Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus [antikvár]

A. a__ A, a The first letter of the Eng^sh alphabet; the highest grade, meaning excellent or best aahv. to exclaim in joy aard-vark n. a burrowing African animal which resembles the anteater and feeds on ants and termites aard-wolf/t hyena-like mammal feeding chiefly on canion and insects ab-a-ca n. a plant from the Philippines whose teaCstalks are the source of Manila hemp, a-back adv. unexpected^; by surprise; startled; confused abac-tc-ri-al adj. not being caused bacteria ab^-cus n. a frame holding parallel rods with beads used for manual computation abacuses n^ abaci n. a-baft adv. toward the stem of a ship ab-a-lo-ne n. a member of the genus of gastropod mollusks that will cling to rocks and have a shell which is flat and lined with mother of pearL «.ban-don v. to yiekl utterly; to desert; to forsake; to withdraw protection, support, or help abandonment n., abandoner n. a-ban-don-cd at^. to be deserted; to be foresaken a-base v. to lower in rank, position, prestige, or estimation; to cast down, to humble abasement n a-bash v. embarrass abashment n. a-bate v. reduce in quantity, or value, to deduct; to make less abatement n,, abater n. ab-ba-cy n. a jurisdiction or an ofBce of an abbot ab-ba-tial a<^. to be pertaining or related to an abbey or abbot ab-be n. a French title given to a priest, ab-bess n. the femal superior of an abbey of nuns and possessing the same authority as an abbot ab-beyn. monasteiy abbeys pL ab-bol n. the superior of the monasteiy ab-brc-vi-ate v. make briefer; to shorten to reduce to a briefer form, as a woid or phrase abbreviated, abbreviating v. ab-brc-vi-a-tion n. shortened form of a word or phrase ABC soil #1 a type of soil where there are three weU-defined layere. ab-do-men /i. the part of the human body that lies between the thorax and the pehris and contains the stomach, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, and intestines abdominal atU. absolve ab-duct V. cany away wrongful^ by force or fraud; to kidnap; to draw aside, or away; to move apart abductorn. a-beam adv. or adj. right angles to the keel of a ship ab-cr-rant adj. string from the right course; wandering; vaiying from aberrance»,, aberrantly adv. a-bet V. incite abetment n^ abettor n. ab-horv. dislike intensely abhorrern. a-bide v. to tolerate; to remain; to last; to conform to abidern., abided v. a-bil-i-ty n. state of being able; competence; -ties n., pi. ab-Ject adj. sunk to a k>w condition abjection it., abjectly adv,, -ness n. ab-Jure v. renounce solemnly abjured v. a-blaze adv. on fire, glowing a-ble at^. having sufficient ability a-ble—bodied at^. having a strong body ablebodies mU-ab-ln-tion n. washing of the body as a part of religious rites ablutionaiy a^J. ab-ne-gate v. deny; to refuse or renounce abnegatorn,, abnegationn. ab-nor-mal ad/, not normal -ity/L a-board adv. on board a ship, onto a-bode n. temponuy dwelling place a-bol-ish V. put an end to, destroy a-bom-i-na-ble adj. detestable; loathsome abominably adv. a-bort V. to terminate or cause to terminate an operation or procedure before completion abortern. a-bor-tlon n. induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus can survive alwrtionist n. a-bound v. to have plenty a-bou( adv. approximately, all sides a-bove atlv. higher or greater than ab-ra-ca-dab-ra n. a word believed to have magical powers, used in casting spells; nonsense, fooUsh talk a-brade v. to wear or rub off abrading v. a-breast adv. or adj. side fay side a-bridge v. to make smaller, fewer or shorter while maintaiiiing essential contents abridgern a-broada