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

"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..

-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..

-ti :: -ti (pl. ) of Divertiment.

A Fortiori :: A fortiori () With stronger reason.

A-tiptoe :: A-tiptoe (adv.) On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.

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

Abactinal :: Abactinal (a.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

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

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

Abannation :: Abannation (n.) Alt. of Abannitio.

Abannition :: Abannition (n.) Banishment.

Abarticulation :: Abarticulation (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis..

Abating :: Abating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abat.

Abatis :: Abatis (n.) Alt. of Abatti.

Abatised :: Abatised (a.) Provided with an abatis.

Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..

Abbatial :: Abbatial (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights..

Abbatical :: Abbatical (a.) Abbatial.

Abbreviating :: Abbreviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abbreviat.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..

Abdicating :: Abdicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abdicat.

Abdication :: Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority..

Abdicative :: Abdicative (a.) Causing, or implying, abdication..

Abditive :: Abditive (a.) Having the quality of hiding.

Abducting :: Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduc.

Abduction :: Abduction (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

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