Abietene :: Abietene (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

Abiogenesis :: Abiogenesis (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis..

Abiogenetic :: Abiogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.

Ableness :: Ableness (n.) Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

Abominableness :: Abominableness (n.) The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

Abortiveness :: Abortiveness (n.) The quality of being abortive.

Absoluteness :: Absoluteness (n.) The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

Absorptiveness :: Absorptiveness (n.) The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Abstersiveness :: Abstersiveness (n.) The quality of being abstersive.

Abstractiveness :: Abstractiveness (n.) The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

Abstruseness :: Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

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

Acceptableness :: Acceptableness (n.) The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability..

Accommodableness :: Accommodableness (n.) The quality or condition of being accommodable.

Accommodateness :: Accommodateness (n.) Fitness.

Accurateness :: Accurateness (n.) The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

Acetylene :: Acetylene (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant..

Achene :: Achene (n.) Alt. of Acheniu.

Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

Activeness :: Activeness (n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle..

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis..

Adaptableness :: Adaptableness (n.) The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.

Adaptiveness :: Adaptiveness (n.) The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

Adequateness :: Adequateness (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse..

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