Name Report For First Name AMON:

AMON

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

Rhymes with AMON - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming AMON

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES AMON AS A WHOLE:

rozamond telamon damon diamond diamonique diamontina ramona rosamonde diamont eamon jamon lamond lamont patamon ramon ramone salamon williamon eamonn diamon tryamon ramond

NAMES RHYMING WITH AMON (According to last letters):

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

erromon aymon andraemon cadmon daemon haemon palaemon panteleimon philemon kaemon carmon apenimon armon fitzsimon harmon raymon salomon shim'on simon siomon solomon symon timon ximon garmon ammon farmon caedmon delmon edmon shermon

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

afton carnation aedon solon strephon sidon cihuaton nijlon sokanon odion sion accalon dudon hebron pendragon antton gotzon txanton zorion celyddon eburacon mabon bendision alston alton benton burton carelton fenton hamilton harrison histion kenton pierson preston ralston rawson remington rexton sexton stanton weston ganelon vernon glendon lon anton acheron acteon aeson agamemnon alcmaeon amphion amphitryon arion bellerophon biton cenon cercyon charon chiron corydon creon demogorgon demophon deucalion echion endymion erysichthon

NAMES RHYMING WITH AMON (According to first letters):

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

amo amold amoldo amoll amor amora amorica amory amos amot amott amou amoux amoxtli

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

amabella amabelle amachi amad amada amadahy amadeo amadi amado amaethon amaia amal amala amalasand amalasanda amald amalda amalea amalia amalie amall amalthea amalthia amalur amalure aman amanda amani amanishakhete amany amaor amapola amar amara amarande amaranta amarante amarantha amaravati amare amari amariah amarii amaris amarisa amarise amarissa amarri amaru amaryah amaryllis amasa amata amatullah amaud amaury amayah amayeta amazu amba amber amberlee amberley amberly amberlyn amberlynn ambi ambika amblaoibh ambra ambre ambreen ambrocio ambros ambrose ambrosi ambrosia ambrosine ambrosio ambrosius ambrotosa ambrus ambry amd amdt ame

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AMON:

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

aahan aaralyn aaron aban abarron abban abbotson abbudin abdalrahman abdiraxman abdul-muhaimin abdul-rahman abedabun abeodan abhainn ablendan abooksigun abran abrecan acennan achan ackerman actaeon acwellen adalson adalwen adalwin adalyn adamnan adamson adan addilynn addisen addison addyson adeben adeen adelynn aden adetoun adin adiran adken adkyn adnan adon adoracion adorjan adriaan adrian adrien adrion adron adwin aekerman aesclin aesctun aescwyn aeshan aethelbeorn aethelisdun aethelstan aethelstun aetheston aethretun agiefan agoston agravain agrican aguistin agustin agyfen ahearn aheawan ahebban aherin ahern ahreddan ahren ahriman aibhlin aidan aidann aideen aiden aidrian aiekin aiken aikin ailean aileen ailein ailen ailin ailison ain airrin aislin aislinn aislynn

English Words Rhyming AMON

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES AMON AS A WHOLE:

amontilladonoun (n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color.

camonfletnoun (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

cinnamonnoun (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
 noun (n.) Cassia.

cinnamonenoun (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.

diamondnoun (n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
 noun (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
 noun (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
 noun (n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
 noun (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
 noun (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
 adjective (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

diamondedadjective (a.) Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.
 adjective (a.) Adorned with diamonds; diamondized.

stramoniumnoun (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.

stramonynoun (n.) Stramonium.

telamonesnoun (n. pl.) Same as Atlantes.

tramontanenoun (n.) One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
 adjective (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.

tramontananoun (n.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.

ultramontanenoun (n.) One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.
 noun (n.) One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
  () Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

ultramontanismnoun (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.

ultramontanistnoun (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.

