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1: Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976) [syn: {Alvar Aalto}, {Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto}]

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aare}, {Aare River}]

1: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata [syn: {ant bear}, {anteater}, {Orycteropus afer}]

1: striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects [syn: {Proteles cristata}] [also: {aardwolves} (pl)]

{aardwolf}

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aar}, {Aare River}]

1: a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine [syn: {Aare}, {Aar}]

1: port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland [syn: {Arhus}]

1: United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) [syn: {Henry Louis Aaron}, {Hank Aaron}] 2: (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high pri...

1: United States politician who served as Vice President under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: {Burr}]

1: United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) [syn: {Copland}]

1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches [syn: {common mullein}, {great mullein}, {flannel mull...

1: an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens [syn: {Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons}]

1: an associate degree in applied science [syn: {Associate in Applied Science}]

1: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens [syn: {type AB}, {group AB}] 2: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {Bachelor of Arts}, {BA}, {Artium Baccalaurens}] 3: th...

1: at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange" [syn: {initially}, {at first}, {at the start}]

1: a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs 2: a fabric woven from goat and camel hair [syn: {aba cloth}]

1: a fabric woven from goat and camel hair [syn: {aba}]

1: an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself [syn: {bank identifica...

1: a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines [syn: {Manila hemp}, {Manilla hemp}] 2: Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc [...

{abacus}

1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

1: (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated [ant: {actinal}]

1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave 2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in g...

1: a port city in southwestern Iran

1: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see wha...

1: any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior [syn: {ear-shell}]

1: a unit of current equal to 10 amperes [syn: {abampere}]

1: a unit of current equal to 10 amperes [syn: {abamp}]

1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: {wantonness}, {unconstraint}] 2: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness...

1: no longer inhabited; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" 2: left desolate or empty; "an abandoned child"; "their deserted wives and children"; "an abandoned shack"; "deserted villages" [syn...

1: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown [syn: {foundling}]

1: someone for whom hope has been abandoned

1: a ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: {derelict}]

1: the act of giving something up [syn: {forsaking}, {desertion}] 2: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [s...

1: dislocation of a joint

1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: {humiliate}, {mortify}, {chagrin}, {humble}]

1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: {degradation}, {abjection}] 2: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: {humiliation}]

1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn: {embarrass}]

1: feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums" [syn: {chagrined}...

1: feeling embarrassed due to modesty [syn: {bashfulness}]

1: inability to walk

1: abasia due to trembling of the legs

1: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn: {abatic}]

1: capable of being abated

1: a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless); "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law"

1: make less active or intense [syn: {slake}, {slack}] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: {let up}, {slack off}, {slack}, {die away}]

1: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: {suspension}, {respite}, {reprieve}, {hiatus}] 2: the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"

1: (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance [syn: {nuisance abatement}]

1: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn: {abasic}]

1: decreasing in amount or intensity [syn: {subsiding}]

1: line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abattis}]

1: line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abatis}]

1: a building where animals are butchered [syn: {butchery}, {shambles}, {slaughterhouse}]

1: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" [syn: {dorsal}] [ant: {adaxial}]

1: in an abaxial manner [ant: {adaxially}]

1: (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women

1: an urban hit squad and guerrila group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s [syn: {Alex Boncayao Brigade}, {Revolutionary Proletarian Army}, {RPA-ABB}]

1: the jurisdiction or office of an abbot

1: of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess