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List of English words starting with letter AA total of 5971 words starting with the letter "A" were found in the database and displayed on 249 pages.
[in horsemanship.] A horse is said to abate or take down his curvets; when working upon curvets, he ...
The act of the abator; as, the abatement of the heir into the land before he hath agreed with the ...
The agent or cause by which an abatement is procured. Abaters of acrimony or sharpness: expressed ...
One who intrudes into houses or land, that is void by the death of the former possessour, as yet no ...
Any thing diminished. Bailey.
Those sprigs of grass which are thrown down by a stag in his passing by. Dict.
The yarn on a weaver’s warp; a term among clothiers. Chambers.
A Syriac word, which signifies father.
The rights or privileges of an abbot. See ABBEY. According to Felinus , an abbacy is the dignit ...
The superiour or governess of a nunnery or monastery of women. They fled Into this abbey, whither w ...
A slothful loiterer in a religious house, under pretence of retirement and austerity. This is no F ...
A monastery of religious persons, whether men or women; distinguished from religious houses of othe ...
The chief of a convent, or fellowship of canons. Of these, some in England were mitred, some not: ...
The state or privilege of an abbot. Dict.
It signifies, among masons, the joint or juncture of two stones, or the interstice between two ston ...
1. To shorten by contraction of parts without loss of the main substance. It is one thing to abbr ...
1. The act of abbreviating. 2. The means used to abbreviate, as characters signifying whole words ...
One who abbreviates, or abridges.
1. A mark used for the sake of shortening. 2. A compendium or abridgement. He is a good man, who ...
To give up right; to resign; to lay down an office. Old Saturn , here, with upcast eyes, Beheld hi ...
The act of abdicating; resignation; quitting an office by one’s own proper act before the usual or ...
That which causes or implies an abdication. Dict.
That which has the power or quality of hiding. Dict.
A cavity commonly called the lower venter or belly: It contains the stomach, guts, liver, spleen, b ...