1: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn: {type A}, {group A}] 2: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of el...

1: battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube

1: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain [syn: {billion}] 2: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States ...

1: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller" [syn: {a little}, {a trifle}]

1: being excessive or unreasonable; "the clothes she wears are a bit much"; "in retrospect the elaborate preparations seemed de trop"; "this is entirely too much!" [syn: {a bit much(p)}, {de trop}, {t...

1: singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a cappella singing}]

1: singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a capella singing}]

1: more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses" [syn: {a few(a)}, {a couple of(a)}]

1: more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses" [syn: {a few(a)}, {a couple of(a)}]

1: for a still stronger, more certain reason; "if you are wrong then, a foritori, so am I" [syn: {with greater reason}, {with more reason}]

1: to a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: {a lot}, {a great deal}, {much}, {very much}]

1: to a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: {a lot}, {a good deal}, {much}, {very much}] 2: frequently o...

1: the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus [syn: {A-horizon}]

1: being ten more than ninety [syn: {hundred}, {one hundred}, {100}, {c}]

1: being one more than one hundred [syn: {hundred and one}, {one hundred one}, {101}, {ci}]

1: (in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units [syn: {hundred thousand}]

1: by a factor of one hundred; "they money increased a hundredfold" [syn: {hundredfold}]

1: German ecclesiastic (1380-1471) [syn: {Thomas a Kempis}]

1: (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item [ant: {table d'hote}] n : a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices adv : by ordering items lis...

1: in the current fashion or style [syn: {a la mode(p)}, {in style(p)}, {in vogue(p)}, {modish}] adv : with ice cream on top or on the side; "we served the apple pie a la mode"

1: the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)

1: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller" [syn: {a bit}, {a trifle}]

1: to a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: {a good deal}, {a great deal}, {much}, {very much}]

1: (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units [syn: {million}]

1: by a factor of a million; "it increased a millionfold" [syn: {millionfold}]

1: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nation}, {land}, {country...

1: involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principals or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration" [ant: {a priori}] 2: requiring evidence for validation or support adv : d...

1: involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment" [ant: {a posteriori}] 2: based on hypothesis or theory rather than experi...

1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn: {thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {m}, {k}]

1: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller" [syn: {a bit}, {a little}]

1: one quintillion in Great Britain [syn: {trillion}] 2: one million million in the United States [syn: {trillion}]

1: very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were there" [syn: {zillion}]

1: the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet

1: a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) [syn: {atom bomb}, {atomic bomb}, {fission bomb}...

1: the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus [syn: {A horizon}]

1: a list of names of specially favored people; "the boss gave me his A-list of people we should try to recruit"

1: in perfect condition or order [syn: {a-ok(p)}, {a-okay(p)}]

1: in perfect condition or order [syn: {a-ok(p)}, {a-okay(p)}]

1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: {ace},...

1: a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization

1: United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931) [syn: {Michelson}, {Albert Michelson}, {Albert Abraham Michelson}]

1: English writer of stories for children (1882-1956) [syn: {Milne}, {Alan Alexander Milne}]

1: English author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930) [syn: {Conan Doyle}, {Arthur Conan Doyle}, {Sir Arthur Conan Doyle}]

1: United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) [syn: {Burnside}, {Ambrose Everett Burnside}]

1: English poet (1859-1936) [syn: {Housman}, {Alfred Edward Housman}]

1: United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio...

1: English writer (1865-1948) [syn: {Mason}, {Alfred Edward Woodley Mason}]

1: United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928) [syn: {Chomsky}, {Noam Chomsky}]

1: a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land [syn: {climbing perch}, {Anabas testudineus}]

1: in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" [syn: {AD}, {anno Domini}]

1: Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935) [syn: {Russell}, {George William Russell}]

1: as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette" [syn: {alias}, {also known as}]

1: before noon [syn: {ante meridiem}] adv : before noon; "let's meet at 11 A.M." [syn: {ante meridiem}]

1: a dry form of lava resembling clinkers 2: an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism [syn: {Alcoholics Anonymous}] 3: an associate degree ...

1: an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension [syn: {abdominal aortic aneurysm}]

1: a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital [syn: {Aken}, {Aix-la-Chapelle}]

1: an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control [syn: {Aland islands}, {Ahvenanmaa}]

1: a city and port in northern Jutland [syn: {Alborg}]

1: a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood

1: a town in central Belgium [syn: {Alost}]

1: Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976) [syn: {Alvar Aalto}, {Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto}]

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aare}, {Aare River}]

1: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata [syn: {ant bear}, {anteater}, {Orycteropus afer}]

1: striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects [syn: {Proteles cristata}] [also: {aardwolves} (pl)]

{aardwolf}

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aar}, {Aare River}]

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aare}, {Aar}]

1: port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland [syn: {Arhus}]

1: United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) [syn: {Henry Louis Aaron}, {Hank Aaron}] 2: (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high pri...

1: United States politician who served as Vice President under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: {Burr}]

1: United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) [syn: {Copland}]

1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches [syn: {common mullein}, {great mullein}, {flannel mull...

1: an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens [syn: {Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons}]

1: an associate degree in applied science [syn: {Associate in Applied Science}]

1: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens [syn: {type AB}, {group AB}] 2: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {Bachelor of Arts}, {BA}, {Artium Baccalaurens}] 3: th...

1: at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange" [syn: {initially}, {at first}, {at the start}]

1: a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs 2: a fabric woven from goat and camel hair [syn: {aba cloth}]

1: a fabric woven from goat and camel hair [syn: {aba}]

1: an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself [syn: {bank identifica...

1: a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines [syn: {Manila hemp}, {Manilla hemp}] 2: Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc [...

{abacus}

1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

1: (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated [ant: {actinal}]

1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave 2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in g...

1: a port city in southwestern Iran

1: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see wha...

1: any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior [syn: {ear-shell}]

1: a unit of current equal to 10 amperes [syn: {abampere}]

1: a unit of current equal to 10 amperes [syn: {abamp}]

1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: {wantonness}, {unconstraint}] 2: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness...

1: no longer inhabited; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" 2: left desolate or empty; "an abandoned child"; "their deserted wives and children"; "an abandoned shack"; "deserted villages" [syn...

1: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown [syn: {foundling}]

1: someone for whom hope has been abandoned

1: a ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: {derelict}]

1: the act of giving something up [syn: {forsaking}, {desertion}] 2: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [s...

1: dislocation of a joint

1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: {humiliate}, {mortify}, {chagrin}, {humble}]

1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: {degradation}, {abjection}] 2: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: {humiliation}]

1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn: {embarrass}]

1: feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums" [syn: {chagrined}...

1: feeling embarrassed due to modesty [syn: {bashfulness}]

1: inability to walk

1: abasia due to trembling of the legs

1: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn: {abatic}]

1: capable of being abated

1: a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless); "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law"

1: make less active or intense [syn: {slake}, {slack}] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: {let up}, {slack off}, {slack}, {die away}]

1: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: {suspension}, {respite}, {reprieve}, {hiatus}] 2: the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"

1: (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance [syn: {nuisance abatement}]

1: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn: {abasic}]

1: decreasing in amount or intensity [syn: {subsiding}]

1: line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abattis}]

1: line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abatis}]

1: a building where animals are butchered [syn: {butchery}, {shambles}, {slaughterhouse}]

1: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" [syn: {dorsal}] [ant: {adaxial}]

1: in an abaxial manner [ant: {adaxially}]

1: (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women

1: an urban hit squad and guerrila group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s [syn: {Alex Boncayao Brigade}, {Revolutionary Proletarian Army}, {RPA-ABB}]

1: the jurisdiction or office of an abbot

1: of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess

1: a French abbot

1: a condenser having 2 or 3 lenses with wide aperture for use in microscopes

1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: {mother superior}, {prioress}]

1: a church associated with a monastery or convent 2: a convent ruled by an abbess 3: a monastery ruled by an abbot

1: the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {archimandrite}]

1: United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) [syn: {Lowell}]

1: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" 2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract...

1: (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" [syn: {brief}] 2: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the res...

