| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| aaron’s rod | A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two., A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. | |
| abacination | noun | The act of abacinating. |
| abandonedly | adverb | Unrestrainedly. |
| abandonment | noun | The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment., The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against., The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc., The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion., Careless freedom or ease; abandon. |
| abbreviated | imp. & past participle | of Abbreviate, Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate. |
| abbreviator | noun | One who abbreviates or shortens., One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. |
| abdominales | plural | of Abdominal, A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. |
| abdominalia | noun pl. | A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| abecedarian | noun | One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro., One engaged in teaching the alphabet., Alt. of Abecedary |
| aberuncator | noun | A weeding machine. |
| abhominable | adjective | Abominable. |
| abhorrently | adverb | With abhorrence. |
| abiogenesis | noun | The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; — called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis. |
| abiogenetic | adjective | Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. |
| abiological | adjective | Pertaining to the study of inanimate things. |
| ablactation | noun | The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam., The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach. |
| ablatitious | adjective | Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. |
| able-bodied | adjective | Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. |
| able-minded | adjective | Having much intellectual power. |
| ablutionary | adjective | Pertaining to ablution. |
| abnormality | noun | The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity., Something abnormal. |
| abnormities | plural | of Abnormity |
| abolishable | adjective | Capable of being abolished. |
| abolishment | noun | The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. |
| abominating | present participle & vb. noun | of Abominate |
| abomination | noun | The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination., That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution., A cause of pollution or wickedness. |
| abortionist | noun | One who procures abortion or miscarriage. |
| above-cited | adjective | Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing. |
| above-named | adjective | Mentioned or named before; aforesaid. |
| abracadabra | noun | A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abrahamitic | adjective | Alt. of ical |
| abraham-man | noun | Alt. of Abram-man |
| abranchiata | noun pl. | A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abranchiate | adjective | Without gills. |
| abscondence | noun | Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. |
| absentation | noun | The act of absenting one’s self. |
| absenteeism | noun | The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one’s self from the country or district where one’s estate is situated. |
| absinthiate | verb t. | To impregnate with wormwood. |
| absolvatory | adjective | Conferring absolution; absolutory. |
| absorbition | noun | Absorption. |
| abstentious | adjective | Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. |
| abstinently | adverb | With abstinence. |
| abstracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Abstract |
| abstraction | adjective | The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal., The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects., An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions., A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit’s abstraction., Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects., The taking surreptitiously for one’s own use part of the property of another; purloining., A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. |
| abstractive | adjective | Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. |
| absurdities | plural | of Absurdity |
| abusiveness | noun | The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. |
| academicals | noun pl. | The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities. |
| academician | noun | A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts., A collegian. |
| academicism | noun | A tenet of the Academic philosophy., A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. |
| acalysinous | adjective | Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. |
| acarpellous | adjective | Having no carpels. |
| acatalectic | adjective | Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse., A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. |
| acataleptic | adjective | Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible. |
| acaulescent | adjective | Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. |
| accelerando | adjective | Gradually accelerating the movement. |
| accelerated | imp. & past participle | of Accelerate |
| accelerator | noun | One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves. |
| accentuable | adjective | Capable of being accented. |
| accentually | adverb | In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. |
| accentuated | imp. & past participle | of Accentuate |
| acceptation | noun | Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable., The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. |
| accessarily | adverb | In the manner of an accessary. |
| accessaries | plural | of Accessary |
| accessional | adjective | Pertaining to accession; additional. |
| accessorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt. |
| accessorily | adverb | In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary. |
| accessories | plural | of Accessory |
| accipitrine | adjective | Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike. |
| acclamation | noun | A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause., A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. |
| acclamatory | adjective | Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. |
| acclimating | present participle & vb. noun | of Acclimate |
| acclimation | noun | The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. |
| acclimatize | verb t. | To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. |
| acclimature | noun | The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. |
| acclivitous | adjective | Acclivous. |
| acclivities | plural | of Acclivity |
| accommodate | verb t. | To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances., To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc., To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings., To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events., To adapt one’s self; to be conformable or adapted., Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. |
| accompanier | noun | He who, or that which, accompanies. |
| accompanist | noun | The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. |
| accompanied | imp. & past participle | of Accompany |
| accomptable | adjective | See Accountable. |
| accordantly | adverb | In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; — followed by with or to. |
| accordingly | adverb | Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable., In natural sequence; consequently; so. |
| accorporate | verb t. | To unite; to attach; to incorporate. |
| accoucheuse | noun | A midwife. |
| accountable | adjective | Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct., Capable of being accounted for; explicable. |
| accountably | adverb | In an accountable manner. |
| accountancy | noun | The art or employment of an accountant. |
| accoutering | present participle & vb. noun | of Accoutre |
| accrediting | present participle & vb. noun | of Accredit |
| accrescence | noun | Continuous growth; an accretion. |
| accriminate | verb t. | To accuse of a crime. |
| accumulated | imp. & past participle | of Accumulate |
| accumulator | noun | One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses., An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc., A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. |
| accusatival | adjective | Pertaining to the accusative case. |
| accustoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Accustom |
| accustomary | adjective | Usual; customary. |
| acetanilide | noun | A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; — called also antifebrine. |
| acharnement | noun | Savage fierceness; ferocity. |
| achievement | noun | The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object., A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat., An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. |
| achlamydate | adjective | Not possessing a mantle; — said of certain gastropods. |
| achromatism | noun | The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. |
| achromatize | verb t. | To deprive of color; to make achromatic. |
| aciculiform | adjective | Needle-shaped; acicular. |
| acidiferous | adjective | Containing or yielding an acid. |
| acidifiable | adjective | Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. |
| acidulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Acidulate |
| acinaciform | adjective | Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. |
| acinetiform | adjective | Resembling the Acinetae. |
| acknowledge | verb t. | To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one’s belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God., To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to., To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter., To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed. |
| aconddylose | adjective | Alt. of Acondylous |
| acorn-shell | noun | One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle. |
| acoustician | noun | One versed in acoustics. |
| acquainting | present participle & vb. noun | of Acquaint |
| acquaintant | noun | An acquaintance. |
| acquiescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Acquiesce |
| acquiescent | adjective | Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. |
| acquirement | noun | The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. |
| acquisition | noun | The act or process of acquiring., The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. |
| acquisitive | adjective | Acquired., Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. |
| acquittance | noun | The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability., A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand., To acquit. |
| acrimonious | adjective | Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall., Caustic; bitter-tempered’ sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. |
| acrocarpous | adjective | Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk., Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. |
| acrocephaly | noun | Loftiness of skull. |
| acronycally | adverb | In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. |
| acronyctous | adjective | Acronycal. |
| acropolitan | adjective | Pertaining to an acropolis. |
| acrosporous | adjective | Having acrospores. |
| acrotarsium | noun | The instep or front of the tarsus. |
| actinograph | noun | An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. |
| actinolitic | adjective | Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite. |
| actinometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun’s rays., An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light. |
| actinometry | noun | The measurement of the force of solar radiation., The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light. |
| actinostome | noun | The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal. |
| actualities | plural | of Actuality |
| acumination | noun | A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. |
| acupressure | noun | A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. |
| acupuncture | noun | Pricking with a needle; a needle prick., The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes., To treat with acupuncture. |
| acutangular | adjective | Acute-angled. |
| acutilobate | adjective | Having acute lobes, as some leaves. |
| adaptedness | noun | The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness. |
| additionary | adjective | Additional. |
| addititious | adjective | Additive. |
| addle-brain | noun | Alt. of Addle-pate |
| addle-pated | adjective | Dull-witted; stupid. |
| adenography | noun | That part of anatomy which describes the glands. |
| adfiliation | noun | See Affiliation. |
| adhortation | noun | Advice; exhortation. |
| adhortatory | adjective | Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. |
| adiaphorism | noun | Religious indifference. |
| adiaphorist | noun | One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. |
| adiaphorite | noun | Same as Adiaphorist. |
| adiaphorous | adjective | Indifferent or neutral., Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. |
| adiathermic | adjective | Not pervious to heat. |
| adipocerate | verb t. | To convert into adipocere. |
| adipocerous | adjective | Like adipocere. |
| adiposeness | noun | Alt. of Adiposity |
| adjectional | adjective | Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. |
| adjectiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjective |
| adjectively | adverb | In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. |
| adjournment | noun | The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day., The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business. |
| adjudicated | imp. & past participle | of Adjudicate |
| adjudicator | noun | One who adjudicates. |
| admarginate | verb t. | To write in the margin. |
| admaxillary | adjective | Near to the maxilla or jawbone. |
| adminicular | adjective | Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. |
| admiralship | noun | The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral. |
| admiralties | plural | of Admiralty |
| admonishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Admonish |
| adnubilated | adjective | Clouded; obscured. |
| adolescence | noun | The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals. |
| adolescency | noun | The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness. |
| adoptionist | noun | One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. |
| adorability | noun | Adorableness. |
| adscriptive | adjective | Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. |
| adstrictory | adjective | See Astrictory. |
| adstringent | adjective | See Astringent. |
| adulterated | imp. & past participle | of Adulterate |
| adulterator | noun | One who adulterates or corrupts. |
| adumbration | noun | The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth., A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing., The shadow or outlines of a figure. |
| adumbrative | adjective | Faintly representing; typical. |
| advancement | verb t. | The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning., An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5., Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution., Settlement on a wife, or jointure. |
| advantaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Advantage |
| adventuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Adventure |
| adventuress | noun | A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means. |
| adventurous | noun | Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; — applied to persons., Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; — applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song. |
| adverbially | adverb | In the manner of an adverb. |
| adversaries | plural | of Adversary |
| adversative | adjective | Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force., An adversative word. |
| adverseness | noun | The quality or state of being adverse; opposition. |
| adversities | plural | of Adversity |
| advertising | present participle & vb. noun | of Advertise |
| advisedness | noun | Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. |
| advisership | noun | The office of an adviser. |
| aeolotropic | adjective | Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic. |
| aerodynamic | adjective | Pertaining to the force of air in motion. |
| aerographer | noun | One versed in aeography: an aerologist. |
| aerographic | adjective | Alt. of Aerographical |
| aerological | adjective | Of or pertaining to aerology. |
| aeronautics | noun | The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning. |
| aerostatics | noun | The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aeronautics. |
| aerostation | noun | Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air., The science of weighing air; aerostatics. |
| aesculapian | adjective | Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal. |
| aesculapius | noun | The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. |
| aesthesodic | adjective | Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; — said of nerves. |
| aesthetical | adjective | Of or Pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc. |
| aesthetican | noun | One versed in aesthetics. |
| aestivation | noun | The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; — opposed to hibernation., The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. |
| affableness | noun | Affability. |
| affectation | noun | An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show., A striving after., Fondness; affection. |
| affectingly | adverb | In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions. |
| affectional | adjective | Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature. |
| affectioned | adjective | Disposed., Affected; conceited. |
| affectively | adverb | In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally. |
| affiliating | present participle & vb. noun | of Affiliate |
| affiliation | noun | Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society., The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation., Connection in the way of descent. |
| affirmation | noun | Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law., The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; — opposed to negation or denial., That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality., A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. |
| affirmative | adjective | Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law., That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering “yes” to a question; — opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote., Positive; dogmatic., Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition., Positive; — a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted., That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; — opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative., A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. |
| affirmatory | adjective | Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. |
| afforcement | noun | A fortress; a fortification for defense., A reenforcement; a strengthening. |
| afformative | noun | An affix. |
| affranchise | verb t. | To make free; to enfranchise. |
| affreighter | noun | One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. |
| affrighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Affright |
| affrightful | adjective | Terrifying; frightful. |
| affrontedly | adverb | Shamelessly. |
| aftergrowth | noun | A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. |
| after-image | noun | The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc. |
| after-sails | noun | The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. |
| aganglionic | adjective | Without ganglia. |
| agatiferous | adjective | Containing or producing agates. |
| agglomerate | verb t. | To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass., To collect in a mass., Alt. of Agglomerated, A collection or mass., A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; — distinguished from conglomerate. |
| agglutinant | adjective | Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion., Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere. |
| agglutinate | verb t. | To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances., United with glue or as with glue; cemented together., Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2. |
| aggrandized | imp. & past participle | of Aggrandize |
| aggrandizer | noun | One who aggrandizes, or makes great. |
| aggravating | present participle & vb. noun | of Aggravate, Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances., Exasperating; provoking; irritating. |
| aggravation | noun | The act of aggravating, or making worse; — used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences., Exaggerated representation., An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity., Provocation; irritation. |
| aggravative | adjective | Tending to aggravate., That which aggravates. |
| aggregating | present participle & vb. noun | of Aggregate |
| aggregately | adverb | Collectively; in mass. |
| aggregation | noun | The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. |
| aggregative | adjective | Taken together; collective., Gregarious; social. |
| aggrievance | noun | Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. |
| aggroupment | noun | Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping. |
| agnosticism | noun | That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies., The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); — opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. |
| agonistical | adjective | Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. |
| agonizingly | adverb | With extreme anguish or desperate struggles. |
| agonothetic | adjective | Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. |
| agrammatist | noun | A illiterate person. |
| agrarianism | noun | An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. |
| agrarianize | verb t. | To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. |
| agriculture | noun | The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. |
| agriologist | noun | One versed or engaged in agriology. |
| agronomical | Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. | |
| agrostology | noun | That part of botany which treats of the grasses. |
| aguardiente | noun | A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal., A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. |
| aid-de-camp | noun | An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements. |
| aiguillette | noun | A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet., One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms. |
| air bladder | An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus., A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting. | |
| air chamber | A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant., A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine. | |
| air-slacked | adjective | Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime. |
| alabastrian | adjective | Alabastrine. |
| alabastrine | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs. |
| alacriously | adverb | With alacrity; briskly. |
| alamodality | noun | The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. |
| albigensian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. |
| albugineous | adjective | Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; — a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white. |
| albumenized | imp. & past participle | of Albumenize |
| albuminuria | noun | A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcalimeter | noun | See Alkalimeter. |
| alchemistic | adjective | Alt. of Alchemistical |
| alchemistry | noun | Alchemy. |
| alchymistic | noun | Alt. of Alchymy |
| alcoholized | imp. & past participle | of Alcoholize |
| alcohometer | adjective | Alt. of Alcohometric |
| aldermanity | noun | Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen., The state of being an alderman. |
| alectorides | noun pl. | A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants. |
| alethiology | noun | The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. |
| alethoscope | noun | An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations. |
| aleuromancy | noun | Divination by means of flour. |
| aleurometer | noun | An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. |
| alexandrian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library., Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. |
| alexandrine | adjective | Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian., A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. |
| algarovilla | noun | The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebraical | adjective | Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings. |
| algological | adjective | Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens. |
| alimentally | adverb | So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. |
| alisphenoid | adjective | Alt. of Alisphenoidal, The alisphenoid bone. |
| aliturgical | adjective | Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. |
| alkalescent | adjective | Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline. |
| alkalifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Alkalify |
| alkalimeter | noun | An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture. |
| alkalimetry | noun | The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures. |
| allantoidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the allantois. |
| allantoidea | noun pl. | The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| allectation | noun | Enticement; allurement. |
| allegorical | adjective | Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. |
| allegorized | imp. & past participle | of Allegorize |
| allegorizer | noun | One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist. |
| alleviating | present participle & vb. noun | of Alleviate |
| alleviation | noun | The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief., That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. |
| alleviative | adjective | Tending to alleviate., That which alleviates. |
| alleviatory | adjective | Alleviative. |
| allineation | noun | Alt. of Alineation |
| alliterator | noun | One who alliterates. |
| allochroite | noun | See Garnet. |
| allochroous | adjective | Changing color. |
| allodialism | noun | The allodial system. |
| allodialist | noun | One who holds allodial land. |
| allogeneous | adjective | Different in nature or kind. |
| allomorphic | adjective | Of or pertaining to allomorphism. |
| allopathist | noun | One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy. |
| allophylian | adjective | Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. |
| allotropism | noun | Alt. of Allotropy |
| allotropize | verb t. | To change in physical properties but not in substance. |
| allowancing | imp. & past participle | of Allowance |
| all saints’ | The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival. | |
| almightiful | adjective | All-powerful; almighty. |
| almonership | noun | The office of an almoner. |
| alphabetics | noun | The science of representing spoken sounds by letters. |
| alphabetism | noun | The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. |
| alphabetize | verb t. | To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words., To furnish with an alphabet. |
| altercating | present participle & vb. noun | of Altercate |
| altercation | noun | Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. |
| altercative | adjective | Characterized by wrangling; scolding. |
| alternating | present participle & vb. noun | of Alternate |
| alternately | adverb | In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order., By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. |
| alternation | noun | The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear., Permutation., The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. |
| alternative | adjective | Offering a choice of two things., Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction., Alternate; reciprocal., An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left., Either of two things or propositions offered to one’s choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives., The course of action or the thing offered in place of another., A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. |
| altiloquent | adjective | High-sounding; pompous in speech. |
| altitudinal | adjective | Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements. |
| aluminiform | adjective | Having the form of alumina. |
| alum schist | Alt. of Alum shale | |
| alveoliform | adjective | Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. |
| amalgamated | imp. & past participle | of Amalgamate, Coalesced; united; combined. |
| amalgamator | noun | One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam. |
| amaranthine | adjective | Of or pertaining to amaranth., Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying., Of a purplish color. |
| amateurship | noun | The quality or character of an amateur. |
| amativeness | noun | The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. |
| amatorially | adverb | In an amatorial manner. |
| ambergrease | noun | See Ambergris. |
| ambidextral | adjective | Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. |
| ambiguities | plural | of Ambiguity |
| ambiguously | adverb | In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning. |
| ambitionist | noun | One excessively ambitious. |
| ambitiously | adverb | In an ambitious manner. |
| ambrosially | adverb | After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. |
| ambuscading | present participle & vb. noun | of Ambuscade |
| ambuscadoed | past participle | Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. |
| ameliorable | adjective | Capable of being ameliorated. |
| ameliorated | imp. & past participle | of Ameliorate |
| ameliorator | noun | One who ameliorates. |
| amenability | noun | The quality of being amenable; amenableness. |
| amenorrhoea | noun | Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentaceous | adjective | Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence., Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants. |
| amerciament | noun | Same as Amercement. |
| americanism | noun | Attachment to the United States., A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea., A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. |
| americanize | verb t. | To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. |
| ametabolian | adjective | Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametabolous | adjective | Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects. |
| amethystine | adjective | Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet., Composed of, or containing, amethyst. |
| amiableness | noun | The quality of being amiable; amiability. |
| amicability | noun | The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. |
| amontillado | noun | A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. |
| amorousness | noun | The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness. |
| amorphozoic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. |
| amortisable | noun | Alt. of Amortisement |
| amortizable | adjective | Capable of being cleared off, as a debt. |
| amovability | noun | Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. |
| amperemeter | noun | Alt. of Amperometer |
| amperometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes. |
| amphibology | noun | A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. |
| amphibolous | adjective | Ambiguous; doubtful., Capable of two meanings. |
| amphibolies | plural | of Amphiboly |
| amphicarpic | adjective | Alt. of Amphicarpous |
| amphichroic | adjective | Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red. |
| amphictyons | noun pl. | Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters. |
| amphictyony | noun | A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. |
| amphigamous | adjective | Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; — a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants. |
| amphigenous | adjective | Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens. |
| amphigonous | adjective | Relating to both parents. |
| amphilogism | noun | Alt. of Amphilogy |
| amphipneust | noun | One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren. |
| amphipodous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. |
| amphisbaena | noun | A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way., A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| amphiscians | noun pl. | The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith. |
| amphistylic | adjective | Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; — said of a skull. |
| amphitrocha | noun | A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia. |
| amphitropal | adjective | Alt. of Amphitropous |
| amplexation | noun | An embrace. |
| amplexicaul | adjective | Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. |
| amplificate | verb t. | To amplify. |
| ampulliform | adjective | Flask-shaped; dilated. |
| amylobacter | noun | A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. |
| anacamptics | noun | The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics., The science of reflected sounds. |
| anacanthini | noun pl. | Alt. of Anacanths |
| anacanthous | adjective | Spineless, as certain fishes. |
| anachronism | noun | A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. |
| anachronize | verb t. | To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. |
| anachronous | adjective | Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. |
| anaclastics | noun | That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; — commonly called dioptrics. |
| anacoenosis | noun | A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. |
| anacoluthic | adjective | Lacking grammatical sequence. |
| anacoluthon | noun | A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part. |
| anacreontic | adjective | Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial., A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. |
| anadiplosis | noun | A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, “He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes — misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.” |
| anaesthesia | noun | Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. |
| anaesthesis | noun | See Anaesthesia. |
