Absterge :: Absterge (v. t.) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge..

Abstergent :: Abstergent (a.) Serving to cleanse, detergent..

Abstergent :: Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent..

Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..

Aftergrass :: Aftergrass (n.) The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Aftergrowth :: Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development..

Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

Ambergrease :: Ambergrease (n.) See Ambergris.

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212� Fah

Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Aspergill :: Aspergill (n.) Alt. of Aspergillu.

Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..

Aspergillum :: Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

Aspergillum :: Aspergillum (n.) See Wateringpot shell.

Auberge :: Auberge (n.) An inn.

Berg :: Berg (n.) A large mass or hill, as of ice..

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit..

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata)..

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A variety of pear.

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit..

Bergander :: Bergander (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

Bergeret :: Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.

Bergh :: Bergh (n.) A hill.

Bergmaster :: Bergmaster (n.) See Barmaster.

Bergmeal :: Bergmeal (n.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite..

Bergmote :: Bergmote (n.) See Barmote.

Bergomask :: Bergomask (n.) A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness..

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