Abenjukala
Abenjukala is the classic treatise on benjuka , written anonymously in Near Antiquity . Because of its emphasis on the relation between benjuka and wisdom, many consider is a classical philosophical text as well.

Excerpts

“Where games measure the limits of intellect, benjuka measures the limits of soul.”

Absolute
Among the Dûnyain , the Absolute is the state of becoming ‘unconditioned’, a perfect self-moving soul independent of ‘what comes before’.

Background

The Dûnyain believe the will to be illusory, an artifact of the soul’s inability to perceive what comes before it. They believe—contrary to the dominant stream of Three Seas thought—that the soul is part of the world , as much driven by prior events as anything else. In other words, Men do not possess ‘self-moving souls’. Far from a given, such a soul is an accomplishment for the Dûnyain. All souls, they claim, possess conatus , the natural striving to be self-moving, to escape the circle of before and after. They naturally seek to know the world about them and so climb out of the circle. But a host of factors make outright escape impossible. The soul Men are born with is too obtuse and clouded by animal passions to be anything other than a slave of what comes before. The whole point of the Dûnyain ethos is to overcome these limitations and so become a self-moving soul—to attain the Absolute, or the Unconditioned Soul.

Conditioning

To achieve this goal, the Dûnyain instituted a program of selective breeding for intellect and dispassion. They undergo arduous physical, emotional, and intellectual training, what they call the conditioning . The Dûnyain believe that, using reason , they can condition themselves to the point of becoming unconditioned .

ab
-the fifth month of the jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with august.

ab
-
-a prefix in many words of latin origin. it signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. see a
-(6).

abaca
-the manila
-hemp plant (musa textilis); also, its fiber. see manila hemp under manila.

abaci
-of abacus

abacinate
-to blind by a red
-hot metal plate held before the eyes.

abacination
-the act of abacinating.

abaciscus
-one of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

abacist
-one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.

aback
-toward the back or rear; backward.
-behind; in the rear.
-backward against the mast;
-- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
-an abacus.

abactinal
-pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal;
-- opposed to actinal.

abaction
-stealing cattle on a large scale.

abactor
-one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

abaculi
-of abaculus

abaculus
-a small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

abacus
-a table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
-a calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. it is still employed in china.
-the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. see column.
-a tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
-a board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.

abacuses
-of abacus

abada
-the rhinoceros.

abaddon
-the destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit;
-- the same as apollyon and asmodeus.
-hell; the bottomless pit.

abaft
-behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
-toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.

abaisance
-obeisance.

abaiser
-ivory black or animal charcoal.

abaist
-abashed; confounded; discomfited.

abalienate
-to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
-to estrange; to withdraw.
-to cause alienation of (mind).

abalienation
-the act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

abalone
-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 california, clinging closely to the rocks.

aband
-to abandon.
-to banish; to expel.

abandon
-to cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
-to give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
-reflexively: to give (one's self) up without attempt at self
-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly;
-- often in a bad sense.
-to relinquish all claim to;
-- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
-abandonment; relinquishment.
-a complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

abandoned
-of abandon
-forsaken, deserted.
-self
-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

abandonedly
-unrestrainedly.

abandonee
-one to whom anything is legally abandoned.

abandoner
-one who abandons.

abandoning
-of abandon

abandonment
-the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
-the relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
-the relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
-the voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
-careless freedom or ease; abandon.

abandum
-anything forfeited or confiscated.

abanet
-see abnet.

abanga
-a west indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

abannation
-alt. of abannition

abannition
-banishment.

abarticulation
-articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

abase
-to lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
-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
-of abase
-lowered; humbled.
-borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

abasedly
-abjectly; downcastly.

abasement
-the act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

abaser
-he who, or that which, abases.

abash
-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.

abashed
-of abash

abashedly
-in an abashed manner.

abashing
-of abash

abashment
-the state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

abasing
-of abase

abassi
-alt. of abassis

abassis
-a silver coin of persia, worth about twenty cents.

abatable
-capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

abate
-to beat down; to overthrow.
-to bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
-to deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
-to blunt.
-to reduce in estimation; to deprive.
-to bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
-to diminish; to reduce. legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
-to decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
-to be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
-abatement.

abated
-of abate

abatement
-the act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
-the amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
-a mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
-the entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

abater
-one who, or that which, abates.

abating
-of abate

abatis
-alt. of abattis

abatised
-provided with an abatis.

