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anecdote.noun,.plural.anecdotes
or anecdota
a short account of an interesting or humorous
incident
secret or hitherto
undivulged particulars
of history or biography
anecdotal.or.anecdotic.adjective
of, characterized
by or full of anecdotes
anecdotally.adverb
anecdotalist.noun,.plural.anecdotalists
adjunct.noun,.plural.adjuncts
something that is an adjunct to something larger
or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task
(an SUV {a Sport Utility Vehicle, aka
Suburban Utility Vehicle} is a much more rugged
transportation vehicle} is an adjunct
to the car); something added or joined as an accompanying object or circumstance
(Bible
Commentaries are helpful adjuncts elucidating.obscure
meanings); also, something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate
position; appendage
Grammar: a clause
or phrase added to a sentence that, while not essential to the sentence's
structure, amplifies its meaning, such as for several hours in 'we waited
for several hours'
adjunction.noun,.plural.adjunctions
adjunctive.adjective
all.adjective
being or representing the entire or total number,
amount or quantity (all the windows are open; deal all the cards); whole;
constituting,
being or representing the total extent or the whole (all Christendom);
being the utmost possible of (in
all he did the best he could); every (he got into all manner of art); the
word 'all' is also used as a limited term; any whatsoever (beyond all doubt);
finished; used up (the apples were all in the fridge till the kids ate
them); being more than one (who all came to the party?)
Spurgeon’s clarification on the meaning of “all.”
Does the word 'all' always mean all, such as in
some of these Bible scriptures, like.Ephesians
3:9 "And to make all men see...".and.1Timothy
2:6 "Who gave himself a ransom for all...".and.John
12:19 "...the world is gone after him.".and.1John
5:19 "...the whole world lies in wickedness.".and.Matthew
3:5,6 "...Jerusalem and all Judaea and all the region round about Jordan
were baptized by him in Jordan."
Charles H. Spurgeon on the word 'all. The words
'world' and 'all' are used in some seven or eight places in Scripture.
It is very rarely that 'all' means all people, taken individually. The
words are generally used to signify that Christ has redeemed some of all
sorts, some Jews, some Gentiles, some rich, some poor and has not restricted
his redemption to either Jew or Gentile.
all.noun
the whole of one's fortune, resources or energy;
everything one has (the hockey team gave their all)
all.pronomial
the entire or total number, amount or quantity;
totality
(all of us went to the mountains; all that I have is yours); everyone everything
(justice for all has become a hollow platitude)
all.adverb
wholly; completely (a room painted all white;
blueprints
that were all correct); each; apiece
(a score of five all); so much (I am all the better for that experience)
all along.idiom
from the beginning; throughout (saw through the
con
job all along)
all but.idiom
nearly; almost (all but finished with that report)
all done in.idiom
tired; exhausted
all in all
everything being taken into account (all in all,
the fresh produce stand of fruits and vegetables did pretty well in sales
this year)
all of.idiom
not more than (a conversation that took all of
five minutes)
all that.idiom
Usage note: the construction
'all that' is used informally in questions
and negative sentences to mean 'to the degree expected', as in 'I know
it won an Oscar, but the film is not all that exciting'.
Sentences of the form 'All X's are
not Y' may be ambiguous. 'All of the departments did not file a report'
may mean that some departments did not file or that none did. If the first
meaning is intended, it can be unambiguously expressed by the sentence
'Not all of the departments filed a report'. If the second meaning is intended,
a paraphrase such as 'None of the departments filed a report' or 'All of
the departments failed to file a report can be used'. Note that the same
problem can arise with other universal terms like 'every' in negated sentences,
as in the ambiguous 'Every department did not file a report'. See Usage
note at every. See more
Usage notes.
all told.adverb
with everything considered; in all (all told,
we won the game);
to the degree
expected
at all.idiom
in any way (unable to eat more at all); to any
extent;
whatever (he was not at all at home as we expected)
after.preposition
behind in place or order (Z comes after Y); in
quest
or pursuit of (seek after fame; go after big money); concerning
(asked after you); subsequent
in time to; at a later time than (come after dinner for a visit); subsequent
to and because of or regardless.of
(they are still friends after all their differences; following continually
(year after year); in honor or commemoration of (named after her mother)
9. According to the nature or desires of; in conformity
to (a tenor
after my own heart); past the hour of (five minutes after three)
after.adverb
behind; in the rear; at a later or subsequent
time; afterward . after.adjective
subsequent in time or place; later; following
(after only a few minutes the tram
took us to the top); nearer the stern of a vessel
after.conjunction
following or subsequent to the time that (I saw
them after I arrived)
after.noun,
plural.afters
afternoon
afterward.also.afterwards.adverb
at a later time (three hours after; departed shortly
after; we went for lunch and afterward(s) visited the amazing falls in
Banff National Park); subsequently
after all.adverb
in spite
of everything to the contrary;
nevertheless
(we chose to take a plane after all); everything else having been considered;
ultimately (after all the lies, the fed still is in debt; after all, he's
still a good individual)
albeit.conjunctive
even
though; although; notwithstanding-(clear,
albeit cold weather); you use albeit to add information by introducing
a fact or comment which reduces the force or significance of what you have
just said or opens an opportunity to amend
what another has said by what you now would now say
askance also askant.adverb
with a sideways glance;
obliquely;
without caring; also can mean with
disapproval, suspicion or distrust
acquainted.adjective
known by or familiar with another; informed or
familiar (are you fully acquainted with the facts?)
