| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| abalienate | verb t. | To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate., To estrange; to withdraw., To cause alienation of (mind). |
| abandoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Abandon |
| abannation | noun | Alt. of Abannition |
| abannition | noun | Banishment. |
| abbreviate | verb t. | To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken., To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction., Abbreviated; abridged; shortened., Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type., An abridgment. |
| abdicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Abdicate |
| abdication | noun | 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. |
| abdicative | adjective | Causing, or implying, abdication. |
| abdominals | plural | of Abdominal |
| abdominous | adjective | Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. |
| aberration | noun | The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type., A partial alienation of reason., 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., 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., The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it., The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. |
| aberuncate | verb t. | To weed out. |
| abhorrence | noun | Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike. |
| abhorrency | noun | Abhorrence. |
| abhorrible | adjective | Detestable. |
| abiogenist | noun | One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. |
| abiogenous | adjective | Produced by spontaneous generation. |
| abirritant | noun | A medicine that diminishes irritation. |
| abirritate | verb t. | To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate. |
| abjectness | noun | The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. |
| abjudicate | verb t. | To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. |
| abjunctive | adjective | Exceptional. |
| abjuration | noun | 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., A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. |
| abjuratory | adjective | Containing abjuration. |
| abjurement | noun | Renunciation. |
| ablaqueate | verb t. | To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. |
| ablastemic | adjective | Non-germinal. |
| ablegation | noun | The act of sending abroad. |
| abnegating | present participle & vb. noun | of Abnegate |
| abnegation | noun | a denial; a renunciation. |
| abnegative | adjective | Denying; renouncing; negative. |
| abnodation | noun | The act of cutting away the knots of trees. |
| abnormally | adverb | In an abnormal manner; irregularly. |
| abolishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Abolish |
| abominable | adjective | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable., Excessive; large; — used as an intensive. |
| abominably | adverb | In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. |
| abominated | imp. & past participle | of Abominate |
| aboriginal | adjective | First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America., Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood., An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines., An animal or a plant native to the region. |
| aborigines | noun pl. | The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races., The original fauna and flora of a geographical area |
| aborsement | noun | Abortment; abortion. |
| aborticide | noun | The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. |
| abortional | adjective | Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. |
| abortively | adverb | In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly. |
| aboveboard | adverb | Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. |
| abranchial | adjective | Abranchiate. |
| abrenounce | verb t. | To renounce. |
| abridgment | noun | The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses., An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation., That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. |
| abrogating | present participle & vb. noun | of Abrogate |
| abrogation | noun | The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. |
| abrogative | adjective | Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law. |
| abruptness | noun | The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness., Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner. |
| abscession | noun | A separating; removal; also, an abscess. |
| abscission | noun | The act or process of cutting off., The state of being cut off., 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.” |
| absconding | present participle & vb. noun | of Abscond |
| absentment | noun | The state of being absent; withdrawal. |
| absentness | noun | The quality of being absent-minded. |
| absey-book | noun | An A-B-C book; a primer. |
| absinthate | noun | A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical. |
| absinthial | adjective | Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian. |
| absinthian | noun | Of the nature of wormwood. |
| absinthism | noun | The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth. |
| absinthium | noun | The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood. |
| absistence | noun | A standing aloof. |
| absolutely | adverb | In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively. |
| absolution | noun | An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense., An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent., The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven., An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, — for example, excommunication., The form of words by which a penitent is absolved., Delivery, in speech. |
| absolutism | noun | The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism., Doctrine of absolute decrees. |
| absolutist | noun | One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government., One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute., Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles. |
| absolutory | adjective | Serving to absolve; absolving. |
| absolvable | adjective | That may be absolved. |
| absorbable | adjective | Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. |
| absorbedly | adverb | In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged. |
| absorbency | noun | Absorptiveness. |
| absorption | noun | 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., An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc., In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs., Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment. |
| absorptive | adjective | Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. |
| absque hoc | The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated. | |
| abstaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Abstain |
| abstemious | adjective | Abstaining from wine., Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions., Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet., Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life., Promotive of abstemiousness. |
| abstention | adjective | The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. |
| abstergent | adjective | Serving to cleanse, detergent., A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent. |
| abstersion | noun | Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. |
| abstersive | adjective | Cleansing; purging., Something cleansing. |
| abstinence | noun | 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., The practice of self-denial by depriving one’s self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat. |
| abstinency | noun | Abstinence. |
| abstracted | imp. & past participle | of Abstract, Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart., Separated from matter; abstract; ideal., Abstract; abstruse; difficult., Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind. |
| abstracter | noun | One who abstracts, or makes an abstract. |
| abstractly | adverb | In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered. |
| abstrusely | adverb | In an abstruse manner. |
| abstrusion | noun | The act of thrusting away. |
| abstrusity | noun | Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. |
| absumption | noun | Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. |
| absurdness | noun | Absurdity. |
| abundantly | adverb | In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure. |
| abyssinian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Abyssinia., A native of Abyssinia., A member of the Abyssinian Church. |
| academical | adjective | Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy., Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. |
| acalephans | plural | of Acalephan |
| acalephoid | adjective | Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes. |
| acanthuses | plural | of Acanthus |
| 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., A time indication, equivalent to alla breve. | |
| acatalepsy | noun | Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability. |
| accelerate | verb t. | To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; — opposed to retard., To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc., To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. |
| accendible | adjective | Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. |
| accentless | adjective | Without accent. |
| accentuate | verb t. | To pronounce with an accent or with accents., To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize., To mark with the written accent. |
| acceptable | adjective | 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. |
| acceptably | adverb | In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. |
| acceptance | noun | 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., State of being accepted; acceptableness., 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., The bill itself when accepted., 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., An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law., Meaning; acceptation. |
| acceptancy | noun | Acceptance. |
| acceptedly | adverb | In a accepted manner; admittedly. |
| accessible | adjective | Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person., Open to the influence of; — with to., Obtainable; to be got at. |
| accessibly | adverb | In an accessible manner. |
| accidental | adjective | Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit., Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play., A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally., 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., A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. |
| accipenser | noun | See Acipenser. |
| accipiters | plural | of Accipiter |
| accipitres | plural | of Accipiter, 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. |
| accipitral | noun | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. |
| acclimated | imp. & past participle | of Acclimate |
| accomplice | noun | A cooperator., An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. |
| accomplish | verb t. | To complete, as time or distance., 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., To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish., To gain; to obtain. |
| accomptant | noun | See Accountant. |
| accordable | adjective | Agreeing., Reconcilable; in accordance. |
| accordance | noun | Agreement; harmony; conformity. |
| accordancy | noun | Accordance. |
| accordment | verb | Agreement; reconcilement. |
| accostable | adjective | Approachable; affable. |
| accoucheur | noun | A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician. |
| accounting | present participle & vb. noun | of Account |
| accountant | noun | One who renders account; one accountable., A reckoner., One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts., Accountable. |
| accoutered | imp. & past participle | of Accoutre |
| accoutring | of Accoutre | |
| accredited | imp. & past participle | of Accredit |
| accrescent | adjective | Growing; increasing., Growing larger after flowering. |
| accubation | noun | The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. |
| accumbency | noun | The state of being accumbent or reclining. |
| accumulate | verb t. | To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money., To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly., Collected; accumulated. |
| accurately | adverb | In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. |
| accusation | noun | The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense., That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. |
| accusative | adjective | Producing accusations; accusatory., 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., The accusative case. |
| accusatory | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. |
| accusement | noun | Accusation. |
| accusingly | adverb | In an accusing manner. |
| accustomed | imp. & past participle | of Accustom, Familiar through use; usual; customary., Frequented by customers. |
| acephalist | noun | One who acknowledges no head or superior. |
| acephalous | adjective | Headless., Without a distinct head; — a term applied to bivalve mollusks., Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries., Without a leader or chief., Wanting the beginning., Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. |
| acerbitude | noun | Sourness and harshness. |
| acervation | noun | A heaping up; accumulation. |
| acervative | adjective | Heaped up; tending to heap up. |
| acervuline | adjective | Resembling little heaps. |
| acetabular | adjective | Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. |
| acetabulum | noun | A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc., The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone., The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body., A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals., The large posterior sucker of the leeches., One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. |
| acetarious | adjective | Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. |
| acetifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Acetify |
| acetimeter | noun | An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. |
| acetimetry | noun | The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. |
| acetometer | noun | Same as Acetimeter. |
| acherontic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. |
| achievable | adjective | Capable of being achieved. |
| achievance | noun | Achievement. |
| achromatic | adjective | Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors., Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; — said of tissue. |
| achromatin | noun | Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. |
| aciculated | adjective | Furnished with aciculae., Acicular., Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. |
| acidifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Acidify |
| acidimeter | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. |
| acidimetry | noun | 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. |
| acidulated | imp. & past participle | of Acidulate |
| acinaceous | adjective | Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. |
| acolothist | noun | See Acolythist. |
| acolyctine | noun | An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum. |
| acolythist | noun | An acolyte. |
| acondylous | adjective | Being without joints; jointless. |
| acotyledon | noun | A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. |
| acoustical | adjective | Of or pertaining to acoustics. |
| acquainted | imp. & past participle | of Acquaint, Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t. |
| acquiesced | imp. & past participle | of Acquiesce |
| acquirable | adjective | Capable of being acquired. |
| acquisitor | noun | One who acquires. |
| acquitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Acquit |
| acquitment | noun | Acquittal. |
| acrimonies | plural | of Acrimony |
| acroamatic | adjective | Alt. of Acroamatical |
| acrobatism | noun | Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting. |
| acrogenous | adjective | Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. |
| acrolithan | adjective | Alt. of Acrolithic |
| acrolithic | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith. |
| acromegaly | noun | Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face. |
| acronychal | adjective | Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; — opposed to cosmical. |
| acropodium | noun | The entire upper surface of the foot. |
| acrostical | noun | Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. |
| acroterial | adjective | Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments. |
| acroterium | noun | 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., One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade. |
| acrotomous | adjective | Having a cleavage parallel with the base. |
| actiniform | adjective | Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone. |
| actinolite | noun | A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses. |
| actinology | noun | The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays. |
| actinomere | noun | One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata. |
| actinosome | noun | The entire body of a coelenterate. |
| actinozoal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa. |
| actinozoon | noun | One of the Actinozoa. |
| actionable | adjective | That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. |
| actionably | adverb | In an actionable manner. |
| actionless | adjective | Void of action. |
| activeness | noun | The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity. |
| activities | plural | of Activity |
| actualness | noun | Quality of being actual; actuality. |
| acturience | noun | Tendency or impulse to act. |
| aculeiform | adjective | Like a prickle. |
| aculeolate | adjective | Having small prickles or sharp points. |
| adactylous | adjective | Without fingers or without toes., Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). |
| adamantean | adjective | Of adamant; hard as adamant. |
| adamantine | adjective | Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains., Like the diamond in hardness or luster. |
| adaptation | noun | The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness., The result of adapting; an adapted form. |
| adaptative | adjective | Adaptive. |
| adaptorial | adjective | Adaptive. |
| adder fly/ | A dragon fly. | |
| addibility | noun | The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. |
| additament | noun | An addition, or a thing added. |
| additional | adjective | Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition., Something added. |
| addle-head | noun | Alt. of Addle-pate |
| addle-pate | noun | A foolish or dull-witted fellow. |
| addressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Address |
| addression | noun | The act of addressing or directing one’s course. |
| adelantado | noun | A governor of a province; a commander. |
| adenotomic | adjective | Pertaining to adenotomy. |
| adequately | adverb | In an adequate manner. |
| adequation | noun | The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. |
| adfiliated | adjective | See Affiliated. |
| adherently | adverb | In an adherent manner. |
| adhesively | adverb | In an adhesive manner. |
| adhibition | noun | The act of adhibiting; application; use. |
| ad hominem | A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. | |
| adiactinic | adjective | Not transmitting the actinic rays. |
| ad interim | Meanwhile; temporary. | |
| adipescent | adjective | Becoming fatty. |
| adjacently | adverb | So as to be adjacent. |
| adjectival | adjective | Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. |
| adjectived | imp. & past participle | of Adjective |
| adjourning | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjourn |
| adjudgment | noun | The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. |
| adjudicate | verb t. | To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree., To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. |
| adjunction | noun | The act of joining; the thing joined or added. |
| adjunctive | adjective | Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct., One who, or that which, is joined. |
| adjuration | noun | The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal., The form of oath or appeal. |
| adjuratory | adjective | Containing an adjuration. |
| adjustable | adjective | Capable of being adjusted. |
| adjustment | noun | The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation., Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling., 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. |
| adlegation | noun | 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. |
| ad libitum | At one’s pleasure; as one wishes. | |
| adlocution | noun | See Allocution. |
| admeasurer | noun | One who admeasures. |
| administer | verb 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., To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament., To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc., To tender, as an oath., To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor., To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister., To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B., Administrator. |
| admiration | noun | Wonder; astonishment., 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., Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. |
| admirative | adjective | Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. |
| admissible | adjective | Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. |
| admittable | adjective | Admissible. |
| admittance | noun | The act of admitting., Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception., Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument., Admissibility., The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. |
| admittatur | noun | The certificate of admission given in some American colleges. |
| admittedly | adverb | Confessedly. |
| admonished | imp. & past participle | of Admonish |
| admonisher | noun | One who admonishes. |
| admonition | noun | Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. |
| admonitive | adjective | Admonitory. |
| admonitory | adjective | That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. |
| admonitrix | noun | A female admonitor. |
| adolescent | adjective | Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity., A youth. |
| adornation | noun | Adornment. |
| adorningly | adverb | By adorning; decoratively. |
| adrogation | noun | A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation. |
| adroitness | noun | The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. |
| adulatress | noun | A woman who flatters with servility. |
| adulterant | noun | That which is used to adulterate anything., Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes. |
| adulterate | verb t. | To defile by adultery., To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc., To commit adultery., Tainted with adultery., Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. |
| adulteress | noun | A woman who commits adultery., A woman who violates her religious engagements. |
| adulterine | adjective | Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal., An illegitimate child. |
| adulterize | verb i. | To commit adultery. |
