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Alabama period: Definition and part of speech

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Alabama period

  1. A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

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.

Al-: Definition and part of speech

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Al-

  1. A prefix. The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.
  2. A prefix. All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.
  3. A prefix. To; at; on; — in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.

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.

Akin: Definition and part of speech

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Akin

  1. a. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
  2. a. Of the same kin; related by blood; — used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

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.