Alkussi
The Alkussi are a Scylvendi tribe of the central Jiünati Steppe .

Allosium
"Allosium Forum" Allosium Forum (or simply Allosium ) are the great judicial galleries located at the foot of the Andiamine Heights .

Trivia

- Allosium Forum is alternately spelled “Allosian Forum” in The Darkness That Comes Before and in the Encyclopedic Glossary and “Allosium Forum” in The Judging Eye and in The White-Luck Warrior.

Allosium Forum
Allosium Forum (or simply Allosium ) are the great judicial galleries located at the foot of the Andiamine Heights .

Trivia

- Allosium Forum is alternately spelled “Allosian Forum” in The Darkness That Comes Before and in the Encyclopedic Glossary and “Allosium Forum” in The Judging Eye and in The White-Luck Warrior.

al
-all.
-although; if.

al segno
-a direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.

al
-
-all; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
-to; at; on;
-- in of. shortened to a
-. see ad
-.
-the arabic definite article answering to the english the; as, alkoran, the koran or the book; alchemy, the chemistry.

al
-phitomancy
-divination by means of barley meal.

ala
-a winglike organ, or part.

alabama period
-a period in the american eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

alabaster
-a compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. it is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
-a hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. the name is used in this sense by pliny. it is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
-a box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.;
-- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.

alabastra
-of alabastrum

alabastrian
-alabastrine.

alabastrine
-of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

alabastrum
-a flower bud.

alack
-an exclamation expressive of sorrow.

alackaday
-an exclamation expressing sorrow.

alacrify
-to rouse to action; to inspirit.

alacrious
-brisk; joyously active; lively.

alacriously
-with alacrity; briskly.

alacriousness
-alacrity.

alacrity
-a cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

aladinist
-one of a sect of freethinkers among the mohammedans.

alae
-of ala

alalonga
-alt. of alilonghi

alamire
-the lowest note but one in guido aretino's scale of music.

alamodality
-the quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

alamode
-according to the fashion or prevailing mode.
-a thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.;
-- often called simply mode.

alamort
-to the death; mortally.

alan
-a wolfhound.

aland
-on land; to the land; ashore.

alanine
-a white crystalline base, c3h7no2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

alantin
-see inulin.

alar
-pertaining to, or having, wings.
-axillary; in the fork or axil.

alarm
-a summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
-any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
-a sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
-sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
-a mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
-to call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
-to keep in excitement; to disturb.
-to surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

alarmable
-easily alarmed or disturbed.

alarmed
-of alarm
-aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.

alarmedly
-in an alarmed manner.

alarming
-of alarm
-exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report.
-- a*larm"ing*ly, adv.

alarmist
-one prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.

alarum
-see alarm.

alary
-of or pertaining to wings; also, wing
-shaped.

alas
-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.

alate
-lately; of late.
-alt. of alated

alated
-winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

alatern
-alt. of alaternus

alaternus
-an ornamental evergreen shrub (rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

alation
-the state of being winged.

alaunt
-see alan.

alb
-a vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person;
-- in the roman catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. it was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

albacore
-see albicore.

alban
-a white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta
-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

albanian
-of or pertaining to albania, a province of turkey.
-a native of albania.

albata
-a white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. british plate or german silver. see german silver, under german.

albatross
-a web
-footed bird, of the genus diomedea, of which there are several species. they are the largest of sea birds, capable of long
-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. they are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

albe
-alt. of albee

albedo
-whiteness. specifically: (astron.) the ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.

albee
-although; albeit.

albeit
-even though; although; notwithstanding.

albertite
-a bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of a. /bert, new brunswick.

albertype
-a picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

albescence
-the act of becoming white; whitishness.

albescent
-becoming white or whitish; moderately white.

albicant
-growing or becoming white.

albication
-the process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.

albicore
-a name applied to several large fishes of the mackerel family, esp. orcynus alalonga. one species (orcynus thynnus), common in the mediterranean and atlantic, is called in new england the horse mackerel; the tunny.

albification
-the act or process of making white.

albigenses
-alt. of albigeois

albigensian
-of or pertaining to the albigenses.

albigeois
-a sect of reformers opposed to the church of rome in the 12th centuries.

albiness
-a female albino.

albinism
-the state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

albinistic
-affected with albinism.

albino
-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.

albinoism
-the state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

albinos
-of albino

albinotic
-affected with albinism.

albion
-an ancient name of england, still retained in poetry.

albite
-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.

albolith
-a kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica;
-- called also albolite.

alborak
-the imaginary milk
-white animal on which mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

albugineous
-of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous;
-- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

albugines
-of albugo

albugo
-same as leucoma.

album
-a white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
-a register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
-a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

album graecum
-dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. it is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

albumen
-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.

albumenize
-to cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.

albumenized
-of albumenize

albumenizing
-of albumenize

albumin
-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.

albuminate
-a substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

albuminiferous
-supplying albumen.

albuminimeter
-an instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.

albuminin
-the substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.

albuminiparous
-producing albumin.

albuminoid
-resembling albumin.
-one of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.

albuminoidal
-of the nature of an albuminoid.

albuminose
-a diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. see peptone.
-pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.

albuminous
-alt. of albuminose

albuminuria
-a morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

albumose
-a compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

alburn
-the bleak, a small european fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

alburnous
-of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.

alburnum
-the white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

albyn
-scotland; esp. the highlands of scotland.

alcade
-same as alcaid.

alcahest
-same as alkahest.

alcaic
-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
-alt. of alcayde

alcalde
-a magistrate or judge in spain and in spanish america, etc.

alcalimeter
-see alkalimeter.

alcanna
-an oriental shrub (lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

alcarraza
-a vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

alcarrazas
-of alcarraza

alcayde
-a commander of a castle or fortress among the spaniards, portuguese, and moors.
-the warden, or keeper of a jail.
-same as alcaid.

alcazar
-a fortress; also, a royal palace.

alcedo
-a genus of perching birds, including the european kingfisher (alcedo ispida). see halcyon.

alchemic
-alt. of alchemical

alchemical
-of or relating to alchemy.

alchemically
-in the manner of alchemy.

alchemist
-one who practices alchemy.

alchemistic
-alt. of alchemistical

alchemistical
-relating to or practicing alchemy.

alchemistry
-alchemy.

alchemize
-to change by alchemy; to transmute.

alchemy
-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.

alchymic
-alt. of alchymy

alchymist
-alt. of alchymy

alchymistic
-alt. of alchymy

alchymy
-see alchemic, alchemist, alchemistic, alchemy.

alco
-a small south american dog, domesticated by the aborigines.

alcoate
-alt. of alcohate

alcohate
-shortened forms of alcoholate.

alcohol
-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.

alcoholate
-a crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.

alcoholature
-an alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.

alcoholic
-of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
-a person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
-alcoholic liquors.

alcoholism
-a diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

alcoholization
-the act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.
-the act rectifying spirit.
-saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.

alcoholize
-to reduce to a fine powder.
-to convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.

alcoholized
-of alcoholize

alcoholizing
-of alcoholize

alcoholmeter
-an instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. it is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.

alcoholmetrical
-relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.

alcoholometer
-alt. of alcoholmeter

alcoholometric
-alt. of alcoholmetrical

alcoholometrical
-alt. of alcoholmetrical

alcoholometry
-the process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

alcohometer
-alt. of alcohometric

alcohometric
-same as alcoholometer, alcoholometric.

alcoometry
-see alcoholometry.

alcoran
-the mohammedan scriptures; the koran (now the usual form).

alcoranic
-of or pertaining to the koran.

alcoranist
-one who adheres to the letter of the koran, rejecting all traditions.

alcove
-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
-see halcyon.

alcyonacea
-a group of soft
-bodied alcyonaria, of which alcyonium is the type. see illust. under alcyonaria.

alcyonaria
-one of the orders of anthozoa. it includes the alcyonacea, pennatulacea, and gorgonacea.

alcyones
-the kingfishers.

alcyonic
-of or pertaining to the alcyonaria.

alcyonium
-a genus of fleshy alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. the term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

alcyonoid
-like or pertaining to the alcyonaria.
-a zoophyte of the order alcyonaria.

alday
-continually.

aldebaran
-a red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of taurus; the bull's eye. it is the bright star in the group called the hyades.

aldehyde
-a colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.

aldehydic
-of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.

alder
-a tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus alnus. the wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. in the u. s. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.
-alt. of aller

alder
-liefest
-most beloved.

alderman
-a senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
-one of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. they may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

aldermancy
-the office of an alderman.

aldermanic
-relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

aldermanity
-aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.
-the state of being an alderman.

aldermanlike
-like or suited to an alderman.

aldermanly
-pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
-pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

aldermanry
-the district or ward of an alderman.
-the office or rank of an alderman.

aldermanship
-the condition, position, or office of an alderman.

aldermen
-of alderman

aldern
-made of alder.

