| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| abacus | noun | A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc., A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China., The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column., A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work., A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. |
| abaist | past participle | Abashed; confounded; discomfited. |
| abanet | noun | See Abnet. |
| abanga | noun | A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abased | imp. & past participle | of Abase, Lowered; humbled., Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield. |
| abaser | noun | He who, or that which, abases. |
| abassi | noun | Alt. of Abassis |
| abated | imp. & past participle | of Abate |
| abater | noun | One who, or that which, abates. |
| abatis | noun | Alt. of Abattis |
| abator | noun | One who abates a nuisance., A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. |
| abawed | past participle | Astonished; abashed. |
| abbacy | noun | The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot. |
| abbess | noun | A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey. |
| abbeys | plural | of Abbey |
| abdest | noun | Purification by washing the hands before prayer; — a Mohammedan rite. |
| abduce | verb t. | To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. |
| abduct | verb t. | To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap., To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position. |
| abegge | Same as Aby. | |
| abider | noun | One who abides, or continues., One who dwells; a resident. |
| abject | adjective | Cast down; low-lying., Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts., To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase., A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. |
| abjure | verb t. | To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever., To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors., To renounce on oath. |
| ablaut | noun | The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. |
| ablaze | adverb & adjective | On fire; in a blaze, gleaming., In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. |
| ablins | adverb | Perhaps., Perhaps; possibly. |
| abloom | adverb | In or into bloom; in a blooming state. |
| ablude | verb t. | To be unlike; to differ. |
| ablush | adverb & adjective | Blushing; ruddy. |
| aboard | adverb | On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car., Alongside; as, close aboard., On board of; as, to go aboard a ship., Across; athwart. |
| aboral | adjective | Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. |
| abound | verb i. | To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful., To be copiously supplied; — followed by in or with. |
| abrade | verb t. | To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks., Same as Abraid. |
| abraid | verb t. & i. | To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out. |
| abrase | adjective | Rubbed smooth. |
| abraum | noun | Alt. of Abraum salts |
| abroad | adverb | At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad., Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one’s abode; as, to walk abroad., Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad., Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely. |
| abrood | adverb | In the act of brooding. |
| abrook | verb t. | To brook; to endure. |
| abrupt | adjective | Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places., Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious., Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected., Suddenly terminating, as if cut off., An abrupt place., To tear off or asunder. |
| absent | adjective | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present., Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent., Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air., To take or withdraw (one’s self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; — used with the reflexive pronoun., To withhold from being present. |
| absist | verb i. | To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. |
| absorb | verb t. | To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include., To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body., To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth., To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. |
| absume | verb t. | To consume gradually; to waste away. |
| absurd | adjective | Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream., An absurdity. |
| aburst | adverb | In a bursting condition. |
| abused | imp. & past participle | of Abuse |
| abuser | noun | One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb]. |