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Found: 7,870 words.
A
9 defs
A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.
A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.
A B C
3 defs
A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
A cappella
2 defs
A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
With stronger reason.
A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
A posteriori
2 defs
Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
A priori
2 defs
Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.
A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, a...
In the morning; every morning.
On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it cat...
A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.
Aaron's rod
2 defs
A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
Alt. of Aaronical
Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
of Abacus
To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
The act of abacinating.
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
Aback
4 defs
An abacus.
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.
Stealing cattle on a large scale.
One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
of Abaculus
A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.
Abacus
5 defs
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
of Abacus
The rhinoceros.
Abaddon
2 defs
Hell; the bottomless pit.
Abaft
2 defs
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
Obeisance.
Ivory black or animal charcoal.
Abashed; confounded; discomfited.
Abalienate
3 defs
To cause alienation of (mind).
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of Ca...
Aband
2 defs
To abandon.
Abandon
6 defs
A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
Abandoned
3 defs
Forsaken, deserted.
Unrestrainedly.
One to whom anything is legally abandoned.
One who abandons.
of Abandon