Name Report For First Name ADIN:

ADIN

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

Rhymes with ADIN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ADIN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ADƯN AS A WHOLE:

adina adinah adinam adine bernadina bernadine conradine madina nadina nadine thadina conradin garadin reading kadin thadine conradina dynadin

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADƯN (According to last letters):

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

din yerodin abbudin aladdin pheredin jaedin sineidin aldin brandin camdin hardin haydin holdin kaydin nodin odin kaherdin

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

fatin yasmin brengwain camarin maolmin delbin kristin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin ihrin adwin akin alafin kayin abdul-muhaimin amin husain mazin muhsin yasin agravain alain custennin erbin mabonagrain taliesin tortain txomin zadornin fiamain rivalin ashlin garvin quentin guerin bain banain bealantin cerin coinleain giollanaebhin guin nevin slevin constantin nopaltzin ollin tepiltzin zolin alin calin catalin codrin cosmin costin dorin florentin sorin armin pirmin quirin pin tin airrin aislin aubrin bevin brin cailin caitlin catlin charmain cristin dubhain dylin eadlin eathelin edlin

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADƯN (According to first letters):

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

adi adia adianna adib adiba adibe adiella adil adila adilah adilene adima adio adir adira adiran adisa aditi aditya adiv adiva

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 ade adeben adeela adeen adel adela adelaide adelajda adelbert adele adelhard adelheid adelheide adelia adelina adelinda adeline adelisa adelise adelita adella adelle

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADƯN:

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

aahan aaralyn aaron aban abarron abban abbotson abdalrahman abdiraxman abdul-rahman abedabun abeodan abhainn ablendan abooksigun abran abrecan accalon acennan achan acheron ackerman actaeon acteon acwellen adelynn aden adetoun adken adkyn adnan adon adoracion adorjan adriaan adrian adrien adrion adron aedon aekerman aesclin aesctun aescwyn aeshan aeson aethelbeorn aethelisdun aethelstan aethelstun aetheston aethretun afton agamemnon agiefan agoston agrican aguistin agustin agyfen ahearn aheawan ahebban aherin ahern ahreddan ahren ahriman aibhlin aidan aidann aideen aiden aidrian aiekin aiken aikin ailean aileen ailein ailen ailin ailison ain aislinn aislynn aiston aitan akhenaten al-asfan alan alanson albern alberteen albin albion alburn alcmaeon aldan alden

English Words Rhyming ADIN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ADƯN AS A WHOLE:

abradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrade

aladinistnoun (n.) One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

ambuscadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambuscade

aggradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrade

badinagenoun (n.) Playful raillery; banter.

barricadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barricade

beadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
 noun (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
 noun (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.

beheadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behead

bespreadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespread

blockadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blockade

brigadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brigade

broadspreadingadjective (a.) Spreading widely.

cannonadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cannonade

cappadinenoun (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

cleadingnoun (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.
 noun (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

crusadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crusade
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.

defiladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defilade
 noun (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.

degradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degrade

dissuadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissuade

dreadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dread

enfiladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfilade

escaladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escalade

evadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evade

fadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fade
 noun (n.) Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.
 noun (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
 adjective (a.) Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.

farmsteadingnoun (n.) A farmstead.

fusilladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fusillade

gallopadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallopade

gasconadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasconade

gliadinnoun (n.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.

goadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goad

gradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grade
 noun (n.) The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

gradinnoun (n.) Alt. of Gradine

gradinenoun (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.
 noun (n.) A toothed chised by sculptors.

gradinonoun (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.

grenadinenoun (n.) A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.
 noun (n.) A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.

headingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Head
 noun (n.) The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
 noun (n.) That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
 noun (n.) Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
 noun (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
 noun (n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
 noun (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

headinessnoun (n.) The quality of being heady.

impleadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implead

incarnadineadjective (a.) Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color.
 verb (v. t.) To dye red or crimson.

inroadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inroad

invadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invade

jadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jade

kneadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knead

ladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lade
 noun (n.) The act of loading.
 noun (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.

ladinnoun (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
 noun (n.) A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.

