Name Report For First Name ANNE:

ANNE

First name ANNE's origin is Hebrew. ANNE means "prayer". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ANNE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of anne.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hebrew) with ANNE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ANNE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ANNE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANNE AS A WHOLE:

annemette hanne annemie jeanne hannelore anneliese muhanned tanner janne johanne adrianne annelisa annelise annette asianne breanne brianne carolanne channelle cheyanne chrisanne christanne chyanne dannee dannell dannelle deanne dianne evanne fontanne govanne hannela hannele harimanne ivyanne jannet jeannell jeannelle jerianne jillanne jillianne joeanne jordanne joyceanne julianne kannelite kelly-anne kerianne kerrianne kristianne leanne leeanne leighanne lorianne marianne marieanne nannette roanne roxanne shannen sueanne susanne suzanne tyrianne vivianne brannen flannery giannes jannes johannes manneville tannere vannes kannen rosanne hannelora annemarie lausanne alisanne aubrianne bryanne corianne corrianne joanne joyanne banner channe keannen janneth jeannette

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANNE (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (nne) - Names That Ends with nne:

stinne julienne airdsgainne adenne adrienne ashlynne breynne brionne brooklynne carilynne cheyenne corinne deonne deydrienne dionne edlynne erienne evelynne fabienne grainne ivonne jacquelynne jilienne kadienne kailynne kaitlynne kyrstynne laurenne linne lirienne lucienne lynne maddisynne marlenne minne robynne ryenne synne tara-lynne yvonne donne etienne renne tyronne vohkinne sebastienne felicienne wynne vivienne brienne devonne katlynne evonne

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ne) - Names That Ends with ne:

berhane ankine gayane lucine yserone agurtzane barkarne eguskine jensine larine nielsine petrine mafuane aceline alaine albertine alexandrine allyriane ermengardine jacqueline marjolaine simone adeline alfonsine helene alcmene alcyone ambrosine amymone anemone antigone arachne arene ariadne celandine clymene cyrene daphne eirene erigone euphrosyne evadne evangeline halcyone hesione ismene lexine

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANNE (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ann) - Names That Begins with ann:

ann anna annab annabel annabella annabelle annabeth annabla annaduff annakiya annalee annaliese annalisa annalise annalynn annamaria annamarie annan annapurna annathea annchi anndreea anni anniah annice annie annika annikka annikke annikki annis annissa annjeanette annmarie annora annorah annot anntoin annunciata annuziata annwfn annwn anny annys annze

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (an) - Names That Begins with an:

an-her ana anaba anabella anabelle anacelia anahid anahita anais anakausuen anakin analee analeigh analena analise anama anamari anamarie anan ananda anant ananya anarosa anassa anastagio anastasia anastasio anastasios anastasius anasuya anasztaizia anasztaz anat anata anate anati anatie anatloe anatol anatola anatoli anatolia anatolie anaxarete anaya anayi anbar anbessa anbidian anca ancaeus ance ancelin ancelina ancenned

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANNE:

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'e':

aase abame abarrane abbie abbigale abebe abegayle abeque able ace adalene adalie adalwine adare addaneye addergoole addie ade adelaide adele adelheide adelise adelle adelyte adene adette adibe adilene adine adne adorlee adriane adrie adriene aeccestane aedre aefre aegelmaere aelfdane aelfdene aelfwine aelle aerlene aescwine aesoburne aethe aethelhere aethelmaere aethelwine aethelwyne afrodille agate agathe agaue agave age aggie aghamore aglarale agnese agustine ahane ahave ahelie aherne ahote aibne aife aiglentine ailbe ailbhe aileene ailise ailse ailsie aimee aine ainmire ainslee ainslie aintzane aithne ajanae akibe akintunde akinwole akule al-fadee al-hadiye alacoque alane alarice alastrine alayne albe albertyne alcippe aldene aldwine aleece

English Words Rhyming ANNE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANNE AS A WHOLE:

annealingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anneal
 noun (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
 noun (n.) The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

annealernoun (n.) One who, or that which, anneals.

