Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 112
Automatous (a.) Automatic.
Automobilism (n.) 汽車駕駛；汽車運行 The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them.
Automobilist (n.) 常用汽車的人 Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile [syn: {motorist}, {automobilist}].
Automorphic (a.) 【地】自形的；【數】自守的 Patterned after one's self.
Automorphism (n.) 【數】自守；自同構 Automorphic characterization.
Autonomasy (n.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."
Autonomic (a.) 自治的；【生】自律的 Having the power of self-government; autonomous.
Autonomic nervous system (n.) 自律神經系統 The part of the vertebrate nervous system that regulates involuntary activity in the body by transmitting motor impulses to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and the glands. The muscular activity of the heart and of the circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and urogenital systems is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is divided into two parts: the Sympathetic nervous system and the Parasympathetic nervous system.
Autoomist (n.) One who advocates autonomy.
Autonomous (a.) 自治的；自治權的；自主的；【生】獨立存在的；【植】自發的 Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
Autonomous (a.) Having independent existence or laws.
Autonomous (a.) 自治的，有自治權的；自主的，有自主權的 Independent and having the power to make your own decisions.
Autonomy (n.) 自治；自治權；自治團體；有自主權的國家 The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
Autonomy (n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.
Autophagi (n. pl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Autophoby (n.) Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.
Autophoby (n.) The reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical.
Autophony (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
Autoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Autoplasty (n.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
Autopsic (a.) Alt. of Autopsical
Autopsical (a.) Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical.
Autopsorin (n.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
Autopsy (n.) 【醫】屍體解剖，驗屍；現場驗證，實地觀察，親自勘察 Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
Autopsy (n.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.
Autopsy (n.) An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: {autopsy}, {necropsy}, {postmortem}, {post-mortem}, {PM}, {postmortem examination}, {post-mortem examination}].
Autopsy (v.) 驗屍 Perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem.
Autoptic (a.) Alt. of Autoptical
Autoptical (a.) Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
Autoptically (adv.) By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
Autoschediasm (n.) [In British English] Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
Autoschediastic (a.) Alt. of Autoschediastical
Autoschediastical (a.) Extemporary; offhand.
Autostylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
Autotheism (n.) The doctrine of God's self-existence.
Autotheism (n.) Deification of one's self; self-worship.
Autotheist (n.) One given to self-worship.
Autotype (n.) A facsimile.
Autotype (n.) A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
Autotypography (n.) A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.
Autotypy (n.) The art or process of making autotypes.
Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
Autumn (n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn.
Autumn (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
Autumnal (a.) Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
Autumnal (a.) Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Auxanometer (n.) An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
Auxesis (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Auxetic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
Auxiliar (a.) Auxiliary.
Auxiliar (n.) An auxiliary.
Auxiliarly (adv.) By way of help.
Auxiliary (a.) 輔助的；附屬的；從屬的；預備的；後備的 Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
{Auxiliary scales} (Mus.), The scales of relative or attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
{Auxiliary verbs} (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
Auxiliaries (n. pl. ) of Auxiliary
Auxiliary (n.) [C] 輔助者，助手；輔助物；附屬組織，附屬機構；（裝有發動機的）帆船 A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
Auxiliary (n.) (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.
Auxiliary (n.) (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
Auxiliary (n.) (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. -- Math. Dict.
Auxiliary (a.) Functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
Auxiliary (a.) Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary].
Auxiliary (n.) Someone who acts as assistant [syn: aide, auxiliary].
Auxiliatory (a.) Auxiliary; helping.
Ava (n.) Same as Kava.
Avadavat (n.) Same as Amadavat.
Availed (imp. & p. p.) of Avail
Avail (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
The avail of a deathbed repentance. -- Jer. Taylor.
Avail (n.) pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
The avails of their own industry. -- Stoddard.
Syn: Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.
Availing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avail
Avail (v. t.) 有用於；有益於；有助於 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.
O, what avails me now that honor high ! -- Milton.
Avail (v. t.) To promote; to assist. [Obs.] -- Pope.
To avail one's self of, To make use of; take advantage of.
Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. -- Milton.
I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. -- Dickens.
Avail (v. t. & i.) See Avale, v. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Avail (v. i.) 有用；有益，有幫助 [（+against）] 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. "What signs avail ?" -- Milton.
Words avail very little with me, young man. -- Sir W. Scott.
Avail (n.) A means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: avail, help, service].
Avail (v.) Use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources".
Avail (v.) Be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty".
Avail (v.) Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" [syn: avail, help].
AVAIL. Profits of land; hence tenant paravail is one in actual possession, who makes avail or profits of the land. Ham. N. P. 393.
Availabilities (n. pl. ) of Availability
Availability (n.) 有效；有益；可利用性；可得到的東西（或人）；可得性 The quality of being available; availableness.
Availability (n.) That which is available.
Available (a.) 可用的，在手邊的；可利用的 [（+for/ to）]；可得到的，可買到的；有空的，可與之聯繫的 Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.
Available (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 (n.) 可得；有效，可用 Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. [Obs.]
Availableness (n.) Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. -- Sir M. Hale.
Availableness (n.) The quality of being at hand when needed [syn: {handiness}, {accessibility}, {availability}, {availableness}] [ant: {inaccessibility}, {unavailability}].
Avaiably (adv.) 有效用地 In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.
Availment (n.) Profit; advantage. [Obs.]
Avalanche (n.) [C] 雪崩；山崩；突然來到的大量事物 [S1] [（+of）] A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
Avalanche (n.) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
Avalanche (n.) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
Avalanche (n.) A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain.
Avalanche (n.) A sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail".
Avalanche (v.) (v. i.) 崩塌；雪崩般塌落 (v. t.) （因大量湧至而）把……淹沒，使無法應付 Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow [syn: {avalanche}, {roll down}].
Avalanche (n.) [ C ] 雪崩 A large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain.
Avalanche (n.) [ C ] 大量；突然到來的一大批 Too many things that arrive or happen at the same time.
// We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/ phone calls/ complaints.
Avale (v. t. & i.) 使下降；放低；沉下, 流下 To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Avale (v. t. & i.) To bring low; to abase. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
Avale (v. t. & i.) (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.]
And from their sweaty courses did avale. -- Spenser.
Avant- () (Especially with reference to popular music) Original or innovative; avant-garde.
‘Even in avant-rock, a song's words are usually its focus.’
Avant-garde (n.) (Usually the avant-garde) （藝術界）先鋒，前衛派 New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
‘He has been called a promoter of the avant-garde.’
Avant-garde (n.) (Usually the avant-garde) A group of artists, musicians, or writers working with new and experimental ideas and methods.
‘Works by artists of the Russian avant-garde.’
Avant-garde (a.) 前衛的 Favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods.
‘A controversial avant-garde composer.’
Avant (n.) The front of an army. [Obs.] See {Van}.
Avant, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 372
Housing Units (2000): 164
Land area (2000): 0.353989 sq. miles (0.916828 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.353989 sq. miles (0.916828 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03500
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.488660 N, 96.061403 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Avant, OK
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Avant-courier (n.) A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.
Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.
Avarice (n.) 貪婪，貪慾 [U] An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. -- Beattie.
Avarice (n.) An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
All are taught an avarice of praise. -- Goldsmith.
Avarice (n.) Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia].
Avarice (n.) Extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity].
Avaricious (a.) 貪婪的，貪得無厭的 Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.
Usage: Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly desire wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ly, adv. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.
Avaricious (a.) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile].
Avarous (a.) Avaricious.
Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.
Avatar (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Avatar (n.) Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
Avaunce (v. t. & i.) To advance; to profit.
Avaunt (interj.) 【古】滾！ Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To depart; to move away. [Obs.] -- Coverdale.
Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Avaunt (n.) A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Avauntour (n.) A boaster. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ave (n.) An ave Maria.
He repeated Aves and Credos. -- Macaulay.
Ave (n.) (int.) 歡迎；您好；再見 (n.) 歡迎及送別時的客套話 A reverential salutation.
Their loud applause and aves vehement. -- Shak.
AVE (Acronyms) AutoCAD Visualization Extension (carCAD).
Avel (v. t.) To pull away. [Obs.]
Yet are not these parts avelled. -- Sir T. Browne.
Avellane (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. Ave Maria
Avellane (a.) Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts [syn: avellan, avellane].
Ave Maria () Alt. of Ave Mary
Ave Mary () A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.
To number Ave Maries on his beads. -- Shak.
Ave Mary () A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.
Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! -- Byron.