Name Report For First Name AURA:

AURA

First name AURA's origin is Other. AURA means "soft breeze". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with AURA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of aura.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with AURA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with AURA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming AURA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES AURA AS A WHOLE:

isaura saura maura menkaura laura laural lauralee lauralyn laurana taura lauraine

NAMES RHYMING WITH AURA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ura) - Names That Ends with ura:

asura iyangura katura sanura zuhura noura shukura azura runihura allura frescura nura pura sakura ventura youra yura alura ketura

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

aurora azmera chinara efra japera nadra tandra estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra johara nasira samira thara' yusra gadara adora chamorra senora thora dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira subira zahra ceara abdera aethra aldara ara astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cynara cyra cythera deianira dora electra fedora hemera hera hilaeira hydra hypermnestra isadora kleopatra lysandra madora marmara metanira musidora pandora phaedra pheodora sapphira theodora theora thera vara adira afra zemira candra chaitra chandara chandra kawindra nidra odra pandara

NAMES RHYMING WITH AURA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (aur) - Names That Begins with aur:

aure aurea aurear aurel aurelia aureliana aureliano aurelio aurelius auria auriar aurick aurik auriville aurkena aurkene aurnia aurore

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (au) - Names That Begins with au:

aubert auberta aubin aubina aubine aubree aubrey aubriana aubrianne aubrie aubrin aubry auctor aud auda aude audel audelia auden audene audie audley audra audre audrea audreana audreanna audree audrey audri audria audriana audrianna audric audrick audrie audrielle audrina audris audron audwin audwine augusteen augustina augustine augustus augwys auhert aulanna auley auliffe aundre ausar auset aushara austen auster austin austina austine austyn autena autolycus autonoe autumn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AURA:

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':

aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdulla abeba abelia abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adowa adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aetna afafa afia afina afraima afreda africa

English Words Rhyming AURA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES AURA AS A WHOLE:

auranoun (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
 noun (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

auraladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.

aurantiaceousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceae, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.

auratenoun (n.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.

auratedadjective (a.) Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.
 adjective (a.) Combined with auric acid.
 adjective (a.) Having ears. See Aurited.

binauraladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

chlorauratenoun (n.) See Aurochloride.

cyanauratenoun (n.) See Aurocyanide.

deaurateadjective (a.) Gilded.
 verb (v. t.) To gild.

deaurationnoun (n.) Act of gilding.

inaurateadjective (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with gold; to gild.

inaurationnoun (n.) The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

instauratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instaurate

instaurationnoun (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

instauratornoun (n.) One who renews or restores to a former condition.

lauranoun (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

lauraceousadjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.

lauratenoun (n.) A salt of lauric acid.

restaurantnoun (n.) An eating house.

restaurateurnoun (n.) The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

restaurationnoun (n.) Restoration.

sulphauratenoun (n.) A salt of sulphauric acid.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AURA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ura) - English Words That Ends with ura:


acciaccaturanoun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

amphineuranoun (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

anisopleuranoun (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

anomuranoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

anomouranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

anopluranoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

anouranoun (n.) See Anura.

anuranoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

appoggiaturanoun (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

arthropleuranoun (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

asuranoun (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

brachyuranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

branchiuranoun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

bravuranoun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

caesuranoun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

cesuranoun (n.) See Caesura.

cheluranoun (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

cinuranoun (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.

cruranoun (n. pl.) See Crus.
  (pl. ) of Crus

caelaturanoun (n.) Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc.

daturanoun (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.

douranoun (n.) A kind of millet. See Durra.

duranoun (n.) Short form for Dura mater.

endopleuranoun (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

eudipleuranoun (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves.

euthyneuranoun (n. pl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

gastruranoun (n. pl.) See Stomatopoda.

gouranoun (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

haminuranoun (n.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.

isopleuranoun (n. pl.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.

juranoun (n.) 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
 noun (n.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.

legaturanoun (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.

macrouraadjective (a.) Alt. of Macroural

macruranoun (n. pl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.

misturanoun (n.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.
 noun (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.

myeloneuranoun (n. pl.) The Vertebrata.

ophiuranoun (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.

parapleuranoun (n.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

picturanoun (n.) Pattern of coloration.

pleuranoun (n.) pl. of Pleuron.
 noun (n. fem.) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
 noun (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
 noun (n. fem.) Same as Pleuron.
  (pl. ) of Pleuron

poduranoun (n.) Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.

purpuranoun (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
 noun (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

rhabdopleuranoun (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata

streptoneuranoun (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.

suranoun (n.) One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

tarsiaturanoun (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.

thysanuranoun (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.

