<B>aux armes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) to arms! </DL>
<A NAME="auxesis">
<B>auxesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Biology.) the growth of cells by expansion instead of division. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Rhetoric.) the use of a more unusual and high-sounding word for the ordinary and proper word. </DL>
<B>auxiliary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>giving help or support; helping; assisting. <BR> <I>Ex. Some sailboats have auxiliary engines. The chief sent only auxiliary firemen to put out the fire.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>additional; subsidiary. <BR> <I>Ex. an auxiliary purpose. The main library has several auxiliary branches.</I> (SYN) subordinate, supplementary. <DD><B> 3. </B>designed to take the place of the normal apparatus should that break down or fail; kept in reserve or as a substitute. <BR> <I>Ex. an auxiliary lighting system.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>having an engine as well as sails. <BR> <I>Ex. an auxiliary schooner.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a person or thing that helps; aid. <BR> <I>Ex. The microscope is a useful auxiliary to the human eye.</I> (SYN) accessory. <DD><B> b. </B>a group subsidiary to the main body. <BR> <I>Ex. a men's club with a ladies' auxiliary.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=auxiliaryverb.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>auxiliaries,</B> </I>foreign or allied troops that help the army of a nation at war; mercenaries. <BR> <I>Ex. The Roman Empire depended largely on auxiliaries for its defense.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="auxiliarylanguage">
<B>auxiliary language,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a language, such as pidgin English or Interlingua, used as a means of communication among persons who do not speak each other's native language. </DL>
<A NAME="auxiliaryverb">
<B>auxiliary verb,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a verb used to form the tenses, moods, or voices of other verbs; helping verb; verbal auxiliary. <I>Be, can, do, have, may, must, shall,</I> and <I>will</I> are auxiliary verbs. (Examples:) I <I>am</I> going; he <I>will</I> go; they <I>are</I> lost; they <I>must</I> stop. </DL>
<A NAME="auxin">
<B>auxin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) any hormone of a group synthesized in the protoplasm of the young, active parts of plants, which regulates plant growth and development. </DL>
<A NAME="auxochrome">
<B>auxochrome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) any group of atoms capable of making a chromogen into a dye or pigment. </DL>
<A NAME="auxospore">
<B>auxospore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reproductive cell of a diatom. </DL>
<A NAME="auxotroph">
<B>auxotroph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an organism, especially a bacterium or mold, which through genetic recombination cannot grow on a medium on which its parents could grow because of its requirement of substances the medium does not contain. </DL>
<A NAME="auxotrophic">
<B>auxotrophic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an auxotroph. </DL>
<B>A.V.</B> or <B>AV</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>atrioventricular. <DD><B> b. </B>auriculoventricular. <DD><B> 2. </B>Authorized Version (of the Bible). </DL>
<A NAME="av">
<B>A/V</B> (no periods) or <B>a.v.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ad valorem. </DL>
<A NAME="ava">
<B>ava</B> (1) or <B>ava', </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) of all; at all. </DL>
<A NAME="ava">
<B>ava</B> (2), noun. =kava.</DL>
<A NAME="avadavat">
<B>avadavat, </B>noun. =amadavat.</DL>
<A NAME="avail">
<B>avail, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to be of use or value to; help. <BR> <I>Ex. Your greatest efforts will not avail you now. Money will not avail you after you are dead.</I> (SYN) benefit. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be of use or value; help. <BR> <I>Ex. Talk will avail little without work.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> help; use; benefit. <BR> <I>Ex. Of what avail is crying over spilt milk? I complained at being scolded, but to no avail.</I> (SYN) profit, advantage, usefulness. <BR><I>expr. <B>avail oneself of,</B> </I>to take advantage of; profit by; make use of; employ. <BR> <I>Ex. While traveling in France, heavailed himself of the opportunity to learn French.</I> adv. <B>availingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="availability">
<B>availability, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being available; capability of being used; being at hand; being ready. <BR> <I>Ex. The availability of water power helped make New England a manufacturing center.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person, object, or facility that is available. </DL>
<A NAME="available">
<B>available, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that can be used. <BR> <I>Ex. The saw is not available for the job; Father is using it.</I> (SYN) usable, obtainable, handy. <DD><B> 2. </B>that can be had. <BR> <I>Ex. All available tickets were sold.</I> (SYN) accessible. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) valid. <BR> <I>Ex. available rights.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) of avail; beneficial. <DD><I>noun </I> an available person or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the leading availables for the party's Presidential nomination (New York Times).</I> noun <B>availableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="availably">
<B>availably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an available manner; so as to be used or had readily. </DL>
<A NAME="avalanche">
