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- a naked debenture
- Debenture \De*ben"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. debentur they are due, fr. debere to owe; cf. F. debentur. So called because these receipts began with the words Debentur mihi.] 1. A More…
- a piece of virtu
- Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence, from L. virtus. See .] A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. —J. Spence. , More…
- a priori
- Regulative \Reg"u*la*tive\ (r?g"?*l?*t?v), a. 1. Tending to regulate; regulating. —Whewell. 2. (Metaph.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other More…
- a projective tariff
- Tariff \Tar"iff\, n. [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It. tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r[=i]f information, explanation, definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.] 1. A More…
- a snowball's chance in hell
- Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. 2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose. 3. (Bot.) a shrub of More…
- a spirit level
- Level \Lev"el\ (l[e^]v"[e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water More…
- a wide berth
- Berth \Berth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See .] [Also written .] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a More…
- aardvark
- aardvark \aard"vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.] (Zo["o]l.) An edentate mammal, of the genus (), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts More…
- aas
- aas \aas\ n. 1. a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs. overgarment, outer garment
- abaca
- Manila hemp \Manila hemp\ n. 1. A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (), a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East More…
- abaca
- Manila hemp \Manila hemp\ n. 1. A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (), a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East More…
- abampere
- abampere \abampere\ n. 1. 1 (Electricity) a unit of electrical current equal to 10 amperes. Syn: abamp
- abdomen
- Post-abdomen \Post`-ab*do"men\, n. [Pref. post- + abdomen.] (Zo["o]l.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; — more commonly called .
- abdominousness
- abdominousness \abdominousness\ n. 1. 1 distension of the stomach area due to overweight. Syn: paunchiness
- abducens
- abducens \abducens\ n. 1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Syn: abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve More…
- abducent
- abducent \abducent\ adj. 1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; — especially of muscles Syn: abducting
- abducent
- abducent \abducent\ n. 1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve More…
- abducting
- abducting \abducting\ adj. 1. (Physiol.) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; — used especially of muscles Syn: abducent More…
- abecedarian alphabetical
- ordered \ordered\ adj. 1. having or evincing a systematic arrangement; especially, having elements succeeding in order according to rule; as, an ordered sequence; an More…
- aberdevine
- Siskin \Sis"kin\, n. [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy?.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small green and yellow European finch (, More…
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