English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Alternative
(a.)
Alternate; reciprocal.
Alternative
(n.)
An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen,
but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the
other must be left.
Alternative
(n.)
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things
are called alternatives.
Alternative
(n.)
The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.
Alternative
(n.)
A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.
Alternatively
(adv.)
In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the
choice of one out of two things.
Alternativeness
(n.)
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a
choice between two.
Alternity
(n.)
Succession by turns; alternation.
Althaea
(n.)
Alt. of Althea
Althea
(n.)
An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow
family.
Althea
(n.)
A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the
officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
Altheine
(n.)
Asparagine.
Altho
(conj.)
Although.
Althorn
(n.)
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in
military music, often replacing the French horn.
Although
(conj.)
Grant all this; be it that; supposing that;
notwithstanding; though.
Altiloquence
(n.)
Lofty speech; pompous language.
Altiloquent
(a.)
High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Altimeter
(n.)
An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Altimetry
(n.)
The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.
Altincar
(n.)
See Tincal.