aching
         adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her
                  old achy joints" [syn: {aching}, {achy}]
         n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn:
               {ache}, {aching}]

English Dictionary: Agonus cataphractus	by the DICT Development Group
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acinic adj pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) Synonym(s): acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic
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Acinos n plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha Synonym(s): Acinos, genus Acinos
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Acinos arvensis n fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and- white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America Synonym(s): basil thyme, basil balm, mother of thyme, Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos
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acinose adj pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) Synonym(s): acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic
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acinous adj pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) Synonym(s): acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic
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acinus n one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
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Aconcagua n the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
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Aegean civilisation n the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" Synonym(s): Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
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Aegean civilization n the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" Synonym(s): Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
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Aegean culture n the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" Synonym(s): Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
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Aegean island n an island in the Aegean Sea
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Aegean Sea n an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia Synonym(s): Aegean, Aegean Sea
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against the clock adv as fast as possible; before a deadline; "it was a race against the clock" Synonym(s): against the clock, against time
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against the wind adv in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind" Synonym(s): upwind, against the wind, into the wind Antonym(s): downwind
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against time adv as fast as possible; before a deadline; "it was a race against the clock" Synonym(s): against the clock, against time
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agamic adj (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction Synonym(s): agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic
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agammaglobulinemia n a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection
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agamogenesis n reproduction without the fusion of gametes [syn: {asexual reproduction}, agamogenesis]
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agamogenetic adj (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction Synonym(s): agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic
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agamous adj (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction Synonym(s): agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic
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ageing adj growing old Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescent n acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time Synonym(s): ripening, aging, ageing the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescence
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agency n an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" Synonym(s): agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority a business that serves other businesses the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent Synonym(s): representation, delegacy, agency how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" Synonym(s): means, agency, way
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agency security n a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System Synonym(s): government security, agency security
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agenesia n imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part [syn: agenesis, agenesia]
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agenesis n imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part [syn: agenesis, agenesia]
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Agenise v age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride) [syn: Agenize, Agenise]
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Agenize v age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride) [syn: Agenize, Agenise]
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Agincourt n a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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aging adj growing old Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescent n acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time Synonym(s): ripening, aging, ageing the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescence
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Agnes de Mille n United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993) Synonym(s): de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille
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Agnes George de Mille n United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993) Synonym(s): de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille
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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu n Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) Synonym(s): Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
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agnise v be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
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agnize v be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
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agnosia n inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
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agnostic adj of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism uncertain of all claims to knowledge Synonym(s): agnostic, agnostical Antonym(s): gnostic n someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something Synonym(s): agnostic, doubter a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
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agnostical adj uncertain of all claims to knowledge [syn: agnostic, agnostical] Antonym(s): gnostic
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agnosticism n a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence" the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge Synonym(s): agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism
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Agnus Dei n figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ [syn: Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb] a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words
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agonic line n an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero
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agonise v cause to agonize Synonym(s): agonize, agonise suffer agony or anguish Synonym(s): agonize, agonise
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agonised adj expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams" [syn: agonized, agonised]
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agonising adj extremely painful [syn: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome]
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agonist n the principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist, agonist] someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) Antonym(s): adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist" (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
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agonistic adj of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" Synonym(s): agonistic, agonistical, combative struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" Synonym(s): agonistic, strained
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agonistical adj striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" Synonym(s): agonistic, agonistical, combative
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agonize v cause to agonize Synonym(s): agonize, agonise suffer agony or anguish Synonym(s): agonize, agonise
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agonized adj expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams" [syn: agonized, agonised]
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agonizing adj extremely painful [syn: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome]
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agonizingly adv in a very painful manner; "the progress was agonizingly slow" Synonym(s): agonizingly, excruciatingly, torturously
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Agonus n type genus of the Agonidae Synonym(s): Agonus, genus Agonus
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Agonus cataphractus n northern Atlantic sea poacher [syn: pogge, {armed bullhead}, Agonus cataphractus]
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agony column n a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
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akinesia n motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis [syn: akinesis, akinesia]
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akinesis n motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis [syn: akinesis, akinesia]
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Aquinas n (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274) Synonym(s): Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas
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as much as possible adv to a feasible extent; "she helped him as much as possible" Synonym(s): as far as possible, as much as possible
