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Aery

A/rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.

AEsculapian

Pertaining to /sculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

AEsir

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

AEsthesia

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of an/sthesia.

AEsthesodic

Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

AEsthete

One who makes much or overmuch of /sthetics.

AEsthetical AEsthetic

Of or Pertaining to /sthetics; versed in /sthetics; as, /sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.

AEstheticism

The doctrine of /sthetics; /sthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.

AEstival

Of or belonging to the summer; as, /stival diseases.

AEstivation

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

AEstuous

Glowing; agitated, as with heat.

AEthogen

A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.

Aethrioscope

An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

Aetiological

Pertaining to /tiology; pertaining to the cause; assigning a cause.

aetiology etiology

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things; etiology.

Afar

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

Afer

The southwest wind.

Affability

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

Affable

Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.

Affably

In an affable manner; courteously.

Affabrous

Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.

Affair

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. /At the head of affairs./ Junius.

Affamish

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger.

Affect

Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

Affectation

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Affected

Regarded with affection; beloved.

Affectedly

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Affecter

One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.

Affecting

Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.

Affectingly

In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

affection

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

Affectional

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Affectionate

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Affectively

In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

Afferent

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

Affiance

Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

affiance

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

Affiancer

One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Affiche

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

Affidavit

A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

Affiliable

Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

Affiliate

To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

Affiliation

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

Affinal

Related by marriage; from the same source.

Affined

Joined in affinity or by any tie.

Affirm

To declare or assert positively.

Affirmable

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Affirmance

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

Affirmation

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

Affirmative

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.

affirmative action

a policy of making active efforts to improve the employment or educational opportunities available to members of minority groups or women; -- achieved by employers or schools by using various techniques, but excluding the use of simple quotas or outright discrimination against white males.

Affirmatively

In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

Affix

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

affixal

of or pertaining to an affix.

affixed

attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed.

Affixture

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

Afflation

A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.

Afflicting

Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.

Affliction

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

Afflictive

Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Affluence

A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.

Affluent

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Afflux

A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

Afforce

To re/nforce; to strengthen.

Afford

To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

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