n. 1. a baseball game in which one team's pitchers allow the opposing team only one hit.
Syn. -- one-hitter [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits.
Syn. -- two-hitter [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits.
Syn. -- three-hitter [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits.
Syn. -- four-hitter [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.
Syn. -- five-hitter [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } pos>n. [ F. abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See Abate. ] (Fort.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Abattoirs [ F., fr. abattre to beat down. See Abate. ] A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abetment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor is one who incites or encourages to the act, without sharing in its performance. An accessory supposes a principal offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an offense, nor present at its performance, but accedes to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some previous or subsequent act, as of instigating, encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an accessory. An accomplice is one who participates in the commission of an offense, whether as principal or accessory. Thus in treason, there are no abettors or accessories, but all are held to be principals or accomplices. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. aquitance, fr. aquiter. See Acquit. ] 1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

You can produce acquittances
For such a sum, from special officers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To acquit. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acquits or releases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admissible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of admitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception. [ 1913 Webster ]

To gain admittance into the house. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

He desires admittance to the king. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give admittance to a thought of fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Admissibility. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Eng. Law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Admission; access; entrance; initiation. -- Admittance, Admission. These words are, to some extent, in a state of transition and change. Admittance is now chiefly confined to its primary sense of access into some locality or building. Thus we see on the doors of factories, shops, etc. “No admittance.” Its secondary or moral sense, as “admittance to the church, ” is almost entirely laid aside. Admission has taken to itself the secondary or figurative senses; as, admission to the rights of citizenship; admission to the church; the admissions made by one of the parties in a dispute. And even when used in its primary sense, it is not identical with admittance. Thus, we speak of admission into a country, territory, and other larger localities, etc., where admittance could not be used. So, when we speak of admission to a concert or other public assembly, the meaning is not perhaps exactly that of admittance, viz., access within the walls of the building, but rather a reception into the audience, or access to the performances. But the lines of distinction on this subject are one definitely drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) The reciprocal of impedance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., let him be admitted. ] The certificate of admission given in some American colleges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Received as true or valid; acknowledged. -- adv. Confessedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admits. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) With feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flutter. ] In a flutter; agitated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + glitter. ] Glittering; in a glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See Heron, and cf. Egret, Egrette. ] 1. (Zool.) The small white European heron. See Egret. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Aglet. ] 1. A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ailette, dim. of aile wing, L. ala. ] A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. (Med.) Same as Aden ulcer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖a. [ It., dim. of allegro. ] (Mus.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. -- n. A movement in this time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who allots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allotment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from allumer to light. ] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Of uncertain origin. ] (Zool.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler{ 2 }. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. See Amass. ] An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An amoret. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of ant cow. See Aphips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Matter whch is composed of antiparticles such as antiprotons, positrons, and antineutrons. [ PJC ]

{ ‖ } n. [ It. arietta, dim. of aria; F. ariette. ] (Mus.) A short aria, or air. “A military ariette.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Perh. the native name. ] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [ Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]