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| African elephant |
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noun
- Either of two species of elephant, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis, found in Africa is the smaller of the two types and its tusks are made of cartilage like finger nails.
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| abdicant |
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noun
- One who abdicates. - smart, Smart
Translations: adjective
- abdicating, Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
- Quotations
- Monks of their orders. - Whitlock
Etymology: Latin abdicans, present participle of abdicare.
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| aberrant |
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noun
- A person or object that is aberrant.
adjective
- Wandering; straying from the right way.
- (biology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
- Quotations
- The more any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated - Darwin
- Deviating from morality.
Translations: - French: aberrant
- Italian: aberrante
- Spanish: aberrante
Etymology: Latin aberrans, -rantis, present participle of aberrare. See Aberr.
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| abeyant |
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adjective
- Being in a state of abeyance.
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| abirritant |
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noun
- (medicine) A medicine that diminishes irritation.
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| abradant |
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noun - A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
Etymology: Derivative of abrade
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| absonant |
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adjective - Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.
- Quotations
- Absonant to nature. - Quarles
Etymology: Latin ab + sonans, past preterite of sonare to sound.
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| abundant |
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adjective
- Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; in great quantity; richly supplied -- followed by in, rarely by with.
- Quotations
- Abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus, 34:6
Translations: - Dutch: overvloedig, rijkelijk voorhanden
- French: abondant
- German: reichlich vorhanden
- Italian: abbondante
- Spanish: abundante
Etymology: Old English (h)abundant, aboundant, French abondant, from Latin abudans, present participle of abundare. See Abound
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| accelerant |
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noun
- a substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
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| acceptant |
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noun
- An accepter
adjective
- accepting; receiving.
Etymology: Derivative of accept
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| accomptant |
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noun
- (obsolete): accountant.
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| accordant |
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adjective - Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.
- Quotations
- Strictly with true morality. - Darwin
- And now his voice to the string. - Coldsmith
Etymology: Old French acordant, French accordant
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| accountant |
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noun
- One who renders account; one accountable.
- A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
- One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
- One who's profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually but not always financial records.
Translations: - Dutch: boekhouder
- German: Buchhalter/Buchhalterin /
adjective
- (obsolete) Accountable - Shakespeare
Etymology: Compare French accomptant, Old French acontant, present participle
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| accusant |
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noun
- (obsolete) An accuser.
Translations: - French: accusateur, plaignant
Etymology: Latin accusans, present participle of accusare : compare French accusant
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| acquaintant |
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noun
- (rare) An acquaintance.
Etymology: Compare French acointant, present participle
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| adamant |
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noun
- a rock or mineral imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
- an embodiment of impregnable hardness
- lodestone; magnet
adjective
- resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding
Etymology: From adamantem, accusative singular form of adamas "hard as steel", from Ancient Greek < (polytonic, á) (adamas) "invincible", from (polytonic, á-) (a-) "not" + (polytonic, ) (damazo) "I tame".
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| adjutant |
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noun
- Military: A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs
- An assistant.
- A member of the Leptoptilos genus of African storks, also known as marabou.
Translations: - German: Marabu
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adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).
Etymology: From Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare to assist. First English use recorded in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuvans, adiuvÄns, present participle of adiuvare, adiuvÄre, from iuvare, iuvÄre, to help.
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| adjuvant |
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noun (plural adjuvants)
- A thing which aids or assists; an auxiliary.
- One who helps or facilitates; an assistant.
- (Medicine) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
- (Medicine) Something (as in a method) that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment.
- (Immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
adjective
- The noun used as a modifier.
Etymology: From Latin adjuvÄns, present participle of adjuvÄre, from juvÄre, to help. First English use recorded in 17th century.
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| adorant |
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adjective
- (poetic) adore, Adoring.
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| adulterant |
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noun
- That which adulterates; or reduces the purity of.
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| affiant |
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noun - a person who swears to the veracity of something
- the individual whose statement is contained in an affidavit.
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| agglutinant |
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noun
- Any viscous substance which causes agglutination
adjective
- Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.
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