| adulterous | adjective | Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit., Characterized by adulteration; spurious. |
| adulteries | plural | of Adultery |
| 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. | |
| advantaged | imp. & past participle | of Advantage |
| adventured | imp. & past participle | of Adventure |
| adventurer | noun | One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises., A social pretender on the lookout for advancement. |
| adversaria | noun pl. | A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| advertence | Alt. of Advertency | |
| advertency | The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. | |
| advertised | imp. & past participle | of Advertise |
| advertiser | noun | One who, or that which, advertises. |
| advisement | noun | Counsel; advice; information., Consideration; deliberation; consultation. |
| advocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Advocate |
| advocation | noun | The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy., Advowson., The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. |
| advocatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to an advocate. |
| advolution | noun | A rolling toward something. |
| advoutress | noun | An adulteress. |
| aedileship | noun | The office of an aedile. |
| aegicrania | noun pl. | Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams’ heads or skulls. |
| aeolotropy | noun | Difference of quality or property in different directions. |
| aeriferous | adjective | Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube. |
| aerobiotic | adjective | Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen. |
| aerography | noun | A description of the air or atmosphere; aerology. |
| aerologist | noun | One versed in aerology. |
| aerometric | adjective | Of or pertaining to aerometry; as, aerometric investigations. |
| aeronautic | adjective | Alt. of Aeronautical |
| aerophobia | noun | Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aerosphere | noun | The atmosphere. |
| aerostatic | adjective | Alt. of Aerostatical |
| aeruginous | adjective | Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper. |
| aesthetics | noun | Alt. of Esthetics |
| affability | noun | The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. |
| affectedly | adverb | In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality., Lovingly; with tender care. |
| affectible | adjective | That may be affected. |
| affectuous | adjective | Full of passion or emotion; earnest. |
| affeerment | noun | The act of affeering. |
| affettuoso | adverb | With feeling. |
| affiancing | present participle / vb. noun | of Affiance |
| affiliable | adjective | Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin. |
| affiliated | imp. & past participle | of Affiliate |
| affinitive | adjective | Closely connected, as by affinity. |
| affinities | plural | of Affinity |
| affirmable | adjective | Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; — followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man. |
| affirmance | noun | Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act., A strong declaration; affirmation. |
| afflicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Afflict, Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. — Af*flict”ing*ly, adv. |
| affliction | noun | The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief., The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. |
| afflictive | adjective | Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. |
| affluently | adverb | Abundantly; copiously. |
| affordable | adjective | That may be afforded. |
| affordment | noun | Anything given as a help; bestowal. |
| affrayment | noun | Affray. |
| affriction | noun | The act of rubbing against. |
| affriended | past participle | Made friends; reconciled. |
| affrighted | imp. & past participle | of Affright |
| affrighten | verb t. | To frighten. |
| affrighter | noun | One who frightens. |
| affronting | present participle & vb. noun | of Affront |
| affrontive | adjective | Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. |
| aforecited | adjective | Named or quoted before. |
| aforegoing | adjective | Going before; foregoing. |
| aforenamed | adjective | Named before. |
| a fortiori | With stronger reason. | |
| africander | noun | 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. |
| africanism | noun | A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans. |
| africanize | verb t. | To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. |
| afterbirth | noun | The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery. |
| after damp | An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid. | |
| after-glow | noun | A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. |
| aftergrass | noun | The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath. |
| afterguard | noun | The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. |
| after-note | noun | One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note. |
| afterpains | noun pl. | The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. |
| afterpiece | noun | A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment., The heel of a rudder. |
| aftershaft | noun | The hypoptilum. |
| aftertaste | noun | A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking. |
| afterwards | adverb | Alt. of Afterward |
| againstand | verb t. | To withstand. |
| agalactous | adjective | Lacking milk to suckle with. |
| agallochum | noun | 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. |
| agamically | adverb | In an agamic manner. |
| aggeration | noun | A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand. |
| aggrandize | verb t. | To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress., To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; — applied to persons, countries, etc., To make appear great or greater; to exalt., To increase or become great. |
| aggravated | imp. & past participle | of Aggravate |
| aggregated | imp. & past participle | of Aggregate |
| aggregator | noun | One who aggregates. |
| aggressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Aggress |
| aggression | noun | 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.” |
| aggressive | adjective | Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. |
| aggrieving | present participle & vb. noun | of Aggrieve |
| aggrouping | present participle & vb. noun | of Aggroup |
| agitatedly | adverb | In an agitated manner. |
| aglutition | noun | Inability to swallow. |
| agnoiology | noun | The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant. |
| agnominate | verb t. | To name. |
| agonistics | noun | The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games. |
| agonothete | noun | An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. |
| agreeingly | adverb | In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. |
| agrestical | adjective | Agrestic. |
| agricolist | noun | A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. |
| agricultor | noun | An agriculturist; a farmer. |
| agronomics | noun | The science of the distribution and management of land. |
| agronomist | noun | One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. |
| agroupment | noun | See Aggroupment. |
| agrypnotic | noun | Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee. |
| ahorseback | adverb | On horseback. |
| ailuroidea | noun pl. | A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| air engine | An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. | |
| air jacket | A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. | |
| 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. | |
| alabastrum | noun | A flower bud. |
| albescence | noun | The act of becoming white; whitishness. |
| albication | noun | The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks. |
| albigenses | noun pl. | Alt. of Albigeois |
| albinistic | adjective | Affected with albinism. |
| albumenize | verb t. | To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper. |
| albuminate | noun | 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. |
| albuminoid | adjective | Resembling albumin., One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. |
| albuminose | noun | A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone., Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. |
| albuminous | adjective | Alt. of Albuminose |
| alcarrazas | plural | of Alcarraza |
| alchemical | adjective | Of or relating to alchemy. |
| alcoholate | noun | A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. |
| alcoholism | noun | A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors. |
| alcoholize | verb t. | To reduce to a fine powder., To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol. |
| alcoometry | noun | See Alcoholometry. |
| alcoranist | noun | One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. |
| alcyonacea | noun pl. | A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun pl. | One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| aldermancy | noun | The office of an alderman. |
| aldermanic | adjective | Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. |
| aldermanly | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, an alderman., Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. |
| aldermanry | noun | The district or ward of an alderman., The office or rank of an alderman. |
| ale-knight | noun | A pot companion. |
| ale silver | A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city. | |
| alexanders | noun | Alt. of Alisanders |
| alisanders | noun | A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; — called also horse parsely. |
| alexiteric | adjective | Alt. of Alexiterical, A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. |
| alfa grass | noun | A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. |
| algebraist | noun | One versed in algebra. |
| algebraize | verb t. | To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form. |
| algologist | noun | One learned about algae; a student of algology. |
| alhambraic | adjective | Alt. of Alhambresque |
| alienating | present participle & vb. noun | of Alienate |
| alienation | noun | The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated., A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another., A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections., Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. |
| aliethmoid | adjective | Alt. of Aliethmoidal |
| alimentary | adjective | Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. |
| alimonious | adjective | Affording food; nourishing. |
| alineation | noun | See Allineation., Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. |
| alkalamide | noun | 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. |
| alkalified | imp. & past participle | of Alkalify |
| alkalinity | noun | The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. |
| alkalizate | adjective | Alkaline., To alkalizate. |
| alkalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Alkalize |
| alkaloidal | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali. |
| alkoranist | noun | Same as Alcoranist. |
| 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 /. | |
| all-a-mort | adjective | See Alamort. |
| allegation | noun | The act of alleging or positively asserting., That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment, 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. |
| allegeable | adjective | Capable of being alleged or affirmed. |
| allegeance | noun | Allegation. |
| allegement | noun | Allegation. |
| allegiance | noun | 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., Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science. |
