Helen Fenton

Alexandrian: Definition and part of speech

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Alexandrian

  1. a. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alisanders: Definition and part of speech

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Alisanders

  1. n. A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; — called also horse parsely.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alewife: Definition and part of speech

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Alewife

  1. n. A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
  2. n. A woman who keeps an alehouse.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aleutic: Definition and part of speech

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Aleutic

  1. a. Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.