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Asanga n Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century)
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Ascension n (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" Synonym(s): rise, rising, ascent, ascension Antonym(s): fall (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension of Christ (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon the act of changing location in an upward direction Synonym(s): rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
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Ascension Day n (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord
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Ascension of Christ n (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension of Christ
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Ascension of the Lord n (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord
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ascensional adj tending to rise
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ascensive adj tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin Synonym(s): ascendant, ascendent, ascensive
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ascomycete n any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus Synonym(s): ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus
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Ascomycetes n large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi Synonym(s): Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes
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ascomycetous adj related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes
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ascomycetous fungus n any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus Synonym(s): ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus
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Ascomycota n a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi Synonym(s): Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina
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Ascomycotina n a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi Synonym(s): Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina
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Asian coral snake n of India
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Asian country n any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent [syn: Asian country, Asian nation]
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Asian crocodile n estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands Synonym(s): Asian crocodile, Crocodylus porosus
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Asian seabass n a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats Synonym(s): barramundi, giant perch, giant seaperch, Asian seabass, white seabass, Lates calcarifer
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Asian shamanism n an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans Synonym(s): shamanism, Asian shamanism
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askance adv with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer" with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes" adj (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" Synonym(s): askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
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asking n the verbal act of requesting Synonym(s): request, asking
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asking price n the price at which something is offered for sale [syn: asking price, selling price]
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Assamese adj of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language n native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali Synonym(s): Assamese, Asamiya
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Asuncion n the capital and chief port of Paraguay [syn: Asuncion, capital of Paraguay]
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Aswan High Dam n one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt Synonym(s): Aswan High Dam, High Dam
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asynchronism n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves" Synonym(s): asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing Antonym(s): synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
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asynchronous adj (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself Antonym(s): synchronous not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase Antonym(s): synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
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asynchronous operation n operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events Antonym(s): synchronous operation
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asynchronous transfer mode n a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data; "ATM is used for both LAN and WAN" Synonym(s): asynchronous transfer mode, ATM
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asynchrony n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves" Synonym(s): asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing Antonym(s): synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
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asynclitism n the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle Synonym(s): asynclitism, obliquity
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Auchincloss n United States writer (born in 1917) [syn: Auchincloss, Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss]
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Augean stables n (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them
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auxinic adj relating to or containing auxins
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axenic adj (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions; "axenic conditions"; "germfree animals" (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms; "an axenic culture"
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azonic adj not restricted to any particular zone or region
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cascade system \Cascade system\ (Elec.)       A system or method of connecting and operating two induction       motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the       secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the       latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a       system of electric traction in which motors so connected are       employed. The cascade system is also called          {tandem, [or] concatenated}, {system}; the connection a          {cascade, tandem, [or] concatenated}, {connection}, or          {a concatenation}; and the control of the motors so obtained             a          {tandem, [or] concatenation}, {control}.          Note: In the cascade system of traction the cascade                connection is used for starting and for low speeds up                to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor                is cut loose from the other motor and is either left                idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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Going \Go"ing\, p. pr. of {Go}. Specif.:             (a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or                   enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working;                   in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest                   men going; going prices or rate.             (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting                   business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect                   of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases          {a going business},          {concern}, etc.             (c) Of or pert. to a going business or concern; as, the                   going value of a company.
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Ginseng \Gin"seng\, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Aralia}, the root of which is highly       valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant       ({Aralia Schinseng}) has become so rare that the American       ({A. quinquefolia}) has largely taken its place, and its root       is now an article of export from America to China. The root,       when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in       the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with       a slight aromatic bitterness.
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Custard \Cus"tard\ (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE.       crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus       covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust;       cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See       {Crust}, and cf. {Crustated}.]       A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.          {Custard apple} (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical             America, including several species of Anona ({A.             squamosa}, {reticulata}, etc.), having a roundish or ovate             fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,             yellowish, edible pulp.          {Custard coffin}, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a             custard [Obs.] --Shak.
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Accension \Ac*cen"sion\, n.       The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.       --Locke.
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Accensor \Ac*cen"sor\, n. [LL., from p. p. accensus. See       {Accend}.] (R. C. Ch.)       One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
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Ache \Ache\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Aching}.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan,       imp. [d3]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and       akin to agent.]       To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued       pain; to be distressed. [bd]My old bones ache.[b8] --Shak.                   The sins that in your conscience ache.   --Keble.
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Aching \Ach"ing\, a.       That aches; continuously painful. See {Ache}. --       {Ach"ing*ly}, adv.                   The aching heart, the aching head.         --Longfellow.
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Aching \Ach"ing\, a.       That aches; continuously painful. See {Ache}. --       {Ach"ing*ly}, adv.                   The aching heart, the aching head.         --Longfellow.
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Achymous \A*chy"mous\, a. [Gr. [?] without juice.] (Physiol.)       Without chyme.
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Acinaceous \Ac"i*na"ceous\, a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone.]       (Bot.)       Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
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Acinaciform \Ac`i*nac"i*form\       ([acr]s`[icr]*n[acr]s"[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [L. acinaces a       short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme.] (Bot.)       Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
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Acinose \Ac"i*nose`\, Acinous \Ac"i*nous\a. [L. acinosus, fr.       acinus grapestone.]       Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as,       acinose or acinous glands. --Kirwan.
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Acinose \Ac"i*nose`\, Acinous \Ac"i*nous\a. [L. acinosus, fr.       acinus grapestone.]       Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as,       acinose or acinous glands. --Kirwan.
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Again \A*gain"\, Agains \A*gains"\, prep.       Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]                   Albeit that it is again his kind.            --Chaucer.
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Againsay \A*gain"say`\, v. t.       To gainsay. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Against \A*gainst"\ (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS.       ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See       {Again}.]       1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the             mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.                         Jacob saw the angels of God come against him.                                                                               --Tyndale.          2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in             contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats             against the roof.          3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment             or of action; on the other side; counter to; in             contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason;             against law; to run a race against time.                         The gate would have been shut against her.                                                                               --Fielding.                         An argument against the use of steam. --Tyndale.          4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to             be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]                         Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came                      from Damascus.                                    --2 Kings xvi.                                                                               11.          {Against the sun}, in a direction contrary to that in which             the sun appears to move.
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Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
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Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small       kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,       {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]       1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those             plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.          2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food             of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants             themselves; -- used collectively.                         Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.          3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;             hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of             gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.                         I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.                                                                               --Milton.          4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called             because considered equal to the average of grains taken             from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains             constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the             pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}          5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;             hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,             scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent             to {Tyrian purple}.                         All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.                         Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped                      their silks in colors of less value, then give' them                      the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by                                                                               Coleridge,                                                                               preface to                                                                               Aids to                                                                               Reflection.          6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement             of the particles of any body which determines its             comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,             sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.                         Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.          7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in             wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.                         Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the                      sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant                      from his course of growth.                  --Shak.          8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any             fibrous material.          9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on             that side. --Knight.          10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or             distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}          11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in             the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.          12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]                         Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.          13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]                         He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the             fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;             unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.             --Swift.--Saintsbury.          {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a             small allowance.          {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the             grain into sheaves.          {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.                      {Grain leather}.             (a) Dressed horse hides.             (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side                   for women's shoes, etc.          {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the             family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis             cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.                      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which             the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}          {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.          {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with             charcoal.          {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus             granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,             by eating out the interior.          {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See             {grain moth}, above.          {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;             genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.          {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the             coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye             firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.             See under {Dye.}                         The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce                      crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.          {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;             to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to       OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan.       haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]       1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin             of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the             head or for any part or the whole of the body.          2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in             invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is             free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the             skin.                         Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.                                                                               --Spenser.          3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair             for stuffing cushions.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle             of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.             Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in             structure, composition, and mode of growth.          5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of             several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or             stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the             yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}).          6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.          7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer.          8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.          Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,                hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,                hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.          {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner;             against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of             your professions.[b8] --Shak.          {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the             back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.          {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the             sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.                      {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable             of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.          {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.          {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the             head. --Swift.          {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line.          {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of             hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}.          {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; --             generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a             camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.          {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of             a bloomery fire.          {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or             starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of             the head, or on wigs.          {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared             seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.          {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.          {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of             horsehair, and worn as a penance.          {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.          {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}.          {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in             lines of type.          {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing.          {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a             firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a             hair. --Farrow.          {Not worth a hair}, of no value.          {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction.          {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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Against \A*gainst"\ (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS.       ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See       {Again}.]       1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the             mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.                         Jacob saw the angels of God come against him.                                                                               --Tyndale.          2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in             contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats             against the roof.          3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment             or of action; on the other side; counter to; in             contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason;             against law; to run a race against time.                         The gate would have been shut against her.                                                                               --Fielding.                         An argument against the use of steam. --Tyndale.          4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to             be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]                         Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came                      from Damascus.                                    --2 Kings xvi.                                                                               11.          {Against the sun}, in a direction contrary to that in which             the sun appears to move.
