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Along
() (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
Allfours
() A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."
Ana-
() A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
Amphi-
() A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Ambi-
() A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
Amethyst
() A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
Analepsy
() A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
-ancy
() A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
-ance
() A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
-ana
() A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
androus
() A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Amethyst
() A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Amb-
() Alt. of Ambi-
Analepsis
() Alt. of Analepsy
Anapaest
() Alt. of Anapaestic
Analepsy
() Recovery of strength after sickness.
Anapaestic
() Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
Alkazar
() See Alcazar.
Am
() The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
Amissibility
() The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.
An
() This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.
Alit
() of Alight
Amuck
(a. & adv.) In a frenzied and reckless manner.
Alexipharmacal
(a. & n.) Alexipharmic.
Alexipharmac
(a. & n.) Alt. of Alexipharmacal
Amphibial
(a. & n.) Amphibian.
Anaphrodisiac
(a. & n.) Same as Antaphrodisiac.
Anastaltic
(a. & n.) Styptic.
Alt
(a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.
Anaemia
(a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
Alliable
(a.) Able to enter into alliance.
Ambulatory
(a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
Altern
(a.) Acting by turns; alternate.
Amaurotic
(a.) Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.
Amorous
(a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
Alimonious
(a.) Affording food; nourishing.
Anamnestic
(a.) Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.
Amygdalaceous
(a.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
Alkalious
(a.) Alkaline.
Alkalizate
(a.) Alkaline.
Almightiful
(a.) All-powerful; almighty.
Alleviatory
(a.) Alleviative.
Allective
(a.) Alluring.
Allusory
(a.) Allusive.
Amygdaliferous
(a.) Almond-bearing.
Amygdaloidal
(a.) Almond-shaped.
Aleutian
(a.) Alt. of Aleutic
Alexipharmic
(a.) Alt. of Alexipharmical
Alexiteric
(a.) Alt. of Alexiterical
Algebraic
(a.) Alt. of Algebraical
Alhambraic
(a.) Alt. of Alhambresque
Aliethmoid
(a.) Alt. of Aliethmoidal
Alisphenoid
(a.) Alt. of Alisphenoidal
Alkalimetric
(a.) Alt. of Alkalimetrical
Alkaloid
(a.) Alt. of Alkaloidal
Allantoid
(a.) Alt. of Allantoidal
Allegoric
(a.) Alt. of Allegorical
Alder
(a.) Alt. of Aller
Allophylic
(a.) Alt. of Allophylian
Allotropic
(a.) Alt. of Allotropical
Almightful
(a.) Alt. of Almightiful
Alphabetic
(a.) Alt. of Alphabetical
Altaian
(a.) Alt. of Altaic
Amalgamate
(a.) Alt. of Amalgamated
Amaryllidaceous
(a.) Alt. of Amaryllideous
Ametabolic
(a.) Alt. of Ametabolous
Ammoniac
(a.) Alt. of Ammoniacal
Amoebiform
(a.) Alt. of Amoeboid
Amphicarpic
(a.) Alt. of Amphicarpous
Amphicoelian
(a.) Alt. of Amphicoelous
Amphipod
(a.) Alt. of Amphipodan
Amphitheatric
(a.) Alt. of Amphitheatrical
Amphitropal
(a.) Alt. of Amphitropous
Ampullar
(a.) Alt. of Ampullary
Ampullate
(a.) Alt. of Ampullated
Amygdaloid
(a.) Alt. of Amygdaloidal
Amyloid
(a.) Alt. of Amyloidal
Anabaptistic
(a.) Alt. of Anabaptistical
Anachoret
(a.) Alt. of Anachoretical
Anachronic
(a.) Alt. of Anachronical
Anaglyphic
(a.) Alt. of Anaglyphical
Anagogic
(a.) Alt. of Anagogical
Anagrammatic
(a.) Alt. of Anagrammatical
Analytic
(a.) Alt. of Analytical
Anarchic
(a.) Alt. of Anarchical
Anathematic
(a.) Alt. of Anathematical
Anatomic
(a.) Alt. of Anatomical
Anatropal
(a.) Alt. of Anatropous
Anchoretic
(a.) Alt. of Anchoretical
Ancipital
(a.) Alt. of Ancipitous
Anconal
(a.) Alt. of Anconeal
Androgynous
(a.) Alt. of Androgynal
Anecdotic
(a.) Alt. of Anecdotical
Alterant
(a.) Altering; gradually changing.
Alternative
(a.) Alternate; reciprocal.
Amoebean
(a.) Alternately answering.
Altisonous
(a.) Altisonant.
Alveolary
(a.) Alveolar.
Amacratic
(a.) Amasthenic.
Amatorian
(a.) Amatory.
Amatorious
(a.) Amatory.
Ambaginous
(a.) Ambagious.
Ambagitory
(a.) Ambagious.
Amphibolous
(a.) Ambiguous; doubtful.
Ambrosian
(a.) Ambrosial.
Amrita
(a.) Ambrosial; immortal.
Ambulatorial
(a.) Ambulatory; fitted for walking.
Amphitheatral
(a.) Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.
Amplificative
(a.) Amplificatory.
Aliquant
(a.) 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
(a.) 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.
Aldine
(a.) 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.
Analogal
(a.) Analogous.
Anapestical
(a.) Anapestic.
Ancestorial
(a.) Ancestral.
Anchorate
(a.) Anchor-shaped.
Andine
(a.) Andean; as, Andine flora.
Androphagous
(a.) Anthropophagous.
All
(a.) Any.
Allodial
(a.) Anything held allodially.
Alexandrian
(a.) Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
Aliturgical
(a.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.
Alecithal
(a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
Amort
(a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.
Anadromous
(a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
Amentaceous
(a.) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.
Androgynal
(a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
Amentiferous
(a.) Bearing catkins.
Alternate
(a.) 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.
Alexandrine
(a.) Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.
Alemannic
(a.) Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
Allegorical
(a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.
Anacardiaceous
(a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.
Anasarcous
(a.) Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
Amnigenous
(a.) Born or bred in, of, or near a river.
Allegro
(a.) Brisk, lively.
Alert
(a.) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Alienable
(a.) Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
Alkalifiable
(a.) Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
Allegeable
(a.) Capable of being alleged or affirmed.
Allottable
(a.) Capable of being allotted.
Alterable
(a.) Capable of being altered.
Amassable
(a.) Capable of being amassed.
Ameliorable
(a.) Capable of being ameliorated.
Amendable
(a.) Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.
Amusable
(a.) Capable of being amused.
Amortizable
(a.) Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.
Anaesthetic
(a.) Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
Amphibolous
(a.) Capable of two meanings.
Amazing
(a.) Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.
Alterative
(a.) Causing ateration.
Amnestic
(a.) Causing loss of memory.
Allochroic
(a.) Changeable in color.
Allochroous
(a.) Changing color.
Allogamous
(a.) Characterized by allogamy.
Allomerous
(a.) Characterized by allomerism.
Amalgamative
(a.) Characterized by amalgamation.
Amphiarthrodial
(a.) Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
Ambiparous
(a.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.
Altercative
(a.) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
Anaesthetic
(a.) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.
Anachronical
(a.) Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic.
Ambagious
(a.) Circumlocutory; circuitous.
Amplectant
(a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.
Amplexicaul
(a.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.
Amalgamated
(a.) Coalesced; united; combined.
Algid
(a.) Cold; chilly.
Ammoniated
(a.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
Aluminated
(a.) Combined with alumina.
Amethystine
(a.) Composed of, or containing, amethyst.
Aloetic
(a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
Amber
(a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.
Ambrosial
(a.) Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
Aluminiferous
(a.) Containing alum.
Anachronous
(a.) Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
Ammonitiferous
(a.) Containing fossil ammonites.
Anangular
(a.) Containing no angle.
Amido
(a.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
All-possessed
(a.) Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
Alveolate
(a.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
Aleatory
(a.) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
Alternate
(a.) 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.
Anantherous
(a.) Destitute of anthers.
Ananthous
(a.) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
Anandrous
(a.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.
Ambitionless
(a.) Devoid of ambition.
Allogeneous
(a.) Different in nature or kind.
Ancient
(a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
Alternative
(a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Alternate
(a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
Amused
(a.) Diverted.
Ambrosial
(a.) Divinely excellent or beautiful.
Amiable
(a.) Done out of love.
Amphiprostyle
(a.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.
Ambiguous
(a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
Amenable
(a.) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
Amylolytic
(a.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.
Anconoid
(a.) Elbowlike; anconal.
Amotus
(a.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.
Ambient
(a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
Ampliative
(a.) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
Anachronistic
(a.) Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Alienate
(a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
Alonely
(a.) Exclusive.
Amphichroic
(a.) Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
Alive
(a.) Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
Alexipharmical
(a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Ancient
(a.) Experienced; versed.
Amused
(a.) Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.
Amphigean
(a.) Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
Allusive
(a.) Figurative; symbolical.
Anaplerotic
(a.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Anchorable
(a.) Fit for anchorage.
Ampulliform
(a.) Flask-shaped; dilated.
