abacus
         n 1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a
               column as an aid in supporting the architrave
         2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually
            sliding counters on rods or in grooves

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abasic adj of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn: abasic, abatic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abject adj of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" Synonym(s): abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" Synonym(s): abject, unhopeful showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abjection n a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken Synonym(s): abasement, degradation, abjection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abjectly adv in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" Synonym(s): abjectly, resignedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abkhas n a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian Circassian people living east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abkhasian n a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz Synonym(s): Abkhazian, Abkhasian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abkhaz adj of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian n a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazia Circassian people living east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abkhazia n an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abkhazian adj of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian n a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Synonym(s): Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz Synonym(s): Abkhazian, Abkhasian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ABO system n a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O Synonym(s): ABO blood group system, ABO system, ABO group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscess n symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscessed adj infected and filled with pus; "an abscessed tooth"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscessed tooth n an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscise v shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue remove or separate by abscission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscissa n the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscission n shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant the act of cutting something off Synonym(s): abscission, cutting off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aphakic adj of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia n someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aphasic adj related to or affected by aphasia; "aphasic speech" unable to speak because of a brain lesion n someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aphesis n the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apsis n a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar Synonym(s): apse, apsis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abacist \Ab"a*cist\ ([acr]b"[adot]*s[icr]st), n. [LL abacista,       fr. abacus.]       One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([acr]b"[adot]*k[ucr]s), n.; E. pl.       {Abacuses}; L. pl. {Abaci} (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr.       'a`bax]       1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for             drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]          2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing             arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or             counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,             the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.          3. (Arch.)             (a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a                   column, immediately under the architrave. See                   {Column}.             (b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or                   mosaic work.          4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated             compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a             kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.          {Abacus harmonicus} (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the             structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.             --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([acr]b"[adot]*k[ucr]s), n.; E. pl.       {Abacuses}; L. pl. {Abaci} (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr.       'a`bax]       1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for             drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]          2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing             arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or             counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,             the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.          3. (Arch.)             (a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a                   column, immediately under the architrave. See                   {Column}.             (b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or                   mosaic work.          4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated             compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a             kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.          {Abacus harmonicus} (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the             structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.             --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([acr]b"[adot]*k[ucr]s), n.; E. pl.       {Abacuses}; L. pl. {Abaci} (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr.       'a`bax]       1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for             drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]          2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing             arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or             counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,             the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.          3. (Arch.)             (a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a                   column, immediately under the architrave. See                   {Column}.             (b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or                   mosaic work.          4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated             compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a             kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.          {Abacus harmonicus} (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the             structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.             --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Abasia \[d8]A*ba"si*a\, n. [NL.; Gr. [?]- not + [?] a step.]       (Med.)       Inability to co[94]rdinate muscular actions properly in       walking. -- {A*ba"sic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbacy \Ab"ba*cy\ ([acr]b"b[adot]*s[ycr]), n.; pl. {Abbacies}       (-s[icr]z). [L. abbatia, fr. abbas, abbatis, abbot. See       {Abbey}.]       The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burgundy \Bur"gun*dy\, n.       1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part).          2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy,             France.          {Burgundy pitch}, a resinous substance prepared from the             exudation of the Norway spruce ({Abies excelsa}) by             melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The             genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first             prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many             imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent             and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frankincense \Frank"in*cense\, n. [OF. franc free, pure + encens       incense.]       A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an       incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The       best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus       {Boswellia}; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce ({Abies       excelsa}) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the       ancient Jews is still unidentified.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shasta fir \Shasta fir\       A Californian fir ({Abies shastensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab*ject"\, v. t. [From {Abject}, a.]       To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower;       to debase. [Obs.] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab"ject\, n.       A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a       castaway. [Obs.]                   Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts,                know any thing of pleasure?                     --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab"ject\, a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw       away; ab + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]       1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.]                         From the safe shore their floating carcasses And                      broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and                      lost lay these, covering the flood.   --Milton.          2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded;             servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture,             fortune, thoughts. [bd]Base and abject flatterers.[b8]             --Addison. [bd]An abject liar.[b8] --Macaulay.                         And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak.          Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish;                ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible;                degraded.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjectedness \Ab*ject"ed*ness\, n.       A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [R.] --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjection \Ab*jec"tion\, n. [F. abjection, L. abjectio.]       1. The act of bringing down or humbling. [bd]The abjection of             the king and his realm.[b8] --Joe.          2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.]                         An adjection from the beatific regions where God,                      and his angels and saints, dwell forever. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement;             degradation.                         That this should be termed baseness, abjection of                      mind, or servility, is it credible?   --Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjectly \Ab"ject*ly\, adv.       Meanly; servilely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjectness \Ab"ject*ness\, n.       The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.       --Grew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abjugate \Ab"ju*gate\, v. t. [L. abjugatus, p. p. of abjugare.]       To unyoke. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscess \Ab"scess\, n.; pl. {Abscesses}. [L. abscessus a going       away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of       absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See       {Cede}.] (Med.)       A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ       of the body, the result of a morbid process.          {Cold abscess}, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with             the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses,             and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency             towards healing; a chronic abscess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscess \Ab"scess\, n.; pl. {Abscesses}. [L. abscessus a going       away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of       absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See       {Cede}.] (Med.)       A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ       of the body, the result of a morbid process.          {Cold abscess}, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with             the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses,             and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency             towards healing; a chronic abscess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscession \Ab*sces"sion\, n. [L. abscessio a separation; fr.       absedere. See {Abscess}.]       A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [Obs.] --Gauden.       Barrough.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscision \Ab*sci"sion\, n. [L. abscisio.]       See {Abscission}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absciss \Ab"sciss\, n.; pl. {Abscisses}.       See {Abscissa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscissa \Ab*scis"sa\, n.; E. pl. {Abscissas}, L. pl.       {Absciss[91]}. [L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to       cut of. See {Abscind}.] (Geom.)       One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a       curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal       co[94]rdinate axes.          Note: When referred to two intersecting axes, one of them                called the axis of abscissas, or of X, and the other                the axis of ordinates, or of Y, the abscissa of the                point is the distance cut off from the axis of X by a                line drawn through it and parallel to the axis of Y.                When a point in space is referred to three axes having                a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance                measured parallel to either of them, from the point to                the plane of the other two axes. Abscissas and                ordinates taken together are called co[94]rdinates. --                OX or PY is the abscissa of the point P of the curve,                OY or PX its ordinate, the intersecting lines OX and OY                being the axes of abscissas and ordinates respectively,                and the point O their origin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscissa \Ab*scis"sa\, n.; E. pl. {Abscissas}, L. pl.       {Absciss[91]}. [L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to       cut of. See {Abscind}.] (Geom.)       One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a       curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal       co[94]rdinate axes.          Note: When referred to two intersecting axes, one of them                called the axis of abscissas, or of X, and the other                the axis of ordinates, or of Y, the abscissa of the                point is the distance cut off from the axis of X by a                line drawn through it and parallel to the axis of Y.                