predic. Adj. - level with the surface of, and just covered by, water.

- (foll. By with) overflowing, abounding.

adj. - colloq. Very bad or unpleasant (has awful writing; awful weather).

- (attrib.) As an intensifier (awful lot of money).

- poet. Inspiring awe.

past of *awake.

adj. Of, forming, or placed round an axis.

n. - established or accepted principle.

- self-evident truth. axiomatic adj. [greek axios worthy]

—n. - member of the native mexican people overthrown by the spanish in 1519.

- language of this people. —adj. Of the aztecs or their language. [nahuatl, = men of the north]

—n. - deep sky-blue colour.

- poet. Clear sky. —adj. Deep sky-blue. [arabic]

n. (pl. -cuses) 1 frame with wires along which beads are slid for calculating.

- archit. Flat slab on top of a capital. [latin from greek from hebrew]

n. (pl. -ies) office or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [latin: related to *abbot]

n. Head of a community of nuns.