Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 45
Allhallowmas (n.) pl. -- es (archaic) The feast of All Saints.
Allhallown (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.]
"Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").
Allhallowtide (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
Allhallowtide (n.) The season of All Saints' Day.
Allheal (n.) A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.
Alliable (a.) Able to enter into alliance.
Alliaceous (a.) 【植】蔥的；有蔥（或蒜等）的滋味（或氣味）的 Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
Alliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium; "onions, leeks, garlic, chives are alliaceous plants".
Alliaceous (a.) Smelling of onions or garlic.
Alliance (v. t.) To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]
Alliance (n.) 結盟；聯盟，同盟；聯姻 [C] [U] [（+with/ between）]；結盟諸國；聯姻各方 [C] [G]；類同，相似；親緣關係 [U] [C] [（+between）] The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
Alliance (n.) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. -- C. J. Smith.
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. -- Mansel.
Alliance (n.) The persons or parties allied. -- Udall.
Syn: Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation; league; coalition.
Alliance (n.) The state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance, confederation].
Alliance (n.) A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond].
Alliance (n.) An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement].
Alliance (n.) A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim.
Alliance (n.) The act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation, alliance].
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Alliance () A treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage.
Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and the elders of Israel entered into an alliance with the Gibeonites (Josh. 9:3-27). When the Israelites entered Palestine they were forbidden to enter into alliances with the inhabitants of the country (Lev. 18:3, 4; 20:22, 23).
Solomon formed a league with Hiram (1 Kings 5:12). This "brotherly covenant" is referred to 250 years afterwards (Amos 1:9). He also appears to have entered into an alliance with Pharaoh (1 Kings 10:28, 29).
In the subsequent history of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel various alliances were formed between them and also with neighbouring nations at different times.
From patriarchal times a covenant of alliance was sealed by the blood of some sacrificial victim. The animal sacrificed was cut in two (except birds), and between these two parts the persons contracting the alliance passed (Gen. 15:10). There are frequent allusions to this practice (Jer. 34:18). Such alliances were called "covenants of salt" (Num. 18:19; 2 Chr. 13:5), salt being the symbol of perpetuity. A pillar was set up as a memorial of the alliance between Laban and Jacob (Gen. 31:52).
The Jews throughout their whole history attached great importance to fidelity to their engagements. Divine wrath fell upon the violators of them (Josh. 9:18; 2 Sam. 21:1, 2; Ezek. 17:16).
Alliance (), international law. A contract, treaty, or league between two
sovereigns or states, made to insure their safety and common defence.
Alliance (), Alliances made for warlike purposes are divided in general into defensive and offensive; in the former the nation only engages to defend her ally in case he be attacked; in the latter she unites with him for the purpose of making an attack, or jointly waging the war against another nation. Some alliances are both offensive and defensive; and there seldom is an offensive alliance which is not also defensive. Vattel, B. 3, c. 6, Sec. 79; 2 Dall. 15.
Alliance (), relationship. The union or connexion of two persons or families by marriage, which is also called affinity. This is derived from the Latin preposition ad and ligare, to bind. Vide Inst 1, 10, 6; Dig 38, 10, 4, 3; and Affinity.
Alliance, (n.) In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
Alliance, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 8959
Housing Units (2000): 4062
Land area (2000): 4.767735 sq. miles (12.348377 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012236 sq. miles (0.031691 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.779971 sq. miles (12.380068 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00905
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.101382 N, 102.870272 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69301
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alliance, NE
Alliance
Alliance, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 781
Housing Units (2000): 304
Land area (2000): 2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01000
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.143133 N, 76.815333 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alliance, NC
Alliance
Alliance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 23253
Housing Units (2000): 9730
Land area (2000): 8.611823 sq. miles (22.304518 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002385 sq. miles (0.006176 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.614208 sq. miles (22.310694 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01420
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.913358 N, 81.108094 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44601
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alliance, OH
Alliance
Alliant (n.) An ally; a confederate.
Allice (n.) Alt. of Allis
Allis (n.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.
Alliciency (n.) Attractive power; attractiveness.
Alliciency (n.) (pl. -es) (Obs.) The quality or power of attracting : attractiveness.
Allicient (a.) That attracts; attracting.
Allicient (n.) That attracts.
Allied (a.) United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.
Alligate (v. t.) To tie; to unite by some tie.
Alligation (n.) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.
Alligation (n.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.
Alligator (v. i. & t.) To form shallow cracks in a reticulated pattern on the surface, or in a coating on the surface, of an object.
