| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| aller | adjective | Of all; — used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all., Same as Alder, of all. |
| allah | noun | The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally. |
| allay | verb t. | To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions., To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity., To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside., Alleviation; abatement; check., Alloy., To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. |
| alley | noun | A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way., A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street., A passageway between rows of pews in a church., Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length., The space between two rows of compositors’ stands in a printing office., A choice taw or marble. |
| allis | noun | The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose. |
| allod | noun | See Allodium. |
| alloo | verb t. / i. | To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. |
| allot | verb t. | To distribute by lot., To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one’s share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. |
| allow | verb t. | To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction., To like; to be suited or pleased with., To sanction; to invest; to intrust., To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest., To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition., To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage., To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent., To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement. |
| alloy | verb t. | Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam., The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness., A baser metal mixed with a finer., Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy., To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper., To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound., To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes., To form a metallic compound. |
| allyl | noun | An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard. |