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anticipate,
anticipated,
anticipating,
anticipates.transitive
verbs
to feel or realize beforehand; foresee; to look
forward to, especially with pleasure; expect
anticipatable,
anticipatory.adjectives
an anticipatory feeling
or action is one that you are expecting to do because of something due
to happen soon (an anticipatory smile)
anticipator.noun,.plural.anticipators
anticipative.adjective
expectant
anticipatively.adverb
anticipation.noun,.plural.anticipations
if something is done in anticipation of an event,
it is done because people believe that event is going to happen; anticipation
is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant
or exciting
you believe will occur
in your life; the act of anticipating
(with great anticipation we awaited the arrival of our sister)
anamorphic.adjective
having, producing or designating different optical
magnification along mutually perpendicular-radii.(an
anamorphic lens)
alchemy.noun,.plural.alchemies
a medieval (related to or belonging to the Middle
Ages 476 to 1453 A.D.)
chemical philosophy having as
its asserted aims the
transmutation
of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea;
a seemingly magical power or process of transmuting; in
other words, a coming to understand enough about things created and
then tinkering with them, often
out of nefarious.ambitions
(people just can't leave things as is, things that already work well, so
many of man's attempts bypass the
knowledge of God's creation but use things of it for their own concoctions,
by combining them in ways that are not good, ways which are always inferior
to what God has made and made to work perfectly, such as the immune
system which works just fine, but which man in his idiocy
is destroying it by overriding it with vaccinations,
which don't at all safely work, often causing massive harm, initially and
accumulatively
and over time heading toward death in its process)
alchemical.or.alchemic.adjective
alchemist.noun,.plural.alchemists
a practitioner of alchemy
alchemistic.or.alchemistical.adjective
adopt,
adopted,
adopting,
adopts.transitive
verbs
to take into one's family through legal means
and raise as one's own child; to take up and make one's own (adopt a new
idea, a new technique)
adoptable.adjective
adopter.noun,.plural.adopters
adoption.noun,.plural.adoptions
appreciation.noun,.plural.appreciations
appreciation is being thankful
for something and telling the person so who caused you to feel this way
(he appreciated the unexpected gift); appreciation of something is the
recognition
and enjoyment of its good qualities;
recognition
of the quality, value, significance or magnitude
of people and things; a judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one;
an expression of gratitude;
awareness
or delicate.perception,
especially
of aesthetic.qualities
or values;
an appreciation of a situation or problem is an overstanding
of what it involves; a rise in value or price, especially over time (these
old LP's (Long Playing records) from the 1950's have increased greatly
in value and thus
price since they were purchased)
appreciate, appreciated,
appreciating,
appreciates.transitive
verbs
to be thankful or show gratitude
for (I really appreciate your help); to recognize the quality, significance.or.magnitude
of (appreciated their freedom thanks to the
constitution they developed based on God's laws of love); to be fully
aware of or sensitive to; to realize
(I appreciate your problems); to admire
greatly; value; to raise in value or price, especially over time
intransitive
verb use.to increase in value or price,
especially over time
appreciator.noun,.plural.appreciators
appreciatory.adjective
appreciative.adjective
capable of or showing appreciation
appreciatively.adverb
appreciable.adjective
possible to estimate, measure or perceive
(appreciable changes in temperature); perceptible
appreciably.adverb
amends.plural.noun-(used
with a singular or plural verb)
recompense
for grievance or injury (the
new law offers no amends to victims of crime; you must make amends to them);
reparation-
amend,
amended,
amending,
amends.verbs
transitive verb use-to
change for the better; improve (amended the earlier proposal so as to make
it more comprehensive); to remove the faults or errors in; to correct;
to alter (a legislative measure, for example) formally by adding, deleting
or rephrasing
intransitive verb use.to
better one's conduct; reform
amendment.noun,.plural.amendments
the act of changing for the better; improvement
(society may sometimes show signs of repentance and amendment); a correction
or an alteration, as in a manuscript; a formal revision of, addition to
or change, as in a bill or a constitution;
a statement of such a change
amendatory.adjective
serving or tending
to amend; corrective
auspicious.adjective
attended by favorable.circumstances;
propitious-(an
auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary); favorable; marked by success;
prosperous
auspiciously.adverb
auspiciousness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
auspice.noun,.plural.auspices
if something is done under the auspices of a particular
individual or organization or under someone's auspices, it is done with
their support and approval; protection or support; patronage;
a sign indicative
of future prospects (the economic future for We
the People looks great, now that criminals
in all areas of society are being rounded up for tribunals);
an omen
(auspices for the venture seemed
favorable)
John Adams 1735-1826.
The first Vice President (1789-1797) andsecond
President (1797-1801) of the United States of America. He drafted the
Declaration of Independence which was to play a part in the
Constitution
of the United States of America.
