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

English Dictionary: acme	by the DICT Development Group
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Achaean adj of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people n a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks Synonym(s): Achaean, Achaian the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea Synonym(s): Achaean, Arcado-Cyprians
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Achaian n a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks Synonym(s): Achaean, Achaian
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achene n small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
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Achomawi n a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi
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acme n the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" Synonym(s): vertex, peak, apex, acme
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acne n an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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aecium n fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
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Aegean adj of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands" 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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Aegina n an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf [syn: Aegina, Aigina] small medusa
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again adv anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again" Synonym(s): again, once again, once more, over again
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agama n small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
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Agene n a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour Synonym(s): nitrogen trichloride, Agene
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Aghan n the ninth month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Aghan, Margasivsa]
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Agni n (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
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agon n a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
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agone adj gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'" Synonym(s): ago, agone
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agony n intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" Synonym(s): agony, torment, torture a state of acute pain Synonym(s): agony, suffering, excruciation
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Aigina n an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf [syn: Aegina, Aigina]
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Aiken n United States writer (1889-1973) [syn: Aiken, {Conrad Aiken}, Conrad Potter Aiken]
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Akan n a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast
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Aken n a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital Synonym(s): Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle
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akin adj similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" Synonym(s): akin(p), kindred related by blood Synonym(s): akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)
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Asama n a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet) Synonym(s): Asama, Mount Asama
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Asamiya n the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali Synonym(s): Assamese, Asamiya
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asana n (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
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ascoma n an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
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ASEAN n an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism Synonym(s): Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
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ashen adj anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" Synonym(s): ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white made of wood of the ash tree
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Asian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries" Synonym(s): Asian, Asiatic n a native or inhabitant of Asia Synonym(s): Asian, Asiatic
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Asin n the seventh month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Asin, Asvina]
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ask in v ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" Synonym(s): invite, ask in
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Assam n state in northeastern India
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Assouan n an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby Synonym(s): Aswan, Assuan, Assouan
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Assuan n an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby Synonym(s): Aswan, Assuan, Assouan
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assume v take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" Synonym(s): assume, presume, take for granted take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" Synonym(s): assume, adopt, take on, take over take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" Synonym(s): assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" Synonym(s): bear, take over, accept, assume occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" Synonym(s): assume, take, strike, take up seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" Synonym(s): assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" Synonym(s): simulate, assume, sham, feign take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" Synonym(s): wear, put on, get into, don, assume
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Aswan n an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby Synonym(s): Aswan, Assuan, Assouan
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Augean adj extremely filthy from long neglect
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auxin n a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
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awaken v cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." Synonym(s): awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse Antonym(s): cause to sleep stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" Synonym(s): wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken Antonym(s): dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
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away game n a game played away from home [syn: away game, {road game}] Antonym(s): home game
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awesome adj inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" Synonym(s): amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing
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axiom n a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits [syn: maxim, axiom] (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
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axon n long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron Synonym(s): axon, axone
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axone n long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron Synonym(s): axon, axone
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azymia n absence of an enzyme
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belial \Be"li*al\, n. [Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al profit.] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia ? --2 Cor. vi. 15. {A son} (or man) {of Belial}, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. --1 Sam. ii. 12.
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Ach91an \Ach[91]"an\, Achaian \Acha"ian\a. [L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A native of Achaia; a Greek.
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Ach91an \Ach[91]"an\, Achaian \Acha"ian\a. [L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A native of Achaia; a Greek.
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Achean \A*che"an\, a & n. See {Ach[91]an}, {Achaian}.
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Achene \Achene"\, Achenium \Ache"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[91]nium}.]
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d8Acinus \[d8]Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape, grapestone.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone. 2. (Anat.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. --Quain.
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Acknow \Ac*know"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncn[be]wan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] [bd]You will not be acknown, sir.[b8] --B. Jonson. 2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To be acknown} (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. --Sir T. More.
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Acme \Ac"me\, n. [Gr. [?] point, top.] 1. The top or highest point; the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. --Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. --I. Taylor. 2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease. 3. Mature age; full bloom of life. --B. Jonson.
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Acne \Ac"ne\, n. [NL., prob. a corruption of Gr. [?]] (Med.) A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.
