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adducer
n 1: a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof

English Dictionary: adjure	by the DICT Development Group
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adhocracy n an organization with little or no structure; "the choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma"; "the need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy"
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Adi Granth n the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus Synonym(s): Adi Granth, Granth, Granth Sahib
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adjourn v close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up] break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" Synonym(s): adjourn, withdraw, retire
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adjournment n the termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution] the act of postponing to another time or place
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adjuration n a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
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adjuratory adj earnestly or solemnly entreating; "in adjuratory terms" containing a solemn charge or command
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adjure v ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Synonym(s): bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure command solemnly
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adscript adj written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it Antonym(s): inferior, subscript, superior, superscript (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf" Synonym(s): adscript, adscripted
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adscripted adj (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf" Synonym(s): adscript, adscripted
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adsorb v accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
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adsorbable adj capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid Synonym(s): adsorbable, adsorbate Antonym(s): absorbable
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adsorbate adj capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid Synonym(s): adsorbable, adsorbate Antonym(s): absorbable n a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
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adsorbent adj having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface Synonym(s): adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative Antonym(s): nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive n a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance Synonym(s): adsorbent, adsorbent material
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adsorbent material n a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance Synonym(s): adsorbent, adsorbent material
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adsorption n the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid Synonym(s): adsorption, surface assimilation
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adsorptive adj having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface Synonym(s): adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative Antonym(s): nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive
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Adzhar n an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea [syn: Adzhar, Adzharia]
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Adzharia n an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea [syn: Adzhar, Adzharia]
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attack aircraft n a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air Synonym(s): fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft
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attack aircraft carrier n a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings Synonym(s): aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
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attacker n someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter]
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audiogram n a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
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autocracy n a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autocracy, autarchy] a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
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autocrat n a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: tyrant, autocrat, despot]
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autocratic adj offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" Synonym(s): autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" Synonym(s): authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
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autocratically adv in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues" Synonym(s): dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially in an autocratic manner; "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"
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autogiro n an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller Synonym(s): autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane
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autograft n tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" Synonym(s): autograft, autoplasty
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autograph n something written by one's own hand a person's own signature Synonym(s): autograph, John Hancock v mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book" Synonym(s): autograph, inscribe
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autograph album n an album for autographs
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autographed adj bearing an autograph; "an autographed copy of his latest book"
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autographic adj written in the author's own handwriting
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autogyro n an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller Synonym(s): autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A. querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as game birds. See {Garganey}. {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}. {Teal duck}, the common European teal.
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Adducer \Ad*du"cer\, n. One who adduces.
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Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjourned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjourning}.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. {Journal}, {Journey}.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. Usage: To {Adjourn}, {Prorogue}, {Dissolve}. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
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Adjourn \Ad*journ"\, v. i. To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.
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Adjournal \Ad*journ"al\, n. Adjournment; postponement. [R.] [bd]An adjournal of the Diet.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjourned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjourning}.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. {Journal}, {Journey}.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. Usage: To {Adjourn}, {Prorogue}, {Dissolve}. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
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Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjourned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjourning}.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. {Journal}, {Journey}.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. Usage: To {Adjourn}, {Prorogue}, {Dissolve}. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adjournment \Ad*journ"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See {Adjourn}.] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day. 2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adjuration \Ad`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See {Adjure}.] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. --Bp. Hall. 2. The form of oath or appeal. Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. --Addison.
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Adjuratory \Adju"rato*ry\, a. [L. adjuratorius.] Containing an adjuration.
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Adjure \Adjure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjuring}]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See {Jury}.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. --Josh. vi. 26. The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure* thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. --Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. --Marshall.
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Adjure \Adjure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjuring}]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See {Jury}.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. --Josh. vi. 26. The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure* thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. --Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. --Marshall.
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Adjurer \Ad*jur"er\, n. One who adjures.
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Adjure \Adjure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjuring}]. [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See {Jury}.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. --Josh. vi. 26. The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure* thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. --Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. --Marshall.
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Adscript \Ad"script\, a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See {Ascribe}.] Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
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Adscript \Ad"script\, n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. --Bancroft.
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Adscriptive \Ad*scrip"tive\, a.[L. adscriptivus. See {Adscript}.] Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. --Brougham.
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Friend \Friend\ (fr[ecr]nd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS. fre[a2]nd, prop. p. pr. of fre[a2]n, fre[a2]gan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[91]ndi kinsman, Sw. fr[84]nde. Goth. frij[omac]nds friend, frij[omac]n to love. [root]83. See {Free}, and cf. {Fiend}.] 1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. --Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. 2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. Friend, how camest thou in hither? --Matt. xxii. 12. 3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. 4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T. Chase. 5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak. {A friend} {at court [or] in court}, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. {To be friends with}, to have friendly relations with. [bd]He's . . . friends with C[91]sar.[b8] --Shak. {To make friends with}, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. [bd]Having now made friends with the Athenians.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd.).
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Discretion \Dis*cre"tion\, n. [F. discr[82]tion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See {Discreet}, {Discern}.] 1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] --Mede. 2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. The better part of valor is discretion. --Shak. The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. --Hume. 3. Discrimination. Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. --Shak. 4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. {At discretion}, without conditions or stipulations.
