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Word Meanings - ADRIFT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.

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  • AGOUARA
    The crab-eating raccoon , found in the tropical parts of America.
  • DISPERSION
    The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values
  • CONFUSIVE
    Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
  • AGO
    Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago. (more info) by, AS. agan to pass away; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning
  • AGONOTHETE
    An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.
  • CONFUS
    Confused, disturbed. Chaucer.
  • AGONY
    1. Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. 2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • DAZZLEMENT
    Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.
  • DISTRACTED
    Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • ASTIR
    Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
  • APARTMENT HOUSE
    A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.
  • APARTNESS
    The quality of standing apart.
  • DISPERSED
    Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony , harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.
  • CONFUSE
    1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
  • LOOSEN
    Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening
  • AGOING
    In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
  • CONFUSABILITY
    Capability of being confused.
  • MYSTAGOGY
    The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
  • ISAGOGE
    An introduction. Harris.
  • HIPPOPHAGOUS
    Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
  • LAGOON
    1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. Lagoon
  • PHAGOCYTE
    A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up , in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
  • EMENAGOGUE
    See EMMENAGOGUE
  • HARPAGON
    A grappling iron.
  • VAGOUS
    Wandering; unsettled. Ayliffe.
  • BEDAZZLE
    To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.
  • GALACTOPHAGOUS
    Feeding on milk.
  • PENDRAGON
    A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.
  • PARAGOGE
    The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.
  • MYSTAGOGIC; MYSTAGOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.
  • MELANAGOGUE
    A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • SAGOIN
    A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.
  • WAGON
    The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two g's , chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used.

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