Adunc
curved inward; hooked.
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- Adust
dried or darkened as by heat. burned; scorched. archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood. historical examples go, ye chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young chimera, adust middle-aged one! the french revolution thomas carlyle he was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home. romola george eliot adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt […]
- Aduwa
a town in n ethiopia: italians defeated 1896. historical examples it is called in bornou, bitu; and in haussa, aduwa and tinku, both tree and fruit. narrative of a mission to central africa performed in the years 1850-51, volume 2 james richardson noun a town in n ethiopia: emperor menelik ii defeated the italians here […]
- Advaita
one of the two princ-p-l vedantic schools, -sserting the existence of brahman alone, whose appearance as the world is an illusion resulting from ignorance. compare (def 2). historical examples in fact the advaita philosophy countenances emotional theism only as an imperfect creed and not as the highest truth. hinduism and buddhism, vol i. (of 3) […]
- Advance directive
a living will or durable power of attorney in which a person states his or her wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of mental incompetency or an inability to communicate. contemporary examples to be air tight, you need something called an “advance directive.” how to avoid brain death purgatory dr. anand veeravagu, md, robert […]
- Advance corporation tax
noun a former uk tax in which a company paying a dividend had to deduct the basic rate of income tax from the grossed-up value of the dividend and pay it to the inland revenue act