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1,627 words match “LEY”

ABSTORTED a.
Wrested away. [Obs.] Bailey.
ABSTRACT v.
perform the process of abstraction. [R.] I own myself able to abstract in one sense. Berkeley.
ABSTRINGE v.
To unbind. [Obs.] Bailey.
ACADEMIC; ACADEMICAL a.
, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.
ACCEDE v.
the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.
ACCIPIENT n.
A receiver. [R.] Bailey
ACCOMMODATION n.
ions from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley.
ACCORDANCY n.
Accordance. [R.] Paley.
ACCOST n.
Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.
ACCROACHMENT n.
An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey.
ACCUMB v.
To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.
ACCUSTOMARY a.
Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.
ACERBITUDE n.
Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.
ACERVOSE a.
Full of heaps. [R.] Bailey.
ACH; ACHE n.
A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] Holland.
ACICULATE; ACICULATED a.
Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley.
ACOLYTE n.
ne who attends; an assistant. "With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes." Motley.
ACQUIET v.
To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.
ACQUIRABILITY n.
The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.
ACROCERAUNIAN a.
ountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.
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