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1. abhomināble adj.

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Of a thing, a sight, a disease, an action, etc.: physically loathsome, disgusting, repulsive; abhominable to the stomak, nauseating. …

2. ablā̆tī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: ablative
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(a) The ablative (case) of Latin; a noun or adjective in the ablative case; (b) in a pun (with ref. to L ablātiō a taking away & ablāt-um taken away, stolen): carried off, stolen; ablatif cas, the……

3. āble adj.

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(a) Of persons: capable of doing something, expert in an art or science, qualified to practice a trade or profession, skilful, competent; able maister, able werkman; of a woman: old enough to marry……

4. abǒund adj.

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(a) Existing in great quantity, overflowing; (b) possessing in quantity, rich (in gold, etc.); -- with of; (c) full (of mercy, blossoms, etc.); -- with of or with; (d) bountiful, generous. …

5. abǒundaunt adj.

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(a) Present or existing in great number or quantity, many, much, abounding; also, overabundant, excessive; of shot: thick, fast; of waters: overflowing; (b) of fruitfulness, gifts, grace, mercy……

6. absent adj. (& n.)

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(a) Not in a particular place, not present, absent; -- often with fro, from; (b) of things, qualities, etc.: absent, lacking, non-existent. …

7. abstractī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of nouns: abstract (as opposed to concrete). …

8. acceptāble adj.

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(a) Of things, actions, ideas, etc.: agreeable, pleasing -- often with to, tofore, unto; acceptable in the sight of, pleasing in the sight of, agreeable to (sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable; time……

9. accessī̆ble adj.

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Capable of being approached, accessible. …

10. ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.

Additional spellings: accusatif
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(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas). …

11. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: active
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication. …

12. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……

13. acū adj.

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Acute (fever). …

14. adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adjective
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Gram. (a) Adjectival; noun adjectif, an adjective; verb adjectif, a verbal noun or adjective; (b) as noun: adjective. …

15. adoptī̆f adj.

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By adoption; sone adoptif, adopted son. …

16. adversatī̆f adj.

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Gram. Of a conjunction: adversative. …

17. adverse adj.

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Contrary, opposing, opposed, hostile; of fortune: unfavorable; adverse part(i, the opposing side in war, a lawsuit, etc. …

18. affectī̆f adj.

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(a) Pertaining to the emotions or to the will; affectif parti; (b) = effectif; affectif cause, efficient cause. …

19. affectūǒus adj.

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(a) Eager, earnest; (b) loving, affectionate, well-disposed. …

20. agrest, -a adj. & n.

Additional spellings: agresta
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(a) Uncultivated, wild (plant); (b) win agrest, agresta, verjuice. …

21. āliēn, ālien adj.

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(a) Of nationality, domicile, or provenience: foreign (ruler, merchant, etc.); foreign (country); foreign (goods, ship, etc.); (b) of a religious establishment: granted or subject to a foreign……

22. ambiciǒus adj.

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(a) Overbearing, arrogant, over-ambitious; -- also as noun; (b) craving, yearning; ambicious of, eager for (sth.). …

23. amēne adj.

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Pleasant, gentle. …

24. anglēr adj. as n.

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A cornerstone or quoin; also fig.; square angler, such a stone cut to a right angle; angler skouchon, cut to an obtuse angle [cp. scochoun shield]. …

25. annuē̆l adj. & n.

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(a) Of income, rent, a feast, etc.: yearly, annual; (b) of service: lasting a year, by the year; (c) of persons: engaged or appointed by the year; (d) annuel prest, a priest who performs anniversary……

26. apert adj.

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(a) Plain, evident, obvious; in apert, in appearance; maken apert, make clear or manifest; (b) apert fol, plain or outright fool; king apert, a king in fact; apert justice, plain or sheer justice. …

27. appellatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: appellative
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Of a noun: designating one of a class, common (noun). …

28. ap(p)odiātī̆f adj.

Additional spellings: appodiatif
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Supporting. …

29. Arābien, -ian adj. & n.

Additional spellings: Arabian
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(a) Arabian; an Arab; (b) a religious sect [see quot.]. …

30. Arabī̆k adj. & n.

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(a) Arabic; Arabik tonge; (b) gomme Arabik, gum Arabic. …

31. arāble adj.

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Fit for tillage; arable lond, arable land, land under cultivation. …

32. ardaunt adj.

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(a) Burning with desire or passion; fervent, ardent, passionate ; (b) ?also, ?controlled, ?ordinate [?error for, or aberrant form of, ordeined ppl.] …

33. arǧent n. & adj.

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(a) Silver, silver coin; cash (specifying a cash price as opposed to a discounted price or price paid in installments); (b) her. silver-colored, silver-gilt; (c) vif argent, argent vif, [L argentum……

34. arrogaunt adj.

