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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.

Afforest

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

Affrap

To strike, or strike down.

Affray

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.

Affreight

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

Affreighter

One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Affreightment

The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

Affret

A furious onset or attack.

Affricate

A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.

Affright

Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

Affrightment

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.

Affront

An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Affronte

Face to face, or front to front; facing.

Affronter

One who affronts, or insults to the face.

Affrontive

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.

Affusion

The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.

Affy

To trust or confide.

Afghan

A native of Afghanistan.

Afghani

a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.

Afield

To, in, or on the field.

Aflame

In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

Aflat

Level with the ground; flat.

Aflaunt

In a flaunting state or position.

Afloat

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Afoam

In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.

Afore

Before (in all its senses).

Aforehand

Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.

Aforesaid

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Afoul

In collision; entangled.

Afraid

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

Afresh

Anew; again; once more; newly.

African

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

African wild dog

a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.

African-American

an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent.

Africander

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a /colored/ mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

Africanism

A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.

Africanize

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

Afro-American

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture.

Afro-Asian

of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.

afro-wig

a wig that gives the appearance of an afro hairdo.

Afrocarpus

dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.

Afront

In front; face to face. In front of.

afropavo

an African fowl genus; both sexes are brightly colored.

Aft

Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

After

Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.

After-dinner

The time just after dinner. Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.

After-glow

A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

After-image

The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

After-mentioned

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

After-note

One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

After-sails

The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.

After-wit

Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

afterbirth

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, when they are expelled from the womb after delivery.

Aftercast

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

Afterclap

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Aftercrop

A second crop or harvest in the same year.

Aftergame

A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.

Aftergrass

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Aftergrowth

A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.

Afterguard

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.

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