Name Report For First Name ANIS:

ANIS

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

Rhymes with ANIS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ANIS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANÝS AS A WHOLE:

amanishakhete tanisha anisah hanisi anisha anissa danise janis janise juanisha kanisha manisha tanis cacanisius tanish yanis yanisin stanislav

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANÝS (According to last letters):

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

coronis yunis adonis daphnis yannis annis claennis dionis ennis jannis dennis inis innis tannis mannis denis jennis

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

garmangabis sulis bilqis lamis isis lapis memphis theoris thermuthis aldis flordelis aigneis beitris leitis alcestis aleris amaryllis artemis briseis chloris chryseis clematis cypris doris eldoris eris eudosis iris lachesis lais lilis lycoris lyris metis nemesis persis symaethis thais themis thetis jyotis hausis nokomis busiris damis dassais eblis idris rais avedis alis bleoberis maris naois felis kramoris joris amenophis anubis apis apophis onuris osiris serapis willis alois acis aegis attis baucis calais charybdis cleobis halithersis iphis mimis panagiotis takis thamyris tigris vasilis shaithis ailis

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANÝS (According to first letters):

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

ani anibal anica anice anichka anicka anid anika aniki aniko anippe anir anita anitia anitra aniya

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 anchises anci ancil anda andeana andee andena ander andera andere anders anderson andettan andi andie andor andr andraemon andraste andre andrea andreana andreas andree andrei andreo andres andret andreu

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANÝS:

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

abantiades abbas abderus abdul-quddus abracomas absyrtus abydos acastus acestes achaius achates achelous achilles aconteus acrisius addis adkins admetus adolphus adrastus aeacus aeetes aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeneas aengus aeolus aesculapius agamedes agestes aglauros agnes aidoios aindreas aineislis airleas akins alahhaois albinus alcides alcinoos alcinous alcyoneus aldous aldus aldys alemannus alexis alexys alliss almas aloeus alpheus alphonsus alvis alys alyss alyxis amaris ambros ambrosius ambrus americus ames amos amphiaraus amycus androgeus anghus anglides angus anlicnes annys antaeus anteros antfortas antilochus antinous antiphates antropas aonghas aonghus apsaras aramis arcas archemorus ardys arelis ares argos argus aries ariss aristaeus arliss arlys arlyss artemas artemes

English Words Rhyming ANIS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANÝS AS A WHOLE:

accompanistnoun (n.) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

africanismnoun (n.) A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.

agrarianismnoun (n.) An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

alcoranistnoun (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

alkoranistnoun (n.) Same as Alcoranist.

americanismnoun (n.) Attachment to the United States.
 noun (n.) A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
 noun (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

anglicanismnoun (n.) Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
 noun (n.) The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
 noun (n.) Attachment to England or English institutions.

anisenoun (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
 noun (n.) The fruit or seeds of this plant.

aniseednoun (n.) The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.

anisettenoun (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

anisicadjective (a.) Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.

anisodactylanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls

anisodactylsnoun (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
 noun (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

anisodactylousadjective (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

anisomericadjective (a.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.

anisomerousadjective (a.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

anisometricadjective (a.) Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.

anisopetalousadjective (a.) Having unequal petals.

anisophyllousadjective (a.) Having unequal leaves.

anisopleuranoun (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

anisopodanoun (n. pl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

anisostemonousadjective (a.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

anisosthenicadjective (a.) Of unequal strength.

anisotropeadjective (a.) Alt. of Anisotropic

anisotropicadjective (a.) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

anisotropousadjective (a.) Anisotropic.

antichristianismnoun (n.) Alt. of Antichristianity

antinomianismnoun (n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians.

antiquarianismnoun (n.) Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.

arianismnoun (n.) The doctrines of the Arians.

arminianismnoun (n.) The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

attitudinarianismnoun (n.) A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

augustinianismnoun (n.) Alt. of Augustinism

aeroplanistnoun (n.) One who flies in an aeroplane.

anisocorianoun (n.) Inequality of the pupils of the eye.

anisolnoun (n.) Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.

anisometropianoun (n.) Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.

anisosporenoun (n.) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; -- opposed to isospore.

anisylnoun (n.) The univalent radical, CH3OC6H4, of which anisol is the hydride.
 noun (n.) The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CH2; as, anisyl alcohol.
 noun (n.) The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CO, of anisic acid.

bacchanalianismnoun (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

banishingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banish

banishernoun (n.) One who banishes.

banishmentnoun (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

banisternoun (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

bohemianismnoun (n.) The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian.

botanistnoun (n.) One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

brahmanismnoun (n.) Alt. of Brahminism

brahmanistnoun (n.) Alt. of Brahminist

canisnoun (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae, including the dogs and wolves.

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


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


adonisnoun (n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
 noun (n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
 noun (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

aepyornisnoun (n.) A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

bipennisnoun (n.) An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

calisthenisadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

coronisnoun (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.
 noun (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.

deinornisnoun (n.) See Dinornis.

dinornisnoun (n.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.

epiornisnoun (n.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.

finisnoun (n.) An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

funisnoun (n.) A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

gastornisnoun (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

hesperornisnoun (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.

ichthyornisnoun (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.

lychnisnoun (n.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.

manisnoun (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

notornisnoun (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

penisnoun (n.) The male member, or organ of generation.

phoronisnoun (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

prytanisnoun (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.

taranisnoun (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

tennisnoun (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
 verb (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.

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


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


aninoun (n.) Alt. of Ano

anicutnoun (n.) Alt. of Annicut

anidiomaticaladjective (a.) Not idiomatic.

anilnoun (n.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

anileadjective (a.) Old-womanish; imbecile.

anilenessnoun (n.) Anility.

anilicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.

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.

anilinenoun (n.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
 adjective (a.) Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

anilitynoun (n.) The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.

animadversalnoun (n.) The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.

animadversionnoun (n.) The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
 noun (n.) Monition; warning.
 noun (n.) Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
 noun (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

animadversiveadjective (a.) Having the power of perceiving; percipient.

animadvertingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animadvert

animadverternoun (n.) One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

animalnoun (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
 noun (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

animalcularadjective (a.) Alt. of Animalculine

animalculineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.

animalculenoun (n.) A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
 noun (n.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.

animalculismnoun (n.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
 noun (n.) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism.

animalculistnoun (n.) One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
 noun (n.) A believer in the theory of animalculism.

animalculumnoun (n.) An animalcule.

animalishadjective (a.) Like an animal.

animalismnoun (n.) The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

animalitynoun (n.) Animal existence or nature.

animalizationnoun (n.) The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
 noun (n.) Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.

animalizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animalize

animalnessnoun (n.) Animality.

animasticnoun (n.) Psychology.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.

animatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animate
 adjective (a.) Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.

animateadjective (a.) Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
 verb (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
 verb (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
 verb (v. t.) To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

animatedadjective (a.) Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Animate

animaternoun (n.) One who animates.

animationnoun (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
 noun (n.) The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.

animativeadjective (a.) Having the power of giving life or spirit.

animatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, animates; an animater.

animenoun (n.) A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
 adjective (a.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

animismnoun (n.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
 noun (n.) The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.

animistnoun (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of animism.

animisticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to animism.

animoseadjective (a.) Alt. of Animous

animousadjective (a.) Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute.

animosenessnoun (n.) Vehemence of temper.

animusnoun (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper.

anionnoun (n.) An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.

anilinismnoun (n.) A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

anitonoun (n.) In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANÝS:

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

abaciscusnoun (n.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

abaculusnoun (n.) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

abacusnoun (n.) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
 noun (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
 noun (n.) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
 noun (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
 noun (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.

abassisnoun (n.) A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

abatisnoun (n.) Alt. of Abattis

abattisnoun (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

abbessnoun (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

abdominalesnoun (n. pl.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
  (pl. ) of Abdominal

abdominousadjective (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

abiesnoun (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

abiogenesisnoun (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

abiogenousadjective (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation.

abjectednessnoun (n.) A very abject or low condition; abjectness.

abjectnessnoun (n.) The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

ablatitiousadjective (a.) Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.

ablenessnoun (n.) Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

abnormousadjective (a.) Abnormal; irregular.

abomasusnoun (n.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

abominablenessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

aboriginesnoun (n. pl.) The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
 noun (n. pl.) The original fauna and flora of a geographical area

abortivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being abortive.

abraum saltsnoun (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

abraxasnoun (n.) A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

abruptnessnoun (n.) The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
 noun (n.) Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

abscessnoun (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

abscissnoun (n.) See Abscissa.

absentaneousadjective (a.) Pertaining to absence.

absentnessnoun (n.) The quality of being absent-minded.

absisnoun (n.) See Apsis.

absolutenessnoun (n.) The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

absonousadjective (a.) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.

absorptivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

abstemiousadjective (a.) Abstaining from wine.
 adjective (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
 adjective (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
 adjective (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
 adjective (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness.

abstemiousnessnoun (n.) The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

abstentiousadjective (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

abstersivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being abstersive.

abstractednessnoun (n.) The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

abstractitiousadjective (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.

abstractivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

abstractnessnoun (n.) The quality of being abstract.

abstrusenessnoun (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

absurdnessnoun (n.) Absurdity.

abusivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

abyssnoun (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
 noun (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
 noun (n.) The center of an escutcheon.

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

acalysinousadjective (a.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

acanthaceousadjective (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant.
 adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.

acanthocarpousadjective (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

acanthocephalousadjective (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.

acanthophorousadjective (a.) Spine-bearing.

acanthopodiousadjective (a.) Having spinous petioles.

acanthopterousadjective (a.) Spiny-winged.
 adjective (a.) Acanthopterygious.

acanthopterygiousadjective (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

acanthusnoun (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
 noun (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

acarpellousadjective (a.) Having no carpels.

acarpousadjective (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

acarusnoun (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

acatesnoun (n. pl.) See Cates.

acaulousadjective (a.) Same as Acaulescent.

accentlessadjective (a.) Without accent.

acceptablenessnoun (n.) The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

accessnoun (n.) A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
 noun (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
 noun (n.) Admission to sexual intercourse.
 noun (n.) Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
 noun (n.) An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
 noun (n.) A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.

accessarinessnoun (n.) The state of being accessary.

accessorinessnoun (n.) The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

accidentalnessnoun (n.) The quality of being accidental; casualness.

accipitresnoun (n. pl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
  (pl. ) of Accipiter

accismusnoun (n.) Affected refusal; coyness.

acclivitousadjective (a.) Acclivous.

acclivousadjective (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

accommodablenessnoun (n.) The quality or condition of being accommodable.

accommodatenessnoun (n.) Fitness.

accountable nessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.

accoutermentsnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Accoutrements

accoutrementsnoun (n. pl.) Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers.

accuratenessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

accustomednessnoun (n.) Habituation.

acephalousadjective (a.) Headless.
 adjective (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
 adjective (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
 adjective (a.) Without a leader or chief.
 adjective (a.) Wanting the beginning.
 adjective (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.

acerousadjective (a.) Same as Acerose.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.
 adjective (a.) Without antennae, as some insects.

acetabuliferousadjective (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

acetariousadjective (a.) Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.

acetousadjective (a.) Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
 adjective (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.

achilousadjective (a.) Without a lip.

achlamydeousadjective (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

acholousadjective (a.) Lacking bile.

achroousadjective (a.) Colorless; achromatic.

achylousadjective (a.) Without chyle.

achymousadjective (a.) Without chyme.

acidiferousadjective (a.) Containing or yielding an acid.

acidnessnoun (n.) Acidity; sourness.

acidulousadjective (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.

acinaceousadjective (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

acinacesnoun (n.) A short sword or saber.

acinousadjective (a.) Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

acinusnoun (n.) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
 noun (n.) A grapestone.
 noun (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.

acondylousadjective (a.) Being without joints; jointless.

acontiasnoun (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

acotyledonousadjective (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

acousticsnoun (n.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.

acquaintednessnoun (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.

acquisitivenessnoun (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
 noun (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.