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.
Alt. of Atrabilarious
A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
Atrabiliar (a.)
Melancholy; atrabilious.
Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania.
Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
Black, like ink; inky; atramental.
Atramental (a.)
Alt. of Atramentous