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-Ation
- - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
Aachen
- noun - a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
Aahing
- verb - express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents"
Aaliis
- noun - a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
Aarhus
- noun - port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland
Baaing
- verb - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
Babble
- noun - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
- gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
- utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
Babels
- noun - (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
- a confusion of voices and other sounds
Babery
- - Finery of a kind to please a child.
Babied
- verb - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"