Name Report For First Name ANGA:
ANGA
First name ANGA's origin is Indian. ANGA means "from anga". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ANGA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of anga.(Brown names are of the same origin (Indian) with ANGA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ANGA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ANGA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANGA AS A WHOLE:
wangari garmangabis frangag berangari garmangahis tangakwunu berangaria brangaineNAMES RHYMING WITH ANGA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (nga) - Names That Ends with nga:
inga binga domingaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ga) - Names That Ends with ga:
agbenyaga mawunyaga osberga waldburga iniga alberga olga helga chaga shraga bashiga diega ealga elga osburga roderiga waldhurga ahiga kaga kealeboga motega broga walborga marga vega anhaga heretoga valborga hraefnscaga nogaNAMES RHYMING WITH ANGA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ang) - Names That Begins with ang:
ange angel angela angeletta angelette angelia angelica angelika angeliki angelina angeline angelino angelique angeliyah angell angelle angellena angelo angelyn angelynn angeni angharad angharat anghel anghet anghus angili angilia angirasa anglesey anglides angus anguysh angyalkaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (an) - Names That Begins with an:
an-her ana anaba anabella anabelle anacelia anahid anahita anais anakausuen anakin analee analeigh analena analise anama anamari anamarie anan ananda anant ananya anarosa anassa anastagio anastasia anastasio anastasios anastasius anasuya anasztaizia anasztaz anat anata anate anati anatie anatloe anatol anatola anatoli anatolia anatolie anaxarete anaya anayi anbar anbessa anbidian anca ancaeus ance ancelin ancelina ancenned anchises anci ancil anda andeana andee andena ander andera andere andersNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANGA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abelia 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 adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia 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 afafaEnglish Words Rhyming ANGA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANGA AS A WHOLE:
| 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. |
| angariation | noun (n.) Exaction of forced service; compulsion. |
| galanga | noun (n.) Alt. of Galangal |
| galangal | noun (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family. |
| kangaroo | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby. |
| langaha | noun (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade. |
| langarey | noun (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow. |
| langate | noun (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds. |
| mangan | noun (n.) See Mangonel. |
| manganate | noun (n.) A salt of manganic acid. |
| manganesate | noun (n.) A manganate. |
| manganese | noun (n.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. |
| manganesian | adjective (a.) Manganic. |
| manganesic | adjective (a.) Manganic. |
| manganesious | adjective (a.) Manganous. |
| manganesium | noun (n.) Manganese. |
| manganesous | adjective (a.) Manganous. |
| manganic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous. |
| manganiferous | adjective (a.) Containing manganese. |
| manganite | noun (n.) One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive. |
| noun (n.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid. |
| manganium | noun (n.) Manganese. |
| manganous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. |
| permanganate | noun (n.) A salt of permanganic acid. |
| permanganic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids of manganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates. |
| phalangal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2. |
| salangana | noun (n.) The salagane. |
| sanga | noun (n.) Alt. of Sangu |
| sangaree | noun (n.) Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink. |
| tangalung | noun (n.) An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga). |
| wangan | noun (n.) A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANGA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nga) - English Words That Ends with nga:
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| anhinga | noun (n.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird. |
| arenga | noun (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm. |
| beccabunga | noun (n.) See Brooklime. |
| cotinga | noun (n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers. |
| caatinga | noun (n.) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil. |
| linga | noun (n.) Alt. of Lingam |
| moringa | noun (n.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. |
| munga | noun (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet. |
| syringa | noun (n.) A genus of plants; the lilac. |
| noun (n.) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems. |
| ticpolonga | noun (n.) A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil. |
| tonga | noun (n.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. |
| noun (n.) A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks. |
| tringa | noun (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANGA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ang) - Words That Begins with ang:
| angel | noun (n.) A messenger. |
| noun (n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. | |
| noun (n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels. | |
| noun (n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. | |
| noun (n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon. | |
| noun (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. | |
| noun (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. |
| angelage | noun (n.) Existence or state of angels. |
| angelet | noun (n.) A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. |
| angelhood | noun (n.) The state of being an angel; angelic nature. |
| angelic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Angelical |
| adjective (a.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. |
| angelical | adjective (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. |
| angelica | noun (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. |
| noun (n.) The candied leaf stalks of angelica. |
| angelicalness | noun (n.) The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. |
| angelolatry | noun (n.) Worship paid to angels. |
| angelology | noun (n.) A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. |
| angelophany | noun (n.) The actual appearance of an angel to man. |
| angelot | noun (n.) A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. |
| noun (n.) An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. | |
| noun (n.) A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy. |
| angelus | noun (n.) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. |
| noun (n.) The Angelus bell. |
| anger | noun (n.) Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. |
| noun (n.) A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. | |
| verb (v. t.) To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. |
| angering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anger |
| angevine | noun (n.) A native of Anjou. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. |
| angienchyma | noun (n.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. |
| angina | noun (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. |
| anginous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Anginose |
| anginose | adjective (a.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris. |
| angiocarpous | adjective (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. |
| adjective (a.) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. |
| angiography | noun (n.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| angiology | noun (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| angioma | noun (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels. |
| noun (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood or lymph vessels. |
| angiomonospermous | adjective (a.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. |
| angioscope | noun (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. |
| angiosperm | noun (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. |
| angiospermatous | adjective (a.) Same as Angiospermous. |
| angiospermous | adjective (a.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. |
| angiosporous | adjective (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi. |
| angiostomous | adjective (a.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods. |
| angiotomy | noun (n.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. |
| angle | noun (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. |
| noun (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet. | |
| noun (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. | |
| noun (n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. | |
| noun (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." | |
| noun (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. | |
| verb (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. |
| angling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Angle |
| noun (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. |
| angled | adjective (a.) Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Angle |
| anglemeter | noun (n.) An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata. |
| angler | noun (n.) One who angles. |
| noun (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc. |
| angles | noun (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc. |
| anglesite | noun (n.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals. |
| angleworm | noun (n.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm. |
| anglian | noun (n.) One of the Angles. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Angles. |
| anglic | adjective (a.) Anglian. |
| anglican | noun (n.) A member of the Church of England. |
| noun (n.) In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England. | |
| adjective (a.) English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England. |
| anglicanism | noun (n.) Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England. |
| noun (n.) The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party. | |
| noun (n.) Attachment to England or English institutions. |
| anglicism | noun (n.) An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. |
| noun (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method. |
| anglicity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being English. |
| anglicization | noun (n.) The act of anglicizing, or making English in character. |
| anglicizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglicize |
| anglifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglify |
| anglomania | noun (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANGA:
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. |
| 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. |
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| 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. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| 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. |
| 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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