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Allayer
- noun - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
Almadie
- - A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
Almagra
- - 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.
Almanac
- noun - an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
- an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Alnager
- - A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
Alpacas
- noun - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
- domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
- wool of the alpaca
Alsatia
- noun - 1. the ancient name for Alsace
2. an area around Whitefriars, London, in the 17th century, which was a sanctuary for criminals and debtors
- a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
Ambages
- noun - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Ambassy
- - See Embassy, the usual spelling.
Ambatch
- unknown - Tree or shrub of the Nile valley