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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

abstainer
noun someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

abstemious
light(a) adjective marked by temperance in indulgence; `abstemious with the use of adverbs`; `a light eater`; `a light smoker`; `ate a light supper`

abstemiously
adverb in a sparing manner; without overindulgence; `he ate and drank abstemiously`; `indulged temperately in cocktails`

abstemiousness
noun moderation in eating and drinking

abstinence
noun act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite

abstinent
abstentious adjective self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; `not totally abstinent but abstemious`

abstract
abstractionist adjective not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; `a large abstract painting`

abstract entity
noun an entity that exists only abstractly

Abstract Expressionism
action painting noun a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

abstracted
removed adjective taken out of or separated from; `possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement`- A.N.Whitehead

abstractedness
noun preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

abstraction
noun an abstract painting

abstractionism
abstract art noun an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

abstractionist
abstract artist noun a painter of abstract pictures

abstractive
adjective of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; `abstractive analysis`

abstractly
adverb in abstract terms

abstractness
noun the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object

abstractor
abstracter noun one who makes abstracts or summarizes information

abstruse
deep adjective difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; `the professor`s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them`; `a deep metaphysical theory`; `some recondite problem in historiography`

abstrusely
adverb in a manner difficult to understand; `the professor`s abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students`

abstruseness
reconditeness noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

absurd
cockeyed adjective incongruous;inviting ridicule; `the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework`; `that`s a cockeyed idea`; `ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer`; `a contribution so small as to be laughable`; `it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion`; `a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history`; `her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous`

absurdity
absurdness noun a message whose content is at variance with reason

absurdity
fatuousness noun a ludicrous folly; `the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown`s behavior`

absurdly
adverb in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; `an absurdly rich young woman`

Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates`s capital noun a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades
noun a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey

Abu Sayyaf
Bearer of the Sword noun a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping; `In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives`

Abudefduf
genus Abudefduf noun damsel fishes

Abuja
capital of Nigeria noun capital of Nigeria in the center of the country

Abukir
Abukir Bay noun a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt

abulia
aboulia noun a loss of will power

abulic
aboulic adjective suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions

abundance
copiousness noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; `an age of abundance`

abundant
adjective present in great quantity; `an abundant supply of water`

abundantly
copiously adverb in an abundant manner; `they were abundantly supplied with food`; `he thanked her profusely`

abuse
insult noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; `when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse`; `they yelled insults at the visiting team`

abused
adjective used improperly or excessively especially drugs; `an abused substance`

abused
maltreated adjective subjected to cruel treatment; `an abused wife`

abuser
maltreater noun someone who abuses

abusive
insulting adjective expressing offensive reproach

abusively
adverb in an abusive manner; `he behaved abusively toward his children`

Abutilon
genus Abutilon noun herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; parlor maple; Indian mallow

abutment
noun point of contact between two objects or parts

abutment arch
noun an arch supported by an abutment

abutter
noun the owner of contiguous property

abutting
adjacent adjective having a common boundary or edge; touching; `abutting lots`; `adjoining rooms`; `Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut`; `the side of Germany conterminous with France`; `Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho`; `neighboring cities`

abuzz
buzzing adjective noisy like the sound of a bee; `the room was abuzz over the latest scandal`

abvolt
noun a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt

abwatt
noun a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)

Abydos
noun an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander

abysmal
abyssal adjective so deep as to be unmeasurable; `the abyssal depths of the ocean`

abyss
abysm noun a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

abyssal
adjective relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters

abyssal zone
noun the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light

Abyssinian
Abyssinian cat noun a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat

Abyssinian banana
Ethiopian banana noun large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa

acacia
noun any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

Acacia catechu
noun East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu

Acacia xanthophloea
noun African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

academia
academe noun the academic world

academic
donnish adjective marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

academic administrator
noun an administrator in a college or university

academic costume
noun a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college

academic degree
degree noun an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; `he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude`

academic department
noun a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject

academic freedom
noun the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions

academic gown
academic robe noun a gown worn by academics or judges

academic program
noun (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)

academic relation
noun a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct

academic requirement
noun a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program

academically
adverb in regard to academic matters; `academically, this is a good school`

academician
academic noun an educator who works at a college or university

academician
noun a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

academicianship
noun the position of member of an honorary academy

academy
noun a secondary school (usually private)

academy
noun an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

Academy Award
Oscar noun an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance

Acadia
noun the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces

Acadia National Park
noun a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast

Acadian
noun an early French settler in the Maritimes

Acalypha
genus Acalypha noun a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

Acanthaceae
family Acanthaceae noun widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales

acanthion
noun the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture

Acanthisitta
genus Acanthisitta noun a genus of Xenicidae

Acanthocephala
phylum Acanthocephala noun phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

acanthocephalan
spiny-headed worm noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

Acanthocereus
genus Acanthocereus noun mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region

Acanthocybium
genus Acanthocybium noun wahoos

acanthocyte
noun an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm

acanthocytosis
noun the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)

acanthoid
acanthous adjective shaped like a spine or thorn

acantholysis
noun a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)

acanthoma
skin tumor noun a neoplasm originating in the epidermis

Acanthophis
genus Acanthophis noun Australian elapid snakes

Acanthopterygii
superorder Acanthopterygii noun teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays

Acanthoscelides
genus Acanthoscelides noun a genus of Bruchidae

acanthosis
noun an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)

acanthosis nigricans
keratosis nigricans noun a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant

acanthotic
adjective of or relating to or having acanthosis