| anaesthetic | adjective | Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents., Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation., That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc. |
| anaglyptics | noun | The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc. |
| anagnorisis | noun | The unfolding or denouement. |
| anallantoic | adjective | Without, or not developing, an allantois. |
| analyzation | noun | The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis. |
| anamorphism | noun | A distorted image., A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. |
| anamorphosy | noun | Same as Anamorphosis. |
| anantherous | adjective | Destitute of anthers. |
| anapestical | adjective | Anapestic. |
| anaplerotic | adjective | Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers., A remedy which promotes such granulation. |
| anapnograph | noun | A form of spirometer. |
| anapophysis | noun | An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae. |
| anastomozed | impast participle p. | of Anastomose |
| anastomoses | plural | of Anastomosis |
| anastomosis | noun | The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins. |
| anastomotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anastomosis. |
| anathematic | adjective | Alt. of Anathematical |
| anatiferous | adjective | Producing ducks; — applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. |
| anatomizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anatomize |
| ancestorial | adjective | Ancestral. |
| anchoretish | adjective | Hermitlike. |
| anchoretism | noun | The practice or mode of life of an anchoret. |
| anchor-hold | noun | The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds., Hence: Firm hold: security. |
| anchoritess | noun | An anchoress. |
| anchylosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anchylose |
| ancientness | noun | The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. |
| andranatomy | noun | The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. |
| androgynous | adjective | Alt. of Androgynal |
| androgynism | noun | Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. |
| androsphinx | noun | A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. |
| androtomous | adjective | Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. |
| anecdotical | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. |
| anelectrode | noun | The positive pole of a voltaic battery. |
| anemography | noun | A description of the winds., The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. |
| anemometric | adjective | Alt. of Anemometrical |
| anfractuose | adjective | Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers. |
| anfractuous | adjective | Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. |
| angariation | noun | Exaction of forced service; compulsion. |
| angelically | adverb | Like an angel. |
| angelolatry | noun | Worship paid to angels. |
| angelophany | noun | The actual appearance of an angel to man. |
| angienchyma | noun | Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. |
| angiography | noun | A description of blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| anglicanism | noun | Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England., The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party., Attachment to England or English institutions. |
| anglicizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anglicize |
| anglomaniac | noun | One affected with Anglomania. |
| anglophobia | noun | Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. |
| anglo-saxon | noun | A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or “Old”) Saxon., The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest., The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon., One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense., Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language. |
| angularness | noun | The quality of being angular. |
| angulometer | noun | An instrument for measuring external angles. |
| angustation | noun | The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. |
| animalcular | adjective | Alt. of Animalculine |
| animalculum | noun | An animalcule. |
| animalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Animalize |
| animoseness | noun | Vehemence of temper. |
| animosities | plural | of Animosity |
| anisomerous | adjective | Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens. |
| anisometric | adjective | Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; — said of crystals with three unequal axes. |
| anisopleura | noun pl. | A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed. |
| anisotropic | adjective | Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic. |
| annexionist | noun | An annexationist. |
| annihilable | adjective | Capable of being annihilated. |
| annihilated | imp. & past participle | of Annihilate |
| annihilator | noun | One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. |
| anniversary | adjective | Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast., The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence., The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope., The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. |
| anno domini | In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887. | |
| annunciable | adjective | That may be announced or declared; declarable. |
| annunciated | imp. & past participle | of Annunciate |
| annunciator | noun | One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated., An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted. |
| anomalipede | adjective | Having anomalous feet. |
| anomalistic | adjective | Alt. of Anomalistical |
| anomalously | adverb | In an anomalous manner. |
| anonymously | adverb | In an anonymous manner; without a name. |
| anoplothere | noun | Alt. of Anoplotherium |
| antagonized | imp. & past participle | of Antagonize |
| antalkaline | noun | Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system., Of power to counteract alkalies. |
| antecedence | noun | The act or state of going before in time; precedence., An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. |
| antecedency | noun | The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. |
| antechamber | noun | A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby., A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part. |
| anteflexion | noun | A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. |
| antemundane | adjective | Being or occurring before the creation of the world. |
| antenniform | adjective | Shaped like antennae. |
| antenuptial | adjective | Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. |
| anteorbital | adjective & noun | Same as Antorbital. |
| antepaschal | adjective | Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. |
| antependium | noun | The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. |
| anteportico | noun | An outer porch or vestibule. |
| anteriority | noun | The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. |
| antestature | noun | A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth. |
| antestomach | noun | A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. |
| anteversion | noun | A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. |
| antheridium | noun | The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; — called also spermary. |
| antheriform | adjective | Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. |
| antherozoid | noun | Alt. of Antherozooid |
| anthocyanin | noun | Same as Anthokyan. |
| anthography | noun | A description of flowers. |
| anthologist | noun | One who compiles an anthology. |
| anthracitic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations. |
| anthropical | adjective | Like or related to man; human. |
| anthropidae | noun pl. | The group that includes man only. |
| anthypnotic | See Antihypnotic. | |
| anthysteric | adjective & noun | See Antihysteric. |
| antialbumid | noun | A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone. |
| antibillous | adjective | Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness. |
| antiburgher | noun | One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. |
| anticathode | noun | The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. |
| antichamber | noun | See Antechamber. |
| anticipated | imp. & past participle | of Anticipate |
| anticipator | noun | One who anticipates. |
| anticlastic | adjective | Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle. |
| anticyclone | noun | A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. |
| antidotical | adjective | Serving as an antidote. |
| antidromous | adjective | Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem. |
| antifebrile | adjective & noun | Febrifuge. |
| antifebrine | noun | Acetanilide. |
| antiguggler | noun | A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise. |
| antiicteric | adjective | Good against jaundice., A remedy for jaundice. |
| antiloquist | noun | A contradicter. |
| antimasonry | noun | Opposition to Freemasonry. |
| antimonious | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; — said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid. |
| antipathist | noun | One who has an antipathy. |
| antipathize | verb i. | To feel or show antipathy. |
| antipathous | adjective | Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. |
| antipathies | plural | of Antipathy |
| antipeptone | noun | A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice. |
| antipharmic | adjective | Antidotal; alexipharmic. |
| antiphonary | noun | A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained. |
| antiphonies | plural | of Antiphony |
| antiphrasis | noun | The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance. |
| antiplastic | adjective | Diminishing plasticity., Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation. |
| antipyresis | noun | The condition or state of being free from fever. |
| antipyretic | adjective | Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever., A febrifuge. |
| antipyrotic | adjective | Good against burns or pyrosis., Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. |
| antiquarian | adjective | Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature., An antiquary., A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. |
| antiquaries | plural | of Antiquary |
| antiquation | noun | The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. |
| antiqueness | noun | The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. |
| antiquities | plural | of Antiquity |
| antislavery | adjective | Opposed to slavery., Opposition to slavery. |
| antispastic | adjective | Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another., Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic., An antispastic agent. |
| antistrophe | noun | In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song., The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master., The retort or turning of an adversary’s plea against him. |
| antitropous | adjective | At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle. |
| antitypical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. |
| antizymotic | adjective | Preventing fermentation or decomposition., An agent so used. |
| antonomasia | noun | The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. |
| antorgastic | adjective | See Antiorgastic. |
| anxiousness | noun | The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. |
| apathetical | adjective | Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent. |
| aphaniptera | noun pl. | A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. |
| aphlogistic | adjective | Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame. |
| aphrodisiac | adjective | Alt. of Aphrodisiacal, That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery. |
| aphrodisian | adjective | Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. “Aphrodisian dames” [that is, courtesans]. |
| aplacentata | noun pl. | Mammals which have no placenta. |
| aplacophora | noun pl. | A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates. |
| apocalyptic | adjective | Alt. of Apocalyptical, Alt. of Apocalyptist |
| apocopation | noun | Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated. |
| apocrisiary | noun | Alt. of Apocrisiarius |
| apodictical | adjective | Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. |
| apodyterium | noun | The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room. |
| apologetics | noun | That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority. |
| apologizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Apologize |
| apomorphine | noun | A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. |
| aponeuroses | plural | of Aponeurosis |
| aponeurosis | noun | Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. |
| aponeurotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. |
| apophyllite | noun | A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium. |
| apoplectoid | adjective | Resembling apoplexy. |
| aposiopesis | noun | A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, “I declare to you that his conduct — but I can not speak of that, here.” |
| apostatical | adjective | Apostate. |
| apostatized | imp. & past participle | of Apostatize |
| apostleship | noun | The office or dignity of an apostle. |
| apostolical | adjective | Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age., According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice., Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. |
| apostrophic | adjective | Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical. |
| apotheosize | verb t. | To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify. |
| appalachian | adjective | Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. |
| apparatuses | plural | of Apparatus |
| apparelling | of Apparel | |
| appeachment | noun | Accusation. |
| appearingly | adverb | Apparently. |
| appeasement | noun | The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. |
| appellation | noun | The act of appealing; appeal., The act of calling by a name., The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. |
| appellative | adjective | Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming., Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class., A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie., An appellation or title; a descriptive name. |
| appellatory | adjective | Containing an appeal. |
| appendicate | verb t. | To append. |
| appertained | imp. & past participle | of Appertain |
| appertinent | adjective | Belonging; appertaining., That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. |
| appetencies | plural | of Appetency |
| applausable | adjective | Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. |
| apple-faced | adjective | Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
| application | noun | The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb., The thing applied., The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use., The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory., Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the “moral” of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry., The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application., The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one’s self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study., The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery., A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. |
| applicative | adjective | Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. |
| applicatory | adjective | Having the property of applying; applicative; practical., That which applies. |
| appointable | adjective | Capable of being appointed or constituted. |
| appointment | noun | The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men., The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer., Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six., Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments., The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made., Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords., An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; — properly only in the plural., A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. |
| apportioned | imp. & past participle | of Apportion |
| apportioner | noun | One who apportions. |
| appraisable | adjective | Capable of being appraised. |
| apprecation | noun | Earnest prayer; devout wish. |
| apprecatory | adjective | Praying or wishing good. |
| appreciable | adjective | Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. |
| appreciated | imp. & past participle | of Appreciate |
| appreciator | noun | One who appreciates. |
| apprehended | imp. & past participle | of Apprehend |
| apprehender | noun | One who apprehends. |
| apprenticed | imp. & past participle | of Apprentice |
| apprizement | noun | Appraisement. |
| approaching | present participle & vb. noun | of Approach, The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; — called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. |
| approbation | noun | Proof; attestation., The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation., Probation or novitiate. |
| approbative | adjective | Approving, or implying approbation. |
| approbatory | adjective | Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. |