| allegorist | noun | One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory. |
| allegorize | verb t. | To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people., 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., To use allegory. |
| allegories | plural | of Allegory |
| allegresse | noun | Joy; gladsomeness. |
| allegretto | adjective | Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro., A movement in this time. |
| allemannic | adjective | See Alemannic. |
| alleviated | imp. & past participle | of Alleviate |
| alleviator | noun | One who, or that which, alleviates. |
| allhallond | noun | Allhallows. |
| allhallows | noun | All the saints (in heaven)., All Saints’ Day, November 1st. |
| allhallown | adjective | Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). |
| alliaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions. |
| alliciency | noun | Attractive power; attractiveness. |
| alligation | noun | The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached., A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values. |
| allignment | noun | See Alignment. |
| alliterate | verb t. | To employ or place so as to make alliteration., To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. |
| allocation | noun | The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement., An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company., The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; — a term used in the English exchequer. |
| allochroic | adjective | Changeable in color. |
| allocution | noun | The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words., An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. |
| allodially | adverb | By allodial tenure. |
| allogamous | adjective | Characterized by allogamy. |
| allomerism | noun | Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form. |
| allomerous | adjective | Characterized by allomerism. |
| allonymous | adjective | Published under the name of some one other than the author. |
| allopathic | adjective | Of or pertaining to allopathy. |
| allophylic | adjective | Alt. of Allophylian |
| allotheism | noun | The worship of strange gods. |
| allotropic | adjective | Alt. of Allotropical |
| allottable | adjective | Capable of being allotted. |
| alloxanate | noun | A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. |
| alloxantin | noun | A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. |
| all saints | Alt. of All Saints’ | |
| allurement | noun | The act alluring; temptation; enticement., 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. |
| allusively | adverb | Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation. |
| almacantar | noun | Same as Almucantar., A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar. |
| alma mater | A college or seminary where one is educated. | |
| almightful | adjective | Alt. of Almightiful |
| almightily | adverb | With almighty power. |
| almsgiving | noun | The giving of alms. |
| almucantar | noun | 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. |
| aloes wood | See Agalloch. | |
| alongshore | adverb | Along the shore or coast. |
| alpenstock | noun | A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. |
| alpestrine | adjective | Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. |
| alphabetic | adjective | Alt. of Alphabetical |
| alphonsine | adjective | Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). |
| altarpiece | noun | The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. |
| altazimuth | noun | An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously. |
| alteration | noun | The act of altering or making different., The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. |
| alterative | adjective | Causing ateration., Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health., A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. |
| altercated | imp. & past participle | of Altercate |
| alternated | imp. & past participle | of Alternate |
| altisonant | adjective | High-sounding; lofty or pompous. |
| altisonous | adjective | Altisonant. |
| altivolant | adjective | Flying high. |
| altogether | adverb | All together; conjointly., Without exception; wholly; completely. |
| altruistic | adjective | Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; — opposed to egoistic or selfish. |
| aluminated | adjective | Combined with alumina. |
| 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. | |
| alum stone | A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite. | |
| alutaceous | adjective | Leathery., Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow. |
| amalgamate | verb t. | To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury., To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another., To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver., To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate., Alt. of Amalgamated |
| amalgamize | verb t. | To amalgamate. |
| amanuenses | plural | of Amanuensis |
| amanuensis | noun | A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. |
| amaranthus | noun | Alt. of Amarantus |
| amasthenic | adjective | Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. |
| amateurish | adjective | In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. |
| amateurism | noun | The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. |
| amatorious | adjective | Amatory. |
| amazedness | noun | The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. |
| ambaginous | adjective | Ambagious. |
| ambagitory | adjective | Ambagious. |
| ambassador | noun | Alt. of Embassador |
| amber fish | A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.) | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| amber tree | A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. | |
| ambidexter | adjective | Using both hands with equal ease., A person who uses both hands with equal facility., A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes., A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. |
| ambigenous | adjective | Of two kinds., Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid. |
| ambilevous | adjective | Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; — opposed to ambidexter. |
| ambiparous | adjective | Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; — applied to a bud. |
| amblygonal | adjective | Obtuse-angled. |
| ambulacral | adjective | Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. |
| ambulacrum | noun | 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., One of the suckers on the feet of mites. |
| ambulation | noun | The act of walking. |
| ambulative | adjective | Walking. |
| ambulatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal., Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places., Pertaining to a walk., Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator., A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. |
| ambuscaded | imp. & past participle | of Ambuscade |
| ambushment | verb t. | An ambush. |
| ameliorate | verb t. | To make better; to improve; to meliorate., To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. |
| amendatory | adjective | Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. |
| amentiform | adjective | Shaped like a catkin. |
| amerceable | adjective | Liable to be amerced. |
| amercement | noun | 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.] |
| ametabolic | adjective | Alt. of Ametabolous |
| amethodist | noun | One without method; a quack. |
| amiability | noun | The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. |
| amianthoid | adjective | Resembling amianthus. |
| ammoniacal | adjective | Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. |
| ammoniated | adjective | Combined or impregnated with ammonia. |
| ammunition | noun | Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense., Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc., Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative., To provide with ammunition. |
| amnestying | present participle & vb. noun | of Amnesty |
| amnicolist | noun | One who lives near a river. |
| amnigenous | adjective | Born or bred in, of, or near a river. |
| amoebiform | adjective | Alt. of Amoeboid |
| a-mornings | adverb | In the morning; every morning. |
| amorphozoa | noun pl. | Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. |
| amphiaster | noun | 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. |
| amphibious | adjective | Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants., Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water., Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures. |
| amphibiums | plural | of Amphibium |
| amphibolic | adjective | Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal., Of or resembling the mineral amphibole. |
| amphibrach | noun | 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. |
| amphigonic | adjective | Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. |
| amphigoric | adjective | Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory. |
| amphimacer | noun | A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas. |
| amphineura | noun pl. | A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. |
| amphipodan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. |
| amphirhina | noun pl. | A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double. |
| amphoteric | adjective | Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. |
| amplectant | adjective | Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. |
| ampliation | noun | Enlargement; amplification., A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument. |
| ampliative | adjective | Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. |
| amplifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Amplify |
| ampullated | adjective | Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied. |
| amputating | present participle & vb. noun | of Amputate |
| amputation | noun | The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body. |
| amygdalate | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds., An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds., A salt amygdalic acid. |
| amygdaline | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. |
| amygdaloid | noun | 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., Alt. of Amygdaloidal |
| amylaceous | adjective | Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy. |
| amylolytic | adjective | Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. |
| anabaptism | noun | The doctrine of the Anabaptists. |
| anabaptist | noun | A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy. |
| anabaptize | verb t. | To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. |
| anacamptic | adjective | Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). |
| anacardium | noun | A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. |
| anachorism | noun | An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. |
| anachronic | adjective | Alt. of Anachronical |
| anaclastic | adjective | Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves., Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. |
| anacrotism | noun | A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. |
| anadromous | adjective | Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc., Tending upwards; — said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. |
| anaerobies | noun pl. | Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. |
| anaglyphic | adjective | Alt. of Anaglyphical, Work chased or embossed relief. |
| anaglyptic | adjective | Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief. |
| anagogical | adjective | 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. |