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Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography. 2. Coin made of silver; silver money. 3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. 4. The color of silver. Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See {Silver}, a. {Black silver} (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle silver ore}, or {brittle silver glance}. {Fulminating silver}. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, {Ag2O.(NH3)2}, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive. {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}. {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}. {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}. {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}. {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and {Pyrargyrite}. {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See {Argentine}.
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Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography. 2. Coin made of silver; silver money. 3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. 4. The color of silver. Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See {Silver}, a. {Black silver} (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle silver ore}, or {brittle silver glance}. {Fulminating silver}. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, {Ag2O.(NH3)2}, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive. {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}. {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}. {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}. {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}. {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and {Pyrargyrite}. {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See {Argentine}.
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Again \Again"\, Agains \Agains"\, prep. Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. --Chaucer.
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Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[a0]n, against, again; on + ge[a0]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. 5. On the other hand. [bd]The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.[b8] --Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Hersche[?]. {Again and again}, more than once; often; repeatedly. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {To and again}, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.
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Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n. 1. One who sounds a trumpet. 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially {P. crepitans}, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very loud note. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the family {Cirrhitid[91]}, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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Agen \A*gen"\, adv. & prep. See {Again}. [Obs.]
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d8Agnus \[d8]Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. {Agnuses}; L. {Agni}. [L., a lamb.] Agnus Dei.
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Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also {lunar caustic}.
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Agone \A*gone"\, a. & adv. Ago. [Archaic> & Poet.] Three days agone I fell sick. --1 Sam. xxx. 13.
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Agone \A"gone\, n. [See {Agonic}.] Agonic line.
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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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d8Ajouan \[d8]Aj"ouan\ d8Ajowan \[d8]Aj"owan\, n. [Written also {ajwain}.] [Prob. native name.] (Bot.) The fruit of {Ammi Copticum}, syn. {Carum Ajowan}, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also {Javanee seed}, {Javanese seed}, and {ajava}.
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Achene \Achene"\, Achenium \Ache"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[91]nium}.]
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Akene \A*kene"\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Achene}.
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Achene \Achene"\, Achenium \Ache"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[91]nium}.]
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Akene \A*kene"\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Achene}.
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Akin \A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. 2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. [bd]A joy akin to rapture.[b8] --Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. --Jeffrey. Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.
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Aknee \A*knee"\, adv. On the knee. [R.] --Southey.
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Aknow \Ak*now"\ Earlier form of {Acknow}. [Obs.] {To be aknow}, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
As \As\ ([acr]z), adv. & conj. [OE. as, als, alse, also, al swa, AS. eal sw[be], lit. all so; hence, quite so, quite as: cf. G. als as, than, also so, then. See {Also}.] 1. Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. --Macaulay. Note: As is often preceded by one of the antecedent or correlative words such, same, so, or as, in expressing an equality or comparison; as, give us such things as you please, and so long as you please, or as long as you please; he is not so brave as Cato; she is as amiable as she is handsome; come as quickly as possible. [bd]Bees appear fortunately to prefer the same colors as we do.[b8] --Lubbock. As, in a preceding part of a sentence, has such or so to answer correlatively to it; as with the people, so with the priest. 2. In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. --Dewey. 3. While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke. As I return I will fetch off these justices. --Shak. 4. Because; since; it being the case that. As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. --Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under {Because}.] 5. Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning). We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited. --Macaulay. 6. That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such. [Obs.] I can place thee in such abject state, as help shall never find thee. --Rowe. {So as}, so that. [Obs.] The relations are so uncertain as they require a great deal of examination. --Bacon. 7. As if; as though. [Obs. or Poetic] He lies, as he his bliss did know. --Waller. 8. For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations. 9. Than. [Obs. & R.] The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors. --Fuller. 10. Expressing a wish. [Obs.] [bd]As have,[b8] Note: i. e., may he have. --Chaucer. {As . . as}. See {So . . as}, under {So}. {As far as}, to the extent or degree. [bd]As far as can be ascertained.[b8] --Macaulay. {As far forth as}, as far as. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As for}, [or] {As to}, in regard to; with respect to. {As good as}, not less than; not falling short of. {As good as one's word}, faithful to a promise. {As if}, or {As though}, of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if. {As it were} (as if it were), a qualifying phrase used to apologize for or to relieve some expression which might be regarded as inappropriate or incongruous; in a manner. {As now}, just now. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As swythe}, as quickly as possible. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {As well}, also; too; besides. --Addison. {As well as}, equally with, no less than. [bd]I have understanding as well as you.[b8] --Job xii. 3. {As yet}, until now; up to or at the present time; still; now.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ascham \As"cham\, n. [From Roger {Ascham}, who was a great lover of archery.] A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ascian \As"cian\, n. One of the Ascii.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ashame \A*shame\, v. t. [Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. [be]scamian to shame (where [be]- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame.] To shame. [R.] --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See {Ash}, the tree.] Of or pertaining to the ash tree. [bd]Ashen poles.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ashen \Ash"en\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ashen \Ash"en\, n., obs. pl. for {Ashes}. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ashine \A*shine"\, a. Shining; radiant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asian \A"sian\, a. [L. Asianus, Gr. [?], fr. [?], L. Asia.] Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. [bd]Asian princes.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ophidia \[d8]Ophid"ia\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of 'o`fis a snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents. Note: The most important divisions are: the {Solenoglypha}, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the {Proteroglypha}, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the {Asinea}, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the {Opoterodonta}, or {Epanodonta}, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assume \As*sume"\, v. i. 1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. --Bp. Burnet. 2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assume \As*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. --Pope. The god assumed his native form again. --Pope. 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. --Whewell. 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. --Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. --Shak. 4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aswoon \A*swoon"\, adv. In a swoon. --Chaucer.
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]:
Awaken \A*wak"en\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Awakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awakening}.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. [be]w[91]cnan, [be]w[91]cnian, v. i.; pref. on- + w[91]cnan to wake. Cf. {Awake}, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. --Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. --Tillotson. Syn: To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awesome \Awe"some\, a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. --Wright. 2. Expressive of awe or terror. An awesome glance up at the auld castle. --Sir W. Scott.
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]:
Awsome \Aw"some\, a. Same as {Awesome}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axiom \Ax"i*om\, n. [L. axioma, Gr. [?] that which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of demonstration, a principle, fr. [?] to think worthy, fr. [?] worthy, weighing as much as; cf. [?] to lead, drive, also to weigh so much: cf F. axiome. See {Agent}, a.] 1. (Logic & Math.) A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, [bd]The whole is greater than a part;[b8] [bd]A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be.[b8] 2. An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy. Syn: {Axiom}, {Maxim}, {Aphorism}, {Adage}. Usage: An axiom is a self-evident truth which is taken for granted as the basis of reasoning. A maxim is a guiding principle sanctioned by experience, and relating especially to the practical concerns of life. An aphorism is a short sentence pithily expressing some valuable and general truth or sentiment. An adage is a saying of long-established authority and of universal application.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azym \Az"ym\, Azyme \Az"yme\, n. [F. azyme unleavened, L. azymus, fr. Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] leaven.] Unleavened bread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azym \Az"ym\, Azyme \Az"yme\, n. [F. azyme unleavened, L. azymus, fr. Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] leaven.] Unleavened bread.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Acme, LA Zip code(s): 71316 Acme, PA Zip code(s): 15610 Acme, WA Zip code(s): 98220 Acme, WY Zip code(s): 82839
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Agana, GU (CDP, FIPS 2700) Location: 13.47511 N, 144.74844 E Population (1990): 1139 (416 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Agawam, MA Zip code(s): 01001
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Agnew, NE Zip code(s): 68428
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Aiken, SC (city, FIPS 550) Location: 33.54083 N, 81.72836 W Population (1990): 19872 (8543 housing units) Area: 35.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29801, 29803
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Aquone, NC Zip code(s): 28703
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Asan, GU (CDP, FIPS 12450) Location: 13.46711 N, 144.71527 E Population (1990): 740 (200 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Axson, GA Zip code(s): 31624
