Name Report For First Name AVA:
AVA
First name AVA's origin is English. AVA means "variant of medieval given names avis and aveline". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with AVA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ava.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with AVA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with AVA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming AVA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES AVA AS A WHOLE:
krasava miroslava ahava amaravati kumudavati ravati savarna avarair aglaval agravain airavata avagail avah avalee avalei avaron avarona cavana eavan giavanna gustava havalah havanna naava pavati savanna savannah shavana tonia-javae avalloc cavan donavan gavan javan kavan lavan mokatavatah moketavato motavato navarre navarro satyavati zahavah naavah chava vavara avalon cavalon cochava mavaNAMES RHYMING WITH AVA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (va) - Names That Ends with va:
sunniva eva malva minerva zeva akiva yeva daeva lomahongva nova tiva adiva ahuva alva anuva belva deva elisheva elva esteva geneva genoveva iva jeneva jenneva keva melva nediva neiva neva orva reva riva synneva teva zehuva zinerva aviva edva viva tova kiva eeva chaviva godiva zenevieva ginerva diva cleva chedva tikva zivaNAMES RHYMING WITH AVA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (av) - Names That Begins with av:
avedis avelaine avelina aveline avelyn avenall avenei aveneil avenelle avent avera averell averey averil averill avernus avery averyel averyl avi avia aviana aviance avianna avice avicenna avichai avichayil avidan avidor avie aviel avigail avigdor avilon avimelech avinoam aviram avis avisha avishai avital aviv avivah avivi avivit avlynn avner avniel avonaco avonmora avonmore avraham avrey avriel avril avrill avryl avs avsalom avshalom avyannaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AVA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abelia abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adira adisa aditya adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afiaEnglish Words Rhyming AVA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES AVA AS A WHOLE:
| aggravating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggravate |
| adjective (a.) Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances. | |
| adjective (a.) Exasperating; provoking; irritating. |
| aggravation | noun (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. |
| noun (n.) Exaggerated representation. | |
| noun (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. | |
| noun (n.) Provocation; irritation. |
| aggravative | noun (n.) That which aggravates. |
| adjective (a.) Tending to aggravate. |
| amadavat | noun (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. |
| ava | noun (n.) Same as Kava. |
| avadavat | noun (n.) Same as Amadavat. |
| availing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avail |
| avail | noun (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail. |
| noun (n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. | |
| verb (v. t.) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. | |
| verb (v. t.) To promote; to assist. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) See Avale, v. |
| availability | noun (n.) The quality of being available; availableness. |
| noun (n.) That which is available. |
| available | adjective (a.) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. |
| adjective (a.) Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. |
| availableness | noun (n.) Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. |
| noun (n.) Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. |
| availment | noun (n.) Profit; advantage. |
| avalanche | noun (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. |
| noun (n.) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. | |
| noun (n.) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything. |
| avant | noun (n.) The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van. |
| avarice | noun (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. |
| noun (n.) An inordinate desire for some supposed good. |
| avaricious | adjective (a.) Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. |
| avarous | adjective (a.) Avaricious. |
| avast | adjective (a.) Cease; stop; stay. |
| avatar | noun (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu. |
| noun (n.) Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration. |
| avaunt | noun (n.) A vaunt; to boast. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To advance; to move forward; to elevate. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To depart; to move away. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To vaunt; to boast. | |
| (interj.) Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone." |
| avauntour | noun (n.) A boaster. |
| ajava | noun (n.) See Ajouan. |
| bavarian | noun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Bavaria. |
| bavaroy | noun (n.) A kind of cloak or surtout. |
| bravade | noun (n.) Bravado. |
| bravado | noun (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. |
| bavardage | noun (n.) Much talking; prattle; chatter. |
| caravan | noun (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa. |
| noun (n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts. | |
| noun (n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van. |
| caravaneer | noun (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan. |
| caravansary | noun (n.) A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. |
| cassava | noun (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. |
| noun (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. |
| cavalcade | noun (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade. |
| cavalero | noun (n.) Alt. of Cavaliero |
| cavaliero | noun (n.) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. |
| cavalier | noun (n.) A military man serving on horseback; a knight. |
| noun (n.) A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant. | |
| noun (n.) One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. | |
| noun (n.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts. | |
| adjective (a.) Gay; easy; offhand; frank. | |
| adjective (a.) High-spirited. | |
| adjective (a.) Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. |
| cavalierish | adjective (a.) Somewhat like a cavalier. |
| cavalierism | noun (n.) The practice or principles of cavaliers. |
| cavalierness | noun (n.) A disdainful manner. |
| cavally | noun (n.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.] |
| cavalry | noun (n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback. |
| cavalryman | noun (n.) One of a body of cavalry. |
| cavatina | noun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. |
| clavate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Clavated |
| clavated | adjective (a.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of Antennae.] |
| cleavable | adjective (a.) Capable of cleaving or being divided. |
| cleavage | noun (n.) The act of cleaving or splitting. |
| noun (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting. | |
| noun (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. |
| concavation | noun (n.) The act of making concave. |
| contravallation | noun (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged. |
| cravat | noun (n.) A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AVA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (va) - English Words That Ends with va:
| bodhisattva | noun (n.) Alt. of Bodhisattwa |
| conferva | noun (n.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense. |
| conjunctiva | noun (n.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. |
| contrayerva | noun (n.) A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. |
| copaiva | noun (n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba. |
| comitiva | noun (n.) A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily. |
| deva | noun (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. |
| diva | noun (n.) A prima donna. |
| geneva | noun (n.) The chief city of Switzerland. |
| noun (n.) A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. |
| guava | noun (n.) A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly. |
| java | noun (n.) One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands. |
| noun (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java. |
| kava | noun (n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. |
| kiva | noun (n.) A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof. |
| larva | noun (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. |
| noun (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape. |
| lava | noun (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States. |
| minerva | noun (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene. |
| nova | noun (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. |
| oliva | noun (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored. |
| ova | noun (n. pl.) See Ovum. |
| (pl. ) of Ovum |
| piassava | noun (n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba. |
| postcava | noun (n.) The inferior vena cava. |
| praecava | noun (n.) The superior vena cava. |
| saiva | noun (n.) One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration. |
| saliva | noun (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands. |
| saxicava | noun (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks. |
| sieva | noun (n.) A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus). |
| silva | noun (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. |
| noun (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country. |
| siva | noun (n.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature. |
| sylva | noun (n.) Same as Silva. |
| ulva | noun (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce. |
| urva | noun (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder. |
| uva | noun (n.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape. |
| vaishnava | noun (n.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations. |
| volva | noun (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops. |
| vulva | noun (n.) The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs. |
| noun (n.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate. |
| viva | noun (n.) The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it. |
| (interj.) Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AVA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (av) - Words That Begins with av:
| ave | noun (n.) An ave Maria. |
| noun (n.) A reverential salutation. |
| avellane | adjective (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. |
| avena | noun (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. |
| avenaceous | adjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. |
| avenage | noun (n.) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. |
| avener | noun (n.) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. |
| avenging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avenge |
| avenge | noun (n.) Vengeance; revenge. |
| verb (v. t.) To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. | |
| verb (v. t.) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take vengeance. |
| avengeance | noun (n.) Vengeance. |
| avengeful | adjective (a.) Vengeful. |
| avengement | noun (n.) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. |
| avenger | noun (n.) One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood. |
| noun (n.) One who takes vengeance. |
| avengeress | noun (n.) A female avenger. |
| avenious | adjective (a.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants. |
| avenor | noun (n.) See Avener. |
| avens | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. |
| aventail | noun (n.) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail. |
| aventine | noun (n.) A post of security or defense. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. |
| aventure | noun (n.) Accident; chance; adventure. |
| noun (n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire. |
| aventurine | noun (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass. |
| noun (n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. |
| avenue | noun (n.) A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. |
| noun (n.) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. | |
| noun (n.) A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York. |
| aver | noun (n.) A work horse, or working ox. |
| verb (v. t.) To assert, or prove, the truth of. | |
| verb (v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment. | |
| verb (v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth. |
| averring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver |
| average | noun (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc. |
| noun (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped. | |
| noun (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils. | |
| noun (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. | |
| noun (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10. | |
| noun (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. | |
| noun (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp. | |
| adjective (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution. | |
| verb (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean. | |
| verb (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss. | |
| verb (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. | |
| verb (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length. |
| averaging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Average |
| avercorn | noun (n.) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. |
| avernal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Avernian |
| avernian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions. |
| averpenny | noun (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average. |
| averroism | noun (n.) The tenets of the Averroists. |
| averroist | noun (n.) One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism. |
| averruncation | noun (n.) The act of averting. |
| noun (n.) Eradication. |
| averruncator | noun (n.) An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod. |
| noun (n.) An instrument for pruning trees, having two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on a long rod and operated by a string or wire. |
| aversation | noun (n.) A turning from with dislike; aversion. |
