Name Report For First Name ADIA:
ADIA
First name ADIA's origin is English. ADIA means "wealthy". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ADIA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of adia.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with ADIA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ADIA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ADIA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ADƯA AS A WHOLE:
obadiah adianna arcadia kadia kadian madia nadia shadia jedadiah ovadiah zebadiahNAMES RHYMING WITH ADƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (dia) - Names That Ends with dia:
badi'a melodia hedia aidia alodia brigidia cindia dia india lidia lydia orquidia rydia thaddia claudiaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - Names That Ends with ia:
afia aminia ashia efia fowsia kamaria safia tawia beornia bernia odelia alaia dummonia amaia donia erensia kamia saskia nubia tabia berengaria bethia cambria ingria abelia adalia aloysia agalaia agalia aglaia alesia ambrosia anthia anysia artemia aspasia athanasia basilia callia calligenia cassiopeia castalia celosia cosimia cynthia demetria dionysia egeria eileithyia elefteria erytheia eulallia eunomia euphemia eurycleia filia gelasia georgia harmonia helia hesperia hestia hippodamia hygeia hypatia idalia iphegenia lamia lampetia laodamia lelia lethia obelia oleisia orithyia ortygia parthenia pelagia pelicia pelopia polyhymnia pythia sinovia sophia sophroniaNAMES RHYMING WITH ADƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (adi) - Names That Begins with adi:
adi adib adiba adibe adiella adil adila adilah adilene adima adin adina adinah adinam adine adio adir adira adiran adisa aditi aditya adiv adivaRhyming 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 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 adelitaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADƯA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afina afra afraima afreda africa afua afya agacia agafia agana agastya agata agatha agbenyaga agdta aghadreena aghamora aghavilla aghna aglaeca aglara agnella agneta agneya agnimukha agnola agotha agueda ahalya ahana ahava ahelia ahiga ahiliya ahisma ahudaEnglish Words Rhyming ADIA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ADƯA AS A WHOLE:
| acadian | noun (n.) A native of Acadie. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. |
| accadian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. |
| adiabatic | adjective (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat. |
| adiactinic | adjective (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays. |
| adiantum | noun (n.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. |
| adiaphorism | noun (n.) Religious indifference. |
| adiaphorist | noun (n.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. |
| adiaphoristic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. |
| adiaphorite | noun (n.) Same as Adiaphorist. |
| adiaphorous | adjective (a.) Indifferent or neutral. |
| adjective (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. |
| adiaphory | noun (n.) Indifference. |
| adiathermic | adjective (a.) Not pervious to heat. |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| arcadia | noun (n.) A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet. |
| arcadian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Arcadic |
| badiaga | noun (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises. |
| badian | noun (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise. |
| barbadian | noun (n.) A native of Barbados. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados. |
| biradiate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Biradiated |
| biradiated | adjective (a.) Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin. |
| canadian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Canada. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Canada. |
| corradial | adjective (a.) Radiating to or from the same point. |
| corradiation | noun (n.) A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. |
| digladiation | noun (n.) Act of digladiating. |
| diradiation | noun (n.) The emission and diffusion of rays of light. |
| epispadias | noun (n.) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity. |
| eradiating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradiate |
| eradiation | noun (n.) Emission of radiance. |
| gladiate | adjective (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus. |
| gladiator | noun (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement. |
| noun (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy. |
| gladiatorial | adjective (a.) Alt. of Gladiatorian |
| gladiatorian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general. |
| gladiatorism | noun (n.) The art or practice of a gladiator. |
| gladiatorship | noun (n.) Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator. |
| gladiatory | adjective (a.) Gladiatorial. |
| gladiature | noun (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. |
| hypospadias | noun (n.) A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface. |
| interradial | adjective (a.) Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish. |
| irradiance | noun (n.) Alt. of Irradiancy |
| irradiancy | noun (n.) The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light. |
| noun (n.) That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy. |
| irradiant | adjective (a.) Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. |
| irradiating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irradiate |
| irradiate | adjective (a.) Illuminated; irradiated. |
| verb (v. t.) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster. | |
| verb (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind. | |
| verb (v. t.) To animate by heat or light. | |
| verb (v. t.) To radiate, shed, or diffuse. | |
| verb (v. i.) To emit rays; to shine. |
| irradiation | noun (n.) Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated. |
| noun (n.) Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Mental light or illumination. | |
| noun (n.) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus. |
| kadiaster | noun (n.) A Turkish judge. See Cadi. |
| madia | noun (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table. |
| multiradiate | adjective (a.) Having many rays. |
| nomadian | noun (n.) A nomad. |
| octoradiated | adjective (a.) Having eight rays. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (dia) - English Words That Ends with dia:
| arthrodia | noun (n.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket. |
| alcaldia | noun (n.) The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office. |
| cardia | noun (n.) The heart. |
| noun (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it. |
| cirripedia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa. |
| cyclopedia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cyclopaedia |
| cyclopaedia | noun (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia. |
| enarthrodia | noun (n.) See Enarthrosis. |
| encyclopedia | noun (n.) Alt. of Encyclopaedia |
| encyclopaedia | noun (n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia. |
| fidia | noun (n.) A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America. |
| fissipedia | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia. |
| hemicardia | noun (n.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. |
| india | noun (n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. |
| leptocardia | noun (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus. |
| lindia | noun (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. |
| media | noun (n.) pl. of Medium. |
| noun (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute. | |
| (pl. ) of Medium |
| misericordia | noun (n.) An amercement. |
| noun (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary. | |
| noun (n.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. |
| octopodia | noun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata. |
| ophidia | noun (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents. |
| (pl. ) of Ophidion |
| pinnipedia | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia. |
| praecordia | noun (n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium. |
| redia | noun (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| scandia | noun (n.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. |
| shepherdia | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo. |
| soredia | noun (n.) pl. of Soredium. |
| (pl. ) of Soredium |
| synarthrodia | noun (n.) Synarthrosis. |
| woodwardia | noun (n.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (adi) - Words That Begins with adi:
| adieu | noun (n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. |
| adverb (interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting. |
| adipescent | adjective (a.) Becoming fatty. |
| adipic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid. |
| adipoceration | noun (n.) The act or process of changing into adipocere. |
| adipocere | noun (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. |
| adipoceriform | adjective (a.) Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor. |
| adipocerous | adjective (a.) Like adipocere. |
| adipose | noun (n.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. |
| adiposeness | noun (n.) Alt. of Adiposity |
| adiposity | noun (n.) The state of being fat; fatness. |
| adipous | adjective (a.) Fatty; adipose. |
| adipsous | adjective (a.) Quenching thirst, as certain fruits. |
| adipsy | noun (n.) Absence of thirst. |
| adit | noun (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel. |
| noun (n.) Admission; approach; access. |
| adipogenous | adjective (a.) Producing fat. |
| adipolysis | noun (n.) The digestion of fats. |
| adipolytic | adjective (a.) Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action. |
| adipoma | noun (n.) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADƯA:
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 |
| 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. |
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