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Acme n. The canonical supplier of bizarre, elaborate, and non-functional gadgetry - where Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson (two cartoonists who specialized in elaborate contraptions) shop. The name has been humorously expanded as A (or American) Company Making Everything. (In fact, Acme was a real brand sold from Sears Roebuck catalogs in the early 1900s.) Describing some X as an "Acme X" either means "This is {insanely great}", or, more likely, "This looks {insanely great} on paper, but in practice it's really easy to shoot yourself in the foot with it." Compare {pistol}. This term, specially cherished by American hackers and explained here for the benefit of our overseas brethren, comes from the Warner Brothers' series of "Roadrunner" cartoons. In these cartoons, the famished Wile E. Coyote was forever attempting to catch up with, trap, and eat the Roadrunner. His attempts usually involved one or more high-technology Rube Goldberg devices - rocket jetpacks, catapults, magnetic traps, high-powered slingshots, etc. These were usually delivered in large cardboard boxes, labeled prominently with the Acme name. These devices invariably malfunctioned in improbable and violent ways.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ACM 1. The {Association for Computing}. 2. {addressed call mode}. (1997-05-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ACME /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The {canonical} imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for {MS-DOS}. [What does it do?] (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ACOM An early system on the {IBM 705}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AI koan /A-I koh'an/ One of 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. See also {ha ha only serious}, {mu}. In reading these, it is at least useful to know that {Marvin Minsky}, {Gerald Sussman}, and Drescher are {AI} researchers of note, that {Tom Knight} was one of the {Lisp machine}'s principal designers, and that {David Moon} wrote much of Lisp Machine Lisp. * * * A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked. * * * One day a student came to Moon and said: "I understand how to make a better garbage collector. We must keep a reference count of the pointers to each cons." Moon patiently told the student the following story: "One day a student came to Moon and said: `I understand how to make a better garbage collector... [Pure reference-count garbage collectors have problems with circular structures that point to themselves.] * * * In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6. "What are you doing?", asked Minsky. "I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe", Sussman replied. "Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play", Sussman said. Minsky then shut his eyes. "Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher. "So that the room will be empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened. * * * A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy." Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I wish the toaster to be happy, too." (1995-02-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASM {assembly language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASME {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASN {Autonomous System Number}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASN.1 {Abstract Syntax Notation 1}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM A commercially available subset of {Scratchpad}, from {IBM}. ["Axiom - The Scientific Computing System", R. Jenks et al, Springer 1992]. (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
axiom A {well-formed formula} which is taken to be true without proof in the construction of a {theory}. Compare: {lemma}. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM* A {symbolic mathematics} system. {A#} is one component of AXIOM*. Version: 2. (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM A commercially available subset of {Scratchpad}, from {IBM}. ["Axiom - The Scientific Computing System", R. Jenks et al, Springer 1992]. (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
axiom A {well-formed formula} which is taken to be true without proof in the construction of a {theory}. Compare: {lemma}. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM* A {symbolic mathematics} system. {A#} is one component of AXIOM*. Version: 2. (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM A commercially available subset of {Scratchpad}, from {IBM}. ["Axiom - The Scientific Computing System", R. Jenks et al, Springer 1992]. (1995-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
axiom A {well-formed formula} which is taken to be true without proof in the construction of a {theory}. Compare: {lemma}. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AXIOM* A {symbolic mathematics} system. {A#} is one component of AXIOM*. Version: 2. (1995-02-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Achan called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of gold, a quantity of silver, and a costly Babylonish garment, which he hid in his tent. Joshua was convinced that the defeat which the Israelites afterwards sustained before Ai was a proof of the divine displeasure on account of some crime, and he at once adopted means by the use of the lot for discovering the criminal. It was then found that Achan was guilty, and he was stoned to death in the valley of Achor. He and all that belonged to him were then consumed by fire, and a heap of stones was raised over the ashes.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Agony contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (22:44) to describe our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane. The verb from which the noun "agony" is derived is used to denote an earnest endeavour or striving, as "Strive [agonize] to enter" (Luke 13:24); "Then would my servants fight" [agonize] (John 18:36). Comp. 1 Cor. 9:25; Col. 1:29; 4:12; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7, where the words "striveth," "labour," "conflict," "fight," are the renderings of the same Greek verb.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ahikam brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2 Kings 22:12-14; 2 Chr. 34:20). He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and the father of Gedaliah, governor of Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians (2 Kings 25:22; Jer. 40:5-16; 43:6). On one occasion he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim (Jer. 26:24). It was in the chamber of another son (Germariah) of Shaphan that Baruch read in the ears of all the people Jeremiah's roll.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Achan, or Achar, he that troubleth
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Achim, preparing; revenging; confirming
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahikam, a brother who raises up or avenges
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahuzam, their taking or possessing vision
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ashan, smoke
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ashima, crime; offense
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ashnah, change
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Azaniah, hearing the Lord; the Lord's weapons
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Azzan, their strength