Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

On or at the top.

A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.

Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.

Melancholy; atrabilious.

Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.

Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.

Black, like ink; inky; atramental.

Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

To surpass in council.

To outrun.

Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

Of or pertaining to an atrium.

the type genus of the Atrichornithidae.

a antural family comprising the scrubbirds.

relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.

Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor. Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails. Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

a genus of plants of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae); its members include species called orach and saltbush.

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.

A kind of ch/topod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious guilt or deeds.

the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.

Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

a genus of plants of the nightshade family, including the belladonna (Atropa belladonna).

Relating to atrophy.

Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.

To waste away; to dwindle.

Same as Atropine.

A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.

Not inverted; orthotropous.

Coal-black; very black.

A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.

See Atabal.

An attachment.

Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

A flat, rectangular, usually rigid briefcase commonly used to carry documents for business purposes.

fastened together.

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.

Capable of being attacked.

affected by disease.

One who attacks.

A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.

See Yataghan.

Attainment.

The quality of being attainable; attainableness.

Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.

The quality of being attainable; attainability.

The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

A touch or hit.

Attainder; attainture; conviction.

Attainder; disgrace.

Same as Attle.

To pierce; to attack.

To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.

A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.

To taste or cause to taste.

a type of skewer with an ornamental handle which is used for holding foods for presentation at the table, but not while cooking.

To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.

A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

Temperance; attemperament.

To attemper.

The act of attempering or regulating.

Temperately.

Attemperament.

A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.

One who attempts; one who essays anything.

Disposed to attempt; adventurous.

To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.

Attention; regard; careful application.

The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.

One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.

Intent.

One who, or that which, attends.

An attendant circumstance.

Attention; heed.

An attempt; an assault.

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.

seizing the attention

of or pertaining to attention.

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

the quality of paying careful attention; attentiveness to detail.

Attentively.

Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent. A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.

Made thin or slender.

The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.

Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore.

A spider.

To fill up with alluvial earth.

The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.

Witness; testimony; attestation.

a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

Of the nature of attestation.

Attesting; furnishing evidence.

One who attests.

A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence: A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

Attic.

A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.

To side with the Athenians.

Touching; bordering; contiguous.

To touch lightly.

Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.

Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attire; adornment.

One who attires.

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

Relating to attitude.

One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.

One who practices attitudes.

Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.

Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle.