ample
a.
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
+
alive
a.
In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
+
amphigene
n.
Leucite.
+
agastric
a.
Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
+
accoy
v.t.
To render quiet; to soothe.
+
automatons
pl.
of Automaton
+
adjutancy
n.
The office of an adjutant.
+
argol
n.
Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks.
+
arbitrate
v.t.
To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
+
angry
superl.
Sharp; keen; stimulated.
+
antialbumose
n.
See Albumose.
+
actuation
n.
A bringing into action; movement.
+
albe
conj.
Alt. of Albee
+
abdominoscopy
n.
Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
+
appear
v.i.
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
+
accustom
v.i.
To cohabit.
+
aruspice
n.
A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
+
asylums
pl.
of Asylum
+
abstain
v.i.
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
+
altarist
n.
A chaplain.
+
anabaptistic
a.
Alt. of Anabaptistical
+
ale silver

A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
+
accentually
adv.
In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
+
asa
n.
An ancient name of a gum.
+
actuated
imp.|p.p.
of Actuate
+
adoptious
a.
Adopted.
+
apostrophic
a.
Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
+
abhor
v.t.
To fill with horror or disgust.
+
ablative
a.
Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
+
acclamatory
a.
Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
+
apostemation
n.
The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
+
acceptedly
adv.
In a accepted manner; admittedly.
+
amputation
n.
The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
+
almonership
n.
The office of an almoner.
+
acidly
adv.
Sourly; tartly.
+
alignment
n.
The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
+
acetate
n.
A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
+
apograph
n.
A copy or transcript.
+
anomalipede
a.
Having anomalous feet.
+
aponeurotic
a.
Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
+
arrant
a.
Thorough or downright, in a good sense.
+
arithmetic
n.
The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
+
airdrawn
a.
Drawn in air; imaginary.
+
arteriology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.
+
altarpiece
n.
The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
+
arborator
n.
One who plants or who prunes trees.
+
attending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attend
+
angelus
n.
A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.
+
as
adv.|conj.
Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
+
alveolate
a.
Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
+
absinthiated
a.
Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.
+
advancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advance
+
angle
n.
The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
+
adragant
n.
Gum tragacanth.
+
amplify
v.i.
To become larger.
+
acronychal
a.
Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.
+
adventive
a.
Accidental.
+
atmolyzation
n.
Separation by atmolysis.
+
accendible
a.
Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.
+
aboriginally
adv.
Primarily.
+
appose
v.t.
To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
+
arhythmic
a.
Alt. of Arhythmous
+
alleging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allege
+
attemperly
adv.
Temperately.
+
anomalistic
a.
Alt. of Anomalistical
+
alone
a.
Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
+
anaplerotic
n.
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
+
argute
a.
Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
+
apparition
n.
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
+
affeer
v.t.
To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
+
arrestive
a.
Tending to arrest.
+
article
n.
To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
+
anglosaxon
n.
The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
+
aggravate
v.t.
To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
+
abstruse
a.
Concealed or hidden out of the way.
+
ambidexter
a.
Using both hands with equal ease.
+
apology
n.
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
+
analogue
n.
A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
+
alien
a.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
+
ashine
a.
Shining; radiant.
+
adjourn
v.i.
To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.
+
allay
v.t.
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
+
adorably
adv.
In an adorable manner.
+
arapaima
n.
A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
+
address
v.
To clothe or array; to dress.
+
acorn
n.
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
+
adenological
a.
Pertaining to adenology.
+
adam
n.
"Original sin;" human frailty.
+
amission
n.
Deprivation; loss.
+
arpeggio
n.
The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
+
appetite
n.
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
+
artiodactyla
n.pl.
One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
+
attachment
n.
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
+
achate
n.
Purchase; bargaining.
+
attuning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attune
+
azo

Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.
+
agones
pl.
of Agon
+
angelology
n.
A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
+
argue
v.t.
To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
+
abuttal
n.
The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.
+
arthritic
a.
Alt. of Arthritical
+
address
v.
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.
+
appertinent
n.
That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
+
agitate
v.t.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
+
anchorhold
n.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
+
apomecometry
n.
The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
+
amphictyonies
pl.
of Amphictyony
+
antitypical
a.
Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.
+
aseptic
a.
Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
+
alcoholometer
n.
Alt. of Alcoholmeter
+
after
prep.
Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
+
antaean
a.
Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
+
aggroupment
n.
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
+
ashlaring
n.
Alt. of Ashlering
+
askance
v.t.
To turn aside.
+
aftermath
n.
A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.
+
arable
n.
Arable land; plow land.
+
ammunitioned
imp.|p.p.
of Ammunition
+
amount
n.
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
+
await
v.i.
To wait; to stay in waiting.
+
apalachian
a.
See Appalachian.
+
apoplectical
a.
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
+
airing
n.
An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.
+
agonistics
n.
The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
+
archer fish

A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus.
+
addicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Addict
+
astyllen
n.
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
+
approximation
n.
A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
+
apologue
n.
A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.
+
alimony
n.
An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
+
arrose
v.t.
To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
+
ambry
n.
A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
+
allylene
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
+
atilt
adv.
In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
+
act
v.i.
To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
+
apneumona
n.pl.
An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
+
appetibility
n.
The quality of being desirable.
+
ambuscading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ambuscade
+
abranchiata
n.pl.
A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.
+
adversities
pl.
of Adversity
+
anthroposophy
n.
Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.
+
albanian
a.
Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.
+
andantino
a.
Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
+
admonitioner
n.
Admonisher.
+
administer
v.t.
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
+
apostrophe
n.
The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
+
assubjugate
v.t.
To bring into subjection.
+
animadversion
n.
Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
+
astoop
adv.
In a stooping or inclined position.
+
attemper
v.t.
To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
+
alcoometry
n.
See Alcoholometry.
+
aspalathus
n.
A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
+
accompliceship
n.
The state of being an accomplice.
+
aerostatic
a.
Alt. of Aerostatical
+
accombination
n.
A combining together.
+
aldermanic
a.
Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
+
accouple
v.t.
To join; to couple.
+
allower
n.
One who allows or permits.
+
agitate
v.t.
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
+
al
aprefix.
To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.
+
ascension
n.
Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
+
almadie
n.
A bark canoe used by the Africans.
+
aboveboard
adv.
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
+
applefaced
a.
Having a round, broad face, like an apple.
+
appareled
imp.|p.p.
of Apparel
+
ann
n.
Alt. of Annat
+
arbuscular
a.
Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.
+
alewife
n.
A woman who keeps an alehouse.
+
acnodal
a.
Pertaining to acnodes.
+
azoth
n.
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
+
alone
a.
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
+
asterism
n.
An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.
+
assiduate
a.
Unremitting; assiduous.
+
arbitrate
v.i.
To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
+
act
v.t.
To perform; to execute; to do.
+
astronomize
v.i.
To study or to talk astronomy.
+
arrest
v.i.
To tarry; to rest.
+
arch
n.
A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
+
amygdaloidal
a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
+
arllated
a.
Alt. of Ariled
+
approve
v.t.
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
+
awestruck
a.
Struck with awe.
+
achromatic
a.
Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
+
anchorite
n.
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
+
astraean
n.
A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
+
analogon
n.
Analogue.
+
agnomen
n.
An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
+
acroamatic
a.
Alt. of Acroamatical
+
aught
n.
Anything; any part.
+
attired
imp.|p.p.
of Attire
+
awe
v.t.
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
+
amphitheatral
a.
Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
+
adulterous
a.
Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit.
+
antithetically
adv.
By way antithesis.
+
ament
n.
A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
+
apaid
a.
Paid; pleased.
+
abruptly
adv.
Precipitously.
+
antefact
n.
Something done before another act.
+
abate
v.t.
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
+
adverbially
adv.
In the manner of an adverb.
+
admiralty
n.
The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
+
abstrusity
n.
Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
+
atheize
v.i.
To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist.
+
abditive
a.
Having the quality of hiding.
+
androsphinx
n.
A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
+
agatize
v.t.
To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.
+
albuminimeter
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
+
aqueous
a.
Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
+
armil
n.
A bracelet.
+
applejohn
n.
A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
+
argal
n.
Crude tartar. See Argol.
+
acrogen
n.
A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.
+
aversely
adv.
Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.
+
antecedency
n.
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
+
archeological
a.
Same as Archaeology, etc.
+
attendant
n.
One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.
+
admission
n.
Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
+
all
adv.
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
+
alley
n.
The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
+
attend
v.i.
To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.
+
anaglyphic
n.
Work chased or embossed relief.
+
abhorrent
a.
Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
+
adhere
v.i.
To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
+
adopt
v.t.
To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
+
amblingly
adv.
With an ambling gait.
+
aardwolf
n.
A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.
+
apt
a.
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
+
acephalocyst
n.
A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
+
aurous
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.
+
accelerate
v.t.
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
+
alienate
v.t.
To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
+
aramaism
n.
An idiom of the Aramaic.
+
affiliation
n.
Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
+
acatalectic
a.
Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.
+
aside
n.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
+
atte

At the.
+
airer
n.
A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
+
articulator
n.
One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.
+
amber
n.
The balsam, liquidambar.
+
assignation
n.
A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
+
accordancy
n.
Accordance.
+
amophorae
pl.
of Amphora
+
achaian
a.
Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.
+
adumbrant
a.
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
+
animadverter
n.
One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.
+
antigalastic
a.
Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
+
ariel gazelle

A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, / Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
+
analysis
n.
The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
+
amazement
n.
The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
+
avouchment
n.
The act of avouching; positive declaration.
+
attendance
v.t.
The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
+
addulce
v.t.
To sweeten; to soothe.
+
adverse
a.
Opposite.
+
agallochum
n.
A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.
+
anthelia
pl.
of Anthelion
+
algific
a.
Producing cold.
+
apprenticeship
n.
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
+
arciform
a.
Having the form of an arch; curved.
+
admittedly
adv.
Confessedly.
+
aspiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aspire
+
arroyo
n.
The dry bed of a small stream.
+
ancientry
n.
Old age; also, old people.
+
adiposeness
n.
Alt. of Adiposity
+
aril
n.
Alt. of Arillus
+
anear
v.t.|i.
To near; to approach.
+
affiance
n.
Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
+
alikeminded
a.
Like-minded.
+
appreciatory
a.
Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.
+
aspect
n.
The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
+
antipodean
a.
Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
+
attach
v.t.
To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.
+
anywhere
adv.
In any place.
+
aftermentioned
a.
Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).
+
attend
v.i.
To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.
+
adumbration
n.
A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
+
appearance
n.
Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
+
albacore
n.
See Albicore.
+
antherogenous
a.
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
+
abolishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abolish
+
arrestation
n.
Arrest.
+
anniversary
n.
The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
+
alate
adv.
Lately; of late.
+
adjectional
a.
Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.
+
antistrumatic
n.
A medicine for scrofula.
+
alcoholization
n.
The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.
+
aphasic
a.
Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.
+
aluminium
n.
The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.
+
attinge
v.t.
To touch lightly.
+
androphore
n.
The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
+
acolyte
n.
One who attends; an assistant.
+
aghast
v.t.
To affright; to terrify.
+
acclivity
n.
A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
+
acranial
a.
Wanting a skull.
+
antidotary
a.
Antidotal.
+
administer
v.t.
To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
+
aciculated
a.
Acicular.
+
anthophorous
a.
Flower bearing; supporting the flower.
+
appeasement
n.
The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
+
adjust
v.t.
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
+
artificiality
n.
The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
+
analogist
n.
One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
+
arnotto
n.
A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.
+
angelical
a.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.
+
aigre
a.
Sour.
+
acknowledgedly
adv.
Confessedly.
+
anan
interj.
An expression equivalent to What did you say? Sir? Eh?
+
arithmetically
adv.
Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
+
abuse
v.t.
To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
+
absorption
n.
The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
+
axilla
n.
An axil.
+
assart
v.t.
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
+
anthracometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
+
agush
adv.|a.
In a gushing state.
+
accused
imp.|p.p.
of Accuse
+
appearer
n.
One who appears.
+
amicableness
n.
The quality of being amicable; amicability.
+
agrise
v.t.
To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
+
archdiocese
n.
The diocese of an archbishop.
+
achaian
n.
A native of Achaia; a Greek.
+
anconeal
a.
Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
+
anoint
v.t.
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
+
agreeably
adv.
Alike; similarly.
+
appendiculate
a.
Having small appendages; forming an appendage.
+
adjuvant
n.
An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
+
arthropleura
n.
The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
+
apt
a.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
+
arena
n.
Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
+
aichs metal

A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
+
allowance
n.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
+
astronomy
n.
The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.
+
anthropoidal
a.
Anthropoid.
+
aid
v.t.
A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
+
augment
n.
A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
+
anchorhold
n.
Hence: Firm hold: security.
+
ammoniac
a.
Alt. of Ammoniacal
+
almagra
n.
A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.
+
apocalypse
n.
The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.
+
axial
a.
Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
+
aerobies
n.pl.
Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
+
adyta
pl.
of Adytum
+
amiss
a.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
+
adjudicated
imp.|p.p.
of Adjudicate
+
admittance
n.
The act of admitting.
+
accessory
n.
Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.
+
antarchistical
a.
Opposed to all human government.
+
agitator
n.
One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.
+
affeer
v.t.
To confirm; to assure.
+
aguardiente
n.
A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
+
aweigh
adv.
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.
+
analogal
a.
Analogous.
+
arms
n.
Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
+
asteridian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.
+
anticlastic
a.
Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.
+
apiarist
n.
One who keeps an apiary.
+
acquaint
v.t.
To familiarize; to accustom.
+
average
v.t.
To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
+
astucious
a.
Subtle; cunning; astute.
+
awned
a.
Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
+
anthropopathism
n.
Alt. of Anthropopathy
+
athlete
n.
One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
+
appay
v.t.
To pay; to satisfy or appease.
+
annullable
a.
That may be Annulled.
+
author
n.
The editor of a periodical.
+
absolvable
a.
That may be absolved.
+
allium
n.
A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
+
augury
n.
An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
+
abjured
imp.|p.p.
of Abjure
+
alveus
n.
The channel of a river.
+
anemonin
n.
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
+
affair
n.
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
+
argus
n.
A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
+
actinology
n.
The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
+
ametabolic
a.
Alt. of Ametabolous
+
aggravation
n.
Provocation; irritation.
+
airy
a.
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
+
appanagist
n.
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
+
at one

Together.
+
antasthmatic
a.
Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.
+
adunque
a.
Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.
+
afterthought
n.
Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
+
antisocialist
n.
One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
+
anomalistically
adv.
With irregularity.
+
aquosity
n.
The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.
+
apicular
a.
Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
+
abortifacient
v.
Producing miscarriage.
+
accomplice
n.
An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
+
afraid
p.a.
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
+
allegorize
v.t.
To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
+
alborak
n.
The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.
+
alcoholize
v.t.
To reduce to a fine powder.
+
antibrachium
n.
That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.
+
antitypy
n.
Opposition or resistance of matter to force.
+
abstraction
a.
The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
+
access
n.
Admission to sexual intercourse.
+
anemony
n.
See Anemone.
+
audaciously
adv.
In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.
+
adsignification
n.
Additional signification.
+
adustion
n.
Cauterization.
+
affusion
n.
The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.
+
agrestical
a.
Agrestic.
+
agone
n.
Agonic line.
+
appraising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appraise
+
archducal
a.
Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
+
anallantoidea
n.pl.
The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
+
angelic
a.
Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
+
above
adv.
More than; as, above five hundred were present.
+
aquilated
a.
Adorned with eagles' heads.
+
aerophyte
n.
A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
+
arrowhead
n.
An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.
+
aggressive
a.
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
+
agrestic
a.
Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.
+
aristarchy
n.
Severely criticism.
+
amphibiology
n.
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
+
antichrist
n.
A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.
+
abandon
n.
A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
+
actinost
n.
One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.
+
antiperistaltic
a.
Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
+
antipetalous
a.
Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
+
agate
n.
A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
+
angerly
adv.
Angrily.
+
archdeacon
n.
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
+
availability
n.
The quality of being available; availableness.
+
about
prep.
Around; all round; on every side of.
+
acuteness
n.
Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
+
associate
n.
A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
+
auroral
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.
+
ambush
v.i.
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
+
annalistic
a.
Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.
+
anagnorisis
n.
The unfolding or denouement.
+
apocryphal
a.
Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
+
appellant
n.
One who accuses another of felony or treason.
+
auger
n.
A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
+
aim
v.i.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
+
affection
n.
Prejudice; bias.
+
ashlar
n.
Alt. of Ashler
+
amphibologies
pl.
of Amphibology
+
astir
adv.|a.
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
+
angulosity
n.
A state of being angulous or angular.
+
austerity
n.
Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
+
amylose
n.
One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
+
amplification
n.
The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
+
airless
a.
Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
+
alcoholizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alcoholize
+
averroist
n.
One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.
+
apprentice
n.
One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
+
annexation
v.t.
The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
+
aphroditic
a.
Venereal.
+
arise
v.i.
To proceed; to issue; to spring.
+
adight
v.t.
To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.
+
asper
n.
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
+
allicient
a.
That attracts; attracting.
+
adder
n.
Same as Sea Adder.
+
attic
a.
A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
+
alienism
n.
The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
+
aggregate
v.t.
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
+
amyloid
a.
Alt. of Amyloidal
+
amygdaline
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
+
afield
adv.
To, in, or on the field.
+
araneoidea
n.pl.
See Araneina.
+
angiomonospermous
a.
Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
+
ant

A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
+
alferes
n.
An ensign; a standard bearer.
+
anapest
n.
A verse composed of such feet.
+
ancon
n.
The olecranon, or the elbow.
+
agrom
n.
A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.
+
aspect
n.
Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
+
addictedness
n.
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
+
antepenultima
n.
The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.
+
argentation
n.
A coating or overlaying with silver.
+
attainture
n.
Attainder; disgrace.
+
alveolus
n.
A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
+
abrahamitic
a.
Alt. of ical
+
ahoy
interj.
A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."
+
augment
v.t.
To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.
+
accrescent
a.
Growing larger after flowering.
+
argentry
n.
Silver plate or vessels.
+
affirm
v.t.
to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
+
admonitorial
a.
Admonitory.
+
areek
adv.|a.
In a reeking condition.
+
apparently
adv.
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
+
adjourned
imp.|p.p.
of Adjourn
+
amenability
n.
The quality of being amenable; amenableness.
+
accomplishment
n.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
+
admittable
a.
Admissible.
+
approof
n.
Approval; commendation.
+
abstersion
n.
Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
+
argus
n.
A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.
+
appropriation
n.
The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
+
adhesion
n.
The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
+
apostolate
n.
The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
+
assassinate
n.
An assassin.
+
action
n.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
+
attaminate
v.t.
To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.
+
antipathies
pl.
of Antipathy
+
air
n.
Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
+
attribute
n.
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
+
address
v.
To prepare or make ready.
+
acanthopterygious
a.
Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
+
apodal
n.
Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
+
abomination
n.
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
+
arena
n.
The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
+
attaint
v.
An infecting influence.
+
annunciation
n.
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
+
argil
n.
Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.
+
alcoholization
n.
The act rectifying spirit.
+
agent
n.
One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
+
agronomic

Alt. of Agronomical
+
analysis
n.
The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
+
anthophyllite
n.
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
+
altimeter
n.
An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
+
astrict
v.t.
To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
+
antimephitic
n.
A remedy against mephitic gases.
+
ablative

The ablative case.
+
aspidobranchia
n.pl.
A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.
+
arraign
n.
Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
+
antimeter
n.
A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
+
annomination
n.
Paronomasia; punning.
+
androphagi
n.pl.
Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.
+
ampliation
n.
Enlargement; amplification.
+
appellable
a.
Appealable.
+
autumnal
a.
Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
+
abidingly
adv.
Permanently.
+
adhere
v.i.
To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
+
assessorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.
+
assay
n.
Tested purity or value.
+
asitia
n.
Want of appetite; loathing of food.
+
awearied
p.p.
Wearied.
+
affectionated
a.
Disposed; inclined.
+
accelerando
a.
Gradually accelerating the movement.
+
apostume
n.
See Aposteme.
+
archaist
n.
One who uses archaisms.
+
axis
n.
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.
+
actinic
a.
Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
+
amortization
n.
The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
+
accident
n.
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
+
antiphysical
a.
Relieving flatulence; carminative.
+
accendibility
n.
Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
+
auriculate
a.
Alt. of Auriculated
+
awoke

of Awake
+
antichlor
n.
Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
+
amasser
n.
One who amasses.
+
akinesia
n.
Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
+
allies
pl.
of Ally
+
aries
n.
A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
+
allusive
a.
Figurative; symbolical.
+
amidships
adv.
In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
+
apheliotropism
n.
The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
+
athink
v.t.
To repent; to displease; to disgust.
+
accommodate
v.t.
To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
+
aracanese
a.
Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.
+
air cell

A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
+
animator
n.
One who, or that which, animates; an animater.
+
antipathetical
a.
Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to.
+
abba
n.
Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.
+
acquiry
n.
Acquirement.
+
axle
n.
An axis; as, the sun's axle.
+
access
n.
A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
+
acephalist
n.
One who acknowledges no head or superior.
+
antiphthisic
n.
A medicine for phthisis.
+
analcime
n.
A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.
+
ascertainable
a.
That may be ascertained.
+
accidentalness
n.
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
+
alumen
n.
Alum.
+
areas
pl.
of Area
+
astroscopy
n.
Observation of the stars.
+
agnomination
n.
Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.
+
apepsy
n.
Defective digestion, indigestion.
+
acrasy
n.
Excess; intemperance.
+
actual
a.
In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
+
antiphlogistic
a.
Counteracting inflammation.
+
accent
n.
The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
+
apophlegmatic
a.
Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
+
adenitis
n.
Glandular inflammation.
+
adventuress
n.
A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
+
antiphonal
n.
A book of antiphons or anthems.
+
atmosphere
n.
The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
+
acrostic
n.
A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
+
articulary
n.
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
+
acephala
n.pl.
That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
+
aesculapius
n.
The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
+
accrescent
a.
Growing; increasing.
+
axillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
+
arthropod
n.
One of the Arthropoda.
+
auriga
n.
The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.
+
abandonee
n.
One to whom anything is legally abandoned.
+
amass
v.t.
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
+
applejack
n.
Apple brandy.
+
abiogenist
n.
One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.
+
atlantal
a.
Anterior; cephalic.
+
asterism
n.
A constellation.
+
abominated
imp.|p.p.
of Abominate
+
abrupt
n.
An abrupt place.
+
apophyge
n.
The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
+
antinomy
n.
A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.
+
acoustically
adv.
In relation to sound or to hearing.
+
amorous
a.
Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
+
actinal
a.
Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.
+
adipocere
n.
A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
+
astrologer
n.
One who studies the stars; an astronomer.
+
abattoirs
pl.
of Abattoir
+
asleep
a.|adv.
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
+
asiatic
n.
A native, or one of the people, of Asia.
+
atrocity
n.
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
+
abetment
n.
The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
+
abashedly
adv.
In an abashed manner.
+
alcahest
n.
Same as Alkahest.
+
accommodable
a.
That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.
+
associator
n.
An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.
+
accentor
n.
A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
+
actual
a.
Involving or comprising action; active.
+
antecessor
n.
An ancestor; a progenitor.
+
affuse
v.t.
To pour out or upon.
+
apprentice
n.
A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
+
amid
prep.
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
+
abstergent
n.
A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
+
akin
a.
Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
+
abduce
v.t.
To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
+
apolaustic
a.
Devoted to enjoyment.
+
amputator
n.
One who amputates.
+
aeonian
a.
Eternal; everlasting.
+
assay
n.
The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
+
aestivate
v.i.
To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
+
auriscalp
n.
An earpick.
+
abjection
n.
A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
+
alienator
n.
One who alienates.
+
accusation
n.
That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.
+
aloof
adv.
Without sympathy; unfavorably.
+
alexipharmic
a.
Alt. of Alexipharmical
+
arcaded
a.
Furnished with an arcade.
+
annunciatory
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known.
+
anchored
a.
Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
+
asian
a.
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
+
avow
n.
A vow or determination.
+
aphthong
n.
A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.
+
amanuenses
pl.
of Amanuensis
+
adultery
n.
Adulteration; corruption.
+
alluded
imp.|p.p.
of Allude
+
aphtha
n.
The disease, also called thrush.
+
anseres
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
+
astylar
a.
Without columns or pilasters.
+
aggrandized
imp.|p.p.
of Aggrandize
+
alma mater

A college or seminary where one is educated.
+
avisement
n.
Advisement; observation; deliberation.
+
algebra
n.
A treatise on this science.
+
abide
v.t.
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
+
adopt
v.t.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
+
abstinency
n.
Abstinence.
+
agamic
a.
Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
+
antheridium
n.
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
+
antiscii
n.pl.
The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.
+
agone
a.|adv.
Ago.
+
antiscolic
a.
Anthelmintic.
+
angle
n.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
+
acidiferous
a.
Containing or yielding an acid.
+
amentiferous
a.
Bearing catkins.
+
aigremore
n.
Charcoal prepared for making powder.
+
artful
a.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
+
almshouse
n.
A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
+
animalculism
n.
The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
+
anticonvulsive
a.
Good against convulsions.
+
acorn
n.
See Acorn-shell.
+
alimentiveness
n.
The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
+
acetable
n.
An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.
+
approacher
n.
One who approaches.
+
archdeaconship
n.
The office of an archdeacon.
+
antisolar
a.
Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the sun.
+
american
a.
Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
+
absolutist
n.
One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
+
amplitude
n.
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
+
aspirate
v.t.
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
+
archpriest
n.
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
+
aurated
a.
Combined with auric acid.
+
almonries
pl.
of Almonry
+
atimy
n.
Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.
+
air
n.
A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.
+
accoucheuse
n.
A midwife.
+
alien
a.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
+
appreciant
a.
Appreciative.
+
acquittance
n.
The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
+
attachable
a.
Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
+
accrual
n.
Accrument.
+
antiparalytic
n.
A medicine for paralysis.
+
adipose
a.
Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
+
admitted
imp.|p.p.
of Admit
+
analogicalness
n.
Quality of being analogical.
+
algol
n.
A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
+
air
n.
Odoriferous or contaminated air.
+
archtreasurer
n.
A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
+
arachnologist
n.
One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology.
+
ancientry
n.
Antiquity; what is ancient.
+
aquila
n.
A genus of eagles.
+
ash
n.
A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).
+
advocateship
n.
Office or duty of an advocate.
+
adenophorous
a.
Producing glands.
+
ancestor
n.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
+
acquiesce
v.i.
To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.
+
action
n.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
+
autodafe
n.
A session of the court of Inquisition.
+
allanite
n.
A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.
+
advocate
n.
To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
+
acknow
v.t.
To acknowledge; to confess.
+
abstruse
a.
Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
+
application
n.
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
+
absolute
a.
Authoritative; peremptory.
+
antipyic
n.
An antipyic medicine.
+
ashamed
a.
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
+
alterative
n.
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
+
anticipate
v.t.
To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
+
ablude
v.t.
To be unlike; to differ.
+
accepter
n.
A person who accepts; a taker.
+
areometrical
a.
Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.
+
anamorphosis
n.
A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
+
adaption
n.
Adaptation.
+
absorption
n.
In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
+
archiepiscopate
n.
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
+
approbation
n.
Probation or novitiate.
+
aural
a.
Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.
+
acinous
a.
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
+
atmospheric
a.
Alt. of Atmospherical
+
aristocracies
pl.
of Aristocracy
+
antecedent
n.
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
+
atmolyze
v.t.
To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.
+
anthropogeny
n.
The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.
+
afric
a.
African.
+
advertised
imp.|p.p.
of Advertise
+
admonitor
n.
Admonisher; monitor.
+
aceldama
n.
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
+
archaean
a.
Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
+
afflatus
n.
A breath or blast of wind.
+
ambury
n.
A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
+
ave mary

A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.
+
anight
adv.
Alt. of Anights
+
amyous
a.
Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
+
angle
v.t.
To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
+
antiphthisic
a.
Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.
+
atavic
a.
Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.
+
attract
n.
Attraction.
+
apportionateness
n.
The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
+
administrant
n.
One who administers.
+
antonomasy
n.
Antonomasia.
+
affiliate
v.t.
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
+
armilla
n.
An armil.
+
apophysis
n.
A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
+
active
a.
Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
+
anticausodic
a.|n.
Same as Anticausotic.
+
as
adv.|conj.
Than.
+
anvil
n.
Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.
+
attently
adv.
Attentively.
+
apophlegmatism
n.
The action of apophlegmatics.
+
adventureful
a.
Given to adventure.
+
abscesses
pl.
of Abscess
+
adieu
n.
A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
+
augean
a.
Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
+
acanthopterygian
a.
Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
+
abstractively
adv.
In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
+
administrator
n.
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
+
aquitanian
a.
Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
+
anglicanism
n.
Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
+
allegorical
a.
Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.
+
answerably
adv.
In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.
+
articled
imp.|p.p.
of Article
+
aint

A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
+
aerial
a.
Light as air; ethereal.
+
abandonment
n.
Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
+
abatvoix
n.
The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
+
affair
n.
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
+
approbatory
a.
Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.
+
arteriotomy
n.
The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
+
appoint
v.t.
To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
+
asphyxied
p.p.
In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.
+
antedated
imp.|p.p.
of Antedate
+
appendage
n.
Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
+
anadromous
a.
Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
+
apt
v.t.
To fit; to suit; to adapt.
+
aspirer
n.
One who aspires.
+
accrete
v.i.
To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
+
aorist
n.
A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
+
acornshell
n.
One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
+
allay
v.t.
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
+
araneina
n.pl.
The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
+
aortitis
n.
Inflammation of the aorta.
+
axis
n.
The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
+
antepileptic
n.
A medicine for epilepsy.
+
angiostomous
a.
With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
+
argumentation
n.
The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.
+
autogenetic
a.
Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.
+
admeasure
v.t.
The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
+
axillary
a.
Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
+
additive
a.
Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
+
area
n.
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
+
attract
v.t.
To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
+
aarons rod

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
+
attractable
a.
Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.
+
acquisition
n.
The act or process of acquiring.
+
arthrodia
n.
A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.
+
automatical
a.
Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions.
+
apoda
n.
A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
+
absurdity
n.
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
+
antinomies
pl.
of Antinomy
+
alliterative
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
+
assimilate
v.i.
To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
+
addice
n.
See Adze.
+
apron
n.
The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
+
alcyonoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
+
actinometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
+
alethiology
n.
The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.
+
allow
v.i.
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
+
auctionary
a.
Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer.
+
apathist
n.
One who is destitute of feeling.
+
avail
v.i.
To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.
+
appellative
a.
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
+
anglican
n.
In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
+
apatite
n.
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
+
atomical
a.
Of or pertaining to atoms.
+
ape
n.
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
+
anthem
v.t.
To celebrate with anthems.
+
available
a.
Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate.
+
aestuary
n.|a.
See Estuary.
+
assistless
a.
Without aid or help.
+
abranchial
a.
Abranchiate.
+
amiable
a.
Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
+
apehood
n.
The state of being an ape.
+
anthropologic
a.
Alt. of Anthropological
+
aliment
v.t.
To nourish; to support.
+
anklet
n.
An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
+
adaptness
n.
Adaptedness.
+
addle
v.t.|i.
To thrive or grow; to ripen.
+
achene
n.
Alt. of Achenium
+
addable
a.
Addible.
+
aperitive
a.
Serving to open; aperient.
+
astrictive
a.
Binding; astringent.
+
attic
a.
An Athenian; an Athenian author.
+
ancile
n.
The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
+
animate
v.t.
To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
+
antefix
n.
An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
+
anglice
adv.
In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
+
accusatory
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel.
+
apnoea
n.
Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
+
absolution
n.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
+
antiseptically
adv.
By means of antiseptics.
+
azarole
n.
The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.
+
aarons rod

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
+
alloyed
imp.|p.p.
of Alloy
+
alternate
v.i.
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
+
abandoned
imp.|p.p.
of Abandon
+
avaunt
v.t.|i.
To depart; to move away.
+
adstringent
a.
See Astringent.
+
alphitomancy
n.
Divination by means of barley meal.
+
assay
n.
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
+
absume
v.t.
To consume gradually; to waste away.
+
antifederalist
n.
One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.
+
arthrodial
a.
Alt. of Arthrodic
+
angel
n.
A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
+
alive
a.
Sprightly; lively; brisk.
+
arcuate
a.
Alt. of Arcuated
+
aggregator
n.
One who aggregates.
+
antenna
n.
A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
+
amacratic
a.
Amasthenic.
+
archetype
n.
The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
+
ambled
imp.|p.p.
of Amble
+
arcadia
n.
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
+
arctogeal
a.
Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.
+
avowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avow
+
augury
n.
A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
+
aciniform
a.
Full of small kernels like a grape.
+
autochthonal
a.
Alt. of Autochthonous
+
anoplura
n.pl.
A group of insects which includes the lice.
+
atwite
v.t.
To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid.
+
apogaic
a.
Apogean.
+
act
n.
The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
+
aryan
n.
One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
+
attempt
v.t.
To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
+
anthill
n.
A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
+
auriculas
pl.
of Auricula
+
appian
a.
Of or pertaining to Appius.
+
advise
v.t.
To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk.
+
azimuth
n.
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
+
awakening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Awaken
+
antecedaneous
a.
Antecedent; preceding in time.
+
ardurous
a.
Burning; ardent.
+
attorney
n.
A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
+
adaptive
a.
Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.
+
ascendent
a.
Superior; surpassing; ruling.
+
authorizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Authorize
+
architectonic
a.
Alt. of Architectonical
+
adhortation
n.
Advice; exhortation.
+
aphorismer
n.
A dealer in aphorisms.
+
algorism
n.
Alt. of Algorithm
+
acropodium
n.
The entire upper surface of the foot.
+
androides
n.
A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
+
arboriculture
n.
The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.
+
agree
v.i.
To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
+
atoll
n.
A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
+
artery
n.
One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
+
allomorphic
a.
Of or pertaining to allomorphism.
+
after
a.
Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
+
ambrosin
n.
An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
+
adoration
n.
A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.
+
aisle
n.
A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.
+
allonge
v.
A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.
+
asseveratory
a.
Asseverative.
+
ash
v.t.
To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
+
academicism
n.
A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
+
arrogation
n.
Adoption of a person of full age.
+
accentuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accentuate
+
anthropophagi
n.pl.
Man eaters; cannibals.
+
absolute
n.
In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
+
accounted
imp.|p.p.
of Account
+
answer
n.
A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
+
ambos
pl.
of Ambo
+
adiaphorous
a.
Indifferent or neutral.
+
avenger
n.
One who takes vengeance.
+
advance
v.
The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
+
assizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assize
+
amatorious
a.
Amatory.
+
abode
n.
Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
+
anthraciferous
a.
Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
+
abatement
n.
A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
+
adventual
a.
Relating to the season of advent.
+
ablution
n.
A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
+
antibillous
a.
Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
+
autoplasty
n.
The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
+
absenteeism
n.
The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
+
adductive
a.
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
+
aetiology
n.
The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.
+
ammunition
n.
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
+
anapaest

Alt. of Anapaestic
+
alloy
v.t.
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
+
antispasmodic
a.
Good against spasms.
+
alcohol
n.
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.
+
antheridia
pl.
of Antheridium
+
angostura bark

An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis).
+
attuned
imp.|p.p.
of Attune
+
alcoholize
v.t.
To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
+
altarist
n.
A vicar of a church.
+
array
n.
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
+
afflicting
a.
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
+
alexandrian
a.
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
+
avenge
v.i.
To take vengeance.
+
actuosity
n.
Abundant activity.
+
anthropophagic
a.
Alt. of Anthropophagical
+
ambi

A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
+
accusatively
adv.
In an accusative manner.
+
antonomastic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
+
averment
v.t.
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
+
amortisation
n.
Alt. of Amortisement
+
ay
a.
Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
+
ardent
a.
Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
+
ambrosia
n.
The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
+
anteact
n.
A preceding act.
+
abaddon
n.
The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
+
antipathic
a.
Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
+
antagonozing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Antagonize
+
abrase
a.
Rubbed smooth.
+
asbestine
a.
Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.
+
anaglyph
n.
Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
+
atlantides
n.pl.
The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
+
awful
a.
Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
+
apocrisiarius
n.
A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
+
abrupt
a.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
+
audacity
n.
Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
+
apologize
v.t.
To defend.
+
alsatian
a.
Pertaining to Alsatia.
+
arraught

Obtained; seized.
+
asthmatic
n.
A person affected with asthma.
+
apocryphal
a.
Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
+
augurate
v.t.|i.
To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
+
accumbency
n.
The state of being accumbent or reclining.
+
apse
n.
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
+
asper
n.
The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
+
assize
n.
The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural.
+
assessor
v.
One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.
+
aerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aerate
+
abortional
a.
Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
+
ses
pl.
of Apophysis
+
apocrisiary
n.
Alt. of Apocrisiarius
+
aridities
pl.
of Aridity
+
animalish
a.
Like an animal.
+
annual
a.
Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
+
alloy
v.t.
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
+
agible
a.
Possible to be done; practicable.
+
air
n.
To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
+
avowable
a.
Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence.
+
assumption
n.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
+
abolishable
a.
Capable of being abolished.
+
assessment
n.
An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call").
+
archil
n.
A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
+
acclamation
n.
A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
+
ankylosis
n.
Same as Anchylosis.
+
allodium
n.
Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud.
+
aerometer
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.
+
anisopoda
n.pl.
A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
+
amnestying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amnesty
+
ampliate
a.
Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
+
arrant
a.
Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
+
accommodator
n.
He who, or that which, accommodates.
+
aery
n.
An aerie.
+
aston
v.t.
Alt. of Astone
+
anchorage
n.
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
+
autotype
n.
A facsimile.
+
autodafe
n.
An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
+
alleluia
n.
Alt. of Alleluiah
+
antaphroditic
a.
Antisyphilitic.
+
accresce
v.i.
To accrue.
+
accommodation
n.
The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
+
armorican
n.
The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.
+
accompletive
a.
Tending to accomplish.
+
adulatress
n.
A woman who flatters with servility.
+
aerate
v.t.
To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
+
abstraction
a.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
+
apothesis
n.
A dressing room connected with a public bath.
+
appealed
imp.|p.p.
of Appeal
+
arabin
n.
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
+
agios
pl.
of Agio
+
adopting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adopt
+
accretion
n.
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
+
atheological
a.
Opposed to theology; atheistic.
+
ara
n.
The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
+
amphoteric
a.
Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
+
anyone
n.
One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]
+
arborous
a.
Formed by trees.
+
asperate
v.t.
To make rough or uneven.
+
appendaged
a.
Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
+
alliable
a.
Able to enter into alliance.
+
aspirate
n.
An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
+
antiphrastical
a.
Pertaining to antiphrasis.
+
assurer
n.
One who takes out a life assurance policy.
+
aromatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aromatize
+
assimilative
a.
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.
+
alcazar
n.
A fortress; also, a royal palace.
+
alburn
n.
The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.
+
astrut
a.|adv.
Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.
+
ammeter
n.
A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.
+
air
n.
Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
+
abysmally
adv.
To a fathomless depth; profoundly.
+
associate
a.
Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
+
ablegate
v.t.
To send abroad.
+
antiphon
n.
A verse said before and after the psalms.
+
anilic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.
+
arise
n.
Rising.
+
addle
n.
Liquid filth; mire.
+
airling
n.
A thoughtless, gay person.
+
appose
v.t.
To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
+
affiliated
imp.|p.p.
of Affiliate
+
aegrotat
n.
A medical certificate that a student is ill.
+
ante

A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.
+
acquaintance
n.
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
+
array
n.
An imposing series of things.
+
attachment
n.
The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
+
abate
v.t.
To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
+
aroynt
interj.
See Aroint.
+
assize
n.
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.
+
antivaccinist
n.
One opposed to vaccination.
+
algaroba
n.
The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.
+
atropia
n.
Same as Atropine.
+
appointment
n.
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
+
assertion
n.
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
+
apply
v.i.
To ply; to move.
+
acetonic
a.
Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.
+
avocat
n.
An advocate.
+
ached
imp.|p.p.
of Ache
+
agrammatist
n.
A illiterate person.
+
ameliorable
a.
Capable of being ameliorated.
+
additament
n.
An addition, or a thing added.
+
arrhythmic
a.
Alt. of Arrhythmous
+
astomous
a.
Not possessing a mouth.
+
armillae
pl.
of Armilla
+
averruncate
v.t.
To avert; to ward off.
+
ascidia
pl.
of Ascidium
+
acetose
a.
Sour like vinegar; acetous.
+
acidified
imp.|p.p.
of Acidify
+
attenuate
v.i.
To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
+
arctisca
n.pl.
A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
answer
v.i.
To be or act in return.
+
antipyresis
n.
The condition or state of being free from fever.
+
aggregate
a.
Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
+
augustinism
n.
The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.
+
abnormality
n.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
+
achromatically
adv.
In an achromatic manner.
+
acrogenous
a.
Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
+
axiomatically
adv.
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
+
as
adv.|conj.
While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
+
astringent
n.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
+
abroad
adv.
Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
+
abelian
n.
Alt. of Abelonian
+
autoptically
adv.
By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
+
androspore
n.
A spore of some algae, which has male functions.
+
agapae
pl.
of Agape
+
anticivism
n.
Opposition to the body politic of citizens.
+
asperous
a.
Rough; uneven.
+
anthropidae
n.pl.
The group that includes man only.
+
attempered
imp.|p.p.
of Attemper
+
argand lamp

A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
+
ashen
n.
obs. pl. for Ashes.
+
address
v.
To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
+
answered
imp.|p.p.
of Answer
+
aquatint
n.
Alt. of Aquatinta
+
antipyretic
a.
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
+
admiralship
n.
The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.
+
attame
v.t.
To broach; to begin.
+
administration
n.
The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
+
attractor
n.
One who, or that which, attracts.
+
archly
adv.
In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
+
apostolical
a.
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
+
austereness
n.
Severity; strictness; austerity.
+
alliant
n.
An ally; a confederate.
+
acclimated
imp.|p.p.
of Acclimate
+
alluring
a.
That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.
+
aromatical
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.
+
author
v.t.
To tell; to say; to declare.
+
asthenia
n.
Alt. of Astheny
+
adventurous
n.
Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
+
academical
a.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
+
appropinquate
v.i.
To approach.
+
amphigenesis
n.
Sexual generation; amphigony.
+
anatifa
n.
An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
+
accent
v.t.
To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
+
advancement
v.t.
The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
+
armed
imp.|p.p.
of Arm
+
anthropomorphite
n.
One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.
+
airtight
n.
A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
+
approximation
n.
An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
+
antiicteric
a.
Good against jaundice.
+
accouchement
n.
Delivery in childbed
+
armet
n.
A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
+
argus
n.
One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
+
almighty
a.
Great; extreme; terrible.
+
acrobatism
n.
Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
+
animalcular
a.
Alt. of Animalculine
+
amnesty
v.t.
To grant amnesty to.
+
amidin
n.
Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
+
assumed
a.
Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
+
austerely
adv.
Severely; rigidly; sternly.
+
accredit
v.t.
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
+
aden

Alt. of Adeno-
+
allotriophagy
n.
A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
+
actor
n.
A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
+
anglophobia
n.
Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.
+
anodyne
a.
Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
+
abortion
n.
The immature product of an untimely birth.
+
absolutely
adv.
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
+
agrin
adv.|a.
In the act of grinning.
+
ascensive
a.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
+
amorphous
a.
Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
+
attemptable
a.
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
+
antitragus
n.
A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.
+
annuli
pl.
of Annulus
+
alloy
v.t.
To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
+
axillars
n.pl.
Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
+
aroused
imp.|p.p.
of Arouse
+
asynartete
a.
Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
+
articulated
a.
United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
+
audit
v.t.
To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.
+
ambitiousness
n.
The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
+
admire
v.i.
To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
+
abhorrency
n.
Abhorrence.
+
arrogant
a.
Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
+
alum root

A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.
+
ad interim

Meanwhile; temporary.
+
actively
adv.
In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
+
anatomist
n.
One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
+
amovable
a.
Removable.
+
accede
v.i.
To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
+
antagonized
imp.|p.p.
of Antagonize
+
attune
v.t.
To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.
+
assastion
n.
Roasting.
+
adoption
n.
Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
+
anisodactyls
n.pl.
A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
+
attack
n.
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
+
acquirable
a.
Capable of being acquired.
+
aquiline
a.
Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose
+
ascensional
a.
Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
+
ambulatorial
a.
Ambulatory; fitted for walking.
+
approver
n.
One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
+
analogue
n.
An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
+
aggravative
n.
That which aggravates.
+
anthropomorphist
n.
One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.
+
absolute
a.
Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
+
assistance
n.
An assistant or helper; a body of helpers.
+
addeem
v.t.
To award; to adjudge.
+
ana

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
+
allspice
n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
+
anatomism
n.
The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
+
abutter
n.
One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.
+
apparent
n.
An heir apparent.
+
asyndeton
n.
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
+
attainable
a.
Obtainable.
+
atelier
n.
A workshop; a studio.
+
apieces
adv.
In pieces or to pieces.
+
appalachian
a.
Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
+
abandoner
n.
One who abandons.
+
adnation
n.
The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
+
alligation
n.
A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.
+
apparatus
pl.
of Apparatus
+
apartness
n.
The quality of standing apart.
+
association
n.
Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.  Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
+
acajou
n.
The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
+
ahead
adv.
In or to the front; in advance; onward.
+
addible
a.
Capable of being added.
+
augur
v.i.
To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
+
anothergates
a.
Of another sort.
+
abstract
a.
An abstract term.
+
acquest
n.
Acquisition; the thing gained.
+
antipole
n.
The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.
+
aqueity
n.
Wateriness.
+
active
a.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
+
annual
n.
A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
+
articled
a.
Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.
+
adytum
n.
The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
+
avulsion
n.
A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
+
absinthe
n.
A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
+
auricula
n.
A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
+
adipoceriform
a.
Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.
+
amortization
n.
The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
+
anti

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.
+
appropriator
n.
A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.
+
aside
adv.
On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
+
anothergaines
a.
Of another kind.
+
action
n.
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
+
adventure
n.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
+
alleys
pl.
of Alley
+
avoider
n.
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
+
acetabulifera
n.pl.
The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.
+
ark shell

A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
+
animalculine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.
+
arnicine
n.
An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.
+
arachnida
n.pl.
One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
accustomed
a.
Frequented by customers.
+
aggregate
n.
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
+
around
adv.
In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
+
allomorph
n.
A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
+
admission
n.
A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
+
argas
n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.
+
amrita
a.
Ambrosial; immortal.
+
embassador
n.
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
+
ablegate
n.
A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
+
appearance
n.
The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
+
appended
imp.|p.p.
of Append
+
augustinian
n.
One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
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arret
v.t.
Same as Aret.
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attack
n.
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
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antedate
n.
Anticipation.
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articulate
v.t.
To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
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address
v.t.
Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
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anteflexion
n.
A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.
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andine
a.
Andean; as, Andine flora.
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action
n.
An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.):    Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
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apomorphine
n.
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
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adaptation
n.
The result of adapting; an adapted form.
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ambulatories
pl.
of Ambulatory
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alliteration
n.
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
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ampere
n.
The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.
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absinthic
a.
Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
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amphibological
a.
Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
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aerugo
n.
The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
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aluminate
n.
A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
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appellation
n.
The act of appealing; appeal.
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aiming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aim
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aguise
v.t.
To dress; to attire; to adorn.
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aphyllous
a.
Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
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absence
n.
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
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ampyx
n.
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.
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antiar
n.
A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
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anger
v.t.
To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
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arborescence
n.
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.
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awaiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Await
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allowed
imp.|p.p.
of Allow
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ambergris
n.
A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212° Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
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auxetic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
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arsenide
n.
A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
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alone
adv.
Solely; simply; exclusively.
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alimental
a.
Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
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attain
v.t.
To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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assentment
n.
Assent; agreement.
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apprehend
v.t.
To know or learn with certainty.
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abusive
a.
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
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absolute
a.
Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
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adjective
n.
Relating to procedure.
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adultery
n.
Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
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arch
a.
Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
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attach
v.t.
To take, seize, or lay hold of.
+
appreciating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appreciate
+
aneroid
n.
An aneroid barometer.
+
appendence
n.
Alt. of Appendency
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apician
a.
Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
+
approbator
n.
One who approves.
+
allottery
n.
Allotment.
+
allantoidea
n.pl.
The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.
+
abdicate
v.t.
To reject; to cast off.
+
attach
v.i.
To adhere; to be attached.
+
appliedly
adv.
By application.
+
apartment
n.
A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
+
appearance
n.
A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
+
attain
v.t.
To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
+
annunciative
a.
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
+
apology
n.
An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
+
arcograph
n.
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.
+
augur
v.t.
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
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axle guard

