| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| alamire | noun | The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino’s scale of music. |
| alamode | adverb & adjective | According to the fashion or prevailing mode., A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; — often called simply mode. |
| alamort | adjective | To the death; mortally. |
| alanine | noun | A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia. |
| alantin | noun | See Inulin. |
| alarmed | imp. & past participle | of Alarm, Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. |
| alatern | noun | Alt. of Alaternus |
| alation | noun | The state of being winged. |
| albinos | plural | of Albino |
| alborak | noun | The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule. |
| albumen | noun | The white of an egg., Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc., Same as Albumin. |
| albumin | noun | A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents. |
| alcayde | noun | A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors., The warden, or keeper of a jail., Same as Alcaid. |
| alcalde | noun | A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. |
| alcanna | noun | An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| alcazar | noun | A fortress; also, a royal palace. |
| alchemy | noun | An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry., A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet., Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious. |
| alchymy | noun | See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy. |
| alcoate | noun | Alt. of Alcohate |
| alcohol | noun | An impalpable powder., The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation., Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation., A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc. |
| alcoran | noun | The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). |
| alecost | noun | The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. |
| alehoof | noun | Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). |
| alembic | noun | An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. |
| alength | adverb | At full length; lengthwise. |
| alepole | noun | A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. |
| alertly | adverb | In an alert manner; nimbly. |
| aleutic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands. |
| alewife | noun | A woman who keeps an alehouse., A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species. |
| alfalfa | noun | The lucern (Medicago sativa); — so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alferes | noun | An ensign; a standard bearer. |
| alfione | noun | An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes). |
| algarot | noun | Alt. of Algaroth |
| algates | adverb | Always; wholly; everywhere., By any or means; at all events., Notwithstanding; yet. |
| algazel | noun | The true gazelle. |
| algebra | noun | That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude., A treatise on this science. |
| algific | adjective | Producing cold. |
| alhenna | noun | See Henna. |
| aliases | plural | of Alias |
| alicant | noun | A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; — said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. |
| alidade | noun | The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument |
| alienee | noun | One to whom the title of property is transferred; — opposed to alienor. |
| alienor | noun | One who alienates or transfers property to another. |
| aliform | adjective | Wing-shaped; winglike. |
| aliment | noun | That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support., An allowance for maintenance., To nourish; to support., To provide for the maintenance of. |
| alimony | noun | Maintenance; means of living., An allowance made to a wife out of her husband’s estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. |
| aliquot | adjective | An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant. |
| aliunde | adverb & adjective | From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde. |
| alizari | noun | The madder of the Levant. |
| alkalis | plural | of Alkali |
| alkanet | noun | A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color., A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet., The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. |
| alkazar | See Alcazar. | |
| alkoran | noun | The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran. |
| allayed | imp. & past participle | of Allay |
| allayer | noun | One who, or that which, allays. |
| alledge | verb t. | See Allege. |
| alleged | imp. & past participle | of Allege |
| alleger | noun | One who affirms or declares. |
| allegge | verb t. | See Alegge and Allay. |
| allegro | adjective | Brisk, lively., An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece. |
| alleyed | adjective | Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. |
| allheal | noun | A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants. |
| alliant | noun | An ally; a confederate. |
| allness | noun | Totality; completeness. |
| allonge | verb | A thrust or pass; a lunge., A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider., To thrust with a sword; to lunge. |
| allonym | noun | The name of another person assumed by the author of a work., A work published under the name of some one other than the author. |
| alloquy | noun | A speaking to another; an address. |
| allowed | imp. & past participle | of Allow |
| allower | noun | An approver or abettor., One who allows or permits. |
| alloxan | noun | An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol. |
| alloyed | imp. & past participle | of Alloy |
| alluded | imp. & past participle | of Allude, of Allure |
| allurer | noun | One who, or that which, allures. |
| alluvia | plural | of Alluvium |
| allwork | noun | Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant. |
| allying | present participle & vb. noun | of Ally |
| almadia | noun | Alt. of Almadie |
| almadie | noun | A bark canoe used by the Africans., A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad. |
| almagra | noun | A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| almayne | noun | Alt. of Alman |
| almanac | noun | A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. |
| almesse | noun | See Alms. |
| almoner | noun | One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc. |
| almonry | noun | The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed. |
| almsman | noun | A recipient of alms., A giver of alms. |
| alnager | noun | A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal. |
| aloetic | adjective | Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes., A medicine containing chiefly aloes. |
| alogian | noun | One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John’s Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. |
| alonely | adverb | Only; merely; singly., Exclusive. |
| alongst | preposition & adverb | Along. |
| alopecy | noun | Loss of the hair; baldness. |
| already | adverb | Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. |
| altaian | adjective | Alt. of Altaic |
| altered | imp. & past participle | of Alter |
| althaea | noun | Alt. of Althea |
| althorn | noun | An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. |
| alumina | noun | One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumine | noun | Alumina. |
| alumish | adjective | Somewhat like alum. |
| alumnae | plural | of Alumna |
| alumnus | noun | A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning. |
| alunite | noun | Alum stone. |
| alveary | noun | A beehive, or something resembling a beehive., The hollow of the external ear. |
| alveole | noun | Same as Alveolus. |
| alveoli | plural | of Alveolus |
| alyssum | noun | A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers. |