John Quincy Adams, his son 1767-1848, was the sixth
President of the United States (1825-1829).
adroit.adjective
dexterous;
deft;
skillful and adept under pressing
conditions
adroitly.adverb
adroitness.noun
asylum.noun,.plural.asylums
an institution for the care of people, especially
those with physical or mental impairments,
who are provided organized supervision or assistance; a place offering
protection and safety; a shelter; a place, such as a church, formerly constituting
an inviolable refuge for criminals
or debtors; the protection afforded by a sanctuary;
protection and immunity from
extradition
granted by a government to a political refugee
from another country
atavism.noun,.plural.atavisms
the reappearance of a characteristic
in an organism after several generations of absence; throwback; the return
of a trait or recurrence of previous
behavior after a period of absence
atavistically.adverb
atavistic.adjective
atavist.noun,.plural.atavists
affect, affected,
affecting,
affects.transitive
verbs
to have an impact
or influence
on or effect a change in (inflation affects the buying power of the dollar);
to act on the emotions of (the touching scene affected her); influence,
impress
affective.adjective
influenced
by or resulting
from the emotions
(a person cries when they have been affected by something emotionally moving);
concerned
with or arousing.feelings
or emotions; emotional
affective.noun,.plural.affectives
things able to affect other
things in some way (two affectives one can try for gloomy
days are a trip out shopping with friends, a book to read and a movie)
affectively.adverb
affectivity.noun,.plural.affectivities
(compare 'effect'
for usage of both affect and effect); see more
Usage notes
affect, affected,
affecting,
affects.transitive
verbs
to put on a false show of; simulate
(affected a Scottish accent; in low consciousness people have at least
6
personas);
pretend; if something
affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change
in some way; if you are affected by something, it has caused you to change
in some way (she was pleasantly surprised how the drier climate affected
her); to produce an effect upon (too much cloudy, rainy weather affects
one's attitude); to produce a material influence upon or alteration in;
compare 'effect'
affected.adjective
assumed.unconsciously
or simulated to impress
others (an affected Scottish accent); speaking or behaving in an artificial
way to make an impression; disposed
or inclined
affectedly.adverb
affectedness.noun
affectation.noun,.plural.affectations
a show, pretense
or display; behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality;
a particular habit, as of speech
or dress, adopted to give a false impression
affection.noun,.plural.affections
a tender feeling toward
another; fondness; love
affectionally.adverb
affectional.adjective
affectionate.adjective
having or showing fond feelings or affection;
loving and tender
affectionately.adverb
affectionateness.noun
archipelago.noun,.plural.archipelagoes
or archipelagos
a large group of islands (the Philippine archipelago);
a sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands
archipelagic.adjective
abandoned,
abandoned,
abandoning,
abandons.transitive
verbs
to withdraw one's support, interest in or help
from, especially
in
spite of duty,
allegiance
or responsibility;
desert
(abandon a friend in trouble); if you abandon a place, thing or person,
you leave the place, thing or person permanently or for a long time, especially
when you should not do so (he claimed that his parents had abandoned him;
the road is strewn
with abandoned vehicles); to give up by leaving or ceasing
to operate or inhabit,
especially
as a result of danger or other impending
threat (abandoned the ship); if you abandon an activity or piece of work,
you stop doing it before it is finished); to surrender one's claim to,
right to or interest in; give up entirely;
relinquish;
to cease
trying to continue; desist
from (abandoned the search for the missing hiker); if you abandon an idea
or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way (logic
had prevailed
and he had abandoned the idea); if people abandon ship, they get off a
ship because it is sinking; if people abandon a project,
they give up on it and leave
it alone)
abandon.noun,.plural.abandons
unbounded.enthusiasm;
exuberance;
complete surrender of inhibitions
abandonment.noun,.plural.abandonments
abandon,
abandoned,
abandoning,
abandons.transitive
verbs
if you say that someone does something with abandon,
you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think
or care about how they should behave (he has spent money with gay
abandon); to yield
oneself completely, as to emotion (some teenagers with less than optimum
upbringing (*) often live in
wild abandon for a couple of years until they learn more about life {*})
advent.noun,.plural.advents
a coming; the coming or arrival, especially of
something extremely important (the advent
of Christ; the advent of the computer and the Internet)
Adventist.noun,.plural.Adventists
a member
of any of several Christian.denominations
that believe the Second Coming
of Christ
and the end of the world are
near
Adventism.noun,.plural.Adventisms
adventitious.adjective
not inherent
but added extrinsically;
accidental;
capricious;
in biology,
of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place (adventitious
roots)
adventitiously.adverb
adventitiousness.noun
adventive.adjective
not native
to and not fully established in a new habitat
or environment;
locally or temporarily naturalized
(an adventive weed)
adventive.noun,.plural.adventives
an adventive organism
adventively.adverb
access.noun,.plural.accesses
a means
of approaching,
entering, exiting or making use of; passage;
the act of approaching; the right to approach, enter, exit or make use
of (has access to the restricted park area; has access to the animals to
feed them)
access, accessed,
accessing,
accesses.transitive
verbs
to obtain access to data or processes
accessible.adjective
easily approached or entered; easily obtained
(accessible ramps for wheelchair veterans); easy to talk to or get along
with; easily swayed or influenced
accessibility.noun,.plural.accessibilities
accessibleness.noun
accessibly.adverb
attempt, attempted,
attempting,
attempts.transitive
verbs
to make an effort; endeavor (he attempted to read
the entire novel in one sitting); to try to perform, make or achieve (we
attempted the difficult maneuver without assistance)
attempt.noun,.plural.
an effort or a try (attempted fish for the first
time)
attemptable.adjective
attempter.noun,.plural.attempters
Andromeda.noun
a constellation
in the Northern hemisphere
between Lacerta and Perseus and south of Cassiopeia containing a large
spiral galaxy visible to the naked eye, the spiral being 1.84 × 105
light-years
from Earth; in Greek mythology,
Andromeda is the name of the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia and wife
of Perseus, who had rescued her from a sea monster
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