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   ad hoc
         adv 1: for one specific case; "they were appointed ad hoc"
         adj 1: often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee
                  meeting"
         2: for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated
            policy instead of ad hoc decisions"

English Dictionary: at sea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adage
n
  1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
    Synonym(s): proverb, adage, saw, byword
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adagio
adv
  1. slowly; "here you must play adagio"
adj
  1. (of tempo) leisurely
n
  1. (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"
  2. a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addax
n
  1. large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
    Synonym(s): addax, Addax nasomaculatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adduce
v
  1. advance evidence for
    Synonym(s): adduce, abduce, cite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Adige
n
  1. a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige"
    Synonym(s): Adige, River Adige
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adios
n
  1. a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adz
n
  1. an edge tool used to cut and shape wood [syn: adz, adze]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adze
n
  1. an edge tool used to cut and shape wood [syn: adz, adze]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aedes
n
  1. yellow-fever mosquitos
    Synonym(s): Aedes, genus Aedes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aethusa
n
  1. fool's parsley
    Synonym(s): Aethusa, genus Aethusa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aides
n
  1. (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
    Synonym(s): Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
AIDS
n
  1. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
    Synonym(s): AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aotus
n
  1. douroucoulis
    Synonym(s): Aotus, genus Aotus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at sea
adj
  1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
    Synonym(s): baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ataxia
n
  1. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
    Synonym(s): ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ataxy
n
  1. inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
    Synonym(s): ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Athos
n
  1. an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
    Synonym(s): Athos, Mount Athos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attach
v
  1. cause to be attached
    Antonym(s): detach
  2. be attached; be in contact with
  3. become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
    Antonym(s): come away, come off, detach
  4. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
    Synonym(s): bind, tie, attach, bond
  5. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
    Synonym(s): impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attache
n
  1. a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
  2. a shallow and rectangular briefcase
    Synonym(s): attache case, attache
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attack
n
  1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
    Synonym(s): attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
  2. an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
  3. intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
    Synonym(s): fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
  4. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
    Synonym(s): approach, attack, plan of attack
  5. the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
    Synonym(s): attack, attempt
  6. a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
    Synonym(s): attack, tone-beginning
  7. a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
  8. the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements"
  9. strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
v
  1. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
    Synonym(s): attack, assail
    Antonym(s): defend
  2. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
    Synonym(s): attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
  3. take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
    Synonym(s): attack, aggress
  4. attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
    Synonym(s): assail, assault, set on, attack
  5. set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
  6. begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Attic
adj
  1. of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"
n
  1. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
    Synonym(s): loft, attic, garret
  2. the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
    Synonym(s): Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek
  3. informal terms for a human head
    Synonym(s): attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome
  4. (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Attica
n
  1. the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autocue
n
  1. a device that displays words for people to read [syn: prompter, autocue]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adage \Ad"age\, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of
      L. aio I say.]
      An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a
      proverb.
  
               Letting [bd]I dare not[b8] wait upon [bd]I would,[b8]
               Like the poor cat i' the adage.               --Shak.
  
      Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm.
               See {Axiom}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adays \A*days"\, adv. [Pref. a- (for on) + day; the final s was
      orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.]
      By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] --Fielding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the largest African antelopes ({Hippotragus, [or]
      Oryx, nasomaculatus}).
  
      Note: It is now believed to be the {Strepsiceros} (twisted
               horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the
               pygarg of the Bible.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addice \Ad"dice\, n.
      See {Adze}. [Obs.] --Moxon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adduce \Ad*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adduced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Adducing}.] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to;
      ad + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Adduct}.]
      To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or
      consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to
      allege.
  
               Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. --Macaulay.
  
               Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of
               illustration.                                          --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge;
               name; mention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adieu \A*dieu"\, n.; pl. {Adieus}.
      A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and
      [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS.
      [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan.
      ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep.,
      {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]
      In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior
      of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in
      a position or relation which is exterior to something; --
      opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed
      after of, from, etc. (see {Out of}, below); or, if not
      expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the
      house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out
      from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a
      variety of applications, as:
  
      1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a
            usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual,
            place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
            [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He hath been out (of the country) nine years.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy,
            constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in
            concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of
            freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the
            sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows;
            the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke
            out on his face; the book is out.
  
                     Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.
  
                     She has not been out [in general society] very long.
                                                                              --H. James.
  
      3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to
            the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of
            extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the
            fire, has burned out. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days.
                                                                              --Ps. iv. 23.
  
                     When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.
  
      4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or
            into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of
            office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the
            Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money
            out at interest. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8]
            --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell.
  
                     I have forgot my part, and I am out.   --Shak.
  
      5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct,
            proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or
            incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement,
            opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
            [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of
                     their own interest.                           --South.
  