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{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.]          {Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time             persons have worked.          {Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for             registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman             visits certain stations in his beat.          {Time enough}, in season; early enough. [bd]Stanly at             Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his             life.[b8] --Bacon.          {Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which             can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain             definite interval after being itself ignited.          {Time immemorial}, [or] {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See             under {Immemorial}.          {Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when             wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when             locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.          {Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the             day, as [bd]good morning,[b8] [bd]good evening,[b8] and             the like; greeting.          {To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t.          {To make time}.             (a) To gain time.             (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something;                   as, the trotting horse made fast time.          {To move}, {run}, [or] {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or             go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest             possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance             which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is             to run against time.          {True time}.             (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly.             (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit                   of the sun's center over the meridian.
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Againstand \A*gain"stand`\, v. t.       To withstand. [Obs.]
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Agamic \A*gam"ic\, a. [{Agamous}.]       (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or             unfertilized eggs.       (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless             plants; agamous.
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Agamically \A*gam"ic*al*ly\, adv.       In an agamic manner.
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d8Agami \[d8]Ag"a*mi\, n.; pl. {Agamis}. [F. agex>, fr. the       native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A South American bird ({Psophia crepitans}), allied to the       cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the       {gold-breasted trumpeter}. Its body is about the size of the       pheasant. See {Trumpeter}.
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Agamist \Ag"a*mist\, n. [See {Agamous}.]       An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. --Foxe.
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Agamogenetic \Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic\, n. (Biol.)       Reproducing or produced without sexual union. --       {Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv.                   All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete                return to the primitive stock.               --Huxley.
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Agamogenetic \Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic\, n. (Biol.)       Reproducing or produced without sexual union. --       {Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv.                   All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete                return to the primitive stock.               --Huxley.
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Agamous \Ag"a*mous\, a. [Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. +       ga`mos marriage.] (Biol.)       Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot.,       cryptogamous.
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Aganglionic \A*gan`gli*o"nic\, a. [Pref. a- not + ganglionic.]       (Physiol.)       Without ganglia.
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Agency \A"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Agencies}. [agentia, fr. L. agens,       agentis: cf. F. agence. See {Agent}.]       1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of             being in action; action; instrumentality.                         The superintendence and agency of Providence in the                      natural world.                                    --Woodward.          2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a             principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with             the concerns of another.          3. The place of business of am agent.          Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.
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Agency \A"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Agencies}. [agentia, fr. L. agens,       agentis: cf. F. agence. See {Agent}.]       1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of             being in action; action; instrumentality.                         The superintendence and agency of Providence in the                      natural world.                                    --Woodward.          2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a             principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with             the concerns of another.          3. The place of business of am agent.          Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.
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Agenesic \Ag`e*nes"ic\, a. [See {Agensis}.] (Physiol.)       Characterized by sterility; infecund.
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Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aging}.]       To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he       grew fat as he aged.                   They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age                for all that.                                          --Holland.                   I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a                light-colored, hair here and there.         --Landor.
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Agnize \Ag*nize"\ ([acr]g*n[imac]z"), v. t. [Formed like       recognize, fr. L. agnoscere.]       To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic]                   I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. --Shak.
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Agnostic \Ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] knowing, [?] to       know.]       Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or       involving agnosticism. -- {Ag*nos"tic*al*ly}, adv.
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Agnostic \Ag*nos"tic\, n.       One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any       knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism,       neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal       Deity, a future life, etc.
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Agnostic \Ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] knowing, [?] to       know.]       Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or       involving agnosticism. -- {Ag*nos"tic*al*ly}, adv.
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Agnosticism \Ag*nos"ti*cism\, n.       That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts       nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the       existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be       neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits       of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and       Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence       furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a       positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert       Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to       dogmatic theism.
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d8Agnus \[d8]Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. {Agnuses}; L. {Agni}. [L., a       lamb.]       Agnus Dei.
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Agoing \A*go"ing\, adv. [Pref. a- + p. pr. of go.]       In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
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d8Agon \[d8]Ag"on\, n.; pl. {Agones}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       lead.] (Gr. Antiq.)       A contest for a prize at the public games.
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Agonic \A*gon"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] without angles; 'a priv. + [?] an       angle.]       Not forming an angle.          {Agonic line} (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's             surface passing through those places where the magnetic             needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic             variation. There is one such line in the Western             hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.
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Agonic \A*gon"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] without angles; 'a priv. + [?] an       angle.]       Not forming an angle.          {Agonic line} (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's             surface passing through those places where the magnetic             needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic             variation. There is one such line in the Western             hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.
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Agony \Ag"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Agonies}. [L. agonia, Gr. [?], orig. a       contest, fr. [?]: cf. F. agonie. See {Agon}.]       1. Violent contest or striving.                         The world is convulsed by the agonies of great                      nations.                                             --Macaulay.          2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the             body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in             Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish;             paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ             in the garden of Gethsemane.                         Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. --Luke                                                                               xxii. 44.          3. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.                         With cries and agonies of wild delight. --Pope.          4. The last struggle of life; death struggle.          Syn: Anguish; torment; throe; distress; pangs; suffering.          Usage: {Agony}, {Anguish}, {Pang}. These words agree in                   expressing extreme pain of body or mind. Agony denotes                   acute and permanent pain, usually of the whole                   system., and often producing contortions. Anguish                   denotes severe pressure, and, considered as bodily                   suffering, is more commonly local (as anguish of a                   wound), thus differing from agony. A pang is a                   paroxysm of excruciating pain. It is severe and                   transient. The agonies or pangs of remorse; the                   anguish of a wounded conscience. [bd]Oh, sharp                   convulsive pangs of agonizing pride![b8] --Dryden.
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Agonism \Ag"o*nism\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to contend for a       prize, fr. [?]. See {Agon}.]       Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] --Blount.
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Agonist \Ag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. [?].]       One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]
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Agonistic \Ag`o*nis"tic\, Agonistical \Ag`o*nis"tic*al\, a. [Gr.       [?]. See {Agonism}.]       Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining       to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence,       strained; unnatural.                   As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he                consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey.
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Agonistic \Ag`o*nis"tic\, Agonistical \Ag`o*nis"tic*al\, a. [Gr.       [?]. See {Agonism}.]       Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining       to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence,       strained; unnatural.                   As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he                consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey.
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Agonistically \Ag`o*nis"tic*al*ly\, adv.       In an agonistic manner.
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Agonistics \Ag`o*nis"tics\, n.       The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.
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Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr.       [?]. See {Agony}.]       1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.                         To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.          2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. t.       To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to       torture.                   He agonized his mother by his behavior.   --Thackeray.
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Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr.       [?]. See {Agony}.]       1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.                         To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.          2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr.       [?]. See {Agony}.]       1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.                         To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.          2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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Agonizingly \Ag"o*ni`zing*ly\, adv.       With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
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Agynous \Ag"y*nous\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + gynh` woman.] (Bot.)       Without female organs; male.
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Akinesic \Ak`i*ne"sic\, a. (Med.)       Pertaining to akinesia.
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Soon \Soon\, adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[?]na; cf. OFries. s[?]n, OS.       s[be]na, s[be]no, OHG. s[be]r, Goth. suns.]       1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or             supposed; as, soon after sunrise. [bd]Sooner said than             done.[b8] --Old Proverb. [bd]As soon as it might be.[b8]             --Chaucer.                         She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon                      learned.                                             --Milton.          2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.                         How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? --Ex. ii.                                                                               18.          3. Promptly; quickly; easily.                         Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide.                                                                               --Shak.          4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or             some other word expressing will.                         I would as soon see a river winding through woods or                      in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many                      whimsical figures at Versailles.         --Addison.          {As soon as}, or {So soon as}, immediately at or after             another event. [bd]As soon as he came nigh unto the camp .             . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.[b8] --Ex. xxxii. 19.             See {So . . . as}, under {So}.          {Soon at}, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to             arrives. [Obs.] [bd]I shall be sent for soon at night.[b8]             --Shak.          {Sooner or later}, at some uncertain time in the future; as,             he will discover his mistake sooner or later.          {With the soonest}, as soon as any; among the earliest; too             soon. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr.       ascendere. See {Ascend}.]       1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.          2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the             fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also,             Ascension Day.          3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that             which arises, as from distillation.                         Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the             day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into             heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy             Thursday}.          {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial,             counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a             star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the             arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of             Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the             meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or             in time.          {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator,             intercepted between the first point of Aries and that             point of the equator which rises together with a star, in             an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted             between the first point of Aries and that point of the             equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is             little used in modern astronomy.
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Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr.       ascendere. See {Ascend}.]       1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.          2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the             fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also,             Ascension Day.          3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that             which arises, as from distillation.                         Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the             day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into             heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy             Thursday}.          {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial,             counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a             star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the             arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of             Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the             meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or             in time.          {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator,             intercepted between the first point of Aries and that             point of the equator which rises together with a star, in             an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted             between the first point of Aries and that point of the             equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is             little used in modern astronomy.
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Ascensional \As*cen"sion*al\, a.       Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;       tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.          {Ascensional difference} (Astron.), the difference between             oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing             the difference between the time of the rising or setting             of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian             passage.
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3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which             distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction;             characteristic quality; specific attribute.                         The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies.          4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]                         That now he chooseth with vile difference To be a                      beast, and lack intelligence.            --Spenser.          5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the             bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the             same. See {Augmentation}, and {Marks of cadency}, under             {Cadency}.          6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those             of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.          7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from             another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one             from the other.          {Ascensional difference}. See under {Ascensional}.          Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation;                diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance;                contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate;                quarrel; wrangle; strife.
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Ascensional \As*cen"sion*al\, a.       Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;       tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.          {Ascensional difference} (Astron.), the difference between             oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing             the difference between the time of the rising or setting             of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian             passage.
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Ascensive \As*cen"sive\, a. [See {Ascend}.]       1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. --Owen.          2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. --Ellicott.
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d8Ascii \[d8]As"ci*i\, Ascians \As"cians\, n. pl. [L. ascii, pl.       of ascius, Gr. [?] without shadow; 'a priv. + [?] shadow.]       Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at       noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who       have, twice a year, a vertical sun.
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Fungi \Fun"gi\, n. pl. (Bot.)       A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute       of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished       by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great       variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur       in certain {Phycomycetes}, or so-called algal fungi.          Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration                from various alg[91], losing their chlorophyll on                assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they                are divided into the subclasses {Phycomycetes}, the                lower or algal fungi; the {Mesomycetes}, or                intermediate fungi; and the {Mycomycetes}, or the                higher fungi; by others into the {Phycomycetes}; the                {Ascomycetes}, or sac-spore fungi; and the                {Basidiomycetes}, or basidial-spore fungi.
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d8Ascomycetes \[d8]As`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; ascus + Gr.       [?], [?], fungus.] (Bot.)       A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate       hyph[91], and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore       sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts,       molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- {As`co*my*ce"tous},       a.
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Asinego \As`i*ne"go\, Assinego \As`si*ne"go\, n. [Sp. asnico,       dim. of asno an ass.]       A stupid fellow. [Obs.] --Shak.
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d8Dauw \[d8]Dauw\, n. [D.] (Zo[94]l.)       The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa       ({Asinus Burchellii}); -- called also {peechi}, or {peetsi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dziggetai \Dzig"ge*tai\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet ({Asinus       hemionus}).          Note: The name is sometimes applied also to the koulan or                onager. See {Koulan}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Askance \A*skance"\, Askant \A*skant"\, adv. [Cf. D. schuin,       schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf.       {Asquint}.]       Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy,       or suspicion.                   They dart away; they wheel askance.         --Beattie.                   My palfrey eyed them askance.                  --Landor.                   Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.                                                                               --Gladstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Askance \A*skance"\, v. t.       To turn aside. [Poet.]                   O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from                their own misdeeds askance their eyes!   --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asking \Ask"ing\, n.       1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition;             solicitation. --Longfellow.          2. The publishing of banns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Asking}.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [be]scian,       [be]csian; akin to OS. [c7]sc[d3]n, OHG. eisc[d3]n, Sw.       [be]ska, Dan. [91]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.       j[89]sk[a2]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.       [fb]5.]       1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to             solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before             the person addressed.                         Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God.      --Judg. xviii.                                                                               5.                         If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye                      shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto                      you.                                                   --John xv. 7.          2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of             remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as,             what price do you ask?                         