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


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


backgammonnoun (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
 verb (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

cacodemonnoun (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
 noun (n.) The nightmare.

commonnoun (n.) The people; the community.
 noun (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.
 noun (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
 verb (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
 verb (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
 verb (v.) Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
 verb (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
 verb (v.) Profane; polluted.
 verb (v.) Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
 verb (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.
 verb (v. i.) To participate.
 verb (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
 verb (v. i.) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

daemonadjective (a.) Alt. of Daemonic

demonnoun (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
 noun (n.) One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
 noun (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.

etymonnoun (n.) An original form; primitive word; root.
 noun (n.) Original or fundamental signification.

eudemonnoun (n.) Alt. of Eudaemon

eudaemonnoun (n.) A good angel.

gammonnoun (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
 noun (n.) Backgammon.
 noun (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
 verb (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
 verb (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
 verb (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.

glossocomonnoun (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.

gnomonnoun (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.
 noun (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.
 noun (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
 noun (n.) The index of the hour circle of a globe.

hieromnemonnoun (n.) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
 noun (n.) A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.

ichneumonnoun (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
 noun (n.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.

lemonnoun (n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
 noun (n.) The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

mammonnoun (n.) Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.

mormonnoun (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.
 noun (n.) The mandrill.
 noun (n.) One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
 noun (n.) A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States and Territories of the United States.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

musimonnoun (n.) See Mouflon.

musmonnoun (n.) See Mouflon.

monnoun (n.) The badge of a family, esp. of a family of the ancient feudal nobility. The most frequent form of the mon is circular, and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature, flowers, birds, insects, the lightnings, the waves of the sea, or of geometrical symbolic figures; color is only a secondary character. It appears on lacquer and pottery, and embroidered on, or woven in, fabrics. The imperial chrysanthemum, the mon of the reigning family, is used as a national emblem. Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used.

norimonnoun (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.

persimmonnoun (n.) An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.

phlegmonnoun (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

plasmonnoun (n.) A flourlike food preparation made from skim milk, and consisting essentially of the unaltered proteid of milk. It is also used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.

salmonadjective (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
 verb (v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
 verb (v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
  (pl. ) of Salmon

sermonnoun (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
 noun (n.) Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.
 noun (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
 verb (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
 verb (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
 verb (v. t.) To tutor; to lecture.

solomonnoun (n.) One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.

stasimonnoun (n.) In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.

uncommonadjective (a.) Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

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


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


amoebanoun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

amoebaeumnoun (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

amoebeanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

amoebeanadjective (a.) Alternately answering.

amoebiannoun (n.) One of the Amoebea.

amoebiformadjective (a.) Alt. of Amoeboid

amoeboidadjective (a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.

amoebousadjective (a.) Like an amoeba in structure.

amolitionnoun (n.) Removal; a putting away.

amomumnoun (n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

amoretnoun (n.) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
 noun (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.
 noun (n.) A petty love affair or amour.

amorettenoun (n.) An amoret.

amoristnoun (n.) A lover; a gallant.

amorosanoun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.

amorositynoun (n.) The quality of being amorous; lovingness.

amorosonoun (n.) A lover; a man enamored.
 adverb (adv.) In a soft, tender, amatory style.

amorousadjective (a.) Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
 adjective (a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

amorousnessnoun (n.) The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

amorphanoun (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

amorphismnoun (n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

amorphousadjective (a.) Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
 adjective (a.) Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
 adjective (a.) Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.

amorphozoanoun (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

amorphozoicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

amorphynoun (n.) Shapelessness.

amortadjective (a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.

amortisenoun (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

amortisationnoun (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

amortisablenoun (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

amortisementnoun (n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

amortizableadjective (a.) Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

amortizationnoun (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
 noun (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.

amortizementnoun (n.) Same as Amortization.

amotionnoun (n.) Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
 noun (n.) Deprivation of possession.

amotusadjective (a.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

amountingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amount

amountnoun (n.) To go up; to ascend.
 noun (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
 noun (n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
 noun (n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
 noun (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
 verb (v. t.) To signify; to amount to.

amournoun (n.) Love; affection.
 noun (n.) Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.

amovabilitynoun (n.) Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.

amovableadjective (a.) Removable.

amolenoun (n.) Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, as the roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AMON:

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

abacinationnoun (n.) The act of abacinating.

abactionnoun (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

abaddonnoun (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
 noun (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.

abalienationnoun (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

abandonnoun (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
 verb (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
 verb (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
 verb (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
 verb (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
 verb (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.

abannationnoun (n.) Alt. of Abannition

abannitionnoun (n.) Banishment.

