| ANCIENT | • ancient adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• ancient adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with…
• ancient adj. (historical) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. |
| ANCIENTER | • ancienter adj. comparative form of ancient: more ancient. |
| ANCIENTEST | • ancientest adj. superlative form of ancient: most ancient. |
| ANCIENTLY | • anciently adv. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
• anciently adv. Done long ago. |
| ANCIENTNESS | • ancientness n. The state or quality of being ancient. |
| ANCIENTNESSES | • ancientnesses n. plural of ancientness. |
| ANCIENTRIES | • ancientries n. plural of ancientry. |
| ANCIENTRY | • ancientry n. (archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
• ancientry n. (archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.
• ancientry n. (archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively). |
| ANCIENTS | • ancients n. plural of ancient.
• ancients n. The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers. |
| ANCILE | • ancile n. (historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven… |
| ANCILIA | Sorry, definition not available. |
| ANCILLA | • ancilla n. A maid.
• ancilla n. An auxiliary or accessory. |
| ANCILLAE | • ancillae n. plural of ancilla. |
| ANCILLARIES | • ancillaries n. plural of ancillary. |
| ANCILLARY | • ancillary adj. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
• ancillary n. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
• ancillary n. (archaic) An auxiliary. |
| ANCILLAS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| ANCIPITAL | • ancipital adj. (botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass…
• ancipital adj. Double; doubtful or ambiguous. |
| ANCIPITOUS | • ancipitous adj. Synonym of ancipital. |
Words in black are found in both the twl06 and the sowpods dictionaries; words in red are only in the sowpods dictionary.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org.