Altivolant
(a.) Flying high.
Alveated
(a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Ancient
(a.) Former; sometime.
Analogical
(a.) Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.
Amiable
(a.) Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
Amicable
(a.) Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
Amazeful
(a.) Full of amazement.
Amative
(a.) Full of love; amatory.
Amurcous
(a.) Full off dregs; foul.
Ample
(a.) Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
Alleyed
(a.) Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.
Aleger
(a.) Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
Amusing
(a.) Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.
Alterative
(a.) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.
Almighty
(a.) Great; extreme; terrible.
Alpigene
(a.) Growing in Alpine regions.
Amphigamous
(a.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Amphistomous
(a.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
Ampullated
(a.) Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Analogical
(a.) Having analogy; analogous.
Analogous
(a.) Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
Amphicoelous
(a.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Alive
(a.) 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.
Anaptotic
(a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.
Amorphous
(a.) Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
Anarthropodous
(a.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Amusive
(a.) Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.
Allusive
(a.) Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
Alike
(a.) Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
Alive
(a.) Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
Amphibious
(a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
Anchored
(a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
Ambidextrous
(a.) Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
Androtomous
(a.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Aluminiform
(a.) Having the form of alumina.
Alveoliform
(a.) Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
Ambulacriform
(a.) Having the form of ambulacra.
Amphistylic
(a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.
Aleuronic
(a.) Having the nature of aleurone.
Ampliate
(a.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
Anatropous
(a.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous.
Amphitropous
(a.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Ambrosiac
(a.) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
Aliferous
(a.) Having wings, winged; aligerous.
Aligerous
(a.) Having wings; winged.
Anchored
(a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
Alone
(a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
Anchoretish
(a.) Hermitlike.
Altisonant
(a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Altiloquent
(a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Ancistroid
(a.) Hook-shaped.
Alive
(a.) In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
Amateurish
(a.) In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Amorous
(a.) Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
Amphigenous
(a.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
Ancient
(a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
Anacoluthic
(a.) Lacking grammatical sequence.
Ample
(a.) Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
Anarchal
(a.) Lawless; anarchical.
Alutaceous
(a.) Leathery.
Ambilevous
(a.) Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.
Amerceable
(a.) Liable to be amerced.
Amenable
(a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
Amissible
(a.) Liable to be lost.
Amenable
(a.) Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
Alight
(a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
Ampullaceous
(a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Alish
(a.) Like ale; as, an alish taste.
Amoebous
(a.) Like an amoeba in structure.
Alcyonoid
(a.) Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Amioid
(a.) Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.
Amphisbaenoid
(a.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
Aldermanlike
(a.) Like or suited to an alderman.
Alpine
(a.) Like the Alps; lofty.
Altrical
(a.) Like the articles.
Alike-minded
(a.) Like-minded.
Alphabetical
(a.) Literal.
Altitudinarian
(a.) Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
Amiable
(a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
Allegiant
(a.) Loyal.
Aldern
(a.) Made of alder.
Alhambresque
(a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
Alder-liefest
(a.) Most beloved.
Andante
(a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
Amendful
(a.) Much improving.
Anagogical
(a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.
Amphigoric
(a.) Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Anapodeictic
(a.) Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.
Alien
(a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
Anallagmatic
(a.) Not changed in form by inversion.
Ample
(a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
Alepidote
(a.) Not having scales.
Ametabolous
(a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.
Ambulatory
(a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Alible
(a.) Nutritive; nourishing.
Amblygonal
(a.) Obtuse-angled.
Amphibious
(a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
Alutaceous
(a.) Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.
Amaranthine
(a.) Of a purplish color.
Alive
(a.) Of all living (by way of emphasis).
Aller
(a.) Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.
Amphibological
(a.) Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
Amorphous
(a.) Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
Analogic
(a.) Of or belonging to analogy.
Alone
(a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
Aluminic
(a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.
Alexandrian
(a.) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
Algerian
(a.) Of or pertaining to Algeria.
Algerine
(a.) Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
American
(a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
Amharic
(a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.
Anamese
(a.) Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.
Ambrosian
(a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.
Aleutic
(a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.
Amatorial
(a.) Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.
Aldehydic
(a.) Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.
Algebraical
(a.) Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.
Algological
(a.) Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.
Alkalimetrical
(a.) Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
Allomorphic
(a.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism.
Allopathic
(a.) Of or pertaining to allopathy.
Allotropical
(a.) Of or pertaining to allotropism.
Alloxanic
(a.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
Amygdalic
(a.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.
Amaranthine
(a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.
Amblyopic
(a.) Of or pertaining to amblyopy.
Ambreic
(a.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
Ambulacral
(a.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Ammoniacal
(a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
Ammonic
(a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Amnesic
(a.) Of or pertaining to amnesia.
Amphibolic
(a.) Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
Alkaline
(a.) Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
Ambassadorial
(a.) Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
Amuletic
(a.) Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
Anaemic
(a.) Of or pertaining to anaemia.
Anaglyptographic
(a.) Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.
Analytical
(a.) Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
Anaplastic
(a.) Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
Anastomotic
(a.) Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
Anchylotic
(a.) Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
Altitudinal
(a.) Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
Ametabolian
(a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
Alcyonic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Alpine
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
Alpen
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps.
Altaic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
Amorphozoic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.
Amphibian
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
Amphictyonic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.
Amphipodan
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
Amphipodous
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
American
(a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.
Algous
(a.) Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
Allantoidal
(a.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.
Amniotic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.
Anconeal
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Anatine
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
Alliaceous
(a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
Amazonian
(a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.
Allhallown
(a.) Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").
Ambulatory
(a.) Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
Alphonsine
(a.) Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).
Anatomical
(a.) Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations.
Amorous
(a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
Amphibolic
(a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Algoid
(a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.
Ambigenous
(a.) Of two kinds.
Alvine
(a.) Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
Ancestral
(a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
Amphitheatrical
(a.) Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amygdaline
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
Alveolar
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
Amaryllideous
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.
Amarantaceous
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.
Alternative
(a.) Offering a choice of two things.
Ancient
(a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
Ancient
(a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
All
(a.) Only; alone; nothing but.
Anatreptic
(a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Ambigenous
(a.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
Amphoteric
(a.) Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Ambidextral
(a.) Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.
Alsatian
(a.) Pertaining to Alsatia.
Anastatic
(a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Allophylian
(a.) Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
Ambulatory
(a.) Pertaining to a walk.
Alimentary
(a.) Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
Allodial
(a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system.
Amenorrhoeal
(a.) Pertaining to amenorrhoea.
Amphibiological
(a.) Pertaining to amphibiology.
Amphigonic
(a.) Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.
Amphidromical
(a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
Anapestic
(a.) Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.
Anchoretical
(a.) Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Anabatic
(a.) Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.
Anabolic
(a.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
Anacrotic
(a.) Pertaining to anachronism.
Anarchical
(a.) Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
Aliethmoidal
(a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Alinasal
(a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
Aluminous
(a.) Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
Alisphenoidal
(a.) 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.
Amazonian
(a.) Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
Amylaceous
(a.) Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Alpestrine
(a.) Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
Andean
(a.) Pertaining to the Andes.
Alular
(a.) Pertaining to the alula.
Anaglyphical
(a.) Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.
Amphibious
(a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
Anacreontic
(a.) Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
Alluvial
(a.) 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.
Anagrammatical
(a.) Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram.
Alphabetical
(a.) Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
Anecdotal
(a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Alliteral
(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
Alliterative
(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
Allantoic
(a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.
Amylic
(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.
Anacardic
(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.
Anathematical
(a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.
Amygdaloidal
(a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
Algal
(a.) Pertaining to, or like, algae.
Aldermanly
(a.) Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
Amphoral
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Anal
(a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
Amatory
(a.) Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.
Alkaloidal
(a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Amygdalate
(a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
Amiable
(a.) Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
Ambitious
(a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
Ambidextrous
(a.) Practicing or siding with both parties.
Allowable
(a.) Praiseworthy; laudable.
Andropetalous
(a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
Anaclastic
(a.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.
Amphoric
(a.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
Anaphroditic
(a.) Produced without concourse of sexes.
Algific
(a.) Producing cold.
Anatiferous
(a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
Amphicarpous
(a.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Anacathartic
(a.) Producing vomiting or expectoration.
Allowable
(a.) 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.
Allonymous
(a.) Published under the name of some one other than the author.
Allegretto
(a.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
Alone
(a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Andantino
(a.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
Anacamptic
(a.) Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).
Altruistic
(a.) Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
Amic
(a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
Anaerobiotic
(a.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies.
Anabaptistical
(a.) Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.
Analectic
(a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.
Amphigonous
(a.) Relating to both parents.
Aliseptal
(a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
Anapnoic
(a.) Relating to respiration.
Anaglyptic
(a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
Aldermanic
(a.) Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
Anaerobic
(a.) Relating to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic.
Amovable
(a.) Removable.
Android
(a.) Resembling a man.
Amber
(a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
Amethystine
(a.) Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
Amianthiform
(a.) Resembling amianthus in form.
Amianthoid
(a.) Resembling amianthus.
Amoeboid
(a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
Ampullary
(a.) Resembling an ampulla.
Amyloidal
(a.) Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.
Amentaceous
(a.) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
Alexiterical
(a.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
Analeptic
(a.) Restorative; giving strength after disease.
Alkoranic
(a.) Same as Alcoranic.
Aller
(a.) Same as Alder, of all.
All-a-mort
(a.) See Alamort.
Allemannic
(a.) See Alemannic.
Amebean
(a.) See Am/bean.
Anachoretical
(a.) See Anchoret, Anchoretic.
Amphiblastic
(a.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Amplificatory
(a.) Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
Alexipyretic
(a.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.
Amentiform
(a.) Shaped like a catkin.
Alone
(a.) Sole; only; exclusive.
Alumish
(a.) Somewhat like alum.
Anacanthous
(a.) Spineless, as certain fishes.
Alive
(a.) Sprightly; lively; brisk.
Anaclastic
(a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Ambitious
(a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
Ambitious
(a.) Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Ancillary
(a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
Amendatory
(a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
Alimental
(a.) Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
Alleviative
(a.) Tending to alleviate.
Ameliorative
(a.) Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.
Amblotic
(a.) Tending to cause abortion.
Alkalescent
(a.) Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
Anadromous
(a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
Alluring
(a.) That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.
Allicient
(a.) That attracts; attracting.
Analyzable
(a.) That may be analyzed.
All
(a.) 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).
Ancipitous
(a.) Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Amaranthine
(a.) Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
Allied
(a.) United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.
Androgynal
(a.) Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.
Amasthenic
(a.) Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
Almighty
(a.) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
Anarthrous
(a.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.
Ambidexter
(a.) Using both hands with equal ease.
Ambulative
(a.) Walking.
Ambulant
(a.) Walking; moving from place to place.
Amyous
(a.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
Amyelous
(a.) Wanting the spinal cord.
Alert
(a.) Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
Alien
(a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
Amenable
(a.) Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Aliped
(a.) Wing-footed, as the bat.
Aliform
(a.) Wing-shaped; winglike.
Anchorless
(a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Amorphous
(a.) Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.
Anarthrous
(a.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
Anallantoic
(a.) Without, or not developing, an allantois.
Anamniotic
(a.) Without, or not developing, an amnion.
Amiss
(a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
Alman
(adj.) A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Alman
(adj.) German.
Alman
(adj.) The German language.
Aliunde
(adv. & a.) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
Aleak
(adv. & a.) In a leaking condition.
Alfresco
(adv. & a.) In the open-air.
Also
(adv. & conj.) Even as; as; so.
Also
(adv. & conj.) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Also
(adv. & conj.) In like manner; likewise.
Ambrosially
(adv.) After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.
Altogether
(adv.) All together; conjointly.
Alongside
(adv.) Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
Alongshore
(adv.) Along the shore or coast.
Als
(adv.) Also.
Algate
(adv.) Alt. of Algates
Allthing
(adv.) Altogether.
Alway
(adv.) Always.
Algates
(adv.) Always; wholly; everywhere.
Als
(adv.) As.
Amiss
(adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Always
(adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Alias
(adv.) At another time.
Alength
(adv.) At full length; lengthwise.
Aloof
(adv.) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Alow
(adv.) Below; in a lower part.
Algebraically
(adv.) By algebraic process.
Allodially
(adv.) By allodial tenure.
Allowedly
(adv.) By allowance; admittedly.
Alternately
(adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Algates
(adv.) By any or means; at all events.
Anacamptically
(adv.) By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.
Along
(adv.) By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Always
(adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
Alday
(adv.) Continually.
All
(adv.) Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.)
Allwhere
(adv.) Everywhere.
Allusively
(adv.) Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
Along
(adv.) In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
Allopathically
(adv.) In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
Amoroso
(adv.) In a soft, tender, amatory style.
Amazedly
(adv.) In amazement; with confusion or astonishment.
Alertly
(adv.) In an alert manner; nimbly.
Allowably
(adv.) In an allowable manner.
Alphabetically
(adv.) In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.
Alterably
(adv.) In an alterable manner.
Amatorially
(adv.) In an amatorial manner.
Ambidextrously
(adv.) In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
Ambiguously
(adv.) In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
Ambitiously
(adv.) In an ambitious manner.
Amenably
(adv.) In an amenable manner.
Amiably
(adv.) In an amiable manner.
Amicably
(adv.) In an amicable manner.
Amorously
(adv.) In an amorous manner; fondly.
Amply
(adv.) In an ample manner.
Analogically
(adv.) In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.
Analytically
(adv.) In an analytical manner.
Anatomically
(adv.) In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
Anciently
(adv.) In an ancient manner.
Anciently
(adv.) In ancient times.
Along
(adv.) In company; together.
Alternately
(adv.) In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
Amphitheatrically
(adv.) In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Alternatively
(adv.) In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.
Amidships
(adv.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
Amorwe
(adv.) In the morning.
A-mornings
(adv.) In the morning; every morning.
Altarwise
(adv.) In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.
Alike
(adv.) In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.
Aloft
(adv.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
Amphibiously
(adv.) Like an amphibious being.
Almost
(adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Algates
(adv.) Notwithstanding; yet.
Ana
(adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
Aloft
(adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.
Alife
(adv.) On my life; dearly.
Alee
(adv.) 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.
Amorwe
(adv.) On the following morning.
Alonely
(adv.) Only; merely; singly.
Alias
(adv.) 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.
Already
(adv.) Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
Alimentally
(adv.) So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.
Allenarly
(adv.) Solely; only.
Alone
(adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.
All
(adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
Aloud
(adv.) With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Almightily
(adv.) With almighty power.
Amblingly
(adv.) With an ambling gait.
Ancestorially
(adv.) With regard to ancestors.
Altogether
(adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.
Aloof
(adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Ambassade
(ambassade.) Alt. of Embassade
Embassade
(ambassade.) An embassy.
Embassade
(ambassade.) The mission of an ambassador.
And
(conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
Altho
(conj.) Although.
All
(conj.) Although; albeit.
Although
(conj.) Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
An
(conj.) If; -- a word used by old English authors.
And
(conj.) If; though. See An, conj.
And
(conj.) In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
And
(conj.) It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
Alienated
(imp. & p. p.) of Alienate
Alighted
(imp. & p. p.) of Alight
Alkalified
(imp. & p. p.) of Alkalify
Alkalized
(imp. & p. p.) of Alkalize
Allayed
(imp. & p. p.) of Allay
Alleged
(imp. & p. p.) of Allege
Allegorized
(imp. & p. p.) of Allegorize
Alleviated
(imp. & p. p.) of Alleviate
Allotted
(imp. & p. p.) of Allot
Allowed
(imp. & p. p.) of Allow
Allowancing
(imp. & p. p.) of Allowance
Alloyed
(imp. & p. p.) of Alloy
Alluded
(imp. & p. p.) of Allude
Alluded
(imp. & p. p.) of Allure
Allied
(imp. & p. p.) of Ally
Altered
(imp. & p. p.) of Alter
Altercated
(imp. & p. p.) of Altercate
Alternated
(imp. & p. p.) of Alternate
Amalgamated
(imp. & p. p.) of Amalgamate
Amassed
(imp. & p. p.) of Amass
Amazed
(imp. & p. p.) of Amaze
Ambled
(imp. & p. p.) of Amble
Ambuscaded
(imp. & p. p.) of Ambuscade
Ambushed
(imp. & p. p.) of Ambush
Ameliorated
(imp. & p. p.) of Ameliorate
Amended
(imp. & p. p.) of Amend
Amerced
(imp. & p. p.) of Amerce
Americanizer
(imp. & p. p.) of Americanize
Ammunitioned
(imp. & p. p.) of Ammunition
Amounted
(imp. & p. p.) of Amount
Amplified
(imp. & p. p.) of Amplify
Amputated
(imp. & p. p.) of Amputate
Amused
(imp. & p. p.) of Amuse
Analyzed
(imp. & p. p.) of Analyze
Anathematized
(imp. & p. p.) of Anathematize
Anatomized
(imp. & p. p.) of Anatomize
Anchored
(imp. & p. p.) of Anchor
Anchylosed
(imp. & p. p.) of Anchylose
Amnestied
(imp. p. p.) of Amnesty
Anastomozed
(imp. p. p.) of Anastomose
Anan
(interj.) An expression equivalent to What did you say? Sir? Eh?
Amen
(interj., adv., & n.) An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.
Alumna
(n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.
Ambages
(n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Analecta
(n. pl.) A collection of literary fragments.
Amphineura
(n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
Amphibiotica
(n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.
Alectorides
(n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
Ametabola
(n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
Amblypoda
(n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.
Anacanths
(n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.
Amphirhina
(n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.
Amphipoda
(n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
Anaks
(n. pl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.
Amphiscii
(n. pl.) Alt. of Amphiscians
Anacanthini
(n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanths
Anakim
(n. pl.) Alt. of Anaks
Analects
(n. pl.) Alt. of Analecta
Ammonitoidea
(n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Amioidei
(n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Amorphozoa
(n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.
