Helen Fenton

Avoidance: Definition and part of speech

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Avoidance

  1. n. The courts by which anything is carried off.
  2. n. The act of annulling; annulment.
  3. n. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; — specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
  4. n. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  5. n. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Avoider: Definition and part of speech

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Avoider

  1. n. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
  2. n. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aviary: Definition and part of speech

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Aviary

  1. n. A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Avicula: Definition and part of speech

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Avicula

  1. n. A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; — so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.