Alligator (n.) (Zool.) 【動】 （產於美國及中國的）短吻鱷 [C]；短吻鱷皮（革） [U]； 鱷口式工具（或機器） [C] A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
Alligator (n.) (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
Alligator (n.) (Metal Working) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
Alligator (n.) (Mining) A rock breaker.
Alligator (n.) (Printing) A kind of job press, called also {alligator press}.
{Alligator apple} (Bot.), The fruit of the {Anona palustris}, A West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. -- Loudon.
{Alligator fish} (Zool.), A marine fish of northwestern America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
{Alligator gar} (Zool.), One of the gar pikes ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes.
{Alligator pear} (Bot.), A corruption of {Avocado pear}. See {Avocado}.
{Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle} (Zool.), A very large and voracious turtle ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of {Trionyx}.
{Alligator wood}, The timber of a tree of the West Indies ({Guarea Swartzii}).
Alligator (n.) Leather made from alligator's hide.
Alligator (n.) Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts [syn: {alligator}, {gator}].
Alligator (v.) Crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes.
Alligator (n.) The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Herodotus says the Indus is, with one exception, the only river that produces crocodiles, but they appear to have gone West and grown up with the other rivers. From the notches on his back the alligator is called a sawrian.
Alligator (n.) MS -- U.S. Town in Mississippi.
Population (2000): 220
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 0.983645 sq. miles (2.547629 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.058381 sq. miles (0.151206 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.042026 sq. miles (2.698835 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00940
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.088482 N, 90.720690 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38720
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Alligator, MS
Alligator
Allignment (n.) See Alignment.
Allineate (v. t.) To align.
Allineation (n.) Alt. of Alineation
Alineation (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
Allision (n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
Alliteral (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
Alliterate (v. t.) To employ or place so as to make alliteration.
Alliterate (v. i.) To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
Alliterative (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
Alliterator (n.) One who alliterates.
Allium (n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
Allmouth (n.) (Zool.) The angler.
Angler (n.) One who angles.
Angler (n.) (Zool.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Allmouth (n.) Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus].
Allness (n.) Totality; completeness. [R.]
The allness of God, Including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. -- R. Turnbull.
Allnight (n.) Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Allocate (v. t.) 分派；分配 To distribute or assign; to allot. -- Burke.
Allocate (v. t.) To localize. [R.]
Allocate (v.) Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" [syn: {allocate}, {apportion}].
Allocation (n.) 分派，分配，配給，配置；分配額（或量） The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
Allocation (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. -- A. R. Stanley.
Allocation (n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
Allocation (n.) A share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allotment}, {allocation}].
Allocation (n.) The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment}, {apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}, {assignation}].
Allhallown (n.) (Computer science) The assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions [syn: {allocation}, {storage allocation}].
Allhallown, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather,
placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.
Allocatur (n.) (Law) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
Allocatur, Practice. The allowance of a writ; e. g. when a writ of habeas corpus is prayed for, the judge directs it to be done, by writing the word allowed and signing his name; this is called the allocator. In the English courts this word is used to indicate the master or prothonotary's allowance of a sum referred for his consideration, whether touching costs, damages, or matter of account. Lee's Dict. h, t.
Allochroic (a.) Changeable in color.
Allochroite (n.) (Min.) See Garnet.
Allochroous (a.) Changing color.
Allocution (n.) 正式演講；羅馬教皇在紅衣主教會議上之訓諭（尤指政治性的，或有關重大事件的） The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. -- Addison.
Allocution (n.) (Rhetoric) A formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts.
Allod (n.) See Allodium.
Allodial (a.) (Law) 自主地的，自由地的 Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. -- Blackstone.
Allodial (a.) Anything held allodially. -- W. Coxe.
Allodialism (n.) The allodial system.
Allodialist (n.) One who holds allodial land.
Allodially (adv.) By allodial tenure.
Allodiary (n.) One who holds an allodium.
Allodium (n.) (Law) （封建時代的）有絕對產權之土地 Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. -- Blackstone. -- Bouvier.
Allodium, () Estates. Signifies an absolute estate of inheritance, in contradistinction to a feud.
Allodium, () In this country the title to land is essentially allodial, and every tenant in fee simple has an absolute and perfect title, yet in technical language his estate is called an estate in fee simple, and the tenure free and common socage. 3 Kent, Com. 390; Cruise, Prel. Dis. c. 1, Sec. 13; 2 Bl. Com. 45. For the etymology of this word, vide 3 Kent Com. 398 note; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1692.
