Abusively :: Abusively (adv.) In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

Abusiveness :: Abusiveness (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person..

Abut :: Abut (v. i.) To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road..

Abutilon :: Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) State of abutting.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presse.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Abuttal :: Abuttal (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland..

Abutted :: Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of Abu.

Abutter :: Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river..

Abutting :: Abutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abu.

Abuzz :: Abuzz (a.) In a buzz; buzzing.

Acetabular :: Acetabular (a.) Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

Acetabulifera :: Acetabulifera (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda..

Acetabuliferous :: Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc..

Acetabuliform :: Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

Adambulacral :: Adambulacral (a.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish..

Againbuy :: Againbuy (v. t.) To redeem.

Air-built :: Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle..

Albugineous :: Albugineous (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white..

Albugines :: Albugines (pl. ) of Albug.

Albugo :: Albugo (n.) Same as Leucoma.

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