vetturanoun (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.

xiphosuranoun (n. pl.) See Xiphura.

xiphuranoun (n. pl.) Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH AURA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (aur) - Words That Begins with aur:


aureateadjective (a.) Golden; gilded.

aurelianoun (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.
 noun (n.) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.

aureliannoun (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

aureolanoun (n.) Alt. of Aureole

aureolenoun (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
 noun (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
 noun (n.) A halo, actual or figurative.
 noun (n.) See Areola, 2.

auricadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to gold.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.

aurichalceousadjective (a.) Brass-colored.

aurichalcitenoun (n.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

auriclenoun (n.) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
 noun (n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
 noun (n.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
 noun (n.) An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.

auricledadjective (a.) Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.

auriculanoun (n.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
 noun (n.) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
 noun (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
 noun (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

auricularadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
 adjective (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
 adjective (a.) Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
 adjective (a.) Received by the ear; known by report.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.

auricularianoun (n. pl.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

auricularsnoun (n. pl.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

auriculateadjective (a.) Alt. of Auriculated

auriculatedadjective (a.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.

auriferousadjective (a.) Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

auriflammenoun (n.) See Oriflamme.

auriformadjective (a.) Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

auriganoun (n.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

aurigaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.

aurigationnoun (n.) The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.

aurigraphynoun (n.) The art of writing with or in gold.

aurinnoun (n.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

auriphrygiateadjective (a.) Embroidered or decorated with gold.

auripigmentnoun (n.) See Orpiment.

auriscalpnoun (n.) An earpick.

auriscopenoun (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

auriscopynoun (n.) Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

auristnoun (n.) One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

auritedadjective (a.) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.

aurivorousadjective (a.) Gold-devouring.

aurocephalousadjective (a.) Having a gold-colored head.

aurochloridenoun (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

aurochsnoun (n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused.

aurocyanidenoun (n.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

auroranoun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
 noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.
 noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
 noun (n.) A species of crowfoot.
 noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

auroraladjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.

aurousadjective (a.) Containing gold.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.

aurumnoun (n.) Gold.

aurilavenoun (n.) An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH AURA:

English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':

abacanoun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

abadanoun (n.) The rhinoceros.

abanganoun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

abbanoun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

abdominalianoun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

abomanoun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

abracadabranoun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

abranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

abscissanoun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

abunanoun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

acacianoun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
 noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
 noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

acanthanoun (n.) A prickle.
 noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
 noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

acanthocephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

acarinanoun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

aceldamanoun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

acephalanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.

acetabuliferanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

achatinanoun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

acholianoun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile.

aciculanoun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

acinesianoun (n.) Same as Akinesia.

aconitianoun (n.) Same as Aconitine.

acontianoun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

acranianoun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
 noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

acrasianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy

acraspedanoun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

acrisianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy

acritanoun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

actinarianoun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

actinianoun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
 noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

actinotrochanoun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

actinozoanoun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

actinulanoun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

adansonianoun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adenalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

adularianoun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

adversarianoun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

adynamianoun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.

aegicranianoun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

aerophobianoun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby

aesthesianoun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

aganoun (n.) Alt. of Agha

aghanoun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

agalactianoun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy

agamanoun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

agoranoun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

agouaranoun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

agoutanoun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

agraphianoun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

ahanoun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
  (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

ailuroideanoun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

akinesianoun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

alanoun (n.) A winglike organ, or part.

alalonganoun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi

albatanoun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

albuminurianoun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

alcannanoun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

alcarrazanoun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

alcyonaceanoun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

alcyonarianoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

alfanoun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass

alfalfanoun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

alfilarianoun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

alganoun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.

algarobanoun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.
 noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.

algarovillanoun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

algebranoun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
 noun (n.) A treatise on this science.

alhambranoun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

alhennanoun (n.) See Henna.

allantoideanoun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

alleluianoun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah

almanoun (n.) Alt. of Almah

almadianoun (n.) Alt. of Almadie

almagranoun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

alopecianoun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy

alpacanoun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
 noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca.
 noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

alphanoun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

alpianoun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

althaeanoun (n.) Alt. of Althea

altheanoun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
 noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

alulanoun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

aluminanoun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

alumnanoun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

amalgamanoun (n.) Same as Amalgam.

amblyopianoun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy

amblypodanoun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

ambrosianoun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
 noun (n.) An unguent of the gods.
 noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
 noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
 noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.

amenorrhoeanoun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

amentianoun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.

ametabolanoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.

ametropianoun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

amianoun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

ammanoun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.

ammonianoun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

ammonitoideanoun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

amnesianoun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.

amniotanoun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

amoebanoun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

amoebeanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.