| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| allanite | noun | A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition. |
| allaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Allay |
| allecret | noun | A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. |
| alleging | present participle & vb. noun | of Allege |
| allegory | noun | A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject., Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem., A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured. |
| alleluia | noun | Alt. of Alleluiah |
| allerion | noun | Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. |
| alleyway | noun | An alley. |
| allfours | A game at cards, called “High, Low, Jack, and the Game.” | |
| all hail | interj. | All health; — a phrase of salutation or welcome. |
| all-hail | verb t. | To salute; to greet. |
| alliable | adjective | Able to enter into alliance. |
| alliance | noun | The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England., Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity., The persons or parties allied., To connect by alliance; to ally. |
| alligate | verb t. | To tie; to unite by some tie. |
| allision | noun | The act of dashing against, or striking upon. |
| allmouth | noun | The angler. |
| allnight | noun | Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. |
| allocate | verb t. | To distribute or assign; to allot., To localize. |
| allodial | adjective | Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; — opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system., Anything held allodially. |
| allodium | noun | Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. |
| allogamy | noun | Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization. |
| allopath | noun | An allopathist. |
| allotted | imp. & past participle | of Allot |
| allottee | noun | One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made. |
| allotter | noun | One who allots. |
| allowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Allow |
| alloying | present participle & vb. noun | of Alloy |
| alloyage | noun | The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy. |
| allspice | noun | The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush. |
| allthing | adverb | Altogether. |
| alluding | present participle & vb. noun | of Allude |
| alluring | present participle & vb. noun | of Allure, That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. |
| allusion | noun | A figurative or symbolical reference., A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint. |
| allusive | adjective | Figurative; symbolical., Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion. |
| allusory | adjective | Allusive. |
| alluvial | adjective | Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. |
| alluvion | noun | Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank., An overflowing; an inundation; a flood., Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium., An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. |
| alluvium | noun | Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. |
| allwhere | adverb | Everywhere. |
| allylene | noun | A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. |