"alkahest :: Alkahest (n.) The fabled universal solvent of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant..

Adhesive :: Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances..

Adhesive :: Adhesive (a.) Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

Adhesively :: Adhesively (adv.) In an adhesive manner.

Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse..

Aesthesia :: Aesthesia (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

Aesthesiometer :: Aesthesiometer (n.) Alt. of Esthesiomete.

Aesthesis :: Aesthesis (n.) Sensuous perception.

Aesthesodic :: Aesthesodic (a.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

Alcahest :: Alcahest (n.) Same as Alkahest.

Anaesthesia :: Anaesthesia (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

Anaesthesis :: Anaesthesis (n.) See Anaesthesia.

Anesthesia :: Anesthesia (a.) Alt. of Anestheti.

Anthesis :: Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

Antimetathesis :: Antimetathesis (n.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

Antitheses :: Antitheses (pl. ) of Antithesi.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) Opposition; contrast.

Apaches :: Apaches (n. pl.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc..

Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..

Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A dressing room connected with a public bath.

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