1: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)},...

1: distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" [syn: {away(p)}] 2: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow ...

1: a game played away from home [syn: {road game}] [ant: {home game}]

1: the state of being elsewhere than in particular place

1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" 2: a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God" [syn: {fear}, {reverence}, {veneration}...

1: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

1: physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic" [syn: {weary}]

1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: {awful}] 2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect an...

1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh" 2: of an anchor; just clear of the bottom [syn: {atrip}]

1: devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence [syn: {awless}] 2: neither feeling nor showing respect [syn: {awless}, {disrespectful}]

1: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

1: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awed}, {awestruck}, {in awe...

1: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awed}, {awestricken}, {in a...

1: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweep...

1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: {terribly}, {awful}, {frightfully}] 2: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [s...

1: a quality of extreme unpleasantness [syn: {dreadfulness}, {horridness}, {terribleness}]

1: traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the riding public welcomed the new buses" [syn: {riding}]

1: for a short time; "sit down and stay awhile"; "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West"; "the baby was quiet for a while" [syn: {for a while}]

1: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

1: causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time" 2: lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to mak...

1: in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"

1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: {clumsiness}, {ineptness}, {ineptitude}, {maladroitness}, {slowness}] 2: the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness ...

1: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes

1: devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence [syn: {aweless}] 2: neither feeling nor showing respect [syn: {aweless}, {disrespectful}]

1: small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal [syn: {Subularia aquatica}]

1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

1: having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass" [syn: {awny}] [ant: {awnless}]

1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun [syn: {sunshade}, {sunblind}]

1: a deck at the top of a passenger ship [syn: {hurricane deck}, {hurricane roof}, {promenade deck}]

1: covered with an awning; "with awninged windows on the west side"

1: lacking or having only very short awns; "awnless bromegrass" [ant: {awned}]

1: drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes; Europe and temperate Asia [syn: {Bromus inermis}]

1: having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass" [syn: {awned}] [ant: {awnless}]

{awake}

{awake}

1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: {truant}] 2: having deserted your post or station without leave n : one who is away or absent without ...

1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: {askew}, {awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, ...

1: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle [syn: {axe}] v 1: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" [syn: {axe}] 2: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped fundin...

1: the handle of an ax [syn: {axe handle}]

1: the cutting head of an ax [syn: {axe head}]

1: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle [syn: {ax}] v 1: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" [syn: {ax}] 2: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding ...

1: the handle of an ax [syn: {ax handle}]

1: the cutting head of an ax [syn: {ax head}]

1: (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions; "axenic conditions"; "germfree animals" 2: used of cultures of microorganisms; not contaminated by or completely free of the presence of o...

1: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes [syn: {vitamin A}, {antiophthalmic factor}, {A}]

{ax}

1: of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation 2: relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle" [syn: {axile}] 3: situated on or along or in the direction of an axis

1: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" [syn: {axial rotation}, {roll}]

1: a skeletal muscle of the trunk or head

1: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" [syn: {axial motion}, {roll}]

1: the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs

1: with respect to an axis; "the jet was directed axially toward the cathode"

1: the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk

1: relating to or attached to the axis; "axial angle" [syn: {axial}]

1: ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa

1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: {armpit}, {axillary cavity}, {axillary fossa}] [also: {axillae} (pl)]

{axilla}

1: of or relating to the axil [syn: {alar}] 2: of or relating to the armpit; "axillary gland"

1: the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below [syn: {arteria axillaris}]

1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: {armpit}, {axilla}, {axillary fossa}]

1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: {armpit}, {axilla}, {axillary cavity}]

1: any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions

1: a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein [syn: {vena axillaris}]

1: of or relating to the study of values

1: the study of values and value judgments

1: a saying that widely accepted on its own merits [syn: {maxim}] 2: (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn: {self-evident}, {taken for granted(p)}] 2: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom...

1: of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens [syn: {axiomatic}, {postulational}]

1: on the basis of axioms; "this is axiomatically given"

1: a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions 2: the center around which something rotates [syn: {axis of rotation}] 3: the main stem or central part about which plant ...