Ask me never so much dowry.               --Gen. xxxiv.                                                                               12.                         To whom men have committed much, of him they will                      ask the more.                                    --Luke xii.                                                                               48.                         An exigence of state asks a much longer time to                      conduct a design to maturity.            --Addison.          3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a             question to or about; to question.                         He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.                                                                               --John ix. 21.                         He asked the way to Chester.               --Shak.          4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.          5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the             banns and the persons. --Fuller.          Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;                beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;                exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See {Beg}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assamese \As`sam*ese"\, a.       Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to       its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of       Assam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assay \As*say"\, n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See       {Essay}, n.]       1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                         I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more                      easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread             or wine. [Obs.]                         This can not be, by no assay of reason. --Shak.          3. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk;             hardship; state of being tried. [Obs.]                         Through many hard assays which did betide.                                                                               --Spenser.          4. Tested purity or value. [Obs.]                         With gold and pearl of rich assay.      --Spenser.          5. (Metallurgy) The act or process of ascertaining the             proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy;             especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or             silver in bullion or coin.          6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. --Ure.          Usage: {Assay} and {essay} are radically the same word; but                   modern usage has appropriated {assay} chiefly to                   experiments in metallurgy, and {essay} to intellectual                   and bodily efforts. See {Essay}.          Note: Assay is used adjectively or as the first part of a                compound; as, assay balance, assay furnace.          {Assay master}, an officer who assays or tests gold or silver             coin or bullion.          {Assay ton}, a weight of 29,166[a6] grams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assay \As*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Assaying}.] [OF. asaier, essaier, F. essayer, fr. essai. See       {Assay}, n., {Essay}, v.]       1. To try; to attempt; to apply. [Obs. or Archaic]                         To-night let us assay our plot.         --Shak.                         Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To affect. [Obs.]                         When the heart is ill assayed.            --Spenser.          3. To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]          4. To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound,             to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to             determine the amount of a particular metal contained in             it, or to ascertain its composition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assaying \As*say"ing\, n.       The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining       metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sarcophagus \Sar*coph"a*gus\, n.; pl. L. {Sarcophagi}, E.       {Sarcophaguses}. [L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos, properly, eating       flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf.       {Sarcasm}.]       1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making             coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a             few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is             otherwise called {lapis Assius}, or {Assian stone}, and is             said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.             --Holland.          2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone             described above; hence, any stone coffin.          3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as             a memorial.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asinego \As`i*ne"go\, Assinego \As`si*ne"go\, n. [Sp. asnico,       dim. of asno an ass.]       A stupid fellow. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assinego \As`si*ne"go\, n.       See {Asinego}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aswing \A*swing"\, adv.       In a state of swinging.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asynchronous \A*syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] not + synchronous.]       Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to       {synchronous}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Induction generator \In*duc"tion gen"er*a`tor\       A machine built as an induction motor and driven above       synchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current       generator; -- called also {asynchronous generator}. Below       synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts       as an induction motor; at synchronism the power component of       current becomes zero and changes sign, so that above       synchronism the machine (driven for thus purpose by       mechanical power) gives out electrical energy as a generator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augean \Au*ge"an\, a.       1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis,             whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned             for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.          2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.          {Augean stable} (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or             filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awake \A*wake"\, v. t. [imp. {Awoke}, {Awaked}; p. p. {Awaked};       (Obs.) {Awaken}, {Awoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awaking}. The       form {Awoke} is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS.       [be]w[91]cnan, v. i. (imp. aw[omac]c), and [be]wacian, v. i.       (imp. awacode). See {Awaken}, {Wake}.]       1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.                         Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her.                                                                               --Tennyson.                         And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,                      saying, Lord, save us; we perish.      --Matt. viii.                                                                               25.          2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death,             stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new             life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the             dormant faculties.                         I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                         It way awake my bounty further.         --Shak.                         No sunny gleam awakes the trees.         --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Away-going \A*way"-go"ing\ ([adot]*w[amac]"go"[icr]ng), a. (Law)       Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until       after its expiration; -- said of crops. --Wharton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axunge \Ax"unge\, n. [F. axonge, L. axungia; axis wheel + ungere       to grease.]       Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.),       lard prepared for medical use.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azonic \A*zon"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] zone, region.]       Confined to no zone or region; not local.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azymic \A*zym"ic\, a.       Azymous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azymous \Az"y*mous\, a. [See {Azym}.]       Unleavened; unfermented. [bd]Azymous bread.[b8] --Dunglison.
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Accomac, VA (town, FIPS 180)       Location: 37.71855 N, 75.66767 W       Population (1990): 466 (205 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 23301
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Accomack County, VA (county, FIPS 1)       Location: 37.76228 N, 75.76400 W       Population (1990): 31703 (15840 housing units)       Area: 1177.4 sq km (land), 2215.9 sq km (water)
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Agana Heights, GU (CDP, FIPS 4000)       Location: 13.46272 N, 144.74389 E       Population (1990): 3347 (937 housing units)       Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Agana Station, GU (CDP, FIPS 5950)       Location: 13.47989 N, 144.79137 E       Population (1990): 2263 (505 housing units)       Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Agency, IA (city, FIPS 640)       Location: 40.99685 N, 92.30732 W       Population (1990): 616 (276 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52530    Agency, MO (town, FIPS 298)       Location: 39.65569 N, 94.74854 W       Population (1990): 642 (216 housing units)       Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64401
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Agency Village, SD       Zip code(s): 57262
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Agness, OR       Zip code(s): 97406
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Agnos, AR       Zip code(s): 72513
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Aguanga, CA       Zip code(s): 92536
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Aiken County, SC (county, FIPS 3)       Location: 33.54605 N, 81.63852 W       Population (1990): 120940 (49266 housing units)       Area: 2779.3 sq km (land), 19.3 sq km (water)
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Ascension Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 5)       Location: 30.20286 N, 90.90911 W       Population (1990): 58214 (21165 housing units)       Area: 755.1 sq km (land), 29.4 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
AI koans /A-I koh'anz/ pl.n.   A series of pastiches of Zen    teaching riddles created by Danny Hillis at the MIT AI Lab around    various major figures of the Lab's culture (several are included    under {Some AI Koans} in Appendix A).   See also {ha ha only    serious}, {mu}, and {{hacker humor}}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
asynchronous          Not synchronised by a shared signal such as       {clock} or {semaphore}, proceeding independently.          Opposite: {synchronous}.          1. A {process} in a {multitasking} system       whose execution can proceed independently, "in the       {background}".   Other processes may be started before the       asynchronous process has finished.          2. A communications system in which data       transmission may start at any time and is indicated by a       {start bit}, e.g. {EIA-232}.   A data {byte} (or other element       defined by the {protocol}) ends with a {stop bit}.   A       continuous marking condition (identical to stop bits but not       quantized in time), is then maintained until data resumes.          (1995-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Asynchronous Balanced Mode          A communication mode of {HDLC} and derivative       {protocols}, supporting {peer-oriented} {point-to-point}       communications between two {nodes}, where either node can       initiate transmission.          (1997-05-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter          (ACIA) A kind of {integrated       circuit} that provides data formatting and control to {EIA-232}       serial interfaces.          [Is this the same as a {UART}?]          (1997-05-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
asynchronous logic          A {data-driven} circuit design technique where,       instead of the components sharing a common {clock} and       exchanging data on clock edges, data is passed on as soon as       it is available.   This removes the need to distribute a common       clock signal throughout the circuit with acceptable {clock       skew}.   It also helps to reduce power dissipation in {CMOS}       circuits because {gates} only switch when they are doing       useful work rather than on every clock edge.          There are many kinds of asynchronous logic.   Data signals may       use either "dual rail encoding" or "data bundling".   Each dual       rail encoded {Boolean} is implemented as two wires.   This       allows the value and the timing information to be communicated       for each data bit.   Bundled data has one wire for each data       bit and another for timing.   Level sensitive circuits       typically represent a logic one by a high voltage and a logic       zero by a low voltage whereas transition signalling uses a       change in the signal level to convey information.   A speed       independent design is tolerant to variations in gate speeds       but not to propagation delays in wires; a delay insensitive       circuit is tolerant to variations in wire delays as well.          The purest form of circuit is delay-insensitive and uses       dual-rail encoding with transition signalling.   A transition       on one wire indicates the arrival of a zero, a transition on       the other the arrival of a one.   The levels on the wires are       of no significance.   Such an approach enables the design of       fully delay-insensitive circuits and automatic layout as the       delays introduced by the layout compiler can't affect the       functionality (only the performance).   Level sensitive designs       can use simpler, stateless logic gates but require a "return       to zero" phase in each transition.          {(http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/amulet/async/)}.          (1995-01-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode          (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the       dynamic allocation of {bandwidth} using a fixed-size {packet}       (called a cell).          See also {ATM Forum}, {Wideband ATM}.          {ATM acronyms       (http://www.atmforum.com/atmforum/acronym_index.html)}.          {Indiana acronyms       (http://cell-relay.indiana.edu/cell-relay/FAQ/ATM-Acronyms.html)}.          [More detail?   Data rate(s)?]          (1996-04-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
asyncronous          It's spelled "{asynchronous}".          (1996-12-13)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ascension       See {CHRIST}.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahisamach, brother of strength
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Asyncritus, incomparable