Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..

Afforcement :: Afforcement (n.) A fortress; a fortification for defense.

Afforcement :: Afforcement (n.) A reenforcement; a strengthening.

Amercement :: Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.].

Announcement :: Announcement (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication..

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Cembalo :: Cembalo (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.

Cement :: Cement (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc..

Cement :: Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water..

Cement :: Cement (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2..

Cement :: Cement (n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society..

Cement :: Cement (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Cement :: Cement (n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.

Cement :: Cement (n.) To unite firmly or closely.

Cement :: Cement (n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom..

Cement :: Cement (v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

Cemental :: Cemental (a.) Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes..

Cementation :: Cementation (n.) The act or process of cementing.

Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..

Cementatory :: Cementatory (a.) Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

Cemented :: Cemented (imp. & p. p.) of Cemen.

Cementer :: Cementer (n.) A person or thing that cements.

Cementing :: Cementing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cemen.

Cementitious :: Cementitious (n.) Of the nature of cement.

Cemeterial :: Cemeterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a cemetery.

Cemeteries :: Cemeteries (pl. ) of Cemeter.

Cemetery :: Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

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