ADRA

Name Report For First Name ADRA:

First name ADRA's origin is Arabic. ADRA means ""virgin." see adara". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ADRA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of adra.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arabic) with ADRA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ADRA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ADRA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ADRA AS A WHOLE:

nadra badra bhadraa adrastus padraigin yadra padraic padraig shadrach madra

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADRA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (dra) - Names That Ends with dra:

tandra aludra calandra cassandra hydra lysandra phaedra candra chandra kawindra nidra odra aleksandra aeldra alandra alejandra alessandra alexandra alexondra alixandra allisandra alondra alyssandra audra casandra cedra cindra deandra deeandra deedra deidra deirdra deondra diandra diondra jaydra joandra kasandra kendra keondra kiandra kindra kyndra leandra leondra lexandra lisandra lizandra nakedra nedra pedra sandra sidra xandra zandra zondra tedra sondra cassondra edra ardra devondra landra

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

asura aurora azmera chinara efra iyangura japera katura sanura zuhura estra moira soumra alzubra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara adora chamorra senora thora dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADRA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (adr) - Names That Begins with adr:

adreana adreanna adri adriaan adrial adrian adriana adriane adrianna adrianne adriano adrie adriel adrien adriene adrienne adrik adrion adriyel adron

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ad) - Names That Begins with ad:

ada adah adahy adair adaira adairia adal adalard adalb adalbeorht adalbert adalbrechta adalene adalgar adalgisa adalhard adalheida adali adalia adalicia adalie adaliz adalric adalrik adalson adalwen adalwin adalwine adalwolf adalwolfa adalyn adam adama adamina adamnan adamson adan adana adanech adanna adar adara adare adda addam addaneye addergoole addie addilynn addis addisen addison addney addo addula addy addyson ade adeben adeela adeen adel adela adelaide adelajda adelbert adele adelhard adelheid adelheide adelia adelina adelinda adeline adelisa adelise adelita adella adelle adelpha

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADRA:

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 adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adira adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adowa adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afia afina afra afraima afreda africa afua afya agacia agafia agalaia agalia agana agastya agata agatha agbenyaga agdta aghadreena aghamora aghavilla aghna aglaeca aglaia aglara agnella agneta agneya agnimukha agnola agotha agueda ahalya

English Words Rhyming ADRA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ADRA AS A WHOLE:

adrad

adjective (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

adragant

noun (n.) Gum tragacanth.

biquadrate

noun (n.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

biquadratic	noun (n.) A biquadrate.
	noun (n.) A biquadratic equation.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.

cadrans

noun (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

headrace

noun (n.) See Race, a water course.

madrague

noun (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

madras

noun (n.) A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.

quadra	noun (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
	noun (n.) A fillet, or listel.
	noun (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
	noun (n.) A fillet, or listel.

quadrable	adjective (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.
	adjective (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.

quadragenarious	adjective (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.
	adjective (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.

quadragene	noun (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.
	noun (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.

quadragesima	noun (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
	noun (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

quadragesimal	adjective (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
	adjective (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.

quadragesimals	noun (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
	noun (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

quadrangle	noun (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
	noun (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.
	noun (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
	noun (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.

quadrangular	adjective (a.) Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.
	adjective (a.) Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.

quadrans	noun (n.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
	noun (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
	noun (n.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
	noun (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.

quadrant	noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter.
	noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90�, or one subtending a right angle at the center.
	noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.
	noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90�, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
	noun (n.) The fourth part; the quarter.
	noun (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90�, or one subtending a right angle at the center.
	noun (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.
	noun (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90�, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.

quadrantal	noun (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.
	noun (n.) A cube.
	noun (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.
	noun (n.) A cube.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.

quadrat	noun (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.
	noun (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
	noun (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.
	noun (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.

quadrate	adjective (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
	adjective (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
	adjective (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
	adjective (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.
	adjective (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
	adjective (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90�, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
	adjective (a.) The quadrate bone.
	adjective (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
	adjective (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
	adjective (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
	adjective (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
	adjective (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.
	adjective (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
	adjective (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90�, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
	adjective (a.) The quadrate bone.
	adjective (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
	verb (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
	verb (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

quadrating	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadrate
	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadrate

quadratic	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
	adjective (a.) Tetragonal.
	adjective (a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
	adjective (a.) Tetragonal.
	adjective (a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.

quadratics	noun (n.) That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.
	noun (n.) That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.

quadratojugal	noun (n.) The quadratojugal bone.
	noun (n.) The quadratojugal bone.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.

quadratrix	noun (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
	noun (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.

quadrature	adjective (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.
	adjective (a.) A quadrate; a square.
	adjective (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
	adjective (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90�, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
	adjective (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.
	adjective (a.) A quadrate; a square.
	adjective (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
	adjective (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90�, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.

pterygoquadrate

adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.

semiquadrate

noun (n.) Alt. of Semiquartile

shadrach

noun (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

sparadrap	noun (n.) A cerecloth.
	noun (n.) Any adhesive plaster.

subquadrate

adjective (a.) Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

tetradrachm

noun (n.) Alt. of Tetradrachma

tetradrachma

noun (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.

triquadrantal

adjective (a.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADRA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (dra) - English Words That Ends with dra:

cathedra

noun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

clepsydra

noun (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

dryandra

noun (n.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.

exedra	noun (n.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
	noun (n.) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form.
	noun (n.) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

exhedra

noun (n.) See Exedra.

hydra	noun (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
	noun (n.) Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
	noun (n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.
	noun (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

isonandra

noun (n.) A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.

scolopendra	noun (n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
	noun (n.) A sea fish.

sudra

noun (n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.

tundra	noun (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
	noun (n.) One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADRA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (adr) - Words That Begins with adr:

adrenal

adjective (a.) Suprarenal.

adrian

adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

adriatic

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

adrogation

noun (n.) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.

adroit

adjective (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.

adroitness

noun (n.) The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.

adry

adjective (a.) In a dry or thirsty condition.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADRA:

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.

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.

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.

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