(colloquial) The items of mail conveyed using aircraft.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail
airmobile
airmobile
adj
Capable of being moved by air.
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
alabastrums
alabastrums
noun
plural of alabastrum
alamire
alamogordo
alamort
alamort
adj
(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
adv
(obsolete) to the death; mortally
alarm
alarm
noun
A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
A sudden attack; disturbance.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
verb
(transitive) To call to arms for defense
(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
(transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
(transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
alarmable
alarmable
adj
(rare) Of a building, etc.: capable of being fitted with an alarm system.
Easily alarmed; excitable.
alarmclock
alarmclock
noun
Misspelling of alarm clock.
alarmed
alarmed
adj
8: Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.
Having an alarm fitted.
Worried; anxious; panicky.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alarm
alarmedly
alarmedly
adv
In an alarmed manner.
alarming
alarming
adj
causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
verb
present participle of alarm
alarmingly
alarmingly
adv
Causing fear or concern.
In an alarming way, frighteningly.
To an extent that causes alarm.
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
alarmism
alarmism
noun
The raising of needless alarms.
alarmisms
alarmisms
noun
plural of alarmism
alarmist
alarmist
adj
Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
noun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
alarmists
alarmists
noun
plural of alarmist
alarms
alarms
noun
plural of alarm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alarm
alarum
alarum
noun
(normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.
A call to arms.
verb
(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
alarumed
alarumed
verb
(archaic, rare) simple past tense and past participle of alarum
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
alarums
alarums
noun
plural of alarum
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alarum
alastrim
alastrim
noun
(medicine) A milder variant of smallpox
albarium
albarium
noun
(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
albemarle
albemarle
Proper noun
Isabela Island, the largest of the Galápagos Islands.
a city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Stanly County.
albumeniizer
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumimeter
albuminaturia
albuminaturia
noun
(medicine) A form of albuminuria in which there is a preponderance in the urine of mineral substances over proteins.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminofibrin
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alburnums
alburnums
noun
plural of alburnum
alchemister
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alcicornium
alcoholimeter
alcoholmeter
alcoholmeter
noun
Alternative form of alcoholometer
alcoholmetric
alcoholometer
alcoholometer
noun
A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer).
alcoholometric
alcoholometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of the alcohol content of beers, wines and spirits
alcoholometrical
alcoholometrical
adj
Alternative form of alcoholometric
alcoholometry
alcoholometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a liquid, especially in the blood
alcovinometer
alcyoniform
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alderamin
alderamin
Proper noun
A star in the constellation of Cepheus.
alderman
alderman
noun
(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
(US, slang) A potbelly, paunch.
A long pipe for smoking.
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermaness
aldermaness
noun
(rare) A female alderman; an alderwoman.
The wife of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aldermanical
aldermanical
adj
Alternative form of aldermanic
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanries
aldermanries
noun
plural of aldermanry
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
aldermaston
aldermen
aldermen
noun
plural of alderman
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
alectoromachy
alectoromachy
noun
(rare) cockfighting
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alectryomachy
alectryomachy
noun
Cockfighting
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
alembert
alembroth
alembroth
noun
(archaic) The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleurometer
aleurometer
noun
An instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
algesimeter
algesimeter
noun
Synonym of algometer
algesiometer
algiomuscular
algoesthesiometer
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
algometrically
algometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of algometry.
algometries
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
algorism
algorism
noun
Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses)
algorismic
algorismic
adj
Obsolete form of algorithmic.
algorisms
algorisms
noun
plural of algorism
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
algorithmically
algorithmically
adv
Using an algorithm.
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alhambra
alhambra
Proper noun
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
alhambraic
alhambresque
alhambresque
Adjective
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
aliform
aliform
adj
(of a building) Having wings
Shaped like a wing
alimentariness
alimentariness
noun
The state or quality of being alimentary.
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenter
alimentotherapy
alkalimeter
alkalimeter
noun
A device used to measure alkalinity.
alkalimeters
alkalimeters
noun
plural of alkalimeter
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
alkalimetry
alkalimetry
noun
The process of determining the strength of an alkali.
alkalometry
alkermes
alkermes
noun
A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.
The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
alkmaar
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allelomorph
allelomorph
noun
(genetics, obsolete) Synonym of allele
allelomorphic
allelomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an allelomorph
allelomorphism
allelomorphism
noun
(genetics) A phenotype associated with a specific allele
allelomorphs
allelomorphs
noun
plural of allelomorph
allelotropism
allochromatic
allochromatic
adj
(chemistry, physics, by extension) Having properties that are due to the presence of impurities, or to radiation damage
(mineralogy, especially of a gemstone) Having a colour that is due to the presence of impurities
alloerotism
alloerotism
noun
Synonym of alloeroticism
alloiometric
alloiometry
alloisomer
alloisomer
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of geometric isomer
alloisomeric
alloisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Relating to an alloisomer or to alloisomerism
alloisomerism
alloisomerism
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of geometric isomerism
allomerism
allomerism
noun
(chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
allomerization
allomerization
noun
The interconversion of allomeric forms
allomerize
allomerize
verb
To undergo allomerization
allomerized
allomerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allomerize
allomerizing
allomerous
allomerous
adj
(chemistry) Characterized by allomerism.
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allometries
allometries
noun
plural of allometry
allometry
allometry
noun
(biology) Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
(biology) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.
allomorph
allomorph
noun
(chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.
(linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.