alderney
-one of a breed of cattle raised in alderney, one of the channel islands. alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called jersey cattle. see jersey, 3.

aldine
-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.

ale
-an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
-a festival in english country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

ale silver
-a duty payable to the lord mayor of london by the sellers of ale within the city.

ale
-knight
-a pot companion.

aleak
-in a leaking condition.

aleatory
-depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.

alebench
-a bench in or before an alehouse.

aleberry
-a beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.

alecithal
-applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.

aleconner
-orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of london to inspect the measures used in public houses. but the office is a sinecure. [also called aletaster.]

alecost
-the plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

alectorides
-a group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

alectoromachy
-cockfighting.

alectoromancy
-see alectryomancy.

alectryom'achy
-cockfighting.

alectryomancy
-divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.

alee
-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.

alegar
-sour ale; vinegar made of ale.

aleger
-gay; cheerful; sprightly.

alegge
-to allay or alleviate; to lighten.

alehoof
-ground ivy (nepeta glechoma).

alehouse
-a house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.

alemannic
-belonging to the alemanni, a confederacy of warlike german tribes.
-the language of the alemanni.

alembic
-an apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. it has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.

alembroth
-the salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. it was formerly used as a stimulant.

alen/on lace
-see under lace.

alength
-at full length; lengthwise.

alepidote
-not having scales.
-a fish without scales.

alepole
-a pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.

alert
-watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
-brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
-an alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

alertly
-in an alert manner; nimbly.

alertness
-the quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

alestake
-a stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. at the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."

aletaster
-see aleconner.

alethiology
-the science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.

alethoscope
-an instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

aleuromancy
-divination by means of flour.

aleurometer
-an instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.

aleurone
-an albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers;
-- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

aleuronic
-having the nature of aleurone.

aleutian
-alt. of aleutic

aleutic
-of or pertaining to a chain of islands between alaska and kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

alevin
-young fish; fry.

alew
-halloo.

alewife
-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.

alewives
-of alewife
-of alewife

alexanders
-alt. of alisanders

alexandrian
-of or pertaining to alexandria in egypt; as, the alexandrian library.
-applied to a kind of heroic verse. see alexandrine, n.

alexandrine
-belonging to alexandria; alexandrian.
-a kind of verse consisting in english of twelve syllables.

alexipharmac
-alt. of alexipharmacal

alexipharmacal
-alexipharmic.

alexipharmic
-alt. of alexipharmical
-an antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

alexipharmical
-expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.

alexipyretic
-serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.
-a febrifuge.

alexiteric
-alt. of alexiterical
-a preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.

alexiterical
-resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

alfa
-alt. of alfa grass

alfa grass
-a plant (macrochloa tenacissima) of north africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.

alfalfa
-the lucern (medicago sativa);
-- so called in california, texas, etc.

alfenide
-an alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

alferes
-an ensign; a standard bearer.

alfet
-a caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

alfilaria
-the pin grass (erodium cicutarium), a weed in california.

alfione
-an edible marine fish of california (rhacochilus toxotes).

alfresco
-in the open
-air.

alga
-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.

algae
-of alga

algal
-pertaining to, or like, algae.

algaroba
-the carob, a leguminous tree of the mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called st. john's bread.
-the honey mesquite (prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from california to buenos ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. a valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in texas and mexico.

algarot
-alt. of algaroth

algaroth
-a term used for the powder of algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. it was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.

algarovilla
-the agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a south american tree (inga marthae). it is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

algate
-alt. of algates

algates
-always; wholly; everywhere.
-by any or means; at all events.
-notwithstanding; yet.

algazel
-the true gazelle.

algebra
-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.

algebraic
-alt. of algebraical

algebraical
-of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.

algebraically
-by algebraic process.

algebraist
-one versed in algebra.

algebraize
-to perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

algerian
-of or pertaining to algeria.
-a native of algeria.

algerine
-of or pertaining to algiers or algeria.
-a native or one of the people of algiers or algeria. also, a pirate.

algid
-cold; chilly.

algidity
-chilliness; coldness
-coldness and collapse.

algidness
-algidity.

algific
-producing cold.

algoid
-of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

algol
-a fixed star, in medusa's head, in the constellation perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

algological
-of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

algologist
-one learned about algae; a student of algology.

algology
-the study or science of algae or seaweeds.

algonkin
-one of a widely spread family of indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of north america. the name was originally applied to a group of indian tribes north of the river st. lawrence.

algonquin
-alt. of algonkin

algor
-cold; chilliness.

