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-Ation
- - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
Abator
- noun - a person who abates a nuisance
Abloom
- adjective - bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees"
Abrood
- - In the act of brooding.
Abydos
- noun - an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
Acajou
- - The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew. (b) The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
Accloy
- - To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
Acetol
- - Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same.
Acinos
- noun - plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha