Helen Fenton

Abaculus: Definition and part of speech

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Abaculus

  1. n. A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

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.

Abactinal: Definition and part of speech

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Abactinal

  1. a. Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; — opposed to actinal.

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.

Aback: Definition and part of speech

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Aback

  1. n. An abacus.
  2. adv. Toward the back or rear; backward.
  3. adv. Behind; in the rear.
  4. adv. Backward against the mast; — said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

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.