| 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. |