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4-hitter
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits.
Aback
An abacus.
Acceptive
Fit for acceptance.
Acerous
Same as .
Acervose
Full of heaps.
across-the-board
broad in scope or content
Aculeus
A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
Adenose
Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
Adenotomy
Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
Adherency
The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
Adiactinic
Not transmitting the actinic rays.
Adjectitious
Added; additional.
Administrant
Executive; acting; managing affairs.
Adverse
To oppose; to resist.
Adversely
In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.
advize
give bad advice to
Affable
Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
Affectionately
With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
Afflatus
A breath or blast of wind.
Afreet
Same as .
Africanism
A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.
Aftercrop
A second crop or harvest in the same year.
Aggress
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with .
Agreer
One who agrees.
Ajava
See .
Alcaldia
The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.
Ale silver
A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Aliferous
Having wings, winged; aligerous.
alkaline-loving
thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)
Alloo
To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.
Allure
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
Alluvium
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Alsophila
a genus comprising the geometrid moths.
Alterably
In an alterable manner.
Alternate
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
Altivolant
Flying high.
Amalgamation
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.
Amassment
An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.
Amazedness
The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.
Ambler
A horse or a person that ambles.
Ambulant
Walking; moving from place to place.
Amen
To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
Amess
Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d .
Amidships
In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
Ammonitiferous
Containing fossil ammonites.
Amylate
A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Amyl nitrite
A yellowish oily volatile liquid, , used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.
Anabolic steroid
any of a variety of synthetic derivatives or analogs of testosterone, which promote the increase of muscle mass and strength. The anabolic steroids are sometimes used by athletes to increase muscular strength so as to enhance their performance in competition. They have serious side effects, and the use of such compounds has been banned by many athletic regulatory committees.
anaphor
a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent.
Anecdote
Unpublished narratives.
Angelus
A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.
Anglicify
To anglicize.
Anteroom
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
Anthomania
A extravagant fondness for flowers.
Antilithic
Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.
Anxiety
Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
Anyhow
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Apogamic
Relating to apogamy.
Appall
To make pale; to blanch.
Appliedly
By application.
Apprehensively
In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Apriorism
An principle.
Apyretic
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
Aramaism
An idiom of the Aramaic.
Armiferous
Bearing arms or weapons.
Arraign
Arraignment; .
articulatio
the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.
asexuality
having no evident sex or sex organs.
Aspersorium
The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
Assecution
An obtaining or acquiring.
Assiduity
Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
Associate in Applied Science
an associate degree conferred for successful studies in applied science.
Aster
A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
Athwart
Across; from side to side of.
Auction pitch
A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or pitching the trump suit.
audiocassette
a cassette for audio tape.
Author
To occasion; to originate.
Automatism
The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action.
Averruncator
An instrument for pruning trees, having two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on a long rod and operated by a string or wire; a tree pruner.
awareness
conscious knowledge; .
Away
From a place; hence.
Azote
A switch or whip.