Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

Acciaccatura :: Acciaccatura (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura..

Acclimature :: Acclimature (n.) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated..

Acture :: Acture (n.) Action.

Acturience :: Acturience (n.) Tendency or impulse to act.

Acupuncturation :: Acupuncturation (n.) See Acupuncture.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

Adjudicature :: Adjudicature (n.) Adjudication.

Admittatur :: Admittatur (n.) The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.

Admixture :: Admixture (n.) The act of mixing; mixture.

Admixture :: Admixture (n.) The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

Admixture :: Admixture (n.) That which is mixed with anything.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) Risk; danger; peril.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

Adventured :: Adventured (imp. & p. p.) of Adventur.

Adventureful :: Adventureful (a.) Given to adventure.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises..

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Adventuresome :: Adventuresome (a.) Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

Adventuress :: Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

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