English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Atonement (n.)

Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

Atoner (n.)

One who makes atonement.

Atonic (n.)

An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing.

Atonic (a.)

Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.

Atonic (a.)

Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.

Atonic (a.)

Destitute of tone vocality; surd.

Atonic (n.)

A word that has no accent.

Atonic (n.)

A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.

Atoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Atone

Atony (n.)

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

Atop (adv.)

On or at the top.

Atrabilarian (a.)

Alt. of Atrabilarious

Atrabilarian (n.)

A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.

Atrabilarious (a.)

Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.

Atrabiliar (a.)

Melancholy; atrabilious.

Atrabiliary (a.)

Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.

Atrabiliary (a.)

Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania.

Atrabilious (a.)

Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.

Atramentaceous (a.)

Black, like ink; inky; atramental.

Atramental (a.)

Alt. of Atramentous