abarticulationnoun (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

abbreviationnoun (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing.
 noun (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
 noun (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
 noun (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

abderianadjective (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abdicationnoun (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

abdomennoun (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
 noun (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

abductionnoun (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
 noun (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
 noun (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
 noun (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

abecedariannoun (n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
 noun (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Abecedary

abeliannoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

abeloniannoun (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

aberrationnoun (n.) The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
 noun (n.) A partial alienation of reason.
 noun (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4", and in the latter, to 0.3". Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
 noun (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
 noun (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
 noun (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

abevacuationnoun (n.) A partial evacuation.

abietinnoun (n.) Alt. of Abietine

abirritationnoun (n.) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

abjectionnoun (n.) The act of bringing down or humbling.
 noun (n.) The state of being rejected or cast out.
 noun (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjudicationnoun (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence.

abjurationnoun (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
 noun (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

ablactationnoun (n.) The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
 noun (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

ablaqueationnoun (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

ablationnoun (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal.
 noun (n.) Extirpation.
 noun (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.

ablegationnoun (n.) The act of sending abroad.

abliguritionnoun (n.) Prodigal expense for food.

ablutionnoun (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
 noun (n.) The water used in cleansing.
 noun (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

abluvionnoun (n.) That which is washed off.

abnegationnoun (n.) a denial; a renunciation.

abnodationnoun (n.) The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

abolitionnoun (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

abominationnoun (n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
 noun (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
 noun (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.

abortionnoun (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
 noun (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.
 noun (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
 noun (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

abrasionnoun (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
 noun (n.) The substance rubbed off.
 noun (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

abrenunciationnoun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

abreptionnoun (n.) A snatching away.

abrogationnoun (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

abruptionnoun (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

abscessionnoun (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

abscisionnoun (n.) See Abscission.

abscissionnoun (n.) The act or process of cutting off.
 noun (n.) The state of being cut off.
 noun (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

absentationnoun (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

absinthiannoun (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

absinthinnoun (n.) The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).

absolutionnoun (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
 noun (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
 noun (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
 noun (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
 noun (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
 noun (n.) Delivery, in speech.

absorbitionnoun (n.) Absorption.

absorptionnoun (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
 noun (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
 noun (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
 noun (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

abstentionadjective (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

abstersionnoun (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

abstractionadjective (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
 adjective (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
 adjective (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
 adjective (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
 adjective (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
 adjective (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
 adjective (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

abstrusionnoun (n.) The act of thrusting away.

absumptionnoun (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

abutilonnoun (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

abyssiniannoun (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
 noun (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

acacinnoun (n.) Alt. of Acacine

academiannoun (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.

academiciannoun (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
 noun (n.) A collegian.

acadiannoun (n.) A native of Acadie.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

acalephannoun (n.) One of the Acalephae.

acanthopterygiannoun (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

acaridannoun (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

accadianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.

accelerationnoun (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

accensionnoun (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

accentuationnoun (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
 noun (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

acceptationnoun (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
 noun (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

acceptilationnoun (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

acceptionnoun (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning.

accessionnoun (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
 noun (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
 noun (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
 noun (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
 noun (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
 noun (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

acclamationnoun (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
 noun (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
 noun (n.) In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections;
 noun (n.) the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot.

acclimatationnoun (n.) Acclimatization.

acclimationnoun (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

acclimatizationnoun (n.) The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

accombinationnoun (n.) A combining together.

accommodationnoun (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
 noun (n.) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
 noun (n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
 noun (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
 noun (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
 noun (n.) A loan of money.
 noun (n.) An accommodation bill or note.

accordionnoun (n.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

accreditationnoun (n.) The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

accrementitionnoun (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

accretionnoun (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
 noun (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
 noun (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
 noun (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
 noun (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
 noun (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

accubationnoun (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

accumulationnoun (n.) The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
 noun (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

accusationnoun (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
 noun (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

acephalannoun (n.) Same as Acephal.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

acervationnoun (n.) A heaping up; accumulation.

acetificationnoun (n.) The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

acetinnoun (n.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.

achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

achaiannoun (n.) A native of Achaia; a Greek.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

acheannoun (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

acheronnoun (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

achilleanadjective (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

achilles' tendonnoun (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

achromatinnoun (n.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

achromatizationnoun (n.) The act or process of achromatizing.

achroodextrinnoun (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

acidificationnoun (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

acornnoun (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
 noun (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
 noun (n.) See Acorn-shell.

acotyledonnoun (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.