adv. In an abashed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abolishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder. Ernest Dowson [ PJC ]
An article on absinthe was prepared by Matthew Baggott (bagg@ellis.uchicago.edu) for distribution on the newsgroup alt.drugs. [ PJC ]
a.
They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who accomplishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate. ] Delivery in childbed [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher. See Accouchement. ] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F.., fem. of accoucher. ] A midwife. [ Recent ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
n. [ Acetic + phenyl + one. ] (Chem.) A crystalline ketone,
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n. [ OE. ache, AS. æce, ece, fr. acan to ache. See Ache, v. i. ] Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. “Such an ache in my bones.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The sins that in your conscience ache. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
a & n. See Achæan, Achaian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to an achene. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖ [ F., lit., on horseback. ] Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road. [ 1913 Webster ]
A position à cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes. Swinton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. same as Akocanthera.
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n. (Zool.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus
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n. Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia. ]
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a. [ L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent. ]
n.
adv. In an adherent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who adheres; an adherent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adhésion. ]
His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. adhésif. ]
Adhesive attraction. (Physics)
Adhesive inflammation (Surg.),
Adhesive plaster,
adv. In an adhesive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Gr.
n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One versed in aëography: an aërologist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Aëro- + sphere: cf. F. aérosphère. ] The atmosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation, fr. &unr_; to perceive. ] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Sensuous perception. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]