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"""bridesman " :: Bridesman (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the best man..

Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

Adesmy :: Adesmy (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

Adessenarian :: Adessenarian (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation..

Alectorides :: Alectorides (n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Andesine :: Andesine (n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

Andesite :: Andesite (n.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene..

Androides :: Androides (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.

Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.

Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) Anything exactly opposite or contrary.

Aphides :: Aphides (n. pl.) See Aphis.

Aphides :: Aphides (pl. ) of Aphi.

Apodes :: Apodes (pl. ) of Apod.

Apodes :: Apodes (n. pl.) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels..

Apodes :: Apodes (n. pl.) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.

Apsides :: Apsides (n. pl.) See Apsis.

Apsides :: Apsides (pl. ) of Apsi.

Archimedes :: Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Ascarides :: Ascarides (pl. ) of Ascari.

Atlantides :: Atlantides (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas..

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.

Bedeswoman :: Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

Besides :: Besides (adv.) Alt. of Besid.

Besides :: Besides (prep.) Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside..

Bladesmith :: Bladesmith (n.) A sword cutler.

Bridesmaid :: Bridesmaid (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

Bridesmen :: Bridesmen (pl. ) of Bridesma.

Bridestake :: Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round..