algorism
-alt. of algorithm

algorithm
-the art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
-the art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

algous
-of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.

alguazil
-an inferior officer of justice in spain; a warrant officer; a constable.

algum
-same as almug (and etymologically preferable).
-a tree or wood of the bible (2 chron. ii. 8; 1 k. x. 11).

alhambra
-the palace of the moorish kings at granada.

alhambraic
-alt. of alhambresque

alhambresque
-made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of saracenic or arabesque architecture.

alhenna
-see henna.

alias
-otherwise; otherwise called;
-- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, smith, alias simpson.
-at another time.
-a second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
-another name; an assumed name.

aliases
-of alias

alibi
-the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

alibility
-quality of being alible.

alible
-nutritive; nourishing.

alicant
-a kind of wine, formerly much esteemed;
-- said to have been made near alicant, in spain.

alidade
-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

alien
-not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
-wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous;
-- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
-a foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign
-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. hence, a stranger. see alienage.
-one excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from god's mercies.
-to alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

alienability
-capability of being alienated.

alienable
-capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

alienage
-the state or legal condition of being an alien.
-the state of being alienated or transferred to another.

alienate
-estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign;
-- with from.
-to convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
-to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean;
-- with from.
-a stranger; an alien.

alienated
-of alienate

alienating
-of alienate

alienation
-the act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
-a transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
-a withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
-mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.

alienator
-one who alienates.

aliene
-to alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.

alienee
-one to whom the title of property is transferred;
-- opposed to alienor.

alienism
-the status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
-the study or treatment of diseases of the mind.

alienist
-one who treats diseases of the mind.

alienor
-one who alienates or transfers property to another.

aliethmoid
-alt. of aliethmoidal

aliethmoidal
-pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

alife
-on my life; dearly.

aliferous
-having wings, winged; aligerous.

aliform
-wing
-shaped; winglike.

aligerous
-having wings; winged.

alight
-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.

alighted
-of alight

alighting
-of alight

align
-to adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
-to form in line; to fall into line.

alignment
-the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
-the ground
-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

alike
-having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
-in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.

alike
-minded
-like
-minded.

alilonghi
-the tunny. see albicore.

aliment
-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.

alimental
-supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

alimentally
-so as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.

alimentariness
-the quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.

alimentary
-pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.

alimentation
-the act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
-state or mode of being nourished.

alimentiveness
-the instinct or faculty of appetite for food.

alimonious
-affording food; nourishing.

alimony
-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.

alinasal
-pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

aline
-to range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

alineation
-see allineation.
-alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.

alinement
-same as alignment.

aliner
-one who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.

alioth
-a star in the tail of the great bear, the one next the bowl in the dipper.

aliped
-wing
-footed, as the bat.
-an animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.

aliquant
-an aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. opposed to aliquot.

aliquot
-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.

alisanders
-a name given to two species of the genus smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is;
-- called also horse parsely.

aliseptal
-relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

alish
-like ale; as, an alish taste.

alisphenoid
-alt. of alisphenoidal
-the alisphenoid bone.

alisphenoidal
-pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

alit
-of alight

alitrunk
-the segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.

aliturgical
-applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.

aliunde
-from another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

alive
-having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
-in a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
-exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
-sprightly; lively; brisk.
-having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
-of all living (by way of emphasis).

alizari
-the madder of the levant.

alizarin
-a coloring principle, c14h6o2(oh)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. it produces the turkish reds.

alkahest
-the fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.

alkalamide
-one of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

alkalescence
-alt. of alkalescency

alkalescency
-a tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

alkalescent
-tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

alkali
-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.

alkalies
-of alkali

alkalifiable
-capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

alkalified
-of alkalify

alkalify
-to convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
-to become changed into an alkali.

alkalifying
-of alkalify

alkalimeter
-an instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

alkalimetric
-alt. of alkalimetrical

alkalimetrical
-of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

alkalimetry
-the art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

alkaline
-of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

alkalinity
-the quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

alkalious
-alkaline.

alkalis
-of alkali

alkalizate
-alkaline.
-to alkalizate.

alkalization
-the act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

alkalize
-to render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

alkalized
-of alkalize

alkalizing
-of alkalize

alkaloid
-alt. of alkaloidal
-an organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

alkaloidal
-pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

alkanet
-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.

alkargen
-same as cacodylic acid.

alkarsin
-a spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products;
-- called also cadel's fuming liquid.

alkazar
-see alcazar.

alkekengi
-an herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx;
-- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.

