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ABNORMALITY n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.
ABOLITION n.
or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
ABOLITIONISM n.
The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
ABOLITIONIST n.
A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
ABOLITIONIZE v.
To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.
ABORIGINALITY n.
The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.
ABSORBABILITY n.
The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).
ACCENDIBILITY n.
Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
ACCENTUALITY n.
The quality of being accentual.
ACCEPTABILITY n.
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.
ACCESSIBILITY n.
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.
ACCIDENTALITY n.
The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.
ACCOUNTABILITY n.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. "The awful idea of accountability." R. Hall.
ACICULITE n.
Needle ore. Brande & C.
ACQUIRABILITY n.
The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.
ACROLITH n.
A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood. Elmes.
ACROLITHAN; ACROLITHIC a.
Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.
ACROPOLITAN a.
Pertaining to an acropolis.
ACTINOLITE n.
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
ACTINOLITIC a.
Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.
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