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12,058 words match “MAN”

ALONGSHOREMAN n.
See Longshoreman.
AMANDINE n. 2 definitions
The vegetable casein of almonds.
AMANITA n.
ite spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.
AMANITINE n.
The poisonous principle of some fungi.
AMANUENSIS n.
A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
ANGLOMANIA n.
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
ANGLOMANIAC n.
One affected with Anglomania.
ANTHOMANIA n.
A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]
ANTHRACOMANCY n.
Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
ANTHROPOMANCY n.
Divination by the entrails of human being.
APRON MAN n.
A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.] Shak.
ARCHIMANDRITE n. 2 definitions
A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
ARIMAN n.
See Ahriman.
ARITHMANCY n.
Divination by means of numbers.
ARITHMOMANCY n.
Arithmancy.
ARTILLERYMAN n.
A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
ARTSMAN n.
A man skilled in an art or in arts. [Obs.] Bacon.
ASSEMBLYMAN n.
A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.
ASTRAGALOMANCY n.
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
ASTROMANTIC a.
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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