| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| alabastrum | noun | A flower bud. |
| albescence | noun | The act of becoming white; whitishness. |
| albication | noun | The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks. |
| albigenses | noun pl. | Alt. of Albigeois |
| albinistic | adjective | Affected with albinism. |
| albumenize | verb t. | To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper. |
| albuminate | noun | A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance. |
| albuminoid | adjective | Resembling albumin., One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. |
| albuminose | noun | A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone., Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. |
| albuminous | adjective | Alt. of Albuminose |
| alcarrazas | plural | of Alcarraza |
| alchemical | adjective | Of or relating to alchemy. |
| alcoholate | noun | A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. |
| alcoholism | noun | A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors. |
| alcoholize | verb t. | To reduce to a fine powder., To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol. |
| alcoometry | noun | See Alcoholometry. |
| alcoranist | noun | One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. |
| alcyonacea | noun pl. | A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun pl. | One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| aldermancy | noun | The office of an alderman. |
| aldermanic | adjective | Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. |
| aldermanly | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, an alderman., Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. |
| aldermanry | noun | The district or ward of an alderman., The office or rank of an alderman. |
| ale-knight | noun | A pot companion. |
| ale silver | A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city. | |
| alexanders | noun | Alt. of Alisanders |
| alisanders | noun | A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; — called also horse parsely. |
| alexiteric | adjective | Alt. of Alexiterical, A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. |
| alfa grass | noun | A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. |
| algebraist | noun | One versed in algebra. |
| algebraize | verb t. | To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form. |
| algologist | noun | One learned about algae; a student of algology. |
| alhambraic | adjective | Alt. of Alhambresque |
| alienating | present participle & vb. noun | of Alienate |
| alienation | noun | The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated., A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another., A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections., Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. |
| aliethmoid | adjective | Alt. of Aliethmoidal |
| alimentary | adjective | Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. |
| alimonious | adjective | Affording food; nourishing. |
| alineation | noun | See Allineation., Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. |
| alkalamide | noun | One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals. |
| alkalified | imp. & past participle | of Alkalify |
| alkalinity | noun | The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. |
| alkalizate | adjective | Alkaline., To alkalizate. |
| alkalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Alkalize |
| alkaloidal | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali. |
| alkoranist | noun | Same as Alcoranist. |
| alla breve | With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; — indicated in the time signature by /. | |
| all-a-mort | adjective | See Alamort. |
| allegation | noun | The act of alleging or positively asserting., That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment, A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, — usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved. |
| allegeable | adjective | Capable of being alleged or affirmed. |
| allegeance | noun | Allegation. |
| allegement | noun | Allegation. |
| allegiance | noun | The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one’s king, government, or state., Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science. |
| allegorist | noun | One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory. |
| allegorize | verb t. | To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people., To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it., To use allegory. |
| allegories | plural | of Allegory |
| allegresse | noun | Joy; gladsomeness. |
| allegretto | adjective | Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro., A movement in this time. |
| allemannic | adjective | See Alemannic. |
| alleviated | imp. & past participle | of Alleviate |
| alleviator | noun | One who, or that which, alleviates. |
| allhallond | noun | Allhallows. |
| allhallows | noun | All the saints (in heaven)., All Saints’ Day, November 1st. |
| allhallown | adjective | Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). |
| alliaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions. |
| alliciency | noun | Attractive power; attractiveness. |
| alligation | noun | The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached., A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values. |
| allignment | noun | See Alignment. |
| alliterate | verb t. | To employ or place so as to make alliteration., To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. |
| allocation | noun | The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement., An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company., The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; — a term used in the English exchequer. |
| allochroic | adjective | Changeable in color. |
| allocution | noun | The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words., An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. |
| allodially | adverb | By allodial tenure. |
| allogamous | adjective | Characterized by allogamy. |
| allomerism | noun | Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form. |
| allomerous | adjective | Characterized by allomerism. |
| allonymous | adjective | Published under the name of some one other than the author. |
| allopathic | adjective | Of or pertaining to allopathy. |
| allophylic | adjective | Alt. of Allophylian |
| allotheism | noun | The worship of strange gods. |
| allotropic | adjective | Alt. of Allotropical |
| allottable | adjective | Capable of being allotted. |
| alloxanate | noun | A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. |
| alloxantin | noun | A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. |
| all saints | Alt. of All Saints’ | |
| allurement | noun | The act alluring; temptation; enticement., That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. |
| allusively | adverb | Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation. |
| almacantar | noun | Same as Almucantar., A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar. |
| alma mater | A college or seminary where one is educated. | |
| almightful | adjective | Alt. of Almightiful |
| almightily | adverb | With almighty power. |
| almsgiving | noun | The giving of alms. |
| almucantar | noun | A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar. |
| aloes wood | See Agalloch. | |
| alongshore | adverb | Along the shore or coast. |
| alpenstock | noun | A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. |
| alpestrine | adjective | Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. |
| alphabetic | adjective | Alt. of Alphabetical |
| alphonsine | adjective | Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). |
| altarpiece | noun | The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. |
| altazimuth | noun | An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously. |
| alteration | noun | The act of altering or making different., The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. |
| alterative | adjective | Causing ateration., Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health., A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. |
| altercated | imp. & past participle | of Altercate |
| alternated | imp. & past participle | of Alternate |
| altisonant | adjective | High-sounding; lofty or pompous. |
| altisonous | adjective | Altisonant. |
| altivolant | adjective | Flying high. |
| altogether | adverb | All together; conjointly., Without exception; wholly; completely. |
| altruistic | adjective | Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; — opposed to egoistic or selfish. |
| aluminated | adjective | Combined with alumina. |
| alum shale | A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock. | |
| alum stone | A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite. | |
| alutaceous | adjective | Leathery., Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow. |