Algoid
Al″goid (�), a. [L. alga + -oid.] Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Algol
Al″gol (�), n. [Ar. al-ghūl destruction, calamity, fr. ghāla to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for i...
Algological
Al′go‐log″ic‐al (�), a. Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.
Algologist
Al‐gol″o‐gist (�), n. One learned about algæ; a student of algology.
Algology
Al‐gol″o‐gy (�), n. [L. alga seaweed + -logy.] (Bot.) The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.
Algometer
Al‐gom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed ag...
Algonkian
Al‐gon″ki‐an (?), a. 1. Var. of Algonquian.2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, ...
Algonquian
Al‐gon″qui‐an (?), a. Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of...
Algonquin
{ Al‐gon″quin (�), Al‐gon″kin (�), } n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part o...
Algor
‖Al″gor (�), n.(Med.) Cold; chilliness.
Algorism
{ Al″go‐rism (�), Al″go‐rithm (�), } n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al-Khowārez...
Algous
Al″gous (�), a. [L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed.] Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
Alguazil
‖Al′gua‐zil″ (�) (�), n. [Sp. alguacil, fr. Ar. alwazīr the vizier. Cf. Vizier.] An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.
Algum
Al″gum (�), n. Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.
Alhambra
Al‐ham″bra (�), n. [Ultimately fr. Ar. al the + hamrā red; i.e., the red (sc. house).] The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
Alhambraic
{ Al′ham‐bra″ic (�), Al′ham‐bresque″ (?; 277), } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition o...
Alhenna
‖Al‐hen″na (�), n. See Henna.
Alias
A″li‐as (�), adv. [L., fr. alius. See Else.] (Law) (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; — a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by ...
Alias (2)
A″li‐as, n.; pl.Aliases (�). (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name.
Alibi
Al″i‐bi (�), n. [L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias.] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was...
Alibility
Al′i‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. Quality of being alible.
Alible
Al″i‐ble (�), a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.] Nutritive; nourishing.
Alicant
Al″i‐cant (�), n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; — said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.
Alidade
Al″i‐dade (�), n. [LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idāda a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade.] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sigh...
Alien
Al″ien (�), a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to ...
Alien (2)
Al″ien, n. 1. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen....
Alien (3)
Al″ien, v. t. [F. aliéner, L. alienare.] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale.The prince was totally aliened fr...