Index of English words, starting with "al"

(1) - Almost (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

(1) - Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.

(1) - Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

(1) - Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
(2) - Aloe (n.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
(3) - Aloe (n.) The wood of the agalloch.