| appropriate | adjective | Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper., To take to one’s self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit., To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; — with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy., To make suitable; to suit., To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property., A property; attribute. |
| approvement | noun | Approbation., a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king’s (or queen’s) evidence in England, and state’s evidence in the United States., Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. |
| approximate | adjective | Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling., Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values., To carry or advance near; to cause to approach., To come near to; to approach., To draw; to approach. |
| appulsively | adverb | By appulsion. |
| appurtenant | adjective | Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings., Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. |
| aptitudinal | adjective | Suitable; fit. |
| aqua fortis | Nitric acid. | |
| aquarellist | noun | A painter in thin transparent water colors. |
| aqueousness | noun | Wateriness. |
| arachnidial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Arachnida., Pertaining to the arachnidium. |
| arachnidium | noun | The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. |
| arachnoidal | adjective | Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid. |
| arachnoidea | noun pl. | Same as Arachnida. |
| arachnology | noun | The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida. |
| arbitrament | noun | Determination; decision; arbitration., The award of arbitrators. |
| arbitrarily | adverb | In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely. |
| arbitrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Arbitrate |
| arbitration | noun | The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. |
| arbitratrix | noun | A female who arbitrates or judges. |
| arborescent | adjective | Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. |
| arbor vitae | An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis., The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section. | |
| archaeology | noun | The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc. |
| archaeozoic | adjective | Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life. |
| archangelic | adjective | Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. |
| archdiocese | noun | The diocese of an archbishop. |
| archduchess | noun | The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. |
| archdukedom | noun | An archduchy. |
| archebiosis | noun | The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. |
| archegonial | adjective | Relating to the archegonium. |
| archegonium | noun | The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. |
| archenteric | adjective | Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination. |
| archenteron | noun | The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. |
| archer fish | A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; — so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus. | |
| archimedean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes’ screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. |
| archipelago | noun | The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands., Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. |
| architector | noun | An architect. |
| architraved | adjective | Furnished with an architrave. |
| archmarshal | noun | The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony. |
| archprelate | noun | An archbishop or other chief prelate. |
| archprimate | noun | The chief primate. |
| archtraitor | noun | A chief or transcendent traitor. |
| arduousness | noun | The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution. |
| arenicolite | noun | An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. |
| areopagitic | adjective | Pertaining to the Areopagus. |
| areosystyle | adjective & noun | See Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle. |
| argand lamp | A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. | |
| argentation | noun | A coating or overlaying with silver. |
| argumentize | verb i. | To argue or discuss. |
| argus shell | A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock’s tail. | |
| aristocracy | noun | Government by the best citizens., A ruling body composed of the best citizens., A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy., The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect. |
| aristotelic | adjective | Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. |
| armamentary | noun | An armory; a magazine or arsenal. |
| arminianism | noun | The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. |
| armipotence | noun | Power in arms. |
| aromatizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Aromatize |
| arquebusade | noun | The shot of an arquebus., A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; — originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. |
| arquebusier | noun | A soldier armed with an arquebus. |
| arraignment | noun | The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint., A calling to an account to faults; accusation. |
| arrangement | noun | The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form., The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one’s dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants., Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company., Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement., The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written., A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven’s symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like. |
| arrentation | A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent. | |
| arrestation | noun | Arrest. |
| arrhythmous | adjective | Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse. |
| arriere-ban | noun | A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France. |
| arrow grass | noun | An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. |
| arrowheaded | adjective | Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. |
| arsenicated | imp. & past participle | of Arsenicate |
| arterialize | verb t. | To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial. |
| arteriology | noun | That part of anatomy which treats of arteries. |
| arteriotomy | noun | The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting., That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries. |
| arthritical | adjective | Pertaining to the joints., Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. |
| arthrodynia | noun | An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease. |
| arthrodynic | adjective | Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic. |
| articularly | adverb | In an articular or an articulate manner. |
| articulated | imp. & past participle | of Articulate, United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton., Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced. |
| articulator | noun | One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering. |
| artificious | adjective | Artificial. |
| artillerist | noun | A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman. |
| artlessness | noun | The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity. |
| artocarpous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus. |
| arundineous | adjective | Abounding with reeds; reedy. |
| asbestiform | adjective | Having the form or structure of asbestus. |
| ascensional | adjective | Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. |
| ascertained | imp. & past participle | of Ascertain |
| ascertainer | noun | One who ascertains. |
| ascidiarium | noun | The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian. |
| ascidioidea | noun pl. | A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| ascititious | adjective | Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. |
| ash-colored | adjective | Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray. |
| ash-furnace | noun | Alt. of Ash-oven |
| aspergillum | noun | The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people., See Wateringpot shell. |
| aspermatous | adjective | Aspermous. |
| aspersorium | noun | The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches., A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. |
| asphyxiated | past participle | Alt. of Asphyxied |
| asportation | noun | The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. |