| analogical | adjective | Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy., Having analogy; analogous. |
| analytical | adjective | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; — opposed to synthetic. |
| analyzable | adjective | That may be analyzed. |
| anamnestic | adjective | Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies. |
| anamniotic | adjective | Without, or not developing, an amnion. |
| anapaestic | Same as Anapest, Anapestic. | |
| anaplastic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anaplasty. |
| anaptychus | noun | One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites. |
| anarchical | adjective | Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions. |
| anarthrous | adjective | Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive., Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects. |
| anasarcous | adjective | Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. |
| anastaltic | adjective & noun | Styptic. |
| anastomose | verb i. | To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. |
| anastrophe | noun | An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed. |
| anatomical | adjective | Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. |
| anatomized | imp. & past participle | of Anatomize |
| anatomizer | noun | A dissector. |
| anatreptic | adjective | Overthrowing; defeating; — applied to Plato’s refutative dialogues. |
| anatropous | adjective | Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; — opposed to orthotropous. |
| ancestress | noun | A female ancestor. |
| anchorable | adjective | Fit for anchorage. |
| anchoretic | adjective | Alt. of Anchoretical |
| anchorless | adjective | Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled. |
| anchylosed | imp. & past participle | of Anchylose |
| anchylosis | noun | Alt. of Ankylosis |
| anchylotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anchylosis. |
| ancipitous | adjective | Two-edged instead of round; — said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves. |
| ancistroid | adjective | Hook-shaped. |
| andabatism | noun | Doubt; uncertainty. |
| andalusite | noun | 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. |
| androecium | noun | The stamens of a flower taken collectively. |
| androgynal | adjective | Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic., Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. |
| androphagi | noun pl. | Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. |
| androphore | noun | A support or column on which stamens are raised., The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. |
| androspore | noun | A spore of some algae, which has male functions. |
| anecdotage | noun | Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. |
| anecdotist | noun | One who relates or collects anecdotes. |
| anelectric | adjective | Not becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to idioelectric., A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. |
| anemograph | noun | An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. |
| anemometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. |
| anemometry | noun | The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. |
| anemoscope | noun | 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. |
| anenterous | adjective | Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. |
| anesthesia | adjective | Alt. of Anesthetic |
| anesthetic | adjective | Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic. |
| aneurismal | adjective | Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. |
| anfracture | noun | A mazy winding. |
| angeiology | Alt. of Angeiotomy | |
| angeiotomy | Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc. | |
| angel fish | See under Angel. | |
| angelology | noun | A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. |
| angioscope | noun | An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. |
| angiosperm | noun | A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. |
| anglemeter | noun | An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata. |
| anglicized | imp. & past participle | of Anglicize |
| anglifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Anglify |
| anglomania | noun | A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc. |
| 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. | |
| anguineous | adjective | Snakelike. |
| angularity | noun | The quality or state of being angular; angularness. |
| angulation | noun | A making angular; angular formation. |
| angulosity | noun | A state of being angulous or angular. |
| angwantibo | noun | A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. |
| anharmonic | adjective | Not harmonic. |
| anhelation | noun | Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. |
| anhungered | adjective | Ahungered; longing. |
| animadvert | verb i. | To take notice; to observe; — commonly followed by that., To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; — with on or upon., To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. |
| animalcule | noun | A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc., An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. |
| animalcula | plural | of Animalculum |
| animalized | imp. & past participle | of Animalize |
| animalness | noun | Animality. |
| animatedly | adverb | With animation. |
| anisomeric | adjective | Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions. |
| anisotrope | adjective | Alt. of Anisotropic |
| annalistic | adjective | Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. |
| annelidous | adjective | Of the nature of an annelid. |
| annexation | verb 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., 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. |
| annihilate | verb t. | To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be., 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., 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., Annihilated. |
| annominate | verb t. | To name. |
| annotating | present participle & vb. noun | of Annotate |
| annotation | noun | 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. |
| annotative | adjective | Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. |
| annotatory | adjective | Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. |
| annotinous | adjective | A year old; in Yearly growths. |
| announcing | present participle & vb. noun | of Announce |
| annularity | noun | Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. |
| annulation | noun | A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. |
| annullable | adjective | That may be Annulled. |
| annumerate | verb t. | To add on; to count in. |
| annunciate | verb t. | To announce., Foretold; preannounced. |
| anointment | noun | The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. |
| anomaliped | adjective | Alt. of Anomalipede, One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. |
| anonaceous | adjective | Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. |
| answerable | adjective | 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., Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer., Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable., Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it., Equal; equivalent; adequate. |
| answerably | adverb | In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably. |
| answerless | adjective | Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. |
| antagonism | noun | Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. |
| antagonist | noun | One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent., A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it., A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues., Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy. |
| antagonize | verb t. | To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract., To act in opposition. |
| antanagoge | noun | A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. |
| antarchism | noun | Opposition to government in general. |
| antarchist | noun | One who opposes all government. |
| ant-cattle | noun | Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips. |
| antecedent | adjective | Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause., Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability., That which goes before in time; that which precedes., One who precedes or goes in front., The earlier events of one’s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history., 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., The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move., The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die., 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. |
| antecessor | noun | One who goes before; a predecessor., An ancestor; a progenitor. |
| antechapel | noun | The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. |
| antecursor | noun | A forerunner; a precursor. |
| antedating | present participle & vb. noun | of Antedate |
| antemosaic | adjective | Being before the time of Moses. |
| antenicene | adjective | Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. |
| antenumber | noun | A number that precedes another. |
| antepenult | noun | Alt. of Antepenultima |
| anteriorly | adverb | In an anterior manner; before. |
| antetemple | noun | The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church. |
| anthemwise | adverb | Alternately. |
| antheridia | plural | of Antheridium |
| anthomania | noun | A extravagant fondness for flowers. |
| anthophore | noun | The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. |
| anthracene | noun | 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. |
| anthracite | noun | 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. |
| anthracoid | adjective | Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe. |
| anthropoid | adjective | Resembling man; — applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla., An anthropoid ape. |
| antibromic | noun | An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. |
| antichrist | noun | A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ’s second coming. |
| antichthon | noun | A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun., Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. |
| anticipant | adjective | Anticipating; expectant; — with of. |
| anticipate | verb t. | To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action., 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., To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired., 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. |
| anticivism | noun | Opposition to the body politic of citizens. |
| anticlimax | noun | 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. |
| anticlinal | adjective | Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal., The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. |
| antic-mask | noun | An antimask. |
| antidotary | adjective | Antidotal. |
| antiemetic | adjective / noun | Same as Antemetic. |
| antilithic | adjective | Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed., An antilithic medicine. |
| antilogous | adjective | Of the contrary name or character; — opposed to analogous. |
| antilogies | plural | of Antilogy |
| antiloimic | noun | A remedy against the plague. |
| antilopine | adjective | Of or relating to the antelope. |
| antilyssic | adjective & noun | Antihydrophobic. |
| antimonate | noun | A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. |
| antimonial | adjective | Of or pertaining to antimony., A preparation or medicine containing antimony. |
| antimonite | noun | A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical., Stibnite. |
