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- ADVENTUREA feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- ADVERBA word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- ADVERBIALOf or relating to an adverb.
- ADVERSEUnfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
- ADVERSITYThe state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
- ADVERTENTAttentive.
- ADVICEAn opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- ADVISETo give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
- ADVOCACYThe profession of an advocate.
- ADVOCATIONAdvocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
- ADVOWSONThe right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- AEDICULEA small house or room.
- AEDILEAn elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.
- AENEOUSBronze-colored.
- AENEUSA kind of freshwater catfish, the bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus).
- AERATETo supply with oxygen or air.
- AERENCHYMAA spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.
- AEROMANCIESDivination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- AEROMANCYDivination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- AERONAUTICSThe design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects; the study of and control of how aviation works.
- AERUGINOUSSynonym of verdigrisy, of or related to copper carbonate, bluish green.
- AERUGOMetallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris; patina.
- AESTIVALAlternative spelling of estival.
- AETIOLOGYThe establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- AFFEERTo assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
- AFFERENTCarrying towards.
- AFFINEAssigning finite values to finite quantities.
- AFFLICTIONA state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- AFFLUENCEAn abundant flow or supply.
- AFFLUENTSomeone who is wealthy.
- AFFRONTTo insult intentionally, especially openly.
- AFROA hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
- AGENCYThe capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- AGENDAA temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
- AGENDUMA task which ought to be done; an item on an agenda.
- AGENTOne who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AGILEHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- AGILITYThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- AGMINATEGrouped together.
- AGNATEA relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- AGNATICof the male bloodline; patrilineal
- AGNIZETo recognise; to acknowledge.
- AGRESTICOf or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished
- AGUEAn acute fever.
- AILANTHUSAny of several deciduous Asiatic trees of the genus Ailanthus, including the tree of heaven. In particular, Ailanthus altissima.
- AITCHThe name of the Latin script letter H/h.
- AJUTAGEA tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube.
- ALACRITYEagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- ALAROf or relating to the armpit; axillary.
- ALARMA summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- ALARUMA danger signal or warning.
- ALARYPertaining to wings.
- ALASUsed to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
- ALATEHaving wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
- ALATIONThe state of being winged.
- ALBAA type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
- ALBEDOThe fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
- ALBESCENTBecoming white or whitish; moderately white.
- ALBITEA plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
- ALBUGOA leucoma.
- ALBUMIn Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
- ALBUMINAny of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty
- ALBUMINOIDof albumin
- ALBUMINOUSRelating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
- ALBURNUMsapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
- ALCAHESTrare spelling of alkahest
- ALCHEMISTOne who practices alchemy.
- ALCIDA bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
- ALCOHOLISMA chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- ALEATORICHaving an element of chance.
- ALEATORIESDepending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- ALEATORYDepending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- ALECAn anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
- ALECOSTThe plant costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), formerly much used for flavoring ale.
- ALEMBROTHThe "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
- ALEMBROTHSThe "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
- ALGAAny of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some be
- ALGASAny of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some be
- ALGEBRAElementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.
- ALGIDCold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
- ALGORCold, chilliness.
- ALGORISMObsolete spelling of algorithm .
- ALGORSCold, chilliness.
- ALIASOtherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
- ALIBIThe plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- ALIENATEEstranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
- ALIFORMShaped like a wing.
- ALIMENTFood.
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- ALIPEDA wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
- ALIQUANTAn integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
- ALIQUOTContained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
- ALIUNDEFrom another source; from elsewhere.
- ALKAHESTA universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- ALKALIOne of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, unitin
- ALLICINAn organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.
- ALLIUMAny of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic.
- ALLOCATIONThe process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
- ALLOCUTIONA formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.