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Advocation
n.
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Advowson.
Advocation
n.
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The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Advocatory
a.
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Of or pertaining to an advocate.
Advoke
v. t.
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To summon; to call.
Advolution
n.
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A rolling toward something.
Advoutrer
n.
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An adulterer.
Advoutress
n.
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An adulteress.
Advoutry
n.
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Alt. of Advowtry
Advowtry
n.
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Adultery.
Advowee
n.
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One who has an advowson.
Advowson
n.
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The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
Advoyer
n.
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See Avoyer.
Adward
n.
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Award.
Adynamia
n.
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Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.
Adynamic
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
Adynamic
a.
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Characterized by the absence of power or force.
Adynamy
n.
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Adynamia.
Adyta
pl.
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of Adytum
Adytum
n.
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The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Adz
n.
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Alt. of Adze
Adze
n.
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A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
Adz
v. t.
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To cut with an adz.
Ae
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Alt. of Ae
Ae
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A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
Aecidia
pl.
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of Aecidium
Aecidium
n.
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A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
Aedile
n.
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A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
Aedileship
n.
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The office of an aedile.
Aegean
a.
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Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
Aegicrania
n. pl.
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Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.