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Found: 111,717 words.
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
Abandonment
5 defs
Careless freedom or ease; abandon.
Anything forfeited or confiscated.
See Abnet.
A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.
Alt. of Abannition
Banishment.
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.
Abase
2 defs
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
Abased
3 defs
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
Abjectly; downcastly.
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
He who, or that which, abases.
To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.
of Abash
In an abashed manner.
of Abash
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
of Abase
Alt. of Abassis
A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.
Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
Abate
10 defs
Abatement.
of Abate
Abatement
4 defs
A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
One who, or that which, abates.
of Abate
Alt. of Abattis
Provided with an abatis.
Abator
2 defs
A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
of Abattoir
Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Astonished; abashed.
Alt. of Abaxile
Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.
Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
See Abb.
Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.