Allogamous (a.) (Bot.) [植] 異體受精的；[植] 異花受粉的 Characterized by allogamy.
Allogamous (a.) Relating to cross-fertilization in plants
Allogamy (n.) (Bot.) 【生】異花受精 Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Allogamy (n.) Cross-fertilization in plants [ant: autogamy].
Allogeneous (a.) Different in nature or kind. [R.]
Allograph (n.) A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
Allograph (n.) A variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme.
Allograph (n.) A signature written by one person for another.
Allomerism (n.) [U] (Chem.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.
Allomerism (n.) (Chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
Allomerous (a.) (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism.
Allomerous (a.) Pertaining to allomerism.
Compare: Paramorph
Paramorph (n.) (Min.) 【礦】假晶；假形 A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite; called also allomorph.
Paramorph (n.) (Biol.) A taxonomic variant observed within a species, forwhich a more specific term has not been assigned. -- par`a*mor"phic, a. -- par`a*mor"phous, a.
Allomorph (n.) (Min.) 【古】【礦】同質異形體 Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
Allomorph (n.) (Min.) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. -- G. H. Williams.
Allomorph (n.) Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite".
Allomorph (n.) A variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme".
Allomorphic (a.) (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism.
Allomorphic (a.) Pertaining to allomorphs
Allomorphism (n.) (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.
Allonge (n.) (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
Allonge (n.) 【律】（證券等的）附箋，補箋（供背書之用） A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] -- Abbott.
Allonge (v. i.) To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
Allonge, () French law. When a bill of exchange, or other paper, is too small to receive the endorsements which are to be made on it, another piece of paper is added to it, and bears the name of allonge. Pard. n. 343; Story on P. N. Sec. 121, 151; Story on Bills, 204. See Rider.
Allonym (n.) 假託偽名；假託偽名之著作 The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.
Allonym (n.) A work published under the name of some one other than the author.
Allonymous (a.) 別人假託之名的；筆名的 Published under the name of some one other than the author.
Alloo (v. t. & v. i.) To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]
Allopath (n.) 用異種療法的醫生 An allopathist. -- Ed. Rev.
Allopathic (a.) 對抗療法的 Of or pertaining to allopathy.
Allopathic (a.) Of or relating to the practice of allopathy; "allopathic remedies" [ant: homeopathic].
Allopathically (adv.) In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
Allopathist (n.) 【醫】對抗療法派 One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
Allopathy (n.) 【醫】對抗療法 That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.
Allopathy (n.) The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself [ant: homeopathy, homoeopathy].
Allophylic (a.) Alt. of Allophylian
Allophylian (a.) Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. -- J. Prichard.
Alloquy (n.) A speaking to another; an address. [Obs.]
Allotted (imp. & p. p.) of Allot
Allotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allot
Allot (v. t.) 分配；分配給 [O1] [（+to）]；指派 [O1] [（+to）] To distribute by lot.
Allot (v. t.) To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.
Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. -- Johnson.
Allot (v.) Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion].
Allot (v.) Allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant].
Allot (v.) Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out].
Allotheism (n.) The worship of strange gods. -- Jer. Taylor.
Allotment (n.) 分配；分派 [U]；應得的份，份兒；分配物 [C]；（從軍餉或海員薪水中扣除的）養家費 The act of allotting; assignment.
Allotment (n.) That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
The alloments of God and nature. -- L'Estrange.
A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. -- Broome.
Allotment (n.) (Law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
Cottage allotment, An allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
Allotment (n.) A share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment, allocation].
Allotment (n.) The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation].
Allotment. () Distribution by lot; partition. Merl. Rep. h.t.
Allotriophagy (n.) (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. -- AS
Allotropic (a.) Alt. of Allotropical
Allotropical (a.) Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv.
Allotropic state, () The several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.
Allotropical (a.) Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism; "carbon and sulfur and phosphorus are allotropic elements" [syn: allotropic, allotropical].
Allotropicity (n.) Allotropic property or nature. Allotropism
Allotropism (n.) Alt. of Allotropy
Allotropy (n.) (Chem.) 【化】【礦】同素，同素異形 The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
Note: Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state.
Allotropy (n.) The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms [syn: allotropy, allotropism].
Allotropism (n.) The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms [syn: allotropy, allotropism].
Allotropize (v. t.) To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]
Allottable (a.) Capable of being allotted.