abator
-one who abates a nuisance.
-a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

abattis
-a means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

abattoir
-a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

abattoirs
-of abattoir

abature
-grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

abatvoix
-the sounding
-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

abawed
-astonished; abashed.

abaxial
-alt. of abaxile

abaxile
-away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

abay
-barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. see bay.

abb
-among weavers, yarn for the warp. hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

abb wool
-see abb.

abba
-father; religious superior;
-- in the syriac, coptic, and ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

abbacies
-of abbacy

abbacy
-the dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

abbatial
-belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

abbatical
-abbatial.

abbe
-the french word answering to the english abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in france to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

abbess
-a female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. see abbey.

abbey
-a monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
-the church of a monastery.

abbeys
-of abbey

abbot
-the superior or head of an abbey.
-one of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

abbotship
-the state or office of an abbot.

abbreviate
-to make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
-to reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
-abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
-having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
-an abridgment.

abbreviated
-of abbreviate
-shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

abbreviating
-of abbreviate

abbreviation
-the act of shortening, or reducing.
-the result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
-the form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, gen. for genesis; u.s.a. for united states of america.
-one dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi
-semiquavers.

abbreviator
-one who abbreviates or shortens.
-one of a college of seventy
-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

abbreviatory
-serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

abbreviature
-an abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
-an abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

abdal
-a religious devotee or dervish in persia.

abderian
-given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abderite
-an inhabitant of abdera, in thrace.

abdest
-purification by washing the hands before prayer;
-- a mohammedan rite.

abdicable
-capable of being abdicated.

abdicant
-abdicating; renouncing;
-- followed by of.
-one who abdicates.

abdicate
-to surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
-to renounce; to relinquish;
-- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
-to reject; to cast off.
-to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
-to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

abdicated
-of abdicate

abdicating
-of abdicate

abdication
-the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

abdicative
-causing, or implying, abdication.

abdicator
-one who abdicates.

abditive
-having the quality of hiding.

abditory
-a place for hiding or preserving articles of value.

abdomen
-the belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. in man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
-the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other arthropoda.

abdominal
-of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
-having abdominal fins; belonging to the abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
-a fish of the group abdominales.

abdominales
-of abdominal
-a group including the greater part of fresh
-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.

abdominalia
-a group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

abdominals
-of abdominal

abdominoscopy
-examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

abdominothoracic
-relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

abdominous
-having a protuberant belly; pot
-bellied.

abduce
-to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

abduced
-of abduce

abducing
-of abduce

abduct
-to take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
-to draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

abducted
-of abduct

abducting
-of abduct

abduction
-the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
-the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
-the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
-a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

abductor
-one who abducts.
-a muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

abeam
-on the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

abear
-to bear; to behave.
-to put up with; to endure.

abearance
-behavior.

abearing
-behavior.

abecedarian
-one who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
-one engaged in teaching the alphabet.
-alt. of abecedary

abecedary
-pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
-a primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

abed
-in bed, or on the bed.
-to childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).

abegge
-same as aby.

abele
-the white poplar (populus alba).

abelian
-alt. of abelonian

abelite
-alt. of abelonian

abelmosk
-an evergreen shrub (hibiscus
-- formerly abelmoschus
-- moschatus), of the east and west indies and northern africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee;
-- sometimes called musk mallow.

abelonian
-one of a sect in africa (4th century), mentioned by st. augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of abel.

aber
-de
-vine
-the european siskin (carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

aberr
-to wander; to stray.

aberrance
-alt. of aberrancy

aberrancy
-state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

aberrant
-wandering; straying from the right way.
-deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

aberrate
-to go astray; to diverge.

aberration
-the act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
-a partial alienation of reason.
-a small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
-the convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
-the passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
-the producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for a glances and strikes b.

aberrational
-characterized by aberration.

aberuncate
-to weed out.

aberuncator
-a weeding machine.

abet
-to instigate or encourage by aid or countenance;
-- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill
-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
-to support, uphold, or aid; to maintain;
-- in a good sense.
-to contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
-act of abetting; aid.

abetment
-the act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.

abettal
-abetment.

abetted
-of abet

abetter
-alt. of abettor

abetting
-of abet

abettor
-one who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

abevacuation
-a partial evacuation.

abeyance
-expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
-suspension; temporary suppression.

abeyancy
-abeyance.

abeyant
-being in a state of abeyance.

abhal
-the berries of a species of cypress in the east indies.

abhominable
-abominable.

abhominal
-inhuman.

abhor
-to shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
-to fill with horror or disgust.
-to protest against; to reject solemnly.
-to shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse;
-- with

abhorred
-of abhor

abhorrence
-extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

abhorrency
-abhorrence.

abhorrent
-abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
-contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent;
-- followed by to.
-detestable.

abhorrently
-with abhorrence.

abhorrer
-one who abhors.

abhorrible
-detestable.

abhorring
-of abhor
-detestation.
-object of abhorrence.

abib
-the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our april. after the babylonish captivity this month was called nisan.

abid
-of abide

abidance
-the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

abide
-to wait; to pause; to delay.
-to stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn;
-- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
-to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
-to wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, i abide my time.
-to endure; to sustain; to submit to.
-to bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
-to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

abider
-one who abides, or continues.
-one who dwells; a resident.

abiding
-of abide
-continuing; lasting.

abidingly
-permanently.

abies
-a genus of coniferous trees, properly called fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. the spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

abietene
-a volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (pinus sabiniana) of california.

abietic
-of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.

abietin
-alt. of abietine

abietine
-a resinous obtained from strasburg turpentine or canada balsam. it is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

abietinic
-of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

abietite
-a substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of europe (abies pectinata).

abigail
-a lady's waiting
-maid.

abiliment
-habiliment.

abilities
-of ability

ability
-the quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.;
-- in the plural, faculty, talent.

abime
-alt. of abyme

abiogenesis
-the supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation;
-- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

abiogenetic
-of or pertaining to abiogenesis.

abiogenist
-one who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

abiogenous
-produced by spontaneous generation.

abiogeny
-same as abiogenesis.

abiological
-pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

abirritant
-a medicine that diminishes irritation.

abirritate
-to diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.

abirritation
-a pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

abirritative
-characterized by abirritation or debility.

abit
-3d sing. pres. of abide.

abject
-cast down; low
-lying.
-sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
-to cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
-a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.

abjectedness
-a very abject or low condition; abjectness.

abjection
-the act of bringing down or humbling.
-the state of being rejected or cast out.
-a low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjectly
-meanly; servilely.

abjectness
-the state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

abjudge
-to take away by judicial decision.

abjudicate
-to reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.

abjudication
-rejection by judicial sentence.

abjugate
-to unyoke.

abjunctive
-exceptional.

abjuration
-the act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
-a solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

abjuratory
-containing abjuration.

abjure
-to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. to abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
-to renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
-to renounce on oath.

abjured
-of abjure

abjurement
-renunciation.

abjurer
-one who abjures.

abjuring
-of abjure

ablactate
-to wean.

ablactation
-the weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
-the process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

ablaqueate
-to lay bare, as the roots of a tree.

ablaqueation
-the act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

ablastemic
-non
-germinal.

ablation
-a carrying or taking away; removal.
-extirpation.
-wearing away; superficial waste.

ablatitious
-diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.

ablative
-taking away or removing.
-applied to one of the cases of the noun in latin and some other languages,
-- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
-the ablative case.

ablaut
-the substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.

ablaze
-on fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
-in a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

able
-fit; adapted; suitable.
-having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
-specially: having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
-legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
-to make able; to enable; to strengthen.
-to vouch for.

able
-bodied
-having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.

able
-minded
-having much intellectual power.

ablegate
-to send abroad.
-a representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

ablegation
-the act of sending abroad.

ablen
-a small fresh
-water fish (leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

ableness
-ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

ablepsy
-blindness.

abler
-comp. of able.
-superl. of able.

ablet
-alt. of ablen

abligate
-to tie up so as to hinder from.

abligurition
-prodigal expense for food.

ablins
-perhaps.
-perhaps; possibly.

abloom
-in or into bloom; in a blooming state.

ablude
-to be unlike; to differ.

abluent
-washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
-a detergent.

ablush
-blushing; ruddy.

ablution
-the act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
-the water used in cleansing.
-a small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

ablutionary
-pertaining to ablution.

abluvion
-that which is washed off.

ably
-in an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.

abnegate
-to deny and reject; to abjure.

abnegated
-of abnegate

abnegating
-of abnegate

abnegation
-a denial; a renunciation.

abnegative
-denying; renouncing; negative.

abnegator
-one who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.

abnet
-the girdle of a jewish priest or officer.

abnodate
-to clear (tress) from knots.

abnodation
-the act of cutting away the knots of trees.

abnormal
-not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

abnormalities
-of abnormality

abnormality
-the state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
-something abnormal.

abnormally
-in an abnormal manner; irregularly.

abnormities
-of abnormity

abnormity
-departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.

abnormous
-abnormal; irregular.

aboard
-on board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
-alongside; as, close aboard.
-on board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
-across; athwart.

abodance
-an omen; a portending.

abode
-of abide
-pret. of abide.
-act of waiting; delay.
-stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
-place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
-an omen.
-to bode; to foreshow.
-to be ominous.

abodement
-a foreboding; an omen.

aboding
-a foreboding.

abolish
-to do away with wholly; to annul; to make void;
-- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
-to put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.

abolishable
-capable of being abolished.

abolished
-of abolish

abolisher
-one who abolishes.

abolishing
-of abolish

abolishment
-the act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

abolition
-the act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

abolitionism
-the principles or measures of abolitionists.

abolitionist
-a person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

abolitionize
-to imbue with the principles of abolitionism.

aboma
-a large south american serpent (boa aboma).

abomasum
-alt. of abomasus

abomasus
-the fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. see ruminantia.

abominable
-worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
-excessive; large;
-- used as an intensive.

abominableness
-the quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

abominably
-in an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

abominate
-to turn from as ill
-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

abominated
-of abominate

abominating
-of abominate

abomination
-the feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
-that which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
-a cause of pollution or wickedness.

aboon
-and adv. above.

aboral
-situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

abord
-manner of approaching or accosting; address.
-to approach; to accost.

aboriginal
-first; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of america.
-of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a hindoo of aboriginal blood.
-an original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
-an animal or a plant native to the region.

aboriginality
-the quality of being aboriginal.

aboriginally
-primarily.

aborigines
-the earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
-the original fauna and flora of a geographical area

aborsement
-abortment; abortion.

aborsive
-abortive.

abort
-to miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
-to become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
-an untimely birth.
-an aborted offspring.

aborted
-brought forth prematurely.
-rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.

aborticide
-the act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

abortifacient
-producing miscarriage.
-a drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

abortion
-the act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
-the immature product of an untimely birth.
-arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
-any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

abortional
-pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.

abortionist
-one who procures abortion or miscarriage.

abortive
-produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
-made from the skin of a still
-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
-rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
-coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
-imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
-causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
-cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
-that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
-a fruitless effort or issue.
-a medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.

abortively
-in an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.

abortiveness
-the quality of being abortive.

abortment
-abortion.

abought
-imp. & p. p. of aby.
-of abye

abound
-to be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
-to be copiously supplied;
-- followed by in or with.

abounded
-of abound

abounding
-of abound

about
-around; all round; on every side of.
-in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
-over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
-near; not far from;
-- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
-in concern with; engaged in; intent on.
-on the point or verge of; going; in act of.
-concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
-on all sides; around.
-in circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
-here and there; around; in one place and another.
-nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high;
-- also of quantity, number, time.
-to a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.

about
-sledge
-the largest hammer used by smiths.

above
-in or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over;
-- opposed to below or beneath.
-figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
-surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (passing into the adverbial sense. see above, adv., 4.)
-in a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
-earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
-higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
-more than; as, above five hundred were present.

above
-cited
-cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

above
-mentioned
-alt. of above
-named

above
-named
-mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

aboveboard
-above the board or table. hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.

abovedeck
-on deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.

abovesaid
-mentioned or recited before.

abox
-braced aback.

abracadabra
-a mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. at present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

abradant
-a material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

abrade
-to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
-same as abraid.

abraded
-of abrade

abrading
-of abrade

abraham
-man
-alt. of abram
-man

abrahamic
-pertaining to abraham, the patriarch; as, the abrachamic covenant.

abrahamitic
-alt. of ical

abraid
-to awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.

abram
-man
-one of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through england, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.

abranchial
-abranchiate.

abranchiata
-a group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

abranchiate
-without gills.

abrase
-rubbed smooth.

abrasion
-the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
-the substance rubbed off.
-a superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

abrasive
-producing abrasion.

abraum
-alt. of abraum salts

abraum salts
-a red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

abraxas
-a mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

abray
-see abraid.