The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.
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assize
n.
An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
+
aperies
pl.
of Apery
+
aviculture
n.
Rearing and care of birds.
+
adjectiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjective
+
angel
n.
An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
+
antic
n.
A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
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accessary
a.
Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.
+
acrase
v.t.
Alt. of Acraze
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anomaloflorous
a.
Having anomalous flowers.
+
antonym
n.
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
+
appertinent
a.
Belonging; appertaining.
+
abhorring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abhor
+
amalgamating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amalgamate
+
aheap
adv.
In a heap; huddled together.
+
adjured
imp.|p.p.
of Adjure
+
ara
n.
A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
+
arras
n.
Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
+
allegiance
n.
The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.
+
autodynamic
a.
Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.
+
acanthopterygian
n.
A spiny-finned fish.
+
abrupt
v.t.
To tear off or asunder.
+
aldine
a.
An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.
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asp
n.
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
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acarina
n.pl.
The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
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annual
n.
Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
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ableminded
a.
Having much intellectual power.
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auxiliary
n.
Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.
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aburst
adv.
In a bursting condition.
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annihilable
a.
Capable of being annihilated.
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avalanche
n.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
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alarm
n.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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accoy
v.t.
To subdue; to tame; to daunt.
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acquit
v.t.
To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
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anagrammatical
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram.
+
associate
v.i.
To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
+
anchor
n.
An anchoret.
+
albuminose
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.
+
accelerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accelerate
+
anvil
n.
the incus. See Incus.
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actuate
a.
Put in action; actuated.
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antediluvian
a.
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.
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architrave
n.
The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
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arhythmous
a.
See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.
+
age
n.
The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
+
anchorage
n.
Abode of an anchoret.
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arundinaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.
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agronomist
n.
One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.
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avowed
imp.|p.p.
of Avow
+
approve
v.t.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
+
amphitrocha
n.
A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
+
ansa
n.
A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
+
archmarshal
n.
The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.
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asinine
a.
Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
+
advocate
n.
One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
+
a priori

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.
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appendant
v.t.
Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
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affectingly
adv.
In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
+
amber
a.
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
+
amortizement
n.
Same as Amortization.
+
aflat
adv.
Level with the ground; flat.
+
asterism
n.
Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage.
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achate
n.
Provisions. Same as Cates.
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aramaic
a.
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.
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ascititious
a.
Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
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abaction
n.
Stealing cattle on a large scale.
+
antinephritic
a.
Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
+
arian
a.
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
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androgyny
n.
Alt. of Androgynism
+
armlet
n.
Armor for the arm.
+
acrospire
n.
The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.
+
ashlering
n.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
+
acanthus
n.
A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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abstract
a.
Withdraw; separate.
+
angiocarpous
a.
Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
+
absconded
imp.|p.p.
of Abscond
+
atomist
n.
One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.
+
arguseyed
a.
Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
+
articulative
a.
Of or pertaining to articulation.
+
allemande
n.
A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
+
ask
v.i.
To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
+
autocracy
n.
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
+
affray
v.t.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
+
arrayer
n.
One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.
+
abye
v.t.|i.
To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.
+
armiferous
a.
Bearing arms or weapons.
+
arachnitis
n.
Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
+
alday
adv.
Continually.
+
annotated
imp.|p.p.
of Annotate
+
anfractuous
a.
Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.
+
aslake
v.t.|i.
To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
+
artless
a.
Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.
+
albinism
n.
The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
+
alewives
pl.
of Alewife
+
anaerobic
a.
Relating to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic.
+
ambusher
n.
One lying in ambush.
+
allegretto
n.
A movement in this time.
+
arbitrary
a.
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
+
adjutancy
n.
Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
+
ailment
n.
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
+
arboricole
a.
Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.
+
abnormal
a.
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
+
applauding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Applaud
+
appurtenant
n.
Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.
+
approximation
n.
The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
+
annulus
n.
Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
+
abacus
n.
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
+
altitude
n.
The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
+
autobiographist
n.
One who writes his own life; an autobiographer.
+
agiotage
n.
Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.
+
autonomy
n.
The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.
+
ark
n.
The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
+
achroodextrin
n.
Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.
+
amir
n.
One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
+
approbativeness
n.
Love of approbation.
+
aid
v.t.
To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
+
abandoned
a.
Forsaken, deserted.
+
aonian
a.
Pertaining to Aonia, in B/otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.
+
alternate
a.
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
+
average
v.i.
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.
+
ablactation
n.
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
+
auxiliatory
a.
Auxiliary; helping.
+
absent
a.
Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
+
anamorphosis
n.
Same as Anamorphism, 2.
+
anglifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anglify
+
acquaintanceship
n.
A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
+
alliterator
n.
One who alliterates.
+
arbitrated
imp.|p.p.
of Arbitrate
+
antler
n.
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
+
al
aprefix.
All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
+
ambesas
n.
Ambs-ace.
+
administer
v.t.
To tender, as an oath.
+
amenta
pl.
of Amentum
+
attenuate
v.t.
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
+
antisyphilitic
a.
Efficacious against syphilis.
+
amuse
v.i.
To muse; to mediate.
+
agriculture
n.
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
+
affirmer
n.
One who affirms.
+
amercing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amerce
+
ambassadorship
n.
The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
+
assailable
a.
Capable of being assailed.
+
aviso
n.
An advice boat, or dispatch boat.
+
admonition
n.
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
+
ablins
adv.
Perhaps; possibly.
+
antihypochondriac
n.
A remedy for hypochondria.
+
augmentation
n.
A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
+
amsel
n.
Alt. of Amzel
+
attentive
a.
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
+
agre
adv.
Alt. of Agree
+
antiphonary
n.
A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
+
antiguggler
n.
A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.
+
account
n.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
+
axeman

See Ax, Axman.
+
antihypnotic
n.
An antihypnotic agent.
+
anthocyanin
n.
Same as Anthokyan.
+
ambush
v.t.
To attack by ambush; to waylay.
+
at
prep.
The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.
+
alkalifiable
a.
Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
+
appreciatingly
adv.
In an appreciating manner; with appreciation.
+
antiputrescent
a.
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
+
anchovy pear

A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
+
acclimatable
a.
Capable of being acclimated.
+
autographic
a.
Alt. of Autographical
+
amylobacter
n.
A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
+
appetency
n.
Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
+
apparitor
n.
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
+
areolation
n.
Division into areolae.
+
aesthophysiology
n.
The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.
+
apprehend
v.t.
To take or seize; to take hold of.
+
attaint
v.
A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
+
atrous
a.
Coal-black; very black.
+
antiquist
n.
An antiquary; a collector of antiques.
+
abhorred
imp.|p.p.
of Abhor
+
articulately
adv.
After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
+
affectuous
a.
Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
+
acridness
n.
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
+
abstruseness
n.
The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
+
afforest
v.t.
To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
+
antislavery
a.
Opposed to slavery.
+
antitheist
n.
A disbeliever in the existence of God.
+
arrive
n.
Arrival.
+
auld lang syne

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.
+
apprehension
n.
The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
+
antic
v.i.
To perform antics.
+
abeam
adv.
On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
+
apprehensive
a.
Knowing; conscious; cognizant.
+
askance
adv.
Alt. of Askant
+
amblygonal
a.
Obtuse-angled.
+
agood
adv.
In earnest; heartily.
+
anglicism
n.
The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
+
absolver
n.
One who absolves.
+
astigmatic
a.
Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
+
anon
adv.
Soon; in a little while.
+
adequacy
n.
The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
+
astern
adv.
Behind a ship; in the rear.
+
austromancy
n.
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.
+
antitype
n.
That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
+
aloneness
n.
A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.
+
annotto
n.
Alt. of Arnotto
+
adjuvant
a.
Helping; helpful; assisting.
+
anomia
n.
A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
+
activeness
n.
The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
+
agreement
n.
The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.
+
aliquant
a.
An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
+
anything
n.
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
+
asphaltite
a.
Asphaltic.
+
amplitude
n.
Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
+
affrayed
p.p.
of Affray
+
abstraction
a.
An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
+
about
prep.
In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
+
anisostemonous
a.
Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
+
astroscope
n.
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
+
abye
v.t.|i.
To endure; to abide.
+
abjurement
n.
Renunciation.
+
alibility
n.
Quality of being alible.
+
approach
v.i.
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
+
alternity
n.
Succession by turns; alternation.
+
axal
a.
[See Axial.]
+
avolation
n.
The act of flying; flight; evaporation.
+
autoschediastical
a.
Extemporary; offhand.
+
abandonment
n.
The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
+
antitoxine
n.
A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.
+
act
n.
A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
+
alquifou
n.
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
+
adversion
n.
A turning towards; attention.
+
approachability
n.
The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
+
atmolysis
n.
The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.
+
approachableness
n.
The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
+
accriminate
v.t.
To accuse of a crime.
+
anchoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anchor
+
abstainer
n.
One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
+
antipathetic
a.
Alt. of Antipathetical
+
agger
n.
An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
+
assimilability
n.
The quality of being assimilable.
+
ague
n.
An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
+
anhelation
n.
Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
+
array
n.
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
+
appear
v.i.
To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
+
abactinal
a.
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.
+
aquapuncture
n.
The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
+
awn
n.
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
+
anomalistical
a.
Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
+
admit
v.t.
To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
+
affectionately
adv.
With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
+
anatifer
n.
Same as Anatifa.
+
attended
imp.|p.p.
of Attend
+
articulately
adv.
With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
+
accidence
n.
The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
+
anciently
adv.
In ancient times.
+
aristocrat
n.
One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
+
attitude
n.
Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.
+
abyme
n.
A abyss.
+
assembly
n.
A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.
+
anthropophagous
a.
Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
+
anatomizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anatomize
+
adducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adduce
+
amiably
adv.
In an amiable manner.
+
architect
n.
A contriver, designer, or maker.
+
apocopated
a.
Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
+
accomplicity
n.
The act or state of being an accomplice.
+
ataunto
adv.
Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
+
amassette
n.
An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.
+
amazon
n.
One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.
+
alphabetical
a.
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
+
ambitious
a.
Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
+
alepole
n.
A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
+
aim
v.i.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
+
art
n.
The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
+
answer
n.
To be or act in return or response to.
+
avantcourier
n.
A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.
+
alienism
n.
The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
+
antaphrodisiac
a.
Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.
+
aged
a.
Belonging to old age.
+
antiburgher
n.
One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
+
admire
v.t.
To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
+
appose
v.t.
To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
+
apyrexial
a.
Relating to apyrexy.
+
appreciation
n.
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
+
ambulance
n.
A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
+
area
n.
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
+
animating
a.
Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.
+
abietic
a.
Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.
+
amazedness
n.
The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.
+
affranchise
v.t.
To make free; to enfranchise.
+
a

In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.
+
aetheogamous
a.
Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
+
amphineura
n.pl.
A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
+
averseness
n.
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
+
angustifolious
a.
Having narrow leaves.
+
adsignify
v.t.
To denote additionally.
+
animal
a.
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
+
action
n.
The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
+
asperities
pl.
of Asperity
+
anamorphosy
n.
Same as Anamorphosis.
+
arborical
a.
Relating to trees.
+
appetible
a.
Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
+
amicable
a.
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
+
asphaltic
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.
+
actinias
pl.
of Actinia
+
accessible
a.
Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
+
adjutor
n.
A helper or assistant.
+
advisableness
n.
The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
+
articular
n.
Alt. of Articulary
+
appetizing
adv.
So as to excite appetite.
+
anhinga
n.
An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
+
abord
v.t.
To approach; to accost.
+
azymite
n.
One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.
+
armgret
a.
Great as a man's arm.
+
abate
n.
Abatement.
+
adventuresome
a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
+
append
v.t.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
+
amend
v.t.
by supplying deficiencies;
+
amnicolist
n.
One who lives near a river.
+
aggregately
adv.
Collectively; in mass.
+
approve
v.t.
To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
+
agnosticism
n.
The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.
+
alcarraza
n.
A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
+
avail
n.
Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
+
abbreviate
v.t.
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
+
authorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an author.
+
angel
n.
Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
+
afterwit
n.
Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
+
apostrophe
n.
The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
+
accite
v.t.
To cite; to summon.
+
adolescence
n.
The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
+
adjutant
n.
A helper; an assistant.
+
adverse
a.
Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
+
autobiographies
pl.
of Autobiography
+
assart
n.
The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
+
ampliation
n.
A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.
+
apparency
n.
The position of being heir apparent.
+
abbreviatory
a.
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
+
access
n.
Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
+
arteriac
a.
Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
+
accelerograph
n.
An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
+
alterableness
n.
The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
+
adelocodonic
a.
Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.
+
aback
adv.
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
+
afterdinner
n.
The time just after dinner.
+
actinozoa
n.pl.
A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.
+
audition
n.
The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
+
anserated
a.
Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.
+
absurdity
n.
The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
+
acescence
n.
Alt. of Acescency
+
alabastra
pl.
of Alabastrum
+
antivariolous
a.
Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
+
advanced
imp.|p.p.
of Advance
+
altissimo
n.
The part or notes situated above F in alt.
+
apophasis
n.
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
+
attercop
n.
A peevish, ill-natured person.
+
about
adv.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
+
alteration
n.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
+
actually
adv.
In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
+
attendance
v.t.
Attention; regard; careful application.
+
anientise
v.t.
To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate.
+
antinephritic
n.
An antinephritic remedy.
+
aye
adv.
Alt. of Ay
+
alnager
n.
A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
+
aquila
n.
A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
+
akimbo
a.
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
+
axle box

The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
+
authentic
n.
Authoritative.
+
animism
n.
The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
+
ashfurnace
n.
Alt. of Ash-oven
+
affixing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affix
+
apothegmatic
a.
Alt. of Apothegmatical
+
alcohol
n.
Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
+
aptitude
n.
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
+
arrantly
adv.
Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
+
anomalies
pl.
of Anomaly
+
ablation
n.
Wearing away; superficial waste.
+
alienate
n.
A stranger; an alien.
+
access
n.
A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
+
attain
v.t.
To overtake.
+
arborist
n.
One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
+
ametabolian
a.
Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
+
aiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aid
+
antimagistrical
a.
Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates.
+
attraction
n.
That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
+
allegorization
n.
The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
+
alegge
v.t.
To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
+
assaultable
a.
Capable of being assaulted.
+
answer
n.
A reply to a change; a defense.
+
archer
n.
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
+
anaglyptic
a.
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
+
anes
adv.
Once.
+
anarchy
n.
Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
+
affinity
n.
That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
+
anarchical
a.
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
+
arrest
v.t.
The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
+
acclivities
pl.
of Acclivity
+
assorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assort
+
album
n.
A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
+
aestheticism
n.
The doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.
+
antediluvial
a.
Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
+
abbreviate
a.
Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
+
abstractionist
n.
An idealist.
+
apron
n.
A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
+
argutely
adv.
In a subtle; shrewdly.
+
auguration
n.
The practice of augury.
+
anthropomorphism
n.
The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.
+
account
v.i.
To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
+
auspicious
a.
Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
+
alternate
n.
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
+
antitrochanter
n.
An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
+
adhamant
a.
Clinging, as by hooks.
+
assailed
imp.|p.p.
of Assail
+
attrition
n.
The state of being worn.
+
archaizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Archaize
+
admiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Admire
+
ache
v.i.
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
+
ana

A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
+
arenilitic
a.
Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.
+
aulnage
n.
Alt. of Aulnager
+
arrogantness
n.
Arrogance.
+
antiphony
n.
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
+
attorney
v.t.
To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
+
anion
n.
An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.
+
abutilon
n.
A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
+
avouching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avouch
+
acid
a.
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
+
alkanet
n.
A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
+
alexiteric
n.
A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
+
areometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.
+
aculeate
a.
Severe or stinging; incisive.
+
androtomous
a.
Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
+
amused
imp.|p.p.
of Amuse
+
ancient
n.
The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
+
audit
v.i.
To settle or adjust an account.
+
amebean
a.
See Am/bean.
+
apostolically
adv.
In an apostolic manner.
+
attractive
n.
That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
+
accent
n.
expressions in general; speech.
+
asterisk
n.
The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
+
amphisbaenoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
+
anniversary
a.
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
+
aspic
n.
The venomous asp.
+
abrahamic
a.
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
+
asseverating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Asseverate
+
absinth
n.
Alt. of Absinthe
+
arching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arch
+
anger
v.t.
To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
+
apotelesm
n.
The calculation and explanation of a nativity.
+
ate

the preterit of Eat.
+
acetary
n.
An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
+
ab
n.
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
+
alt
a.|n.
The higher part of the scale. See Alto.
+
ascension
n.
An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.
+
advance
v.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
+
abdominals
pl.
of Abdominal
+
ataraxy
n.
Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.
+
accomptable
a.
See Accountable.
+
addenda
pl.
of Addendum
+
armlet
n.
A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.
+
assonance
n.
A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
+
anele
v.t.
To anoint.
+
arachnidium
n.
The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.
+
antiscoletic
a.
Alt. of Antiscolic
+
agony
n.
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
+
aclinic
a.
Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip.  The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
+
angelize
v.t.
To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
+
advisably
adv.
With advice; wisely.
+
arterialization
n.
The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis.
+
apprehend
v.t.
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
+
assorted
imp.|p.p.
of Assort
+
albuminose
n.
A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
+
argive
a.
Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.
+
aim
v.i.
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
+
appreciate
v.t.
To be sensible of; to distinguish.
+
appair
v.t.|i.
To impair; to grow worse.
+
airy
a.
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
+
aphrite
n.
See under Calcite.
+
altogether
adv.
Without exception; wholly; completely.
+
ambrosia
n.
A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
+
archery
n.
Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
+
accreditation
n.
The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
+
augur
n.
One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
+
abortion
n.
Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.
+
abbeys
pl.
of Abbey
+
arteriole
n.
A small artery.
+
amandine
n.
A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
+
account
n.
A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
+
alluvion
n.
An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
+
araneida
n.pl.
Alt. of Araneoidea
+
arret
n.
A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
+
archaic
a.
Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
+
allective
a.
Alluring.
+
alert
n.
An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
+
argali
n.
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.
+
abscisses
pl.
of Absciss
+
anhele
v.i.
To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).
+
assyriological
a.
Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
+
accommodation
n.
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
+
abstract
a.
Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name.
+
aroma
n.
The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
+
ashantees
pl.
of Ashantee
+
advantage
n.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
+
archipelago
n.
Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
+
amelioration
n.
The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
+
antibromic
n.
An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
+
asiatic
a.
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
+
aborticide
n.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
+
arsenite
n.
A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
+
arquebusade
n.
The shot of an arquebus.
+
archaism
a.
Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
+
albinistic
a.
Affected with albinism.
+
adorable
a.
Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.
+
arch brick

A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
+
amphiarthrodial
a.
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
+
amphibious
a.
Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
+
acutifoliate
a.
Having sharp-pointed leaves.
+
act
n.
That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
+
acronyctous
a.
Acronycal.
+
accident
n.
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
+
ariolation
n.
A soothsaying; a foretelling.
+
assumption
n.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
+
academician
n.
A collegian.
+
acetous
a.
Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
+
admission
n.
Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
+
affiance
n.
Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
+
angry
superl.
Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
+
atrabilarian
a.
Alt. of Atrabilarious
+
afoam
adv.|a.
In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.
+
agnate
n.
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
+
accompanist
n.
The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
+
after
prep.
Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
+
abscision
n.
See Abscission.
+
assort
v.i.
To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
+
affix
v.t.
To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
+
antemeridian
a.
Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)
+
allot
v.t.
To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.
+
arbor
n.
A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
+
avernian
a.
Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.
+
appositive
n.
A noun in apposition.
+
apathetically
adv.
In an apathetic manner.
+
allantoid
n.
A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
+
acquitted
imp.|p.p.
of Acquit
+
annuity
n.
A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
+
assorted
a.
Selected; culled.
+
anchor
v.i.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
+
antiephialtic
a.|n.
Same as Antephialtic.
+
agitate
v.t.
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
+
assailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assail
+
arbitration
n.
The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.
+
abuse
v.t.
To deceive; to impose on.
+
along

(Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
+
abstract
a.
A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.
+
anchorless
a.
Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
+
afront
prep.
In front of.
+
advance
v.
A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
+
averse
a.
Turned away or backward.
+
apostate
n.
One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
+
aster
n.
A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
+
antarchism
n.
Opposition to government in general.
+
adrogation
n.
A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
+
abolished
imp.|p.p.
of Abolish
+
accepting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accept
+
altazimuth
n.
An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
+
alkalified
imp.|p.p.
of Alkalify
+
avowry
n.
The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.
+
analogy
n.
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
+
alliance
n.
The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
+
aigrette
n.
A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
+
antalkaline
a.
Of power to counteract alkalies.
+
arbute
n.
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.
+
air pipe

A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.
+
anarchic
a.
Alt. of Anarchical
+
gum ammoniac
n.
The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
+
anthropolite
n.
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
+
arcade
n.
A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
+
acritan
n.
An individual of the Acrita.
+
acupressure
n.
A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
+
affright
n.
The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
+
aliped
a.
Wing-footed, as the bat.
+
allantoid
a.
Alt. of Allantoidal
+
abstraction
a.
The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
+
ammunition
n.
Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
+
abortive
v.
Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
+
antarchistic
a.
Alt. of Antarchistical
+
atilt
adv.
In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.
+
animadversion
n.
Monition; warning.
+
abridging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abridge
+
answer
n.
To atone; to be punished for.
+
accepted
imp.|p.p.
of Accept
+
administer
v.t.
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
+
aftereatage
n.
Aftergrass.
+
albedo
n.
Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
+
apotelesmatic
a.
Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
+
adjutant
n.
A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
+
ambush
v.t.
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
+
acephalous
a.
Headless.
+
attractive
a.
Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
+
absistence
n.
A standing aloof.
+
axle
n.
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
+
acrimoniously
adv.
In an acrimonious manner.
+
alkalize
v.t.
To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
+
attributively
adv.
In an attributive manner.
+
alcoholmetrical
a.
Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.
+
audibleness
n.
The quality of being audible.
+
absorb
v.t.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
+
accentuate
v.t.
To mark with the written accent.
+
anaks
n.pl.
A race of giants living in Palestine.
+
assai

A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.
+
affatuate
v.t.
To infatuate.
+
avert
v.i.
To turn away.
+
apron man

A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
+
acephalocystic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
+
apteral
a.
Apterous.
+
attenuate
v.t.
To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
+
ampullated
a.
Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
+
ascendent
a.
Rising; ascending.
+
atrium
n.
A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
+
athetosis
n.
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
+
antidotal
a.
Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
+
adjudged
imp.|p.p.
of Adjudge
+
aphelia
pl.
of Aphelion
+
attempering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attemper
+
apothesis
n.
A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
+
adatis
n.
A fine cotton cloth of India.
+
aurocephalous
a.
Having a gold-colored head.
+
add
v.t.
To append, as a statement; to say further.
+
actually
adv.
Actively.
+
amour
n.
Love; affection.
+
affectional
a.
Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
+
anatto
n.
Same as Annotto.
+
apennine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
+
aweless
a.
See Awless.
+
aitchbone
n.
The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.
+
alumna
n.fem.
A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.
+
aplacentata
n.pl.
Mammals which have no placenta.
+
ation

