Alutation Al`u·ta"tion noun [ See
Alutaceous .]
The tanning or dressing of leather. [ Obsolete]
Blount.
Alveary Al"ve·a·ry noun ;
plural Alvearies [ Latin
alvearium ,
alveare , beehive, from
alveus a hollow vessel, beehive, from
alvus belly, beehive.]
1. A beehive, or something resembling a beehive. Barret. 2. (Anat.) The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.
Alveated Al"ve·a`ted adjective [ Latin
alveatus hollowed out.]
Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Alveolar Al"ve·o·lar adjective [ Latin
alveolus a small hollow or cavity: confer French
alvéolaire .]
(Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes ,
the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
Alveolar Al"ve·o·lar adjective (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.
Alveolary Al"ve·o·la·ry adjective Alveolar. [ R.]
Alveolate Al"ve·o·late adjective [ Latin
alveolatus , from
alveolus .]
(Botany) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
Alveole Al"ve·ole noun Same as Alveolus .
Alveoliform Al·ve"o·li·form (ăl*vē"o*lĭ*fôrm)
adjective [ Latin
alveolus +
-form .]
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
Alveolus Al·ve"o·lus (ăl*vē"o*lŭs)
noun ;
plural Alveoli (-lī). [ Latin , a small hollow or cavity, dim. of
alveus : confer French
alvéole . See
Alveary .]
1. A cell in a honeycomb. 2. (Zoology) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil 3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
Alveus Al"ve·us noun ;
plural Alvei [ Latin ]
The channel of a river. Weate.
Alvine Al"vine adjective [ Latin
alvus belly: confer French
alvin .]
Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
Alway Al"way adverb Always. [ Archaic or Poetic]
I would not live alway .
Job vii. 16.
Always Al"ways adverb [
All +
way . The
s is an adverbial (orig. a genitive) ending.]
1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same. Even in Heaven his [ Mammon's] looks and thoughts.
Milton.
2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally . He always rides a black galloway.
Bulwer.
Alyssum A·lys"sum noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., name of a plant, perhaps from
'a priv. + ... raging madness.]
(Botany) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum ( A. maritimum ), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Am Am [ Anglo-Saxon
am ,
eom , akin to Gothic
im , Icelandic
em , Old Irish
am , Lithuanian
esmi , Latin
sum ., Greek ..., Zend
ahmi , Sanskrit
asmi , from a root
as to be. .... See
Are , and confer
Be ,
Was .]
The first person singular of the verb be , in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be . God said unto Moses, I am that am .
Exod. iii. 14.
Amœba A·mœ"ba noun ;
plural Latin
Amœbæ ; English
Amœbas [ New Latin , from Greek ... change.]
(Zoology) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda .
Amœbea Am`œ·be"a noun plural [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amœba and similar forms.
Amœbean Am`œ·be"an adjective Alternately answering.
Amœbian A·mœ"bi·an noun (Zoology) One of the Amœbea.
Amœbiform, Amœboid A·mœ"bi·form, A·mœ"boid adjective [
Amœba +
-form or
-oid .]
(Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. Amœboid movement ,
movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.
Amœbous A·mœ"bous adjective Like an amœba in structure.
Amœbæum Am`œ·bæ"um noun [ Latin
amœbaeus , Greek ..., alternate; Latin
amoebaeum carmen, Greek ... ..., a responsive song, from ... change.]
A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Amability Am`a·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin
amabilitas .]
Lovableness. Jer. Taylor. » The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is "usefully distinct from
Amiability ."
Amacratic Am`a·crat"ic adjective [ Greek ... together + ... power.]
(Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.
Amadavat Am`a·da·vat" noun [ Indian name. From
Ahmedabad , a city from which it was imported to Europe.]
(Zoology) 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 . [ Written also
amaduvad and
avadavat .]
Amadou Am"a·dou noun [ French
amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, from
amadouer to allure, caress, perhaps from Icelandic
mata to feed, which is akin to English
meat .]
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. Ure.
Amain A·main" adverb [ Prefix
a- +
main . See 2d
Main ,
noun ]
1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly. They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain .
Milton.
That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain .
T. Parker.
2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled
amain ."
Holinshed.
Amain A·main" transitive verb [ French
amener . See
Amenable .]
(Nautical) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
Amain A·main" intransitive verb (Nautical) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Amalgam A·mal"gam noun [ French
amalgame , probably from Latin
malagma , Greek ..., emollient, plaster, poultice, from ... to make soft, from ... soft.]
1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. » Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
2. A mixture or compound of different things. 3. (Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
Amalgam A·mal"gam transitive verb ... i. [ Confer French
amalgamer ]
To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
Amalgama A·mal"ga·ma noun Same as Amalgam . They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics.
Burke.
Amalgamate A·mal"ga·mate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Amalgamated ;
present participle & verbal noun Amalgamating .]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. 2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
Burke.
Amalgamate A·mal"ga·mate intransitive verb 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. 2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate .
Amalgamate, Amalgamated A·mal"ga·mate, A·mal"ga·ma`ted adjective Coalesced; united; combined.
Amalgamation A·mal`ga·ma"tion noun [ Confer French
amalgamation .]
1. 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. Ure. 2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay.
Amalgamative A·mal"ga·ma·tive adjective Characterized by amalgamation.
Amalgamator A·mal"ga·ma`tor noun 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.
Amalgamize A·mal"ga·mize transitive verb To amalgamate. [ R.]
Amandine A·man"dine noun [ French
amande almond. See
Almond .]
1. The vegetable casein of almonds. 2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.
Amanita Am`a·ni"ta noun [ New Latin See
Amanitine .]
(Botany) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ , 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 A. phalloides is the death cup.
Amanitine A·man"i·tine noun [ Greek ... a sort of fungus.]
The poisonous principle of some fungi.
Amanuensis A·man`u·en"sis noun ;
plural Amanuenses [ Latin , from
a ,
ab +
manus hand.]
A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
Amaracus A·mar"a·cus noun [ Latin , from Greek ....]
A fragrant flower. Tennyson.
Amarant Am"a·rant noun Amaranth, 1. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Amarantaceous Am`a·ran·ta"ceous adjective (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.
Amaranth Am"a·ranth noun [ Latin
amarantus , Greek ..., unfading, amaranth;
'a priv. + ... to quench, cause to wither, from a root meaning to die, akin to English
mortal ; -- so called because its flowers do not soon wither: confer French
amarante . The spelling with
th seems to be due to confusion with Greek ... flower.]
1. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. [ Poetic]
2. (Botany) A genus of ornamental annual plants ( Amaranthus ) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers. 2. A color inclining to purple.
Amaranthine Am`a·ran"thine adjective 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. "
Amaranthine bowers."
Pope. 2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue.
Cowper.
3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan.
Amaranthus Am`a·ran"thus (ăm`ȧ*răn"thŭs),
Am`a*ran"tus (ăm`ȧ*răn"tŭs) noun Same as Amaranth .
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