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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Alcyone
Halcyon noun (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

Aldebaran
noun the brightest star in Taurus

aldehyde
noun any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

aldehyde group
aldehyde radical noun the chemical group -CHO

aldehydic
adjective of or related to or containing aldehydes

alder
alder tree noun north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

alder blight
noun a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)

alder buckthorn
alder dogwood noun small tree common in Europe

alderfly
alder fly noun dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae

alderleaf Juneberry
alder-leaved serviceberry noun shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits

alderman
noun a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); `aldermen usually represent city wards`

aldermanic
aldermanly adjective of or relating to or like an alderman

aldohexose
noun a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group

aldol
aldehyde-alcohol noun an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)

aldol reaction
noun a reaction of aldehydes resulting in an aldol

aldose
noun a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal

aldosterone
noun a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance

aldosteronism
hyperaldosteronism noun a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone

Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley noun English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

Aldrovanda
genus Aldrovanda noun one species: waterwheel plant

ale
noun a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

aleatory
adjective dependent on chance; `the aleatory element in life`

aleatory contract
noun a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable)

Alectis
genus Alectis noun a genus of Carangidae

Alecto
noun one of the three Furies

Alectoria
genus Alectoria noun lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus

Alectoris
genus Alectoris noun a genus of Perdicidae

Alectura
genus Alectura noun brush turkeys

alee
adverb on or toward the lee; `put the helm alee`

alehouse
noun a tavern where ale is sold

alembic
noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube

alendronate
Fosamax noun a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause

aleph
noun the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

aleph-null
aleph-nought noun the smallest infinite integer

Alepisaurus
genus Alepisaurus noun slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

alert
alive(p) adjective (usually followed by `to`) showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; `alert to the problems`; `alive to what is going on`; `awake to the dangers of her situation`; `was now awake to the reality of his predicament`

alertly
adverb in an alert manner; `she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs`

alertness
sharp-sightedness noun lively attentiveness

alethic logic
noun the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency

Aletris
genus Aletris noun small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Aleuria aurantia
orange peel fungus noun a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors

Aleurites
genus Aleurites noun candlenut

Aleurites moluccana
noun large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles

aleurone
noun granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

aleuronic
adjective of or related to aleurone

Aleut
noun the language spoken by the Aleut

Aleutian Islands
Aleutians noun an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwestern from Alaska

alewife
noun flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Alex Boncayao Brigade
ABB noun an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

Alexander
Alexanders noun European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

Alexander Archipelago
noun a group of islands off southeastern Alaska

Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming noun English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)

Alexander I
Czar Alexander I noun the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)

Alexander II
Czar Alexander II noun the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

Alexander III
Czar Alexander III noun son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)

Alexander Pope
noun English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI noun Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

Alexander Wilson
noun Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

Alexandria
El Iskandriyah noun the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt

Alexandria senna
Alexandrian senna noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Alexandrian
adjective of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire

Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum noun East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia

Alexandrine
noun (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet

alexandrite
noun a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone

alexic
word-blind adjective of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia

Aleyrodes
genus Aleyrodes noun type genus of the Aleyrodidae

Aleyrodidae
family Aleyrodidae noun whiteflies

alfalfa
noun leguminous plant grown for hay or forage

alfalfa sprout
noun sprouted alfalfa seeds

Alfred
AElfred noun king of Wessex; defeated the Danes and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

Alfred Krupp
noun German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordinance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)

alfresco
open-air(a) adjective in the open air; `an alfresco lunch`; `an open-air theater`

alga
algae noun primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

algal
adjective of or relating to alga

algarroba
Prosopis juliiflora noun mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela

algarrobilla
algarobilla noun mesquite pod used in tanning and dying

algebra
noun the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

algebraic
algebraical adjective of or relating to algebra; `algebraic geometry`

algebraic language
noun an algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions

algebraic number
noun root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients

algebraically
adverb in an algebraic manner; `algebraically determined`

algebraist
noun a mathematician whose specialty is algebra

Alger
Horatio Alger noun United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)

Algeria
Algerie noun a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

Algerian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants; `Algerian towns`

Algerian centime
noun 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria

Algerian dinar
dinar noun the basic unit of money in Algeria

Algerian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Algeria

Algeripithecus minutus
noun tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid

Algeripithecus
genus Algeripithecus noun an extinct genus of Hominoidea

algid
adjective chilly; `a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure`

Algiers
Algerian capital noun an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria

algin
alginic acid noun a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier

algoid
adjective of or resembling algae

ALGOL
noun (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms

algolagnia
algophilia noun sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain

algolagnic
adjective of or relating to algolagnia

algometer
noun device for measuring pain caused by pressure

algometric
algometrical adjective of or related to algometry

algometry
noun measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure