| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| atafter | preposition | After. |
| ataghan | noun | See Yataghan. |
| ataraxy | noun | Perfect peace of mind, or calmness. |
| ataunto | adverb | Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right. |
| atavism | noun | The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form., The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two. |
| atelier | noun | A workshop; a studio. |
| atellan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald., A farcical drama performed at Atella. |
| athanor | noun | A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. |
| atheism | noun | The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being., Godlessness. |
| atheist | noun | One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being., A godless person. |
| atheize | verb t. | To render atheistic or godless., To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist. |
| atheous | adjective | Atheistic; impious., Without God, neither accepting nor denying him. |
| athirst | adjective | Wanting drink; thirsty., Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing. |
| athlete | noun | One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome., Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion., One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate. |
| athwart | preposition | Across; from side to side of., Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course., Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely., Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. |
| atlanta | noun | A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod. |
| atlases | plural | of Atlas |
| atokous | adjective | Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids. |
| atomism | noun | The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic. |
| atomist | noun | One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory. |
| atomize | verb t. | To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray. |
| atoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Atone |
| atrenne | verb t. | To outrun. |
| atresia | noun | Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation. |
| atrocha | noun | A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed. |
| atrophy | noun | A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part., To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken., To waste away; to dwindle. |
| atropia | noun | Same as Atropine. |
| attabal | noun | See Atabal. |
| attacca | Attack at once; — a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause. | |
| attache | verb t. | One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy. |
| attagas | noun | Alt. of Attagen |
| attagen | noun | A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe. |
| attaint | verb t. | To attain; to get act; to hit., To find guilty; to convict; — said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict., To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder., To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act., To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt., To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy., Attainted; corrupted., A touch or hit., A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching., A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried., A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint., An infecting influence. |
| attaste | verb t. | To taste or cause to taste. |
| attempt | verb t. | To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight., To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt., To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman., To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy’s camp., To make an attempt; — with upon., A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. |
| attical | adjective | Attic. |
| attinge | verb t. | To touch lightly. |
| attired | imp. & past participle | of Attire, Provided with antlers, as a stag. |
| attirer | noun | One who attires. |
| attonce | adverb | At once; together. |
| attract | verb t. | To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition., To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers., Attraction. |
| attrite | adjective | Rubbed; worn by friction., Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; — opposed to contrite. |
| attuned | imp. & past participle | of Attune |