| antinomian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory., 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. |
| antinomist | noun | An Antinomian. |
| antinomies | plural | of Antinomy |
| antiochian | adjective | Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers., Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. |
| antipathic | adjective | Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic. |
| antiphonal | adjective | Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs., A book of antiphons or anthems. |
| antiphoner | noun | A book of antiphons. |
| antiphonic | adjective | Antiphonal. |
| antipodean | adjective | Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. |
| antipsoric | adjective | Of use in curing the itch., An antipsoric remedy. |
| antiptosis | noun | The putting of one case for another. |
| antipyrine | noun | An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever. |
| antiquated | adjective | Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. |
| antirenter | noun | 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. |
| antiscians | noun pl. | Alt. of Antiscii |
| antiscolic | adjective | Anthelmintic. |
| antiseptic | adjective | Alt. of Antiseptical, A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. |
| antisocial | adjective | Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. |
| antitheism | noun | The doctrine of antitheists. |
| antitheist | noun | A disbeliever in the existence of God. |
| antitheses | plural | of Antithesis |
| antithesis | noun | 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.”, The second of two clauses forming an antithesis., Opposition; contrast. |
| antithetic | adjective | Alt. of Antithetical |
| antitoxine | noun | 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. |
| anti-trade | noun | A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
| antitragus | noun | A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear. |
| antitropal | adjective | Alt. of Antitropous |
| antitypous | adjective | Resisting blows; hard. |
| antoecians | noun pl | Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator. |
| antonomasy | noun | Antonomasia. |
| antorbital | adjective | Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit., The antorbital bone. |
| antrustion | noun | A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises |
| 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., See Ant bird, under Ant. | |
| anywhither | adverb | To or towards any place. |
| apagogical | adjective | Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. |
| apalachian | adjective | See Appalachian. |
| apanthropy | noun | An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude. |
| aphaeresis | noun | Same as Apheresis. |
| 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). | |
| aphorismic | adjective | Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism. |
| aphorismer | noun | A dealer in aphorisms. |
| aphoristic | adjective | Alt. of Aphoristical |
| aphroditic | adjective | Venereal. |
| apiculated | adjective | Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. |
| apiculture | noun | Rearing of bees for their honey and wax. |
| apiologist | noun | A student of bees. |
| aplacental | adjective | Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. |
| aplanatism | noun | Freedom from spherical aberration. |
| apocalypse | noun | 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., Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. |
| apocarpous | adjective | Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; — opposed to syncarpous. |
| apocopated | adjective | Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. |
| apocrustic | adjective | Astringent and repellent., An apocrustic medicine. |
| apocryphas | plural | of Apocrypha |
| apocryphal | adjective | Pertaining to the Apocrypha., Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. |
| apocyneous | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type. |
| apodeictic | adjective | Alt. of Apodictical |
| apolaustic | adjective | Devoted to enjoyment. |
| apollonian | adjective | Alt. of Apollonic |
| apologetic | adjective | Alt. of Apologetical |
| apologized | imp. & past participle | of Apologize |
| apologizer | noun | One who makes an apology; an apologist. |
| apomorphia | noun | Alt. of Apomorphine |
| apopemptic | adjective | Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns. |
| apophthegm | noun | See Apothegm., A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. |
| apoplectic | adjective | Alt. of Apoplectical, One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy. |
| aporetical | adjective | Doubting; skeptical. |
| apostasies | plural | of Apostasy |
| apostatize | verb 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. |
| apostemate | verb i. | To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. |
| apostolate | noun | The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship., The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. |
| apostrophe | noun | 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.”, 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., 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. |
| apotactite | noun | One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions. |
| apothecary | noun | One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. |
| apothecium | noun | The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes. |
| apotheoses | plural | of Apotheosis |
| apotheosis | noun pl. | The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, “the gods;” deification., Glorification; exaltation. |
| apozemical | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. |
| appallment | noun | Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. |
| appanagist | noun | A prince to whom an appanage has been granted. |
| apparelled | of Apparel | |
| appareling | present participle & vb. noun | of Apparel |
| apparently | adverb | Visibly., Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently., Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. |
| apparition | noun | The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility., The thing appearing; a visible object; a form., An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom., The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; — opposed to occultation. |
| appealable | adjective | Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable., That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. |
| appearance | noun | The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me., A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky., Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien., 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., 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., Probability; likelihood., 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. |
| appeasable | adjective | Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. |
| appellable | adjective | Appealable. |
| appellancy | noun | Capability of appeal. |
| appendaged | adjective | Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage. |
| appendance | noun | Something appendant. |
| appendence | noun | Alt. of Appendency |
| appendency | noun | State of being appendant; appendance. |
| appendical | adjective | Of or like an appendix. |
| appendicle | noun | A small appendage. |
| appendixes | plural | of Appendix |
| appendices | plural | of Appendix |
| apperceive | verb t. | To perceive; to comprehend. |
| appetition | noun | Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. |
| appetitive | adjective | Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. |
| appetizing | adjective | Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food., So as to excite appetite. |
| applauding | present participle & vb. noun | of Applaud |
| applausive | adjective | Expressing applause; approbative. |
| apple-jack | noun | Apple brandy. |
| apple-john | noun | A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; — called also Johnapple. |
| applicable | adjective | Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. |
| applicancy | noun | The quality or state of being applicable. |
| applotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Applot |
| applotment | noun | Apportionment. |
| appointing | present participle & vb. noun | of Appoint |
| appointive | adjective | Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. |
| apposition | noun | The act of adding; application; accretion., The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed., 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. |
| appositive | adjective | Of or relating to apposition; in apposition., A noun in apposition. |
| appraising | present participle & vb. noun | of Appraise |
| appreciant | adjective | Appreciative. |
| appreciate | verb t. | To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value., To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; — opposed to depreciate., To be sensible of; to distinguish., To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] |
| apprentice | noun | 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., One not well versed in a subject; a tyro., A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years’ standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant., To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. |
| approached | imp. & past participle | of Approach |
| approacher | noun | One who approaches. |
| approbator | noun | One who approves. |
| approvable | adjective | Worthy of being approved; meritorious. |
| approvance | noun | Approval. |
| approvedly | adverb | So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. |
| aprication | noun | Basking in the sun. |
| aquamarine | noun | A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl. |
| aquiferous | adjective | Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system. |
| aquiparous | adjective | Secreting water; — applied to certain glands. |
| aquitanian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony. |
| arabesqued | adjective | Ornamented in the style of arabesques. |
| arachnidan | noun | One of the Arachnida. |
| arachnitis | noun | Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. |
| araeometer | See Areometer. | |
| araeostyle | adjective & noun | See Intercolumniation. |
| araneoidea | noun pl. | See Araneina. |
| araneiform | adjective | Having the form of a spider. |
| araucarian | adjective | Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. |
| arbalester | noun | Alt. of Arbalister |
| arbalister | noun | A crossbowman. |
| arbitrable | verb t. | Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. |
| arbitrated | imp. & past participle | of Arbitrate |
| arbitrator | noun | A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration., One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. |
| arboricole | adjective | Tree-inhabiting; — said of certain birds. |
| arboriform | adjective | Treelike in shape. |
| arbor vine | A species of bindweed. | |
| arbuscular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. |
| arcboutant | noun | A flying buttress. |
| archaistic | adjective | Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism. |
| archaizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Archaize |
| archbishop | noun | 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. |
| arch brick | A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch. | |
| archbutler | noun | A chief butler; — an officer of the German empire. |
| archchemic | adjective | Of supreme chemical powers. |
| archdeacon | noun | In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. |
| archeology | adjective | Alt. of Archeological |
| archership | noun | The art or skill of an archer. |
