n. [ L. abies, abietis, a fir tree. ] A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.
n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abortive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstersive. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground,
Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or condition of being accommodable. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
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n. (Chem.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. i. [ L. advenire; ad + venire to come: cf. F. avenir, advenir. See Come. ] To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being adverse; opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. Aeneis, Aeneidis, or -dos: cf. F. Énéide. ] The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aëneus. ] (Zool.) Colored like bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Affability. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality that gives an affront or offense. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; unmarried (
n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. --
All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley. [1913 Webster]
a. [ See Agensis. ] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr.
n. [ L. aggenerare to beget in addition. See Generate. ] The act of producing in addition. [ Obs. ] T. Stanley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Agility; nimbleness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]
The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Same as Achene. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property;
n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to
It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [ Chiefly in Phrenol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]