Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
available |
adjective |
Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea., Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. |
availment |
noun |
Profit; advantage. |
avalanche |
noun |
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice., A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice., A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything. |
avauntour |
noun |
A boaster. |
ave maria |
|
Alt. of Ave Mary |
avengeful |
adjective |
Vengeful. |
averaging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Average |
averpenny |
noun |
Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average. |
averroism |
noun |
The tenets of the Averroists. |
averroist |
noun |
One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism. |
avertible |
adjective |
Capable of being averted; preventable. |
avisement |
noun |
Advisement; observation; deliberation. |
avocation |
noun |
A calling away; a diversion., That which calls one away from one’s regular employment or vocation., Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one’s time; usual employment; vocation. |
avocative |
adjective |
Calling off., That which calls aside; a dissuasive. |
avoidable |
adjective |
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable., Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped. |
avoidance |
noun |
The act of annulling; annulment., The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; — specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent., A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal., The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of., The courts by which anything is carried off. |
avoidless |
adjective |
Unavoidable; inevitable. |
avolation |
noun |
The act of flying; flight; evaporation. |
avouching |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Avouch |
avuncular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an uncle. |