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Alburnous
- - Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
Alcyonium
- - A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.
Alcyonoid
- - Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. -- n. A zoAlcyonaria.
Aleconner
- - Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]
Alemannic
- - Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
Alertness
- noun - a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"
- lively attentiveness
- the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
Alexander
- noun - European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
- king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
Alikeness
- noun - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"