Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 33
Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. -- Spenser.
Aftercrop (n.) A second crop or harvest in the same year. -- Mortimer.
After damp () An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
Carbonic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
Carbonic acid (Chem.), An acid HO.CO.OH, not existing separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephitic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure, and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being retained and the oxygen given out.
Carbonic oxide (Chem.), A colorless gas, CO, of a light odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
carbon dioxide.
After-dinner (n.) The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." -- Shak. [Obs.]
After-dinner (a.) Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
After-eatage (n.) Aftergrass.
Aftereye (v. t.) To look after. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. -- Wotton.
Aftergame at Irish, An ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. -- Beau. & Fl.
After-glow (n.) A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
Aftergrass (n.) The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. -- J. S. Mill.
Afterguard (n.) (Naut.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. -- Totten.
After-image (n.) The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
Afterings (n.) (pl.) The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. [Obs.] -- Grose.
Aftermarket (n.) (North American) 【美】修配用零部件市場；後繼市場；零件市場；售後市場 The market for spare parts, accessories, and components for motor vehicles.
[As modifier] ‘Aftermarket security gadgets.’
Aftermarket (n.) [Stock Market] The market for shares and bonds after their original issue.
Aftermarket (n.) [C] (Commerce, Production) (Also After-market) The selling of new parts for cars that have already been manufactured.
// Aftermarkets for automotive parts in North America are booming.
// The auto-dealer was looking for after-market auto parts.
// Firstly, it does not apply to bull bars in the aftermarket, that is to say those that are fitted subsequently to cars.
// Liberalisation of the aftermarket will strengthen competition, will tend to exert downward pressure on prices and will widen consumer choice.
Aftermath (n.) 後果，餘波；事件結束後的一段時期 [S1] [（+of）]；再生草 [C] A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. -- Holland.
Aftermath (n.) The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath}, {wake}, {backwash}].
Aftermath (n.) The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual [syn: {consequence}, {aftermath}].
Aftermath (n.) A right to have the last crop of grass or pasturage. 1 Chit. Pr. 181.
Aftermath (n.) A second-growth crop.
Aftermath (n.) Consequence, result.
Aftermath (n.) The period immediately following a usually ruinous event.
Aftermath (n.) A second growth or crop in the same season, as of grass after mowing.
Aftermath (n.) [ S ] （不愉快事件）結束後的一個時期；（不愉快事件的）後果 The period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes.
// Many more people died in the aftermath of the explosion.
After-mentioned (a.) Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).
Aftermost (a.) 最後頭的；最靠近船尾的 Hindmost; -- opposed to {foremost}.
Aftermost (a.) (Naut.) Nearest the stern; most aft.
Aftermost (a.) Located closest to the stern or tail.
Afternoon (n.) The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
Afternoon (n.) The part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park".
Afternoon (n.) A conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good afternoon, afternoon].
After-note (n.) (Mus.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
Afterpains (n. pl.) (Med.) The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. AS
Afterpains (n.) Pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus.
Afterpiece (n.) 劇終後的短笑劇 A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
Afterpiece (n.) (Naut.) 【造船】舵盤腳 The heel of a rudder.
Afterpiece (n.) A brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play.
Afterpulsing (n.) [U] (physics) 寄生脈衝；殘留脈衝 The production of afterpulses due to feedback in a photon detector.
Afters (n.) 正餐後的甜食A dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert, sweet, afters].
After-sails (n.) (Naut.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. -- Totten.
After-school (a.) 課外的 Outside regular school hours. a special after-school class.
Aftersensation (n.) (Psychol.) 後覺A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.
Aftersensation (n.) An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased [syn: afterimage, aftersensation].
Compare: Hypoptilum
Hypoptilum (n.; pl. Hypoptilums.) (Zool.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.
Aftershaft (n.) (Zool.) The hypoptilum.
Aftershaft (n.) （鳥）後羽；副羽 A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds.
Aftertaste (n.) 回味；餘韻；餘波，餘恨 A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
Aftertaste (n.) An afterimage of a taste.
Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought.
Afterthought (n.) An action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; -- as, to do something as an afterthought.
Afterthought (n.) A feature or part added to a device, not thought of in its original design. Afterwards
Afterthought (n.) Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink].
Afterthought (n.) An addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought."
Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
Afterwards (adv.) Alt. of Afterward.
Afterward (adv.) At a later or succeeding time.
Afterwise (a.) Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
After-wit (n.) Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
After-witted (a.) Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
Aftmost (a.) Nearest the stern.
Aftward (adv.) Toward the stern.
Aga (n.) Alt. of Agha.
Agha (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.
Again (adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again.
Again (adv.) Another time; once more; anew.
Again (adv.) Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
Again (adv.) In any other place.
Again (adv.) On the other hand.
Again (adv.) Moreover; besides; further.
Again (prep.) Alt. of Agains.
Agains (prep.) Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
Againbuy (v. t.) To redeem.
Againsay (v. t.) To gainsay.
Against (prep.) 對，對抗，反對；防備，預防；以…為背景，在…的襯托下，與…相比 Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
Against (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
Againstand (v. t.) To withstand.
Againward (adv.) Back again.
Agalactia (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy.
Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Agalactous (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with.
Agal-agal (n.) Same as Agar-agar.
Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochum.
Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.
Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
Agama (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Agamis (n. pl. ) of Agami.
Agami (n.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
Agamic (a.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.
Agamic (a.) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
Agamically (adv.) In an agamic manner.
Agamist (n.) An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.
Agamogenesis (n.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
Agamogenetic (n.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union.
Agamous (a.) (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In (Bot.), cryptogamous.
Agamous (a.) (Of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction [syn: agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic].
Aganglionic (a.) (Physiol.) Without ganglia.
Agape (adv. & a.) Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
Agapae (n. pl. ) of Agape.
Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.
Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
Agaric (n.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.
Agaric (n.) An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Agasp (adv. & a.) In a state of gasping.
Agast (v. t.) Alt. of Aghast.
Aghast (v. t.) To affright; to terrify.
Agast (p. p. & a.) See Aghast.
Agastric (a.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
Agate (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Agate (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Agatiferous (a.) Containing or producing agates.
Agatine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, agate.
Agatize (v. t.) To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.
Agaty (a.) Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.
Agave (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ({Agave Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years, according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Agave (n.) Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave, century plant, American aloe].
Agazed (p. p.) Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [Obs.]
The whole army stood agazed on him. -- Shak.
Age (n.) The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
Mine age is as nothing before thee. -- Ps. xxxix. 5.
Age (n.) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
Age (n.) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. -- Shak.
Age (n.) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. -- Shak.
Age (n.) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age. -- Abbott.
Note: In the United States, both males and females are of age when twenty-one years old. Some rights, such as that of voting in elections, are conferred earlier.
Age (n.) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. -- Abbott.
Age (n.) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles. "The spirit of the age." -- Prescott.
Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness. -- Milton.
Note: Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic and neolithic), the Bronze age, and the Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements.
See Augustan, Brazen, Golden, Heroic, Middle.