Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 40
Alborak (n.) The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.
Albugineous (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.
Albugines (n. pl. ) of Albugo.
Compare: Leucoma
Leucoma (n.) (Med.) 角膜白斑 A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
Leucoma (n.) Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea [syn: leukoma, leucoma].
Albugo (n.) (Med.) Same as Leucoma. [archaic]
Albugo (n.) Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts [syn: Albugo, genus Albugo].
Album (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
Album (n.) A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
Album (n.) A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
Album (n.) One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc [syn: album, record album].
Album (n.) A book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc.
Albumen (n.) The white of an egg.
Albumen (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Albumen (n.) (Chem.) Same as Albumin.
Albumen (n.) A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen].
Albumen (n.) The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin].
Albumenized (imp. & p. p.) of Albumenize.
Albumenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Albumenize.
Albumenize (v. t.) To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
Album Graecum (n.) [U] (Archaic) Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
Albumin (n.) (Chem.) 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.
Acid albumin, A modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, Albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
Albumin (n.) A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen].
Albuminate (n.) (Chem.) 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 (a.) Supplying albumen.
Albuminimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
Albuminin (n.) (Chem.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.
Albuminiparous (a.) Producing albumin.
Albuminoid (a.) (Chem.) Resembling albumin.
Albuminoid (n.) One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. -- Brunton.
Albuminoid (n.) A simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye [syn: scleroprotein, albuminoid].
Albuminoidal (a.) (Chem.) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
Albuminose (n.) (Chem.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
Albuminous (a.) Alt. of Albuminose.
Albuminose (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin ; an older term now replaces by proteinaceous.
Albuminose (a.) Proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.
Albuminuria (n.) (Med.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
Albuminuria (n.) The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder [syn: albuminuria, proteinuria].
Albumose (n.) (Chem.) 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.
Compare: Hemialbumose
Hemialbumose (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
Alburn (n.) (Zool.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.
Alburnous (a.) 【植】白木質的 Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
Alburnum (n.) (Bot.) 【植】白材，邊材 The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.
Albyn (n.) Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. -- T. Cambell.
Alcade (n.) Same as Alcaid.
Compare: Alcaid
Alcaid, Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
Alcaid, Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail.
Alcade, () Span. law. The name of a judicial officer in Spain, and in those countries which have received the body of their laws from those of Spain.
Alcahest (n.) Same as Alkahest.
Compare: Alkahest
Alkahest (n.) （從前煉丹術士尋求之假想的）萬能溶劑 The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
Alcahest (n.) Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists [syn: alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent].
Alcaic (a.) Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
Alcaic (n.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls. Alcaid
Alcaic (n.) Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus [syn: Alcaic, Alcaic verse].
Alcaid (n.) Alt. of Alcayde.
Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail.
Alcayde (n.) Same as Alcaid.
Alcalde (n.) A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. -- Prescott.
Note: Sometimes confounded with Alcaid.
Alcalde (n.) A mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
Alcalde, NM -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico
Population (2000): 377
Housing Units (2000): 138
Land area (2000): 0.512717 sq. miles (1.327932 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.512717 sq. miles (1.327932 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02070
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 36.087956 N, 106.057081 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Alcalimeter (n.) See Alkalimeter.
Compare: Alkalimeter
Alkalimeter (n.) An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture. Alkalimetric
Alcanna (n.) (Bot.) An oriental shrub ({Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.
Alcarrazas (n. pl. ) of Alcarraza.
Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
Compare: Alcaid
Alcaid, Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.
Alcaid (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail.
Alcayde (n.) Same as Alcaid.
Alcazar (n.) A fortress; also, a royal palace. -- Prescott.
Alcazar (n.) Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
Alcea rosea (n.) 蜀葵 The common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. [2] William Turner, a herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
Alcea rosea (n.) Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock [syn: rose mallow, Alcea rosea, Althea rosea].
Alcedo (n.) (Zool.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher ({Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
Alcedo (n.) Type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: Alcedo, genus Alcedo]
Alchemic (a.) Alt. of Alchemical
Alchemical (a.) Of or relating to alchemy.
Alchemic (a.) Related to or concerned with alchemy [syn: alchemic, alchemical].
Alchemically (adv.) In the manner of alchemy.
Alchemist (n.) One who practices alchemy.
You are alchemist; make gold. -- Shak. Alchemistic
Alchemist (n.) One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone.
Alchemistic (a.) Alt. of Alchemistical.
Alchemistical (a.) Relating to or practicing alchemy.
Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. -- Burke.
Alchemistic (a.) Of or relating to alchemists [syn: alchemistic, alchemistical].
Alchemistry (n.) Alchemy. [Obs.]
Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute. -- Lovelace.
Alchemize (v.) Alter (elements) by alchemy [syn: alchemize, alchemise].
Alchemy (n.) 煉金術 An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.
Alchemy (n.) A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.]
Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. -- Milton.
Alchemy (n.) Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. -- Shak. Alchymistic; Alchymist; Alchymic
Alchemy (n.) The way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together" [syn: {chemistry}, {interpersonal chemistry}, {alchemy}].
Alchemy (n.) A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
Alchymic (n.) Alt. of Alchymy.
Alchymist (n.) Alt. of Alchymy.
Alchymistic (n.) Alt. of Alchymy.
Alchymy (n.) See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.
Alco (n.) A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines. Alcoate
Alcoate (n.) Alt. of Alcohate.
