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Alcoholic: Definition and part of speech

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Alcoholic

  1. n. Alcoholic liquors.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
  3. n. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.

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.

Alcoholism: Definition and part of speech

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Alcoholism

  1. n. A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

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.

Alcoholization: Definition and part of speech

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Alcoholization

  1. n. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
  2. n. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.
  3. n. The act rectifying spirit.

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.

Alcove: Definition and part of speech

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Alcove

  1. n. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
  2. n. A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
  3. n. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

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.