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11th
coming next after the tenth in a series
Ab-
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies , , , or , as in duct, tract, cond. See (6).
Abnodation
The act of cutting away the knots of trees.
Absently
In an absent or abstracted manner.
Absinthian
Of the nature of wormwood.
Accouplement
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.
Accumbent
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
Accumulate
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Accurateness
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
Acrimony
A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; .
Adamite
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
Adjure
To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
adrenocorticotropin
a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Adulterously
In an adulterous manner.
Adventurously
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
Advoke
To summon; to call.
Affreighter
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
Affrighter
One who frightens.
Agal-agal
Same as .
Agglutinative
Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
agitating
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
agonizing
causing agony. Opposite to .
Agrief
In grief; amiss.
Ailuropodidae
in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas.
aioli
a French garlic-flavored mayonnaise. It is often served with fish and other seafood, and sometimes with vegetables.
Air jacket
A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
Air pipe
A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.
Alation
The state of being winged.
Albuminiparous
Producing albumin.
Algerine
Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
Alienability
Capability of being alienated.
All
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very;
Allmouth
The angler.
Almendron
The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
Alternativeness
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
Ambrein
A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
amebous
same as .
A mensa et thoro
A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
Amice
A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.
Ammoniacal fermentation
Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.
Amplexicaul
Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
ampule
a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top.
Amylolytic
Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; .
Anacrusis
A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Analogism
an argument from the cause to the effect; an argument.
Analogy
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning the mind, because it is to the mind what is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
Anamorphosis
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.
Ancistroid
Hook-shaped.
Angiostomous
With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
Angler
One who angles.
Anglo-Saxondom
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
Anguillan
of or pertaining to Anguilla; .
Annihilative
Serving to annihilate; destructive.
Annonaceae
a family of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
Annoy
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex;
Annually
Yearly; year by year.
Anodonta
a genus of thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
Anteroom
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
Anthelion
A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.
Anthropomancy
Divination by the entrails of human being.
anti-aircraft
designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft; .
Anticipant
Anticipating; expectant; -- with .
Anticivism
Opposition to the body politic of citizens.
Antimonic
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; .
Antimonious
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; .
Antipodes
Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
Aphides
See .
Aphidivorous
Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
Apocope
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Apothegmatize
To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
Arango
A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
Arch brick
A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Archduke
A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
Aria
An air or song; a melody; a tune.
Arrear
That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, .
Arrowworm
A peculiar transparent worm of the genus , living at the surface of the sea. See .
Arson
The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.
Arterial
Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries;
Artiodactylous
Even-toed.
Ascidiarium
The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
Aspersion
A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Assamar
The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
Astipulate
To assent.
Astroite
A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.
Astrolater
A worshiper of the stars.
Auk
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family . The great auk, now extinct, is ( ) . The razor-billed auk is . See , , and .
Aularian
At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
Aumbry
Same as .
authoritarian
behaves like a tyrant.
Auto-inoculation
Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.
Avert
To turn aside, or away; ; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; To his ire.