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Al-: Definition and part of speech

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  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.

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.

Alabaster: Definition and part of speech

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Alabaster

  1. n. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; — so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
  2. n. A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
  3. n. A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.

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.