Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence..

Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat..

Abstinency :: Abstinency (n.) Abstinence.

Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..

Abstinent :: Abstinent (n.) One who abstains.

Abstinent :: Abstinent (n.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

Abstinently :: Abstinently (adv.) With abstinence.

Aloneness :: Aloneness (n.) A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness..

Anencephalic :: Anencephalic (a.) Alt. of Anencephalou.

Anencephalous :: Anencephalous (a.) Without a brain; brainless.

Anenst :: Anenst (a.) Alt. of Anen.

Anent :: Anent (a.) Over against; as, he lives anent the church..

Anent :: Anent (a.) About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular..

Anenterous :: Anenterous (a.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine.

Appertinence :: Appertinence (n.) See Appurtenance.

Appertinent :: Appertinent (a.) Belonging; appertaining.

Appertinent :: Appertinent (n.) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.

Coenenchym :: Coenenchym (n.) Alt. of Coenenchym.

Coenenchyma :: Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

Component :: Component (v. t.) Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent..

Component :: Component (n.) A constituent part; an ingredient.

Continence :: Continence (n.) Alt. of Continenc.

Continency :: Continency (n.) Self-restraint; self-command.

Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..

Continency :: Continency (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever..

Continent :: Continent (a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.

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