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Alignment: Definition and part of speech

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Alignment

  1. n. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
  2. n. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

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.

Alike: Definition and part of speech

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Alike

  1. adv. In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.
  2. a. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

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.

Aliped: Definition and part of speech

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Aliped

  1. n. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
  2. a. Wing-footed, as the bat.

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.

Aliment: Definition and part of speech

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Aliment

  1. v. t. To provide for the maintenance of.
  2. n. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
  3. n. An allowance for maintenance.
  4. v. t. To nourish; to support.

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.

Alimental: Definition and part of speech

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Alimental

  1. a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

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.