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avaricious

adjective · immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

Example: they are avaricious and will do anything for money

avaritia

noun · reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

aver

verb · to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Example: Before God I swear I am innocent

averment

noun · a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

avertible

adjective · capable of being avoided or warded off

aviate

verb · operate an airplane

Example: The pilot flew to Cuba

aviation medicine

noun · the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight)

avidly

adverb · in an avid manner

Example: whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information

avidness

noun · a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

avocado tree

noun · tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

avouch

verb · admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

avow

verb · admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

avowedly

adverb · as acknowledged

Example: true, she is the smartest in her class

awake

adjective · not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

Example: lay awake thinking about his new job

awfully

adverb · used as intensifiers

Example: terribly interesting

awhile

adverb · for a short time

Example: sit down and stay awhile

awkward

adjective · socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

Example: awkward and reserved at parties

axially

adverb · with respect to an axis

Example: the jet was directed axially toward the cathode

axillary

adjective · of or relating to the armpit

Example: axillary gland

axis

noun · the center around which something rotates

axon

noun · long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

ayapana triplinervis

noun · low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

ayatollah ruholla khomeini

noun · Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)

aythya marila

noun · large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male

azido radical

noun · the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid

baby-like

adverb · like a baby

Example: he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms

baby-wise

adverb · like a baby

Example: he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms

baby's bed

noun · a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling

babylonian

adjective · of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

Example: Babylonian religion

bacchic

adjective · used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Example: a night of bacchanalian revelry

back and forth

adverb · moving from one place to another and back again

Example: he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York

background noise

noun · extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal

backslap

verb · display excessive cordiality (towards)

Example: he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings

backtrack

verb · retrace one's course

Example: The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back

backward and forward

adverb · moving from one place to another and back again

Example: he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York

backwards

adverb · at or to or toward the back or rear

Example: he moved back

bacteriacide

noun · any chemical agent that destroys bacteria

bacterially

adverb · by bacteria

Example: spreads bacterially

bad

adjective · feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

Example: my throat feels bad

badger state

noun · a midwestern state in north central United States

badly

adverb · (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

Example: he was ill prepared

bail out

verb · remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side

bairava

noun · epithet of Siva

Example: the terrible Bairava

bald-faced

adjective · unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times- Bertrand Russell

Example: an audacious trick to pull

baldrick

noun · a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip

bale out

verb · remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side

balefully

adverb · in a baleful manner

Example: she looked at him balefully

ball over

verb · surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Example: I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

ballyrag

verb · be bossy towards

Example: Her big brother always bullied her when she was young

balmily

adverb · in a mildly insane manner

Example: the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily

balsamic

adjective · of or relating to or containing balsam

Example: a balsamic fragrance

banefully

adverb · in a noxiously baneful way

Example: this banefully poisoned climate

bang

adverb · directly

Example: he ran bang into the pole