English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Avertiment
(n.)
Advertisement.
Averting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Avert
Aves
(n. pl.)
The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.
Avesta
(n.)
The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.
Avian
(a.)
Of or instrument to birds.
Aviaries
(pl. )
of Aviary
Aviary
(n.)
A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping
birds confined; a bird house.
Aviation
(n.)
The art or science of flying.
Aviator
(n.)
An experimenter in aviation.
Aviator
(n.)
A flying machine.
Avicula
(n.)
A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior,
allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of
the typical species to a bird.
Avicular
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
Avicularia
(n. pl.)
See prehensile processes on the cells of some
Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.
Aviculture
(n.)
Rearing and care of birds.
Avid
(a.)
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
Avidious
(a.)
Avid.
Avidiously
(adv.)
Eagerly; greedily.
Avidity
(n.)
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of
desire; as, to eat with avidity.
Avie
(adv.)
Emulously.
Avifauna
(n.)
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a
region.