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- English Word Advoutress Definition An adulteress.
- English Word Advoutry Definition Alt. of Advowtry
- English Word Advowee Definition One who has an advowson.
- English Word Advowson Definition The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
- English Word Advowtry Definition Adultery.
- English Word Advoyer Definition See Avoyer.
- English Word Adward Definition Award.
- English Word Adynamia Definition Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.
- English Word Adynamic Definition Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
- English Word Adynamic Definition Characterized by the absence of power or force.
- English Word Adynamy Definition Adynamia.
- English Word Adyta Definition of Adytum
- English Word Adytum Definition The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
- English Word Adz Definition Alt. of Adze
- English Word Adz Definition To cut with an adz.
- English Word Adze Definition A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
- English Word Ae Definition Alt. of Ae
- English Word Ae Definition A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
- English Word Aecidia Definition of Aecidium
- English Word Aecidium Definition A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
- English Word Aedile Definition A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
- English Word Aedileship Definition The office of an aedile.
- English Word Aegean Definition Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
- English Word Aegicrania Definition Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.
- English Word Aegilops Definition An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
- English Word Aegilops Definition The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.
- English Word Aegilops Definition A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.
- English Word Aegis Definition A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
- English Word Aegophony Definition Same as Egophony.
- English Word Aegrotat Definition A medical certificate that a student is ill.