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The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.

raders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

The state of being adult.

Profitableness.

something or become a part of it, though not essential. [R.] Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge.

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.

Colored like bronze.

A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

The science of gliding and soaring flight.

A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.

An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

Same as Ethiops mineral. [Obs.]

Affability.

Affectation.

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.