any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent.

One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.

the membranous outer covering of an organ or blood vessel.

of or pertaining to adventitia.

Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.

A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.

Relating to the season of advent.

To try the chance; to take the risk.

Given to adventure.

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

recklessness in politics or foreign affairs.

of or pertaining to adventurism.

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

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

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

The quality of being adverbial.

To give the force or form of an adverb to.

In the manner of an adverb.

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

Hostile.

Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.

An adversative word.

To oppose; to resist.

In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.

The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.

A turning towards; attention.

Opposition; contrariety.

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

Attentive; heedful; regardful.

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.

called to public attention.

The act of informing or notifying; notification.

One who, or that which, advertises.

a communication publicly promoting some product or service.

same as advertise.

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets.

The quality of being advisable; advisableness.

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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

With advice; wisely.

To consider; to deliberate.

Carefully thought out; likely to be the best course; -- said of actions. Often used in combination; as, ill-advised, well-advised.

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

One who advises.

The office of an adviser.

Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

give bad advice to

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

To act as advocate.

Office or duty of an advocate.

The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

Of or pertaining to an advocate.

To summon; to call.

An adulterer.

An adulteress.

One who has an advowson.

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

Adultery.

See Avoyer.

Award.

Considerable debility of the vital powers; asthenia.

Pertaining to, or characterized by adynamia; weak.

Adynamia.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

To cut with an adz.

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

The office of an /dile.

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Same as Egophony.

A medical certificate that a student is ill.

an extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; -- fossils were found in Egypt.

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

Colored like bronze.

the Irish god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women.

Of or pertaining to /olia or /olis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; /olic; as, the /olian dialect.

a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.

/olian, 1; as, the /olic dialect; the /olic mode.

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.

An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.

Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; having properties with different values along different axes; not isotropic. In specialized contexts, synonymous with anisotropic.

Difference of quality or property in different directions.

The god of the winds, in ancient mythology.

A period of immeasurable duration. See Eon.

An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

Eternal; everlasting; lasting for an indefinitely long time; immortal; not subject to death. Opposite of mortal.

African antelopes: impalas.

coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes.

huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.

A gigantic (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird, of which fossils were found in Madagascar.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification; -- of a liquid

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, a/ration of soil, of spawn, etc.

That which supplies with air or gas An apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.

A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, a/rial regions or currents; the a/rial maneuvers of a fighter plane.

an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.

any orchid of the genus Aerides.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

of or pertaining to aeronautics or aircraft.

an organism such as a microorganism that requires oxygen for life or growth.

physical exercises performed in a sustained and strenuous fashion designed to cause a temporary increase in respiration rate and heart rate, such a running, swimming, walking, or calisthenics. Calisthenic sessions in groups, performed by following a leader in moving to a rhythmic musical accompaniment, are a popular form of aerobics.

the resistance caused by a gas to the motion of a solid body moving through it. Studied in aerodynamics.

The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.

a heavier-than-air aircraft; same as aeroplane. Contrasted with aerostat.

A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.

The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.

One versed in a/ography: an a/rologist.