<B>avalanche, </B>noun, verb, <B>-lanched,</B> <B>-lanching.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large mass of snow and ice, or of dirt and rocks, rapidly sliding or falling down the side of a mountain. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything like an avalanche. <BR> <I>Ex. The reporters asked the governor an avalanche of questions. An avalanche of books fell off the shelf.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to move like an avalanche. </DL>
<A NAME="avalanchediode">
<B>avalanche diode,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a semiconductor in which a certain applied voltage causes electric charges to gain such an influx of energy that they begin a rapid generation of new charge carriers, with a resulting increase in current. </DL>
<A NAME="avalanchelily">
<B>avalanche lily,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a delicate, white flower which blooms profusely in high mountain meadows as soon as the snow melts. </DL>
<A NAME="avalement">
<B>avalement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of skiing fast on turns by leaning far back on one's haunches while thrusting the skis all the way forward. </DL>
<A NAME="avalon">
<B>Avalon</B> or <B>Avallon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Celtic Legend.) an ocean island in the west, an earthly paradise to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried after death, and where Morgan le Fay held her court. Also, <B>Avilion.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="avantcourier">
<B>avant-courier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who goes in advance, as a herald. <BR><I>expr. <B>avant-couriers,</B> </I>the advance guard of an army. <BR> <I>Ex. Having suffered 2000 of the enemies' horse (the avant-couriers of the Turks' army) to pass by him ... (Richard Knolles).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="avantgarde">
<B>avant-garde, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a group of people, especially in the arts, who are ahead of all others in using or creating new ideas, methods, designs, or styles. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with an avant-garde. </DL>
<A NAME="avantgardism">
<B>avant-gardism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs and practices of the avant-garde; adherence to or disposition toward avant-garde beliefs or methods. <BR> <I>Ex. literary avant-gardism.</I> noun <B>avant-gardist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="avar">
<B>Avar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a Ural-Altaic people prominent in southeastern Europe during the early Middle Ages, now living in the Caucasus. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Caucasian language of this people. </DL>
<A NAME="avarice">
<B>avarice, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> too great a desire to acquire money or property; greed for wealth. (SYN) avidity, cupidity. </DL>
<A NAME="avaricious">
<B>avaricious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> greatly desiring money or property; like a miser; greedy for wealth. (SYN) covetous. adv. <B>avariciously.</B> noun <B>avariciousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="avascular">
<B>avascular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having few or no blood vessels or lymphatics. </DL>
<A NAME="avast">
<B>avast, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) stop! stay! hold it!. <BR> <I>Ex. "Avast there!" shouted the sailor on watch.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="avatar">
<B>avatar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>(Hinduism.) the descent of a god to earth in bodily form; incarnation. <DD><B> b. </B>one of the ten appearances of Vishnu in human form. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any manifestation in bodily form; embodiment. <BR> <I>Ex. He sees himself quite simply as a kind of technological avatar, come for the liberation of mankind (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="avaunt">
<B>avaunt, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) begone! get out! go away!. <BR> <I>Ex. Avaunt, she cried, offensive to my sight! (Alexander Pope).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="avdp">
<B>avdp.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> avoirdupois. </DL>
<A NAME="ave">
<B>ave, </B>interjection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>interj. </I> hail! farewell! <DD><I>noun </I> a shout of welcome or farewell. </DL>
<A NAME="ave">
<B>Ave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the prayer Ave Maria. <DD><B> b. </B>a saying of this prayer. <DD><B> c. </B>the time for saying it. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rosary bead; an Ave Maria. </DL>
<A NAME="ave">
<B>Ave.</B> or <B>ave.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Avenue; avenue. </DL>
<A NAME="aveatquevale">
<B>ave atque vale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) hail and farewell! </DL>
<A NAME="avecplaisir">
<B>avec plaisir,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) with pleasure. </DL>
<A NAME="avellan">
<B>avellan, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) designating a kind of cross resembling four filberts in their husks, joined at their larger ends. </DL>
<A NAME="avemaria">
<B>Ave Maria,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. </B>"Hail Mary," the first words of the Latin form of a prayer of the Roman Catholic Church. <DD><B> b. </B>this prayer. <DD><B> c. </B>a saying of this prayer; an Ave. <DD><B> 2. </B>the time for saying it. <DD><B> 3. </B>a rosary bead. </DL>
<A NAME="avemary">
Ave Mary, =Ave Maria.</DL>
<A NAME="avenaceous">
<B>avenaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like oats. <DD><B> 2. </B>belonging to the same genus as the oat. </DL>