acquaint,
acquainted,
acquainting,
acquaints.transitive
verbs
to cause to come to know personally (let me acquaint
you with my family); to make familiar (acquainted myself with the controls);
to inform (please acquaint us with your plans)
acquaintance.noun,
plural.acquaintances
knowledge of an individual acquired
by a relationship less intimate than friendship; a person whom one knows;
knowledge or information about something or someone
acquaintanceship.noun,
plural.acquaintanceships
assay.noun,
plural.assays
an analysis
or examination;
qualitative
or quantitative analysis of
a substance
assay,
assayed,
assaying,
assays.verbs
transitive verb use.to
subject to chemical analysis; to examine by trial or experiment; put to
a test (assay one's ability to speak Chinese); to evaluate; assess (assayed
the situation before taking action); estimate;
compare essay
intransitive verb use.to
be shown by analysis to contain a certain proportion
of usually precious metal
assayable.adjective
assayer.noun
assess,
assessed,
assessing,
assesses.transitive
verbs
to determine
the value, significance.or.extent
of; appraise;
estimate
assessable.adjective
assessment.noun,.plural.assessments
the act of assessing; appraisal
asset.noun,
plural.assets
a useful or valuable.quality,
person or thing; an advantage
or a resource (an agreeable personality is a great asset; proved herself
an asset to the company); a valuable item that is owned
anarchy.noun,.plural.anarchies
if you describe
a situation as anarchy, you
mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention
to rules or laws; absence
of any form
of politicalauthority;
absence of any cohesive.principle,
such
as a common.standard
or purpose;
political
disorder
and confusion
adduce,
adduced,
adducing,
adduces.transitive
verbs
to cite as
an example or means of proof in an argument
adduceable or adducible.adjective
adjure,
adjured,
adjuring,
adjures.transitive
verbs
to command or enjoin
adjurer.or.adjuror.noun,.plural.adjurers.or.adjurors
adjuration.noun,.plural.adjurations
an earnest,
solemn.appeal
adjuratory.adjective
address, addressed,
addressing,
addresses.transitive
verbs
to speak to (addressed me in low tones; addressed
all those in the meeting; at the meeting, he addressed Miss Martin as the
new office manager); to direct the efforts or attention of oneself (address
oneself to a task); to make a formal speech to; to direct a spoken or written
message to the attention of (address a point of concern to the owner; address
a letter); to deal with (addressed the issue of lack of snow removal)
address.noun
a formal spoken or written communication (used
the proper address for his rank); a formal speech; the written or printed
directions on mail or other deliverable items indicating destination; the
location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached;
the manner or bearing of a person, especially in conversation (his friendly
address was appreciated by the audience)
Computers:.a
number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific
memory location
avoid, avoided,
avoiding,
avoids.transitive
verbs
to stay clear of; shun;
to keep from happening
(avoid illness with rest and a balanced diet)
avoidably.adverb
avoidable.adjective
avoider.noun,.plural.avoiders
avoidance.noun
the act of shunning
or avoiding
alimentary canal.noun
also called digestive
tract
the mucous
membrane lined tube of the digestive
system through which food passes, in which digestion
takes place and from which wastes are eliminated;
it extends from the mouth to the
anus
and includes the pharynx,
esophagus,
stomach and intestines
alimentary.adjective
concerned with food, nutrition or digestion as
the mouth, taste buds, esophagus,
stomach, intestines; providing nourishment
alienate, alienated,
alienating,
alienates.transitive
verbs
to cause to become unfriendly or hostile;
estrange;
to cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally
(unfair and unnecessary taxation alienates); turn away; turned off of
alienator.noun,.plural.alienators
alien.adjective
owing political allegiance to another country;
foreign (alien residents); belonging to, characteristic
of or constituting another
and very different place, society or person; strange
alien.noun
an unnaturalized foreign resident of a country;
noncitizen; a person from another and very different family, people or
place; an outsider; a creature from outer space (science fiction about
an aliens)
alien, aliened,
aliening,
aliens.transitive
verbs
alienate
alienation.noun
the act of alienating
or the condition of being alienated; estrangement
(alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends); emotional
isolation or dissociation; in psychology,
a state of estrangement
between the self and the objective world or between different parts of
the personality
adscititious.adjective.(pronounced
'ad suh tish us')
not inherent
or essential; derived
from something outside
anew.adverb
once more; again;
in a new and different way, form
or manner (the committee
is going to examine the whole situation
anew); if you do something anew,
you do it again, often in a different
way from before (she's ready to start anew; he began his work anew); to
start/begin anew; to begin a different job, start to live in a different
place etc, especially after a difficult period in your life (she was ready
to leave everything behind and start anew in the Western part of the country)
acoustic.also.acoustical.adjective
of or relating to sound,
the sense of hearing or the science of sound; designed to carry sound or
to aid in hearing; in music, of,.relating.to.or.being
an instrument that does not feature electronically modified
sound (an acoustic guitar; an acoustic bass)
acoustic.noun,.plural.acoustics
an acoustic instrument
acoustically.adverb
Agassiz, Jean, Louis, Rodolphe.1807-1873
Swiss-born American naturalist
noted for his study of fossil fish, species
as 'natural kinds' and for recognizing from geologic evidence that
ice ages had occurred in the Northern Hemisphere;"his
theory held that Earth's organisms tend to become more complex and better
suited to their environment over time through a series of independent acts
of creation by a Supreme
Being. Agassiz's theory opposed the mechanisms outlined by Charles
Darwin in his theory of
evolution. Agassiz argued for the simultaneous
creation of multiple individuals in each species, all distributed over
the ranges God meant for them to inhabit. He wrote.Researches
on Fossil Fishes, 1833-1844 and.Studies
on Glaciers, 1840. In 1846 Agassiz delivered a course of lectures at
Lowell Institute in Boston, Massachusetts which resulted in his appointment
in 1848 as professor of natural history in the Lawrence Scientific School
of Harvard University. He held this position for the rest of his life and
he also founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard."....Microsoft®
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