Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
abalienation |
noun |
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. |
abbreviating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Abbreviate |
abbreviation |
noun |
The act of shortening, or reducing., The result of abbreviating; an abridgment., The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America., One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. |
abbreviatory |
adjective |
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. |
abbreviature |
noun |
An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form., An abridgment; a compendium or abstract. |
aber-de-vine |
noun |
The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch. |
aberrational |
adjective |
Characterized by aberration. |
abevacuation |
noun |
A partial evacuation. |
abirritation |
noun |
A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia. |
abirritative |
adjective |
Characterized by abirritation or debility. |
abjectedness |
noun |
A very abject or low condition; abjectness. |
abjudication |
noun |
Rejection by judicial sentence. |
ablaqueation |
noun |
The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. |
abligurition |
noun |
Prodigal expense for food. |
abolitionism |
noun |
The principles or measures of abolitionists. |
abolitionist |
noun |
A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery. |
abolitionize |
verb t. |
To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. |
aboriginally |
adverb |
Primarily. |
abortiveness |
noun |
The quality of being abortive. |
about-sledge |
noun |
The largest hammer used by smiths. |
abraum salts |
noun |
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. |
absentaneous |
adjective |
Pertaining to absence. |
absinthiated |
adjective |
Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine. |
absoluteness |
noun |
The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness. |
absolutistic |
adjective |
Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist. |
absorptivity |
noun |
Absorptiveness. |
absquatulate |
verb i. |
To take one’s self off; to decamp. |
abstractedly |
adverb |
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind. |
abstractness |
noun |
The quality of being abstract. |
abstruseness |
noun |
The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. |
academically |
adverb |
In an academical manner. |
acanthaceous |
adjective |
Armed with prickles, as a plant., Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. |
acanthopteri |
noun pl. |
A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii. |
accelerating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accelerate |
acceleration |
noun |
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; — opposed to retardation. |
accelerative |
adjective |
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. |
acceleratory |
adjective |
Accelerative. |
accentuality |
noun |
The quality of being accentual. |
accentuating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accentuate |
accentuation |
noun |
Act of accentuating; applications of accent., pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. |
acciaccatura |
noun |
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; — used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
accidentally |
adverb |
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. |
acclimatable |
adjective |
Capable of being acclimated. |
acclimatized |
imp. & past participle |
of Acclimatize |
accommodable |
adjective |
That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. |
accommodated |
imp. & past participle |
of Accommodate |
accommodator |
noun |
He who, or that which, accommodates. |
accompanable |
adjective |
Sociable. |
accompanying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accompany |
accompletive |
adjective |
Tending to accomplish. |
accomplicity |
noun |
The act or state of being an accomplice. |
accomplished |
imp. & past participle |
of Accomplish, Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact., Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; — commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. |
accomplisher |
noun |
One who accomplishes. |
accordionist |
noun |
A player on the accordion. |
accouchement |
noun |
Delivery in childbed |
account book |
|
A book in which accounts are kept. |
accouplement |
noun |
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union., That which couples, as a tie or brace. |
accroachment |
noun |
An encroachment; usurpation. |
accumulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Accumulate |
accumulation |
noun |
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors., The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. |
accumulative |
adjective |
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. |
accurateness |
noun |
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. |
accusatively |
adverb |
In an accusative manner., In relation to the accusative case in grammar. |
accusatorial |
adjective |
Accusatory. |
accustomable |
adjective |
Habitual; customary; wonted. |
accustomably |
adverb |
According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. |
accustomance |
noun |
Custom; habitual use. |
acephalocyst |
noun |
A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; — so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin. |
acetaldehyde |
noun |
Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde. |
achlamydeous |
adjective |
Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. |
achromatized |
imp. & past participle |
of Achromatize |
achromatopsy |
noun |
Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism. |
acknowledged |
imp. & past participle |
of Acknowledge |
acknowledger |
noun |
One who acknowledges. |
acoustically |
adverb |
In relation to sound or to hearing. |
acquaintable |
adjective |
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. |
acquaintance |
noun |
A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him., A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. |
acquiescence |
noun |
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; — distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction., Submission to an injury by the party injured., Tacit concurrence in the action of another. |
acquiescency |
noun |
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. |
acroamatical |
adjective |
Communicated orally; oral; — applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound. |
acrocephalic |
adjective |
Characterized by a high skull. |
acrodactylum |
noun |
The upper surface of the toes, individually. |
acrostically |
adverb |
After the manner of an acrostic. |
acroteleutic |
noun |
The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response. |
actinometric |
adjective |
Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic. |
actinotrocha |
noun pl. |
A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
acustumaunce |
noun |
See Accustomance. |
acute-angled |
adjective |
Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle. |
acutifoliate |
adjective |
Having sharp-pointed leaves. |
adambulacral |
adjective |
Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish. |
adam’s apple |
|
See under Adam. |
adaptability |
noun |
Alt. of Adaptableness |
adaptiveness |
noun |
The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. |
ad captandum |
|
A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. |
addictedness |
noun |
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. |
additionally |
adverb |
By way of addition. |
addle-headed |
adjective |
Alt. of Addle-pated |
adelocodonic |
adjective |
Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; — opposed to phanerocodonic. |
adenographic |
adjective |
Pertaining to adenography. |
adenological |
adjective |
Pertaining to adenology. |
adenophorous |
adjective |
Producing glands. |
adequateness |
noun |
The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. |
adessenarian |
noun |
One who held the real presence of Christ’s body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. |
adhesiveness |
noun |
The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union., Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse. |
ad infinitum |
|
Without limit; endlessly. |
adjectitious |
|
Added; additional. |
adjectivally |
adverb |
As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. |
adjudicating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Adjudicate |
adjudication |
noun |
The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially., A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence., The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt., A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt. |
adjudicative |
adjective |
Adjudicating. |
adjudicature |
noun |
Adjudication. |
adjunctively |
adverb |
In an adjunctive manner. |
adminiculary |
adjective |
Adminicular. |
administered |
imp. & past participle |
of Administer |
administrant |
adjective |
Executive; acting; managing affairs., One who administers. |
administrate |
verb t. |
To administer. |
admirability |
noun |
Admirableness. |
admonishment |
noun |
Admonition. |
admonitioner |
noun |
Admonisher. |
admonitorial |
adjective |
Admonitory. |
adorableness |
noun |
The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. |
adosculation |
noun |
Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. |
adscititious |
adjective |
Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. |
adulterating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Adulterate |
adulteration |
noun |
The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture., An adulterated state or product. |
adulterously |
adverb |
In an adulterous manner. |
advantageous |
adjective |
Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. |
adventitious |
adjective |
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign., Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots., Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; — applied to foreign plants., Acquired, as diseases; accidental. |
adventureful |
adjective |
Given to adventure. |
adverbiality |
noun |
The quality of being adverbial. |
adverbialize |
verb t. |
To give the force or form of an adverb to. |
adversarious |
adjective |
Hostile. |
advisability |
noun |
The quality of being advisable; advisableness. |
advocateship |
noun |
Office or duty of an advocate. |
aerification |
noun |
The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air., The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform. |
aerodynamics |
noun |
The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects. |
aeronautical |
adjective |
Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing. |
aerosiderite |
noun |
A mass of meteoric iron. |
aerostatical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic., Aeronautic; as, an aerostatic voyage. |
aestheticism |
noun |
The doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art. |
aetheogamous |
adjective |
Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous. |
aethrioscope |
noun |
An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded. |
aetiological |
adjective |
Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause. |
affamishment |
noun |
Starvation. |
affectedness |
noun |
Affectation. |
affectionate |
adjective |
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother., Kindly inclined; zealous., Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language., Strongly inclined; — with to. |
affinitative |
adjective |
Of the nature of affinity. |
afflictively |
adverb |
In an afflictive manner. |
affluentness |
noun |
Great plenty. |
afforciament |
noun |
See Afforcement. |
affrightedly |
adverb |
With fright. |
affrightment |
noun |
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. |
affrontingly |
adverb |
In an affronting manner. |
aforethought |
adjective |
Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder., Premeditation. |
after-dinner |
noun |
The time just after dinner., Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap. |
after-eatage |
noun |
Aftergrass. |
afterthought |
noun |
Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient. |
after-witted |
adjective |
Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. |
agalmatolite |
noun |
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite. |
agamogenesis |
noun |
Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction. |
agamogenetic |
noun |
Reproducing or produced without sexual union. |
aggeneration |
noun |
The act of producing in addition. |
agglomerated |
