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15,442 words match “AB”

ALPHABETARIAN n.
A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft.
ALPHABETIC; ALPHABETICAL a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
ALPHABETICALLY adv.
In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.
ALPHABETICS n.
The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
ALPHABETISM n.
The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. Encyc. Brit.
ALPHABETIZE v. 2 definitions
To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
ALTERABILITY n.
The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
ALTERABLE a.
Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.
ALTERABLENESS n.
The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
ALTERABLY adv.
In an alterable manner.
AMABILITY n.
Lovableness. Jer. Taylor.
AMASSABLE a.
Capable of being amassed.
AMELIORABLE a.
Capable of being ameliorated.
AMENABILITY n.
The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge.
AMENABLE a. 4 definitions
Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob.
AMENABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
AMENABLY adv.
In an amenable manner.
AMENDABLE a.
Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.
AMERCEABLE a.
Liable to be amerced.
AMETABOLA n.
A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [Written also Ametabolia.]
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