ladinonoun (n.) One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
 noun (n.) The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.
 noun (n.) A cunningly vicious horse.
 noun (n.) A ladin.

leadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
 noun (n.) Suggestion; hint; example.
 adjective (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.

loadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Load
 noun (n.) The act of putting a load on or into.
 noun (n.) A load; cargo; burden.

masqueradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masquerade

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


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


amidinnoun (n.) Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

biliverdinnoun (n.) A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

cantharidinnoun (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

dinnoun (n.) Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
 noun (n.) To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.
 noun (n.) To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
 verb (v. i.) To sound with a din; a ding.
  (imp.) of Do

earthdinnoun (n.) An earthquake.

elaidinnoun (n.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

eleidinnoun (n.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

emodinnoun (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

goldinnoun (n.) Alt. of Golding

haematoidinnoun (n.) Same as Hematoidin.

hematoidinnoun (n.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein.

hesperidinnoun (n.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

ichthidinnoun (n.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

indinnoun (n.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.

juglandinnoun (n.) An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.

morindinnoun (n.) A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).

mucedinnoun (n.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also mucin.

muscardinnoun (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.

myeloidinnoun (n.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.

neuridinnoun (n.) a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.

odinnoun (n.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden, of the German tribes.

paladinnoun (n.) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.

ricinelaidinnoun (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.

turacoverdinnoun (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

thermodinnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.

tuberculocidinnoun (n.) A special substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.

urrhodinnoun (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.

verdinnoun (n.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.

xyloidinnoun (n.) A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.

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


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


adiabaticadjective (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat.

adiactinicadjective (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.

adiantumnoun (n.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

adiaphorismnoun (n.) Religious indifference.

adiaphoristnoun (n.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical.

adiaphoristicadjective (a.) Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.

adiaphoritenoun (n.) Same as Adiaphorist.

adiaphorousadjective (a.) Indifferent or neutral.
 adjective (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.

adiaphorynoun (n.) Indifference.

adiathermicadjective (a.) Not pervious to heat.

adieunoun (n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
 adverb (interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

adipescentadjective (a.) Becoming fatty.

adipicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

adipocerationnoun (n.) The act or process of changing into adipocere.

adipocerenoun (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

adipoceriformadjective (a.) Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

adipocerousadjective (a.) Like adipocere.

adiposenoun (n.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

adiposenessnoun (n.) Alt. of Adiposity

adipositynoun (n.) The state of being fat; fatness.

adipousadjective (a.) Fatty; adipose.

adipsousadjective (a.) Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

adipsynoun (n.) Absence of thirst.

aditnoun (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
 noun (n.) Admission; approach; access.

adipogenousadjective (a.) Producing fat.

adipolysisnoun (n.) The digestion of fats.

adipolyticadjective (a.) Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action.

adipomanoun (n.) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADƯN:

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

abacinationnoun (n.) The act of abacinating.

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

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

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

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

abannationnoun (n.) Alt. of Abannition

abannitionnoun (n.) Banishment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

abeliannoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

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

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

abevacuationnoun (n.) A partial evacuation.

abietinnoun (n.) Alt. of Abietine

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

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

abjudicationnoun (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence.

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

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

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

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

ablegationnoun (n.) The act of sending abroad.

abliguritionnoun (n.) Prodigal expense for food.

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

abluvionnoun (n.) That which is washed off.

abnegationnoun (n.) a denial; a renunciation.

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

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

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

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

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

abrenunciationnoun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

abreptionnoun (n.) A snatching away.

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

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

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

abscisionnoun (n.) See Abscission.

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

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

absinthiannoun (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

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

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

absorbitionnoun (n.) Absorption.

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

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

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

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

abstrusionnoun (n.) The act of thrusting away.

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

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

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

acacinnoun (n.) Alt. of Acacine

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

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

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

acalephannoun (n.) One of the Acalephae.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

acceptionnoun (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning.

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

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

acclimatationnoun (n.) Acclimatization.

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

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

accombinationnoun (n.) A combining together.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

acervationnoun (n.) A heaping up; accumulation.

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

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

achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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