A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
+
autonomy
n.
The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
+
atheous
a.
Atheistic; impious.
+
abaci
pl.
of Abacus
+
arabesqued
a.
Ornamented in the style of arabesques.
+
assassination
n.
The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
+
accusatively
adv.
In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
+
amusement
n.
The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.
+
allege
v.t.
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
+
apperception
n.
The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.
+
archegonial
a.
Relating to the archegonium.
+
augmentative
n.
A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.
+
alinasal
a.
Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
+
agent
a.
Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
+
anticmask
n.
An antimask.
+
accomplished
a.
Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.
+
agast
p.p.|a.
See Aghast.
+
apastron
n.
That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
+
address
v.t.
Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
+
arming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Arm
+
astonishment
n.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
+
atrocious
a.
Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
+
anaglyptography
n.
The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
+
anatocism
n.
Compound interest.
+
approach
v.i.
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
+
annals
n.pl.
The record of a single event or item.
+
alabaster
n.
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
+
adumbrative
a.
Faintly representing; typical.
+
azobenzene
n.
A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.
+
abirritate
v.t.
To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
+
alkalify
v.t.
To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
+
arbor vitae

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.
+
after
prep.
Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
+
adjective
n.
Not standing by itself; dependent.
+
athenaeum
n.
A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.
+
analects
n.pl.
Alt. of Analecta
+
asymmetry
n.
Incommensurability.
+
affection
n.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
+
album graecum

Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
+
adipous
a.
Fatty; adipose.
+
awkward
a.
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
+
aggravated
imp.|p.p.
of Aggravate
+
analytical
a.
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
+
arbalister
n.
A crossbowman.
+
alternant
v.t.
Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
+
allamort
a.
See Alamort.
+
agrace
n.|v.
See Aggrace.
+
approving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Approve
+
avail
n.
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
+
aptness
n.
Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
+
architeuthis
n.
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
+
annexionist
n.
An annexationist.
+
arrestee
v.
The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
+
armed
a.
Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.
+
associated
imp.|p.p.
of Associate
+
abdicated
imp.|p.p.
of Abdicate
+
asmonean
n.
One of the Asmonean family.  The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
+
arschin
n.
See Arshine.
+
allhallown
a.
Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").
+
amiability
n.
The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.
+
armorplated
a.
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
+
animalization
n.
Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
+
askew
adv.|a.
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
+
ambushed
imp.|p.p.
of Ambush
+
aged
a.
Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
+
assault
n.
To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
+
aspen
a.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
+
amused
a.
Diverted.
+
asphodel
n.
A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
+
aweather
adv.
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
+
agree
v.i.
To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
+
apparatus
n.
Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
+
a cappella

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
+
anglicanism
n.
Attachment to England or English institutions.
+
appetency
n.
Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
+
analyze
v.t.
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
+
alleviative
a.
Tending to alleviate.
+
admittance
n.
Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument.
+
aknee
adv.
On the knee.
+
aesthetics
n.
Alt. of Esthetics
+
alpia
n.
The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.
+
affected
p.p.|a.
Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
+
azurite
n.
Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
+
abdominalia
n.pl.
A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.
+
acrita
n.pl.
The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.
+
academy
n.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
+
alcaid
n.
Alt. of Alcayde
+
apomorphia
n.
Alt. of Apomorphine
+
absorption
n.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
+
apheresis
n.
An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
+
aerostat
n.
A balloonist; an aeronaut.
+
atmological
a.
Of or pertaining to atmology.
+
airing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Air
+
ambassade
ambassade.
Alt. of Embassade
+
arbiter
n.
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
+
archonship
n.
The office of an archon.
+
animalculist
n.
A believer in the theory of animalculism.
+
altar
n.
In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.
+
affrayment
n.
Affray.
+
antichristianism
n.
Alt. of Antichristianity
+
abraum
n.
Alt. of Abraum salts
+
acinaciform
a.
Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
+
aberrance
n.
Alt. of Aberrancy
+
aberration
n.
The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
+
avoutrie
n.
Adultery.
+
affinitive
a.
Closely connected, as by affinity.
+
assizor
n.
A juror.
+
alchemy
n.
An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.
+
alleviator
n.
One who, or that which, alleviates.
+
alum stone

A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
+
angling
n.
The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
+
angry
superl.
Red.
+
attemptive
a.
Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
+
allignment
n.
See Alignment.
+
amma
n.
An abbes or spiritual mother.
+
ambiloquy
n.
Doubtful or ambiguous language.
+
almayne
n.
Alt. of Alman
+
abbreviate
n.
An abridgment.
+
awakened
imp.|p.p.
of Awaken
+
apostatized
imp.|p.p.
of Apostatize
+
accord
v.t.
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
+
anapestical
a.
Anapestic.
+
alternateness
n.
The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
+
adaptability
n.
Alt. of Adaptableness
+
atrabilarian
n.
A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
+
acceptor
n.
one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
+
anemology
n.
The science of the wind.
+
arcubalist
n.
A crossbow.
+
aerial
a.
Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.
+
accorder
n.
One who accords, assents, or concedes.
+
avision
n.
Vision.
+
attenuation
n.
The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
+
approof
n.
Trial; proof.
+
anilide
n.
One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
+
archil
n.
The plant from which the dye is obtained.
+
allemannic
a.
See Alemannic.
+
adhortatory
a.
Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.
+
allomorphism
n.
The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.
+
ardently
adv.
In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
+
arseniuret
n.
See Arsenide.
+
acologic
a.
Pertaining to acology.
+
angular
a.
Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
+
as
adv.|conj.
Expressing a wish.
+
acrimonious
a.
Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
+
aisless
a.
Without an aisle.
+
appositive
a.
Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
+
aftmost
a.
Nearest the stern.
+
abysmal
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
+
astringer
n.
A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
+
audacious
a.
Daring; spirited; adventurous.
+
aiblins
adv.
Alt. of Ablins
+
acronyc
a.
Alt. of Acronychal
+
althorn
n.
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
+
abide
v.t.
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
+
anticipating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anticipate
+
actinia
n.
An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae.  From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
+
alkalescence
n.
Alt. of Alkalescency
+
away
adv.
By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
+
amesace
n.
Same as Ambs-ace.
+
acrimoniousness
n.
The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
+
averring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aver
+
ate

As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).
+
abligate
v.t.
To tie up so as to hinder from.
+
apologize
v.i.
To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
+
advance
v.t.
To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
+
answer
n.
To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
+
aculeated
a.
Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
+
ashore
adv.
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
+
assimilated
imp.|p.p.
of Assimilate
+
acred
a.
Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
+
aerostat
n.
A balloon.
+
arachnoid
n.
One of the Arachnoidea.
+
accustom
n.
Custom.
+
accommodation
n.
An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
+
atlantean
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
+
arcboutant
n.
A flying buttress.
+
adventurously
adv.
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
+
adulterine
n.
An illegitimate child.
+
ampulla
n.
A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
+
annuary
a.
Annual.
+
acerbity
n.
Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.
+
arenicolite
n.
An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.
+
appraise
v.t.
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
+
argental
a.
Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.
+
aspersed
a.
Bespattered; slandered; calumniated.
+
antiquatedness
n.
Quality of being antiquated.
+
anacrotism
n.
A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
+
amenage
v.t.
To manage.
+
aspersion
n.
The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
+
autocracy
n.
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
+
allogamy
n.
Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
+
advisable
a.
Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
+
answer
n.
To render account to or for.
+
abstain
v.t.
To hinder; to withhold.
+
ascetic
a.
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
+
averaged
imp.|p.p.
of Average
+
aristology
n.
The science of dining.
+
amenities
pl.
of Amenity
+
alchymy
n.
See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.
+
appendicle
n.
A small appendage.
+
acromonogrammatic
a.
Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
+
artocarpeous
a.
Alt. of Artocarpous
+
affection
n.
A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl.  Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
+
arrogant
a.
Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.
+
acclimation
n.
The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
+
arboretum
n.
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
+
azure
n.
The lapis lazuli.
+
alman
adj.
A kind of dance. See Allemande.
+
administer
v.i.
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
+
assentive
a.
Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
+
anarchal
a.
Lawless; anarchical.
+
anthology
n.
A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.
+
anigh
prep.|adv.
Nigh.
+
allegeance
n.
Allegation.
+
a posteriori

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
+
argument
n.
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
+
abrupt
a.
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
+
abrogation
n.
The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.
+
antisepalous
a.
Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
+
alarm
n.
A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
+
awaited
imp.|p.p.
of Await
+
affix
v.t.
To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
+
arm
n.
The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
+
acceptance
n.
The bill itself when accepted.
+
alexandrine
n.
A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
+
a

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.
+
adamantean
a.
Of adamant; hard as adamant.
+
arraying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Array
+
atrium
n.
An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
+
antambulacral
a.
Away from the ambulacral region.
+
aurum
n.
Gold.
+
aureate
a.
Golden; gilded.
+
absenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Absent
+
acold
a.
Cold.
+
aberdevine
n.
The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.
+
aiguillette
n.
One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.
+
alternating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Alternate
+
admissive
a.
Implying an admission; tending to admit.
+
actualities
pl.
of Actuality
+
aviator
n.
A flying machine.
+
arboreous
a.
Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
+
amblyopy
n.
Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.
+
autocratrix
n.
A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.
+
autocrat
a.
One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
+
acclimatized
imp.|p.p.
of Acclimatize
+
avowant
n.
The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
+
aciurgy
n.
Operative surgery.
+
arthrostraca
n.pl.
One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.
+
asseverated
imp.|p.p.
of Asseverate
+
arctoidea
n.pl.
A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.
+
account
n.
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
+
abirritant
n.
A medicine that diminishes irritation.
+
adriatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
+
aftergrowth
n.
A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.
+
arista
n.
An awn.
+
argonaut
n.
Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
+
aiglet
n.
Same as Aglet.
+
acutilobate
a.
Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
+
applausive
a.
Expressing applause; approbative.
+
adure
v.t.
To burn up.
+
articulate
n.
An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
+
afield
adv.
Out of the way; astray.
+
all
a.
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
+
angel
n.
One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
+
apod
n.
Alt. of Apodal
+
adversaria
n.pl.
A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
+
aerographer
n.
One versed in aeography: an aerologist.
+
aslug
adv.
Sluggishly.
+
ascessancy
a.
Alt. of Ascessant
+
accustomably
adv.
According to custom; ordinarily; customarily.
+
argue
v.t.
To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
+
argentic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.
+
amurcous
a.
Full off dregs; foul.
+
aguilt
v.t.
To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.
+
agrief
adv.
In grief; amiss.
+
aluminiferous
a.
Containing alum.
+
ancestor
n.
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
+
aphemia
n.
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
+
alexandrine
a.
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.
+
anybody
n.
A person of consideration or standing.
+
adscititious
a.
Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
+
aggressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggress
+
ammonite
n.
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
+
adar
n.
The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.
+
abuse
v.t.
A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
+
antilogous
a.
Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.
+
aboard
adv.
Alongside; as, close aboard.
+
asweve
v.t.
To stupefy.
+
augment
v.t.
To add an augment to.
+
amperometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.
+
astrand
adv.|a.
Stranded.
+
anthropotomical
a.
Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
+
art
n.
Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
+
anginous
a.
Alt. of Anginose
+
alchemize
v.t.
To change by alchemy; to transmute.
+
antiemetic
a.n.
Same as Antemetic.
+
alfresco
adv.|a.
In the open-air.
+
alit

of Alight
+
alkanet
n.
A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
+
altos
pl.
of Alto
+
attainder
n.
A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
+
arming
n.
Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
+
anchoretish
a.
Hermitlike.
+
argala
n.
The adjutant bird.
+
allegeable
a.
Capable of being alleged or affirmed.
+
ascensive
a.
Augmentative; intensive.
+
atramentaceous
a.
Black, like ink; inky; atramental.
+
atria
pl.
of Atrium
+
arioso
adv.|a.
In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.
+
attribution
n.
The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
+
aeromancy
n.
Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.
+
affying
p.pr.
of Affy
+
aricine
n.
An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.
+
abasement
n.
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
+
algebraize
v.t.
To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.
+
areed
v.t.
To decree; to adjudge.
+
amotion
n.
Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
+
apart
adv.
Aside; away.
+
adversaries
pl.
of Adversary
+
asafoetida
n.
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
+
andalusite
n.
A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
+
assimilate
v.i.
To become similar or like something else.
+
acerose
a.
Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
+
araneous
a.
Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.
+
abirritation
n.
A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.
+
atramental
a.
Alt. of Atramentous
+
amicably
adv.
In an amicable manner.
+
accord
v.t.
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
+
abridgment
n.
An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
+
ante
v.t.|i.
To put up (an ante).
+
adjective
n.
A dependent; an accessory.
+
accolade
n.
A brace used to join two or more staves.
+
abaxile
a.
Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.
+
anabaptistry
n.
The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.
+
abhorrer
n.
One who abhors.
+
analogically
adv.
In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.
+
acinus
n.
One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
+
adorner
n.
He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.
+
angiotomy
n.
Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
+
acanthocarpous
a.
Having the fruit covered with spines.
+
apostle
n.
Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
+
alone
a.
Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
+
arteries
pl.
of Artery
+
amorous
a.
Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
+
antipathize
v.i.
To feel or show antipathy.
+
agonistic
a.
Alt. of Agonistical
+
aloe
n.
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
+
acalephans
pl.
of Acalephan
+
admission
n.
Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
+
astrophotography
n.
The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
+
assyriology
n.
The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.
+
approvement
n.
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
+
architect
n.
A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.
+
abate
v.t.
To blunt.
+
astrolithology
n.
The science of aerolites.
+
adorable
a.
Worthy of the utmost love or respect.
+
antisacerdotal
a.
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
+
awarder
n.
One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.
+
antiquitarian
n.
An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]
+
aristocracy
n.
The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
+
antiquated
a.
Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.
+
apprehended
imp.|p.p.
of Apprehend
+
anesthetic
a.
Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.
+
armless
a.
Destitute of arms or weapons.
+
another
pron.|a.
Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
+
abomination
n.
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
+
ascendant
a.
Alt. of Ascendent
+
arteriography
n.
A systematic description of the arteries.
+
abrogate
v.t.
To put an end to; to do away with.
+
angulate
v.t.
To make angular.
+
adore
v.t.
To adorn.
+
apparency
n.
Appearance.
+
anaesthetize
v.t.
To render insensible by an anaesthetic.
+
aristotelic
a.
Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.
+
abusive
a.
Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
+
attentate
n.
Alt. of Attentat
+
adulterate
v.t.
To defile by adultery.
+
aphetic
a.
Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.
+
accomplishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accomplish
+
adenographic
a.
Pertaining to adenography.
+
algal
a.
Pertaining to, or like, algae.
+
adieus
pl.
of Adieu
+
auto

A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
+
arenose
a.
Sandy; full of sand.
+
amorphozoa
n.pl.
Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
+
amalgamation
n.
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
+
angelhood
n.
The state of being an angel; angelic nature.
+
aquarellist
n.
A painter in thin transparent water colors.
+
action
n.
Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
+
adeptist
n.
A skilled alchemist.
+
astrict
a.
Concise; contracted.
+
amain
v.i.
To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
+
assessment
n.
A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.
+
apple
n.
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
+
abler
a.
comp. of Able.
+
alcoholometry
n.
The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
+
astart
v.t.|i.
Same as Astert.
+
abaciscus
n.
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
+
acetabulum
n.
The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
+
armistice
n.
A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.
+
amyloid
n.
The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
+
associate
v.t.
To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
+
appliable
a.
Applicable; also, compliant.
+
admonished
imp.|p.p.
of Admonish
+
astrologian
n.
An astrologer.
+
albumin
n.
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
+
allatrate
v.i.
To bark as a dog.
+
acetify
v.i.
To turn acid.
+
acceptant
n.
An accepter.
+
anaesthetic
a.
Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
+
adrip
adv.|a.
In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip.
+
antigallican
a.
Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
+
account
n.
Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
+
axile
a.
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
+
admiral
n.
The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
+
agronomics
n.
The science of the distribution and management of land.
+
aetiological
a.
Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.
+
acroterium
n.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
+
ayrie
n.
Alt. of Ayry
+
armamentary
n.
An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
+
algum
n.
Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable).
+
acarpellous
a.
Having no carpels.
+
amioid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.
+
ascertainment
n.
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.
+
assimilate
v.t.
To liken; to compa/e.
+
amphibia
pl.
of Amphibium
+
archetype
n.
The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
+
aggravate
v.t.
To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
+
amygdalate
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
+
abacination
n.
The act of abacinating.
+
ask
v.t.
To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
+
acquaintance
n.
A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
+
ananthous
a.
Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
+
ambsace
n.
Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.
+
avoid
a.
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
+
anagrammatic
a.
Alt. of Anagrammatical
+
a
prep.
In; on; at; by.
+
amain
v.t.
To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
+
atmosphere
n.
A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.
+
aglitter
adv.|a.
Glittering; in a glitter.
+
application
n.
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
+
aurochs
n.
The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused.
+
angevine
a.
Of or pertaining to Anjou in France.
+
alley
n.
A choice taw or marble.
+
adage
n.
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
+
anaplerotic
a.
Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
+
abstraction
a.
A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
+
attollent
a.
Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle.
+
arming
n.
A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.
+
agitable
a.
Capable of being agitated, or easily moved.
+
asturian
a.
Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.
+
arm
v.t.
To furnish with arms or limbs.
+
accroachment
n.
An encroachment; usurpation.
+
acclaimer
n.
One who acclaims.
+
anemometric
a.
Alt. of Anemometrical
+
assort
v.t.
To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
+
anaplastic
a.
Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
+
alchymic
n.
Alt. of Alchymy
+
atheist
n.
One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
+
autograph
a.
In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
+
anthropography
n.
That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
+
avow
n.
Avowal.
+
apteran
n.
One of the Aptera.
+
aphorist
n.
A writer or utterer of aphorisms.
+
artow

A contraction of art thou.
+
atresia
n.
Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
+
apteria
n.pl.
Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.
+
amendable
a.
Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.
+
absorptiveness
n.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
+
arranged
imp.|p.p.
of Arrange
+
adieu
interj.|adv.
Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
+
advance
v.i.
To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
+
associable
a.
Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
+
antimonial
a.
Of or pertaining to antimony.
+
aristotelian
n.
A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.
+
agitatedly
adv.
In an agitated manner.
+
amiable
a.
Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
+
anthrax
n.
A malignant pustule.
+
astragalomancy
n.
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
+
alkanet
n.
The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
+
agglutinate
a.
Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc.  See Agglutination, 2.
+
almond
n.
Anything shaped like an almond.
+
amove
v.t.
To remove, as a person or thing, from a position.
+
anacardic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.
+
average
a.
Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
+
armozine
n.
A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.
+
almsman
n.
A giver of alms.
+
armrack
n.
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
+
ambrosian
a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.
+
antaphrodisiac
n.
Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
+
arms
n.
Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
+
assamese
a.
Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.
+
aftergame
n.
A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.
+
arsenopyrite
n.
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
+
araneidan
n.
One of the Araneina; a spider.
+
arcuated
a.
Bent or curved in the form of a bow.
+
anastaltic
a.|n.
Styptic.
+
archiater
n.
Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.
+
anangular
a.
Containing no angle.
+
attaste
v.t.
To taste or cause to taste.
+
appropre
v.t.
To appropriate.
+
adjudication
n.
The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
+
alure
n.
A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
+
attach
n.
An attachment.
+
at
prep.
The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.
+
allantois
n.
Alt. of Allantoid
+
adjudicature
n.
Adjudication.
+
apert
a.
Open; evident; undisguised.
+
aflush
adv.|a.
On a level.
+
acidic
a.
Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.
+
arara
n.
The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).
+
androtomy
n.
Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
+
aurivorous
a.
Gold-devouring.
+
antanagoge
n.
A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
+
achiever
n.
One who achieves; a winner.
+
anticor
n.
A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.
+
aggravate
v.t.
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
+
amnesty
v.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
+
angurize
v.t.
To augur.
+
abigail
n.
A lady's waiting-maid.
+
actuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Actuate
+
armature
n.
Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
+
ambulatory
n.
A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
+
apple
v.i.
To grow like an apple; to bear apples.
+
autography
n.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
+
apian
a.
Belonging to bees.
+
anacathartic
a.
Producing vomiting or expectoration.
+
aunty
n.
A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
+
avoidance
n.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
+
activities
pl.
of Activity
+
aerostatical
a.
Aeronautic; as, an aerostatic voyage.
+
ape
n.
One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
+
approve
v.t.
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
+
accoutring

of Accoutre
+
aggregated
imp.|p.p.
of Aggregate
+
achronic
a.
See Acronyc.
+
any
a.|pron.
One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
+
abstorted
a.
Wrested away.
+
awake
v.i.
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
+
archonts
p.pr.
The group including man alone.
+
auricularia
n.pl.
A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
adrad
p.a.
Put in dread; afraid.
+
aspirant
a.
Aspiring.
+
allision
n.
The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
+
arms
n.
The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
+
abnet
n.
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
+
aprosos
a.|adv.
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
+
anglesite
n.
A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
+
architecture
n.
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
+
appropriateness
n.
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
+
antipyrotic
a.
Good against burns or pyrosis.
+
avert
n.
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted?  "To avert his ire."
+
authorship
n.
The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
+
alcoranic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Koran.
+
acceleratory
a.
Accelerative.
+
aggravation
n.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
+
antiparallels
n.pl.
Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
+
abominable
a.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
+
asperity
n.
Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
+
amethyst

A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
+
animadvert
v.i.
To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.
+
administration
n.
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
+
abnormally
adv.
In an abnormal manner; irregularly.
+
apocopation
n.
Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.
+
allowance
n.
Acknowledgment.
+
advance
v.t.
To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
+
anchor
n.
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
+
adjutator
n.
A corruption of Agitator.
+
ascii
n.pl.
Alt. of Ascians
+
arduousness
n.
The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
+
andesite
n.
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
+
allonymous
a.
Published under the name of some one other than the author.
+
always
adv.
At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
+
aberrant
a.
Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
+
adjurer
n.
One who adjures.
+
arcadic
a.
Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.
+
analogic
a.
Of or belonging to analogy.
+
aphelion
n.
That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
+
antiplastic
a.
Diminishing plasticity.
+
alternate
a.
Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
+
adance
adv.
Dancing.
+
antemosaic
a.
Being before the time of Moses.
+
allow
v.t.
To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
+
amel
v.t.
Enamel.
+
adonic
n.
An Adonic verse.
+
aquiform
a.
Having the form of water.
+
assemblyman
n.
A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.
+
aggry
a.
Alt. of Aggri
+
answerable
a.
Equal; equivalent; adequate.
+
ancient
n.
A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
+
amoret
n.
An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
+
antheriferous
a.
Producing anthers, as plants.
+
apple
n.
Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
+
apozem
n.
A decoction or infusion.
+
accomplish
v.t.
To gain; to obtain.
+
anastatic
a.
Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
+
antedating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Antedate
+
atmospherically
adv.
In relation to the atmosphere.
+
alienee
n.
One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
+
attempted
imp.|p.p.
of Attempt
+
actinostome
n.
The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
+
auricular
a.
Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
+
across
n.
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
+
annumeration
n.
Addition to a former number.
+
acosmism
n.
A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
+
aitiology
n.
See Aetiology.
+
autarchy
n.
Self-sufficiency.
+
alexipyretic
n.
A febrifuge.
+
antacid
a.
Counteractive of acidity.
+
antepileptic
a.
Good against epilepsy.
+
arboreta
pl.
of Arboretum
+
amphiscii
n.pl.
Alt. of Amphiscians
+
aggrandizable
a.
Capable of being aggrandized.
+
aldermancy
n.
The office of an alderman.
+
acuminate
a.
Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
+
avocation
n.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
+
ass
n.
A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
+
anthropoglot
n.
An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.
+
actinozoal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
+
arrest
v.t.
Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
+
arrenotokous
a.
Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.
+
amputated
imp.|p.p.
of Amputate
+
abandonedly
adv.
Unrestrainedly.
+
arrester
n.
One who arrests.
+
art
n.
The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
+
abortive
v.
Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
+
angustura bark