Androphagi
(n. pl.) Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.
Amphictyons
(n. pl.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Anaerobies
(n. pl.) Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.
Anagogics
(n. pl.) Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.
Altrices
(n. pl.) 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.
Amphibia
(n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.
Anarthropoda
(n. pl.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.
Amoebea
(n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.
Amniota
(n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
Anallantoidea
(n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
Allantoidea
(n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Amphiscians
(n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.
Alcyones
(n. pl.) The kingfishers.
Alms
(n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Amends
(n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Allocatur
(n.) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
Alman
(n.) A German.
Alewife
(n.) 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.
Anathema
(n.) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
Almadie
(n.) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
Alveary
(n.) A beehive, or something resembling a beehive.
Ambulator
(n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.
Alebench
(n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.
Aleberry
(n.) A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
Aloin
(n.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
Almadie
(n.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
Almanac
(n.) 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.
Alkanet
(n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
Ancone
(n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
Analysis
(n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Alp
(n.) A bullfinch.
Ambustion
(n.) A burn or scald.
Alfet
(n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Ambitus
(n.) A canvassing for votes.
Alveolus
(n.) A cell in a honeycomb.
Altarist
(n.) A chaplain.
Amarine
(n.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
Alternative
(n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
Alley
(n.) A choice taw or marble.
Alpinist
(n.) A climber of the Alps.
Amaranth
(n.) A color inclining to purple.
Alizarin
(n.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
Aldehyde
(n.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Alloxanate
(n.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
Amphibole
(n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Alkermes
(n.) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
Amide
(n.) A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.
Aluminate
(n.) A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
Amylate
(n.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Amidogen
(n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.
Ammonium
(n.) A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
Ammeter
(n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.
Ampulla
(n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
Allantoin
(n.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.
Americanism
(n.) A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
Allowance
(n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
Allemande
(n.) 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.
Allotriophagy
(n.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
Ambury
(n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
Anatomizer
(n.) A dissector.
Anamorphism
(n.) A distorted image.
Anamorphosis
(n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
Alum
(n.) 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.
Ambidexter
(n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.
Amontillado
(n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color.
Alkanet
(n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
Amphisbaena
(n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
Alula
(n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
Amaryllis
(n.) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.
Amiss
(n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.
Alexipyretic
(n.) A febrifuge.
Ambassadress
(n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.
Ancestress
(n.) A female ancestor.
Anchoress
(n.) A female anchoret.
Ale
(n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Ambulance
(n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
Allusion
(n.) A figurative or symbolical reference.
Allegory
(n.) 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.
Anacoenosis
(n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Allemande
(n.) A figure in dancing.
Allegory
(n.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
Almagra
(n.) 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.
Anadrom
(n.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
Alepidote
(n.) A fish without scales.
Amphioxus
(n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Algol
(n.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
Amphibrach
(n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
Amphimacer
(n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Alien
(n.) 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.
Amphiarthrosis
(n.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
Anapnograph
(n.) A form of spirometer.
Ammonite
(n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
Ambrite
(n.) A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
Amaracus
(n.) A fragrant flower.
Ambrein
(n.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
Anacharis
(n.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.
Amy
(n.) A friend.
Anadem
(n.) A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.
Ammonia
(n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Allylene
(n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
Amphiuma
(n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
Amomum
(n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
Ambulator
(n.) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
Alyssum
(n.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Andromeda
(n.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
Anabas
(n.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.
Alcyonium
(n.) 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.
Amia
(n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
Amphisbaena
(n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
Amorpha
(n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.
Amaranth
(n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
Anacardium
(n.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
Althea
(n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
Allium
(n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
Aloe
(n.) 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.
Amaryllis
(n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
Anas
(n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Almsgiver
(n.) A giver of alms.
Almsman
(n.) A giver of alms.
Amygdalin
(n.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Anamorphism
(n.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending.
Amice
(n.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
Ambler
(n.) A horse or a person that ambles.
Almshouse
(n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Alehouse
(n.) A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.
Amyl
(n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Anchor
(n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
Anabasis
(n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
Ambidexter
(n.) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict.
Ambidexterity
(n.) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
Amphitrocha
(n.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
Amandine
(n.) A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
Amphicome
(n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Allecret
(n.) A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.
Alga
(n.) 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.
Andesine
(n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Alexandrine
(n.) A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
Ammodyte
(n.) A kind of viper in southern Europe.
Alicant
(n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.
Anaconda
(n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
Alligator
(n.) 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.
Ambo
(n.) A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
Alquifou
(n.) A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
Amphictyony
(n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Alphabetarian
(n.) A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.
Amusette
(n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
Alpenstock
(n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.
Amaurosis
(n.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
Amoret
(n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.
Amorist
(n.) A lover; a gallant.
Amoroso
(n.) A lover; a man enamored.
Androides
(n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
Ancille
(n.) A maidservant; a handmaid.
Anagrammatist
(n.) A maker anagrams.
Androsphinx
(n.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Amass
(n.) A mass; a heap.
Allumette
(n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
Alnager
(n.) 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.
Almude
(n.) 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.
Aloetic
(n.) A medicine containing chiefly aloes.
Alterative
(n.) A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
Allantoid
(n.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
Anchor
(n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Anapest
(n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
Amylobacter
(n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
Embassador
(n.) A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
Anachronism
(n.) A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
Amalgam
(n.) A mixture or compound of different things.
Anamorphosis
(n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
Allegretto
(n.) A movement in this time.
Amble
(n.) A movement like the amble of a horse.
Andante
(n.) A movement or piece in andante time.
Anconeus
(n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
Alisanders
(n.) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
Amazon
(n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis
Allheal
(n.) A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.
Anabaptist
(n.) A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.
Alley
(n.) A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
Alley
(n.) A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
Ampulla
(n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
Amalgam
(n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
Algerian
(n.) A native of Algeria.
American
(n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
Anamese
(n.) A native of Anam.
Algerine
(n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
Amyloid
(n.) A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
Amphigory
(n.) A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
Andromeda
(n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
Anecdote
(n.) A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Alley
(n.) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
Amaryllis
(n.) A pastoral sweetheart.
Amble
(n.) A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
Amphidisc
(n.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Amende
(n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Ambrosia
(n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
Amateur
(n.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Ambidexter
(n.) A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
Amanuensis
(n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
Amoret
(n.) A petty love affair or amour.
Amphibology
(n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Ambrotype
(n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
Ancony
(n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
Anchorage
(n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
Ambulatory
(n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
Anacreontic
(n.) A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
Amoebaeum
(n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Alepole
(n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
Ampliation
(n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.
Ale-knight
(n.) A pot companion.
Alopecist
(n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Anacrusis
(n.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Alexiteric
(n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
Amphopeptone
(n.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
Alternate
(n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Alumnus
(n.) A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Altar
(n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.
Anamnesis
(n.) A recalling to mind; recollection.
Almacantar
(n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
Almsman
(n.) A recipient of alms.
Aldebaran
(n.) 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.
Allusion
(n.) A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
Analogy
(n.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
Anaplerotic
(n.) A remedy which promotes such granulation.
Anaphora
(n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Anadiplosis
(n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."
Analogy
(n.) A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
Anchusin
(n.) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
Analysis
(n.) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
Analeptic
(n.) A restorative.
Amoeba
(n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
Alligation
(n.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.
Amygdalate
(n.) A salt amygdalic acid.
Ambreate
(n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Amphid
(n.) A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.
Analemma
(n.) A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.
Alias
(n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Anacrotism
(n.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
Alderman
(n.) A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Ancient
(n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Ancestry
(n.) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Allanite
(n.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.
Andalusite
(n.) A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
Anatomy
(n.) A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
Alveolus
(n.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
Almucantar
(n.) 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.
Alveolus
(n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
Anchovy
(n.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
Ancome
(n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
Ambury
(n.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
Alloquy
(n.) A speaking to another; an address.
Analogue
(n.) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
Alsike
(n.) A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
Ament
(n.) A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
Analogue
(n.) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.
Amadou
(n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.
Alkarsin
(n.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
Androspore
(n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.
Amice
(n.) A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.
Alestake
(n.) 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."
Alioth
(n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
Aloneness
(n.) A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.
Amorphism
(n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.
Allegation
(n.) 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.
Ambry
(n.) A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
Alienate
(n.) A stranger; an alien.
Ambergris
(n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
Alloxantin
(n.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
Alternate
(n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
Androphore
(n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
Ambrose
(n.) A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
Analysis
(n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Amazon
(n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
Alkalescency
(n.) A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
Algaroth
(n.) 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.
Altometer
(n.) A theodolite.
Alpaca
(n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
Amnion
(n.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Anchorage
(n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
Alienation
(n.) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
Amphibiology
(n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Algebra
(n.) A treatise on this science.
Anatomy
(n.) A treatise or book on anatomy.
Algum
(n.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
Alder
(n.) 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.
Andiron
(n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Allomorph
(n.) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
Amygdaloid
(n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
Amelcorn
(n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
Anapest
(n.) A verse composed of such feet.
Alp
(n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Altarist
(n.) A vicar of a church.
Alure
(n.) A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
Anacoluthon
(n.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Amorosa
(n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.
Alunogen
(n.) 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.
Analcime
(n.) A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.
Alienation
(n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
Alewife
(n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Ampyx
(n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.
Analogue
(n.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
Americanism
(n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
Ampersand
(n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &.
Allonym
(n.) A work published under the name of some one other than the author.
Allograph
(n.) A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
Amber
(n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.
Alcyonoid
(n.) A zoophyte of the order Alcyonaria.
Allowance
(n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
Anchorage
(n.) Abode of an anchoret.
Anarchy
(n.) Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
Analgesia
(n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.
Anaphrodisia
(n.) Absence of sexual appetite.
Allowance
(n.) Acknowledgment.
Ancienty
(n.) Age; antiquity.
Aldermanity
(n.) Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.
Algidness
(n.) Algidity.
Alineation
(n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
Allhallows
(n.) All Saints' Day, November 1st.
Allhallows
(n.) All the saints (in heaven).
Allegeance
(n.) Allegation.
Allegement
(n.) Allegation.
Allay
(n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Allhallond
(n.) Allhallows.
Allottery
(n.) Allotment.
Allotropicity
(n.) Allotropic property or nature.
Allay
(n.) Alloy.
Allective
(n.) Allurement.
Allurance
(n.) Allurement.
Allure
(n.) Allurement.
Alluvious
(n.) Alluvial.
Ambry
(n.) Almonry.
Almose
(n.) Alms.
Alfa
(n.) Alt. of Alfa grass
Algarot
(n.) Alt. of Algaroth
Algonquin
(n.) Alt. of Algonkin
Algorism
(n.) Alt. of Algorithm
Almug
(n.) Alt. of Algum
Allineation
(n.) Alt. of Alineation
Alexanders
(n.) Alt. of Alisanders
Alkalescence
(n.) Alt. of Alkalescency
Allantois
(n.) Alt. of Allantoid
Alleluia
(n.) Alt. of Alleluiah
Allhallow
(n.) Alt. of Allhallows
Allice
(n.) Alt. of Allis
Allotropism
(n.) Alt. of Allotropy
Almadia
(n.) Alt. of Almadie
Alma
(n.) Alt. of Almah
Almain
(n.) Alt. of Alman
Almayne
(n.) Alt. of Alman
Alme
(n.) Alt. of Almeh
Alopecia
(n.) Alt. of Alopecy
Alpist
(n.) Alt. of Alpia
Althaea
(n.) Alt. of Althea
Amaranthus
(n.) Alt. of Amarantus
Amazonite
(n.) Alt. of Amazon stone
Amblyopia
(n.) Alt. of Amblyopy
Anbury
(n.) Alt. of Ambury
Ameer
(n.) Alt. of Amir
Amortisable
(n.) Alt. of Amortisement
Amortisation
(n.) Alt. of Amortisement
Amortise
(n.) Alt. of Amortisement
Ampere
(n.) Alt. of Ampere
Amperemeter
(n.) Alt. of Amperometer
Amphilogism
(n.) Alt. of Amphilogy
Amphitheater
(n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre
Amsel
(n.) Alt. of Amzel
Analyse
(n.) Alt. of Analyser
Anchoret
(n.) Alt. of Anchorite
Ancon
(n.) Alt. of Ancone
Androgyny
(n.) Alt. of Androgynism
Android
(n.) Alt. of Androides
Anchylosis
(n.) Alt. of Ankylosis
Ambassador
(n.) Alt. of Embassador
Ammoniac
(n.) Alt. of Gum ammoniac
Alternacy
(n.) Alternateness; alternation.
Alto-relievo
(n.) Alto-rilievo.
Alunite
(n.) Alum stone.
Alumen
(n.) Alum.
Alumine
(n.) Alumina.
Allerion
(n.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.
Amarant
(n.) Amaranth, 1.
Amber
(n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Amber
(n.) Ambergris.
Amphilogy
(n.) Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.
Ambiguousness
(n.) Ambiguity.
Amphiboly
(n.) Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
Ambes-as
(n.) Ambs-ace.
Ambuscado
(n.) Ambuscade.
Amess
(n.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
Amphora
(n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
Almeh
(n.) An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.
Amma
(n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.
Alluvion
(n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
Anapophysis
(n.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.
Almsdeed
(n.) An act of charity.
Allocution
(n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Ancient
(n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
Alert
(n.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
Aleurone
(n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
Allayment
(n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Allegro
(n.) An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.
Alleyway
(n.) An alley.
Allopath
(n.) An allopathist.
Allocation
(n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
Aliment
(n.) An allowance for maintenance.
Alimony
(n.) 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.
Amalgam
(n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
Alfenide
(n.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
Alliant
(n.) An ally; a confederate.
Almner
(n.) An almoner.
Amendment
(n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Alterant
(n.) An alterative.
Alto
(n.) An alto singer.
Amassment
(n.) An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.
Ambulance
(n.) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
Amorette
(n.) An amoret.
Amoret
(n.) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
Amphibium
(n.) An amphibian.
Amphiprostyle
(n.) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
Anacathartic
(n.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
Anarchist
(n.) An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Anchoritess
(n.) An anchoress.
Anchor
(n.) An anchoret.
Androgyne
(n.) An androgynous plant.
Amplitude
(n.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.
Alpaca
(n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
Anatifa
(n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
Aliped
(n.) An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
Alexipharmic
(n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
Alembic
(n.) An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
Allower
(n.) An approver or abettor.
Altiscope
(n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
Ambition
(n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
Ancestor
(n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
Ambrosin
(n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
Ampelite
(n.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.
Alfione
(n.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
Amphigen
(n.) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
Anagoge
(n.) An elevation of mind to things celestial.
Anchor
(n.) An emblem of hope.
Amplexation
(n.) An embrace.
Amygdalate
(n.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
Ancient
(n.) An ensign or flag.
Alferes
(n.) An ensign; a standard bearer.
Ambigu
(n.) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.
Anachorism
(n.) An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place.
Andesite
(n.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Alleluiah
(n.) An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.
Alkekengi
(n.) 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.
Androgyne
(n.) An hermaphrodite.
Alluminor
(n.) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
Amaranth
(n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
Anathema
(n.) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Alguazil
(n.) An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
Alsatian
(n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.
Anaglyptograph
(n.) An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.
Aleurometer
(n.) An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.
Ambulator
(n.) An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.
Amperometer
(n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.
Altimeter
(n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Altazimuth
(n.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
Alethoscope
(n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
Amassette
(n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.
Althorn
(n.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Analemma
(n.) An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
Alkalimeter
(n.) An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
Ale
(n.) An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
Anagraph
(n.) An inventory; a record.
Anastrophe
(n.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
Ammiral
(n.) An obsolete form of admiral.
Amblygon
(n.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.
Alternative
(n.) 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.
Embassador
(n.) An official messenger and representative.
Analogue
(n.) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
Alkaloid
(n.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
Allyl
(n.) An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
Amulet
(n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
Althea
(n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Analemma
(n.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
Amphitheatre
(n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
Alluvion
(n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Alloxan
(n.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
Ambrosia
(n.) An unguent of the gods.
Analcite
(n.) Analcime.
Analogon
(n.) Analogue.
Anapestic
(n.) Anapestic measure or verse.
Anathematism
(n.) Anathematization.
Ancientry
(n.) Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
Anecdotage
(n.) Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
Alias
(n.) Another name; an assumed name.
Ancientry
(n.) Antiquity; what is ancient.
Ametropia
(n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
Anchor
(n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
Alligator
(n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
Ampulla
(n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
Allomorph
(n.) 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.
Alley
(n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
Anathema
(n.) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
Anaglyph
(n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
Ammunition
(n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
Alliance
(n.) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Amphitheatre
(n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
Almond
(n.) Anything shaped like an almond.
Allegory
(n.) Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
Allowance
(n.) Approval; approbation.
Ammunition
(n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Altheine
(n.) Asparagine.
Amain
(n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
Americanism
(n.) Attachment to the United States.
Alliciency
(n.) Attractive power; attractiveness.
Amenance
(n.) Behavior; bearing.
Amaritude
(n.) Bitterness.
Alienability
(n.) Capability of being alienated.
Anchor
(n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
Algidity
(n.) Chilliness; coldness
Ambit
(n.) Circuit or compass.
Alectoromachy
(n.) Cockfighting.
Alectryom'achy
(n.) Cockfighting.
Algor
(n.) Cold; chilliness.
Anatocism
(n.) Compound interest.
Ancestry
(n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
Analogy
(n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
Amendment
(n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Amusement
(n.) Deep thought; muse.
Alluvium
(n.) 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.
Amotion
(n.) Deprivation of possession.
Amission
(n.) Deprivation; loss.
Allegiance
(n.) Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
Androtomy
(n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
Alectryomancy
(n.) 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.
Al-phitomancy
(n.) Divination by means of barley meal.
Aleuromancy
(n.) Divination by means of flour.
Alomancy
(n.) Divination by means of salt.
Allwork
(n.) Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.
Ambs-ace
(n.) Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.
Ambidexterity
(n.) Double-dealing.
Andabatism
(n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Ambiloquy
(n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
Anasarca
(n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
Amianthus
(n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
Alternative
(n.) 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.
Altitude
(n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
Amir
(n.) Emir.
Ampliation
(n.) Enlargement; amplification.
Allectation
(n.) Enticement; allurement.
Anaesthesia
(n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
Allogamy
(n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Alp
(n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
Anchor
(n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
Amnesia
(n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.
Alto
(n.) 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.
Ambrosia
(n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
Allodium
(n.) 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.
Amazement
(n.) Frenzy; madness.
Amity
(n.) Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.
Allure
(n.) Gait; bearing.
Anatron
(n.) Glass gall or sandiver.
Alehoof
(n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
Alew
(n.) Halloo.
Altitude
(n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
Altitude
(n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
Anarchy
(n.) Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
Anchor-hold
(n.) Hence: Firm hold: security.
Alto-rilievo
(n.) 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.
Amentia
(n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.
Amrita
(n.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.
Ambry
(n.) In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
Amendment
(n.) In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
Altar
(n.) In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.
Analogism
(n.) Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
Allegresse
(n.) Joy; gladsomeness.
Amplitude
(n.) Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.
Amphigene
(n.) Leucite.
Amovability
(n.) Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
Allowance
(n.) License; indulgence.
Allnight
(n.) Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.
Anagram
(n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
Altiloquence
(n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Alopecy
(n.) Loss of the hair; baldness.
Amability
(n.) Lovableness.
Amour
(n.) Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.
Amour
(n.) Love; affection.
Alimony
(n.) Maintenance; means of living.
Alluvion
(n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
Alnage
(n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
Alienation
(n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
Ammunition
(n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Anatron
(n.) Native carbonate of soda; natron.
Amplitude
(n.) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.
Amplitude
(n.) Of extent of means or resources.
Ancientry
(n.) Old age; also, old people.
Almightiness
(n.) Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.
Ambitionist
(n.) One excessively ambitious.
Alien
(n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
Ancestor
(n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
Ancestor
(n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Altruist
(n.) One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.
Algologist
(n.) One learned about algae; a student of algology.
Ambusher
(n.) One lying in ambush.
Alderman
(n.) 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.
Alderney
(n.) 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.
Alkali
(n.) 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.
Amine
(n.) One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.
Amazon
(n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.
Ammodyte
(n.) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
Amylene
(n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.
Anaptychus
(n.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
Alkalamide
(n.) 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.
Anastate
(n.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.
Amphipneust
(n.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.
Algonkin
(n.) 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.
Alogian
(n.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.
Amioid
(n.) One of the Amioidei.
Amoebian
(n.) One of the Amoebea.
Amphibian
(n.) One of the Amphibia.
Amphipod
(n.) One of the Amphipoda.
Amir
(n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Anchor
(n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
Alumina
(n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
Aludel
(n.) 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.
Ambulacrum
(n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.
Ancient
(n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Alouatte
(n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
Amylose
(n.) One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Ambulacrum
(n.) One of the suckers on the feet of mites.
Almond
(n.) One of the tonsils.
Allottee
(n.) One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
Alienee
(n.) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
Algebraist
(n.) One versed in algebra.
Aliner
(n.) One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.
Alleger
(n.) One who affirms or declares.
Alienor
(n.) One who alienates or transfers property to another.
Alienator
(n.) One who alienates.
Allegorizer
(n.) One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.
Allegorist
(n.) One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.
Alliterator
(n.) One who alliterates.
Allotter
(n.) One who allots.
Allower
(n.) One who allows or permits.
Amasser
(n.) One who amasses.
Ameliorator
(n.) One who ameliorates.
Amender
(n.) One who amends.
Amercer
(n.) One who amerces.
Amputator
(n.) One who amputates.
Amuser
(n.) One who amuses.
Analyst
(n.) One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
Almoner
(n.) 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.
Allodialist
(n.) One who holds allodial land.
Allodiary
(n.) One who holds an allodium.
Anatomist
(n.) One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
Amnicolist
(n.) One who lives near a river.
Amplifier
(n.) One who or that which amplifies.
Allopathist
(n.) One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
Anathematizer
(n.) One who pronounces an anathema.
Analogist
(n.) One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
Anchorite
(n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.
Alienist
(n.) One who treats diseases of the mind.
Ambulator
(n.) One who walks about; a walker.
Allayer
(n.) One who, or that which, allays.
Alleviator
(n.) One who, or that which, alleviates.
Allurer
(n.) One who, or that which, allures.
Amalgamator
(n.) One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
Analyzer
(n.) One who, or that which, analyzes.
Amethodist
(n.) One without method; a quack.
Ammite
(n.) Oolite or roestone; -- written also hammite.
Aleconner
(n.) 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.]
Alternation
(n.) Permutation.
Almsfolk
(n.) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
Analogy
(n.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
Alibility
(n.) Quality of being alible.
Analogicalness
(n.) Quality of being analogical.
Andarac
(n.) Red orpiment.
Altruism
(n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Amolition
(n.) Removal; a putting away.
Amotion
(n.) Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
Amenorrhoea
(n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Anatron
(n.) Saltpeter.
Alkoranist
(n.) Same as Alcoranist.
Aloof
(n.) Same as Alewife.
Alinement
(n.) Same as Alignment.
Almah
(n.) Same as Alme.
Almacantar
(n.) Same as Almucantar.
Algum
(n.) Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable).
Alveole
(n.) Same as Alveolus.
Amalgama
(n.) Same as Amalgam.
Amarantus
(n.) Same as Amaranth.
Ambon
(n.) Same as Ambo.
Ames-ace
(n.) Same as Ambs-ace.
Amir
(n.) Same as Ameer.
Amentum
(n.) Same as Ament.
Amerciament
(n.) Same as Amercement.
Almuce
(n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
Amyss
(n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
Amnios
(n.) Same as Amnion.
Amortizement
(n.) Same as Amortization.
Amortisement
(n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.
Ampul
(n.) Same as Ampulla, 2.
Anagogy
(n.) Same as Anagoge.
Analyser
(n.) Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.
Anamorphosis
(n.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
Anamorphosy
(n.) Same as Anamorphosis.
Anatifer
(n.) Same as Anatifa.
Amburry
(n.) Same as Anbury.
Anchorite
(n.) Same as Anchoret.
Anatto
(n.) Same as Annotto.
Alkargen
(n.) Same as Cacodylic acid.
Ambassage
(n.) Same as Embassage.
Aletaster
(n.) See Aleconner.
Alectoromancy
(n.) See Alectryomancy.
Allignment
(n.) See Alignment.
Ally
(n.) See Alley, a marble or taw.
Alineation
(n.) See Allineation.
Allod
(n.) See Allodium.
Almondine
(n.) See Almandine
Almry
(n.) See Almonry.
Almesse
(n.) See Alms.
Aluminum
(n.) See Aluminium.
Ambergrease
(n.) See Ambergris.
Almery
(n.) See Ambry.
Amianth
(n.) See Amianthus.
Anaesthesis
(n.) See Anaesthesia.
Ancle
(n.) See Ankle.
Ambassy
(n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling.
Allochroite
(n.) See Garnet.
Alhenna
(n.) See Henna.
Alongshoreman
(n.) See Longshoreman.
Altincar
(n.) See Tincal.
Ancienty
(n.) Seniority.
Amphigenesis
(n.) Sexual generation; amphigony.
Amphigony
(n.) Sexual propagation.
Amorphy
(n.) Shapelessness.
Alkali
(n.) Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
Anchorage
(n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Ambient
(n.) Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Anchorage
(n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Alegar
(n.) Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.
Altitude
(n.) 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.
Amidin
(n.) Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
Aloofness
(n.) State of being aloof.
Amplitude
(n.) State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
Alimentation
(n.) State or mode of being nourished.
Ankylosis
(n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.
Alternity
(n.) Succession by turns; alternation.
Allicient
(n.) That attracts.
Algebra
(n.) 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.
Anaclastics
(n.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
Allopathy
(n.) 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.
Alleviative
(n.) That which alleviates.
Allurement
(n.) 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.
Alternate
(n.) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Allegation
(n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
Allotment
(n.) 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.
Allowance
(n.) 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.
Analogue
(n.) That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
Alleviation
(n.) That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
Aliment
(n.) 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.
Anaesthetic
(n.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
Amharic
(n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
Algaroba
(n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.
Amzel
(n.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).
Alose
(n.) 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.
Allis
(n.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.
Algaroba
(n.) 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.
Alkoran
(n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
Amphiaster
(n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
Allurement
(n.) The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
Alignment
(n.) 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.
Alienation
(n.) The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
Allegation
(n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Alleviation
(n.) The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
Allotment
(n.) The act of allotting; assignment.
Allowance
(n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Alteration
(n.) The act of altering or making different.
Amelioration
(n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
Amplification
(n.) The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
Amputation
(n.) The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
Analyzation
(n.) The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.
Anathematization
(n.) The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.
Anatomization
(n.) The act of anatomizing.
Anchorage
(n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
Allision
(n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
Anatomy
(n.) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
Ambition
(n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
Allocation
(n.) The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
Allegorization
(n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
Alligation
(n.) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
Ambulation
(n.) The act of walking.
Alloyage
(n.) The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
Allocution
(n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Amalgamation
(n.) The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
Anagrammatism
(n.) The act or practice of making anagrams.
Alimentation
(n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Amortization
(n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Alkalization
(n.) The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
Allocation
(n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
Algarovilla
(n.) 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.
Alisphenoid
(n.) The alisphenoid bone.
Allodialism
(n.) The allodial system.
Allotment
(n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
Allmouth
(n.) The angler.
Andron
(n.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
Anatomism
(n.) The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
Amplitude
(n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
Amplitude
(n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
Algorithm
(n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
Algorithm
(n.) The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
Anaglyptics
(n.) The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
Anaglyptography
(n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
Anatomy
(n.) The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
Altimetry
(n.) The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Anaplasty
(n.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
Alkalimetry
(n.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
Anarch
(n.) The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
Amber
(n.) The balsam, liquidambar.
Ancient
(n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Allspice
(n.) 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.
Almagest
(n.) 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.
Alveus
(n.) The channel of a river.
Almandine
(n.) The common red variety of garnet.
Amazement
(n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
Aldermanship
(n.) The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
Anabolism
(n.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.
Ancone
(n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
Alternative
(n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
Andranatomy
(n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
Aldermanry
(n.) The district or ward of an alderman.
Anabaptism
(n.) The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
Anarchism
(n.) The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
Anatomism
(n.) The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
Anabaptistry
(n.) The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.
Amount
(n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
Altitude
(n.) 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.
Amplification
(n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
Alphabetism
(n.) The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
Amplitude
(n.) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.
Ambitus
(n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
Amortization
(n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
Alkahest
(n.) The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
Ambrosia
(n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
Amativeness
(n.) The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Allhallowmas
(n.) The feast of All Saints.
Alpha
(n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
Anabasis
(n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
Almond
(n.) The fruit of the almond tree.
Almsgiving
(n.) The giving of alms.
Alignment
(n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
Anchor-hold
(n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
Alveary
(n.) The hollow of the external ear.
Amplitude
(n.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
Amercement
(n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
Anastomosis
(n.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
Aloe
(n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
Alimentiveness
(n.) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
Alemannic
(n.) The language of the Alemanni.
Alphabet
(n.) The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
Almendron
(n.) The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
Alfalfa
(n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
Alizari
(n.) The madder of the Levant.
Amplification
(n.) The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
Aluminium
(n.) 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.
Amalgamation
(n.) The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
Allonym
(n.) The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.
Allah
(n.) The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.
Altarage
(n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
Aldermancy
(n.) The office of an alderman.
Almonership
(n.) The office of an almoner.
Aldermanry
(n.) The office or rank of an alderman.
Ancon
(n.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
Altarpiece
(n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Alhambra
(n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
Analyzer
(n.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.
Altissimo
(n.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.
Androphore
(n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
Altitude
(n.) 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.
Alliance
(n.) The persons or parties allied.
Alfilaria
(n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
Ananas
(n.) The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
Almonry
(n.) The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
Alecost
(n.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.
Alibi
(n.) 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.
Amanitine
(n.) The poisonous principle of some fungi.
Alidade
(n.) 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
Anchoretism
(n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
Amateurism
(n.) The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.
Americanization
(n.) The process of Americanizing.
Anaesthetization
(n.) The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.
Analysis
(n.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
Altarage
(n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
Allotropy
(n.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
Allomorphism
(n.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.
Alertness
(n.) The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
Alimentariness
(n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.
Allowableness
(n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
Allusiveness
(n.) The quality of being allusive.
Alterability
(n.) The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
Alterableness
(n.) The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
Alternateness
(n.) The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
Alternativeness
(n.) The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
Ambidextrousness
(n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
Ambidexterity
(n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
Ambitiousness
(n.) The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
Amenability
(n.) The quality of being amenable; amenableness.
Amiableness
(n.) The quality of being amiable; amiability.
Amiability
(n.) The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.
Amicableness
(n.) The quality of being amicable; amicability.
Amicability
(n.) The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.
Amorousness
(n.) The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
Amorosity
(n.) The quality of being amorous; lovingness.
Ancientness
(n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
Amenity
(n.) The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
Amateurship
(n.) The quality or character of an amateur.
Ambiguity
(n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
Amenableness
(n.) The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
Alkalinity
(n.) The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.
Alternation
(n.) 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.
Alliteration
(n.) 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: -
Analysis
(n.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
Alternation
(n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
Ancile
(n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
Alembroth
(n.) 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.
Analytics
(n.) The science of analysis.
Anacamptics
(n.) The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
Anacamptics
(n.) The science of reflected sounds.
Alphabetics
(n.) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
Alethiology
(n.) The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.
Anatomy
(n.) The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Alpia
(n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.
Alitrunk
(n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
Analysis
(n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
Anchorage
(n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
Alkanet
(n.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
Alphabet
(n.) The simplest rudiments; elements.
Alley
(n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
Anagoge
(n.) The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
Androecium
(n.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Alienage
(n.) The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
Alliance
(n.) 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.
Alteration
(n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
Amazedness
(n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.
Amusement
(n.) The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.
Aldermanity
(n.) The state of being an alderman.
Alienage
(n.) The state or legal condition of being an alien.
Ampleness
(n.) The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
Alterity
(n.) The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.
Ambassadorship
(n.) The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
Alienism
(n.) The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
Amadavat
(n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.
Algology
(n.) The study or science of algae or seaweeds.
Alienism
(n.) The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
Amyloid
(n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Amount
(n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
Alutation
(n.) The tanning or dressing of leather.
Allegiance
(n.) 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.
Allhallowtide
(n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
Analysis
(n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
Almond
(n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
Algazel
(n.) The true gazelle.
Anagnorisis
(n.) The unfolding or denouement.
Ankylosis
(n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Ampere
(n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.
Ampulla
(n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
Amandine
(n.) The vegetable casein of almonds.
All
(n.) 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.
Aloe
(n.) The wood of the agalloch.
Allotheism
(n.) The worship of strange gods.
Ancient
(n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
Amount
(n.) To go up; to ascend.
Allowance
(n.) 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.
Amount
(n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
Amount
(n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
Allness
(n.) Totality; completeness.
Androgynism
(n.) Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
Anecdote
(n.) Unpublished narratives.
Alogy
(n.) Unreasonableness; absurdity.
Allomerism
(n.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.
Ambidexterity
(n.) Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
Altercation
(n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Alluvion
(n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
Amblyopy
(n.) Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.
Amain
(n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
Alpaca
(n.) Wool of the alpaca.
Anaglyphic
(n.) Work chased or embossed relief.
Alevin
(n.) Young fish; fry.
Alligator
(n.) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball
Alligator
(n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press.
Alligator
(n.) a rock breaker
Analogism
(n.) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
Algidity
(n.) coldness and collapse.
Ammunitioning
(p pr. & vb. n.) of Ammunition
Ambered
(p. p. & p. a.) of Amber
Ambuscadoed
(p. p.) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
Alienating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alienate
Alighting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alight
Alkalifying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalify
Alkalizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalize
Allaying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allay
Alleging
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allege
Allegorizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allegorize
Alleviating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alleviate
Allotting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allot
Allowing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allow
Alloying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alloy
Alluding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allude
Alluring
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allure
Allying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ally
Altering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alter
Altercating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Altercate
Alternating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alternate
Amalgamating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amalgamate
Amassing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amass
Amazing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amaze
Ambling
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amble
Ambuscading
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambuscade
Ambushing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambush
Ameliorating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ameliorate
Amending
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amend
Amercing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amerce
Americanizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Americanize
Amnestying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amnesty
Amounting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amount
Amplifying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amplify
Amputating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amputate
Amusing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amuse
Analyzing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Analyze
Anastomosing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anastomose
Anathematizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anathematize
Anatomizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anatomize
Anchoring
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchor
Anchylosing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchylose
Aldermen
(pl. ) of Alderman
Alewives
(pl. ) of Alewife
Algae
(pl. ) of Alga
Aliases
(pl. ) of Alias
Alkalies
(pl. ) of Alkali
Alkalis
(pl. ) of Alkali
Allegories
(pl. ) of Allegory
Alleys
(pl. ) of Alley
Alluvia
(pl. ) of Alluvium
Alluviums
(pl. ) of Alluvium
Allies
(pl. ) of Ally
Almonries
(pl. ) of Almonry
Aloes
(pl. ) of Aloe
Altos
(pl. ) of Alto
Alto-rilievos
(pl. ) of Alto-rilievo
Alumnae
(pl. ) of Alumna
Alumni
(pl. ) of Alumnus
Alvearies
(pl. ) of Alveary
Alveoli
(pl. ) of Alveolus
Alvei
(pl. ) of Alveus
Amanuenses
(pl. ) of Amanuensis
Ambiguities
(pl. ) of Ambiguity
Ambos
(pl. ) of Ambo
Ambries
(pl. ) of Ambry
Ambulacra
(pl. ) of Ambulacrum
Ambulatories
(pl. ) of Ambulatory
Amenities
(pl. ) of Amenity
Amenta
(pl. ) of Amentum
Amities
(pl. ) of Amity
Amoebae
(pl. ) of Amoeba
Amoebas
(pl. ) of Amoeba
Amorphas
(pl. ) of Amorpha
Amphibia
(pl. ) of Amphibium
Amphibiums
(pl. ) of Amphibium
Amphibologies
(pl. ) of Amphibology
Amphibolies
(pl. ) of Amphiboly
Amphictyonies
(pl. ) of Amphictyony
Amophorae
(pl. ) of Amphora
Ampullae
(pl. ) of Ampulla
Analogies
(pl. ) of Analogy
Analyses
(pl. ) of Analysis
Anaptichi
(pl. ) of Anaptychus
Anastomoses
(pl. ) of Anastomosis
Anathemas
(pl. ) of Anathema
Anatifae
(pl. ) of Anatifa
Anatomies
(pl. ) of Anatomy
Ancones
(pl. ) of Ancon
Alongst
(prep. & adv.) Along.
