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   A level
         n 1: the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually
               two years after O level)

English Dictionary: Albulidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Albula
n
  1. type and sole genus of the family Albulidae [syn: Albula, genus Albula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Albula vulpes
n
  1. slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
    Synonym(s): bonefish, Albula vulpes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Albulidae
n
  1. bonefish
    Synonym(s): Albulidae, family Albulidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alfalfa
n
  1. important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
    Synonym(s): alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
  2. leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alfalfa sprout
n
  1. sprouted alfalfa seeds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alfilaria
n
  1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
    Synonym(s): redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alfileria
n
  1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
    Synonym(s): redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
All Fools' day
n
  1. the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes
    Synonym(s): April Fools', April Fools' day, All Fools' day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allowable
adj
  1. deductible according to the tax laws
  2. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"
    Synonym(s): permissible, allowable
    Antonym(s): impermissible
  3. deserving to be allowed or considered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allowably
adv
  1. in a permissible manner
    Synonym(s): permissibly, allowably
    Antonym(s): impermissibly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial
adj
  1. of or relating to alluvium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial cone
n
  1. a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
    Synonym(s): alluvial fan, alluvial cone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial deposit
n
  1. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
    Synonym(s): alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial fan
n
  1. a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
    Synonym(s): alluvial fan, alluvial cone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial flat
n
  1. a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
    Synonym(s): alluvial flat, alluvial plain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial plain
n
  1. a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
    Synonym(s): alluvial flat, alluvial plain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial sediment
n
  1. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
    Synonym(s): alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvial soil
n
  1. a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alpha-linolenic acid
n
  1. a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms; the only omega-3 fatty acid found in vegetable products; it is most abundant in canola oil; a fatty acid essential for nutrition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alpha-lipoprotein
n
  1. a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis
    Synonym(s): high-density lipoprotein, HDL, alpha-lipoprotein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar
adj
  1. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
  2. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw; "alveolar processes"
n
  1. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
    Synonym(s): alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar arch
n
  1. the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar artery
n
  1. a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process
    Synonym(s): alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar bed
n
  1. lung tissue densely packed with alveoli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar consonant
n
  1. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
    Synonym(s): alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar ectasia
n
  1. abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar point
n
  1. craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla
    Synonym(s): prosthion, prostheon, alveolar point
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar process
n
  1. a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
    Synonym(s): alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar resorption
n
  1. wasting of the bony socket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
n
  1. form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in adolescents and young adults
    Synonym(s): alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar rhabdosarcoma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar rhabdosarcoma
n
  1. form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in adolescents and young adults
    Synonym(s): alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar rhabdosarcoma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolar ridge
n
  1. a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
    Synonym(s): alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolate
adj
  1. pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) [syn: alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolitis
n
  1. inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form
    Synonym(s): alveolitis, dry socket
  2. inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alveolus
n
  1. a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
    Synonym(s): alveolus, air sac, air cell
  2. a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
    Synonym(s): tooth socket, alveolus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.)
      The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless
      Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been
      baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday
      their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Albolith \Al"bo*lith\, n. [L. albus white + -lith.]
      A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting
      chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also {albolite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Albolith \Al"bo*lith\, n. [L. albus white + -lith.]
      A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting
      chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also {albolite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found
            both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
            {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}.
      (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West
            Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alepole \Ale"pole`\, n.
      A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleppo boil \A*lep"po boil\, button \button\, [or] evil \evil\ .
      (Med.)
      A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most
      commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean,
      and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also
      {Aleppo ulcer}, {Biskara boil}, {Delhi boil}, {Oriental
      sore}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
      A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple
      cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
      {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
      The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California,
      Texas, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
      A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple
      cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
      {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
      The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California,
      Texas, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alibility \Al`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
      Quality of being alible.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alible \Al"i*ble\, a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.]
      Nutritive; nourishing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   All Fools' Day \All" Fools' Day`\
      The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions
      are practiced.
  
               The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All
               Fools' Day.                                             --Poor Robin's
                                                                              Almanack
                                                                              (1760).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alliable \Al*li"a*ble\, a.
      Able to enter into alliance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allophylic \Al`lo*phyl"ic\, Allophylian \Al`lo*phyl"i*an\, a.
      [Gr. [?] of another tribe; [?] other + [?] class or tribe.]
      Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
      --J. Prichard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allophylic \Al`lo*phyl"ic\, Allophylian \Al`lo*phyl"i*an\, a.
      [Gr. [?] of another tribe; [?] other + [?] class or tribe.]
      Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
      --J. Prichard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allowable \Al*low"a*ble\, a. [F. allouable.]
      1. Praiseworthy; laudable. [Obs.] --Hacket.
  
      2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible;
            admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a
            certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allowableness \Al*low"a*ble*ness\, n.
      The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness;
      exemption from prohibition or impropriety. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allowably \Al*low"a*bly\, adv.
      In an allowable manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, n.
      Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial
      soil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See {Alluvion}.]
      Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;
      relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away
      from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil,
      mud, accumulations, deposits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alphol \Al"phol\, n. [Alpha- + -ol as in alcohol.] (Pharm.)
      A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an
      antiseptic and antirheumatic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\, a. (Phon.)
      Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the
      alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow
      or cavity: cf. F. alv[82]olaire.] (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,
      sacs, or sockets.
  
      {Alveolar processes}, the processes of the maxillary bones,
            containing the sockets of the teeth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gnathic \Gnath"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] the jaw.] (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the jaw.
  
      {Gnathic index}, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from
            the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken
            equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the
            middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also
            {alveolar index}.
  
                     Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are
                     orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and
                     above 103 are prognathous.                  --Flower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow
      or cavity: cf. F. alv[82]olaire.] (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,
      sacs, or sockets.
  
      {Alveolar processes}, the processes of the maxillary bones,
            containing the sockets of the teeth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveolary \Al"ve*o*la*ry\, a.
      Alveolar. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveolate \Al"ve*o*late\, a. [L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus.]
      (Bot.)
      Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveole \Al"ve*ole\, n.
      Same as {Alveolus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alveolus \[d8]Al*ve"o*lus\ ([acr]l*v[emac]"[osl]*l[ucr]s), n.;
      pl. {Alveoli} (-l[imac]). [L., a small hollow or cavity, dim.
      of alveus: cf. F. alv[82]ole. See {Alveary}.]
      1. A cell in a honeycomb.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
  
      3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket
            of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate
            saccules of glands, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alveoliform \Al*ve"o*li*form\
      ([acr]l*v[emac]"[osl]*l[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [L. alveolus +
      -form.]
      Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or
      cavities.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alfalfa County, OK (county, FIPS 3)
      Location: 36.73134 N, 98.32305 W
      Population (1990): 6416 (3357 housing units)
      Area: 2244.8 sq km (land), 38.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Alplaus, NY
      Zip code(s): 12008

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Aullville, MO (village, FIPS 2530)
      Location: 39.01824 N, 93.67747 W
      Population (1990): 72 (33 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Alfl
  
      A lazy function language.   A {weakly typed}, {lazy}
      {functional language} developed by Paul Hudak
      of Yale in 1983.   Alfl is implemented
      as a {Scheme} {preprocessor} for the {Orbit} compiler, by
      transforming laziness into {force}-and-{delay}.
  
      ["Alfl Reference Manual and Programmer's Guide", P. Hudak,
      YALEU/DCS/RR322, Yale U, Oct 1984].
  
      See also {ParAlfl}.
  
      (1995-04-24)
  
  
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