                     Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.
  
      6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the
            state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
  
      Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with
               the same significations that it has as a separate word;
               as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo,
               outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under
               {Over}, adv.
  
      {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of
            several days; day by day; every day.
  
      {Out and out}.
            (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly.
            (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute;
                  as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also
                  {out-and-out}.]
  
      {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that
            to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being
            omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of
            the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.
  
                     Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out
                     into the west, as the sun went down.   --C. Kingsley.
  
      Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the
               harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8]
               or some similar phrase. The complete construction is
               seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the
               fire.[b8]
  
      {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See
            {Of} and {From}.
  
      {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed
            of an adverb and a preposition, each having its
            appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound
            preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with
            verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond
            the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure,
            separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also
            with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed,
            or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases
            below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath;
            out of countenance.
  
      {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.
  
      {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper.
  
      {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}.
           
  
      {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
  
      {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the
            house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively,
            shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also,
            {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary.
            [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8]
            --Dryden.
  
      {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure.
  
      {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular;
            disarranged. --Latimer.
  
      {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation.
            [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8]
            --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adz \Adz\, Adze \Adze\, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa,
      adese, ax, hatchet.]
      A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching
      blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for
      chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adz \Adz\, v. t.
      To cut with an adz. [R.] --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adz \Adz\, Adze \Adze\, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa,
      adese, ax, hatchet.]
      A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching
      blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for
      chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aitch \Aitch\, n.
      The letter h or H.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise,
      OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle,
      occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.]
      1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;
            entertainment. [Obs.]
  
                     They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire
                     penny.                                                --Chaucer.
  
      2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
            (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
                  as, ease of body.
  
                           Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
                                                                              --Herbert.
  
                           Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.
                                                                              --Swift.
            (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys
                  or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;
                  as, ease of mind.
  
                           Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
                                                                              --Deut.
                                                                              xxviii. 65.
  
                           Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
                                                                              --Luke xii.
                                                                              19.
            (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,
                  embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;
                  -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of
                  behavior, of address.
  
                           True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                           Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In
                           him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.
  
      {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul
            shall dwell at ease.[b8] --Ps. xxv. 12.
  
      {Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}.
  
      {Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
           
  
      {To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude
            in one's place in the ranks.
  
      {With ease}, easily; without much effort.
  
      Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility;
               facility; easiness; readiness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Issue \Is"sue\, n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir,
      eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go,
      akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as
      prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a nobleman,
      {Commence}, {Errant}, {Exit}, {Eyre}, {Initial}, {Yede}
      went.]
      1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any
            inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a
            pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of
            people from a house.
  
      2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery;
            issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding
            officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
  
      3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole
            quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue
            of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
  
      4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law,
            sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from
            a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
  
                     If the king Should without issue die. --Shak.
  
      5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or
            other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a
            term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
  
      6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20.
  
      7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy
            part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and
            discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
  
      8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event;
            hence, contest; test; trial.
  
                     Come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak.
  
                     While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak.
  
      9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take
            affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of
            alternatives between which to choose or decide.
  
      10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact
            depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one
            side and denied on the other, is presented for
            determination. See {General issue}, under {General}, and
            {Feigned issue}, under {Feigned}. --Blount. Cowell.
  
      {At issue}, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting;
            hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
  
                     As much at issue with the summer day As if you
                     brought a candle out of doors.            --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
           
  
      {Bank of issue}, {Collateral issue}, etc. See under {Bank},
            {Collateral}, etc.
  
      {Issue pea}, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain
            irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and
            discharge of pus.
  
      {To join}, [or] {take}, {issue}, to take opposing sides in a
            matter in controversy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG.
      s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel.
      s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage.
      [root] 151 a.]
      1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an
            ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water
            of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting
            with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea;
            the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
  
      2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or
            brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes,
            a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
  
      3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a
            large part of the globe.
  
                     I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak.
  
                     Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and
                     scaly crocodile.                                 --Milton.
  
      4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high
            wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave;
            a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the
            vessel shipped a sea.
  
      5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at
            Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
  
                     He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
                     brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height
                     thereof.                                             --2 Chron. iv.
                                                                              2.
  
      6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea
            of glory. --Shak.
  
                     All the space . . . was one sea of heads.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of
               obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten,
               sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed,
               sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is
               also used either adjectively or in combination with
               substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea
               acorn, or sea-acorn.
  
      {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively,
            without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of
            circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be
            too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable
  
      {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the
            height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8]
            --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law),
            out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton.
  
      {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator.
  
      {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high.
  
      {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady
            motion of long and extensive waves.
  
      {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and
            irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion.
           