Aneath
(prep. & adv.) Beneath.
Anear
(prep. & adv.) Near.
Aloft
(prep.) Above; on top of.
Amidst
(prep.) Alt. of Amid
Among
(prep.) Alt. of Amongst
Aloof
(prep.) Away from; clear from.
Along
(prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across.
Amongst
(prep.) Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.
Amongst
(prep.) Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.
Amid
(prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Amongst
(prep.) Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.
Amid
(prep.) See Amidst.
Allow
(v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allatrate
(v. i.) To bark as a dog.
Amaze
(v. i.) To be astounded.
Alkalify
(v. i.) To become changed into an alkali.
Amplify
(v. i.) To become larger.
Alter
(v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Anchor
(v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
Amalgamate
(v. i.) To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
Alight
(v. i.) To come or chance (upon).
Alliterate
(v. i.) To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
Altercate
(v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
Alight
(v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
Analogize
(v. i.) To employ, or reason by, analogy.
Amble
(v. i.) To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
Amend
(v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
Ameliorate
(v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Alternate
(v. i.) 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.
Anastomose
(v. i.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
Ambuscade
(v. i.) To lie in ambush.
Ambush
(v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
Amain
(v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Amble
(v. i.) To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
Amuse
(v. i.) To muse; to mediate.
Allude
(v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
Amplify
(v. i.) To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
Alight
(v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
Anchor
(v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
Allonge
(v. i.) To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
Amalgamate
(v. i.) To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
Alternate
(v. i.) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
Ambulate
(v. i.) To walk; to move about.
Anchylose
(v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Amove
(v. t. & i.) To move or be moved; to excite.
Anear
(v. t. & i.) To near; to approach.
Amalgam
(v. t. / i.) To amalgamate.
Alloo
(v. t. / i.) To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.
Alloy
(v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer.
Ambush
(v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
Ambush
(v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
Ambuscade
(v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.
Ambuscade
(v. t.) A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.
Alloy
(v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
Ambushment
(v. t.) An ambush.
Alloy
(v. t.) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
Amaze
(v. t.) Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.
Alternant
(v. t.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
Amel
(v. t.) Enamel.
Allegge
(v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Alledge
(v. t.) See Allege.
Ambuscade
(v. t.) The body of troops lying in ambush.
Alloy
(v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
Ambush
(v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
Alloy
(v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
Align
(v. t.) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
Amoneste
(v. t.) To admonish.
Alter
(v. t.) To agitate; to affect mentally.
Aliene
(v. t.) To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
Amortize
(v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.
Alien
(v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
Allineate
(v. t.) To align.
Alkalizate
(v. t.) To alkalizate.
Alegge
(v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Allay
(v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
Allege
(v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
Allect
(v. t.) To allure; to entice.
Amalgamize
(v. t.) To amalgamate.
Amplificate
(v. t.) To amplify.
Anagram
(v. t.) To anagrammatize.
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
Ambush
(v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Allure
(v. t.) To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
Amate
(v. t.) To be a mate to; to match.
Amaze
(v. t.) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
Allege
(v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
Allotropize
(v. t.) To change in physical properties but not in substance.
Amend
(v. t.) To change or modify in any way for the better
Allege
(v. t.) To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
Amortize
(v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.
Amass
(v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
Allude
(v. t.) To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
Amalgamate
(v. t.) To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
Amaze
(v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
Alliance
(v. t.) To connect by alliance; to ally.
Ally
(v. t.) To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
Alkalify
(v. t.) To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
Alienate
(v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
Amputate
(v. t.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
Alphabet
(v. t.) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
Allay
(v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Anatomize
(v. t.) To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
Amate
(v. t.) To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
Amove
(v. t.) To dismiss from an office or station.
Anatomize
(v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
Allot
(v. t.) To distribute by lot.
Allocate
(v. t.) To distribute or assign; to allot.
Allot
(v. t.) 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.
Alliterate
(v. t.) To employ or place so as to make alliteration.
Amel
(v. t.) To enamel.
Amplify
(v. t.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
Ampliate
(v. t.) To enlarge.
Alleviate
(v. t.) To extenuate; to palliate.
Anchor
(v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
Alloy
(v. t.) To form a metallic compound.
Align
(v. t.) To form in line; to fall into line.
Allegorize
(v. t.) To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To furnish with an alphabet.
Alter
(v. t.) To geld.
Allow
(v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
Amnesty
(v. t.) To grant amnesty to.
Allow
(v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
Allow
(v. t.) 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.
Amenuse
(v. t.) To lessen.
Ambuscade
(v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
Alleviate
(v. t.) 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.
Alleviate
(v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Allow
(v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
Allocate
(v. t.) To localize.
Amit
(v. t.) To lose.
Amain
(v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
Amortize
(v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.
Ameliorate
(v. t.) To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
Alter
(v. t.) To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
Allay
(v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
Amenage
(v. t.) To manage.
Allay
(v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Alloy
(v. t.) To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
Amalgamate
(v. t.) To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
Aliment
(v. t.) To nourish; to support.
Allow
(v. t.) 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.
Algebraize
(v. t.) To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.
Alternate
(v. t.) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
Anchor
(v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
Ambuscade
(v. t.) To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.
Alose
(v. t.) To praise.
Allow
(v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Amber
(v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Allege
(v. t.) To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
Anathematize
(v. t.) To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.
Aliment
(v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.
Ammunition
(v. t.) To provide with ammunition.
Amputate
(v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
Amerce
(v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
Amerce
(v. t.) To punish, in general; to mulct.
Aline
(v. t.) To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
Anabaptize
(v. t.) To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.
Alloy
(v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
Anarchize
(v. t.) To reduce to anarchy.
Anachronize
(v. t.) To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
Amove
(v. t.) To remove, as a person or thing, from a position.
Americanize
(v. t.) To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
Alkalize
(v. t.) To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
Anaesthetize
(v. t.) To render insensible by an anaesthetic.
Amplify
(v. t.) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
All-hail
(v. t.) To salute; to greet.
Allow
(v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
Amen
(v. t.) To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
Amber
(v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
Ambition
(v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Amount
(v. t.) To signify; to amount to.
Ambush
(v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
Alum
(v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Analyze
(v. t.) To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Alligate
(v. t.) To tie; to unite by some tie.
Anagrammatize
(v. t.) To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.
Allegorize
(v. t.) 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.
Aluminize
(v. t.) To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.
Ally
(v. t.) 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.
Allegorize
(v. t.) To use allegory.
Alienate
(v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
Amend
(v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
Amend
(v. t.) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
Amend
(v. t.) by supplying deficiencies;
Ally
(v.) A relative; a kinsman.
Allonge
(v.) 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.
Allonge
(v.) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
Amnesty
(v.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Ally
(v.) Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
Ally
(v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
Amnesty
(v.) Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Ally
(v.) One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
Amuse
(v.) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
Amuse
(v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Amuse
(v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
All
Fools' Day () The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
Alma
Mater () A college or seminary where one is educated.
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.
Gum
ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
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 /.
Allhallow
eve () The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
Amber
fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
All
fours () All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
Almond
furnace () A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
Alfa
grass (n.) A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
All
hail (interj.) All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.
Alen/on
lace () See under Lace.
A
mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
Anchovy
pear () A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Amour
propre () Self-love; self-esteem.
Amber
room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
Alum
root () A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.
Alum
schist () Alt. of Alum shale
Amber
seed () Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.
Al
segno () A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.
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.
Ale
silver () A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Alum
stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
Amazon
stone (n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
Amber
tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
Amboyna
wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
Aloes
wood () See Agalloch.
