Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Akin (a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
Akin (a.) Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Akinesic (a.) Pertaining to akinesia.
Aknee (adv.) On the knee.
Aknow () Earlier form of Acknow.
Al (a.) All.
Al- (A prefix.) All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
Al- (A prefix.) To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.
Al- (A prefix.) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.
Al (conj.) Although; if.
Alae (pl. ) of Ala
Ala (n.) A winglike organ, or part.
Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.
Alabaster (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
Alabaster (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
Alabastrian (a.) Alabastrine.
Alabastrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.
Alabastra (pl. ) of Alabastrum
Alabastrum (n.) A flower bud.
Alack (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
Alackaday (interj.) An exclamation expressing sorrow.
Alacrify (v. t.) To rouse to action; to inspirit.
Alacrious (a.) Brisk; joyously active; lively.
Alacriously (adv.) With alacrity; briskly.
Alacriousness (n.) Alacrity.
Alacrity (n.) A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
Aladinist (n.) One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.
Alalonga (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi
Alilonghi (n.) The tunny. See Albicore.
Alamire (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.
Alamodality (n.) The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.
Alamode (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
Alamode (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
Alamort (a.) To the death; mortally.
Alan (n.) A wolfhound.
Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.
Alanine (n.) A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.
Alantin (n.) See Inulin.
Alar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, wings.
Alar (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.
Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Alarm (n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
Alarm (n.) A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
Alarm (n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
Alarmed (imp. & p. p.) of Alarm
Alarming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alarm
Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
Alarm (v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Alarmable (a.) Easily alarmed or disturbed.
Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
Alarmedly (adv.) In an alarmed manner.
Alarming (a.) Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
Alarmist (n.) One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
Alarum (n.) See Alarm.
Alary (a.) Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.
Alas (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
Alate (adv.) Lately; of late.
Alate (a.) Alt. of Alated
Alated (a.) Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
Alatern (n.) Alt. of Alaternus
Alaternus (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
Alation (n.) The state of being winged.
Alaunt (n.) See Alan.
Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
Albacore (n.) See Albicore.
Alban (n.) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Albanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.
Albanian (n.) A native of Albania.
Albata (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.
Albatross (n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
Albe (conj.) Alt. of Albee
Albee (conj.) Although; albeit.
Albedo (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Albeit (conj.) Even though; although; notwithstanding.
Albertite (n.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick.
Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
Albescence (n.) The act of becoming white; whitishness.
Albescent (a.) Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Albicant (a.) Growing or becoming white.
Albication (n.) The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.
Albicore (n.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.
Albification (n.) The act or process of making white.
Albigenses (n. pl.) Alt. of Albigeois
Albigeois (n. pl.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.
Albigensian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
Albiness (n.) A female albino.
Albinism (n.) The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
Albinistic (a.) Affected with albinism.
Albinos (pl. ) of Albino
Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.
Albinoism (n.) The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.
Albinotic (a.) Affected with albinism.
Albion (n.) An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
Albite (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.
Albolith (n.) A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.