The kingfishers.

Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

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.

Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. A zo/phyte of the order Alcyonaria.

Continually.

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.

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

Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.

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.

Most beloved.

A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.

The office of an alderman.

Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.

Like or suited to an alderman.

Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

The district or ward of an alderman.

The condition, position, or office of an alderman.

Made of alder.

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.

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.

A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

A pot companion.

In a leaking condition.

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.

A bench in or before an alehouse.

A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.

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

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.]

The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Cockfighting.

See Alectryomancy.

Cockfighting.

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.

a genus of brush turkeys.

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.

Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.

Gay; cheerful; sprightly.

To allay or alleviate; to lighten.

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.

The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.

The language of the Alemanni.

An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.

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.

At full length; lengthwise.

Not having scales. A fish without scales.

A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.

A city in Syria.

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

a state of readiness to respond.

In an alert manner; nimbly.

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

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./

See Aleconner.

The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.

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

Divination by means of flour.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

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

Having the nature of aleurone.

a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. Same as Aleutian, n.

a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands.

an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska.

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Young fish; fry.

Halloo.

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.

a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.

same as Alexander[wn1]; Smyrnium olusatrum.

a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.

Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.

A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.

Inability to read aloud, due to brain disease; the meanings of the words is nevertheless understood. Called also motor alexia. Inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols. Called also Word blindness and text blindness.

Alexipharmic.

An antidote against poison; a counterpoison.

Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding off poison; antidotal; prophylactic.

Serving to drive off fever; antipyretic; antifebrile. An antipyretic drug; a febrifuge.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.

Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.

The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

An ensign; a standard bearer.

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

The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

Same as Alfilaria.

An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).

A saddlebag.

In the open-air.

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 conferv/, etc. The algae are primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.

plural of alga.

Pertaining to, or like, alg/.

The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.

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.

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.

Always; wholly; everywhere.

The true gazelle.

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.

Of or pertaining to algebra; using algebra; according to the laws of algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings; algebraic geometry.

By algebraic process.

One versed in algebra.

To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Of or pertaining to Algeria. A native of Algeria.

A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Cold; chilly.

Chilliness; coldness coldness and collapse.

Algidity.

The capital city of Algeria. Population (2000) = unk.

Producing cold.

A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain alg/.

Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

One learned about alg/; a student of algology.

The study or science of alg/ or seaweeds.

An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin.

Var. of Algonquian.