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Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..

Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y

Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.

Worsen :: Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.

Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

Reform :: Reform (v. t.) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..

Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..

Better :: Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence..

Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..

Disciplinarian :: Disciplinarian (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar..

Better :: Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better..

Better :: Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.

Amend :: Amend (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Bookish :: Bookish (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..

Better :: Better (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air..

Best :: Best (v. t.) To get the better of.

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