Almadia (n.) Alt. of Almadie
Almadie (n.) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
Almadie (n.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
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.
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.
Almain (n.) Alt. of Alman
Almayne (n.) Alt. of Alman
Alman (n.) A German.
Alman (adj.) German.
Alman (adj.) The German language.
Alman (adj.) A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Alma Mater () A college or seminary where one is educated.
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.
Almandine (n.) The common red variety of garnet.
Alme (n.) Alt. of Almeh
Almeh (n.) An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.
Almendron (n.) The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
Almery (n.) See Ambry.
Almesse (n.) See Alms.
Almightful (a.) Alt. of Almightiful
Almightiful (a.) All-powerful; almighty.
Almightily (adv.) With almighty power.
Almightiness (n.) Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.
Almighty (a.) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
Almighty (a.) Great; extreme; terrible.
Almner (n.) An almoner.
Almond (n.) The fruit of the almond tree.
Almond (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
Almond (n.) Anything shaped like an almond.
Almond (n.) One of the tonsils.
Almond furnace () A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
Almondine (n.) See Almandine
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.
Almonership (n.) The office of an almoner.
Almonries (pl. ) of Almonry
Almonry (n.) The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
Almose (n.) Alms.
Almost (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almry (n.) See Almonry.
Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Almsdeed (n.) An act of charity.
Almsfolk (n.) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
Almsgiver (n.) A giver of alms.
Almsgiving (n.) The giving of alms.
Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Almsman (n.) A recipient of alms.
Almsman (n.) A giver of alms.
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.
Almuce (n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
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.
Almug (n.) Alt. of Algum
Algum (n.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
Alnage (n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
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.
Aloes (pl. ) of Aloe
Aloe (n.) The wood of the agalloch.
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.
Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
Aloes wood () See Agalloch.
Aloetic (a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
Aloetic (n.) A medicine containing chiefly aloes.
Aloft (adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.
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.
Aloft (prep.) Above; on top of.
Alogian (n.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.
Alogy (n.) Unreasonableness; absurdity.
Aloin (n.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
Alomancy (n.) Divination by means of salt.
Alone (a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Alone (a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
Alone (a.) Sole; only; exclusive.
Alone (a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
Alone (adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.
Alonely (adv.) Only; merely; singly.
Alonely (a.) Exclusive.
Aloneness (n.) A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.
Along (adv.) By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Along (adv.) In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
Along (adv.) In company; together.
Along (prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across.
Along () (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
Alongshore (adv.) Along the shore or coast.
Alongshoreman (n.) See Longshoreman.
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.
Alongst (prep. & adv.) Along.
Aloof (n.) Same as Alewife.
Aloof (adv.) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Aloof (prep.) Away from; clear from.
Aloofness (n.) State of being aloof.
Alopecia (n.) Alt. of Alopecy
Alopecy (n.) Loss of the hair; baldness.
Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Alose (v. t.) To praise.
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.
Alouatte (n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
Aloud (adv.) With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Alow (adv.) Below; in a lower part.
Alp (n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Alp (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.