Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Avogadrian Of or pertaining to Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian physicist, or his work. avogadrite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium. Avogadro Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist avoid To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun. avoidability The possibility of avoiding; the state or condition of being avoidable. avoidable Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. avoidableness Avoidability. avoidably In a manner so as to be avoidable. avoidance The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. avoidant Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something. avoidantly In an avoidant manner. avoider One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. avoiding Avoidance. avoidless Unavoidable; inevitable. avoidment Avoidance. avoirdupois The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300. avoision Nonpayment of tax that cannot clearly be seen as either tax avoidance, which is legal, or tax evasion, which is illegal. Avokaya a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern South Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo avoke To call back again or revoke avolate To escape; to dissipate into the air. avolation Evaporation; dissipation into the air. avolatte An avocado latte avolition Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy. avolitional Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower. Avometer a highly accurate multimeter having a deadbeat needle and anti-parallax mirror Avon A river in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol, England; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth. Avonbridge A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9172). Avoncliff A small village in Westwood parish, west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8059). Avondale A city in Arizona. Avonmore A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia Avonmouth An urban area and port in the city and county of Bristol, England, at the mouth of the river Avon. Avonside A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. Avonsleigh A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia Avonwick A village in North Huish parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7158). avonymic Derived from one's grandfather. avoparcin A glycopeptide antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces candidus, that is used to treat farm animals. avore before avornin Synonym of frangulin. Avory A surname. avosentan A particular endothelin receptor antagonist. avosetta The avocet, especially the pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta). avotermin human recombinant TGF-β3, a cytokine involved in cell differentiation, embryogenesis and development avouch To declare freely and openly; to assert. avouchable Capable of being avouched. avoucher One who avouches. avouchment The act of avouching. avourneen darling, sweetheart avouterer An adulterer. avow To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. avowable Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence. avowableness The state or quality of being avowable. avowably In an avowable manner. avowal An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge. avowance An act of avowing; an avowal. avowant The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. avowed openly acknowledged avowedly With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification. avowedness The state or quality of being avowed. avower A person who avows avowry The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods. avowtry adultery Avoyel A member of a small Native American tribe who at the time of European contact inhabited land near the mouth of the Red River at its confluence with the Atchafalaya River near present-day Marksville, Louisiana. avoyer A chief magistrate of various free imperial cities or cantons of Switzerland. AvPDer Someone with avoidant personality disorder. Avraam A transliteration of the Greek male given name Αβραάμ (Avraám). Avraham A male given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Abraham. Avrahamic Abrahamic, relating to Abraham. Avram A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abram. Avranches A commune in Manche department, Normandy, France. Avrechy A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. Avreigh A female given name, variant of Avery. Avreos A transliteration of the Greek male given name Αβραίος (Avraíos). avrianismos A faction of the press in Greece in the era of 1980-1990 that employed yellow press/tabloid tactics, i.e., salacious revelations concerning the private life of politicians for sociopolitical relevance. avridine An immunostimulant drug. Avrig A town and river in Sibiu County, Romania. Avril A female given name from French, equivalent to English April. AVs The Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team. avsunviroid Any viroid in the family Avsunviroidae. Avtar A surname from the Indo-Aryan languages. Avtonom A transliteration of the Russian male given name Автоно́м (Avtonóm). avtur Jet fuel (fuel used by aircraft turbine engines). Avudim A transliteration of the Russian male given name Авуди́м (Avudím). avulavirus Any member of the genus Avulavirus of viruses that infect birds. avulse To tear off forcibly. avulsed Having been torn off, as in an avulsion. avulsion The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma. avulsive Of or pertaining to an avulsion. avuncuclan A societal structure, where sons are raised by their maternal uncles. avuncular In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle. avuncularism An avuncular attitude. avuncularity The condition of being avuncular. avuncularly In an avuncular way. avunculate The relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons. avunculicide The killing of one's uncle. avunculocal Characterized by couples living with the husband's maternal uncle. avunculocality The practice of a newly-married couple living in the household of the husband's maternal uncle avunculocally In an avunculocal manner. Avundy A transliteration of the Russian male given name Аву́ндий (Avúndij). avutometinib A drug that is a potential treatment for cancer. Avuvi Synonym of Basenji. Avvampato A surname from Italian. avvocato An Italian lawyer. aw Used to express disappointment or dismay. awa Kava, specifically Piper methysticum. Awaba A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Awabakal A people indigenous to New South Wales, Australia. awabancha A kind of Japanese fermented tea. awabi Sushi made from abalone. AWACS An aircraft that contains an AWACS system; especially, the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Awad A surname. Awada A surname from Arabic. Awadallah A surname from Arabic. Awadh A historical region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Awadhesh An epithet of Shri Rāma. Awadhi Of or relating to Awadh in India. awag Wagging. await To wait for. awaitable Able to be executed in an asynchronous manner, with the caller receiving any result at a later stage. awaiter One who awaits. awaitingly In an awaiting manner. Awaitlala A particular Kwakiutl tribe. awaitment The process of waiting for something. Awaji An island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. awakable Able to be awoken. awake Not asleep; conscious. awakedness The state or quality of being awaked. awaken To cause to become awake. awakenable Able to be awoken. awakened Having been woken up. awakenedness The state or quality of being awakened. awakener One who, or that which, awakens. awakeness The quality or state of being awake awakening Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting awakeningly In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations. awakenment An awakening. awaker One who awakes. awaking Synonym of awakening. AWALT A surname. awameh a popular Middle Eastern and Levantine dessert of crunchy, fried dough balls soaked in sweet syrup Awamoan An age from 20 to 17.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Miocene. awamori A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice via distillation. Awan The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees. awanting missing; wanting; deficient or absent Awanyu A Tewa deity, the guardian of water, represented as a horned or plumed serpent. awapuhi Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family. awara The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon Rainforest region. award A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. awardable Capable of being awarded. awardee The recipient of an award or special honor. awarder One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire.