Name Report For First Name ADE:

ADE

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

Rhymes with ADE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ADE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ADE AS A WHOLE:

adeola adetoun hadeel radeyah adele adelaide adeline bernadette adelpha hyades suadela adena bhimadevi mahadevi cadenza academia tadewi adelajda nadezhda adelinda al-fadee nadeem nader sadeek sadek asadel kadeen kadeer brademagus yspaddaden adeben jibade braden vaden pylades adelbert amadeo abantiades cadeo adeen adela adelheid adelheide adelia adelina adelise adelita adella adelle adelynn adene adenne adette bemadette bernadea caden cadencia cassadee hayley-jade jade jadee jadelyn kadee kadence madel madelaine madeleina madeleine madelena madelene madelhari madelina madeline madelynn madena nadeen nadetta sharaden trenade adel adelhard aden aderrig aghaderg bader bradene bradey cade dwade eadelmarr garaden graden haden jaden jader kade kaden kaden-scott micaden paden radeliffe ricadene tadeo tadesuz tiladene wade zaden adeela corradeo slade eadelm blade nadette cadence radella cadena bertrade nadeeda madeeha khadeeja viradecthis gaderian adelyte morcades evadeam ysbaddaden cadell aderet cadee meade reade adelisa madelon

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADE (According to last letters):

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

grishilde ode bertilde aude brighde brunhilde zenaide tunde mercede kaede akintunde babatunde dzigbode matunde berde kazemde ganymede davide bathilde beorhthilde bride candide clarimonde clotilde ede eldride emeraude enide ethelinde gerde gertrude griselde grisjahilde griswalde heide hildagarde hilde holde hulde ide isolde isoude jayde magnilde maitilde mathilde matilde maude mayde melisande mide odede otthilde rolande romhilde romilde rosalinde rosamonde rosemonde serihilde shayde sigfriede tibelde trude vande wande wilde winifride yolande ysolde andwearde attewode ayrwode birde calfhierde carmelide cinneide claude clyde ealdwode evinrude eweheorde forde gilbride giollabrighde heallstede heortwode hide jerande jude kayde kermode kyrkwode ladde macbride merewode northwode olamide scirwode stanwode

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADE (According to first letters):

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

ada adah adahy adair adaira adairia adal adalard adalb adalbeorht adalbert adalbrechta adalene adalgar adalgisa adalhard adalheida adali adalia adalicia adalie adaliz adalric adalrik adalson adalwen adalwin adalwine adalwolf adalwolfa adalyn adam adama adamina adamnan adamson adan adana adanech adanna adar adara adare adda addam addaneye addergoole addie addilynn addis addisen addison addney addo addula addy addyson adham adhamh adharma adhiambo adi adia adianna adib adiba adibe adiella adil adila adilah adilene adima adin adina adinah adinam adine adio adir adira adiran adisa aditi aditya adiv adiva adjatay adjoa adken adkins adkyn adlai adlar adler adley admeta admetus admina adnan

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADE:

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

aase abame abarrane abbie abbigale abebe abegayle abeque able ace aceline adne adorlee adriane adrianne adrie adriene adrienne 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 agurtzane agustine ahane ahave ahelie aherne ahote aibne aife aiglentine ailbe ailbhe aileene ailise ailse ailsie aimee aine ainmire ainslee ainslie aintzane airdsgainne aithne ajanae akibe akinwole akule al-hadiye alacoque alaine alane alarice alastrine alayne albe albertine albertyne alcippe alcmene alcyone aldene aldwine aleece alene alesandese alese aleshanee alexandre alexandrine alexine aleyece alfie alfonsine alhertine alice

English Words Rhyming ADE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ADE AS A WHOLE:

academenoun (n.) An academy.

academialadjective (a.) Academic.

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

academicnoun (n.) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
 noun (n.) A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Academical

academicaladjective (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

academicalsnoun (n. pl.) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

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.

academicismnoun (n.) A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
 noun (n.) A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

academismnoun (n.) The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.

academistnoun (n.) An Academic philosopher.
 noun (n.) An academician.

academynoun (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
 noun (n.) An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
 noun (n.) A place of training; a school.
 noun (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
 noun (n.) A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.

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.

adelantadillonoun (n.) A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

adelantadonoun (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.

adelasternoun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

adelingnoun (n.) Same as Atheling.

adelocodonicadjective (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

adelopodnoun (n.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adelphousadjective (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

ademptionnoun (n.) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.

adenalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

adenalgynoun (n.) Pain in a gland.

adeniformadjective (a.) Shaped like a gland; adenoid.

adenitisnoun (n.) Glandular inflammation.

adenographicadjective (a.) Pertaining to adenography.

adenographynoun (n.) That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

adenoidnoun (n.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Adenoidal

adenoidaladjective (a.) Glandlike; glandular.

adenologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to adenology.

adenologynoun (n.) The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

adenophorousadjective (a.) Producing glands.

adenophyllousadjective (a.) Having glands on the leaves.

adenoseadjective (a.) Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

adenotomicadjective (a.) Pertaining to adenotomy.

adenotomynoun (n.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

adenousadjective (a.) Same as Adenose.

adepsnoun (n.) Animal fat; lard.

adeptnoun (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

adeptionadjective (a.) An obtaining; attainment.

adeptistnoun (n.) A skilled alchemist.

adeptnessnoun (n.) The quality of being adept; skill.

adequacynoun (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

adequateadjective (a.) Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
 adjective (a.) To equalize; to make adequate.
 adjective (a.) To equal.

adequatenessnoun (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

adequationnoun (n.) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

adesmynoun (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

adessenariannoun (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

alcadenoun (n.) Same as Alcaid.
 noun (n.) Var. of Alcaid.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (de) - English Words That Ends with de:


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.

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

acerbitudenoun (n.) Sourness and harshness.

acetaldehydenoun (n.) Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.

acetamidenoun (n.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

acetanilidenoun (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

acnodenoun (n.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

acritudenoun (n.) Acridity; pungency joined with heat.

alamodenoun (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
 adverb (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.

alcaydenoun (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
 noun (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail.
 noun (n.) Same as Alcaid.

alcaldenoun (n.) A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.

aldehydenoun (n.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.

alfenidenoun (n.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

alidadenoun (n.) The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument

alkalamidenoun (n.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

allemandenoun (n.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
 noun (n.) A figure in dancing.

allhallowtidenoun (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

almudenoun (n.) A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.

altitudenoun (n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
 noun (n.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
 noun (n.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
 noun (n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
 noun (n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
 noun (n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.

amaritudenoun (n.) Bitterness.

amendenoun (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

amidenoun (n.) A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.

amplitudenoun (n.) State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
 noun (n.) Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
 noun (n.) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
 noun (n.) Of extent of means or resources.
 noun (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
 noun (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
 noun (n.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
 noun (n.) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.
 noun (n.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.

anelectrodenoun (n.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

anhydridenoun (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

anilidenoun (n.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.

anodenoun (n.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

anomalipedeadjective (a.) Having anomalous feet.

anticathodenoun (n.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

antipodenoun (n.) One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.

anxietudenoun (n.) The state of being anxious; anxiety.

apodenoun (n.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

aptitudenoun (n.) A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
 noun (n.) A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
 noun (n.) Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

arcadenoun (n.) A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
 noun (n.) A long, arched building or gallery.
 noun (n.) An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

arquebusadenoun (n.) The shot of an arquebus.
 noun (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

arsenidenoun (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.

asidenoun (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
 adverb (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
 adverb (adv.) Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
 adverb (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.

assuetudenoun (n.) Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.

attitudenoun (n.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
 noun (n.) The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.

aubadenoun (n.) An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.

aurochloridenoun (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

aurocyanidenoun (n.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

andromedenoun (n.) Alt. of Andromed

arillodenoun (n.) A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.

backsidenoun (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

bactericidenoun (n.) Same as Germicide.

balladenoun (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.

balotadenoun (n.) See Ballotade.

balustradenoun (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

bambocciadenoun (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ad) - Words That Begins with ad:


adactyladjective (a.) Alt. of Adactylous

adactylousadjective (a.) Without fingers or without toes.
 adjective (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

adagenoun (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.

adagialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.

adagionoun (n.) A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
 adverb (a. & adv.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

adamnoun (n.) The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
 noun (n.) "Original sin;" human frailty.

adamantnoun (n.) A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
 noun (n.) Lodestone; magnet.

adamanteanadjective (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

adamantineadjective (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
 adjective (a.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

adambulacraladjective (a.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.

adamicadjective (a.) Alt. of Adamical

adamicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him.

adamitenoun (n.) A descendant of Adam; a human being.
 noun (n.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

adansonianoun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

adaptadjective (a.) Fitted; suited.
 verb (v. t.) To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.

adaptingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adapt

adaptabilitynoun (n.) Alt. of Adaptableness

adaptablenessnoun (n.) The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.

adaptableadjective (a.) Capable of being adapted.

adaptationnoun (n.) The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
 noun (n.) The result of adapting; an adapted form.

adaptativeadjective (a.) Adaptive.

adaptednessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

adapternoun (n.) One who adapts.
 noun (n.) A connecting tube; an adopter.

adaptionnoun (n.) Adaptation.

adaptiveadjective (a.) Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.

adaptivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

adaptnessnoun (n.) Adaptedness.

adaptorialadjective (a.) Adaptive.

adarnoun (n.) The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

adarcenoun (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.

adatisnoun (n.) A fine cotton cloth of India.

addingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Add

addableadjective (a.) Addible.

addaxnoun (n.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).

addendumnoun (n.) A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

addernoun (n.) One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
 noun (n.) A serpent.
 noun (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
 noun (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
 noun (n.) Same as Sea Adder.

adderwortnoun (n.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

addibilitynoun (n.) The quantity of being addible; capability of addition.

addibleadjective (a.) Capable of being added.

addicenoun (n.) See Adze.

addictingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Addict

addictednessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

addictionnoun (n.) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

additamentnoun (n.) An addition, or a thing added.

additionnoun (n.) The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
 noun (n.) Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
 noun (n.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
 noun (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
 noun (n.) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.
 noun (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.

additionalnoun (n.) Something added.
 adjective (a.) Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

additionaryadjective (a.) Additional.

addititiousadjective (a.) Additive.

additiveadjective (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

additoryadjective (a.) Tending to add; making some addition.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADE:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

accordancenoun (n.) Agreement; harmony; conformity.

accostableadjective (a.) Approachable; affable.

accoucheusenoun (n.) A midwife.

accountableadjective (a.) Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
 adjective (a.) Capable of being accounted for; explicable.