| assassinate | verb t. | To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence., To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly., An assassination, murder, or murderous assault., An assassin. |
| assassinous | adjective | Murderous. |
| assaultable | adjective | Capable of being assaulted. |
| assemblance | noun | Resemblance; likeness; appearance., An assembling; assemblage. |
| assemblymen | plural | of Assemblyman |
| assemblyman | noun | A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature. |
| assentation | noun | Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. |
| assentatory | adjective | Flattering; obsequious. |
| assertorial | adjective | Asserting that a thing is; — opposed to problematical and apodeictical. |
| assessorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. |
| asseverated | imp. & past participle | of Asseverate |
| assiduities | plural | of Assiduity |
| assignation | noun | The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment., An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; — used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense., A making over by transfer of title; assignment. |
| assimilable | adjective | That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated. |
| assimilated | imp. & past participle | of Assimilate |
| assistantly | adverb | In a manner to give aid. |
| associating | present participle & vb. noun | of Associate |
| association | noun | The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things., Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing., Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. |
| associative | adjective | Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. |
| assuagement | noun | Mitigation; abatement. |
| assubjugate | verb t. | To bring into subjection. |
| assuredness | noun | The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. |
| assyriology | noun | The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria. |
| astatically | adverb | In an astatic manner. |
| asterioidea | noun pl. | Alt. of Asteridea |
| asterolepis | noun | A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. |
| asthmatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient. |
| astigmatism | noun | A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision. |
| astonishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Astonish, Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. |
| astoundment | noun | Amazement. |
| astragaloid | adjective | Resembling the astragalus in form. |
| astriferous | adjective | Bearing stars. |
| astringency | noun | The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin. |
| astrography | noun | The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens. |
| astrologian | noun | An astrologer. |
| astrologize | verb t. & i. | To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology. |
| astromantic | adjective | Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. |
| astronomian | noun | An astrologer. |
| astronomize | verb i. | To study or to talk astronomy. |
| astrophyton | noun | A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched. |
| asymmetrous | adjective | Asymmetrical. |
| atheistical | adjective | Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; — applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books., Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; — applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. |
| athermanous | adjective | Not transmitting heat; — opposed to diathermanous. |
| athleticism | noun | The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism. |
| atmidometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. |
| atmological | adjective | Of or pertaining to atmology. |
| atmospheric | adjective | Alt. of Atmospherical |
| atomization | noun | The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced., The reduction of fluids into fine spray. |
| atrabiliary | adjective | Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys., Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; — from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. |
| atrabilious | adjective | Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. |
| atramentous | adjective | Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. |
| attaintment | noun | Attainder; attainture; conviction. |
| attempering | present participle & vb. noun | of Attemper |
| attemperate | adjective | Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted., To attemper. |
| attemptable | adjective | Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. |
| attendement | noun | Intent. |
| attenuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Attenuate |
| attenuation | noun | The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation., The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases., The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus. |
| atterration | noun | The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. |
| attestation | noun | The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. |
| attestative | adjective | Of the nature of attestation. |
| attitudinal | adjective | Relating to attitude. |
| attorneyism | noun | The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys. |
| attractable | adjective | Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. |
| attributing | present participle & vb. noun | of Attribute |
| attribution | noun | The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause., That which is ascribed or attributed. |
| attributive | adjective | Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute., A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase. |
| audaciously | adverb | In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently. |
| audibleness | noun | The quality of being audible. |
| auditorship | noun | The office or function of auditor. |
| augmentable | adjective | Capable of augmentation. |
| augustinian | noun | A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar., Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 — d. 430), or to his doctrines., One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally. |
| augustinism | noun | The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians. |
| auricularia | noun pl. | A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| auricularly | adverb | In an auricular manner. |
| auriculated | adjective | Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. |
| auripigment | noun | See Orpiment. |
| aurocyanide | noun | A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; — called also cyanaurate. |
| auscultator | noun | One who practices auscultation. |
| austereness | noun | Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity., Severity; strictness; austerity. |
| austerities | plural | of Austerity |
| austromancy | noun | Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds. |
| authentical | adjective | Authentic. |
| authenticly | adverb | Authentically. |
| authorities | plural | of Authority |
| authorizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Authorize |
| autocarpous | adjective | Alt. of Autocarpian |
| autocarpian | adjective | Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. |
| autochthony | noun | An aboriginal or autochthonous condition. |
| autocracies | plural | of Autocracy |
| autocratrix | noun | A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; — a title given to the empresses of Russia. |
| autos-da-fe | plural | of Auto-da-fe |
| autos-de-fe | plural | of Auto-de-fe |
| autodynamic | adjective | Supplying its own power; — applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram. |
| autogenesis | noun | Spontaneous generation. |
| autogenetic | adjective | Relating to autogenesis; self-generated. |
| autographal | adjective | Autographic. |
| autographic | adjective | Alt. of Autographical |
| automatical | adjective | Having an inherent power of action or motion., Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; — esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse., Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions. |
| automorphic | adjective | Patterned after one’s self. |
| autoplastic | adjective | Of or pertaining to autoplasty. |
| auxanometer | noun | An instrument to measure the growth of plants. |
| auxiliaries | plural | of Auxiliary |
| auxiliatory | adjective | Auxiliary; helping. |
| avant-guard | noun | The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard. |
| averruncate | verb t. | To avert; to ward off., To root up. |
| avoirdupois | noun | Goods sold by weight., Avoirdupois weight., Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. |
| awesomeness | noun | The quality of being awesome. |
| axiomatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms. |