ALERT
ALERT', adjective1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. hence the military phrase, upon the alert upon the watch, guarding against surprise or danger.2. Brisk; nimble; movi...
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ALERTNESS
ALERT'NESS, noun Briskness; nimbleness; sprightliness; levity.
ALEUROMANCY
ALEUROM'ANCY, noun [Gr. meal and divination.]A kind of divination by meal, used by the ancients.
ALEUTIAN
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, adjective Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of Kamtschatka, extending northeastward towards America. The word is formed from aleut...
ALEUTIC
ALEU'TIAN, or ALEU'TIC, adjective Designating certain isles in the Pacific ocean, eastward of Kamtschatka, extending northeastward towards America. The word is formed from aleut...
ALEWIFE
A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, nounAn American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea Serrata. it resembles the herring. The established pronunciation is alewife plu alewi...
ALEXANDERS
ALEX'ANDERS, noun The name of a plant of the genus Smyrnium.ALEX'ANDER'S FOOT, noun The name of a plant.
ALEXANDRIAN
ALEX'ANDRIAN, noun Pertaining to Alexandria. There are many cities of this name, in various parts of the earth. The term is often applied an attribute, or used as a noun, for on...
ALEXANDRINE
ALEX'ANDRINE, or ALEXANDRIAN, noun A kind of verse, consisting of twelve syllables, or of twelve and thirteen alternately; so called from a poem written in French on the life of...
ALEXIPHARMIC
ALEXIPH'ARMIC, adjective [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Expelling poison; antidotal; sudorific; that has the quality of expelling poison or infection by sweat.ALEXIPH'ARMIC, noun A ...
ALEXITERIAL
ALEXITE'RIAL, adjective [Gr. to expel, and poison.]Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom.ALEXITER'IC
ALEXITERIC
ALEXITER'IC,ALEXITER'ICAL, noun A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; nearly synonymous with alexipharmic. Used also by the Greeks for an ...
ALEXITERICAL
ALEXITER'ICAL, n. A medicine to resist the effects of poison, or the bite of venomous animals; nearly synonymous with alexipharmic. Used also by the Greeks for an amulet.
ALGAROT
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, noun The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, dissolved in acids, and separated by repeated lotions in warm water. It is eith...
ALGAROTH
AL'GAROT, or AL'GAROTH, noun The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, dissolved in acids, and separated by repeated lotions in warm water. It is eith...
ALGATES
ALGATES, adverb By all means; on any terms.
ALGEBRA
AL'GEBRA, noun [Ar. the reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers from the verb, which signifies to consolidate; Heb. to be strong.]The science of quantity in...
ALGEBRAIC
ALGEBRA'IC,ALGEBRA'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of Algebra, or deduced from such operation.Algebraic curve, a figure whose intercepted diameter...
ALGEBRAICAL
ALGEBRA'ICAL, a. Pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of Algebra, or deduced from such operation.Algebraic curve, a figure whose intercepted diameters bear always the ...
ALGEBRAIST
ALGEBRA'IST, noun One who is versed in the science of algebra.
ALGENEB
AL'GENEB, noun A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the right side of Perseus; Long. 27 degrees 46' 12' of Taurus; Lat. 30 degrees 05' 28' North.
ALGERINE
ALGERINE', noun [from Algiers.] A native of Algiers, a city and a government on the coast of Africa.ALGERINE', adjective Belonging to Algiers.
ALGID
AL'GID, adjective [Latin algidus.] Cold. [Not used.]
ALGOL
AL'GOL, noun A fixed star of the third magnitude, called Medusa's head, in Perseus; Long. 21 degrees 50' 42' of Taurus; Lat 23 degrees 23' 47' North.
ALGOR
AL'GOR, noun [Lat.] Among physicians, an unusual coldness in any part of the body.
ALGORISM
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, noun An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six operations of arithmetic.
ALGORITHM
AL'GORITHM, or AL'GORISM, noun An arabic term, signifying numerical computation, or the six operations of arithmetic.