| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| avadavat | noun | Same as Amadavat. |
| availing | present participle & vb. noun | of Avail |
| avaiably | adverb | In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously. |
| avellane | adjective | In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. |
| ave mary | A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; — used in the Roman Catholic church., A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria. | |
| avenging | present participle & vb. noun | of Avenge |
| avenious | adjective | Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants. |
| aventail | noun | The movable front to a helmet; the ventail. |
| aventine | adjective | Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood., A post of security or defense. |
| aventure | noun | Accident; chance; adventure., A mischance causing a person’s death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire. |
| averring | present participle & vb. noun | of Aver |
| averaged | imp. & past participle | of Average |
| avercorn | noun | A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. |
| averment | verb t. | The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion., Verification; establishment by evidence., A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. |
| avernian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. |
| aversely | adverb | Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely., With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly. |
| aversion | noun | A turning away., Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance., The object of dislike or repugnance. |
| averting | present participle & vb. noun | of Avert |
| aviaries | plural | of Aviary |
| aviation | noun | The art or science of flying. |
| avicular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds. |
| avidious | adjective | Avid. |
| avifauna | noun | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region. |
| aviseful | adjective | Watchful; circumspect. |
| avoiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Avoid |
| avouched | imp. & past participle | of Avouch |
| avoucher | noun | One who avouches. |
| avoutrer | noun | See Advoutrer. |
| avoutrie | noun | Adultery. |
| avowable | adjective | Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. |
| avowance | noun | Act of avowing; avowal., Upholding; defense; vindication. |
| avulsion | noun | A tearing asunder; a forcible separation., A fragment torn off., The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner. |