English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Advocatory (a.)
Of or pertaining to an advocate.
Advoke (v. t.)
To summon; to call.
Advolution (n.)
A rolling toward something.
Advoutrer (n.)
An adulterer.
Advoutress (n.)
An adulteress.
Advoutry (n.)
Alt. of Advowtry
Advowee (n.)
One who has an advowson.
Advowson (n.)
The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
Advowtry (n.)
Adultery.
Advoyer (n.)
See Avoyer.
Adward (n.)
Award.
Adynamia (n.)
Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.
Adynamic (a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
Adynamic (a.)
Characterized by the absence of power or force.
Adynamy (n.)
Adynamia.
Adyta (pl. )
of Adytum
Adytum (n.)
The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Adz (n.)
Alt. of Adze
Adz (v. t.)
To cut with an adz.
Adze (n.)
A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.