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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



1,561 words match “ALA”

INEXHALABLE a.
Incapable of being exhaled. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INFRALABIAL a.
Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
INFRALAPSARIAN n. 2 definitions
he elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.
INFRALAPSARIANISM n.
The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Inralapsarians.
INHALANT a. 2 definitions
Inhaling; used for inhaling.
INHALATION n.
The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.
INTERCALAR a.
Intercalary.
INTERCALARY a. 2 definitions
Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
INTERCALATE v. 2 definitions
tween the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.
INTERCALATION n. 2 definitions
composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell.
INTERPETALARY a.
Between the petals of a flower.
INTERPHALANGEAL a.
Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.
IRREPEALABILITY n.
The quality or state of being irrepealable.
IRREPEALABLE a.
Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.
IRREVEALABLE a.
Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.
ITALA n.
An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version).
JALAP n.
well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa. False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru.
JALAPIC a.
Of or pertaining to jalap.
JALAPIN n.
A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
KABALA n.
See Cabala.
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