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238 words match “MAB”

ACCORDANT a.
Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.
ACCORDANTLY adv.
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
ACCORDINGLY adv.
Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak.
ACCUSABLE a.
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
ACETAL n.
A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
ADJUST v.
To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
AGREE v.
To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
AGREEABLE a.
Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with. That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange.
AGREEABLY adv.
In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4. The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.
ALKARSIN n.
A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
ALLOPATHICALLY adv.
In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
AMMONIAC; GUM AMMONIAC n.
has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
ANGLICIZE v.
To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
ANNUL v.
the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.
ANSWERABLE a.
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.
ARITHMETICALLY adv.
Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
ARTISTIC; ARTISTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.
ASBESTIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.
ATTICIZE v.
To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
AUTOMOBILE n.
y. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging from the run-about to the touring car,…
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