"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..

"adam :: Adam (n.) Original sin; human frailty..

"adonist :: Adonist (n.) One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah are really the vowel points of the word Adonai. See Jehovist..

Abada :: Abada (n.) The rhinoceros.

Abaddon :: Abaddon (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus..

Abaddon :: Abaddon (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.

Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Abradant :: Abradant (n.) A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc..

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks..

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) Same as Abraid.

Abraded :: Abraded (imp. & p. p.) of Abrad.

Abrading :: Abrading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrad.

Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad..

Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad..

Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad..

Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

Academe :: Academe (n.) An academy.

Academial :: Academial (a.) Academic.

Academian :: Academian (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college..

Academic :: Academic (a.) Alt. of Academica.

Academic :: Academic (n.) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

Academic :: Academic (n.) A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician..

Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy..

Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific..

Academically :: Academically (adv.) In an academical manner.

Academicals :: Academicals (n. pl.) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

Academician :: Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts..

Academician :: Academician (n.) A collegian.

Academicism :: Academicism (n.) A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

Academicism :: Academicism (n.) A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

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