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-Sane
- - One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, etc.) which yield pentoses on hydrolysis.
Abase
- verb - belittles
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- undermine
Abate
- verb - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- make less active or intense
Adage
- noun - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- proverb
Agape
- adjective - (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
- selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
- with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
Agate
- noun - An agate (US) or ruby (UK) is a unit of typographical measure. It is 5.5 typographical points, or about 1⁄13 inch (1.94 mm).
- an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
Agave
- noun - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Agaze
- adjective - (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes"
Alate
- adjective - (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree"
Amate
- - To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.