Athirst
A‐thirst″ (�), a. [OE. ofthurst, AS. ofpyrsted, p. p. of ofpyrstan; pref. of-, intensive + pyrstan to thirst. See Thirst.] 1. Wanting drink; thirsty.2. Having a keen appetite or...
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Athlete
Ath″lete (�), n. [L. athleta, Gr. � prizefighter, fr. � to contend for a prize, �, Hom. �, contest, � prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athlète.] 1. (Antiq.) One who co...
Athletic
Ath′let″ic (�), a. [L. athleticus, Gr. �. See Athlete.] 1. Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.2. Befitting an athle...
Athleticism
Ath‐let″i‐cism (�), n. The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Athletics
Ath‐let″ics (�), n. The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
Athletism
Ath″le‐tism (�), n. The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
Athrepsia
‖A‐threp″si‐a (?), n.(Med.) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings. — A‐threp″tic (#), a.
Athwart
A‐thwart″ (�), prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.] 1. Across; from side to side of.Athwart the thicket lone.Tennyson.2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing at...
Athwart (2)
A‐thwart″, adv. 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.Spenser.2. Across the course; so as to thw...
Atilt
A‐tilt″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.] 1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. “To run atilt at men.” Hudibras.2. In the positio...
Atimy
At″i‐my (�), n. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � honor.] (Gr. Antiq.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford.
Atlanta
‖At‐lan″ta (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
Atlantal
At‐lan″tal (�), a.(Anat.) (a) Relating to the atlas. (b) Anterior; cephalic. Barclay.
Atlantean
At′lan‐te″an (�), a. [L. Atlant�us.] 1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.2. Pertaining to, or resembling, ...
Atlantes
‖At‐lan″tes (�), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. �, pl. of �. See Atlas.] (Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; — called also telamones. See Car...
Atlantic
At‐lan″tic (�), a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes.] 1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Af...
Atlantides
‖At‐lan″ti‐des (�), n. pl. [L. See Atlantes.] The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
Atlas
At″las (�), n.; pl.Atlases (�). [L. Atlas, -antis, Gr. �, �, one of the older family of gods, who bears up the pillars of heaven; also Mt. Atlas, in W. Africa, regarded as the p...
Atlas (2)
At″las, n. A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. Brande & C.
Atlas powder
At″las pow″der. A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.
Atman
‖At″man (?), n. [Skr. ātman.] (Hinduism) (a) The life principle, soul, or individual essence. (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a Europe...
Atmiatry
At‐mi″a‐try (?), n. [Gr. � vapor + � medical treatment, healing.] Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.
Atmidometer
At′mi‐dom″e‐ter (�), n. [Gr. �, �, smoke, vapor + -meter; cf. F. atmidomètre.] An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.
Atmo
At″mo (�), n. [Contr. fr. atmosphere.] (Physics) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which ...
Atmologic
{ At′mo‐log″ic (�), At′mo‐log″ic‐al (�), } a. Of or pertaining to atmology. “Atmological laws of heat.” Whewell.
Atmologist
At‐mol″o‐gist (�), n. One who is versed in atmology.
Atmology
At‐mol″o‐gy (�), n. [Gr. � vapor + -logy.] (Physics) That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.