annectentadjective (a.) Connecting; annexing.

annelidadjective (a.) Alt. of Annelidan

annelidannoun (n.) One of the Annelida.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida.

annelidanoun (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda.

annelidousadjective (a.) Of the nature of an annelid.

annellatanoun (n. pl.) See Annelida.

anneloidnoun (n.) An animal resembling an annelid.

annexingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annex

annexnoun (n.) Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
 verb (v. t.) To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
 verb (v. t.) To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
 verb (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
 verb (v. i.) To join; to be united.

annexationistnoun (n.) One who favors annexation.

annexernoun (n.) One who annexes.

annexionnoun (n.) Annexation.

annexionistnoun (n.) An annexationist.

annexmentnoun (n.) The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.

archiannelidanoun (n. pl.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

bannernoun (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
 noun (n.) A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
 noun (n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

banneredadjective (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners.

banneretnoun (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
 noun (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
 noun (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
 noun (n.) A small banner.

bannerolnoun (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.

cannerynoun (n.) A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

canneiadjective (a.) Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
 adjective (a.) Skillful; knowing; capable.
 adjective (a.) Cautious; prudent; safe..
 adjective (a.) Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.
 adjective (a.) Reputed to have magical powers.

channelnoun (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
 noun (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
 noun (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
 noun (n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
 noun (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
 noun (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
 verb (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
 verb (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel.

channelingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Channel
 noun (n.) The act or process of forming a channel or channels.
 noun (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove.

christiannessnoun (n.) Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity.

cleannessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being clean.
 noun (n.) Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.

cannelenoun (n.) A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.

cannelurenoun (n.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold.

dannebrognoun (n.) The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.

fannelnoun (n.) Same as Fanon.

fannernoun (n.) One who fans.
 noun (n.) A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.

flannelnoun (n.) A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.

flanneledadjective (a.) Covered or wrapped in flannel.

flannenadjective (a.) Made or consisting of flannel.

gannetnoun (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.

humannessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being human.

imbanneredadjective (a.) Having banners.

japannedadjective (a.) Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Japan

japannernoun (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.
 noun (n.) A bootblack.

johanneanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.

johannesnoun (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.

lannernoun (n. m.) Alt. of Lanneret

lanneretnoun (n. m.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

leannessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.

mannernoun (n.) Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
 noun (n.) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
 noun (n.) Customary method of acting; habit.
 noun (n.) Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
 noun (n.) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
 noun (n.) Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
 noun (n.) Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

manneredadjective (a.) Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.
 adjective (a.) Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.

mannerismnoun (n.) Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

manneristnoun (n.) One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANNE (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nne) - English Words That Ends with nne:


bennenoun (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

bonnenoun (n.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

cayennenoun (n.) Cayenne pepper.

chaconnenoun (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

cloisonneadjective (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.

comediennenoun (n.) A women who plays in comedy.

corinnenoun (n.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle.

cracoviennenoun (n.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.

cretonnenoun (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
 noun (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
 noun (n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

equestriennenoun (n.) A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.

fonnenoun (n.) A fon.

glynnenoun (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]

inconcinneadjective (a.) Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable.

juliennenoun (n.) A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.

linnenoun (n.) Flax. See Linen.

nonnenoun (n.) A nun.

osannenoun (n.) Hosanna.

parisiennenoun (n.) A female native or resident of Paris.

pannenoun (n.) A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.

persiennenoun (n.) Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.

raisonneadjective (a.) Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne. See under Catalogue.

siciliennenoun (n.) A kind of rich poplin.

tennenoun (n.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.

tonnenoun (n.) A tun.
 noun (n.) A metric ton.

tragediennenoun (n.) A woman who plays in tragedy.

transennenoun (n.) A transom.

varsoviennenoun (n.) A kind of Polish dance.
 noun (n.) Music for such a dance or having its slow triple time characteristic strong accent beginning every second measure.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANNE (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ann) - Words That Begins with ann:


annicutnoun (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

annnoun (n.) Alt. of Annat

annatnoun (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

annanoun (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.

annalnoun (n.) See Annals.

annalistnoun (n.) A writer of annals.

annalisticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.

annalsnoun (n. pl.) A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
 noun (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history.
 noun (n. pl.) The record of a single event or item.
 noun (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

annatsnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Annates

annatesnoun (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

annihilableadjective (a.) Capable of being annihilated.

annihilatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annihilate

annihilateadjective (a.) Annihilated.
 verb (v. t.) To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

annihilationnoun (n.) The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
 noun (n.) The state of being annihilated.

annihilationistnoun (n.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

annihilativeadjective (a.) Serving to annihilate; destructive.

annihilatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

annihilatoryadjective (a.) Annihilative.

anniversarynoun (n.) The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
 noun (n.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
 noun (n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
 adjective (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

anniversenoun (n.) Anniversary.

annodatedadjective (a.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.

annominationnoun (n.) Paronomasia; punning.
 noun (n.) Alliteration.

annotatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annotate

annotatenoun (n.) To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
 verb (v. i.) To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

annotationnoun (n.) A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

annotationistnoun (n.) An annotator.

annotativeadjective (a.) Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

annotatornoun (n.) A writer of annotations; a commentator.

annotatoryadjective (a.) Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations.

annotinenoun (n.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

annotinousadjective (a.) A year old; in Yearly growths.

annottonoun (n.) Alt. of Arnotto

announcingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Announce

announcementnoun (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

announcernoun (n.) One who announces.

annoyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annoy
 adjective (a.) That annoys; molesting; vexatious.

annoynoun (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
 noun (n.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
 noun (n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

annoyancenoun (n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
 noun (n.) That which annoys.

annoyernoun (n.) One who, or that which, annoys.

annoyfuladjective (a.) Annoying.

annoyousadjective (a.) Troublesome; annoying.

annualnoun (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
 noun (n.) Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
 noun (n.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
 adjective (a.) Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
 adjective (a.) Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.

annualistnoun (n.) One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.

annuarynoun (n.) A yearbook.
 adjective (a.) Annual.

annuelernoun (n.) A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.

annuentadjective (a.) Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

annuitantnoun (n.) One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.

annuitynoun (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

annullingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annul

annuladjective (a.) To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
 adjective (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANNE:

English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'e':

abaisancenoun (n.) Obeisance.

abalonenoun (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

abandoneenoun (n.) One to whom anything is legally abandoned.

abaseadjective (a.) To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
 adjective (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.

abatableadjective (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

abatenoun (n.) Abatement.
 verb (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
 verb (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
 verb (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
 verb (v. t.) To blunt.
 verb (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
 verb (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
 verb (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
 verb (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
 verb (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

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

abaxileadjective (a.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

abbenoun (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

abbreviatenoun (n.) An abridgment.
 adjective (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
 adjective (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
 verb (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
 verb (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

abbreviaturenoun (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
 noun (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

abderitenoun (n.) An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.

abdicableadjective (a.) Capable of being abdicated.

abdicativeadjective (a.) Causing, or implying, abdication.

abditiveadjective (a.) Having the quality of hiding.

abearancenoun (n.) Behavior.

abelenoun (n.) The white poplar (Populus alba).

abelitenoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

aberrancenoun (n.) Alt. of Aberrancy

abeyancenoun (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
 noun (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.

abhominableadjective (a.) Abominable.

abhorrencenoun (n.) Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

abhorribleadjective (a.) Detestable.

abidancenoun (n.) The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

abietenenoun (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

abietinenoun (n.) A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

abietitenoun (n.) A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).

abimenoun (n.) Alt. of Abyme

abymenoun (n.) A abyss.

abirritativeadjective (a.) Characterized by abirritation or debility.

abjunctiveadjective (a.) Exceptional.

ablativeadjective (a.) Taking away or removing.
 adjective (a.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
  () The ablative case.

ableadjective (a.) To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
 adjective (a.) To vouch for.
 superlative (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable.
 superlative (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
 superlative (superl.) Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
 superlative (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

ablegatenoun (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
 verb (v. t.) To send abroad.

abnegativeadjective (a.) Denying; renouncing; negative.

abodancenoun (n.) An omen; a portending.

abodenoun (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
 noun (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
 noun (n.) Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
 verb (v. t.) An omen.
 verb (v. t.) To bode; to foreshow.
 verb (v. i.) To be ominous.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Abide
  () pret. of Abide.

abolishableadjective (a.) Capable of being abolished.

abominableadjective (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
 adjective (a.) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.

aborsiveadjective (a.) Abortive.

aborticidenoun (n.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

abortivenoun (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
 noun (n.) A fruitless effort or issue.
 noun (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
 verb (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
 verb (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
 verb (v.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
 verb (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
 verb (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
 verb (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
 verb (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.

abranchiateadjective (a.) Without gills.

abraseadjective (a.) Rubbed smooth.

abrasiveadjective (a.) Producing abrasion.

abrogableadjective (a.) Capable of being abrogated.

abrogateadjective (a.) Abrogated; abolished.
 verb (v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To put an end to; to do away with.

abrogativeadjective (a.) Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

abscondencenoun (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.

absencenoun (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
 noun (n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.
 noun (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

absenteenoun (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.

absinthatenoun (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

absinthenoun (n.) The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
 noun (n.) A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

absistencenoun (n.) A standing aloof.

absolutenoun (n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
 adjective (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
 adjective (a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
 adjective (a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
 adjective (a.) Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
 adjective (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
 adjective (a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
 adjective (a.) Authoritative; peremptory.
 adjective (a.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
 adjective (a.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.

absolvableadjective (a.) That may be absolved.

absorbableadjective (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

absorptiveadjective (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

abstersivenoun (n.) Something cleansing.
 adjective (a.) Cleansing; purging.

abstinencenoun (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
 noun (n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

abstractiveadjective (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

abstruseadjective (a.) Concealed or hidden out of the way.
 adjective (a.) Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

abundancenoun (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.

abusableadjective (a.) That may be abused.

abusagenoun (n.) Abuse.

abusiveadjective (a.) Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
 adjective (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
 adjective (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
 adjective (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
 adjective (a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

acacinenoun (n.) Gum arabic.

academenoun (n.) An academy.

acalephaenoun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.

acalycineadjective (a.) Alt. of Acalysinous

acanthineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

acarineadjective (a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

acaudateadjective (a.) Tailless.

acaulineadjective (a.) Same as Acaulescent.

acauloseadjective (a.) Alt. of Acaulous

accedencenoun (n.) The act of acceding.

accelerativeadjective (a.) Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.

accendibleadjective (a.) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.

accentuableadjective (a.) Capable of being accented.

acceptableadjective (a.) Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

acceptancenoun (n.) The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
 noun (n.) State of being accepted; acceptableness.
 noun (n.) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
 noun (n.) The bill itself when accepted.
 noun (n.) An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
 noun (n.) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
 noun (n.) Meaning; acceptation.

acceptiveadjective (a.) Fit for acceptance.
 adjective (a.) Ready to accept.

accessibleadjective (a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
 adjective (a.) Open to the influence of; -- with to.
 adjective (a.) Obtainable; to be got at.

accessiveadjective (a.) Additional.

accidencenoun (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
 noun (n.) The rudiments of any subject.

accidienoun (n.) Sloth; torpor.

accipitrineadjective (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

acclimatableadjective (a.) Capable of being acclimated.

acclimatizableadjective (a.) Capable of being acclimatized.

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

accliveadjective (a.) Acclivous.

accoladenoun (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
 noun (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.

accommodableadjective (a.) That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.

accommodateadjective (a.) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
 verb (v. t.) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
 verb (v. t.) To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
 verb (v. t.) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
 verb (v. i.) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.

accompanableadjective (a.) Sociable.

accompletiveadjective (a.) Tending to accomplish.

accomplicenoun (n.) A cooperator.
 noun (n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

accomplishableadjective (a.) Capable of being accomplished; practicable.

accomptableadjective (a.) See Accountable.

accordableadjective (a.) Agreeing.
 adjective (a.) Reconcilable; in accordance.