"""bonnilass " :: Bonnilass (n.) A bonny lass; a beautiful girl..

"""bronze " :: Bronze (a.) Boldness; impudence; brass..

"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..

"""concupy " :: Concupy (n.) Concupiscence. [Used only in Troilus and Cressida].

"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..

"""haemony " :: Haemony (n.) A plant described by Milton as of sovereign use against all enchantments..

"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..

"aleurone :: Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (protein granules) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm..

"anonym :: Anonym (n.) One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for pseudonym..

''mongst :: 'Mongst (prep.) See Amongst.

-ation :: -ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization..

Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two..

Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod..

Aaronic :: Aaronic (a.) Alt. of Aaronica.

Aaronical :: Aaronical (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews..

Abacination :: Abacination (n.) The act of abacinating.

Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

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

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

Abalienation :: Abalienation (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

Abalone :: Abalone (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks..

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender..

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against..

Abandon :: Abandon (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.

Abandon :: Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Abandoned :: Abandoned (imp. & p. p.) of Abando.

Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Forsaken, deserted..

Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..

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