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676 words match “SMIT”

ACCORDANT a.
ctly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.
ACCUMULATE v.
ll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.
ACHROMATIC a.
Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
ACROCERAUNIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.
ACTION n.
The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. Grove. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.…
ADDRESS v.
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
ADIACTINIC a.
Not transmitting the actinic rays.
ADORN v.
10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.
ADULTERINE a.
roper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.
AFFLUENCE n.
n; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith.
AFFRIGHT n.
erhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.
AFTER prep.
fter, to name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith.
AGREEABLE a.
ks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith.
AGREEABLY adv.
agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.
ALIAS adv.
f any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
ALLIANCE n.
es; affinity. The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. C. J. Smith. The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. Mansel.
AMAZE v.
verwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.
AMPHICTYONIC a.
or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith.
ANOPHELES n.
ves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.
ANSEROUS a.
Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.
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