imp. & past participle |
of Agglomerate, Collected into a ball, heap, or mass., Collected into a rounded head of flowers. |
agglutinated |
imp. & past participle |
of Agglutinate |
aggrandizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Aggrandize |
agnomination |
noun |
A surname., Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. |
agnus castus |
|
A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. |
agreeability |
noun |
Easiness of disposition., The quality of being, or making one’s self, agreeable; agreeableness. |
agricolation |
noun |
Agriculture. |
agricultural |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. |
agrostologic |
adjective |
Alt. of Agrostological |
aich’s metal |
|
A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
aids-de-camp |
plural |
of Aid-de-camp |
albification |
noun |
The act or process of making white. |
albumenizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Albumenize |
albuminoidal |
adjective |
Of the nature of an albuminoid. |
alchemically |
adverb |
In the manner of alchemy. |
alcoholature |
noun |
An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. |
alcoholizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Alcoholize |
alcoholmeter |
noun |
An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale. |
alcohometric |
adjective |
Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric. |
aldermanlike |
adjective |
Like or suited to an alderman. |
aldermanship |
noun |
The condition, position, or office of an alderman. |
alen/on lace |
|
See under Lace. |
alexipharmac |
adjective & noun |
Alt. of Alexipharmacal |
alexipharmic |
adjective |
Alt. of Alexipharmical, An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison. |
alexipyretic |
adjective |
Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile., A febrifuge. |
alexiterical |
adjective |
Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic. |
alhambresque |
adjective |
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture. |
alienability |
noun |
Capability of being alienated. |
aliethmoidal |
adjective |
Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage. |
alike-minded |
adjective |
Like-minded. |
alimentation |
noun |
The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal., State or mode of being nourished. |
alkalescence |
noun |
Alt. of Alkalescency |
alkalescency |
noun |
A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. |
alkalifiable |
adjective |
Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali. |
alkalimetric |
adjective |
Alt. of Alkalimetrical |
alkalization |
noun |
The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities. |
allegorizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Allegorize |
allhallowmas |
noun |
The feast of All Saints. |
alliteration |
noun |
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: – |
alliterative |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. |
allomorphism |
noun |
The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. |
allotropical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to allotropism. |
allusiveness |
noun |
The quality of being allusive. |
almightiness |
noun |
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. |
alphabetical |
adjective |
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement., Literal. |
alterability |
noun |
The quality of being alterable; alterableness. |
altiloquence |
noun |
Lofty speech; pompous language. |
alto-relievo |
noun |
Alto-rilievo. |
alto-rilievo |
noun |
High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. |
amalgamating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Amalgamate |
amalgamation |
noun |
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; — applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury., The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. |
amalgamative |
adjective |
Characterized by amalgamation. |
amazon stone |
noun |
A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. |
ambassadress |
noun |
A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. |
ambidextrous |
adjective |
Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease., Practicing or siding with both parties. |
ambitionless |
adjective |
Devoid of ambition. |
amboyna wood |
|
A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. |
ambulatorial |
adjective |
Ambulatory; fitted for walking. |
ambulatories |
plural |
of Ambulatory |
ameliorating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Ameliorate |
amelioration |
noun |
The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. |
ameliorative |
adjective |
Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts. |
amenableness |
noun |
The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness. |
amenorrhoeal |
adjective |
Pertaining to amenorrhoea. |
amentiferous |
adjective |
Bearing catkins. |
americanizer |
imp. & past participle |
of Americanize |
amianthiform |
adjective |
Resembling amianthus in form. |
amicableness |
noun |
The quality of being amicable; amicability. |
amissibility |
|
The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. |
ammonitoidea |
noun pl. |
An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
ammunitioned |
imp. & past participle |
of Ammunition |
amortisation |
noun |
Alt. of Amortisement |
amortisement |
noun |
Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc. |
amortization |
noun |
The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain., The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. |
amortizement |
noun |
Same as Amortization. |
amour propre |
|
Self-love; self-esteem. |
amphibiology |
noun |
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia. |
amphibiotica |
noun pl. |
A division of insects having aquatic larvae. |
amphibiously |
adverb |
Like an amphibious being. |
amphiblastic |
adjective |
Segmenting unequally; — said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation. |
amphicarpous |
adjective |
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening. |
amphicoelian |
adjective |
Alt. of Amphicoelous |
amphicoelous |
adjective |
Having both ends concave; biconcave; — said of vertebrae. |
amphictyonic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. |
amphigenesis |
noun |
Sexual generation; amphigony. |
amphistomous |
adjective |
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere. |
amphitheater |
noun |
Alt. of Amphitheatre |
amphitheatre |
noun |
An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena., Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. |
amphitropous |
adjective |
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous. |
amphopeptone |
noun |
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone. |
ampullaceous |
adjective |
Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. |
amygdaloidal |
adjective |
Almond-shaped., Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid. |
anabaptistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Anabaptistical |
anabaptistry |
noun |
The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. |
anacathartic |
adjective |
Producing vomiting or expectoration., An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. |
anachronical |
adjective |
Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. |
anaerobiotic |
adjective |
Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies. |
anaesthetize |
verb t. |
To render insensible by an anaesthetic. |
anaglyphical |
adjective |
Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; — opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work. |
anagrammatic |
adjective |
Alt. of Anagrammatical |
anallagmatic |
adjective |
Not changed in form by inversion. |
analogically |
adverb |
In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude. |
analytically |
adverb |
In an analytical manner. |
anamorphosis |
noun |
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image., Same as Anamorphism, 2., A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. |
anaphrodisia |
noun |
Absence of sexual appetite. |
anaphroditic |
adjective |
Produced without concourse of sexes. |
anapodeictic |
adjective |
Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. |
anarthropoda |
noun pl. |
One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; — opposed to Arthropoda. |
anastomosing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Anastomose |
anathematism |
noun |
Anathematization. |
anathematize |
verb t. |
To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. |
anatomically |
adverb |
In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. |
anchoretical |
adjective |
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret. |
anchovy pear |
|
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit. |
androphagous |
adjective |
Anthropophagous. |
anemographic |
adjective |
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. |
anencephalic |
adjective |
Alt. of Anencephalous |
angiocarpous |
adjective |
Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule., Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. |
angiosporous |
adjective |
Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi. |
angiostomous |
adjective |
With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods. |
anguilliform |
adjective |
Eel-shaped. |
animadversal |
noun |
The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. |
animadverted |
imp. & past participle |
of Animadvert |
animadverter |
noun |
One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser. |
animalculine |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. |
animalculism |
noun |
The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules. |
animalculist |
noun |
One versed in the knowledge of animalcules., A believer in the theory of animalculism. |
anisodactyla |
noun pl. |
Alt. of Anisodactyls |
anisodactyls |
noun pl. |
A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc., A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous. |
anisosthenic |
adjective |
Of unequal strength. |
anisotropous |
adjective |
Anisotropic. |
annihilating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Annihilate |
annihilation |
noun |
The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation., The state of being annihilated. |
annihilative |
adjective |
Serving to annihilate; destructive. |
annihilatory |
adjective |
Annihilative. |
annomination |
noun |
Paronomasia; punning., Alliteration. |
announcement |
noun |
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. |
annumeration |
noun |
Addition to a former number. |
annunciating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Annunciate |
annunciation |
noun |
The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace., The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary., The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel’s announcement, on that day; Lady Day. |
annunciative |
adjective |
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. |
annunciatory |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. |
anorthoscope |
noun |
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. |
anseriformes |
noun pl. |
A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. |
antagonistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Antagonistical |
antagonozing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Antagonize |
antanaclasis |
noun |
A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft., A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. |
antarchistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Antarchistical |
antarthritic |
adjective |
Counteracting or alleviating gout., A remedy against gout. |
antasthmatic |
adjective |
Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma., A remedy for asthma. |
antecedently |
adverb |
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. |
antediluvial |
adjective |
Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah’s time. |
antediluvian |
adjective |
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah’s time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle., One who lived before the Deluge. |
antemeridian |
adjective |
Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.) |
antephialtic |
adjective |
Good against nightmare., A remedy nightmare. |
antepileptic |
adjective |
Good against epilepsy., A medicine for epilepsy. |
anteposition |
noun |
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it. |
anteprandial |
adjective |
Preceding dinner. |
anthelmintic |
adjective |
Good against intestinal worms., An anthelmintic remedy. |
antherozooid |
noun |
One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams. |
