antidisestablishmentarianism

antidisestablishmentarianism (n)

1. A political philosophy opposed to the separation of church and state, esp. opponents in 19th century England against separating the Anglican church from the state.

2. Referred to as an atypically long word for showing intellectual pretence.

apraxia

apraxia (n)

1. Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.

anaphora

anaphora (n)

1. The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.

2. (linguistics) An expression that refers to another expression, especially a preceding one. An example is a pronoun that refers to its antecedent.

anthropomorphic

anthropomorphic (adj)

1. (of inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human entities) Given human attributes.

amative

amative (adj)

1. Pertaining to love; amorous.

algedonic

algedonic (adj)

1. Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.

aboulia

aboulia (n)

1. Absence of will-power or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

alpenglow

alpenglow (n)

1. A rosy or reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow covered mountains.

agon

agon (plural agonies) (n)

1. A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

2. A test of will; a conflict.

3. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.

ablation

ablation (n)

1. A carrying or taking away; removal.

2. (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part; amputation.

3. (geology) The erosion of a glacier.

4. (physics) The dissipation of the heat of re-entry of a spacecraft.

ablate

ablate (vi)

1. To undergo ablation.

ablate (vt)

To remove or decrease something by the process of ablation.

abjure

abjure (vi)

1. To renounce on oath.

abjure (vt)

1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.

2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate.

abberate

aberrate (vi)

To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from).

abberate (vt)

1. To distort; to cause aberration of.

advoke

advoke (vt)

1. To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).

abrogate

abrogate (adj)

1. (obsolete) Abrogated; abolished.

abrogate (vt)

1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

2. To put an end to; to do away with.

affine

affine (adj)

1. (mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.

2. (mathematics) Describing a function expressible as f(x)=ax+b (which is not linear, but is similar).

2. Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.

affine (n)

1. (genealogy) A relative by marriage.

affine (vt)

1. To refine.

Apocalypticism

Apocalypticism (n)

1. A worldview based on the idea that important matters are hidden from view and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude, perhaps pitting good against evil, that will change the course of history.

austral

austral (adj)

1. Of, relating to, or coming from the south.

austral (n)

1. A form of currency in Argentina.

absquatulate

absquatulate (vi)

1. To leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart.

2. To cause to absquatulate.

3. To die.

4. To argue.

avolition

avolition (n)

1. Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.