  
      {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a
            sailor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atake \A*take"\, v. t.
      To overtake. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ataxia \[d8]A*tax"i*a\, Ataxy \At"ax*y\, n. [NL. ataxia, Gr.
      [?], fr. [?] out of order; 'a priv. + [?] ordered, arranged,
      [?] to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.]
      1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
  
      2. (Med.)
            (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.
            (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous
                  fevers and the nervous condition.
  
      {Locomotor ataxia}. See {Locomotor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atheize \A"the*ize\, v. t.
      To render atheistic or godless. [R.]
  
               They endeavored to atheize one another.   --Berkeley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atheize \A"the*ize\, v. i.
      To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist. [R.] --
      {A"the*i`zer}, n. --Cudworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atheous \A"the*ous\, a. [Gr. [?] without God. See {Atheist}.]
      1. Atheistic; impious. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
  
                     I should say science was atheous, and therefore
                     could not be atheistic.                     --Bp. of
                                                                              Carlisle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
      fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
      to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.]
      1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
            as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
            or the like.
  
                     The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
                     muscles.                                             --Paley.
  
                     A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
            authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
            certain regiment, company, or ship.
  
      3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
            self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
            influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
            others to us by wealth or flattery.
  
                     Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                                              Austen.
  
                     God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
            attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
            importance to a particular circumstance.
  
                     Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      6. To take by legal authority:
            (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
                  answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
                  taking of the person by a civil process; being now
                  rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
            (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
                  writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
                  which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment},
                  4.
  
                           The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                           treason.                                       --Miss Yonge.
  
      {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
            that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
  
      Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
               annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attach \At*tach"\, v. i.
      1. To adhere; to be attached.
  
                     The great interest which attaches to the mere
                     knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
                                                                              --Brougham.
  
      2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything;
            to vest; as, dower will attach. --Cooley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attach \At*tach"\, n.
      An attachment. [Obs.] --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Appel \[d8]Ap`pel"\, n. [F., prop., a call. See {Appeal}, n.]
      (Fencing)
      A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack;
      -- called also {attack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attacked}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attacking}.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
      to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See {Attach},
      {Tack} a small nail.]
      1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
            arms; to assault. [bd]Attack their lines.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
            controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
            disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
            attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
  
      3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
            object of labor or investigation.
  
      4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
            destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  
                     On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
                     Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
                                                                              Stewart.
  
      Syn: To {Attack}, {Assail}, {Assault}, {Invade}.
  
      Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
                  the generic term, and the others specific forms of
                  attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
                  is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
                  repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
                  is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
                  by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
                  enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
                  person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
                  may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
                  by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
                  marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
                  say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
                  with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
                  severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
                  invaded by the encroachments of the crown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, v. i.
      To make an onset or attack.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, n. [Cf. F. attaque.]
      1. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or
            violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
  
      2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with
            unfriendly or bitter words.
  
      3. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
  
      4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
  
      5. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive
            action, by a chemical agent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Appel \[d8]Ap`pel"\, n. [F., prop., a call. See {Appeal}, n.]
      (Fencing)
      A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack;
      -- called also {attack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attacked}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attacking}.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
      to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See {Attach},
      {Tack} a small nail.]
      1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
            arms; to assault. [bd]Attack their lines.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
            controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
            disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
            attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
  
      3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
            object of labor or investigation.
  
      4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
            destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  
                     On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
                     Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
                                                                              Stewart.
  
      Syn: To {Attack}, {Assail}, {Assault}, {Invade}.
  
      Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
                  the generic term, and the others specific forms of
                  attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
                  is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
                  repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
                  is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
                  by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
                  enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
                  person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
                  may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
                  by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
                  marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
                  say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
                  with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
                  severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
                  invaded by the encroachments of the crown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, v. i.
      To make an onset or attack.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attack \At*tack"\, n. [Cf. F. attaque.]
      1. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or
            violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
  
      2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with
            unfriendly or bitter words.
  
      3. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
  
      4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
  
      5. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive
            action, by a chemical agent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attask \At*task"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + task.]
      To take to task; to blame. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its
      principal city; marked by such qualities as were
      characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
  
      {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a
            column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under
            the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman
            Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the
            Renaissance.
  
      {Attic faith}, inviolable faith.
  
      {Attic purity}, special purity of language.
  
      {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar
            to the Athenians.
  
      {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n.
  
      {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attic \At"tic\, n. [In sense (a) from F. attique, orig. meaning
      Attic. See {Attic}, a.]
      1. (Arch.)
            (a) A low story above the main order or orders of a
                  facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced
                  in the 17th century. Hence:
            (b) A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all
                  the rooms immediately below the roof.
  
      2. An Athenian; an Athenian author.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Addis, LA (town, FIPS 415)
      Location: 30.35447 N, 91.26945 W
      Population (1990): 1222 (475 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70710

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Atka, AK (city, FIPS 4210)
      Location: 52.24222 N, 174.20515 W
      Population (1990): 73 (26 housing units)
      Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 70.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Atoka, OK (city, FIPS 3300)
      Location: 34.38268 N, 96.13431 W
      Population (1990): 3298 (1512 housing units)
      Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74525
   Atoka, TN (town, FIPS 2340)
      Location: 35.44517 N, 89.77267 W
      Population (1990): 659 (259 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38004

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Attica, IN (city, FIPS 2620)
      Location: 40.28759 N, 87.24643 W
      Population (1990): 3457 (1503 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47918
   Attica, KS (city, FIPS 3100)
      Location: 37.24248 N, 98.22590 W
      Population (1990): 716 (330 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67009
   Attica, MI
      Zip code(s): 48412
   Attica, NY (village, FIPS 3001)
      Location: 42.86548 N, 78.28011 W
      Population (1990): 2630 (1103 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14011
   Attica, OH (village, FIPS 2820)
      Location: 41.06517 N, 82.88632 W
      Population (1990): 944 (368 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   AIDS /aydz/ n.   Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a
   {glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga),
   this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe {SEX}.
   See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse}, {virgin}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   AIDX /ayd'k*z/ n.   Derogatory term for IBM's perverted version
   of Unix, AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM RS/6000
   series (some hackers think it is funnier just to pronounce "AIX" as
   "aches").   A victim of the dreaded "hybridism" disease, this attempt
   to combine the two main currents of the Unix stream ({BSD} and {USG
   Unix}) became a {monstrosity} to haunt system administrators'
   dreams.   For example, if new accounts are created while many users
   are logged on, the load average jumps quickly over 20 due to silly
   implementation of the user databases.   For a quite similar disease,
   compare {HP-SUX}.   Also, compare {Macintrash}, {Nominal
   Semidestructor}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ad hoc
  
      Contrived purely for the purpose in hand rather than planned
      carefully in advance.   E.g. "We didn't know what to do about
      the sausage rolls, so we set up an ad-hoc committee".
  
      (1995-03-25)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ada 9X
  
      The working title for {Ada 95} before its adoption
      as an {ISO} {standard}.
  
      (1995-01-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ADC
  
      {Analog to Digital Converter}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ADCU
  
      {application developer customer unit}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ADES
  
      An early system on the {IBM 704}.
  
      Version: ADES II.
  
      [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
  
      (1995-03-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ADS
  
      An {expert system}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ADSU
  
      {ATM Data Service Unit}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AIDS
  
      /aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a
      {glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, {Apple
      Computer}), this condition is quite often the result of
      practicing unsafe {SEX}.
  
      See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse}, {virgin}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-04-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AIDX
  
      /aydkz/ A derogatory term for
      {IBM}'s perverted version of {Unix}, {AIX}, especially for the
      AIX 3.? used in the {IBM RS/6000} series (some hackers think
      it is funnier just to pronounce "AIX" as "aches").   A victim
      of the dreaded "hybridism" disease, this attempt to combine
      the two main currents of the Unix stream ({BSD} and {USG
      Unix}) became a monstrosity to haunt system administrators'
      dreams.   For example, if new accounts are created while many
      users are logged on, the load average jumps quickly over 20
      due to silly implementation of the user databases.
  
      For a quite similar disease, compare {HP-SUX}.   Also, compare
      {Macintrash} {Nominal Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap},
      {ScumOS}, {sun-stools}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-04-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ATIS
  
      {A Tools Integration Standard}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ATK
  
      {Andrew Toolkit}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ATS
  
      {Attribute Translation System}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ATX
  
      An {open} {PC} {motherboard}
      specification by {Intel}.
  
      ATX is a development of the {Baby AT} specification with the
      motherboard rotated 90 degrees in the chassis.   The {CPU} and
      {SIMM} sockets have been relocated away from the {expansion
      card} slots meaning that all the slots support full-length
      cards.   More {I/O} functions are integrated on the
      motherboard.   As the longer edge of the board is now at the
      back of the chassis, there is more space for connectors; also,
      the I/O opening on the back panel of the chassis has been
      defined as double the previous height, allowing vendors to add
      extra on-board I/O functions over and above the standard.
  
      Most {Pentium Pro} boards use this {form factor}.
  
      As well as the motherboard size, layout, and placement, the
      ATX specification also includes requirements for power supply
      and fan specification and location.
  
      The full size ATX board measures 305mm wide by 244mm deep.
      There is also a Mini-ATX form factor, 284mm by 208mm.
  
      {Home
      (http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/atx.htm)}.
  
      (2001-07-16)
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Athach, thy time
  
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