Alcohate (n.) Shortened forms of Alcoholate.
Alcohol (n.) An impalpable powder. [Obs.]
Alcohol (n.) (pl. alcohols) 酒精；【化】醇 [U] [C]；含酒精飲料；酒 [U] The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Alcohol (n.) Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
Note: [The ferementation is usually carried out by addition of brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an aqueous solution containing carbohydrates.]
Note: As used in the U. S. "Pharmacop[oe]ia," alcohol contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9 per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 54.5 per cent of water.
Alcohol (n.) (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl alcohol ({C2H5.OH"> ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol ({C2H5.OH); methyl methyl alcohol ({CH3.OH"> forms methyl alcohol ({CH3.OH) or wood alcohol; amyl amyl alcohol ({C5H11.OH"> forms amyl alcohol ({C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.
Compare: Ethanol
Ethanol (n.) (Chem.) 【化】乙醇，酒精 The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol. It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
Syn: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.
Alcohol (n.) A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" [syn: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant].
Alcohol (n.) Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation.
Alcoholate (n.) (Chem.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. -- Graham.
Alcoholature (n.) (Med.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. -- New Eng. Dict.
Alcoholic (a.) 酒精的；含酒精的；由酒精引起的 Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
Alcoholic (n.) 酒精中毒病人；嗜酒者 [C] A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
Alcoholic (n.) pl. Alcoholic liquors.
Alcoholic (a.) Characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks" [ant: nonalcoholic].
Alcoholic (a.) Addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris" -- Carl Van Doren [syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent].
Alcoholic (n.) A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse].
Alcoholism (n.) 酗酒；酒精中毒 A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.
Alcoholism (n.) (Med.) Chronic excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages that leads to social, occupational, psychological and physiological problems.
Alcoholism (n.) (Med.) Psychological and physiological dependence on alcohol; sudden cessation of drinking may lead to withdrawal symptoms.
Alcoholism (n.) Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms [syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness].
Alcoholism (n.) An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess [syn: dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania].
Alcoholization (n.) The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Alcoholization (n.) The act rectifying spirit.
Alcoholization (n.) 酒精飽和 Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
Alcoholized (imp. & p. p.) of Alcoholize.
Alcoholizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alcoholize.
Alcoholize (v. t.) To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Alcoholize (v. t.) 醇化；浸漬酒精中；用酒精使之醉倒 To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol. Alcoholometer
Alcoholize (v.) Subject to the influence of alcohol; "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized."
Alcoholize (v.) Treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator" [syn: alcoholize, alcoholise].
Alcoholize (v.) Make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" [syn: alcoholize, alcoholise].
Alcoholometer (n.) Alt. of Alcoholmeter.
Alcoholmeter (n.) (Chem.) 酒精濃度計 An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale. Alcoholometrical; Alcoholometric
Alcoholometric (a.) Alt. of Alcoholmetrical.
Alcoholometrical (a.) Alt. of Alcoholmetrical.
Alcoholmetrical (a.) Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.
The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. -- Ure.
Alcoholometry (n.) The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain. Alcohometer
Alcohometer (a.) Alt. of Alcohometric.
Alcohometric (a.) Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.
Alcoometry (n.) See Alcoholometry.
Note: The chemists say alcom[`e]tre, alcoom[`e]trie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.) -- Littr['e].
Koran (n.) The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran, Also rarely Coran and Core.]
Note: The Koran is the sacred book of the Muslims (sometimes called Mohammedans by non-Muslims, a term considered offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important foundation on which Islam rests and it is held in the highest veneration by all Islamic sects. When being read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the floor. No one may read it or touch it without first making a legal ablution. It is written in the Arabic language, and its style is considered a model. The substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated and eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the work was revealed. At first the Koran was not written, but entirely committed to memory. But when a great many of the best Koran reciters had been killed in battle, Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed) that it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly commanded Zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit it to writing. This was the authorized text until 23 years after the death of the prophet. A number of variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order of the calif Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid and three assistants made a careful revision which was adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114 suras or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one has a separate name. They are not arranged in historical order. These suras purport to be the addresses delivered by Mohammed during his career at Mecca and Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan period; while the longer ones, relating to social duties and relationships, to Medina. The Koran is largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the former prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among the prophets. The biblical narratives are interwoven with rabbinical legends. The customs of the Jews are made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic theology consists in the study of the Koran and its commentaries. A very fine collection of Korans, including one in Cufic (the old Arabic character), is to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo, Egypt. [Century Dict. 1906]
Alcoran (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alkoran.]
Alcoranic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Koran.
Alcoranist (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.
Alcove (n.) (Arch.) 凹室，壁櫥，小亭 A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
Alcove (n.) [C] 凹室；壁龕；（庭園的）凹深僻靜處；避暑別墅 A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. -- Cowper.
Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove. -- Falconer.
Alcove (n.) A small recess opening off a larger room [syn: {alcove}, {bay}].
Alcyon (n.) See Halcyon.
Alcyonacea (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.
Alcyonacea (n.) Comprising the soft corals [syn: Alcyonacea, suborder Alcyonacea].
Alcyonaria (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) 八射珊瑚亞綱 One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.
Alcyonaria (n.) Corals and sea anemones having eight branches [syn: Alcyonaria, order Alcyonaria].