| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| alae | plural | of Ala |
| alan | noun | A wolfhound. |
| alar | adjective | Pertaining to, or having, wings., Axillary; in the fork or axil. |
| alas | interj. | An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; — in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white. |
| albe | conj. | Alt. of Albee |
| alco | noun | A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines. |
| alee | adverb | On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. |
| alew | noun | Halloo. |
| alfa | noun | Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alga | noun | A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| alit | of Alight | |
| ally | verb t. | To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; — often followed by to or with., To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love., A relative; a kinsman., One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate., Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary., Anything akin to another by structure, etc., See Alley, a marble or taw. |
| alma | noun | Alt. of Almah |
| alme | noun | Alt. of Almeh |
| alms | noun sing. & pl. | Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity. |
| aloe | noun | The wood of the agalloch., A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries., The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. |
| alow | adverb | Below; in a lower part. |
| also | adverb & conj. | In like manner; likewise., In addition; besides; as well; further; too., Even as; as; so. |
| alto | noun | Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor., An alto singer. |
| alum | noun | A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization., To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. |