Altisonant.

The part or notes situated above F in alt.

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.

Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.

Flying high.

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.

A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.

Alto-rilievo.

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

A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level; a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles.

All together; conjointly.

nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase /in the altogether/.

A theodolite.

Like the altrices.

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

born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial.

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

One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.

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

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.

A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

Pertaining to the alula.

To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

Alum.

One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

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

Combined with alumina.

Alumina.

Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.

Containing alum.

Having the form of alumina.

same as aluminum, chiefly British in usage.

To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.

Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.

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

The metallic element forming the 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. Also called aluminium.

Somewhat like alum.

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

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

Alum stone.

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.

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

Leathery.

The tanning or dressing of leather.

A beehive, or something resembling a beehive.

Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

Alveolar.

Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

Same as Alveolus.

Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

A cell in a honeycomb.

The channel of a river.

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

Always.

At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.

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

a genus of amphibians comprising the midwife toads.

Lovableness.

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.

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.

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

To amalgamate.

Same as Amalgam.

To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

Coalesced; united; combined.

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.

Characterized by amalgamation.

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.

To amalgamate.

The vegetable casein of almonds.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace/, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap).

The poisonous principle of some fungi.

A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

A fragrant flower.

Amaranth, 1.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.

a cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs.

Of or pertaining to amaranth.

Same as Amaranth.

any of several varieties of cultivated sour cherry trees of the species Prunus cerasus bearing fruit with colorless juice, e.g. Prunus cerasus caproniana.

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

Bitterness.

a family of flowering plants including the snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the petals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.

A pastoral sweetheart.

A mass; a heap.

Capable of being amassed.

One who amasses.

An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.

Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

To be a mate to; to match.

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.

In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.

Behavior that demonstrates a lack of professional competency.

The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

The quality or character of an amateur.

Full of love; amatory.

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

In an amatorial manner.

Amatory.

Amatory.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

a very large closely branched South African shrub (Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries. Also called natal plum.

a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia.

A loss or decay of sight as the result of a neurological disease, without any perceptible changes in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the /drop serene/ of Milton.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.

In amazement; with confusion or astonishment.

The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.

Full of amazement.

The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.

One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.