| averse | adjective (a.) Turned away or backward. |
| adjective (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To turn away. |
| averseness | noun (n.) The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. |
| aversion | noun (n.) A turning away. |
| noun (n.) Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. | |
| noun (n.) The object of dislike or repugnance. |
| averting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avert |
| avert | noun (n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire." |
| verb (v. i.) To turn away. |
| averted | adjective (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Avert |
| averter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, averts. |
| avertible | adjective (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable. |
| avertiment | noun (n.) Advertisement. |
| aves | noun (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds. |
| avesta | noun (n.) The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta. |
| avian | adjective (a.) Of or instrument to birds. |
| aviary | noun (n.) A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. |
| aviation | noun (n.) The art or science of flying. |
| aviator | noun (n.) An experimenter in aviation. |
| noun (n.) A flying machine. | |
| noun (n.) The driver or pilot of an aeroplane, or heavier-than-air flying machine. |
| avicula | noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AVA:
English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
| abaca | noun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| abada | noun (n.) The rhinoceros. |
| abanga | noun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abba | noun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| aboma | noun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| abracadabra | noun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abscissa | noun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
| abuna | noun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| acacia | noun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
| noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. | |
| noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. |
| acantha | noun (n.) A prickle. |
| noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin. | |
| noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| acciaccatura | noun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
| aceldama | noun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| acinesia | noun (n.) Same as Akinesia. |
| aconitia | noun (n.) Same as Aconitine. |
| acontia | noun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated. |
| acrania | noun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull. |
| noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. |
| acrasia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy |
| acraspeda | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. |
| acrisia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy |
| acrita | noun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. |
| actinaria | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. |
| actinia | noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.]. |
| noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae. |
| actinotrocha | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
| actinozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| adansonia | noun (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. |
| adelphia | noun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adularia | noun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adversaria | noun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| adynamia | noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| aegicrania | noun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. |
| aerophobia | noun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aesthesia | noun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia. |
| aga | noun (n.) Alt. of Agha |
| agha | noun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agama | noun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. |
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agouta | noun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. |
| agraphia | noun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. |
| aha | noun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. |
| (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. |
| ailuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| akinesia | noun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| albata | noun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcanna | noun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| alcarraza | noun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
| alcyonacea | noun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| alfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alfalfa | noun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alfilaria | noun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. |
| alga | noun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| algaroba | noun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. |
| noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebra | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| alhambra | noun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. |
| alhenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| allantoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| alleluia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah |
| alma | noun (n.) Alt. of Almah |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| almagra | noun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| alopecia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy |
| alpaca | noun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca. | |
| noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpha | noun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| alpia | noun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| althaea | noun (n.) Alt. of Althea |
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumna | noun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| amalgama | noun (n.) Same as Amalgam. |
| amblyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy |
| amblypoda | noun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
| ambrosia | noun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. |
| noun (n.) An unguent of the gods. | |
| noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. |
| amenorrhoea | noun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentia | noun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametropia | noun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. |
| amia | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. |
| amma | noun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother. |
| ammonia | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonitoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
| amnesia | noun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. |
| amniota | noun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoeba | noun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda. |
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