alkermes
-a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

alkoran
-the mohammedan scriptures. same as alcoran and koran.

alkoranic
-same as alcoranic.

alkoranist
-same as alcoranist.

all
-the whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
-any.
-only; alone; nothing but.
-wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
-even; just. (often a mere intensive adjunct.)
-the whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.
-although; albeit.

all fools' day
-the first day of april, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.

all saints
-alt. of all saints'

all saints'
-the first day of november, called, also, allhallows or hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

all souls' day
-the second day of november; a feast day of the roman catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

all fours
-all four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

all hail
-all health;
-- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

all
-a
-mort
-see alamort.

all
-hail
-to salute; to greet.

all
-possessed
-controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

alla breve
-with one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time;
-- indicated in the time signature by /.

allah
-the name of the supreme being, in use among the arabs and the mohammedans generally.

allanite
-a silicate containing a large amount of cerium. it is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

allantoic
-pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

allantoid
-alt. of allantoidal
-a membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles,
-- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

allantoidal
-of or pertaining to the allantois.

allantoidea
-the division of vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. it includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

allantoin
-a crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf;
-- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

allantois
-alt. of allantoid

allatrate
-to bark as a dog.

allay
-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.

allayed
-of allay

allayer
-one who, or that which, allays.

allaying
-of allay

allayment
-an allaying; that which allays; mitigation.

allecret
-a kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the swiss.

allect
-to allure; to entice.

allectation
-enticement; allurement.

allective
-alluring.
-allurement.

alledge
-see allege.

allegation
-the act of alleging or positively asserting.
-that which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
-a statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove,
-- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

allege
-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.

allegeable
-capable of being alleged or affirmed.

allegeance
-allegation.

alleged
-of allege

allegement
-allegation.

alleger
-one who affirms or declares.

allegge
-see alegge and allay.

allegiance
-the tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.
-devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.

allegiant
-loyal.

alleging
-of allege

allegoric
-alt. of allegorical

allegorical
-belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

allegories
-of allegory

allegorist
-one who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

allegorization
-the act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

allegorize
-to form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
-to treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.
-to use allegory.

allegorized
-of allegorize

allegorizer
-one who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

allegorizing
-of allegorize

allegory
-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.

allegresse
-joy; gladsomeness.

allegretto
-quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
-a movement in this time.

allegro
-brisk, lively.
-an allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

alleluia
-alt. of alleluiah

alleluiah
-an exclamation signifying praise ye jehovah. hence: a song of praise to god. see hallelujah, the commoner form.

allemande
-a dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the french in the reign of louis xiv.;
-- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of bach and handel.
-a figure in dancing.

allemannic
-see alemannic.

allenarly
-solely; only.

aller
-of all;
-- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.
-same as alder, of all.

allerion
-am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.

alleviate
-to lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
-to lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ;
-- opposed to aggravate.
-to extenuate; to palliate.

alleviated
-of alleviate

alleviating
-of alleviate

alleviation
-the act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
-that which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

alleviative
-tending to alleviate.
-that which alleviates.

alleviator
-one who, or that which, alleviates.

alleviatory
-alleviative.

alley
-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.

alleyed
-furnished with alleys; forming an alley.

alleys
-of alley
-of alley

alleyway
-an alley.

allfours
-a game at cards, called "high, low, jack, and the game."

allhallond
-allhallows.

allhallow
-alt. of allhallows

allhallow eve
-the evening before allhallows. see halloween.

allhallowmas
-the feast of all saints.

allhallown
-of or pertaining to the time of allhallows. [obs.] "allhallown summer." shak. (i. e., late summer; "indian summer").

allhallows
-all the saints (in heaven).
-all saints' day, november 1st.

allhallowtide
-the time at or near all saints, or november 1st.

allheal
-a name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

alliable
-able to enter into alliance.

alliaceous
-of or pertaining to the genus allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

alliance
-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.

alliant
-an ally; a confederate.

allice
-alt. of allis

alliciency
-attractive power; attractiveness.

allicient
-that attracts; attracting.
-that attracts.

allied
-united; joined; leagued; akin; related. see ally.
-of ally

allies
-of ally

alligate
-to tie; to unite by some tie.

alligation
-the act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
-a rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

alligator
-a large carnivorous reptile of the crocodile family, peculiar to america. it has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. besides the common species of the southern united states, there are allied species in south america.
-any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
-a form of squeezer for the puddle ball
-a rock breaker
-a kind of job press, called also alligator press.

allignment
-see alignment.

allineate
-to align.

allineation
-alt. of alineation

allis
-the european shad (clupea vulgaris); allice shad. see alose.

allision
-the act of dashing against, or striking upon.

alliteral
-pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

alliterate
-to employ or place so as to make alliteration.
-to compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

alliteration
-the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines:
-

alliterative
-pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.

alliterator
-one who alliterates.

allium
-a genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

allmouth
-the angler.

allness
-totality; completeness.

allnight
-light, fuel, or food for the whole night.

allocate
-to distribute or assign; to allot.
-to localize.

allocation
-the act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
-an allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
-the admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account;
-- a term used in the english exchequer.

allocatur
-"allowed." the word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

allochroic
-changeable in color.

allochroite
-see garnet.

allochroous
-changing color.

allocution
-the act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
-an address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

allod
-see allodium.

allodial
-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.

allodialism
-the allodial system.

allodialist
-one who holds allodial land.

allodially
-by allodial tenure.

allodiary
-one who holds an allodium.

allodium
-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.

allogamous
-characterized by allogamy.

allogamy
-fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross
-fertilization.

allogeneous
-different in nature or kind.

allograph
-a writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto;
-- opposed to autograph.

allomerism
-variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

allomerous
-characterized by allomerism.

allomorph
-any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms;
-- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
-a variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material;
-- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.

allomorphic
-of or pertaining to allomorphism.

allomorphism
-the property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

allonge
-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
-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.

allonymous
-published under the name of some one other than the author.

alloo
-to incite dogs by a call; to halloo.

allopath
-an allopathist.

allopathic
-of or pertaining to allopathy.

allopathically
-in a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

allopathist
-one who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.

allopathy
-that system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated;
-- a term invented by hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

allophylian
-pertaining to a race or a language neither aryan nor semitic.

allophylic
-alt. of allophylian

alloquy
-a speaking to another; an address.

allot
-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.

allotheism
-the worship of strange gods.

allotment
-the act of allotting; assignment.
-that which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of god; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
-the allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

allotriophagy
-a depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

allotropic
-alt. of allotropical

allotropical
-of or pertaining to allotropism.

allotropicity
-allotropic property or nature.

allotropism
-alt. of allotropy

allotropize
-to change in physical properties but not in substance.

allotropy
-the property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

allottable
-capable of being allotted.

allotted
-of allot

allottee
-one to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

allotter
-one who allots.

allottery
-allotment.

allotting
-of allot

allow
-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.

allowable
-praiseworthy; laudable.
-proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

allowableness
-the quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

allowably
-in an allowable manner.

allowance
-approval; approbation.
-the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
-acknowledgment.
-license; indulgence.
-that which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
-abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
-a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
-to put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

allowancing
-of allowance

allowed
-of allow

allowedly
-by allowance; admittedly.

allower
-an approver or abettor.
-one who allows or permits.

allowing
-of allow

alloxan
-an oxidation product of uric acid. it is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

alloxanate
-a combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

alloxanic
-of or pertaining to alloxan;
-- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

alloxantin
-a substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

alloy
-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.

alloyage
-the act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

alloyed
-of alloy

alloying
-of alloy

allspice
-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
-altogether.

allude
-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.

alluded
-of allude
-of allure

alluding
-of allude

allumette
-a match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

alluminor
-an illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.

allurance
-allurement.

allure
-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.

allurement
-the act alluring; temptation; enticement.
-that which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

allurer
-one who, or that which, allures.

alluring
-of allure
-that allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

allusion
-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
-figurative; symbolical.
-having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

allusively
-figuratively [obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

allusiveness
-the quality of being allusive.

allusory
-allusive.

alluvia
-of alluvium

alluvial
-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
-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.

alluvious
-alluvial.

alluvium
-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.

alluviums
-of alluvium

allwhere
-everywhere.

allwork
-domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

ally
-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.

allying
-of ally

allyl
-an organic radical, c3h5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

allylene
-a gaseous hydrocarbon, c3h4, homologous with acetylene; propine.

alma
-alt. of almah

alma mater
-a college or seminary where one is educated.

almacantar
-same as almucantar.
-a recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. see almucantar.

almadia
-alt. of almadie

almadie
-a bark canoe used by the africans.
-a boat used at calicut, in india, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

almagest
-the celebrated work of ptolemy of alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. the name was extended to other similar works.

almagra
-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.

almah
-same as alme.

almain
-alt. of alman

alman
-a german.
-german.
-the german language.
-a kind of dance. see allemande.

almanac
-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.

almandine
-the common red variety of garnet.

almayne
-alt. of alman

alme
-alt. of almeh

almeh
-an egyptian dancing girl; an alma.

almendron
-the lofty brazil
-nut tree.

almery
-see ambry.

almesse
-see alms.

almightful
-alt. of almightiful

almightiful
-all
-powerful; almighty.

almightily
-with almighty power.

almightiness
-omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.

almighty
-unlimited in might; omnipotent; all
-powerful; irresistible.
-great; extreme; terrible.

almner
-an almoner.

almond
-the fruit of the almond tree.
-the tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
-anything shaped like an almond.
-one of the tonsils.

almond furnace
-a kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.

almondine
-see almandine

almoner
-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.

almonership
-the office of an almoner.

almonries
-of almonry

almonry
-the place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

almose
-alms.

almost
-nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

almry
-see almonry.

alms
-anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.

almsdeed
-an act of charity.

almsfolk
-persons supported by alms; almsmen.

almsgiver
-a giver of alms.

almsgiving
-the giving of alms.

almshouse
-a house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

almsman
-a recipient of alms.
-a giver of alms.

almucantar
-a small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. see almacantar.

almuce
-same as amice, a hood or cape.

almude
-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.

almug
-alt. of algum

alnage
-measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

alnager
-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.

aloe
-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.

aloes
-of aloe

aloes wood
-see agalloch.

aloetic
-consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
-a medicine containing chiefly aloes.

aloft
-on high; in the air; high above the ground.
-in the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (fig. and colloq.), in or to heaven.
-above; on top of.

alogian
-one of an ancient sect who rejected st. john's gospel and the apocalypse, which speak of christ as the logos.

alogy
-unreasonableness; absurdity.

aloin
-a bitter purgative principle in aloes.

alomancy
-divination by means of salt.

alone
-quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary;
-- applied to a person or thing.
-of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
-sole; only; exclusive.
-hence; unique; rare; matchless.
-solely; simply; exclusively.

alonely
-only; merely; singly.
-exclusive.

aloneness
-a state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.

along
-by the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
-in a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
-in company; together.
-by the length of, as distinguished from across.
-(now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)

alongshore
-along the shore or coast.

alongshoreman
-see longshoreman.

alongside
-along or by the side; side by side with;
-- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

alongst
-along.

aloof
-same as alewife.
-at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
-without sympathy; unfavorably.
-away from; clear from.

aloofness
-state of being aloof.

alopecia
-alt. of alopecy

alopecist
-a practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

alopecy
-loss of the hair; baldness.

alose
-to praise.
-the european shad (clupea alosa);
-- called also allice shad or allis shad. the name is sometimes applied to the american shad (clupea sapidissima). see shad.

alouatte
-one of the several species of howling monkeys of south america. see howler, 2.

aloud
-with a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

alow
-below; in a lower part.

alp
-a very high mountain. specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in europe, containing the lofty mountains of switzerland, etc.
-fig.: something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
-a bullfinch.

alpaca
-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.

alpen
-of or pertaining to the alps.

alpenstock
-a long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the alps.

alpestrine
-pertaining to the alps, or other high mountains; as, alpestrine diseases, etc.

alpha
-the first letter in the greek alphabet, answering to a, and hence used to denote the beginning.

alphabet
-the letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
-the simplest rudiments; elements.
-to designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

alphabetarian
-a learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.

alphabetic
-alt. of alphabetical

alphabetical
-pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
-literal.

alphabetically
-in an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

alphabetics
-the science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

alphabetism
-the expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.

alphabetize
-to arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
-to furnish with an alphabet.

alphonsine
-of or relating to alphonso x., the wise, king of castile (1252
-1284).

alpia
-the seed of canary grass (phalaris canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

alpigene
-growing in alpine regions.

alpine
-of or pertaining to the alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, alpine snows; alpine plants.
-like the alps; lofty.

alpinist
-a climber of the alps.

alpist
-alt. of alpia

alquifou
-a lead ore found in cornwall, england, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

already
-prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

als
-also.
-as.

alsatian
-pertaining to alsatia.
-an inhabitant of alsatia or alsace in germany, or of alsatia or white friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in london.

alsike
-a species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; trifolium hybridum.

also
-in like manner; likewise.
-in addition; besides; as well; further; too.
-even as; as; so.

alt
-the higher part of the scale. see alto.

altaian
-alt. of altaic

altaic
-of or pertaining to the altai, a mountain chain in central asia.

altar
-a raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.
-in the christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the holy eucharist; the communion table.

altarage
-the offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
-the profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.

altarist
-a chaplain.
-a vicar of a church.

altarpiece
-the painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

altarwise
-in the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.

altazimuth
-an instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

alter
-to make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
-to agitate; to affect mentally.
-to geld.
-to become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.

alterability
-the quality of being alterable; alterableness.

alterable
-capable of being altered.

alterableness
-the quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.

alterably
-in an alterable manner.

alterant
-altering; gradually changing.
-an alterative.

alteration
-the act of altering or making different.
-the state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

alterative
-causing ateration.
-gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.
-a medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

altercate
-to contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

altercated
-of altercate

altercating
-of altercate

altercation
-warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

altercative
-characterized by wrangling; scolding.

altered
-of alter

altering
-of alter

alterity
-the state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.

altern
-acting by turns; alternate.

alternacy
-alternateness; alternation.

alternant
-composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.

alternate
-being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
-designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
-distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
-that which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
-a substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
-a proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
-to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
-to happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;
-- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
-to vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

alternated
-of alternate

alternately
-in reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
-by alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

alternateness
-the quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

alternating
-of alternate

alternation
-the reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
-permutation.
-the response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

alternative
-offering a choice of two things.
-disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
-alternate; reciprocal.
-an offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
-either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
-the course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
-a choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

alternatively
-in the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.

alternativeness
-the quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.

alternity
-succession by turns; alternation.

althaea
-alt. of althea

althea
-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.

altheine
-asparagine.

altho
-although.

althorn
-an instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the french horn.

although
-grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.

altiloquence
-lofty speech; pompous language.

altiloquent
-high
-sounding; pompous in speech.

altimeter
-an instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.

altimetry
-the art of measuring altitudes, or heights.

altincar
-see tincal.

altiscope
-an arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

altisonant
-high
-sounding; lofty or pompous.

altisonous
-altisonant.

altissimo
-the part or notes situated above f in alt.

altitude
-space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
-the elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. it is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
-the perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
-height of degree; highest point or degree.
-height of rank or excellence; superiority.
-elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.

altitudinal
-of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

altitudinarian
-lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.

altivolant
-flying high.

alto
-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.

alto
-relievo
-alto
-rilievo.

alto
-rilievo
-high relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto
-rilievo or in alto
-rilievo.

alto
-rilievos
-of alto
-rilievo

altogether
-all together; conjointly.
-without exception; wholly; completely.

altometer
-a theodolite.

altos
-of alto

altrical
-like the articles.

altrices
-nursers,
-- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time;
-- opposed to praecoces.

altruism
-regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness;
-- opposed to egoism or selfishness.

altruist
-one imbued with altruism;
-- opposed to egoist.

altruistic
-regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish;
-- opposed to egoistic or selfish.

aludel
-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.

alula
-a false or bastard wing. see under bastard.

alular
-pertaining to the alula.

alum
-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.

alum root
-a north american herb (heuchera americana) of the saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

alum schist
-alt. of alum shale

alum shale
-a variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

alum stone
-a subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

alumen
-alum.

alumina
-one of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, al2o3.

aluminate
-a compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

aluminated
-combined with alumina.

alumine
-alumina.

aluminic
-of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.

aluminiferous
-containing alum.

aluminiform
-having the form of alumina.

aluminium
-the metallic base of alumina. this metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. atomic weight 27.08. symbol al.

aluminize
-to treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.

aluminous
-pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

aluminum
-see aluminium.

alumish
-somewhat like alum.

alumna
-a female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

alumnae
-of alumna

alumni
-of alumnus

alumnus
-a pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.

alunite
-alum stone.

alunogen
-a white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina;
-- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

alure
-a walk or passage;
-- applied to passages of various kinds.

alutaceous
-leathery.
-of a pale brown color; leather
-yellow.

alutation
-the tanning or dressing of leather.

alvearies
-of alveary

alveary
-a beehive, or something resembling a beehive.
-the hollow of the external ear.

alveated
-formed or vaulted like a beehive.

alvei
-of alveus

alveolar
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

alveolary
-alveolar.

alveolate
-deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

alveole
-same as alveolus.

alveoli
-of alveolus

alveoliform
-having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

alveolus
-a cell in a honeycomb.
-a small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
-a small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.

alveus
-the channel of a river.

alvine
-of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

alway
-always.

always
-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.

alyssum
-a genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. the sweet alyssum (a. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet
-scented flowers.