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Presumptuous, overweening. …

35. aspre adj.

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(a) Harsh: harsh (words); sharp, severe (pain, grief), angry (mood); cruel (experience, fate); fierce (conflict); cruel, savage (people); (b) of wine: harsh to the taste, dry. …

36. a(u)nǧelīk adj.

Additional spellings: aungelik
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(a) Resembling an angel, befitting an angel, angelic; (b) belonging or pertaining to the angels; (c) consisting of angels; (d) done by an angel; angelik salutacioun, Gabriel's salutation, the Ave……

37. auricūlēr adj.

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Of confession: spoken into the ear, private. …

38. aust adj.

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Worthy of honor, august. …

39. austēre, austē̆rne adj.

Additional spellings: austerne
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(a) Of persons, speech, manner: harsh, severe, stern; (b) rigorously moral, austere; (c) grim, fierce. …

40. autentī̆k adj.

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Worthy of belief or acceptance, reliable, trustworthy; true, authoritative: (a) of opinions, statements, books, stories, etc.; (b) of persons. …

41. averǒus adj.

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(a) Miserly; as noun: a miser; (b) covetous, greedy; of an action: motivated by greed; of a condition or quality: caused by greed; (c) eager to get (news), desirous; (d) of the bowels: constipated. …

42. bai adj.

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Reddish-brown, bay (horse); light bai, blak bai. …

43. bā̆s adj.

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(a) Low, not high; bas chamber, a room ?with high ceiling, ?on the ground floor; (b) low-lying; bas marches, lowlands; table bas, the ground course of projecting stones; bas veine, the basilic vein……

44. beneficial adj.

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Of a law, a grant, letters patent, etc.: favorable, helpful, advantageous (to sb.). …

45. benevolent adj.

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(a) Well-disposed, friendly, helpful; --of persons or actions; (b) as noun: a well-wisher, a benefactor. …

46. bē̆stiā̆l adj.

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(a) Of an animal, pertaining to one of the lower animals; (b) belonging to the animal kingdom, animal (as opposed to vegetable and mineral). …

47. bọ̄n, bōn adj.

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Good, goodly; -- rare, except in set phrases or rimes; also common in French names, such as Bon-ami, bon chose, bon homme, bon sire, Le bon. …

48. brẹ̄f adj.

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(a) Of time: short, brief; (b) of an action or cause: of short duration, transient; (c) quick-acting, urgent. …

49. Britǒun n. & adj.

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(a) A native of the British Isles, a Celt; Britones se, the Britons' (or Bretons') Sea = Brittish se, the English channel; (b) a Breton; (c) a Breton apple. …

50. cadūc adj.

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(a) Of fruit: about to fall, tending to fall too early; (b) having the falling sickness, epileptic; (c) transitory, mutable, perishable; of a book: ready to disintegrate. …

51. callǒus adj.

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Surg. Of flesh, skin, etc.: hardened, pathologically hard. …

52. canicūlēr adj.

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Controlled by the Dog Star (Sirius); caniculer daies, the dog days (from late July to early September); as noun: the caniculeres, the dog days. …

53. capitā̆l adj.

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(a) Of the head, for the head; capital plastre, emplastre capital, a salve for head injuries; capital poudre, pulver capital, a medicinal powder used on head wounds; capital vein, a vein in the thumb……

54. caprīne adj.

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Of a goat or goat-like. …

55. captī̆f n. & adj.

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(a) A captive or prisoner; (b) imprisoned, enslaved; also fig. …

56. carminātī̆f adj.

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Med. Having the property of dispersing wind in the body. …

57. carnā̆l adj.

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(a) Bodily, physical, human, mortal, earthly; (b) worldly, temporal; also, sinful; (c) by blood relationship; carnal frend, kinsman; (d) sensual, sexual; carnal knouing, carnal knouleche, sexual……

58. carnǒus adj.

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Of a part of the body: consisting of flesh, fleshy. …

59. cartilāǧinǒus adj.

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(a) Made of cartilage; (b) full of cartilage, containing cartilage. …

60. casūē̆l adj.

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(a) Due to chance, accidental; also, trivial, transitory; (b) uncertain, unpredictable; of charges, expenses, revenues, etc.: irregular, not fixed in amount, not falling at any prescribed time; (c)……

61. causatīf adj. as n.

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Cause. …

62. cavernǒus adj.

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(a) Having caverns; (b) having a sinus; (c) hollow. …

63. celestīn(e adj.

Additional spellings: celestine
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(a) Celestial; cercle celestin, the primum mobile; (b) sky-blue; (c) as noun: a celestial being. …

64. cerimoniāl adj. & n.

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Belonging to religious ceremony or ritual; ceremonial; -- distinguished from judicial and moral. …

65. certificatōrie adj. & n.

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A certifying letter or document, a certificate; lettre certificatorie. …

66. chāste adj.

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Sexually pure (as defined by Christian doctrine): (a) virginal, abstinent, continent, chaste; (b) as noun: a virgin (man or woman); (c) true or faithful (to one's mate). …

67. chẹ̄r adj.

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(a) Of things: precious, prized, valuable; luxurious (temple); (b) of persons: worthy, esteemed, noble; -- also as noun. …

68. chienīne adj.

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Like a cur or mongrel. …

69. cirurǧic(al adj.

Additional spellings: cirurgical
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Pertaining to the science or practice of surgery, surgical. …

70. citrīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: citrine
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(a) Reddish or brownish yellow; orange, amber [distinguished from yellow]; (b) orange or yellow; pome citrin, a citrus fruit; ozimus (ocimum) citrin, a medicinal plant, perhaps lemon basil Ocimum X……

71. civīl(e adj.

Additional spellings: civile
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(a) Pertaining to a body politic or its members; civil lordship, civil might, political or secular authority or power; civil office, public office; civil profit, public benefit; (b) befitting a……

72. clericāl adj.

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Learned. …

73. cōēgāl adj.

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Coeval. …

74. coi adj. (& adv.)

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(a) Quiet, modest, demure; reserved, reticent, discreet; as adv.: quietly; (b) beren, holden, kepen (oneself) coi, to keep still or quiet; be peaceable; (c) in names. …

75. colerik adj.

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(a) Having the nature of the 'humor' colre; (b) of an organ: dominated by colre; (d) of the 'humor' blood: mixed with colre. …

76. colik adj. & n.

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(a) Affecting the colon; suffering with colic; (b) as noun: a disease characterized by severe abdominal pain, the colic. …

77. collaterāl adj.

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(a) Lying alongside, adjoining; (b) accompanying, concomitant; (c) subsidiary, subordinate, less important; (d) law collateral (security); added (provision). …

78. collectī̆f adj.

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(a) Collective (noun); (b) comprehensive (term). …

79. columbīne adj. & n.

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Gentle or innocent as a dove; meek, demure. …

80. comestible adj.

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Fit for consumption, edible. …

81. com(m)endātī̆f adj.

Additional spellings: commendatif
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letter comendatif, a letter of recommendation or commendation. …

82. commū̆nāl adj.

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Common or unanimous (consent). …

83. commū̆n(e adj.

Additional spellings: commune
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(a) Owned or used jointly, shared; haven commun, own (sth.) jointly; commun to (til), shared by; (b) of characteristics, destiny, etc.: common (to all, etc.); haven commun with, have (sth.) in common……

84. comparāble adj.

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(a) Equally worthy or valuable, equal (to sth.); (b) comparable, similar. …

85. concordāble adj.

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Consonant, appropriate (example). …

86. concūpiscīble adj.

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Pertaining to desire. …

87. condicionāl, -ēl adj.

Additional spellings: condicionel
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Depending on a condition or circumstance; contingent, conditional. …

88. condīgne adj.

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(a) Of equal dignity or rank; (b) worth, worthy; (c) distinguished. …

89. conǧelatīf adj.

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Physiol. Producing 'cold' quality. …

90. conglūtinatī̆f adj. & n.

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(a) Of a medicine: having the property of closing wounds or knitting fractured bones by producing a glutinous substance; (b) a medicine having this property. …

91. conjunctī̆f adj.

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(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying. …

92. consolidatīf adj. & n.

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Of a medicine: having the property of promoting cicatrization or closing of a wound; as noun: a medicine of such properties. …

93. constaunt adj.

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(a) Steadfast, unwavering; constaunt as a wal; also, even-tempered; (b) unshakable, courageous; patient; (c) persistent, devoted; constaunt faith, loyalty. …

94. constrictī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. (& n.)

Additional spellings: constrictive
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(a) Of medicines: having the property of thickening and thus arresting the discharge of bodily fluids; (b) of a bandage or truss: restraining or preventing a discharge or distention. …

95. contāǧiǒus adj.

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(a) Contaminating or contaminated (air, water); harmful, noxious; (b) contagious (disease), communicable. …

96. contemplātī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: contemplaive
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(a) Of a person: devoted to the contemplation of the Divinity and the divine order (as a monk or recluse); (b) as noun: a person so devoted; (c) a devotee (of the devil). …

97. contemptīble adj.

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(a) Lowly, humble, unworthy; (b) despicable, contemptible. …

98. continūē̆l adj.

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Of states, events, or actions: continuous, uninterrupted, not intermittent; constant, permanent; recurrent; (b) of formal arguments: drawn out, sustained. …

99. contūmax adj.

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Obstinately disobedient to, or defiant of, authority, or treated as such. …

100. contūmēliǒus adj.

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Insolent, arrogant. …

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