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Grade \Grade\, n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad. {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}. {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade.
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. --Isa. xxviii. 20. 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. The life so short, the craft so long to learn. --Chaucer. To short absense I could yield. --Milton. 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. --Shak. 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short. --Spenser. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. --Clarendon. 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. --Rowe. 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of. Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. --Landor. 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. (Metal) Brittle. Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short, under {Short}, adv. Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30. Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly. {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs. {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. --R. A. Proctor. {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, etc.
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Atazir \At`a*zir"\, n. [OF., fr. Ar. al-tas[c6]r influence.] (Astron.) The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Atheize \A"theize\, v. i. To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist. [R.] -- {A"thei`zer}, n. --Cudworth.
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Attacker \At*tack"er\, n. One who attacks.
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Autocarpous \Au`tocar"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`tocar"pi*an\, a. [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
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Autocarpous \Au`tocar"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`tocar"pi*an\, a. [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
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Autochronograph \Au`tochron"ograph\, n. [Auto- + chronograph.] An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. --Knight.
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Autocoherer \Au`tocoher"er\, n. [Auto- + coherer.] (Wireless Teleg.) A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocracy \Autoc"racy\, n.; pl. {Autocracies}. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. autocratie. See {Autocrat}.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also {autocrasy}.] --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocracy \Autoc"racy\, n.; pl. {Autocracies}. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. autocratie. See {Autocrat}.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also {autocrasy}.] --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocracy \Autoc"racy\, n.; pl. {Autocracies}. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. autocratie. See {Autocrat}.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also {autocrasy}.] --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocrat \Au"to*crat\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] self + [?] strength, [?] strong: cf. F. autocrate. See {Hard}, a.] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). 2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. --Holmes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocratic \Au`tocrat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`tocrat"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- {Au`tocrat"ically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocratic \Au`tocrat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`tocrat"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- {Au`tocrat"ically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocratic \Au`tocrat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`tocrat"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- {Au`tocrat"ically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocrator \Autoc"rator\, n. [Gr. [?].] An autocrat. [Archaic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocratorical \Au`tocrator"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autocratship \Au"tocratship\, n. The office or dignity of an autocrat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autograph \Au"to*graph\, n. [F. autographe, fr. Gr. [?] autographic; [?] self + [?] to write.] That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autograph \Au"to*graph\, a. In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autographal \Autog"raphal\, a. Autographic. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autographic \Au`tograph"ic\, Autographical \Au`tograph"ic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autographic \Au`tograph"ic\, Autographical \Au`tograph"ic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autography \Autog"raphy\, n. [Cf. F. autographie.] 1. The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph. 2. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. --Ure.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Adger, AL Zip code(s): 35006
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
adger /aj'r/ vt. [UCLA mutant of {nadger}, poss. also from the middle name of an infamous {tenured graduate student}] To make a bonehead move with consequences that could have been foreseen with even slight mental effort. E.g., "He started removing files and promptly adgered the whole project". Compare {dumbass attack}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
ad-hockery /ad-hok'r-ee/ n. [Purdue] 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, esp. expert systems, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent behavior but are in fact entirely arbitrary. For example, fuzzy-matching of input tokens that might be typing errors against a symbol table can make it look as though a program knows how to spell. 2. Special-case code to cope with some awkward input that would otherwise cause a program to {choke}, presuming normal inputs are dealt with in some cleaner and more regular way. Also called `ad-hackery', `ad-hocity' (/ad-hos'-tee/), `ad-crockery'. See also {ELIZA effect}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ada Core Technologies (ACT) The company that maintains {GNAT}. Ada Core Technologies was founded in 1994 by the original authors of the GNAT compiler. ACT provides software for {Ada 95} development. {Home (http://www.gnat.com/)}. (2000-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ad-hockery /ad-hok'r-ee/ (Purdue) 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, especially {expert system}s, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent behaviour but are in fact entirely arbitrary. For example, {fuzzy-matching} of input tokens that might be typing errors against a symbol table can make it look as though a program knows how to spell. 2. Special-case code to cope with some awkward input that would otherwise cause a program to fail, presuming normal inputs are dealt with in some cleaner and more regular way. Also called "ad-hackery", "ad-hocity" (/ad-hos'-tee/), "ad-crockery". See also {ELIZA effect}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
audiographic teleconferencing (Or "electronic whiteboarding", "screen sharing") A form of {teleconferencing} in {real time} using both an {audio} and a data connection. The computer screen is shared by more than one site, and used as an electronic blackboard, overhead projector or still video projector. Some systems allow for sharing software also. (1995-10-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
audiographics {Audiographic Teleconferencing}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AUTOGRAF A system for describing {bar charts}. ["User's Manual for AUTOGRAF", Cambridge Computer Assoc, Dec 1972]. (2001-05-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AUTOGRP {AUTOmated GRouPing system}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Adjuration a solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16). We have in the New Testament a striking example of this (Matt. 26:63; Mark 5:7), where the high priest calls upon Christ to avow his true character. It would seem that in such a case the person so adjured could not refuse to give an answer. The word "adjure", i.e., cause to swear is used with reference to the casting out of demons (Acts 19:13).