abreast
-side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "two men could hardly walk abreast."
-side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam;
-- with of.
-up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
-at the same time; simultaneously.

abregge
-see abridge.

abrenounce
-to renounce.

abrenunciation
-absolute renunciation or repudiation.

abreption
-a snatching away.

abreuvoir
-the joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.

abricock
-see apricot.

abridge
-to make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
-to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
-to deprive; to cut off;
-- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

abridged
-of abridge

abridger
-one who abridges.

abridging
-of abridge

abridgment
-the act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
-an epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
-that which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

abroach
-to set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
-broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
-hence: in a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.

abroad
-at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
-without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
-beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
-before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

abrogable
-capable of being abrogated.

abrogate
-abrogated; abolished.
-to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal;
-- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
-to put an end to; to do away with.

abrogated
-of abrogate

abrogating
-of abrogate

abrogation
-the act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

abrogative
-tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

abrogator
-one who repeals by authority.

abrood
-in the act of brooding.

abrook
-to brook; to endure.

abrupt
-broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
-without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
-having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
-suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
-an abrupt place.
-to tear off or asunder.

abruption
-a sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

abruptly
-in an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
-precipitously.

abruptness
-the state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
-suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

abscess
-a collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

abscesses
-of abscess

abscession
-a separating; removal; also, an abscess.

abscind
-to cut off.

abscision
-see abscission.

absciss
-see abscissa.

abscissa
-one of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

abscissae
-of abscissa

abscissas
-of abscissa

abscisses
-of absciss

abscission
-the act or process of cutting off.
-the state of being cut off.
-a figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "he is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity
-- but i need say no more."

abscond
-to hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
-to depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self;
-- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
-to hide; to conceal.

absconded
-of abscond

abscondence
-fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.

absconder
-one who absconds.

absconding
-of abscond

absence
-a state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship;
-- opposed to presence.
-want; destitution; withdrawal.
-inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

absent
-being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
-not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
-inattentive to what is passing; absent
-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
-to take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse;
-- used with the reflexive pronoun.
-to withhold from being present.

absent
-minded
-absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.

absentaneous
-pertaining to absence.

absentation
-the act of absenting one's self.

absented
-of absent

absentee
-one who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an irish absentee.

absenteeism
-the state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

absenter
-one who absents one's self.

absenting
-of absent

absently
-in an absent or abstracted manner.

absentment
-the state of being absent; withdrawal.

absentness
-the quality of being absent
-minded.

absey
-book
-an a
-b
-c book; a primer.

absinth
-alt. of absinthe

absinthate
-a combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

absinthe
-the plant absinthium or common wormwood.
-a strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

absinthial
-of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

absinthian
-of the nature of wormwood.

absinthiate
-to impregnate with wormwood.

absinthiated
-impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.

absinthic
-relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

absinthin
-the bitter principle of wormwood (artemisia absinthium).

absinthism
-the condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.

absinthium
-the common wormwood (artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

absis
-see apsis.

absist
-to stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.

absistence
-a standing aloof.

absolute
-loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
-complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
-viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real;
-- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
-loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self
-existent; self
-sufficing.
-capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non
-relative.
-positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
-authoritative; peremptory.
-pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
-not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. see ablative absolute, under ablative.
-in a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

absolutely
-in an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

absoluteness
-the quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

absolution
-an absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
-an acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
-the exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
-an absolving from ecclesiastical penalties,
-- for example, excommunication.
-the form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
-delivery, in speech.

absolutism
-the state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
-doctrine of absolute decrees.

absolutist
-one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
-one who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
-of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.

absolutistic
-pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

absolutory
-serving to absolve; absolving.

absolvable
-that may be absolved.

absolvatory
-conferring absolution; absolutory.

absolve
-to set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
-to free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin);
-- said of the sin or guilt.
-to finish; to accomplish.
-to resolve or explain.

absolved
-of absolve

absolvent
-absolving.
-an absolver.

absolver
-one who absolves.

absolving
-of absolve

absonant
-discordant; contrary;
-- opposed to consonant.

absonous
-discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.

absorb
-to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
-to suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
-to engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
-to take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. so heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.

absorbability
-the state or quality of being absorbable.

absorbable
-capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

absorbed
-of absorb

absorbedly
-in a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

absorbency
-absorptiveness.

absorbent
-absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
-anything which absorbs.
-any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
-the vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

absorber
-one who, or that which, absorbs.

