Name Report For First Name ALIA:
ALIA
First name ALIA's origin is Unknown. ALIA means "princess of the academics". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ALIA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of alia.(Brown names are of the same origin (Unknown) with ALIA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ALIA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ALIA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ALƯA AS A WHOLE:
naliaka adalia agalia castalia idalia thalia halia rozalia amalia atalia athalia caliana coralia dalia daliah galiana lalia lealia liealia mahalia malia natalia taliah tealia gedaliah rosalia galia talia valiant nathaliaNAMES RHYMING WITH ALƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (lia) - Names That Ends with lia:
odelia abelia basilia callia eulallia filia helia lelia obelia theophilia xylia zelia melia emilia giulia camelia cecilia delia iulia relia lilia kamilia adelia ahelia ailia amelia anacelia angilia aracelia arcelia ardelia audelia aurelia azelia bidelia camellia cecelia cerelia cordelia dahlia dervilia ellia gallia gilia jamelia jamilia julia kamelia kaneilia keelia lylia marcellia maricelia nanelia nelia odilia orelia ottilia otylia rillia tahlia tallia taylia tsylia tullia weslia elia angelia lia evangelia anatolia ophelia belia magnolia iliaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - Names That Ends with ia:
afia aminia ashia efia fowsia kamaria safia tawia beornia bernia alaia badi'a dummonia amaia donia erensia kamia melodia saskia nubia tabia berengaria bethia cambria ingriaNAMES RHYMING WITH ALƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ali) - Names That Begins with ali:
ali alice aliceson alicia alicyn alida alieah aliikai alijha alim alima alin alina aline alinn alis alisa alisanne alise alisha alison alissa alisse alistair alistaire alister alisz alita alitash alitza alivia alix alixandra alixandre aliya aliyana aliyn aliyy aliz aliza alizah alizeRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (al) - Names That Begins with al:
al-ahmar al-asfan al-ashab al-fadee al-fahl al-hadiye al-sham ala' alacoque aladdin alafin alahhaois alai alain alaina alaine alair alala alalim alamea alameda alan alana alandra alane alani alanna alannah alano alanson alanza alanzo alaqua alard alaric alarica alarice alarick alarico alarik alasda alasdair alastair alaster alastor alastrina alastrine alastriona alaula alawa alayla alayna alayne alaysha alayziah alba albaric albeNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ALƯA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adira adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afina afra afraimaEnglish Words Rhyming ALIA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ALƯA AS A WHOLE:
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| alias | noun (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. |
| noun (n.) Another name; an assumed name. | |
| adverb (adv.) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. | |
| adverb (adv.) At another time. |
| australian | noun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Australia. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Australia. |
| alalia | noun (n.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech. |
| bacchanalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler. |
| bacchanalian | noun (n.) A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. |
| bacchanalianism | noun (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. |
| battalia | noun (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. |
| noun (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. |
| castalian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. |
| cerealia | noun (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres. |
| noun (n. pl.) The cereals. |
| daedalian | adjective (a.) Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. |
| adjective (a.) Crafty; deceitful. |
| dedalian | adjective (a.) See Daedalian. |
| episcopalian | noun (n.) One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church. |
| episcopalianism | noun (n.) The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy. |
| generalia | noun (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms. |
| glossolalia | noun (n.) Alt. of Glossolaly |
| idalian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. |
| implacentalia | noun (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed. |
| italian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Italy. |
| noun (n.) The language used in Italy, or by the Italians. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language. |
| italianate | adjective (a.) Italianized; Italianated. |
| verb (v. t.) To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize. |
| italianism | noun (n.) A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism. |
| noun (n.) Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy. |
| italianizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Italianize |
| larvalia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia. |
| lupercalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. |
| mammalia | noun (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. |
| mammalian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals. |
| marginalia | noun (n. pl.) Marginal notes. |
| marsupialia | noun (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata. |
| marsupialian | noun (n.) Alt. of Marsupian |
| megalocephalia | noun (n.) Alt. of Megalocephaly |
| nebalia | noun (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.) |
| ordalian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. |
| quinquennalia | noun (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years. |
| noun (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years. |
| paralian | noun (n.) A dweller by the sea. |
| paraphernalia | noun (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. |
| noun (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments. |
| pedalian | adjective (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. |
| penetralia | noun (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home. |
| pernoctalian | noun (n.) One who watches or keeps awake all night. |
| physalia | noun (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war. |
| physaliae | noun (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia. |
| placentalia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials. |
| regalia | noun (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc. | |
| noun (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed. |
| regalian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. |
| retaliating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retaliate |
| retaliation | noun (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. |
| retaliative | adjective (a.) Same as Retaliatory. |
| retaliatory | adjective (a.) Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures. |
| rosalia | noun (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence. |
| salian | noun (n.) A Salian Frank. |
| adjective (a.) Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ALƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (lia) - English Words That Ends with lia:
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| antlia | noun (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera. |
| aurelia | noun (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. |
| noun (n.) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora. |
| camellia | noun (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. |
| cilia | noun (n. pl.) The eyelashes. |
| noun (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs. | |
| noun (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash. | |
| noun (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora. |
| coelia | noun (n.) A cavity. |
| crocodilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds. |
| dahlia | noun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
| discodactylia | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. |
| dulia | noun (n.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God. |
| grindelia | noun (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. |
| hematophilia | noun (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds. |
| hemophilia | noun (n.) See Hematophilia. |
| hydrocorallia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora. |
| hyperdulia | noun (n.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. |
| lacertilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards. |
| lobelia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. |
| magnolia | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. |
| melancholia | noun (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas. |
| memorabilia | noun (n. pl.) Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. |
| mesocoelia | noun (n.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter. |
| metabolia | noun (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis. |
| neuroglia | noun (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord. |
| notabilia | noun (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice. |
| optocoelia | noun (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. |
| passacaglia | noun (n.) Alt. of Passacaglio |
| procoelia | noun (n.) Same as Procoele. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front. |
| prosocoelia | noun (n.) Same as Prosocoele. |
| pseudocoelia | noun (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. |
| reptilia | noun (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. |
| saturnalia | noun (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence. |
| scaglia | noun (n.) A reddish variety of limestone. |
| scholia | noun (n. pl.) See Scholium. |
| (pl. ) of Scholium |
| sedilia | noun (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service. |
| stapelia | noun (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion. |
| taglia | noun (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. |
| terminalia | noun (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries. |
| thalia | noun (n.) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy. |
| noun (n.) One of the three Graces. | |
| noun (n.) One of the Nereids. |
| thulia | noun (n.) Oxide of thulium. |
| tilia | noun (n.) A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceae, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus. |
| weigelia | noun (n.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ALƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ali) - Words That Begins with ali:
| alilonghi | noun (n.) The tunny. See Albicore. |
| alisanders | noun (n.) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. |
| alibi | noun (n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. |
| alibility | noun (n.) Quality of being alible. |
| alible | adjective (a.) Nutritive; nourishing. |
| alicant | noun (n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. |
| alidade | noun (n.) The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument |
| alien | noun (n.) 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. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage. |
| noun (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies. | |
| adjective (a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. | |
| adjective (a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. | |
| verb (v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. |
| alienability | noun (n.) Capability of being alienated. |
| alienable | adjective (a.) Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state. |
| alienage | noun (n.) The state or legal condition of being an alien. |
| noun (n.) The state of being alienated or transferred to another. |
| alienate | noun (n.) A stranger; an alien. |
| adjective (a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. | |
| verb (v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. | |
| verb (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. |
| alienating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alienate |
| alienation | noun (n.) The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. |
| noun (n.) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. | |
| noun (n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. | |
| noun (n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. |
| alienator | noun (n.) One who alienates. |
| alienee | noun (n.) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. |
| alienism | noun (n.) The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. |
| noun (n.) The study or treatment of diseases of the mind. |
| alienist | noun (n.) One who treats diseases of the mind. |
| alienor | noun (n.) One who alienates or transfers property to another. |
| aliethmoid | adjective (a.) Alt. of Aliethmoidal |
| aliethmoidal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage. |
| aliferous | adjective (a.) Having wings, winged; aligerous. |
| aliform | adjective (a.) Wing-shaped; winglike. |
| aligerous | adjective (a.) Having wings; winged. |
| alighting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alight |
| alight | adjective (a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. |
| verb (v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. | |
| verb (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. | |
| verb (v. i.) To come or chance (upon). |
| alignment | noun (n.) The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron. |
| noun (n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile. |
| alike | adjective (a.) Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. |
| adverb (adv.) In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion. |
| aliment | noun (n.) That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. |
| noun (n.) An allowance for maintenance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To nourish; to support. | |
| verb (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of. |
| alimental | adjective (a.) Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap. |
| alimentariness | noun (n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. |
| alimentary | adjective (a.) Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. |
| alimentation | noun (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal. |
| noun (n.) State or mode of being nourished. |
| alimentiveness | noun (n.) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. |
| alimonious | adjective (a.) Affording food; nourishing. |
| alimony | noun (n.) Maintenance; means of living. |
| noun (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. |
| alinasal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage. |
| alineation | noun (n.) See Allineation. |
| noun (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. |
| alinement | noun (n.) Same as Alignment. |
| aliner | noun (n.) One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. |
| alioth | noun (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper. |
| aliped | noun (n.) An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat. |
| adjective (a.) Wing-footed, as the bat. |
| aliquant | adjective (a.) An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot. |
| aliquot | adjective (a.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant. |
| aliseptal | adjective (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum. |
| alish | adjective (a.) Like ale; as, an alish taste. |
| alisphenoid | noun (n.) The alisphenoid bone. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Alisphenoidal |
| alisphenoidal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal. |
| alitrunk | noun (n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. |
| aliturgical | adjective (a.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ALƯA:
English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
| abaca | noun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| abada | noun (n.) The rhinoceros. |
| abanga | noun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abba | noun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
| aboma | noun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| abracadabra | noun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abscissa | noun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
| abuna | noun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| acacia | noun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
| noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. | |
| noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. |
| acantha | noun (n.) A prickle. |
| noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin. | |
| noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| acciaccatura | noun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
| aceldama | noun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| acinesia | noun (n.) Same as Akinesia. |
| aconitia | noun (n.) Same as Aconitine. |
| acontia | noun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated. |
| acrania | noun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull. |
| noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. |
| acrasia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy |
| acraspeda | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. |
| acrisia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy |
| acrita | noun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. |
| actinaria | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. |
| actinia | noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.]. |
| noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae. |
| actinotrocha | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
| actinozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| adansonia | noun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. |
| adelphia | noun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adularia | noun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adversaria | noun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| adynamia | noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| aegicrania | noun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. |
| aerophobia | noun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aesthesia | noun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia. |
| aga | noun (n.) Alt. of Agha |
| agha | noun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agama | noun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. |
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agouta | noun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. |
| agraphia | noun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. |
| aha | noun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. |
| (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. |
| ailuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| akinesia | noun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| albata | noun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcanna | noun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| alcarraza | noun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
| alcyonacea | noun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| alfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alfalfa | noun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alfilaria | noun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. |
| alga | noun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| algaroba | noun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. |
| noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebra | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| alhambra | noun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. |
| alhenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| allantoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| alleluia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah |
| alma | noun (n.) Alt. of Almah |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| almagra | noun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| alopecia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy |
| alpaca | noun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca. | |
| noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpha | noun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| alpia | noun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| althaea | noun (n.) Alt. of Althea |
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumna | noun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| amalgama | noun (n.) Same as Amalgam. |
| amblyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy |
| amblypoda | noun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
| ambrosia | noun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. |
| noun (n.) An unguent of the gods. | |
| noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. |
| amenorrhoea | noun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentia | noun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametropia | noun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. |
| amia | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. |
| amma | noun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother. |
| ammonia | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonitoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
| amnesia | noun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. |
| amniota | noun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoeba | noun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda. |
| amoebea | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. |
| amorosa | noun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan. |
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