Name Report For First Name ALA':
ALA'
First name ALA''s origin is Arabic. ALA' means "nobility". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ALA' below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ala.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arabic) with ALA' and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ALA' - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ALA'
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ALA AS A WHOLE:
salama baladie talawat alaia cala dalal falak malak alacoque alaine aingealag ealasaid alarice agalaia alala atalanta calandra galatea lalage thalassa alamea alaula kaikala kalama kalani kalanie keala makala malana borbala akshamala apala kamala shitala upala natala alawa fala posala salali sitala soyala takala zitkala alastair alafin lusala palassa wanjala baladi dar-el-salam falakee galal abdul-salam aladdin jalal salah talal alain alan makalani malagigi bealantin ealadhach parthalan ascalaphus balasi calais haralambos palaemon bartalan aala alaina alair alameda alana alandra alane alani alanna alannah alanza alaqua alarica alastrina alastrine alastriona alayla alayna alayne alaysha alayziah amala amalasanda ardala atalaya ayala ayalah calandria calantha derforgala fionnghuala fionnuala gala gilala halag halah havalah imala jala kalan karalan kilala lala leala macala magdala malaika maralah mckala micheala mikala nalani neala nuala pascala phiala tala talayeh tiala-ann alahhaois alano alanzo alarick alarico alarik alasdair caladh calan ciqala dalan evalac galahault galantyne kealan malachi malachy malakai palamedes salamon scannalan tokala wealaworth alasda alastor alaric adalard macaladair galawya alai alaster wealawo galatyn galahalt borsala mahala atalan amalasand valara calanthe alard gyala alalim galan calandre galatee galahad gurgalan alanson kalanitNAMES RHYMING WITH ALA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (la) - Names That Ends with la:
adeola fayola fola hola layla nangila ndila ramla sela adila najla donella alula bela ludmila pavla svetla laila arabella sybylla akila jamila karola anatola eustella idola iola neola onella pamela panphila phila philomela scylla suadela thecla akela lahela ola adiella leela bella gisella behula lajila mahila agnella agnola gabriella isabella leola paola adsila kimimela malila angela costela gabriela imanuela ionela izabela mihaela mirela paula petronela stela teofila viorela ludmilla addula abdalla fela jela xola zola osla connla matsimela sabola cingeswiella attila abella adela adella aghavilla aila akeila amabella amapola amitola anabella anjanella annabella annabla arcilla ardella arela arella aricela arielaNAMES RHYMING WITH ALA (According to first letters):
Rhyming 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 alba albaric albe alberga albern albert alberta alberteen albertina albertine alberto albertyna albertyne albin albinia albinus albion albiona alborz albracca albrecht albreda albu alburn alburt alcestis alchfrith alcides alcina alcinoos alcinous alcippe alcmaeon alcmene alcott alcyone alcyoneus ald alda aldan aldara alden aldene alder aldercy aldfrith aldhelm aldin aldis aldn'd aldo aldona aldonsa aldonza aldora aldous aldred aldric aldrich aldrick aldrid aldrik aldrin aldt aldtun aldus aldw aldwin aldwine aldwyn aldys aleaha alec alecia aleck aleda aleece aleen aleena aleeyah aleeza aleezah alegria aleiah aleigha alejandra alejandrina alejandro aleka aleksander aleksandra aleksandrya alekseiNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ALA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdera abdulla abeba abelia 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 adeela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adelpha adena adharma adia adianna adiba adima adina adira adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afia afina afra afraima afreda africa afua afya agacia agafiaEnglish Words Rhyming ALA'
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ALA AS A WHOLE:
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| 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. |
| acephalan | noun (n.) Same as Acephal. |
| adjective (a.) Belonging to the Acephala. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agalaxy | noun (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth. |
| agalactous | adjective (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alabaster | noun (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. |
| noun (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. | |
| noun (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. |
| alabastrian | adjective (a.) Alabastrine. |
| alabastrine | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs. |
| alabastrum | noun (n.) A flower bud. |
| alacrious | adjective (a.) Brisk; joyously active; lively. |
| alacriousness | noun (n.) Alacrity. |
| alacrity | noun (n.) A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. |
| aladinist | noun (n.) One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| alamire | noun (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music. |
| alamodality | noun (n.) The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. |
| alamode | noun (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. |
| adverb (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode. |
| alamort | adjective (a.) To the death; mortally. |
| alan | noun (n.) A wolfhound. |
| alanine | noun (n.) A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia. |
| alantin | noun (n.) See Inulin. |
| alar | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or having, wings. |
| adjective (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil. |
| alarm | noun (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. |
| noun (n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. | |
| noun (n.) A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. | |
| noun (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. | |
| noun (n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. | |
| verb (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert. | |
| verb (v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb. | |
| verb (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear. |
| alarming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alarm |
| adverb (a.) Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv. |
| alarmable | adjective (a.) Easily alarmed or disturbed. |
| alarmed | adjective (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Alarm |
| alarmist | noun (n.) One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. |
| alarum | noun (n.) See Alarm. |
| alary | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. |
| alate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Alated |
| adverb (adv.) Lately; of late. |
| alated | adjective (a.) Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings. |
| alatern | noun (n.) Alt. of Alaternus |
| alaternus | noun (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. |
| alation | noun (n.) The state of being winged. |
| alaunt | noun (n.) See Alan. |
| alkalamide | noun (n.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals. |
| amygdalaceous | adjective (a.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond. |
| amygdalate | noun (n.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. |
| noun (n.) A salt amygdalic acid. | |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds. |
| antigalastic | adjective (a.) Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk. |
| antimalarial | adjective (a.) Good against malaria. |
| apalachian | adjective (a.) See Appalachian. |
| appalachian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. |
| appealable | adjective (a.) Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable. |
| adjective (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. |
| appealant | noun (n.) An appellant. |
| archencephala | noun (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone. |
| argala | noun (n.) The adjutant bird. |
| aspalathus | noun (n.) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. |
| noun (n.) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ALA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (la) - English Words That Ends with la:
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| 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. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ampulla | noun (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. |
| noun (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. | |
| noun (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. | |
| noun (n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. |
| angola | noun (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. |
| anisodactyla | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls |
| anopla | noun (n. pl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. |
| aquila | noun (n.) A genus of eagles. |
| noun (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. |
| archiblastula | noun (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula. |
| areola | noun (n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing. |
| noun (n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. |
| armilla | noun (n.) An armil. |
| noun (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs. |
| artiodactyla | noun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla. |
| aureola | noun (n.) Alt. of Aureole |
| auricula | noun (n.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. |
| noun (n.) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish | |
| noun (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin. |
| avicula | noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird. |
| axilla | noun (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. |
| noun (n.) An axil. |
| alfilerilla | noun (n.) Same as Alfilaria. |
| amygdala | noun (n.) An almond. |
| noun (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. | |
| noun (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula. |
| arolla | noun (n.) The stone pine (Pinus Cembra). |
| baggala | noun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean. |
| bandala | noun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis). |
| barilla | noun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. |
| noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. | |
| noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| bengola | noun (n.) A Bengal light. |
| beteela | noun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| blastula | noun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm. |
| bulla | noun (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. |
| noun (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla. | |
| noun (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell. |
| banderilla | noun (n.) A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. |
| cabala | noun (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means. |
| noun (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery. |
| cabrilla | noun (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon. |
| caffila | noun (n.) See Cafila. |
| cafila | noun (n.) Alt. of Cafileh |
| calcavella | noun (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. |
| calendula | noun (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name. |
| calla | noun (n.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceae. |
| camarilla | noun (n.) The private audience chamber of a king. |
| noun (n.) A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. |
| campanula | noun (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. |
| canella | noun (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. |
| cannicula | noun (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius. |
| cannula | noun (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. |
| canula | adjective (a.) Alt. of Canulated |
| capella | noun (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. |
| capitula | noun (n. pl.) See Capitulum. |
| cappella | noun (n.) See A cappella. |
| carambola | noun (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. |
| cardialgla | noun (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy |
| caruncula | noun (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. |
| noun (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. | |
| noun (n.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. |
| cascarilla | noun (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. |
| caudicula | noun (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ALA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (al) - Words That Begins with al:
| alilonghi | noun (n.) The tunny. See Albicore. |
| alb | noun (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life. |
| albacore | noun (n.) See Albicore. |
| alban | noun (n.) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether. |
| albanian | noun (n.) A native of Albania. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. |
| 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. |
| albatross | noun (n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere. |
| albedo | noun (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface. |
| albertite | noun (n.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick. |
| albertype | noun (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative. |
| albescence | noun (n.) The act of becoming white; whitishness. |
| albescent | adjective (a.) Becoming white or whitish; moderately white. |
| albicant | adjective (a.) Growing or becoming white. |
| albication | noun (n.) The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks. |
| albicore | noun (n.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. |
| albification | noun (n.) The act or process of making white. |
| albigenses | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Albigeois |
| albigeois | noun (n. pl.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. |
| albigensian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. |
| albiness | noun (n.) A female albino. |
| albinism | noun (n.) The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy. |
| albinistic | adjective (a.) Affected with albinism. |
| albino | noun (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. |
| albinoism | noun (n.) The state or condition of being an albino; albinism. |
| albinotic | adjective (a.) Affected with albinism. |
| albion | noun (n.) An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. |
| albite | noun (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar. |
| albolith | noun (n.) A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite. |
| alborak | noun (n.) The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule. |
| albugineous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white. |
| albugo | noun (n.) Same as Leucoma. |
| album | noun (n.) A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc. |
| noun (n.) A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book. | |
| noun (n.) A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc. |
| albumen | noun (n.) The white of an egg. |
| noun (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Albumin. |
| albumenizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Albumenize |
| albumin | noun (n.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents. |
| albuminate | noun (n.) A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance. |
| albuminiferous | adjective (a.) Supplying albumen. |
| albuminimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid. |
| albuminin | noun (n.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs. |
| albuminiparous | adjective (a.) Producing albumin. |
| albuminoid | noun (n.) One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. |
| adjective (a.) Resembling albumin. |
| albuminoidal | adjective (a.) Of the nature of an albuminoid. |
| albuminose | noun (n.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. |
| albuminous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Albuminose |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| albumose | noun (n.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose. |
| alburn | noun (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls. |
| alburnous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances. |
| alburnum | noun (n.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood. |
| albyn | noun (n.) Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ALA:
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| amorpha | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. |
| amorphozoa | noun (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. |
| amphibia | noun (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates. |
| (pl. ) of Amphibium |
| amphibiotica | noun (n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae. |
| amphineura | noun (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. |
| amphipoda | noun (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca. |
| amphirhina | noun (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double. |
| amphisbaena | noun (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. |
| noun (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| amphitrocha | noun (n.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia. |
| amphiuma | noun (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake. |
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