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Atrip

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.

Atriplex

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

Atrium

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.

Atrocha

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

Atrocious

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

Atrocity

Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

Atropa

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

Atrophied

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

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.

Atropism

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

Atrypa

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

Attachable

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

Attache

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

attache case

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

Attachment

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.

Attack

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

Attagen Attagas

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

Attainable

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.

Attainder

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.

Attainment

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

Attar

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

Attask

To take to task; to blame.

attelet

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

Attemper

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

Attempt

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.

Attemptable

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.

Attempter

One who attempts; one who essays anything.

Attend

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.

Attendancy

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

Attendant

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

Attender

One who, or that which, attends.

Attention

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.

Attentive

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

attentiveness

the quality of paying careful attention; attentiveness to detail.

Attenuant

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

Attenuate

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

Attenuation

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

Atter

Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore.

Atterration

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

Attest

Witness; testimony; attestation.

Attestant

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

Attestation

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.

Attic

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.

Atticism

A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.

Attire

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

Attired

Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attitude

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

Attitudinize

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

Attle

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

Attollent

Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle.

Attorn

To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.

Attorney

To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

Attorney-general

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required.

Attorneyism

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

Attorneyship

The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.

Attornment

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord.

Attractable

Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.

Attraction

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Attractive

That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

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