See Angostura bark.
+
affluently
adv.
Abundantly; copiously.
+
awsome
a.
Same as Awesome.
+
abstractness
n.
The quality of being abstract.
+
actionable
a.
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
+
aspersed
a.
Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.
+
artifice
n.
Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
+
ancientry
n.
Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
+
antithesis
n.
Opposition; contrast.
+
anorthic
a.
Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
+
altitudinarian
a.
Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
+
adduction
n.
The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.
+
announced
imp.|p.p.
of Announce
+
aviso
n.
Information; advice.
+
aposteme
n.
An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
+
assumably
adv.
By way of assumption.
+
acephali
n.pl.
A Christian sect without a leader.
+
accretion
n.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
+
asura
n.
An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
+
alive
a.
Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
+
amplify
v.t.
To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
+
air
n.
That which surrounds and influences.
+
alkalizate
v.t.
To alkalizate.
+
activity
n.
The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
+
arcanum
n.
A secret remedy; an elixir.
+
attenuation
n.
The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
+
accountable ness
n.
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
+
assumable
a.
That may be assumed.
+
apply
v.t.
To direct or address.
+
abilities
pl.
of Ability
+
arrive
v.t.
To reach; to come to.
+
amphigony
n.
Sexual propagation.
+
aquatinta
n.
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
+
anchor
v.t.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
+
anathematizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anathematize
+
allowancing
imp.|p.p.
of Allowance
+
acetabulum
n.
One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
+
appellate
n.
A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.
+
atonic
a.
Destitute of tone vocality; surd.
+
axil
n.
The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
+
againstand
v.t.
To withstand.
+
abreuvoir
n.
The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
+
accruer
n.
The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.
+
antistrophon
n.
An argument retorted on an opponent.
+
archilute
n.
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
+
annoyous
a.
Troublesome; annoying.
+
accorporate
v.t.
To unite; to attach; to incorporate.
+
antecedent
n.
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
+
awesomeness
n.
The quality of being awesome.
+
art
n.
The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
+
abhor
v.t.
To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
+
antinomian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
+
asparagus
n.
The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
+
anglosaxon
n.
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
+
aisled
a.
Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
+
ambigenous
a.
Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
+
aggressor
n.
The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
+
aftercast
n.
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.
+
asmear
a.
Smeared over.
+
almug
n.
Alt. of Algum
+
araceous
a.
Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.
+
angel
n.
A messenger.
+
alphabetical
a.
Literal.
+
analogous
a.
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
+
almandine
n.
The common red variety of garnet.
+
arabian
n.
A native of Arabia; an Arab.
+
annelidan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Annelida.
+
amphibiums
pl.
of Amphibium
+
apoplectiform
a.
Alt. of Apoplectoid
+
ambidexterity
n.
Double-dealing.
+
anthem
n.
A song or hymn of praise.
+
amidst
prep.
Alt. of Amid
+
agglomerated
imp.|p.p.
of Agglomerate
+
anthropotomist
n.
One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
+
adjustive
a.
Tending to adjust.
+
amiss
n.
A fault, wrong, or mistake.
+
asinego
n.
Alt. of Assinego
+
architective
a.
Used in building; proper for building.
+
albee
conj.
Although; albeit.
+
americanizer
imp.|p.p.
of Americanize
+
abet
n.
Act of abetting; aid.
+
atwixt
adv.
Betwixt.
+
atlantic
a.
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
+
antanaclasis
n.
A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
+
atomization
n.
The reduction of fluids into fine spray.
+
ambulative
a.
Walking.
+
appendant
v.t.
Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
+
advenient
a.
Coming from outward causes; superadded.
+
act
v.i.
To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
+
armorican
n.
A native of Armorica.
+
argot
n.
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
+
air hole

A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
+
anhydrous
a.
Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
+
ache
n.
A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
+
aureole
n.
A halo, actual or figurative.
+
almude
n.
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.
+
afterwitted
a.
Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
+
art
n.
A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
+
accosted
a.
Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
+
agree
v.i.
To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
+
apoplex
n.
Apoplexy.
+
archipelagic
a.
Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
+
automatic
a.
Alt. of Automatical
+
astacus
n.
A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.
+
apexes
pl.
of Apex
+
army worm

The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.
+
authorized
a.
Sanctioned by authority.
+
averment
v.t.
Verification; establishment by evidence.
+
alcohol
n.
An impalpable powder.
+
amaranth
n.
A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
+
acquit
v.t.
To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
+
abhominal
a.
Inhuman.
+
advisory
a.
Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.
+
avenage
n.
A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
+
ambitionless
a.
Devoid of ambition.
+
alme
n.
Alt. of Almeh
+
anatomies
pl.
of Anatomy
+
abjuration
n.
A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
+
abundance
n.
An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
+
arabinose
n.
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
+
apophyllite
n.
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
+
ahigh
adv.
On high.
+
aggrouping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggroup
+
anatron
n.
Saltpeter.
+
annomination
n.
Alliteration.
+
apparent
a.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
+
assument
n.
A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
+
arisen
p.p.
of Arise
+
aplanatism
n.
Freedom from spherical aberration.
+
affect
v.t.
To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
+
adams apple

See under Adam.
+
axis
n.
Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.
+
azyme
n.
Unleavened bread.
+
anileness
n.
Anility.
+
acondylous
a.
Being without joints; jointless.
+
anomaly
n.
Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
+
ammoniac
n.
Alt. of Gum ammoniac
+
autography
n.
The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.
+
avoke
v.t.
To call from or back again.
+
analogy
n.
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
+
anthozoa
n.pl.
The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
+
arthrogastra
n.pl.
A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
+
audita querela

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
+
annual
a.
Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
+
allopathic
a.
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
+
acridity
n.
Alt. of Acridness
+
attainted
imp.|p.p.
of Attaint
+
annuloid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
+
assenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assent
+
archiepiscopacy
n.
The state or dignity of an archbishop.
+
atone
v.t.
To unite in making.
+
ambuscado
n.
Ambuscade.
+
amphopeptone
n.
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
+
angel
n.
A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
+
apocopate
v.t.
To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
+
accidental
n.
A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
+
arachnoid
a.
Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.
+
amphitheater
n.
Alt. of Amphitheatre
+
accumber
v.t.
To encumber.
+
appreciated
imp.|p.p.
of Appreciate
+
amounting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amount
+
antidote
v.t.
To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
+
alexiterical
a.
Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
+
alveole
n.
Same as Alveolus.
+
abortiveness
n.
The quality of being abortive.
+
anthropologist
n.
One who is versed in anthropology.
+
assigning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assign
+
anorn
v.t.
To adorn.
+
anthelix
n.
Same as Antihelix.
+
apophthegm
n.
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
+
abuse
v.t.
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
+
arachnoidal
a.
Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.
+
antiicteric
n.
A remedy for jaundice.
+
autographal
a.
Autographic.
+
atom
n.
A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
+
almose
n.
Alms.
+
amendatory
a.
Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
+
astrologic
a.
Alt. of Astrological
+
aromatous
a.
Aromatic.
+
absent
v.t.
To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
+
allineation
n.
Alt. of Alineation
+
after
prep.
Below in rank; next to in order.
+
aunt
n.
A bawd, or a prostitute.
+
affectively
adv.
In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
+
accidental
n.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
+
anticivic
n.
Opposed to citizenship.
+
accord
v.t.
An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
+
ariel gazelle

A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).
+
acopic
a.
Relieving weariness; restorative.
+
attested
imp.|p.p.
of Attest
+
annulus
n.
A ring; a ringlike part or space.
+
astonished
imp.|p.p.
of Astonish
+
assize
v.
To assess; to value; to rate.
+
adfluxion
n.
See Affluxion.
+
amorosa
n.
A wanton woman; a courtesan.
+
attainableness
n.
The quality of being attainable; attainability.
+
ambitious
a.
Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
+
alisanders
n.
A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
+
anthemis
n.
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
+
abay
n.
Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
+
acauline
a.
Same as Acaulescent.
+
agent
n.
An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
+
aciform
a.
Shaped like a needle.
+
aerify
v.t.
To change into an aeriform state.
+
arched
a.
Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
+
analecta
n.pl.
A collection of literary fragments.
+
associate
v.i.
To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
+
assuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assume
+
acquittance
v.t.
To acquit.
+
acroceraunian
a.
Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.
+
administer
n.
Administrator.
+
assent
v.
The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
+
advertising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advertise
+
abovecited
a.
Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
+
averroism
n.
The tenets of the Averroists.
+
admonitrix
n.
A female admonitor.
+
arquebus
n.
Alt. of Arquebuse
+
allegro
a.
Brisk, lively.
+
auripigment
n.
See Orpiment.
+
artificial
a.
Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
+
antiquity
n.
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
+
ard

Alt. of -art
+
approximation
n.
A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
+
armenian
n.
A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.
+
anarthropodous
a.
Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
+
assuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assure
+
agitative
a.
Tending to agitate.
+
agree
v.t.
To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.
+
accuse
v.t.
To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
+
ancienty
n.
Seniority.
+
anthography
n.
A description of flowers.
+
alcyonoid
n.
A zoophyte of the order Alcyonaria.
+
archaeostomatous
a.
Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.
+
affronter
n.
One who affronts, or insults to the face.
+
alternative
n.
The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
+
attention
n.
An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
+
assoil
v.t.
To solve; to clear up.
+
awreak
v.t.|i.
Alt. of Awreke
+
alizarin
n.
A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
+
aqueduct
n.
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
+
assignment
n.
A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.
+
anathematized
imp.|p.p.
of Anathematize
+
avaunt
v.t.|i.
To vaunt; to boast.
+
assumption
n.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
+
anagogic
a.
Alt. of Anagogical
+
age
n.
One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
+
assish
a.
Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.
+
amongst
prep.
Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.
+
able
superl.
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
+
archiblastula
n.
A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula.
+
actuate
v.t.
To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
+
acanthi
pl.
of Acanthus
+
abscind
v.t.
To cut off.
+
attirer
n.
One who attires.
+
approachless
a.
Impossible to be approached.
+
ammonium
n.
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
+
appreciate
v.t.
To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
+
aleatory
a.
Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
+
additional
n.
Something added.
+
ambidextral
a.
Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.
+
assess
v.
To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.
+
anthomania
n.
A extravagant fondness for flowers.
+
advent
n.
The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
+
abstracter
n.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
+
agnate
a.
Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
+
almightiful
a.
All-powerful; almighty.
+
austrian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Austria.
+
argument
n.
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
+
anchor
n.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
+
archdeaconry
n.
The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.
+
asparagus
n.
A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
+
annuitant
n.
One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.
+
adstrictory
a.
See Astrictory.
+
achievance
n.
Achievement.
+
anglicizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anglicize
+
ax
v.t.|i.
To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
+
allayed
imp.|p.p.
of Allay
+
archprelate
n.
An archbishop or other chief prelate.
+
antilyssic
a.|n.
Antihydrophobic.
+
abovedeck
a.
On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.
+
anagraph
n.
An inventory; a record.
+
amen
interj.adv.|n.
An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.
+
as
adv.|conj.
Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
+
abatable
a.
Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
+
agriculturist
n.
One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.
+
annealing
n.
The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
+
aller
a.
Same as Alder, of all.
+
assure
v.t.
To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.
+
arc
n.
An arch.
+
aniline
a.
Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
+
aider
n.
One who, or that which, aids.
+
alogy
n.
Unreasonableness; absurdity.
+
agreeableness
n.
Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between.
+
affable
a.
Gracious; mild; benign.
+
agreed
imp.|p.p.
of Agree
+
adorn
a.
Adorned; decorated.
+
advancer
n.
One who advances; a promoter.
+
auspicious
a.
Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.
+
along
adv.
In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
+
appeal
v.t.
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
+
acanthine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
+
advertisement
n.
The act of informing or notifying; notification.
+
archy
a.
Arched; as, archy brows.
+
alemannic
n.
The language of the Alemanni.
+
anomura
n.pl.
Alt. of Anomoura
+
agreeably
adv.
In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.
+
appulsively
adv.
By appulsion.
+
anglosaxondom
n.
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
+
allottable
a.
Capable of being allotted.
+
alcohol
n.
The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
+
aponeurotomy
n.
Dissection of aponeuroses.
+
adjure
v.t.
To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
+
awkly
adv.
Awkwardly.
+
abduction
n.
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
+
abseybook
n.
An A-B-C book; a primer.
+
ampelite
n.
An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.
+
approval
n.
Approbation; sanction.
+
apocalyptic
n.
Alt. of Apocalyptist
+
accoutre
v.t.
To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
+
alveary
n.
A beehive, or something resembling a beehive.
+
accomplish
v.t.
To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
+
adapter
n.
A connecting tube; an adopter.
+
ascococci
pl.
of Ascococcus
+
ascendency
n.
Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
+
acanthopteri
n.pl.
A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
+
anniversary
n.
The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
+
apocope
n.
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
+
african
n.
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
+
amble
v.i.
To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
+
a cappella

A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
+
absentation
n.
The act of absenting one's self.
+
appliment
n.
Application.
+
alleviative
n.
That which alleviates.
+
anchorage
n.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
+
argulus
n.
A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.
+
apprest
a.
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,
+
agglutinant
n.
Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.
+
accidie
n.
Sloth; torpor.
+
ape
n.
A dupe.
+
antipathist
n.
One who has an antipathy.
+
at
prep.
The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
+
anthozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
+
almsdeed
n.
An act of charity.
+
asyndetic
a.
Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
+
associate
a.
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
+
antihydropic
n.
A remedy for dropsy.
+
asea
adv.
On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
+
amble
n.
A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
+
alcohometer
a.
Alt. of Alcohometric
+
autobiographer
n.
One who writers his own life or biography.
+
atypic
a.
Alt. of Atypical
+
anaesthesis
n.
See Anaesthesia.
+
abode

pret. of Abide.
+
assumer
n.
One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes.
+
alimentary
a.
Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
+
amianthus
n.
Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
+
agonize
v.t.
To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
+
arkite
a.
Belonging to the ark.
+
aftersails
n.
The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
+
acrophony
n.
The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
+
annulet
n.
A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
+
amendment
n.
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
+
ascidiozooid
n.
One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.
+
alternately
adv.
In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
+
apoplectic
n.
One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
+
avow
v.t.
To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.
+
answer
v.i.
To make a satisfactory response or return.
+
avolate
v.i.
To fly away; to escape; to exhale.
+
avowee
n.
The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.
+
adjacent
n.
That which is adjacent.
+
axis
n.
One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
+
aftermost
a.superl.
Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
+
atheistical
a.
Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.
+
als
adv.
As.
+
azonic
a.
Confined to no zone or region; not local.
+
ailette
n.
A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.
+
amalgam
n.
An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
+
adder fly

A dragon fly.
+
azimuth
n.
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
+
angiography
n.
A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
+
assay
v.
To affect.
+
alcyonium
n.
A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.
+
antecedent
n.
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
+
atonement
n.
Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ.
+
appulse
n.
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
+
apiaceous
a.
Umbelliferous.
+
arquebusier
n.
A soldier armed with an arquebus.
+
accipient
n.
A receiver.
+
attendement
n.
Intent.
+
allowable
a.
Praiseworthy; laudable.
+
aver
v.t.
To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
+
anatine
a.
Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
+
alcoholization
n.
Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
+
affecting
a.
Affected; given to false show.
+
army worm

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
+
avifauna
n.
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
+
affirmatively
adv.
In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
+
algarovilla
n.
The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.
+
aposiopesis
n.
A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
+
aggrieved
imp.|p.p.
of Aggrieve
+
admixture
n.
The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
+
associate
a.
Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
+
aspire
v.t.
To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
+
ark
n.
The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
+
afloat
adv.|a.
Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
+
answer
n.
Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
+
amnios
n.
Same as Amnion.
+
aurora
n.
The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
+
affronted
imp.|p.p.
of Affront
+
accession
n.
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
+
ahu
n.
The Asiatic gazelle.
+
alien
n.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
+
aptitude
n.
A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
+
armure
n.
A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
+
acidulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acidulate
+
affronting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affront
+
alhambraic
a.
Alt. of Alhambresque
+
anhelous
a.
Short of breath; panting.
+
ashtoreth
n.
The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.
+
ambidexter
n.
A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
+
angulate
a.
Alt. of Angulated
+
amount
n.
To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
+
anathematization
n.
The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.
+
arbitrable
v.t.
Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.
+
account
v.t.
To reckon; to compute; to count.
+
auxiliar
n.
An auxiliary.
+
acquisition
n.
The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
+
amzel
n.
The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).
+
appetite
n.
Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
+
adjoining
a.
Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.
+
airy
a.
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
+
acquisitiveness
n.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
+
alleviation
n.
The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
+
amateurism
n.
The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
+
anoa
n.
A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
+
alinement
n.
Same as Alignment.
+
accoast
v.t.|i.
To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.
+
aggrandize
v.t.
To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
+
arcadian
a.
Alt. of Arcadic
+
aramean
n.
A native of Aram.
+
affodill
n.
Asphodel.
+
antennule
n.
A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.
+
amethodist
n.
One without method; a quack.
+
actinochemistry
n.
Chemistry in its relations to actinism.
+
adagio
a.|adv.
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
+
assimilate
v.t.
To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
+
amount
n.
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
+
athwart
prep.
Across; from side to side of.
+
antifebrile
a.|n.
Febrifuge.
+
algoid
a.
Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.
+
alectryomancy
n.
Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.
+
arithmometer
n.
A calculating machine.
+
armillas
pl.
of Armilla
+
assithment
n.
See Assythment.
+
allotment
n.
The act of allotting; assignment.
+
amplification
n.
The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
+
alignment
n.
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
+
abbotship
n.
The state or office of an abbot.
+
ambulacrum
n.
One of the suckers on the feet of mites.
+
alegar
n.
Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.
+
abject
a.
Cast down; low-lying.
+
abandonment
n.
The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
+
aborsement
n.
Abortment; abortion.
+
affirmed
imp.|p.p.
of Affirm
+
amity
n.
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
+
afforcement
n.
A reenforcement; a strengthening.
+
assemblage
n.
A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.
+
allpossessed
a.
Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
+
administer
v.i.
To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
+
await
n.
A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
+
auger
n.
An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.
+
agalloch
n.
Alt. of Agallochum
+
adultness
n.
The state of being adult.
+
arseniferous
a.
Containing or producing arsenic.
+
agricultor
n.
An agriculturist; a farmer.
+
aleknight
n.
A pot companion.
+
absurdities
pl.
of Absurdity
+
aggravating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Aggravate
+
alderney
n.
One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.
+
annotinous
a.
A year old; in Yearly growths.
+
avenue
n.
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.
+
abrogating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abrogate
+
agog
a.|adv.
In eager desire; eager; astir.
+
ambigu
n.
An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.
+
anthropophagy
n.
The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
+
air plant

A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
+
abbreviation
n.
One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
+
amygdalaceous
a.
Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
+
aerologic
a.
Alt. of Aerological
+
array
n.
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
+
alman
n.
A German.
+
amuck
a.|adv.
In a frenzied and reckless manner.
+
antislavery
n.
Opposition to slavery.
+
aulic
a.
Pertaining to a royal court.
+
apodictically
adv.
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
+
aerify
v.t.
To infuse air into; to combine air with.
+
affluxion
n.
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
+
acalephs
pl.
of Acalephan
+
aspection
n.
The act of viewing; a look.
+
artillerist
n.
A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
+
arenation
n.
A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.
+
air chamber

A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
+
antae
pl.
of Anta
+
articulate
a.
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
+
abruptly
adv.
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
+
augury
n.
The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
+
affirmation
n.
The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
+
award
v.t.
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
+
affirmation
n.
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
+
arsis
n.
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
+
aecidia
pl.
of Aecidium
+
abortive
n.
That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
+
abode
n.
Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
+
assumption
n.
The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
+
aspergilliform
a.
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
+
asphaltum
n.
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.
+
amphistomous
a.
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
+
atheroid
a.
Shaped like an ear of grain.
+
abominably
adv.
In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
+
agreeableness
n.
The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
+
avowtry
v.t.
Adultery. See Advoutry.
+
affinity
n.
A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
+
achromatization
n.
The act or process of achromatizing.
+
aviator
n.
An experimenter in aviation.
+
assize
n.
A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.
+
accordment
v.
Agreement; reconcilement.
+
alogian
n.
One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.
+
anthropotomy
n.
The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
+
arguable
a.
Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.
+
amandine
n.
The vegetable casein of almonds.
+
arrayment
v.t.
Clothes; raiment.
+
angulation
n.
A making angular; angular formation.
+
animadversion
n.
Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
+
amphicome
n.
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
+
alehouse
n.
A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.
+
absist
v.i.
To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.
+
austere

Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
+
acephal
n.
One of the Acephala.
+
apo

A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
+
ansated
a.
Having a handle.
+
act
n.
A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
+
avoirdupois
n.
Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.
+
apocyneous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.
+
ayond
prep.|adv.
Beyond.
+
afforded
imp.|p.p.
of Afford
+
armiger
n.
Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
+
alumine
n.
Alumina.
+
alluvious
n.
Alluvial.
+
altitude
n.
Height of degree; highest point or degree.
+
appeal
v.t.
The right of appeal.
+
aerial
a.
Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.
+
arendator
n.
In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.
+
attempter
n.
An assailant; also, a temper.
+
acetabulum
n.
The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
+
agility
n.
The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.
+
acrosporous
a.
Having acrospores.
+
ascus
n.
A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
+
allophylic
a.
Alt. of Allophylian
+
accruing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Accrue
+
assortment
n.
Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.
+
antiparallel
a.
Running in a contrary direction.
+
acanthophorous
a.
Spine-bearing.
+
avarice
n.
An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
+
academian
n.
A member of an academy, university, or college.
+
antiphon
n.
A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
+
ancient
n.
Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
+
ariette
n.
A short aria, or air.
+
adipsy
n.
Absence of thirst.
+
accustomance
n.
Custom; habitual use.
+
associate
n.
One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
+
algous
a.
Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
+
antilogarithm
n.
The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine.
+
agist
v.t.
To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
+
ambrose
n.
A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
+
aspiration
n.
The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.
+
arietation
n.
Act of striking or conflicting.
+
angelot
n.
A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
+
alpaca
n.
An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
+
analyzed
imp.|p.p.
of Analyze
+
artificial
a.
Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
+
adversely
adv.
In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.
+
anglosaxon
n.
One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.
+
apogee
n.
That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
+
apodictic
a.
Alt. of Apodictical
+
arianism
n.
The doctrines of the Arians.
+
adherent
a.
Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
+
arbitratrix
n.
A female who arbitrates or judges.
+
alphabetize
v.t.
To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
+
airbuilt
a.
Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
+
acme
n.
The top or highest point; the culmination.
+
abutment
n.
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
+
antependium
n.
The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
+
amianthiform
a.
Resembling amianthus in form.
+
aortic
a.
Of or pertaining to the aorta.
+
arm
v.t.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
+
ascendent
a.
Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
+
autumnal
a.
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
+
abrasion
n.
The substance rubbed off.
+
artificer
n.
An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
+
aerial
a.
Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
+
artistry
n.
Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.
+
arcturus
n.
A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.
+
antbear
n.
An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
+
arroyos
pl.
of Arroyo
+
abating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abate
+
acoustic
n.
A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
+
abutted
imp.|p.p.
of Abut
+
acceptably
adv.
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
+
aceric
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.
+
articular
n.
Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
+
abominate
v.t.
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
+
apportioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apportion
+
avocate
a.
To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
+
apophthegmatic
a.
Alt. of Apophthegmatical
+
athanor
n.
A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.
+
avower
n.
One who avows or asserts.
+
adulteress
n.
A woman who violates her religious engagements.
+
affirmative
a.
Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
+
acrisy
n.
Undecided character of a disease.
+
awless
a.
Inspiring no awe.
+
allegation
n.
That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
+
atlas
n.
The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
+
archivolt
n.
More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.
+
adamant
n.
A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
+
ambulant
a.
Walking; moving from place to place.
+
aciculae
pl.
of Acicula
+
anisometric
a.
Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.
+
ambulacra
pl.
of Ambulacrum
+
appreciation
n.
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
+
abstract
a.
To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.
+
apoplectoid
a.
Resembling apoplexy.
+
antiseptic
a.
Alt. of Antiseptical
+
amazement
n.
Frenzy; madness.
+
accessibility
n.
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.
+
algebraist
n.
One versed in algebra.
+
als
adv.
Also.
+
assault
n.
To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.
+
absconder
n.
One who absconds.
+
autopsy
a.
Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
+
aloetic
a.
Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
+
arm
n.
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
+
arietate
v.i.
To butt, as a ram.
+
angola
n.
A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
+
antacid
n.
A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.
+
arena
n.
"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
+
anchorage
n.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
+
anacamptics
n.
The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
+
armadillos
pl.
of Armadillo
+
argument
n.
Matter for question; business in hand.
+
aquose
a.
Watery; aqueous.
+
arthen
a.
Same as
+
argoile
n.
Potter's clay.
+
abate
v.t.
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
+
attaint
v.
A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
+
antagonist
a.
Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
+
anaemia
a.
A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
+
attacked
imp.|p.p.
of Attack
+
announcing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Announce
+
aureole
n.
A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
+
annular
a.
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
+
aviary
n.
A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.
+
ascham
n.
A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
+
abnegating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abnegate
+
apotelesm
n.
The result or issue.
+
arrowy
a.
Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
+
assart
n.
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
+
apostolic
a.
Alt. of Apostolical
+
auctioneer
v.t.
To sell by auction; to auction.
+
arbitral
a.
Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.
+
audit
a.
The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
+
agricolist
n.
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
+
adjectivally
adv.
As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.
+
aptitude
n.
Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
+
alum
n.
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
+
afflictedness
n.
The state of being afflicted; affliction.
+
adopted
imp.|p.p.
of Adopt
+
accommodation
n.
An accommodation bill or note.
+
accounting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Account
+
aphid
n.
One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
+
amaranthine
a.
Of a purplish color.
+
aliner
n.
One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.
+
appendices
pl.
of Appendix
+
accomplished
a.
Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.
+
antirachitic
a.
Good against the rickets.
+
almucantar
n.
A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
+
architectonical
a.
Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
+
acalephoid
a.
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes.
+
architectural
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
+
aconite
n.
An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
+
antitrade
n.
A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
+
assert
v.t.
To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
+
aspersoria
pl.
of Aspersorium
+
avenge
v.t.
To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
+
apery
n.
A place where apes are kept.
+
ablegation
n.
The act of sending abroad.
+
algerine
n.
A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
+
air brake

A railway brake operated by condensed air.
+
agrostologic
a.
Alt. of Agrostological
+
avaunt
n.
A vaunt; to boast.
+
amerced
imp.|p.p.
of Amerce
+
amalgamated
a.
Coalesced; united; combined.
+
ashen
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
+
administerial
a.
Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.
+
assignor
n.
An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
+
acknowledgment
n.
Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
+
apsis
n.
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
+
anomuran
a.
Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.
+
animose
a.
Alt. of Animous
+
air cell

A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
+
academe
n.
An academy.
+
attaint
v.t.
To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.
+
anoplotherium
n.
A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).
+
awful
a.
Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
+
apical
a.
At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
+
ashler
n.
Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
+
astounding
a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
+
almsgiver
n.
A giver of alms.
+
ammodyte
n.
One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
+
appenage
n.
See Appanage.
+
appearance
n.
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
+
alloy
v.t.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
+
agonized
imp.|p.p.
of Agonize
+
athirst
a.
Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing.
+
avesta
n.
The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.
+
assess
v.
To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
+
atomistic
a.
Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
+
alcalimeter
n.
See Alkalimeter.
+
adamite
n.
One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.
+
advertiser
n.
One who, or that which, advertises.
+
aeriferous
a.
Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.
+
appealable
a.
Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
+
aureole
n.
See Areola, 2.
+
aphidivorous

Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
+
asphyxiate
v.t.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
+
artifice
n.
Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
+
avoyer
n.
A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
+
avail
v.t.|i.
See Avale, v.
+
abstaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abstain
+
anaesthetic
n.
That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
+
abhorrible
a.
Detestable.
+
arace
v.t.
To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
+
abode
v.t.
An omen.
+
apoda
n.
An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
+
assigned
imp.|p.p.
of Assign
+
antic
n.
A grotesque representation.
+
accoutred

of Accoutre
+
action
n.
A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
+
amphibiotica
n.pl.
A division of insects having aquatic larvae.
+
amaurosis
n.
A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
+
attackable
a.
Capable of being attacked.
+
argue
v.i.
To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.
+
abyssinian
n.
A native of Abyssinia.
+
antoeci
n.pl
Alt. of Antoecians
+
articulateness
n.
Quality of being articulate.
+
affect
v.t.
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
+
apothegm
n.
Alt. of Apophthegm
+
achieving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Achieve
+
archaeologian
n.
An archaeologist.
+
antechamber
n.
A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
+
adopter
n.
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
+
agree
adv.
In good part; kindly.
+
aunt
n.
An old woman; and old gossip.
+
addressed
imp.|p.p.
of Address
+
aventure
n.
Accident; chance; adventure.
+
atlanta
n.
A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
+
alga
n.
A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
+
arbalist
n.
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
+
antispastic
a.
Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.
+
ancestorial
a.
Ancestral.
+
arsenate
n.
A salt of arsenic acid.
+
almoner
n.
One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
+
ambition
n.
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
+
angulose
a.
Angulous.
+
affirmative
n.
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
+
audiometer
n.
An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
+
anomal
n.
Anything anomalous.
+
acquitter
n.
One who acquits or releases.
+
aventail
n.
The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
+
amphigonous
a.
Relating to both parents.
+
adoring
imp.|p.p.adoredp.pr.|vb.n.
of Adore
+
annulled
imp.|p.p.
of Annul
+
axiom
a.
An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
+
a

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.
+
anomaly
n.
The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
+
alienated
imp.|p.p.
of Alienate
+
amoebous
a.
Like an amoeba in structure.
+
ardor
n.
Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
+
annoy
n.
To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
+
agamogenesis
n.
Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
+
anophyte
n.
A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
+
action
n.
Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
+
anglified
imp.|p.p.
of Anglify
+
abutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abut
+
amalgamate
v.i.
To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
+
alliaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
+
acoustic
a.
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
+
accustomed
imp.|p.p.
of Accustom
+
alfione
n.
An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
+
anserous
a.
Resembling a goose; silly; simple.
+
azurine
a.
Azure.
+
ambry
n.
In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
+
arachnid
n.
An arachnidan.
+
adaptorial
a.
Adaptive.
+
amorphous
a.
Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
+
absented
imp.|p.p.
of Absent
+
alkalimetrical
a.
Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
+
accord
v.i.
To agree in pitch and tone.
+
aforementioned
a.
Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.
+
alcoholmeter
n.
An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.
+
autocracies
pl.
of Autocracy
+
allow
v.t.
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
+
adipocerate
v.t.
To convert into adipocere.
+
aidant
a.
Helping; helpful; supplying aid.
+
aspergill
n.
Alt. of Aspergillum
+
approaching
n.
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.
+
assize
v.
To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority.
+
atomize
v.t.
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
+
amiable
a.
Done out of love.
+
alveated
a.
Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
+
amphipodan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
+
adrian
a.
Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.
+
adjunctive
n.
One who, or that which, is joined.
+
acquit
v.t.
To clear one's self.
+
ailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ail
+
apparently
adv.
Visibly.
+
anteportico
n.
An outer porch or vestibule.
+
appropriate
v.t.
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
+
agglutination
n.
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
+
affably
adv.
In an affable manner; courteously.
+
attainting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attaint
+
access
n.
The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
+
ail
v.i.
To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
+
aldermanity
n.
The state of being an alderman.
+
awestricken
a.
Awe-struck.
+
astrachan
a.|n.
See Astrakhan.
+
appearance
n.
Probability; likelihood.
+
anterior
a.
Before in time; antecedent.
+
antecedent
n.
The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
+
antes
n.pl.
Antae. See Anta.
+
attest
v.t.
To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
+
aphaeresis
n.
Same as Apheresis.
+
amuse
v.
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
+
apocrypha
n.pl.
Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
+
arabical
a.
Relating to Arabia; Arabic.
+
arm
n.
Anything resembling an arm
+
astonishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Astonish
+
aurelian
a.
Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
+
auburn
a.
Reddish brown.
+
aesthesis
n.
Sensuous perception.
+
absent
a.
Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
+
acaleph
n.
Alt. of Acalephan
+
additory
a.
Tending to add; making some addition.
+
aleuromancy
n.
Divination by means of flour.
+
aurae
pl.
of Aura
+
atropous
a.
Not inverted; orthotropous.
+
atrophy
v.i.
To waste away; to dwindle.
+
approach
v.i.
See Approaching.
+
assoilyie
v.t.
To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
+
apply
v.t.
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
+
amaranth
n.
A color inclining to purple.
+
acrocarpous
a.
Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
+
astonish
v.t.
To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.
+
arrowroot
n.
A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
+
appertinance
n.
Alt. of Appertinence
+
admonish
v.t.
To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
+
assonantal
a.
Assonant.
+
analysis
n.
The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
+
adz
v.t.
To cut with an adz.
+
aeroscope
n.
An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.
+
aurelian
n.
An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
+
affrap
v.t.|i.
To strike, or strike down.
+
antilogies
pl.
of Antilogy
+
acanthuses
pl.
of Acanthus
+
augurate
n.
The office of an augur.
+
aporetical
a.
Doubting; skeptical.
+
angularness
n.
The quality of being angular.
+
atticize
v.i.
To side with the Athenians.
+
admirableness
n.
The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
+
avoiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avoid
+
anticlimax
n.
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
+
awrong
adv.
Wrongly.
+
affy
v.t.
To bind in faith.
+
appall
a.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
+
abstract
a.
That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
+
almadie
n.
A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
+
academicals
n.pl.
The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
+
avouch
n.
Evidence; declaration.
+
antero

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
+
assurance
n.
The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
+
ambuscade
v.t.
To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
+
awe
n.
Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
+
apocarpous
a.
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
+
appetite
n.
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
+
atrium
n.
A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.
+
application
n.
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
+
aorta
n.
The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
+
abortionist
n.
One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
+
alioth
n.
A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
+
amuse
v.
To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
+
arraigner
n.
One who arraigns.
+
augural
a.
Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books.
+
alar
a.
Axillary; in the fork or axil.
+
alkermes
n.
A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
+
active
a.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
+
air shaft

A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
+
ahem
interj.
An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.
+
anabaptize
v.t.
To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.
+
afresh
adv.
Anew; again; once more; newly.
+
apologetics
n.
That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
+
ascendant
n.
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
+
abutment
n.
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
+
assonance
n.
Incomplete correspondence.
+
automaton
v.i.
Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.
+
ambulacral
a.
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
+
amblypoda
n.pl.
A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.
+
aqua fortis

Nitric acid.
+
armil
n.
An ancient astronomical instrument.
+
acquest
n.
Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
+
acicula
n.
One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
+
anas
n.
A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
+
acanthopterygii
n.pl.
An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
+
assurance
n.
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
+
agistor
n.
Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
+
aimed
imp.|p.p.
of Aim
+
acini
pl.
of Acinus
+
acanthus
n.
An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
+
antitheism
n.
The doctrine of antitheists.
+
alphabet
n.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
+
allyl
n.
An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
+
arillate
a.
Alt. of Ariled
+
afer
n.
The southwest wind.
+
ambulatory
a.
Pertaining to a walk.
+
attabal
n.
See Atabal.
+
apanthropy
n.
An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.
+
affined
a.
Joined in affinity or by any tie.
+
acutely
adv.
In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
+
adder
n.
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
+
acetifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acetify
+
abroad
adv.
At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
+
astoundment
n.
Amazement.
+
agitation
n.
Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
+
accumulate
a.
Collected; accumulated.
+
absolvent
n.
An absolver.
+
autobiographical
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch.
+
abashed
imp.|p.p.
of Abash
+
apocryphas
pl.
of Apocrypha
+
asymmetral
a.
Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.
+
aggregate
v.t.
To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
+
astipulation
n.
Stipulation; agreement.
+
architectonic
n.
The act of arranging knowledge into a system.
+
attrite
a.
Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
+
authorship
n.
Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
+
acuminate
v.i.
To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
+
away
adv.
On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
+
agains
prep.
Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
+
adduce
v.t.
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
+
augmentation
n.
The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
+
attaint
v.t.
To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
+
amphibian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
+
astronomian
n.
An astrologer.
+
angriness
n.
The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
+
antihydrophobic
n.
A remedy for hydrophobia.
+
anakim
n.pl.
Alt. of Anaks
+
acacin
n.
Alt. of Acacine
+
allotheism
n.
The worship of strange gods.
+
anastate
n.
One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.
+
ance

A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
+
augurist
n.
An augur.
+
agglomerate
n.
A collection or mass.
+
against
prep.
By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
+
asterism
n.
An asterisk, or mark of reference.
+
airer
n.
One who exposes to the air.
+
acroter
n.
Same as Acroterium.
+
austereness
n.
Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
+
absolution
n.
The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
+
apparent
a.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
+
annat
n.
A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
+
artifice
n.
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
+
agnus
n.
Agnus Dei.
+
abridge
v.t.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
+
archon
n.
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
+
actor
n.
One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
+
attendment
n.
An attendant circumstance.
+
alternate
v.i.
To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
+
aiglet
n.
A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.
+
asthenopia
n.
Weakness of sight.
+
alien
v.t.
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
+
amphigamous
a.
Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
+
address
v.
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
+
artiodactylous
a.
Even-toed.
+
admiration
n.
Wonder; astonishment.
+
arbuscle
n.
A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.
+
anisosthenic
a.
Of unequal strength.
+
acephalous
a.
Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
+
aspired
imp.|p.p.
of Aspire
+
anhistous
a.
Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.
+
ammunitioning
ppr.|vb.n.
of Ammunition
+
antiptosis
n.
The putting of one case for another.
+
albuminin
n.
The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.
+
absentminded
a.
Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
+
aloft
adv.
In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
+
aletaster
n.
See Aleconner.
+
aleberry
n.
A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
+
arrack
n.
A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
+
affliction
n.
The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
+
ameliorate
v.t.
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
+
articulate
a.
Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
+
amethystine
a.
Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
+
asystolism
n.
The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.
+
abuse
v.t.
Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
+
apply
v.t.
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
+
apices
n.pl.
See Apex.
+
antholite
n.
A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.
+
apprenticeage
n.
Apprenticeship.
+
acceptance
n.
An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
+
agaric
n.
A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
+
actionary
n.
Alt. of Actionist
+
alkalimeter
n.
An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
+
assimilable
a.
That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.
+
american
a.
Of or pertaining to the United States.
+
astounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Astound
+
astound
a.
To stun; to stupefy.
+
accommodate
v.i.
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
+
answer
v.i.
To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
+
arc
n.
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
+
alae
pl.
of Ala
+
antecedently
adv.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
+
asphaltus
n.
See Asphalt.
+
averter
n.
One who, or that which, averts.
+
albite
n.
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.
+
ahungered
a.
Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
+
affray
v.t.
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
+
argentan
n.
An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
+
australasian
a.
Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.
+
amotus
a.
Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.
+
answer
n.
A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
+
aboard
prep.
On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
+
apprehensive
a.
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
+
almesse
n.
See Alms.
+
astral
a.
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
+
admittatur
n.
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
+
acute
a.
Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
+
amendful
a.
Much improving.
+
achlamydeous
a.
Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.
+
arraign
v.t.
To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
+
agni
pl.
of Agnus
+
arachnoid
a.
Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.
+
alphabetics
n.
The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
+
acetify
v.t.
To convert into acid or vinegar.
+
accordionist
n.
A player on the accordion.
+
aborigines
n.pl.
The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
+
amenorrhoea
n.
Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
+
acidulous
a.
Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.
+
ascendible
a.
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
+
azure
n.
The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.
+
assert
v.t.
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
+
affriended
p.p.
Made friends; reconciled.
+
abandonment
n.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
+
age
n.
A century; the period of one hundred years.
+
anodon
n.
A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge.
+
angelophany
n.
The actual appearance of an angel to man.
+
adonean
a.
Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.
+
adviso
n.
Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.
+
abort
v.i.
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
+
aestivate
v.i.
To spend the summer.
+
avauntour
n.
A boaster.
+
anent
a.
Over against; as, he lives anent the church.
+
advantageously
adv.
Profitably; with advantage.
+
allotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allot
+
anneal
v.t.
To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
+
annumerate
v.t.
To add on; to count in.
+
alar
a.
Pertaining to, or having, wings.
+
ancony
n.
A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
+
air
n.
The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.
+
adiaphorous
a.
Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.
+
asportation
n.
The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.
+
appropriate
n.
A property; attribute.
+
astrolabe
n.
A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.
+
amphitropal
a.
Alt. of Amphitropous
+
autonomasy
n.
The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."
+
amongst
prep.
Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.
+
absis
n.
See Apsis.
+
arterialize
v.t.
To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
+
adjuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjure
+
acquaint
v.t.
To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
+
adverse
v.t.
To oppose; to resist.
+
asphyxial
a.
Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.
+
anonymousness
n.
The state or quality of being anonymous.
+
apiarian
a.
Of or relating to bees.
+
aperture
n.
An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
+
azotous
a.
Nitrous; as, azotous acid.
+
amateurship
n.
The quality or character of an amateur.
+
armorist
n.
One skilled in coat armor or heraldry.
+
appellancy
n.
Capability of appeal.
+
athanasian
a.
Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.
+
assoil
v.t.
To expiate; to atone for.
+
arithmetic
n.
A book containing the principles of this science.
+
appendage
n.
A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
+
attributed
imp.|p.p.
of Attribute
+
alfenide
n.
An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
+
air bladder

An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
+
arblast
n.
A crossbow. See Arbalest.
+
a 

A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.
+
armament
n.
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
+
administrative
a.
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy.
+
archi

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.
+
antre
n.
A cavern.
+
antimonite
n.
Stibnite.
+
astride
adv.
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
+
accession
n.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
+
accentuation
n.
pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
+
adjoin
v.i.
To join one's self.
+
above
prep.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
+
arch
a.
Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
+
attestive
a.
Attesting; furnishing evidence.
+
assoilment
n.
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
+
albuminate
n.
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
+
astrictory
a.
Astrictive.
+
adopter
n.
One who adopts.
+
abstract
a.
Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers.  Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.
+
abuser
n.
One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].
+
advancive
a.
Tending to advance.
+
automatous
a.
Automatic.
+
alloquy
n.
A speaking to another; an address.
+
assemble
v.i.
To liken; to compare.
+
adjument
n.
Help; support; also, a helper.
+
abscession
n.
A separating; removal; also, an abscess.
+
anecdote
n.
A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
+
anthropometry
n.
Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.
+
annuities
pl.
of Annuity
+
astute
a.
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
+
anecdotist
n.
One who relates or collects anecdotes.
+
aratory
a.
Contributing to tillage.
+
awhile
adv.
For a while; for some time; for a short time.
+
aliethmoid
a.
Alt. of Aliethmoidal
+
astipulate
v.i.
To assent.
+
axinite
n.
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
+
al segno

A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.
+
angustifoliate
a.
Alt. of Angustifolious
+
autoptic
a.
Alt. of Autoptical
+
aversation
n.
A turning from with dislike; aversion.
+
alecithal
a.
Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
+
ascending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ascend
+
add
v.t.
To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column.
+
at
prep.
Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at.
+
ala
n.
A winglike organ, or part.
+
ambidexter
n.
A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict.
+
aback
adv.
Behind; in the rear.
+
atom
n.
Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
+
adobe
n.
An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
+
androgynous
a.
Alt. of Androgynal
+
air
n.
A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
+
analeptic
a.
Restorative; giving strength after disease.
+
accident
n.
Unusual appearance or effect.
+
anoil
v.t.
To anoint with oil.
+
authoritative
a.
Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
+
amateur
n.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
+
abstinence
n.
The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
+
antimonic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
+
animastic
a.
Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
+
alterative
a.
Causing ateration.
+
acanthaceous
a.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
+
agazed
p.p.
Gazing with astonishment; amazed.
+
ascetic
n.
In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.
+
affirmation
n.
A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
+
alexiteric
a.
Alt. of Alexiterical
+
acerbate
v.t.
To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
+
asperifolious
a.
Having rough leaves.
+
attrahent
n.
That which attracts, as a magnet.
+
alcedo
n.
A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
+
adminicular
a.
Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence.
+
aspect
n.
The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
+
anthodium
n.
The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.
+
automatical
a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.
+
aristocratic
a.
Alt. of Aristocratical
+
acquainting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acquaint
+
asmonean
a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
+
anthroposcopy
n.
The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features.
+
apprecatory
a.
Praying or wishing good.
+
albumenize
v.t.
To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
+
affection
n.
Affectation.
+
acquittal
n.
A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
+
apodes
n.pl.
A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
+
autochthon
n.
One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
+
accommodated
imp.|p.p.
of Accommodate
+
atlas
n.
A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
+
anthropomorpha
n.pl.
The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
+
aphetize
v.t.
To shorten by aphesis.
+
among
prep.
Alt. of Amongst
+
adoration
n.
Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
+
aventre
v.t.
To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.
+
assaulter
n.
One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
+
abetter
n.
Alt. of Abettor
+
aspiration
n.
The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
+
against
prep.
From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
+
algologist
n.
One learned about algae; a student of algology.
+
acting
a.
Operating in any way.
+
asci
n.pl.
See Ascus.
+
assault
n.
An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.
+
amber
n.
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.
+
associate
v.t.
To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
+
abjudicate
v.t.
To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.
+
autophagi
n.pl.
Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
+
affright
v.t.
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
+
alloxanate
n.
A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
+
allness
n.
Totality; completeness.
+
autoschediastic
a.
Alt. of Autoschediastical
+
abdicate
v.i.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
+
affectedly
adv.
Lovingly; with tender care.
+
argentine
n.
White metal coated with silver.
+
agitate
v.t.
To move or actuate.
+
asomatous
a.
Without a material body; incorporeal.
+
anfractuosities
pl.
of Anfractuosity
+
acrotism
n.
Lack or defect of pulsation.
+
assizer
n.
An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc.
+
adelphous
a.
Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.
+
artificer
n.
One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
+
albyn
n.
Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.
+
arrogance
n.
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
+
anelectric
n.
A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
+
adapter
n.
One who adapts.
+
aggression
n.
The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."
+
avoset
n.
A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana.
+
appellor
n.
The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
+
alacriousness
n.
Alacrity.
+
adverbiality
n.
The quality of being adverbial.
+
arundineous
a.
Abounding with reeds; reedy.
+
ashantee
a.
Of or pertaining to Ashantee.
+
amphibious
a.
Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
+
antiattrition
n.
Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.
+
appear
v.i.
To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
+
airy
a.
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
+
averting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Avert
+
athwart
adv.
Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
+
auget
n.
A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
+
analyzation
n.
The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.
+
ant

