| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| abaca | noun | The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| aback | adverb | Toward the back or rear; backward., Behind; in the rear., Backward against the mast; — said of the sails when pressed by the wind., An abacus. |
| abaci | plural | of Abacus |
| abada | noun | The rhinoceros. |
| abaft | preposition | Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse., Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft. |
| aband | verb t. | To abandon., To banish; to expel. |
| abase | adjective | To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye., To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. |
| abash | verb t. | To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. |
| abate | verb t. | To beat down; to overthrow., To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope., To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price., To blunt., To reduce in estimation; to deprive., To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ., To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets., To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates., To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates., Abatement. |
| abbey | noun | A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings., The church of a monastery. |
| abbot | noun | The superior or head of an abbey., One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. |
| abdal | noun | A religious devotee or dervish in Persia. |
| abeam | adverb | On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship’s keel; opposite to the center of the ship’s side. |
| abear | verb t. | To bear; to behave., To put up with; to endure. |
| abele | noun | The white poplar (Populus alba). |
| aberr | verb i. | To wander; to stray. |
| abhal | noun | The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies. |
| abhor | verb t. | To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe., To fill with horror or disgust., To protest against; to reject solemnly., To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; — with |
| abode | imp. & past participle | of Abide, pret. of Abide., Act of waiting; delay., Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn., Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation., An omen., To bode; to foreshow., To be ominous. |
| abide | verb i. | To wait; to pause; to delay., To stay; to continue in a place; to have one’s abode; to dwell; to sojourn; — with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place., To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain., To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time., To endure; to sustain; to submit to., To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with., To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. |
| abies | noun | A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus. |
| abime | noun | Alt. of Abyme |
| abyme | noun | A abyss. |
| abler | adjective | comp. of Able., superl. of Able. |
| ablet | Alt. of Ablen | |
| ablen | A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak. | |
| abnet | noun | The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer. |
| aboma | noun | A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| aboon | preposition | and adv. Above. |
| abord | noun | Manner of approaching or accosting; address., To approach; to accost. |
| abort | verb i. | To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely., To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile., An untimely birth., An aborted offspring. |
| about | preposition | Around; all round; on every side of., In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one’s person)., Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout., Near; not far from; — determining approximately time, size, quantity., In concern with; engaged in; intent on., On the point or verge of; going; in act of., Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching., On all sides; around., In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across., Here and there; around; in one place and another., Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; — also of quantity, number, time., To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one’s self about. |
| above | preposition | In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; — opposed to below or beneath., Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach., Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.), In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above., Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page., Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above., More than; as, above five hundred were present. |
| abray | verb | See Abraid. |
| absis | noun | See Apsis. |
| abuna | noun | The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| abuse | verb t. | To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one’s authority., To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one’s powers, one’s patience., To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage., To dishonor., To violate; to ravish., To deceive; to impose on., Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language., Physical ill treatment; injury., A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service., Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling., Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. |
| abuzz | adjective | In a buzz; buzzing. |
| abysm | noun | An abyss; a gulf. |
| abyss | noun | A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit., Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth., The center of an escutcheon. |