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- English Word Ayegreen Definition The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
- English Word Ayein Definition Alt. of Ayeins
- English Word Ayeins Definition Again; back against.
- English Word Ayen Definition Alt. of Ayeins
- English Word Ayenward Definition Backward.
- English Word Ayle Definition A grandfather.
- English Word Ayme Definition The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj.
- English Word Ayond Definition Beyond.
- English Word Ayont Definition Beyond.
- English Word Ayrie Definition Alt. of Ayry
- English Word Ayrshire Definition One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
- English Word Ayry Definition See Aerie.
- English Word Ayuntamiento Definition In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
- English Word Azalea Definition A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
- English Word Azaleas Definition of Azalea
- English Word Azarole Definition The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.
- English Word Azedarach Definition A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
- English Word Azedarach Definition The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.
- English Word Azimuth Definition The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
- English Word Azimuth Definition An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
- English Word Azimuthal Definition Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
- English Word Azo- Definition A combining form of azote
- English Word Azo- Definition Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
- English Word Azo- Definition Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.
- English Word Azobenzene Definition A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.
- English Word Azoic Definition Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
- English Word Azoleic Definition Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
- English Word Azonic Definition Confined to no zone or region; not local.
- English Word Azorian Definition Of or pertaining to the Azores.
- English Word Azorian Definition A native of the Azores.