absorbing
-of absorb
-swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.

absorbition
-absorption.

absorpt
-absorbed.

absorption
-the act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
-an imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
-in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
-entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

absorptive
-having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

absorptiveness
-the quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

absorptivity
-absorptiveness.

absquatulate
-to take one's self off; to decamp.

absque hoc
-the technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

abstain
-to hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites;
-- with from.
-to hinder; to withhold.

abstained
-of abstain

abstainer
-one who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

abstaining
-of abstain

abstemious
-abstaining from wine.
-sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
-sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
-marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
-promotive of abstemiousness.

abstemiousness
-the quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. it expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

abstention
-the act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

abstentious
-characterized by abstinence; self
-restraining.

absterge
-to make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

abstergent
-serving to cleanse, detergent.
-a substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.

absterse
-to absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.

abstersion
-act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

abstersive
-cleansing; purging.
-something cleansing.

abstersiveness
-the quality of being abstersive.

abstinence
-the act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages,
-- called also total abstinence.
-the practice of self
-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

abstinency
-abstinence.

abstinent
-refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
-one who abstains.
-one of a sect who appeared in france and spain in the 3d century.

abstinently
-with abstinence.

abstorted
-wrested away.

abstract
-withdraw; separate.
-considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.
-expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it;
-- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.
-resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name.
-abstracted; absent in mind.
-to withdraw; to separate; to take away.
-to draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.
-to separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.
-to epitomize; to abridge.
-to take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
-to separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. in this sense extract is now more generally used.
-to perform the process of abstraction.
-that which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. specifically: a summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
-a state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.
-an abstract term.
-a powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

abstracted
-of abstract
-separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
-separated from matter; abstract; ideal.
-abstract; abstruse; difficult.
-inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

abstractedly
-in an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

abstractedness
-the state of being abstracted; abstract character.

abstracter
-one who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

abstracting
-of abstract

abstraction
-the act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
-the act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. so, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
-an idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
-a separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
-absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
-the taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
-a separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

abstractional
-pertaining to abstraction.

abstractionist
-an idealist.

abstractitious
-obtained from plants by distillation.

abstractive
-having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

abstractively
-in a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.

abstractiveness
-the quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

abstractly
-in an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

abstractness
-the quality of being abstract.

abstringe
-to unbind.

abstrude
-to thrust away.

abstruse
-concealed or hidden out of the way.
-remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

abstrusely
-in an abstruse manner.

abstruseness
-the quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

abstrusion
-the act of thrusting away.

abstrusity
-abstruseness; that which is abstruse.

absume
-to consume gradually; to waste away.

absumption
-act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

absurd
-contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
-an absurdity.

absurdities
-of absurdity

absurdity
-the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
-that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

absurdly
-in an absurd manner.

absurdness
-absurdity.

abuna
-the patriarch, or head of the abyssinian church.

abundance
-an overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth:
-- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.

abundant
-fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply;
-- followed by in, rarely by with.

abundantly
-in a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

aburst
-in a bursting condition.

abusable
-that may be abused.

abusage
-abuse.

abuse
-to put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
-to use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
-to revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
-to dishonor.
-to violate; to ravish.
-to deceive; to impose on.
-improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
-physical ill treatment; injury.
-a corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
-vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
-violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

abused
-of abuse

abuseful
-full of abuse; abusive.

abuser
-one who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].

abusing
-of abuse

abusion
-evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

abusive
-wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
-given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
-practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
-containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
-tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

abusively
-in an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

abusiveness
-the quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

abut
-to project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet;
-- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

abutilon
-a genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents;
-- called also indian mallow.

abutment
-state of abutting.
-that on or against which a body abuts or presses
-the solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
-a fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
-in breech
-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

abuttal
-the butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.

abutted
-of abut

abutter
-one who, or that which, abuts. specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

abutting
-of abut

abuzz
-in a buzz; buzzing.

aby
-alt. of abye

abye
-to pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.
-to endure; to abide.

abyme
-a abyss.

abysm
-an abyss; a gulf.

abysmal
-pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

abysmally
-to a fathomless depth; profoundly.

abyss
-a bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
-infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
-the center of an escutcheon.

abyssal
-belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

abyssinian
-of or pertaining to abyssinia.
-a native of abyssinia.
-a member of the abyssinian church.