Avaricious: Definition and part of speech

Avaricious

  1. a. Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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.

Avail: Definition and part of speech

Avail

  1. v. t. & i. See Avale, v.
  2. v. t. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
  3. v. t. To promote; to assist.
  4. v. i. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.
  5. n. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
  6. n. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
  7. 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.

Available: Definition and part of speech

Available

  1. a. Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate.
  2. a. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

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.

Availableness: Definition and part of speech

Availableness

  1. n. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended.
  2. n. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.

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.