1) a mensa et thoro,"a kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife."

2) abase,"to lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.-to cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade."

3) abiogenesis,"the supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis."

4) abiogenist,one who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

5) abortion,"the act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.-the immature product of an untimely birth.-arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.-any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion."

6) abstemious,"abstaining from wine.-sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.-sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.-marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.-promotive of abstemiousness."

7) abstraction,"the act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.-the act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. so, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.-an idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.-a separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.-absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.-the taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.-a separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation."

8) acetabulifera,"the division of cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the dibranchiata. see cephalopoda."

9) acetabuliferous,"furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc."

10) acme,the top or highest point; the culmination.-the crisis or height of a disease.-mature age; full bloom of life.

11) actuary,"a registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.-the computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances."

12) adolescence,"the state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. sometimes used with reference to the lower animals."

13) adultery,"the unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.-adulteration; corruption.-lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.-faithlessness in religion.-the fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.-the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.-injury; degradation; ruin."

14) advanced,"of advance-in the van or front.-in the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.-far on in life or time."

15) adventure,"that which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.-risk; danger; peril.-the encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.-a remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.-a mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.-to risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.-to venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.-to try the chance; to take the risk."