| archetypal | adjective | Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. |
| archimagus | noun | The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire., A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. |
| archimedes | noun | An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw. |
| architrave | noun | The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column., The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form. |
| archonship | noun | The office of an archon. |
| archontate | noun | An archon’s term of office. |
| archpriest | noun | A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean. |
| arch stone | A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir. | |
| arcubalist | noun | A crossbow. |
| ardentness | noun | Ardency. |
| arefaction | noun | The act of drying, or the state of growing dry. |
| arenaceous | adjective | Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone. |
| arenarious | adjective | Sandy; as, arenarious soil. |
| arenilitic | adjective | Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. |
| areolation | noun | Division into areolae., 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. |
| areometric | adjective | Alt. of Areometrical |
| areopagist | noun | See Areopagite. |
| areopagite | noun | A member of the Areopagus. |
| argonautic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Argonauts. |
| argumental | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative. |
| argus-eyed | adjective | Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted. |
| argutation | noun | Caviling; subtle disputation. |
| arguteness | noun | Acuteness. |
| arhythmous | adjective | See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous. |
| arietation | noun | The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram., Act of striking or conflicting. |
| ariolation | noun | A soothsaying; a foretelling. |
| aristarchy | noun | Severely criticism., Severe criticism. |
| aristocrat | noun | One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble., One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person., One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. |
| aristology | noun | The science of dining. |
| aristulate | adjective | Having a short beard or awn. |
| arithmancy | noun | Divination by means of numbers. |
| arithmetic | noun | The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures., A book containing the principles of this science. |
| armadillos | plural | of Armadillo |
| armiferous | adjective | Bearing arms or weapons. |
| armigerous | adjective | Bearing arms. |
| armipotent | adjective | Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. |
| armisonant | adjective | Alt. of Armisonous |
| armisonous | adjective | Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. |
| aromatical | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. |
| aromatized | imp. & past participle | of Aromatize |
| aromatizer | noun | One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. |
| arpentator | noun | The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor. |
| arragonite | noun | See Aragonite. |
| arraigning | present participle & vb. noun | of Arraign |
| arrestment | noun | 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., A stoppage or check. |
| arrhythmic | adjective | Alt. of Arrhythmous |
| arrogantly | adverb | In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance. |
| arrogating | present participle & vb. noun | of Arrogate |
| arrogation | noun | The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to., Adoption of a person of full age. |
| arrogative | adjective | Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. |
| arsenicate | verb t. | To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic. |
| arsenicism | noun | A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic. |
| arseniuret | noun | See Arsenide. |
| arsmetrike | noun | Arithmetic. |
| artfulness | noun | The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft. |
| arthroderm | noun | The external covering of an Arthropod. |
| arthrodial | adjective | Alt. of Arthrodic |
| arthrology | noun | That part of anatomy which treats of joints. |
| arthromere | noun | One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca. |
| arthropoda | noun pl. | A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. |
| arthrozoic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate. |
| articulary | noun | A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. |
| articulata | verb | One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers., One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge., A subdivision of the Crinoidea. |
| articulate | adjective | Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars., Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants., Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words., An animal of the subkingdom Articulata., To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly., To treat or make terms., To join or be connected by articulation., To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints., To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify., To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language., To express distinctly; to give utterance to. |
| artificial | adjective | 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., Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine., Artful; cunning; crafty., Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses. |
| artistical | adjective | 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. |
| artotyrite | noun | 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.] |
| arundelian | adjective | Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624. |
| asafoetida | noun | 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. |
| asarabacca | noun | An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. |
| ascendable | adjective | Capable of being ascended. |
| ascendancy | noun | Alt. of Ascendance |
| ascendance | noun | Same as Ascendency. |
| ascendency | noun | Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. |
| ascendible | adjective | Capable of being ascended; climbable. |
| ascessancy | adjective | Alt. of Ascessant |
| asceticism | noun | The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics. |
| ascidiform | adjective | Shaped like an ascidian. |
| ascigerous | adjective | Having asci. |
| ascococcus | noun | 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. |
| ascribable | adjective | Capable of being ascribed; attributable. |
| ascription | noun | The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed. |
| asiaticism | noun | Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics. |
| asiphonate | adjective | Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; — said of many bivalve shells., An asiphonate mollusk. |
| asiphonata | noun pl. | Alt. of Asiphonida |
| asiphonida | noun pl. | A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. |
| aspalathus | noun | A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil., A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. |
| asparagine | noun | 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. |
| aspectable | adjective | Capable of being; visible. |
| asperating | present participle & vb. noun | of Asperate |
| asperation | noun | The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. |
| asperities | plural | of Asperity |
| aspersoria | plural | of Aspersorium |
| asphaltite | adjective | Asphaltic., Asphaltic. |
| asphyxiate | verb t. | To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.] |
| aspirating | present participle & vb. noun | of Aspirate |
| aspiration | noun | The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound., The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration., The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire. |
| aspiratory | adjective | Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air |
| aspirement | noun | Aspiration. |
| assaf/tida | noun | Same as Asafetida. |
| assailable | adjective | Capable of being assailed. |
| assailment | noun | The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. |
| assaulting | present participle & vb. noun | of Assault |
| assecution | noun | An obtaining or acquiring. |
| assemblage | noun | The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association., A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas. |
| assembling | present participle & vb. noun | of Assemble |
| assemblies | plural | of Assembly |
| assentator | noun | An obsequious; a flatterer. |
| assentient | adjective | Assenting. |
| assentment | noun | Assent; agreement. |
| assessable | adjective | Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property. |
| assessment | noun | 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., 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., The specific sum levied or assessed., An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a “call”). |
| asseverate | verb t. | To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. |
| assibilate | verb t. | To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. |
| assientist | noun | A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. |
| assignable | adjective | Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity. |
| assignment | noun | An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court., 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., The writing by which an interest is transferred., The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. |
| assimilate | verb t. | To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between., To liken; to compa/e., 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., To become similar or like something else., To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body., To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others. |
| assimulate | verb t. | To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble., To assimilate. |
| assistance | noun | The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support., An assistant or helper; a body of helpers., Persons present. |
| assistless | adjective | Without aid or help. |
| assithment | noun | See Assythment. |
| associable | adjective | Capable of being associated or joined., Sociable; companionable., Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; — said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. |
| associated | imp. & past participle | of Associate, Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined. |
| associator | noun | An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. |
| assoilment | noun | Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal., A soiling; defilement. |
| assonantal | adjective | Assonant. |
| assortment | noun | Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes., A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted., A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods. |
| assumption | noun | The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one’s self; the act of taking up or adopting., The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim., The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition., The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism., The taking of a person up into heaven., A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven. |
| assumptive | adjective | Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. |
| assurgency | noun | Act of rising. |
| assythment | noun | Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. |
| astarboard | adverb | Over to the starboard side; — said of the tiller. |
| astaticism | noun | The state of being astatic. |
| asteriated | adjective | Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire. |
