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   aileron
         n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion

English Dictionary: alloy iron by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarm
n
  1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm, dismay, consternation]
  2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
    Synonym(s): alarm, warning device, alarm system
  3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
    Synonym(s): alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
  4. a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
    Synonym(s): alarm clock, alarm
v
  1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
    Synonym(s): dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
  2. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
    Synonym(s): alarm, alert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarm bell
n
  1. the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn: tocsin, alarm bell]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarm clock
n
  1. a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time [syn: alarm clock, alarm]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarm system
n
  1. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
    Synonym(s): alarm, warning device, alarm system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarmed
adj
  1. experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarming
adj
  1. frightening because of an awareness of danger [ant: unalarming]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarmingly
adv
  1. in an alarming manner; "It grew alarmingly fast"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarmism
n
  1. needless warnings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarmist
n
  1. a person who alarms others needlessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alarum
n
  1. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
    Synonym(s): alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aleurone
n
  1. granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aleuronic
adj
  1. of or related to aleurone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all arounder
n
  1. a versatile person who is expert at many things; "she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years"
    Synonym(s): all- rounder, all arounder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-around
adj
  1. many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum"
    Synonym(s): all-around(a), all-round(a), well- rounded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-or-none
adj
  1. occurring completely or not occurring at all [syn: {all- or-none}, all-or-nothing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-or-none law
n
  1. (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-or-nothing
adj
  1. occurring completely or not occurring at all [syn: {all- or-none}, all-or-nothing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-round
adj
  1. many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum"
    Synonym(s): all-around(a), all-round(a), well- rounded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all-rounder
n
  1. a versatile person who is expert at many things; "she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years"
    Synonym(s): all- rounder, all arounder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alloy iron
n
  1. cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment
    Synonym(s): alloy iron, alloy cast iron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allurement
n
  1. attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"
  2. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
    Synonym(s): allure, allurement, temptingness
  3. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
    Synonym(s): solicitation, allurement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluring
adj
  1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
    Synonym(s): alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nail \Nail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nailing}.] [AS. n[91]glian. See {Nail}, n.]
      1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
            means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
  
                     He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
  
                     The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a
            bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion;
            hence, to catch; to trap.
  
                     When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
                     once how I nailed them.                     --Goldsmith.
  
      4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  
      {To nail} {a lie [or] an assertion}, etc., to detect and
            expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an
            expression probably derived from the former practice of
            shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or
            counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aileron \Ai"le*ron\, n. [F., dim. of aile wing.]
      1. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle
            of a church.
  
      2. (A[89]ronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being
            manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve
            or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral
            stabilizing or balancing plane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
      to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.
      {Alarum}.]
      1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  
                     Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.
  
      2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
            approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
            warning of danger.
  
                     Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.
  
      3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home
            alarms.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  
      4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
            apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
            sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  
                     Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
            or rousing their attention; an alarum.
  
      {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.
  
      {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so
            set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
            wake from sleep, or excite attention.
  
      {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
            showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
            water in the boiler too low.
  
      {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case
            of an alarm.
  
      Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
               consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
  
      Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These
                  words express different degrees of fear at the
                  approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
                  producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
                  unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
                  feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
                  extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
                  fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
                  Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
                  notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
                  the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
                  affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
                  sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
                  subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Alarming}.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
      1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
            of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
            to put on the alert.
  
      2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
  
      3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
            anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
            sudden fear.
  
                     Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
      to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.
      {Alarum}.]
      1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  
                     Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.
  
      2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
            approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
            warning of danger.
  
                     Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.
  
      3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home
            alarms.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  
      4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
            apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
            sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  
                     Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
            or rousing their attention; an alarum.
  
      {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.
  
      {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so
            set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
            wake from sleep, or excite attention.
  
      {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
            showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
            water in the boiler too low.
  
      {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case
            of an alarm.
  
      Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
               consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
  
      Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These
                  words express different degrees of fear at the
                  approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
                  producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
                  unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
                  feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
                  extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
                  fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
                  Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
                  notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
                  the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
                  affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
                  sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
                  subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
      to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.
      {Alarum}.]
      1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  
                     Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.
  
      2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
            approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
            warning of danger.
  
                     Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.
  
      3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home
            alarms.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  
      4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
            apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
            sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  
                     Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
            or rousing their attention; an alarum.
  
      {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.
  
      {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so
            set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
            wake from sleep, or excite attention.
  
      {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
            showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
            water in the boiler too low.
  
      {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case
            of an alarm.
  
      Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
               consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
  
      Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These
                  words express different degrees of fear at the
                  approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
                  producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
                  unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
                  feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
                  extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
                  fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
                  Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
                  notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
                  the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
                  affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
                  sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
                  subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clock \Clock\, n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell,
      G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
      clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin;
      cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf.
      {Cloak}.]
      1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
            other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate.
            Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is
            often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of
            a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to
            be carried on the person.
  
      2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
  
      3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
      4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
            stocking. --Swift.
  
      Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
               contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
               clock, etc.
  
      {Alarm clock}. See under {Alarm}.
  
      {Astronomical clock}.
            (a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
                  pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
                  for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
                  regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
                  regulating timepieces.
            (b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
                  astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
                  position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
                  etc.
  
      {Electric clock}.
            (a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
                  electro-magnetism.
            (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
                  apparatus.
  
      {Ship's clock} (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
            to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
            divisions of the ship's watches.
  
      {Sidereal clock}, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
            sidereal time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
      to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.
      {Alarum}.]
      1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  
                     Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.
  
      2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
            approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
            warning of danger.
  
                     Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.
  
      3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home
            alarms.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  
      4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
            apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
            sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  
                     Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
            or rousing their attention; an alarum.
  
      {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.
  
      {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so
            set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
            wake from sleep, or excite attention.
  
      {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
            showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
            water in the boiler too low.
  
      {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case
            of an alarm.
  
      Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
               consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
  
      Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These
                  words express different degrees of fear at the
                  approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
                  producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
                  unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
                  feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
                  extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
                  fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
                  Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
                  notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
                  the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
                  affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
                  sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
                  subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Low \Low\, a. [Compar. {Lower}; superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low,
      louh, lah, Icel. l[be]gr; akin to Sw. l[86]g, Dan. lav, D.
      laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
      1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or
            elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as,
            low ground; a low flight.
  
      2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature;
            a low fence.
  
      3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in
            winter, and six in summer.
  
      4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
  
      5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the
            ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of
            corn; low wages.
  
      6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
  
      7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low
            pitch; a low note.
  
      8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of
            the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [?] ([?]m), [?]
            (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11.
  
      9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the
            low northern latitudes.
  
      10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
  
      11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as,
            low spirits; low in spirits.
  
      12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low
            condition; the lower classes.
  
                     Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton.
  
      13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low
            mind; a low trick or stratagem.
  
      14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a
            low comparison.
  
                     In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest
                     wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
                                                                              --Felton.
  
      15. Submissive; humble. [bd]Low reverence.[b8] --Milton.
  
      16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse;
            made low by sickness.
  
      17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a
            low temperature; a low fever.
  
      18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low
            estimate.
  
      19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple;
            as, a low diet.
  
      Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which
               require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-
               browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced,
               low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
  
      {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}.
  
      {Low Countries}, the Netherlands.
  
      {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin},
            etc.
  
      {Low life}, humble life.
  
      {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a
            single grinding and by siftings.
  
      {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}.
  
      {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common
            in medi[91]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of
            this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line
            of the windows, and in many different situations in the
            building.
  
      {Low spirits}, despondency.
  
      {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure.
  
      {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of
            carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
           
  
      {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so
            called.
  
      {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its
            lowest point; low water.
  
      {Low water}.
            (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the
                  in a river, lake, etc.
            (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient
                  quantity of water in the boiler.
  
      {Low water} {alarm [or] indicator} (Steam Boiler), a
            contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for
            giving warning when the water is low.
  
      {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters
            recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier.
  
      {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol,
            produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run
            of the still; -- often in the plural.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme
      to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.
      {Alarum}.]
      1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  
                     Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.
  
      2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of
            approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a
            warning of danger.
  
                     Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.
  
      3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home
            alarms.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  
      4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by
            apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,
            sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  
                     Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,
            or rousing their attention; an alarum.
  
      {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.
  
      {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so
            set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to
            wake from sleep, or excite attention.
  
      {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for
            showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the
            water in the boiler too low.
  
      {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case
            of an alarm.
  
      Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;
               consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.
  
      Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These
                  words express different degrees of fear at the
                  approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,
                  producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is
                  unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of
                  feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and
                  extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive
                  fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.
                  Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a
                  notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates
                  the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and
                  affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the
                  sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and
                  subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarmable \A*larm"a*ble\, a.
      Easily alarmed or disturbed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarmed \A*larmed"\, a.
      Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger;
      agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed
      modesty.
  
               The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air.
                                                                              --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Alarming}.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
      1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
            of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
            to put on the alert.
  
      2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
  
      3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
            anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
            sudden fear.
  
                     Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarmedly \A*larm"ed*ly\, adv.
      In an alarmed manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarming \A*larm"ing\, a.
      Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing
      apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. --
      A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarm \A*larm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Alarming}.] [Alarm, n. Cf. F. alarmer.]
      1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
            of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
            to put on the alert.
  
      2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
  
      3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
            anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
            sudden fear.
  
                     Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarmist \A*larm"ist\, n. [Cf. F. alarmiste.]
      One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless
      alarms. --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alarum \A*lar"um\ (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as
      alarm, n.]
      See {Alarm}. [Now Poetic]
  
      Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to
               an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as
               in an alarm clock.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleuromancy \A*leu"ro*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] wheaten flour +
      -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie.]
      Divination by means of flour. --Encyc. Brit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleurometer \Al`eu*rom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] flour + -meter.]
      An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or
      quality, of gluten in flour. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleuronat \A*leu"ro*nat\, n. [See {Aleurone}.]
      Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary
      flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleurone \A*leu"rone\, n. [Gr. [?] flour.] (Bot.)
      An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains
      ([bd]protein granules[b8]) in maturing seeds and tubers; --
      supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aleuronic \Al`eu*ron"ic\, a. (Bot.)
      Having the nature of aleurone. --D. C. Eaton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, adv.
      1. On all sides; around.
  
                     Round he throws his baleful eyes.      --Milton.
  
      2. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
            reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a
            wheel turns round.
  
      3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
  
      4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
            round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
  
      5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
            course; back to the starting point.
  
      6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
  
                     The invitations were sent round accordingly. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {All round}, over the whole place; in every direction.
  
      {All-round}, of general capacity; as, an all-round man.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {To bring one round}.
            (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of
                  conduct.
            (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figeater \Fig"eat`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large beetle ({Allorhina nitida}) which in the Southern
            United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green
            with pale borders.
      (b) A bird. See {Figpecker}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, adv.
      1. On all sides; around.
  
                     Round he throws his baleful eyes.      --Milton.
  
      2. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
            reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a
            wheel turns round.
  
      3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
  
      4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
            round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
  
      5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
            course; back to the starting point.
  
      6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
  
                     The invitations were sent round accordingly. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {All round}, over the whole place; in every direction.
  
      {All-round}, of general capacity; as, an all-round man.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {To bring one round}.
            (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of
                  conduct.
            (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allurance \Al*lur"ance\, n.
      Allurement. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n.
      1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
  
                     Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton.
  
      2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth,
            or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements
            of pleasure, or of honor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allure \Al*lure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alluded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Alluring}.] [OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre
      lure. See {Lure}.]
      To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by
      the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by
      something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
  
               With promised joys allured them on.         --Falconer.
  
               The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his
               eye.                                                      --Milton.
  
      Syn: To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce.
  
      Usage: To {Allure}, {Entice}, {Decoy}, {Seduce}. These words
                  agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some
                  strong controlling influence, and differ according to
                  the image under which is presented. They are all used
                  in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes
                  (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the
                  prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future
                  good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to
                  our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false
                  appearances or representations. We are seduced when
                  drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures
                  draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by
                  promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as
                  it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us
                  by artful appeals to the passions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alluring \Al*lur"ing\, a.
      That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. --
      {Al*lur"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lur"ing*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alluring \Al*lur"ing\, a.
      That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. --
      {Al*lur"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lur"ing*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alluring \Al*lur"ing\, a.
      That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. --
      {Al*lur"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lur"ing*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aularian \Au*la"ri*an\, a. [L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a
      court.]
      Relating to a hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aularian \Au*la"ri*an\, n.
      At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a
      collegian. --Chalmers.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Alarm
      a particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give
      warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness
      (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2;
      Zeph. 1:16).
     
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