| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| alarum | noun | See Alarm. |
| alated | adjective | Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings. |
| alaunt | noun | See Alan. |
| albata | noun | A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albedo | noun | Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface. |
| albeit | conj. | Even though; although; notwithstanding. |
| albino | noun | A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. |
| albion | noun | An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. |
| albite | noun | A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar. |
| albugo | noun | Same as Leucoma. |
| alburn | noun | The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls. |
| alcade | noun | Same as Alcaid. |
| alcaic | adjective | Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c., A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls. |
| alcaid | noun | Alt. of Alcayde |
| alcedo | noun | A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon. |
| alcove | noun | A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library., A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower., Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment. |
| alcyon | noun | See Halcyon. |
| aldern | adjective | Made of alder. |
| aldine | adjective | An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works. |
| alegar | noun | Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. |
| aleger | adjective | Gay; cheerful; sprightly. |
| alegge | verb t. | To allay or alleviate; to lighten. |
| alevin | noun | Young fish; fry. |
| algate | adverb | Alt. of Algates |
| algoid | adjective | Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga. |
| algous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed. |
| alible | adjective | Nutritive; nourishing. |
| aliene | verb t. | To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate. |
| alight | verb i. | To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount., To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof., To come or chance (upon)., Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. |
| aliner | noun | One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. |
| alioth | noun | A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper. |
| aliped | adjective | Wing-footed, as the bat., An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat. |
| alkali | noun | Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc., One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. |
| allect | verb t. | To allure; to entice. |
| allege | verb t. | To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact., To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge., To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending., To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. |
| alleys | plural | of Alley, of Alley |
| allice | noun | Alt. of Allis |
| allied | adjective | United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally., of Ally |
| allium | noun | A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc. |
| allude | verb i. | To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; — followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction., To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. |
| allure | verb t. | To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract., Allurement., Gait; bearing. |
| allies | plural | of Ally |
| almain | noun | Alt. of Alman |
| almery | noun | See Ambry. |
| almner | noun | An almoner. |
| almond | noun | The fruit of the almond tree., The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree., Anything shaped like an almond., One of the tonsils. |
| almose | noun | Alms. |
| almost | adverb | Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. |
| almuce | noun | Same as Amice, a hood or cape. |
| almude | noun | A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the “almud” is about 1.4 gallons. |
| alnage | noun | Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement. |
| alpaca | noun | An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama., Wool of the alpaca., A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants., Like the Alps; lofty. |
| alpist | noun | Alt. of Alpia |
| alsike | noun | A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum. |
| altaic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia. |
| altern | adjective | Acting by turns; alternate. |
| althea | noun | A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks., An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| aludel | noun | One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; — used in the process of sublimation. |
| alular | adjective | Pertaining to the alula. |
| alumen | noun | Alum. |
| alumna | noun fem. | A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| alumni | plural | of Alumnus |
| alveus | noun | The channel of a river. |
| alvine | adjective | Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions. |
| always | adverb | At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same., Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; — opposed to sometimes or occasionally. |