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

attractive nuisance
noun anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm; `their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in`

attractiveness
noun a beauty that appeals to the senses

attributable
adjective capable of being attributed; `the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale`; `an idea attributable to a Russian`

attribute
noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

attribution
ascription noun assigning to a cause or source; `the attribution of lighting to an expression of God`s wrath`; `he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso`

attributive
prenominal adjective of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; ``red` is an attributive adjective in `a red apple``

attributive genitive
adjective a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective; `an example of the attributive genitive is `John`s` in `John`s mother``

attributively
adverb in an attributive manner; `the genitive noun is used attributively`

attrited
adjective worn by rubbing or friction

attrition
noun a wearing down to weaken or destroy; `a war of attrition`

attrition rate
rate of attrition noun the rate of shrinkage in size or number

attritional
adjective relating to or caused by attrition

attune
verb adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with

attuned
adjective so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; `an industry not attuned to the demands of the market`; `a remark keyed to the situation`; `charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford`

atypical
irregular adjective deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal; `these days large families are atypical`; `atypical clinical findings`; `atypical pneumonia`; `highly irregular behavior`

atypical pneumonia
primary atypical pneumonia noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults

atypicality
untypicality noun any state that is not typical

atypically
untypically adverb in a manner that is not typical; `she was atypically quiet`

au gratin
adjective cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)

au jus
adjective served in its natural juices or gravy; `roast beef au jus`

au pair
noun a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework

au pair girl
noun a foreign girl serving as an au pair

auburn
adjective (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; `auburn hair`

Auckland
noun the largest city and principal port of New Zealand

auction
auction sale noun the public sale of something to the highest bidder

auction
noun a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

auction block
noun a platform from which an auctioneer sells; `they put their paintings on the block`

auction bridge
noun a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

auction house
noun a firm that conducts auctions

auction pitch
noun an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

auctioneer
noun an agent who conducts an auction

Aucuba
genus Aucuba noun hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan

audacious
barefaced adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety; `an audacious trick to pull`; `a barefaced hypocrite`; `the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim`- Los Angeles Times; `bald-faced lies`; `brazen arrogance`; `the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress`- Bertrand Russell

audaciously
adverb in an audacious manner; `an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him`

audacity
audaciousness noun fearless daring

Audenesque
adjective in the manner of W. H. Auden

audibility
audibleness noun quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear

audible
hearable adjective heard or perceptible by the ear; `he spoke in an audible whisper`

audibly
adverb in an audible manner; `he spoke audibly`

audience
noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; `the audience applauded`; `someone in the audience began to cough`

audile
noun one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor

audio
noun the sound elements of television

audio amplifier
noun an amplifier that increases the amplitude of reproduced sound

audio CD
audio compact disc noun compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)

audio lingual acquisition
noun system of language acquisition focusing intensively on listening and speaking

audio system
sound system noun a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound

audio-lingual
adjective refers to a method of teaching language that focuses on listening and speaking

audiocassette
noun a cassette for audio tape

audiogram
noun a graphical representation of a person`s auditory sensitivity to sound

audiology
audiometry noun the measurement of hearing

audiometer
sonometer noun an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing

audiometric
adjective of or relating to audiometry

audiometry
noun measuring sensitivity of hearing

audiotape
noun magnetic tape for use in recording sound

audiovisual
adjective involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids); `the school`s audiovisual department`

audit
noun a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; `he made an audit of all the plants on his property`; `an energy efficiency audit`; `an email log audit`

audit
scrutinise verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; `audit accounts and tax returns`

audit program
audit programme noun a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit

audited account
audit noun an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA

audition
try out verb perform in order to get a role; `She auditioned for a role on Broadway`

audition
noun a test of the suitability of a performer

auditor
noun a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

auditorium
noun the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

auditory
audile adjective of or relating to the process of hearing; `auditory processing`; `an audile person`

auditory agnosia
noun inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words

auditory aphasia
acoustic aphasia noun an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss

auditory apparatus
noun all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears

auditory area
auditory cortex noun the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body

auditory center
noun the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve

auditory communication
noun communication that relies on hearing

auditory hallucination
acousma noun illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds

auditory image
noun a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception

auditory meatus
acoustic meatus noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

auditory ossicle
noun ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

auditory perception
sound perception noun the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon

auditory system
noun the sensory system for hearing

Audubon`s caracara
Polyborus cheriway audubonii noun widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail

Audubon`s warbler
Audubon warbler noun common warbler of western North America

Augean
adjective extremely filthy from long neglect

Augean stables
noun (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them

Augeas
noun (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle

augend
noun a number to which another number (the addend) is added

auger
gimlet noun hand tool for boring holes

augite
noun dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium

augitic
adjective of or relating to or containing the mineral augite

augment
verb grow or intensify; `The pressure augmented`

augmentation
noun the amount by which something increases

augmentative
enhancive adjective intensifying by augmentation and enhancement

augmented
adjective added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; `his augmented renown`; `a greatly augmented collection of books`

Augsburg Confession
noun a document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today

augur
auspex noun (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

augury
sign noun an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; `he hoped it was an augury`; `it was a sign from God`

august
grand adjective of or befitting a lord; `heir to a lordly fortune`; `of august lineage`

August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
noun German chemist (1818-1892)

Augusta
capital of Maine noun the capital of the state of Maine

Augustan
adjective relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus; `the Augustan Age`

Augustin Eugene Scribe
noun French playwright (1791-1861)

Augustine
Saint Augustine noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man`s need for grace (354-430)

Augustinian
noun a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders

Augustinian Canons
noun an Augustinian monastic order