Alternative (n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
Alternatively (adv.) In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.
Alternativeness (n.) The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
Alternity (n.) Succession by turns; alternation.
Althaea (n.) Alt. of Althea
Althea (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
Althea (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Altheine (n.) Asparagine.
Altho (conj.) Although.
Althorn (n.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Although (conj.) Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.
Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Altiloquent (a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Altimeter (n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
Altimetry (n.) The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altincar (n.) See Tincal.
Altiscope (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
Altisonant (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Altisonous (a.) Altisonant.
Altissimo (n.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.
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.
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.
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.
Altitude (n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
Altitude (n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
Altitude (n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
Altitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.
Altitudinarian (a.) Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
Altivolant (a.) Flying high.
Altos (pl. ) of Alto
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.
Alto (n.) An alto singer.
Altogether (adv.) All together; conjointly.
Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.
Altometer (n.) A theodolite.
Alto-relievo (n.) Alto-rilievo.
Alto-rilievos (pl. ) of Alto-rilievo
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.
Altrical (a.) Like the articles.
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.
Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Altruist (n.) One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.
Altruistic (a.) Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
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.
Alula (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
Alular (a.) Pertaining to the alula.
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.
Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Alumen (n.) Alum.
Alumina (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
Aluminate (n.) A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
Aluminated (a.) Combined with alumina.
Alumine (n.) Alumina.
Aluminic (a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.
Aluminiferous (a.) Containing alum.
Aluminiform (a.) Having the form of alumina.
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.
Aluminize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.
Aluminous (a.) Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
Aluminum (n.) See Aluminium.
Alumish (a.) Somewhat like alum.
Alumnae (pl. ) of Alumna
Alumna (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.
Alumni (pl. ) of Alumnus
Alumnus (n.) A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Alum root () A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.
Alum schist () Alt. of Alum shale
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.
Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
Alunite (n.) Alum stone.
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.
Alure (n.) A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
Alutaceous (a.) Leathery.
Alutaceous (a.) Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.
Alutation (n.) The tanning or dressing of leather.
Alvearies (pl. ) of Alveary
Alveary (n.) A beehive, or something resembling a beehive.
Alveary (n.) The hollow of the external ear.
Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Alveolar (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
Alveolary (a.) Alveolar.
Alveolate (a.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
Alveole (n.) Same as Alveolus.
Alveoliform (a.) Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
Alveoli (pl. ) of Alveolus
Alveolus (n.) A cell in a honeycomb.
Alveolus (n.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
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.
Alvei (pl. ) of Alveus
Alveus (n.) The channel of a river.
Alvine (a.) Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
Alway (adv.) Always.
Always (adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
Alyssum (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Am () The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
Amability (n.) Lovableness.
Amacratic (a.) Amasthenic.
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.
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.