When a point in space is referred to three axes having                a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance                measured parallel to either of them, from the point to                the plane of the other two axes. Abscissas and                ordinates taken together are called co[94]rdinates. --                OX or PY is the abscissa of the point P of the curve,                OY or PX its ordinate, the intersecting lines OX and OY                being the axes of abscissas and ordinates respectively,                and the point O their origin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscissa \Ab*scis"sa\, n.; E. pl. {Abscissas}, L. pl.       {Absciss[91]}. [L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to       cut of. See {Abscind}.] (Geom.)       One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a       curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal       co[94]rdinate axes.          Note: When referred to two intersecting axes, one of them                called the axis of abscissas, or of X, and the other                the axis of ordinates, or of Y, the abscissa of the                point is the distance cut off from the axis of X by a                line drawn through it and parallel to the axis of Y.                When a point in space is referred to three axes having                a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance                measured parallel to either of them, from the point to                the plane of the other two axes. Abscissas and                ordinates taken together are called co[94]rdinates. --                OX or PY is the abscissa of the point P of the curve,                OY or PX its ordinate, the intersecting lines OX and OY                being the axes of abscissas and ordinates respectively,                and the point O their origin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absciss \Ab"sciss\, n.; pl. {Abscisses}.       See {Abscissa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscission \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.]       1. The act or process of cutting off. [bd]Not to be cured             without the abscission of a member.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne.          3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having             begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, [bd]He is a man             of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but             I need say no more.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absis \Ab"sis\, n.       See {Apsis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absist \Ab*sist"\, v. i. [L. absistere, p. pr. absistens; ab +       sistere to stand, causal of stare.]       To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.]       --Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absistence \Ab*sist"ence\, n.       A standing aloof. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abusage \A*bus"age\, n.       Abuse. [Obs.] --Whately (1634).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affix \Af"fix\, n.; pl. {Affixes}. [L. affixus, p. p. of       affigere: cf. F. affixe.]       That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters       or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apaches \A*pa"ches\, n. pl.; sing. Apache. (Ethnol.)       A group of nomadic North American Indians including several       tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apagoge \Ap`a*go"ge\, n. [Gr. [?] a leading away, fr. [?] to       lead away; [?] from + [?] to lead.] (Logic)       An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the       impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apagogic \Ap`a*gog"ic\, Apagogical \Ap`a*gog"ic*al\, a.       Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or       impossibility of the contrary. --Bp. Berkeley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apagogic \Ap`a*gog"ic\, Apagogical \Ap`a*gog"ic*al\, a.       Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or       impossibility of the contrary. --Bp. Berkeley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apex \A"pex\, n.; pl. E. {Apexes}; L. {Apices}. [L.]       1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as,             the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip,             of a leaf.          2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.             [U.S.]          {Apex of the earth's motion} (Astron.), that point of the             heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphasic \A*pha"sic\, a.       Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apiaceous \A`pi*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.)       Umbelliferous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apex \A"pex\, n.; pl. E. {Apexes}; L. {Apices}. [L.]       1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as,             the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip,             of a leaf.          2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.             [U.S.]          {Apex of the earth's motion} (Astron.), that point of the             heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apieces \A*pie"ces\, adv.       In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] [bd]Being torn apieces.[b8]       --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apogaic \Ap`o*ga"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] far from the earth.]       Apogean.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Absecon, NJ (city, FIPS 100)       Location: 39.42520 N, 74.49557 W       Population (1990): 7298 (2771 housing units)       Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Apache County, AZ (county, FIPS 1)       Location: 35.38362 N, 109.48846 W       Population (1990): 61591 (26731 housing units)       Area: 29022.7 sq km (land), 34.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Apache Junction, AZ (city, FIPS 2830)       Location: 33.40500 N, 111.54700 W       Population (1990): 18100 (12760 housing units)       Area: 42.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 85220
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
abscissa          The x coordinate on an (x, y) graph; the input of       a function against which the output is plotted.          y is the "{ordinate}".          See {Cartesian coordinates}.          (1997-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABSYS          An early {declarative language} from the       {University of Aberdeen} which anticipated a number of       features of Prolog.          ["ABSYS: An Incremental Compiler for Assertions", J.M. Foster       et al, Mach Intell 4, Edinburgh U Press, 1969, pp. 423-429].          (1994-11-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abishag       father of (i.e., "given to") error, a young woman of Shunem,       distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to       David in his old age. She became his wife (1 Kings 1:3,4,15).       After David's death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon's       mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag.       Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne,       and therefore caused him to be put to death (1 Kings 2:17-25).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abjects       (Ps. 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters;       probably, in allusion to the tongue, slanderers. (Comp. Jer.       18:18.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abishag, ignorance of the father