anthocarpous |
adjective |
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. |
anthological |
adjective |
Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets. |
anthophagous |
adjective |
Eating flowers; — said of certain insects. |
anthophorous |
adjective |
Flower bearing; supporting the flower. |
anthraconite |
noun |
A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; — called also stinkstone and swinestone. |
anthropogeny |
noun |
The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man. |
anthropoglot |
noun |
An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot. |
anthropoidal |
adjective |
Anthropoid. |
anthropoidea |
noun pl. |
The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man. |
anthropolite |
noun |
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it. |
anthropology |
noun |
The science of the structure and functions of the human body., The science of man; — sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal., That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. |
anthropotomy |
noun |
The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. |
antialbumose |
noun |
See Albumose. |
antibacchius |
noun |
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#). |
antibrachial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm. |
antibrachium |
noun |
That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm. |
anticausodic |
adjective & noun |
Same as Anticausotic. |
anticausotic |
adjective |
Good against an inflammatory fever., A remedy for such a fever. |
antichronism |
noun |
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. |
antichthones |
plural |
of Antichthon |
anticipating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Anticipate |
anticipation |
noun |
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order., Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven., Hasty notion; intuitive preconception., The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. |
anticipative |
adjective |
Anticipating, or containing anticipation. |
anticipatory |
adjective |
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. |
anticlinoria |
plural |
of Anticlinorium |
antifriction |
noun |
Something to lessen friction; antiattrition., Tending to lessen friction. |
antigalastic |
adjective |
Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk. |
antihydropic |
adjective |
Good against dropsy., A remedy for dropsy. |
antihypnotic |
adjective |
Tending to prevent sleep., An antihypnotic agent. |
antihysteric |
adjective |
Counteracting hysteria., A remedy for hysteria. |
antilegomena |
noun pl. |
Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. |
antimacassar |
noun |
A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. |
antimalarial |
adjective |
Good against malaria. |
antimephitic |
adjective |
Good against mephitic or deleterious gases., A remedy against mephitic gases. |
antimetabole |
noun |
A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. |
antimoniated |
adjective |
Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar. |
antinational |
adjective |
Antagonistic to one’s country or nation, or to a national government. |
antiorgastic |
adjective |
Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative. |
antiparallel |
adjective |
Running in a contrary direction. |
antipathetic |
adjective |
Alt. of Antipathetical |
antiperiodic |
noun |
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers. |
antipetalous |
adjective |
Standing before a petal, as a stamen. |
antiphrastic |
adjective |
Alt. of Antiphrastical |
antiphthisic |
adjective |
Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption., A medicine for phthisis. |
antiphysical |
adjective |
Contrary to nature; unnatural., Relieving flatulence; carminative. |
antipodagric |
adjective |
Good against gout., A medicine for gout. |
antirachitic |
adjective |
Good against the rickets. |
antiscoletic |
adjective |
Alt. of Antiscolic |
antisepalous |
adjective |
Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf. |
antiseptical |
adjective |
Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. |
antistrophic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an antistrophe. |
antistrophon |
noun |
An argument retorted on an opponent. |
antistrumous |
adjective |
Good against scrofulous disorders. |
antithetical |
adjective |
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted. |
antivenereal |
adjective |
Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic. |
antonomastic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. |
aparithmesis |
noun |
Enumeration of parts or particulars. |
apathistical |
adjective |
Apathetic; une motional. |
aphidivorous |
|
Devouring aphides; aphidophagous. |
aphorismatic |
adjective |
Alt. of Aphorismic |
aphoristical |
adjective |
In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. |
apocalyptist |
noun |
The writer of the Apocalypse. |
apocryphally |
adverb |
In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably. |
apocynaceous |
adjective |
Alt. of Apocyneous |
apodeictical |
adjective |
Alt. of Apodictical |
apogeotropic |
adjective |
Bending away from the ground; — said of leaves, etc. |
apollinarian |
adjective |
In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games., A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. |
apologetical |
adjective |
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. |
apomecometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the height of objects. |
apomecometry |
noun |
The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. |
aponeurotomy |
noun |
Dissection of aponeuroses. |
apoplectical |
adjective |
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke. |
apostatizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Apostatize |
apostemation |
noun |
The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. |
apostematous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme. |
a posteriori |
|
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning., Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical. |
apostolicism |
noun |
Alt. of Apostolicity |
apostolicity |
noun |
The state or quality of being apostolical. |
apostrophize |
present participle & vb. noun |
To address by apostrophe., To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (‘) or apostrophes., To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe. |
apothecaries |
plural |
of Apothecary |
apothegmatic |
adjective |
Alt. of Apothegmatical |
apparaillyng |
verb |
Preparation. |
apparentness |
noun |
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. |
apparitional |
adjective |
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. |
appendicitis |
noun |
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix. |
appendicular |
adjective |
Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. |
apperception |
noun |
The mind’s perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. |
appertaining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Appertain |
appertinance |
noun |
Alt. of Appertinence |
appertinence |
noun |
See Appurtenance. |
appetibility |
noun |
The quality of being desirable. |
apple-squire |
noun |
A pimp; a kept gallant. |
appoggiatura |
noun |
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; — generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. |
apportioning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Apportion |
appositional |
adjective |
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. |
appraisement |
noun |
The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth. |
appreciating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Appreciate |
appreciation |
noun |
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence., Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors., A rise in value; — opposed to depreciation. |
appreciative |
adjective |
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. |
appreciatory |
adjective |
Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. |
apprehending |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Apprehend |
apprehension |
noun |
The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension., The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped., The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception., Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea., The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension., Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. |
apprehensive |
adjective |
Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning., Knowing; conscious; cognizant., Relating to the faculty of apprehension., Anticipative of something unfavorable’ fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil., Sensible; feeling; perceptive. |
apprenticing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Apprentice |
approachable |
adjective |
Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue. |
approachless |
adjective |
Impossible to be approached. |
approachment |
noun |
Approach. |
appropriable |
adjective |
Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. |
appropriated |
imp. & past participle |
of Appropriate |
appropriator |
noun |
One who appropriates., A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator. |
approximated |
imp. & past participle |
of Approximate |
approximator |
noun |
One who, or that which, approximates. |
appurtenance |
noun |
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. |
apron string |
|
The string of an apron. |
aquapuncture |
noun |
The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain. |
araeosystyle |
adjective & noun |
See Intercolumniation. |
arbitrarious |
adjective |
Arbitrary; despotic. |
arbor dianae |
|
A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form. |
arborescence |
noun |
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver. |
arborization |
noun |
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite. |
archaeologic |
|
Alt. of Archaeological |
archdeaconry |
noun |
The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. |
archetypally |
adverb |
With reference to the archetype; originally. “Parts archetypally distinct.” |
archetypical |
adjective |
Relating to an archetype; archetypal. |
archilochian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter. |
archipelagic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an archipelago. |
architective |
adjective |
Used in building; proper for building. |
architecture |
noun |
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; — often called civil architecture., Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. |
architeuthis |
noun |
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand. |
arcubalister |
noun |
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. |
areometrical |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer. |
argillaceous |
adjective |
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. |
argumentable |
adjective |
Admitting of argument. |
aristarchian |
adjective |
Severely critical. |
aristocratic |
adjective |
Alt. of Aristocratical |
aristophanic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet. |
aristotelian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.)., A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. |
arithmetical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. |
arithmomancy |
noun |
Arithmancy. |
arithmometer |
noun |
A calculating machine. |
armor-bearer |
noun |
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. |
armor-plated |
adjective |
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. |
arrenotokous |
adjective |
Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees. |
arreptitious |
adjective |
Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. |
arrhaphostic |
adjective |
Seamless. |
arrogantness |
noun |
Arrogance. |
arsenicating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Arsenicate |
arseniferous |
adjective |
Containing or producing arsenic. |
arseniureted |
adjective |
Combined with arsenic; — said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. |
arsenopyrite |
noun |
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; — also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel. |
arterialized |
imp. & past participle |
of Arterialize |
arthrogastra |
noun pl. |
A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi. |
arthrography |
noun |
The description of joints. |
arthropleura |
noun |
The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere. |
arthropomata |
noun pl. |
One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda. |
arthrostraca |
noun pl. |
One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda. |
articulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Articulate |
articulately |
adverb |
After the manner, or in the form, of a joint., Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely., With distinct utterance of the separate sounds. |
articulation |
noun |
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton., The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods., One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize., One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc., The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint., The state of being jointed; connection of parts., The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation., A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant. |
articulative |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to articulation. |
artificially |
adverb |
In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature., Ingeniously; skillfully., Craftily; artfully. |
artilleryman |
noun |
A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing. |
artiodactyla |
noun pl. |
One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; — opposed to Perissodactyla. |
artiodactyle |
noun |
One of the Artiodactyla. |
artocarpeous |
adjective |
Alt. of Artocarpous |
arundiferous |
adjective |
Producing reeds or canes. |
ascertaining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Ascertain |
ascidiozooid |
noun |
One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea. |
asparaginous |
adjective |
Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables. |
asphyxiation |
noun |
The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia. |
assassinated |
imp. & past participle |
of Assassinate |
assassinator |
noun |
An assassin. |
assecuration |
noun |
Assurance; certainty. |
assessorship |
noun |
The office or function of an assessor. |
asseverating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Asseverate |
asseveration |
noun |
The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. |
asseverative |
adjective |
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. |
asseveratory |
adjective |
Asseverative. |
assibilation |
noun |
Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch. |
assimilating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Assimilate |
assimilation |
noun |
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another., The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals. |
assimilative |
adjective |
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance. |
assimilatory |
adjective |
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs. |
assimulation |
noun |
Assimilation. |
assuefaction |
noun |
The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. |
astipulation |
noun |
Stipulation; agreement. |
astonishedly |
adverb |
In an astonished manner. |
astonishment |
noun |
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense., Dismay; consternation., The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement., The object causing such an emotion. |
astringently |
adverb |
In an astringent manner. |
astrological |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. |
astronomical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. |
asymmetrical |
adjective |
Incommensurable., Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. |
atheological |
adjective |
Opposed to theology; atheistic. |
atheromatous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. |
atmolyzation |
noun |
Separation by atmolysis. |
atrabilarian |
adjective |
Alt. of Atrabilarious, A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. |
attemperance |
noun |
Temperance; attemperament. |
attemperment |
noun |
Attemperament. |
attitudinize |
verb i. |
To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose. |
attorneyship |
noun |
The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. |
attractivity |
noun |
The quality or degree of attractive power. |
attrectation |
noun |
Frequent handling or touching. |
attributable |
adjective |
Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. |
augmentation |
noun |
The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase., The state of being augmented; enlargement., The thing added by way of enlargement., A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor., The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing., In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. |
augmentative |
adjective |
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation., A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. |
aurichalcite |
noun |
A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. |
aurochloride |
noun |
The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; — called also chloraurate. |
auscultation |
noun |
The act of listening or hearkening to., An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease. |
auscultatory |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to auscultation. |
australasian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions., A native or an inhabitant of Australasia. |
authenticate |
verb t. |
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit., To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. |
authenticity |
noun |
The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness., Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. |
authorizable |
adjective |
Capable of being authorized. |
authochthons |
plural |
of Autochthon |
autochthones |
plural |
of Autochthon |
autochthonal |
adjective |
Alt. of Autochthonous |
autocratical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. |
autocratship |
noun |
The office or dignity of an autocrat. |
autogenously |
adverb |
In an autogenous manner; spontaneously. |
automorphism |
noun |
Automorphic characterization. |
autoptically |
adverb |
By means of ocular view, or one’s own observation. |
availability |
noun |
The quality of being available; availableness., That which is available. |
averruncator |
noun |
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod. |
awe-stricken |
adjective |
Awe-struck. |
ayuntamiento |
noun |
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. |