Allure, v. a. Entice, tempt, seduce, decoy, lead, solicit, invite, attract, troll, lure, drib, engage, persuade, ensnare, coax, inveigle, tweedle, toll, over-persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over, win over.
Allurement, n. 1. Enticement, temptation, seduction, seducement, solicitation, attraction, witchery.
2. Lure, decoy, bait.
Allusion, n. Reference, hint, intimation, indirect mention.
Allusive, a. Hinting, suggestive, emblematic, typical, symbolical, figurative.
Allusively, ad. By implication, by indirect reference, by way of allusion.
Alluvium, n. Sediment, deposit, silt.
Alluvial land, Dale, valley, bottom.
All-wise, a. Omniscient, all-knowing, all-seeing.
Ally, v. a. 1. Unite, join, league, confederate, connect, combine.
2. Make similar, make analogous.
Ally, n. 1. Coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, aider, auxiliary, associate, friend, colleague, partner.
2. Abettor, confederate, accomplice, accessary.
Almanac, n. Calendar, ephemeris, register of the year.
Almighty, a. Omnipotent, all-powerful, all-sufficient.
Almighty, n. [With The prefixed.] God.
Almonds, n. pl. Tonsils.
Almost, ad. Nearly, toward, towards, well-nigh, all but, for the most part, not quite, within a little.
Alms, n. Charity, benefaction, gift, charitable donation, eleemosynary aid.
Almshouse, n. Poorhouse.
Aloft, ad. Above, overhead, on high.
Alone, a. 1. Single, solitary, only, lone, lonely, isolated, unaccompanied, by one's self, by itself, without company, without another.
2. Of one's self, of one's own power, without help.
Along, ad. 1. Lengthwise, longitudinally, in a line.
2. Onward, forward.
Along, prep. By or over.
Along-side, ad. (Naut.) By the side of, side by side.
Aloud, ad. Loudly, at the top of one's voice.
Alpine, a. Mountainous, high, elevated.
Already, ad. 1. Even now.
2. Before that time.
Also, ad. Likewise, too, besides, furthermore, moreover, in addition, in like manner.
Altar, n. 1. Sacrificial structure.
2. Shrine, sacred place, place of worship.
3. Communion-table.
Alter, v. a. Change (partially), vary, modify, shift, turn, transmute, metamorphose, transform, convert, make some change in.
Alter, v. n. Vary, change, be changeable.
Alterable, a. Changeable, variable, mutable.
Alterant, n. (Med.) Alterative.
Alteration, n. Change, variation, mutation, vicissitude, modification, deviation, variance, turn.
Alterative, n. (Med.) Alterant.
Altercation, n. Dispute, controversy, contention, strife, difference, jangling, jangle, jarring, rupture, quarrel, sparring, bickering, wrangle, wrangling, dissension, war of words.
Alternate, a. 1. Reciprocal, one after another (by turns).
2. (Bot.) On different sides successively.
Alternate, v. n. Reciprocate, act interchangeably.
Alternate, v. a. Perform reciprocally or by turns.
Alternation, n. Reciprocation, interchange.
Alternative, n. Choice (between two things).
Although, conj. Though, albeit, notwithstanding, grant that, for all that, be it so, even if.
Altitude, n. Height, elevation.
Alto, n. (Mus.) Counter, counter-tenor.
Altogether, ad. 1. Wholly, completely, entirely, totally, utterly, thoroughly, throughout, fully, perfectly, in toto, out and out, to the full.
2. Conjointly, in a body, in a mass, en masse.
Alumina, n. Oxide of aluminum, argillaceous earth, argil.
Aluminous, a. Clayey, argillaceous.
Alumnus, n. [L. pl. Alumni.] Disciple, pupil, foster-child.