1: the center around which something rotates [syn: {axis}]

1: the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head [syn: {axis}]

1: a shaft on which a wheel rotates

1: an iron bar that serves as an axletree

1: a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles

1: a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheel revolve

1: outer membrane covering an axon

1: larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing [syn: {mud puppy}, {Ambystoma mexicanum}]

1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron [syn: {axone}]

1: of or relating to or resembling an axon

1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron [syn: {axon}]

1: European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods [syn: {crown vetch}, {Coronilla varia}]

1: an Indian nursemaid who looks after children

1: low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: {Ayapana triplinervis}, {Eupatorium...

1: low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: {ayapana}, {Eupatorium aya-pana}]

1: a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well

1: Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) [syn: {Khomeini}, {Ruholla Khomeini}, {Aya...

1: Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) [syn: {Khomeini}, {Ruholla Khomeini}, {Aya...

1: nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs [syn: {Daubentonia madagascariensis}]

1: the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

1: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: {Rand}]

1: a port in southwestern Scotland

1: hardy breed from Ayr, Scotland

1: canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. [syn: {genus Aythya}]

1: common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads [syn: {lesser scaup}, {lesser scaup duck}, {lake duck}]

1: North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown head [syn: {redhead}]

1: heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a gray-and-black body and reddish head [syn: {pochard}]

1: large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male [syn: {greater scaup}]

1: North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn: {canvasback}, {canvasback duck}]

1: (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda

1: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian [syn: {azimuth}] 2: a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Cany...

1: city in northwestern Jordan [syn: {Zarqa}]

1: an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects [syn: {aztreonam}]

1: genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees [syn: {genus Azadirachta}]

1: large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia [syn: {neem}, {neem tree}, {nim...

1: insecticide

1: any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

1: group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron [syn: {subgenus Azalea}, {subgenus Azaleastrum}]

1: an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ [syn: {Imuran}]

1: tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: {chinaberry}, {chinaberry tree}, {China tre...

1: tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: {chinaberry}, {chinaberry tree}, {China tre...

1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Azerbaijani Republic}, {Azerbajdzhan}, {Azerbajdzhan Republic}]

1: of or pertaining to Azerbaijan or the people or culture of Azerbaijan n 1: a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani people

1: monetary unit in Azerbaijan

1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Azerbaijan}, {Azerbajdzhan}, {Azerbajdzhan Republic}]

1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Azerbaijan}, {Azerbaijani Republic}, {Azerbajdzhan Republic}]

1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Azerbaijan}, {Azerbaijani Republic}, {Azerbajdzhan}]

1: an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan

1: a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical

1: relating to or containing the azido group N3

1: the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid [syn: {azido radical}]

1: the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid [syn: {azido group}]

1: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian [syn: {AZ}]

1: of or relating to or in azimuth

1: relating to or containing the azo radical

1: any dye containing one or more azo groups

1: the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups [syn: {azo radical}]

1: the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups [syn: {azo group}]

1: before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"

1: a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling [syn: {hydrazoic acid}, {hydrogen azide}, {HN}]

1: a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae [syn: {genus Azolla}]

1: small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe [syn: {mosquito fern}, {floating fern}, {Carolina pond fern}]

1: used in some classifications for the genus Azolla [syn: {family Azollaceae}]

1: not divided into zones; "azonal heating" [ant: {zonal}]

1: not restricted to any particular zone or region

1: islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes" [syn: {Acores}]

1: accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine [syn: {uremia}, {uraemia}, {azotemia}]

1: an obsolete name for nitrogen

1: accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine [syn: {uremia}, {uraemia}, {azotaemia}]

1: of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency) [syn: {uremic}]

1: of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid" [syn: {nitric}, {nitrous}]

1: excess of urea in the urine

1: an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow [syn: {zidovudine}, {Retrovir}, {ZDV}]

1: a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

1: Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower [syn: {Jacobean lily}, {Strekelia formosissima}]

1: a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America [syn: {African marigold}, {big marigold}, {Tagetes erecta}]

1: the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec people

1: an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects [syn: {Azactam}]

1: of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: {cerulean}, {sky-blue}, {bright blue}] n : a light shade of blue [syn: {cerulean...

1: a variety of aster

1: occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula" [syn: {azygous}]

1: one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava [syn: {azygous vein}, {ven...

1: occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula" [syn: {azygos}]

1: one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava [syn: {azygos vein}, {vena...

1: absence of an enzyme