1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it

1: one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work [syn: {abridger}]

1: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: {rudiment}, {first rudiment}, {first principle}, {alphabet}, {ABC's}, {ABCs}]

1: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: {rudiment}, {first rudiment}, {first principle}, {alphabet}, {ABC}, {ABCs}]

1: a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs

1: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: {rudiment}, {first rudiment}, {first principle}, {alphabet}, {ABC}, {ABC's}]

1: a Hebrew minor prophet [syn: {Obadiah}] 2: an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible [syn: {Obadiah}, {Book of Obadiah}]

1: capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites"

1: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" [syn: {renounce}]

1: a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: {stepping down}] 2: the act of abdicating [syn: {stepping down}]

1: one who formally relinquishes and office or responsibility

1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: {venter}, {stomach}, {belly}] 2: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax b...

1: of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles" n : the muscles of the abdomen [syn: {abdominal muscle}, {ab}]

1: a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen

1: a branch of the descending aorta

1: an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension [syn: {AAA}]

1: breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles; "abdominal breathing is practiced by singers"

1: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: {abdomen}]

1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery}, {caesarean delivery}, {cesarean ...

1: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso [syn: {external oblique muscle}, {musculus obliquus externus abdominis}, {oblique}]

1: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: {abdominal}, {ab}]

1: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach [syn: {solar plexus}, {coeliac plexus}, {plexus celiacus}]

1: ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity

1: a wall of the abdomen

1: centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis [syn: {paracentesis}]

1: cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach [syn: {tummy tuck}]

1: having a large belly [syn: {paunchy}, {potbellied}]

1: the bodily property of a protruding belly [syn: {paunchiness}]

1: of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder

1: advance evidence for [syn: {adduce}, {cite}]

1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: {abducent}, {abducent nerve}, {abducens nerve}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]

1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward [syn: {lateral rectus muscle}, {lateral rectus}, {rectus lateralis}]

1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: {abducent}, {abducent nerve}, {abducens}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]

1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducting}] [ant: {adducent}] n : a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye...

1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: {abducent}, {abducens}, {abducens nerve}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]

1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {snatch}] 2: pull away from the b...

1: (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother" [syn: {kidnapped}, {kidnaped}]

1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducent}] [ant: {adducent}]

1: the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife 2: (physiology) moving of a ...

1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) [syn: {kidnapper}, {snatcher}] 2: a muscle that draws a part away from the median line [syn: {abductor muscle}]

1: a muscle that draws a part away from the median line [syn: {abductor}]

1: at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane

1: alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) n 1: a novice learning the rudiments of some subject 2: a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for hum...

1: a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order

1: in bed

1: Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829) [syn: {Niels Abel}, {Niels Henrik Abel}] 2: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by ...

1: Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) [syn: {Tasman}, {Abel Tasman}]

1: Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) [syn: {Tasman}, {Abel Janszoon Tasman}]

1: French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142) [syn: {Peter Abelard}, {Pierre Abelard}]

1: a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn: {white poplar}, {white aspen}, {aspen poplar}, {silver-leaved poplar}, {Populus a...

1: any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

1: a group that satisfies the commutative law [syn: {commutative group}]

1: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers [syn: {genus Abelmoschus}]

1: tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus...

1: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus [syn: {abelmosk}, {musk mallow}, {Hibiscus moschatus}]

1: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus [syn: {musk mallow}, {Abelmoschus moschatus}, {Hibiscus moschatus}]

1: a mining town in southern Wales

1: a town in western Washington 2: a town in northeastern South Dakota 3: a town in northeastern Maryland 4: a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea

1: black hornless breed from Scotland [syn: {Angus}, {black Angus}]

1: of or relating to Aberdeen

1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrancy}, {aberration}, {deviance}]

1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrance}, {aberration}, {deviance}]

1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: {deviant}] n : one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

1: diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" 2: diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be propor...

1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrance}, {aberrancy}, {deviance}] 2: a disorder in one's mental state 3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens o...

1: assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing [also: {abetting}, {abetted}]

1: a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels

1: the verbal act of urging on [syn: {instigation}]

{abet}

1: one who helps or encourages or incites another [syn: {abettor}]

{abet}

1: one who helps or encourages or incites another [syn: {abetter}]