A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't.
+
advantaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Advantage
+
apparelled

of Apparel
+
asperser
n.
One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
+
arid
a.
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
+
astrognosy
n.
The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
+
allay
v.t.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
+
arseniate
n.
See Arsenate.
+
arrangement
n.
The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants.
+
appealant
n.
An appellant.
+
artillery
n.
Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
+
atmosphere
n.
Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
+
aggerose
a.
In heaps; full of heaps.
+
ablation
n.
Extirpation.
+
allodial
a.
Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system.
+
acrodactylum
n.
The upper surface of the toes, individually.
+
anabolism
n.
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.
+
allower
n.
An approver or abettor.
+
after
prep.
Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
+
adhered
imp.|p.p.
of Adhere
+
answer
n.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
+
atlas
n.
A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
+
aspirator
n.
An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
+
agleam
adv.|a.
Gleaming; as, faces agleam.
+
aerolithology
n.
The science of aerolites.
+
agamogenetic
n.
Reproducing or produced without sexual union.
+
abovementioned
a.
Alt. of Above-named
+
alexipyretic
a.
Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.
+
aftercrop
n.
A second crop or harvest in the same year.
+
azym
n.
Alt. of Azyme
+
absinthial
a.
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
+
apprecation
n.
Earnest prayer; devout wish.
+
art

The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
+
apprentice
v.t.
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
+
aventure
n.
A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
+
ancillary
a.
Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
+
admit
v.t.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.
+
antemetic
a.
Tending to check vomiting.
+
ambidextrously
adv.
In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
+
anseriformes
n.pl.
A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
+
athlete
n.
One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
+
altitude
n.
The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
+
arum
n.
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.
+
accuse
v.t.
To betray; to show. [L.]
+
anthracomancy
n.
Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
+
annotate
n.
To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
+
anona
n.
A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.
+
arbitrary
a.
Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
+
agamous
a.
Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.
+
atom
n.
An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
+
alligator
n.
Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
+
anticipated
imp.|p.p.
of Anticipate
+
adust
a.
Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
+
agoing
adv.
In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
+
ascidium
n.
A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
+
azotizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Azotize
+
against
prep.
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
+
adoption
n.
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
+
allegories
pl.
of Allegory
+
antinomianism
n.
The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
+
archaeolithic
a.
Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.
+
alert
a.
Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
+
astringently
adv.
In an astringent manner.
+
accrete
v.i.
To grow together.
+
armadillo
n.
A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
+
acquiescence
n.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
+
anticlinorium
n.
The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.
+
angleworm
n.
A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
+
authority
n.
Testimony; witness.
+
adhibit
v.t.
To use or apply; to administer.
+
attention
n.
The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.
+
atonable
a.
Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.
+
alcyones
n.pl.
The kingfishers.
+
agglutinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Agglutinate
+
abacus
n.
The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
+
accumulator
n.
An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.
+
ant bird

See Ant bird, under Ant, n.
+
artiodactyle
n.
One of the Artiodactyla.
+
asterolepis
n.
A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
+
assumpsit
n.
An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking.
+
apis
n.
A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
+
accourage
v.t.
To encourage.
+
angulous
a.
Angular; having corners; hooked.
+
annunciating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annunciate
+
albiness
n.
A female albino.
+
abreast
adv.
At the same time; simultaneously.
+
amazon
n.
A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis
+
acquirement
n.
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
+
arabesque
a.
Arabian.
+
archeus
n.
The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.
+
atonic
n.
A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
+
answer
n.
Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
+
acervate
a.
Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
+
amphigoric
a.
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
+
arduous
a.
Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
+
a b c

The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
+
acetic
a.
Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
+
awaygoing
a.
Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops.
+
appellativeness
n.
The quality of being appellative.
+
attitudinizer
n.
One who practices attitudes.
+
aerostation
n.
Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
+
ascidioidea
n.pl.
A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
asthenic
a.
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
+
anvil
n.
An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
+
appendix
n.
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
+
albigeois
n.pl.
A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.
+
allodialist
n.
One who holds allodial land.
+
apron
n.
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
+
accommodation
n.
Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
+
atrip
adv.
Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.
+
anastomosis
n.
The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
+
auricular
a.
Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
+
accredit
v.t.
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
+
anthropomorphosis
n.
Transformation into the form of a human being.
+
apetalousness
n.
The state of being apetalous.
+
anglo

A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish.
+
arrhaphostic
a.
Seamless.
+
aroma
n.
Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.
+
attrition
n.
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
+
avouchable
a.
Capable of being avouched.
+
abradant
n.
A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
+
anthropological
a.
Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.
+
ascitic
a.
Alt. of Ascitical
+
aventurine
n.
A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
+
assassinate
n.
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
+
anthozoan
a.
Pertaining to the Anthozoa.
+
astrictive
n.
An astringent.
+
apostolical
a.
Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
+
agatine
a.
Pertaining to, or like, agate.
+
anchoretical
a.
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
+
abeyant
a.
Being in a state of abeyance.
+
accept
a.
Accepted.
+
androgynal
a.
Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
+
antalgic
a.
Alleviating pain.
+
aculeiform
a.
Like a prickle.
+
abandon
v.t.
To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
+
acceptive
a.
Fit for acceptance.
+
anyway
adv.
Alt. of Anyways
+
apprehending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Apprehend
+
adopted
a.
Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.
+
algology
n.
The study or science of algae or seaweeds.
+
antheriform
a.
Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.
+
aumbry
n.
Same as Ambry.
+
acquiescently
adv.
In an acquiescent manner.
+
abruptness
n.
The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
+
agen
adv.|prep.
See Again.
+
esthesiometer
n.
An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
+
affixture
n.
The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.
+
abeyance
n.
Suspension; temporary suppression.
+
arrearage
n.
That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
+
attempt
v.t.
To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
+
acupuncture
n.
Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
+
appellor
n.
One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
+
advice
n.
Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
+
adventure
n.
To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
+
americanism
n.
A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
+
atmospherical
a.
Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
+
avoidless
a.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
+
augustinian
a.
Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.
+
advantage
v.t.
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
+
alkalies
pl.
of Alkali
+
anteprandial
a.
Preceding dinner.
+
add
v.t.
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
+
anisodactyla
n.pl.
Alt. of Anisodactyls
+
adhesion
n.
Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
+
aphrodisiacal
a.
Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
+
annunciable
a.
That may be announced or declared; declarable.
+
assurance
n.
Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
+
altaian
a.
Alt. of Altaic
+
alepidote
n.
A fish without scales.
+
arrect
v.t.
To impute.
+
acatalepsy
n.
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
+
astringent
a.
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
+
archness
n.
The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
+
arragonite
n.
See Aragonite.
+
at
prep.
Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
+
allegation
n.
The act of alleging or positively asserting.
+
amblygon
n.
An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.
+
attend
v.t.
To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
+
auxiliarly
adv.
By way of help.
+
air
n.
The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
+
auctioneer
n.
A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.
+
agitate
v.t.
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
+
affirm
v.i.
To declare or assert positively.
+
apron
n.
The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
+
ally
v.
One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
+
announce
v.t.
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
+
absolutism
n.
Doctrine of absolute decrees.
+
adjunctively
adv.
In an adjunctive manner.
+
assertorial
a.
Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.
+
assessor
v.
One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.
+
aesopic
a.
Alt. of Esopic
+
apronfuls
pl.
of Apronful
+
actuator
n.
One who actuates, or puts into action.
+
advance
v.t.
To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
+
assonant
a.
Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
+
avail
v.t.
To promote; to assist.
+
abridge
v.t.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
+
ascertaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ascertain
+
abray
v.
See Abraid.
+
autocratic
a.
Alt. of Autocratical
+
astragalus
n.
A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.
+
autumn
n.
The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
+
accelerate
v.t.
To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
+
accostable
a.
Approachable; affable.
+
accumulated
imp.|p.p.
of Accumulate
+
aging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Age
+
aptable
a.
Capable of being adapted.
+
aedileship
n.
The office of an aedile.
+
armipotent
a.
Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.
+
allegement
n.
Allegation.
+
adverseness
n.
The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
+
advocation
n.
The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
+
aphtha
n.
One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
+
answerable
a.
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
+
annul
a.
To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
+
article
n.
Precise point of time; moment.
+
attemper
v.t.
To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
+
artful
a.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
+
ambulatory
a.
Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
+
anatron
n.
Native carbonate of soda; natron.
+
amphiaster
n.
The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
+
asteriated
a.
Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire.
+
acaroid
a.
Shaped like or resembling a mite.
+
anatreptic
a.
Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
+
amerce
v.t.
To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
+
attonce
adv.
At once; together.
+
astragalar
a.
Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
+
admixture
n.
The act of mixing; mixture.
+
abhorrence
n.
Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
+
actuaries
pl.
of Actuary
+
acceptant
a.
Accepting; receiving.
+
accustomable
a.
Habitual; customary; wonted.
+
antenatal
a.
Before birth.
+
affable
a.
Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
+
astrometeorology
n.
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
+
abandon
v.t.
To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
+
acetimeter
n.
An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.
+
atoned
imp.|p.p.
of Atone
+
assistant
a.
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
+
aubin
n.
A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop.
+
allhallowmas
n.
The feast of All Saints.
+
adultery
n.
The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
+
articulate
a.
Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
+
armoric
a.
Alt. of Armorican
+
allopathist
n.
One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
+
absterge
v.t.
To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
+
abject
a.
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
+
abloom
adv.
In or into bloom; in a blooming state.
+
allhallows
n.
All the saints (in heaven).
+
atiptoe
adv.
On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
+
accommodate
v.t.
To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
+
anthropoidea
n.pl.
The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
+
angio

A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
+
admirer
n.
One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.
+
amused
a.
Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.
+
attendancy
n.
The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.
+
alarm
n.
A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
+
attach
v.t.
To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
+
allegretto
a.
Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
+
admissible
a.
Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible.
+
ambassadress
n.
A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.
+
ad valorem

A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
+
arpentator
n.
The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.
+
acceptableness
n.
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
+
adulterate
a.
Tainted with adultery.
+
accident
n.
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
+
accustomary
a.
Usual; customary.
+
affiancer
n.
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
+
augustine
n.
Alt. of Augustinian
+
austrian
a.
Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.
+
aphasia
n.
Alt. of Aphasy
+
apods
pl.
of Apode
+
academician
n.
A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
+
alburnous
a.
Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
+
apishly
adv.
In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
+
asker
n.
One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.
+
acidimeter
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
+
anura
n.pl.
One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.
+
accost
v.t.
To approach; to make up to.
+
assistive
a.
Lending aid, helping.
+
antalkali
n.
Alt. of Antalkaline
+
apogeotropic
a.
Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
+
annexing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annex
+
apprehension
n.
The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
+
archaism
a.
An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
+
adenose
a.
Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
+
alcayde
n.
Same as Alcaid.
+
abider
n.
One who dwells; a resident.
+
arenarious
a.
Sandy; as, arenarious soil.
+
aggravating
a.
Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
+
approachable
a.
Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
+
anvil
v.t.
To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
+
arthroderm
n.
The external covering of an Arthropod.
+
affront
v.t.
To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
+
anthology
n.
A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
+
atterration
n.
The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.
+
appease
v.t.
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
+
arrive
v.i.
To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
+
alpen
a.
Of or pertaining to the Alps.
+
albuminoidal
a.
Of the nature of an albuminoid.
+
annex
v.t.
To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
+
aloe
n.
The wood of the agalloch.
+
amorous
a.
Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
+
assessing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assess
+
assign
n.
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
+
acrisia
n.
Alt. of Acrisy
+
antic
n.
An antimask.
+
airy
a.
Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
+
already
adv.
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
+
aftward
adv.
Toward the stern.
+
assemblance
n.
An assembling; assemblage.
+
attracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Attract
+
anapnograph
n.
A form of spirometer.
+
accordance
n.
Agreement; harmony; conformity.
+
accusative
a.
Producing accusations; accusatory.
+
autocephalous
a.
Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
+
appearance
n.
Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
+
abducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abduce
+
apterous
a.
Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.
+
australasian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.
+
abed
adv.
In bed, or on the bed.
+
auriferous
a.
Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
+
aswing
adv.
In a state of swinging.
+
alamodality
n.
The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.
+
antiqueness
n.
The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
+
accidentality
n.
The quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
+
amorphozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
+
asker
n.
An ask; a water newt.
+
auditorium
n.
The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.
+
adventive
a.
Adventitious.
+
acknow
v.t.
To recognize.
+
appointment
n.
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
+
antic
n.
A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
+
abased
a.
Lowered; humbled.
+
assassin
n.
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
+
assamar
n.
The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
+
amioid
n.
One of the Amioidei.
+
adulterant
a.
Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.
+
authority
n.
Justification; warrant.
+
aboma
n.
A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
+
astrotheology
n.
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
+
asbolin
n.
A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
+
articulata
v.
A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
+
albumenizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Albumenize
+
agency
n.
The place of business of am agent.
+
argoan
a.
Pertaining to the ship Argo.
+
ave mary

A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.
+
accrue
n.
To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
+
acraspeda
n.pl.
A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.
+
andante
a.
Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
+
air
n.
To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
+
attend
v.i.
(with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.
+
advantageous
a.
Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.
+
allantoic
a.
Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.
+
animi
pl.
of Animus
+
animal
n.
An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
+
advanced
a.
In the van or front.
+
advance
v.t.
To extol; to laud.
+
alepidote
a.
Not having scales.
+
asparagine
n.
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus.  It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.
+
abstemious
a.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
+
attar
n.
A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.
+
aaronical
a.
Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.
+
administration
n.
The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
+
allotropic
a.
Alt. of Allotropical
+
altorilievos
pl.
of Alto-rilievo
+
archegony
n.
Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
+
auntre
v.t.
To venture; to dare.
+
andarac
n.
Red orpiment.
+
amplexation
n.
An embrace.
+
amatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.
+
aptote
n.
A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
+
avoid
v.i.
To become void or vacant.
+
aghast
v.t.
See Agast, v. t.
+
ammonitoidea
n.pl.
An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
+
aggrate
a.
To please.
+
apodan
a.
Apodal.
+
apprentice
n.
One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
+
alloyage
n.
The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
+
anyways
adv.
Anywise; at all.
+
aurigation
n.
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
+
armor
n.
Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
+
after
prep.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
+
amphibology
n.
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
+
any
a.|pron.
Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?
+
allowableness
n.
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
+
amassed
imp.|p.p.
of Amass
+
antefixes
pl.
of Antefix
+
aid
v.t.
The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
+
auric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.
+
atrocities
pl.
of Atrocity
+
amylate
n.
A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
+
aramean
a.
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.
+
assapanic
n.
The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
+
affective
a.
Tending to affect; affecting.
+
alyssum
n.
A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
+
abannition
n.
Banishment.
+
abolitionism
n.
The principles or measures of abolitionists.
+
allah
n.
The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.
+
antisocial
a.
Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
+
anserine
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
+
angeiotomy

Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
+
amatory
a.
Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.
+
awayward
adv.
Turned away; away.
+
answer
v.i.
To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
+
aubaine
n.
Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized.
+
aptly
adv.
In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
+
amphipoda
n.pl.
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
+
artotype
n.
A kind of autotype.
+
agister
n.
Alt. of Agistor
+
assidean
n.
One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.
+
avenged
imp.|p.p.
of Avenge
+
aristophanic
a.
Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
+
a

Of.
+
allegation
n.
A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.
+
ate
n.
The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.
+
attenuation
n.
The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
+
adversary
n.
One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
+
aphasy
n.
Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.
+
atmosphere
n.
The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
+
anabasis
n.
A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
+
approbate
a.
Approved.
+
approvance
n.
Approval.
+
assumpsit
n.
A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.
+
anesthesia
a.
Alt. of Anesthetic
+
animadverted
imp.|p.p.
of Animadvert
+
antihypochondriac
a.
Counteractive of hypochondria.
+
algebraical
a.
Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.
+
abroach
v.t.
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
+
adunation
n.
A uniting; union.
+
astragal
n.
A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
+
ape
v.t.
To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
+
abreast
adv.
Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
+
achilous
a.
Without a lip.
+
avoidance
n.
The act of annulling; annulment.
+
amusing
a.
Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.
+
airing
n.
A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.
+
ammodyte
n.
A kind of viper in southern Europe.
+
accurate
a.
In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
+
adjustment
n.
The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
+
annulary
a.
Having the form of a ring; annular.
+
antimacassar
n.
A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
+
alength
adv.
At full length; lengthwise.
+
antisplenetic
a.
Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.
+
anastrophe
n.
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
+
antidote
n.
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
+
accustomedness
n.
Habituation.
+
aromatic
a.
Alt. of Aromatical
+
average
v.t.
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
+
adventure
n.
That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
+
area
n.
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
+
astrometry
n.
The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.
+
appliance
n.
The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
+
amount
n.
To go up; to ascend.
+
anthozoan
n.
One of the Anthozoa.
+
appeal
v.t.
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
+
admitter
n.
One who admits.
+
achieve
v.t.
To finish; to kill.
+
amentiform
a.
Shaped like a catkin.
+
armlet
n.
An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
+
anaglyphical
a.
Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.
+
amaryllis
n.
A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.
+
abysm
n.
An abyss; a gulf.
+
abnormity
n.
Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.
+
apheliotropic
a.
Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.
+
anointer
n.
One who anoints.
+
appointee
v.t.
A person appointed.
+
attrap
v.t.
To adorn with trapping; to array.
+
agglutinative
a.
Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
+
arcade
n.
A long, arched building or gallery.
+
anchusin
n.
A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
+
abscission
n.
The act or process of cutting off.
+
amplitude
n.
Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
+
athlete
n.
Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
+
anagoge
n.
An elevation of mind to things celestial.
+
addressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Address
+
approvement
n.
a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.
+
asperity
n.
Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
+
antiepileptic
a.|n.
Same as Antepileptic.
+
aruspices
pl.
of Aruspex
+
ardent
a.
Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
+
apollinarian
a.
In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.
+
accoutrements
n.pl.
Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers.
+
attrahent
n.
A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
+
agglomerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Agglomerate
+
attribution
n.
That which is ascribed or attributed.
+
asafetida
n.
Alt. of Asafoetida
+
aland
adv.
On land; to the land; ashore.
+
affine
v.t.
To refine.
+
anything
n.
Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.
+
acceptor
n.
One who accepts
+
abear
v.t.
To bear; to behave.
+
agonies
pl.
of Agony
+
abscond
v.i.
To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
+
annotationist
n.
An annotator.
+
anatiferous
a.
Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
+
arithmomancy
n.
Arithmancy.
+
al
aprefix.
The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.
+
arrogated
imp.|p.p.
of Arrogate
+
australian
a.
Of or pertaining to Australia.
+
almagest
n.
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
+
addlebrain
n.
Alt. of Addle-pate
+
amissibility

The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.
+
agree
v.t.
To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.
+
anonymously
adv.
In an anonymous manner; without a name.
+
acidify
v.t.
To sour; to imbitter.
+
alluvion
n.
An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
+
accost
v.i.
To adjoin; to lie alongside.
+
abstracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Abstract
+
attemperance
n.
Temperance; attemperament.
+
acquitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acquit
+
aerophoby
n.
Dread of a current of air.
+
ancient
n.
An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
+
alkalinity
n.
The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.
+
agitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Agitate
+
ambidexterity
n.
The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
+
attitude
n.
The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.
+
aphonous
a.
Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.
+
ashy
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
+
afreet
n.
Same as Afrit.
+
affect
v.t.
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
+
agennesis
n.
Impotence; sterility.
+
acquainted
a.
Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
+
amounted
imp.|p.p.
of Amount
+
affected
p.p.|a.
Assumed artificially; not natural.
+
arcuation
n.
A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
+
apposition
n.
The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
+
asphalte
n.
Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
+
assayer
n.
One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
+
allocution
n.
The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
+
agitation
n.
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
+
alalonga
n.
Alt. of Alilonghi
+
amyloid
n.
A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
+
abhorrent
a.
Detestable.
+
adhere
v.i.
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax   to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
+
arrasene
n.
A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
+
agraphia
n.
The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.
+
axle box

A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
+
ammiral
n.
An obsolete form of admiral.
+
adversifoliate
a.
Alt. of Adversifolious
+
accelerative
a.
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
+
amphichroic
a.
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
+
alvine
a.
Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
+
anaclastics
n.
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
+
argentiferous
a.
Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
+
acari
pl.
of Acarus
+
anabolic
a.
Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
+
amphibiously
adv.
Like an amphibious being.
+
auricularly
adv.
In an auricular manner.
+
academically
adv.
In an academical manner.
+
allowance
n.
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
+
absorbed
imp.|p.p.
of Absorb
+
aleconner
n.
Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]
+
armor
n.
Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
+
acrylic
a.
Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
+
avoidance
n.
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
+
awny
a.
Having awns; bearded.
+
archchamberlain
n.
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
+
ambaginous
a.
Ambagious.
+
addle
v.t.|i.
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
+
alco
n.
A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.
+
abusive
a.
Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
+
anarchize
v.t.
To reduce to anarchy.
+
art
n.
Cunning; artifice; craft.
+
anil
n.
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
+
amplifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Amplify
+
antheriferous
a.
Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower.
+
agrarian
n.
An agrarian law.
+
androgyne
n.
An androgynous plant.
+
astraean
a.
Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
+
arthromere
n.
One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
+
anthobranchia
n.pl.
A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.
+
aphaniptera
n.pl.
A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.
+
anacamptics
n.
The science of reflected sounds.
+
aliment
n.
An allowance for maintenance.
+
acinetae
n.pl.
A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.
+
allowance
n.
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
+
attach
v.t.
To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
+
antipodes
n.
The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
+
acquaintable
a.
Easy to be acquainted with; affable.
+
aural
a.
Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
+
aweary
a.
Weary.
+
arose

The past or preterit tense of Arise.
+
auriscopy
n.
Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.
+
atlas
n.
One who sustains a great burden.
+
account
n.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
+
arboreal
a.
Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.
+
anthelmintic
n.
An anthelmintic remedy.
+
assentatory
a.
Flattering; obsequious.
+
amorously
adv.
In an amorous manner; fondly.
+
aventine
n.
A post of security or defense.
+
absolute
a.
Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
+
annealing
n.
The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
+
abbreviature
n.
An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
+
archaeography
n.
A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.
+
adenotomy
n.
Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
+
assurance
n.
Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
+
assignee
v.
In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
+
adreamed
p.p.
Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream.
+
admire
v.t.
To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
+
alveolus
n.
A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
+
antilithic
n.
An antilithic medicine.
+
autocrator
n.
An autocrat.
+
abdominales
n.pl.
A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
+
aphakia
n.
An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.
+
autopsic
a.
Alt. of Autopsical
+
applicant
n.
One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
+
antic
a.
Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
+
allod
n.
See Allodium.
+
arrival
n.
The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
+
aback
n.
An abacus.
+
aperture
n.
The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.
+
antiquary
a.
Pertaining to antiquity.
+
anthelion
n.
A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.
+
align
v.t.
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
+
anacharis
n.
A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.
+
affecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affect
+
arab
n.
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
+
accountable
a.
Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
+
accuse
v.t.
To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense
+
alamire
n.
The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.
+
abate
v.t.
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
+
acceptance
n.
The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
+
adultery
n.
Injury; degradation; ruin.
+
alienable
a.
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
+
aeronautics
n.
The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.
+
archilochian
a.
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.
+
advoutrer
n.
An adulterer.
+
argument
n.
Proof; evidence.
+
altho
conj.
Although.
+
accubation
n.
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
+
aldehydic
a.
Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.
+
activate
v.t.
To make active.
+
alleyway
n.
An alley.
+
anacanthous
a.
Spineless, as certain fishes.
+
ablatitious
a.
Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.
+
adequate
a.
To equalize; to make adequate.
+
apterous
a.
Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.
+
applicable
a.
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
+
archpresbytery
n.
The absolute dominion of presbytery.
+
appalling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Appall
+
abusion
v.t.
Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.
+
appellatively
adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
+
author
v.t.
To occasion; to originate.
+
article
n.
A distinct part.
+
ataghan
n.
See Yataghan.
+
add
v.i.
To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
+
acacine
n.
Gum arabic.
+
astert
v.t.
To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
+
arthrology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of joints.
+
agnus dei

A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.
+
abnegator
n.
One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.
+
air level

