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.

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (n.) A remedy for scurvy.

Antiscorbutical :: Antiscorbutical (a.) Antiscorbutic.

Arbute :: Arbute (n.) The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree..

Arbutus :: Arbutus (n.) Alt. of Arbut.

Archbutler :: Archbutler (n.) A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.

Attributable :: Attributable (a.) Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.

Attribute :: Attribute (v. t.) To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to)..

Attribute :: Attribute (n.) That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic..

Attribute :: Attribute (n.) Reputation.

Attribute :: Attribute (n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules..

Attribute :: Attribute (n.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective..

Attributed :: Attributed (imp. & p. p.) of Attribut.

Attributing :: Attributing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attribut.

Attribution :: Attribution (n.) The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause..

Attribution :: Attribution (n.) That which is ascribed or attributed.

Attributive :: Attributive (a.) Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute..

Attributive :: Attributive (n.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Attributively :: Attributively (adv.) In an attributive manner.

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