| asteridian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea., A starfish; one of the Asterioidea. |
| asteriscus | noun | The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes. |
| asteroidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids. |
| asthenopia | noun | Weakness of sight. |
| astigmatic | adjective | Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses. |
| astipulate | verb i. | To assent. |
| astomatous | adjective | Alt. of Astomous |
| astonished | imp. & past participle | of Astonish |
| astounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Astound, Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. |
| astragalar | adjective | Of or pertaining to the astragalus. |
| astragalus | noun | The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle., 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., See Astragal, 1. |
| astricting | present participle & vb. noun | of Astrict |
| astriction | noun | The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation., A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy., Constipation., Astringency., An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. |
| astrictive | adjective | Binding; astringent., An astringent. |
| astrictory | adjective | Astrictive. |
| astringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Astringe |
| astringent | adjective | Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; — opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit., Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue., A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. |
| astrognosy | noun | The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars. |
| astrolater | noun | A worshiper of the stars. |
| astrolatry | noun | The worship of the stars. |
| astrologer | noun | One who studies the stars; an astronomer., One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars. |
| astrologic | adjective | Alt. of Astrological |
| astrometer | noun | An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars. |
| astrometry | noun | The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. |
| astronomer | noun | An astrologer., 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. |
| astronomic | adjective | Astronomical. |
| astroscope | noun | An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated. |
| astroscopy | noun | Observation of the stars. |
| astructive | adjective | Building up; constructive; — opposed to destructive. |
| asymmetral | adjective | Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. |
| asymmetric | adjective | Alt. of Asymmetrical |
| asynartete | adjective | Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted. |
| asystolism | noun | The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole. |
| athalamous | adjective | Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens. |
| athanasian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. |
| athermancy | noun | Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. |
| atlantides | noun pl. | The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas. |
| atmologist | noun | One who is versed in atmology. |
| atmosphere | noun | 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., Any gaseous envelope or medium., A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies., 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., Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition., 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. |
| atomically | adverb | In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy. |
| atrabiliar | adjective | Melancholy; atrabilious. |
| atramental | adjective | Alt. of Atramentous |
| atrocities | plural | of Atrocity |
| attachable | adjective | Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept. |
| attachment | noun | 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., That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle., 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.)., A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process., The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking. |
| attackable | adjective | Capable of being attacked. |
| attainable | adjective | 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., Obtainable. |
| attainment | noun | The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts., That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments. |
| attainting | present participle & vb. noun | of Attaint |
| attainture | noun | Attainder; disgrace. |
| attaminate | verb t. | To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate. |
| attempered | imp. & past participle | of Attemper |
| attemperly | adverb | Temperately. |
| attempting | present participle & vb. noun | of Attempt |
| attemptive | adjective | Disposed to attempt; adventurous. |
| attendance | verb t. | Attention; regard; careful application., The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence., Waiting for; expectation., The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. |
| attendancy | noun | The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. |
| attendment | noun | An attendant circumstance. |
| attenuated | imp. & past participle | of Attenuate, Made thin or slender., Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. |
| attirement | noun | Attire; adornment. |
| attornment | noun | 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. |
| attracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Attract, That attracts. |
| attractile | adjective | Having power to attract. |
| attraction | noun | 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., The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction., The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence., That which attracts; an attractive object or feature. |
| attractive | adjective | Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies., Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing., That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement. |
| attributed | imp. & past participle | of Attribute |
| auctionary | adjective | Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. |
| auctioneer | noun | 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., To sell by auction; to auction. |
| aucupation | noun | Birdcatching; fowling. |
| audibility | noun | The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity. |
| audiometer | noun | An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale. |
| auditorial | adjective | Auditory. |
| auditorium | noun | The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience. |
| augmenting | present participle & vb. noun | of Augment |
| auguration | noun | The practice of augury. |
| augustness | noun | The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. |
| auriculars | noun pl. | A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds. |
| auriculate | adjective | Alt. of Auriculated |
| auriferous | adjective | Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. |
| auriflamme | noun | See Oriflamme. |
| aurigation | noun | The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. |
| aurigraphy | noun | The art of writing with or in gold. |
| aurivorous | adjective | Gold-devouring. |
| auscultate | verb i. & t. | To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation. |
| auspicious | adjective | Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning., Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years., Favoring; favorable; propitious; — applied to persons or things. |
| australian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Australia., A native or an inhabitant of Australia. |
| australize | verb i. | To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. |
| authentics | noun | A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; — so called on account of its authenticity. |
| authorized | imp. & past participle | of Authorize, Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent., Sanctioned by authority. |
| authorizer | noun | One who authorizes. |
| authorless | adjective | Without an author; without authority; anonymous. |
| authorship | noun | The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author., Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs. |
| autochthon | noun | 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., That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. |
| autocratic | adjective | Alt. of Autocratical |
| autocrator | noun | An autocrat. |
| auto-da-fe | noun | A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses., 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., A session of the court of Inquisition. |
| auto-de-fe | noun | Same as Auto-da-fe. |
| autodidact | noun | One who is self-taught; an automath. |
| autogamous | adjective | Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized. |
| autogeneal | adjective | Self-produced; autogenous. |
| autogenous | adjective | Self-generated; produced independently., Developed from an independent center of ossification. |
| autography | noun | The science of autographs; a person’s own handwriting; an autograph., A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. |
| automatism | noun | 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. |
| automatons | plural | of Automaton |
| automatous | adjective | Automatic. |
| autonomasy | noun | 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.” |
| autonomous | adjective | Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government., Having independent existence or laws. |
| autoplasty | noun | 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. |
| autopsical | adjective | Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. |
| autopsorin | noun | That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient’s own virus. |
| autoptical | adjective | Seen with one’s own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience. |
| autostylic | adjective | Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia. |
| autotheism | noun | The doctrine of God’s self-existence., Deification of one’s self; self-worship. |
| autotheist | noun | One given to self-worship. |
| auxiliarly | adverb | By way of help. |
| avaricious | adjective | Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. |
| avenaceous | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. |
| avengeance | noun | Vengeance. |
| avengement | noun | The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. |
| avengeress | noun | A female avenger. |
| aventurine | noun | 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., A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. |
| aversation | noun | A turning from with dislike; aversion. |
| averseness | noun | The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. |
| avertiment | noun | Advertisement. |
| avicularia | noun pl. | See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird’s bill. |
| aviculture | noun | Rearing and care of birds. |
| avidiously | adverb | Eagerly; greedily. |
| avouchable | adjective | Capable of being avouched. |
| avouchment | noun | The act of avouching; positive declaration. |
| awakenment | noun | An awakening. |
| away-going | adjective | Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of crops. |
| awe-struck | adjective | Struck with awe. |
| awlessness | noun | The quality of being awless. |
| awl-shaped | adjective | Shaped like an awl., Subulate. See Subulate. |
| axillaries | noun pl. | Alt. of Axillars |
| axinomancy | noun | A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet. |
| 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. | |
| azobenzene | noun | A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible. |
| azotometer | noun | An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer. |