Spirit level. See Level.
+
aldermanity
n.
Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.
+
albuminoid
n.
One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.
+
affluency
n.
Affluence.
+
antitoxin
n.
Alt. of Antitoxine
+
abjure
v.t.
To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
+
amortisement
n.
Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.
+
analogies
pl.
of Analogy
+
ablush
adv.|a.
Blushing; ruddy.
+
anthemion

A floral ornament. See Palmette
+
acaudate
a.
Tailless.
+
accuse
v.t.
to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
+
aga
n.
Alt. of Agha
+
appraisal
n.
A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
+
advocated
imp.|p.p.
of Advocate
+
abdicant
a.
Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
+
arteriotomy
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
+
abatement
n.
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
+
auricle
n.
The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
+
authenticness
n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
+
aloft
prep.
Above; on top of.
+
aspiring
a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.
+
appendicate
v.t.
To append.
+
acrobat
n.
One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
+
address
v.t.
Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
+
ambulator
n.
A beetle of the genus Lamia.
+
abjurer
n.
One who abjures.
+
arriere
n.
"That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
+
average
n.
Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
+
abbreviation
n.
The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
+
amber seed

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.
+
adulterous
a.
Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
+
authenticate
v.t.
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
+
athirst
a.
Wanting drink; thirsty.
+
amphimacer
n.
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
+
annulet
n.
A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
+
annulate
n.
One of the Annulata.
+
alpist
n.
Alt. of Alpia
+
aborted
a.
Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
+
assassinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Assassinate
+
attempt
v.i.
To make an attempt; -- with upon.
+
architectress
n.
A female architect.
+
application
n.
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
+
alert
a.
Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
+
ambition
v.t.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
+
abature
n.
Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
+
axman
n.
One who wields an ax.
+
aciculated
a.
Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
+
amber room

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber.  The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered.  The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
+
amoret
n.
A petty love affair or amour.
+
aftershaft
n.
The hypoptilum.
+
arabic
a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
+
admired
a.
Wonderful; also, admirable.
+
adaptiveness
n.
The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
+
anhydrite
n.
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
+
amorist
n.
A lover; a gallant.
+
astringe
v.t.
To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
+
ambitus
n.
A canvassing for votes.
+
apophysis
n.
An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
+
apostrophize
p.pr.|vb.n.
To address by apostrophe.
+
araneiform
a.
Having the form of a spider.
+
allmouth
n.
The angler.
+
avulsion
n.
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
+
alkargen
n.
Same as Cacodylic acid.
+
attributable
a.
Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
+
affrightment
n.
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
+
ancient
a.
Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
+
avicular
a.
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
+
acritude
n.
Acridity; pungency joined with heat.
+
apocopate
a.
Alt. of Apocopated
+
abraded
imp.|p.p.
of Abrade
+
afterwise
a.
Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
+
adjoining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Adjoin
+
act
v.i.
To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
+
april
n.
Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.
+
afflicter
n.
One who afflicts.
+
arrondissement
n.
A subdivision of a department.
+
abnormalities
pl.
of Abnormality
+
alfalfa
n.
The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
+
anticipant
a.
Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.
+
apposition
n.
The act of adding; application; accretion.
+
assecure
v.t.
To make sure or safe; to assure.
+
antispastic
a.
Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.
+
aconital
a.
Of the nature of aconite.
+
achromatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Achromatize
+
absorbent
n.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
+
assets
n.pl.
The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities.
+
astheny
n.
Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
+
azedarach
n.
A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
+
adenoid
a.
Alt. of Adenoidal
+
arcual
a.
Of or pertaining to an arc.
+
alchymistic
n.
Alt. of Alchymy
+
a

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.
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aptate
v.t.
To make fit.
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almuce
n.
Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
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assign
v.t.
To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
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assayed
imp.|p.p.
of Assay
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acoumetry
n.
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
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archimagus
n.
The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
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aramaean
a.
Alt. of Aramean
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abuseful
a.
Full of abuse; abusive.
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argue
v.t.
To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
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aqua
n.
Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
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allotropize
v.t.
To change in physical properties but not in substance.
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archduchess
n.
The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.
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answerless
a.
Having no answer, or impossible to be answered.
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aghast
a|p.p.
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
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averted
a.
Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.
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antiarin
n.
A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.
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amuletic
a.
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
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aboriginal
a.
Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
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atwirl
a.|adv.
Twisted; distorted; awry.
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aubade
n.
An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.
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accepter
n.
An acceptor.
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astrakhan
a.
Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.
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assession
n.
A sitting beside or near.
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apocryphally
adv.
In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
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antichthon
n.
A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
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absinthate
n.
A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
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afric
n.
Africa.
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acidifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acidify
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autonomic
a.
Having the power of self-government; autonomous.
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aquiferous
a.
Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.
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applaud
v.t.
To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
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answer
v.i.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
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abductor
n.
A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
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amorphy
n.
Shapelessness.
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article
n.
To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
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animalculum
n.
An animalcule.
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apanage
n.
Same as Appanage.
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assist
v.t.
To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.
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artery
n.
The trachea or windpipe.
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avocet
n.
Alt. of Avoset
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awaken

of Awake
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austere

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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attain
v.i.
To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
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armenian
n.
An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.
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anarthrous
a.
Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.
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absent
v.t.
To withhold from being present.
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appromt
v.t.
To quicken; to prompt.
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areal
a.
Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
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abhal
n.
The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.
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affectioned
a.
Affected; conceited.
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antiamerican
a.
Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.
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apotome
n.
The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
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absque hoc

The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
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aoudad
n.
An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
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anglican
n.
A member of the Church of England.
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aided
imp.|p.p.
of Aid
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allegory
n.
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.
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affectionate
a.
Kindly inclined; zealous.
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auguring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Augur
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a posteriori

Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
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adjournment
n.
The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
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aquamarine
n.
A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
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antestature
n.
A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.
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adumbration
n.
The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
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aflow
adv.|a.
Flowing.
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aureole
n.
The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
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age
n.
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
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allowedly
adv.
By allowance; admittedly.
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apron
n.
A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
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asperating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Asperate
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autopsical
a.
Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical.
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abaiser
n.
Ivory black or animal charcoal.
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adoptionist
n.
One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.
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angust
a.
Narrow; strait.
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apparitor
n.
Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
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acerbity
n.
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
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amontillado
n.
A dry kind of cherry, of a light color.
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aularian
a.
Relating to a hall.
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awnless
a.
Without awns or beard.
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agnostic
n.
One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.
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anticipator
n.
One who anticipates.
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animate
a.
Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
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adjacence

Alt. of Adjacency
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attributive
n.
A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.
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apprehender
n.
One who apprehends.
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alabastrum
n.
A flower bud.
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anglomania
n.
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
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accumulator
n.
A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
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acuminate
v.t.
To render sharp or keen.
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adamant
n.
Lodestone; magnet.
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adequateness
n.
The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
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arrasways
adv.
Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.
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assaulted
imp.|p.p.
of Assault
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auxesis
n.
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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air
n.
Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
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acceptance
n.
An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
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availableness
n.
Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended.
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antlia
n.
The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
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anguish
v.t.
To distress with extreme pain or grief.
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acerous
a.
Without antennae, as some insects.
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abricock
n.
See Apricot.
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afterpains
n.pl.
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
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arytenoid
a.
Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.
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account
n.
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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anacamptic
a.
Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).
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assize
n.
A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.
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abderian
a.
Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
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abduced
imp.|p.p.
of Abduce
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arm
n.
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
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aboral
a.
Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
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amortize
v.t.
To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.
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amend
v.i.
To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
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analogue
n.
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.
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azo

Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
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acervate
v.t.
To heap up.
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adfiliated
a.
See Affiliated.
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accommodate
v.t.
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
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amazed
imp.|p.p.
of Amaze
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alamode
adv.|a.
According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
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atellan
n.
A farcical drama performed at Atella.
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ascertain
v.t.
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
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anathematism
n.
Anathematization.
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affront
n.
An encounter either friendly or hostile.
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anther
n.
That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
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as
adv.|conj.
As if; as though.
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assume
v.t.
To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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argued
imp.|p.p.
of Argue
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adulterer
n.
A man who violates his religious covenant.
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aesthetical
a.
Of or Pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.
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articulation
n.
One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
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asturian
n.
A native of Asturias.
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autostylic
a.
Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
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acromegaly
n.
Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.
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appeachment
n.
Accusation.
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acholia
n.
Deficiency or want of bile.
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aerolith
n.
Same as A/rolite.
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affluence
n.
A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
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againbuy
v.t.
To redeem.
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afeard
p.a.
Afraid.
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ahey
interj.
Hey; ho.
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aggregate
a.
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
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aspic
n.
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
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advice
n.
Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.
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ale
n.
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
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apprehensive
a.
Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
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auricle
n.
The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
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atomician
n.
An atomist.
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anurous
a.
Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads.
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ado
n.
Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.
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adult
a.
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
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absoluteness
n.
The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
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ambitus
n.
The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
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autodefe
n.
Same as Auto-da-fe.
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asilus
n.
A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.
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abnormality
n.
Something abnormal.
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amenably
adv.
In an amenable manner.
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apron
n.
The infolded abdomen of a crab.
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abstracted
a.
Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
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at one

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.
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angelolatry
n.
Worship paid to angels.
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attachment
n.
The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
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antichamber
n.
See Antechamber.
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abnegate
v.t.
To deny and reject; to abjure.
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ago
a.|adv.
Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.
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aerohydrodynamic
a.
Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.
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armory
n.
A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
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ameliorator
n.
One who ameliorates.
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anthophagous
a.
Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.
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amphigean
a.
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
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abortion
n.
Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
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aggrandize
v.i.
To increase or become great.
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awry
adv.|a.
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
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avens
n.
A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
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anticyclone
n.
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.
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adact
v.t.
To compel; to drive.
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astriferous
a.
Bearing stars.
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amend
v.t.
by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
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armed
a.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
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ai
n.
The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.
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absumption
n.
Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.
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alcoholometrical
a.
Alt. of Alcoholmetrical
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argilloareenaceous
a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
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apothecium
n.
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
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abovenamed
a.
Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
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alliteral
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
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acute
a.
Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
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astound
a.
To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.
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attracted
imp.|p.p.
of Attract
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approachment
n.
Approach.
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astringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Astringe
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await
v.i.
To wait (on or upon).
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adherency
n.
The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
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alitrunk
n.
The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
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amphibrach
n.
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
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annelidan
n.
One of the Annelida.
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amphisbaena
n.
A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
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amortize
v.t.
To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
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anointing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Anoint
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artesian
a.
Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
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apologetically
adv.
By way of apology.
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aftergrass
n.
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
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anathematic
a.
Alt. of Anathematical
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amaranthus
n.
Alt. of Amarantus
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aspirated
a.
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
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attenuated
imp.|p.p.
of Attenuate
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atrocious
a.
Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
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aprication
n.
Basking in the sun.
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antiquateness
n.
Antiquatedness.
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age
n.
That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
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airy
a.
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
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accession
n.
A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
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antilithic
a.
Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.
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administratrix
n.
A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.
+
atake
v.t.
To overtake.
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attaint
v.
A touch or hit.
+
alkalious
a.
Alkaline.
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amornings
adv.
In the morning; every morning.
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adynamia
n.
Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.
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alimony
n.
Maintenance; means of living.
+
aleger
a.
Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
+
abstracted
imp.|p.p.
of Abstract
+
about
prep.
Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
+
amphigory
n.
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
+
arctic
n.
A warm waterproof overshoe.
+
amylene
n.
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.
+
answerer
n.
One who answers.
+
abiogenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.
+
abrenounce
v.t.
To renounce.
+
adversary
a.
Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
+
arm
v.i.
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
+
assamese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Assam.
+
affected
p.p.|a.
Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
+
arear
adv.
Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.
+
acquisitive
a.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
+
attach
v.t.
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
+
astond

of Astone
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ambassadorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
+
abalienation
n.
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.
+
anadiplosis
n.
A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."
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active
a.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
+
attainder
n.
The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.
+
antiperiodic
n.
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
+
anticatarrhal
a.
Efficacious against catarrh.
+
arian
a.|n.
See Aryan.
+
absorbency
n.
Absorptiveness.
+
aborted
a.
Brought forth prematurely.
+
acetaldehyde
n.
Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
+
anacanths
n.pl.
A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.
+
arachnoid
n.
The arachnoid membrane.
+
aestival
a.
Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.
+
authentic
n.
An original (book or document).
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aromatize
v.t.
To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.
+
appending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Append
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alewife
n.
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
+
avie
adv.
Emulously.
+
asterism
n.
A small cluster of stars.
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anxious
a.
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
+
assignable
a.
Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.
+
allocate
v.t.
To localize.
+
acutangular
a.
Acute-angled.
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adeno

Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
+
apery
n.
The practice of aping; an apish action.
+
anastomose
v.i.
To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
+
acetic
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
+
aloof
n.
Same as Alewife.
+
ambulate
v.i.
To walk; to move about.
+
agilely
adv.
In an agile manner; nimbly.
+
astricting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Astrict
+
allegorize
v.t.
To use allegory.
+
annal
n.
See Annals.
+
acceptable
a.
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
+
after
prep.
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
+
acclimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Acclimate
+
anxious
a.
Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
+
atrophy
v.t.
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
+
appete
v.t.
To seek for; to desire.
+
accost
n.
Address; greeting.
+
accessible
a.
Obtainable; to be got at.
+
altarwise
adv.
In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.
+
antiphrasis
n.
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
+
alterative
a.
Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.
+
adventitious
a.
Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
+
artificialness
n.
The quality of being artificial.
+
altar
n.
A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.
+
alexipharmacal
a.|n.
Alexipharmic.
+
appendicularia
n.
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
alongshore
adv.
Along the shore or coast.
+
asphyxia
n.
Alt. of Asphyxy
+
art union

An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.
+
annual
a.
Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.
+
areca
n.
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
+
assent
v.t.
To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.
+
afford
v.t.
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.
+
alisphenoidal
a.
Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.
+
another
pron.|a.
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
+
accuser
n.
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
+
ascent

The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
+
augustness
n.
The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
+
animater
n.
One who animates.
+
assistant
a.
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
+
abettor
n.
One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.
+
articulata
v.
One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
+
ave maria

Alt. of Ave Mary
+
atokous
a.
Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.
+
assertive
a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
+
assay
v.
To try tasting, as food or drink.
+
alley
n.
Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
+
accident
n.
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
+
anglemeter
n.
An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
+
antiperistasis
n.
Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
+
aeronautical
a.
Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing.
+
asphaltite
a.
Asphaltic.
+
acetifier
n.
An apparatus for hastening acetification.
+
advowson
n.
The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
+
annexion
n.
Annexation.
+
account
v.t.
To recount; to relate.
+
abdicate
v.t.
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
+
abacist
n.
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
+
asaphus
n.
A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
+
anteal
a.
Being before, or in front.
+
astern
adv.
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
+
areolar
a.
Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.
+
ambuscade
v.t.
To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
+
anelectrotonus
n.
The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
+
aroideous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.
+
attribute
v.t.
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
+
aberration
n.
A partial alienation of reason.
+
adherent
a.
Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
+
assailment
n.
The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
+
anacoluthon
n.
A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
+
accessorily
adv.
In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
+
affixed
imp.|p.p.
of Affix
+
aggerate
v.t.
To heap up.
+
audience
a.
An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.
+
adumbrate
v.t.
To overshadow; to shade.
+
audibly
adv.
So as to be heard.
+
alliance
n.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
+
arrow
n.
A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
+
am

The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
+
aviaries
pl.
of Aviary
+
arrow grass
n.
An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
+
about
adv.
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
+
air
n.
To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
+
attendant
n.
That which accompanies; a concomitant.
+
affeerer
n.
Alt. of Affeeror
+
agrarian
a.
Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
+
advisement
n.
Counsel; advice; information.
+
administrant
a.
Executive; acting; managing affairs.
+
altercating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Altercate
+
anthropic
a.
Alt. of Anthropical
+
affluent
a.
Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
+
arefaction
n.
The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
+
aesculin
n.
Same as Esculin.
+
aliseptal
a.
Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
+
approver
n.
One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
+
antisyphilitic
n.
A medicine for syphilis.
+
abuna
n.
The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
+
accoil
v.t.
To gather together; to collect.
+
amazonian
a.
Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
+
angular
n.
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
+
antihysteric
n.
A remedy for hysteria.
+
awake
a.
Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
+
anagogical
a.
Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.
+
aneroid
a.
Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.
+
attiguous
a.
Touching; bordering; contiguous.
+
awlshaped
a.
Subulate. See Subulate.
+
acquaint
v.t.
Acquainted.
+
adjunction
n.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
+
astarboard
adv.
Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
+
anticlinoria
pl.
of Anticlinorium
+
aforethought
a.
Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.
+
aver
v.t.
To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
+
abelonian
n.
One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.
+
astringed
imp.|p.p.
of Astringe
+
argent
n.
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.
+
assassinated
imp.|p.p.
of Assassinate
+
apprise
v.t.
To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
+
abject
a.
Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
+
autodafe
n.
A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
+
auxiliary
n.
A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
+
ask
v.i.
To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
+
esthetics
n.
The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
+
annulated
a.
Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
+
aped
imp.|p.p.
of Ape
+
atlas
n.
A collection of maps in a volume
+
ambulation
n.
The act of walking.
+
attempt
n.
A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
+
appetizing
a.
Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.
+
aspect
n.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
+
agama
n.
A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
+
anonymous
a.
Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
+
actuose
a.
Very active.
+
aery
a.
Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
+
aboutsledge
n.
The largest hammer used by smiths.
+
awing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Awe
+
amygdalate
n.
An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
+
aggregative
a.
Taken together; collective.
+
acquitment
n.
Acquittal.
+
album
n.
A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
+
awake
v.t.
To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
+
agatiferous
a.
Containing or producing agates.
+
areng
n.
Alt. of Arenga
+
aerognosy
n.
The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.
+
accadian
a.
Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
+
accept
v.t.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
+
astonishment
n.
The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
+
asterioidea
n.pl.
Alt. of Asteridea
+
areed
v.t.
To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
+
amorpha
n.
A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.
+
arrogative
a.
Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.
+
adiantum
n.
A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
+
apositic
a.
Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.
+
anthypochondriac
a.|n.
See Antihypochondriac.
+
adarce
n.
A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.
+
abraid
v.t.|i.
To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
+
allonge
v.
A thrust or pass; a lunge.
+
abate
v.t.
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
+
anaglyptographic
a.
Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.
+
asleep
a.|adv.
In the sleep of the grave; dead.
+
antipapal
a.
Opposed to the pope or to popery.
+
alamort
a.
To the death; mortally.
+
amaurotic
a.
Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.
+
allot
v.t.
To distribute by lot.
+
amorphous
a.
Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
+
anker
n.
A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.
+
alate
a.
Alt. of Alated
+
attack
n.
An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
+
awl
n.
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
+
agape
adv.|a.
Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
+
abbatical
a.
Abbatial.
+
antedate
n.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
+
applotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Applot
+
antorbital
a.
Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.
+
antedate
v.t.
To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
+
autogeneal
a.
Self-produced; autogenous.
+
approximate
a.
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
+
abased
a.
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
+
archimedean
a.
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
+
affected
p.p.|a.
Regarded with affection; beloved.
+
accumbent
n.
One who reclines at table.
+
applicative
a.
Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
+
allegorized
imp.|p.p.
of Allegorize
+
appetencies
pl.
of Appetency
+
agential
a.
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
+
ableness
n.
Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.
+
abider
n.
One who abides, or continues.
+
afghan
n.
A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
+
aspersorium
n.
A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
+
azurn
a.
Azure.
+
abduction
n.
The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
+
accolade
n.
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
+
abietine
n.
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
+
acupuncture
n.
The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
+
actionably
adv.
In an actionable manner.
+
axe

Alt. of Axeman
+
arhizal
a.
Alt. of Arhythmous
+
assiduous
a.
Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor.
+
allice
n.
Alt. of Allis
+
assinego
n.
See Asinego.
+
amphiprostyle
n.
An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
+
anticathode
n.
The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.
+
allineate
v.t.
To align.
+
absolvent
a.
Absolving.
+
aspergillum
n.
See Wateringpot shell.
+
aristotles lantern

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
+
axletree
n.
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
+
agrostographical
a.
Pertaining to agrostography.
+
attain
v.t.
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
+
auric
a.
Of or pertaining to gold.
+
associationist
n.
One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
+
alcoholic
n.
A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
+
anchylosed
imp.|p.p.
of Anchylose
+
attract
v.t.
To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.
+
altivolant
a.
Flying high.
+
arabesque
a.
Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
+
aberrational
a.
Characterized by aberration.
+
altern
a.
Acting by turns; alternate.
+
al
conj.
Although; if.
+
appellatory
a.
Containing an appeal.
+
amend
v.t.
by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
+
adverted
imp.|p.p.
of Advert
+
apron
n.
Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
+
anecdotical
a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.
+
allay
n.
Alloy.
+
aspect
n.
To behold; to look at.
+
amnestied
imp.p.p.
of Amnesty
+
audience
a.
The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
+
anemometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to anemometry.
+
applicatory
n.
That which applies.
+
age
n.
A long time.
+
air drill

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
+
assassinate
v.t.
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
+
accustomed
a.
Familiar through use; usual; customary.
+
appealing
a.
That appeals; imploring.
+
acetabulum
n.
A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
+
adaptation
n.
The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
+
alway
adv.
Always.
+
attask
v.t.
To take to task; to blame.
+
affray
v.t.
To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
+
ambiguousness
n.
Ambiguity.
+
annotatory
a.
Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations.
+
acrotarsium
n.
The instep or front of the tarsus.
+
adolescent
a.
Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.
+
amyloidal
a.
Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.
+
allurement
n.
The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
+
annalist
n.
A writer of annals.
+
artificer
n.
A cunning or artful fellow.
+
atticize
v.t.
To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
+
assaftida
n.
Same as Asafetida.
+
afformative
n.
An affix.
+
affusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Affuse
+
astrofell
n.
A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.
+
autochthony
n.
An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.
+
articulation
n.
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
+
acephali
n.pl.
Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
+
ampere
n.
Alt. of Ampere
+
amenance
n.
Behavior; bearing.
+
assonant
a.
Having a resemblance of sounds.
+
appropinquation
n.
A drawing nigh; approach.
+
augmentative
a.
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
+
ablins
adv.
Perhaps.
+
anteorbital
a.|n.
Same as Antorbital.
+
allegorize
v.t.
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
+
absence
n.
Want; destitution; withdrawal.
+
assay
v.
To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
+
allurer
n.
One who, or that which, allures.
+
astroite
n.
A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.
+
acropolitan
a.
Pertaining to an acropolis.
+
alantin
n.
See Inulin.
+
antichthon
n.
Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
+
aphetism
n.
An aphetized form of a word.
+
adjuvant
n.
A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
+
average
v.t.
To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
+
abasedly
adv.
Abjectly; downcastly.
+
approach
v.i.
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
+
abuse
v.t.
Physical ill treatment; injury.
+
aiglet
n.
A round white staylace.
+
amphitropous
a.
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
+
aerodynamic
a.
Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
+
alight
v.i.
To come or chance (upon).
+
age
n.
Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
+
abortive
v.
Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
+
assuring
a.
That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.
+
anglify
v.t.
To convert into English; to anglicize.
+
adaw
v.t.
To subdue; to daunt.
+
amalgam
n.
A native compound of mercury and silver.
+
appanage
n.
That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
+
apitpat
adv.
With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
+
allusion
n.
A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
+
apollo
n.
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus.
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axillaries
n.pl.
Alt. of Axillars
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acumination
n.
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
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articulate
v.i.
To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
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abstemious
a.
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
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atticism
n.
A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
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arrear
n.
That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
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articulated
a.
Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.
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allaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Allay
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amate
v.t.
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
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adornment
n.
An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
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artistical
a.
Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.
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apoise
adv.
Balanced.
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acre
n.
Any field of arable or pasture land.
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attempt
v.t.
To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
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azygous
a.
Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.
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animalcula
pl.
of Animalculum
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accent
n.
A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
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astrology
n.
In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.
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annotating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Annotate
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autocarpous
a.
Alt. of Autocarpian
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