Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Acciaccatura :: Acciaccatura (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura..
Acclimature :: Acclimature (n.) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises..
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Adventuresome :: Adventuresome (a.) Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
Adventuress :: Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.