2. Admission, acknowledgment, concession, assent.

3. Stipend, salary, pay, hire, wages, remuneration, recompense, commission, exhibition, pittance.

4. Qualification, modification, extenuation, limitation, exception.

5. Ration, stated quantity (of food or drink).

Allowance, v. a. Put upon allowance, limit in the supply of food.

Alloy, n. 1. Combination (of metals) by fusion.

2. Baser metal (mixed with finer).

3. Baser element or ingredient.

All-powerful, a. Almighty, omnipotent, all-sufficient.

All-saints day, n. All-hallow, the first of November.

All-seeing, a. All-knowing, omniscient, all-wise.

Allspice, n. Pimento, Jamaica pepper.

All-sufficient, a. Almighty, all-powerful.

All the better, So much the better.

Allude to, Intimate, suggest, insinuate, hint, imply, refer to, glance at, make allusion to.

Allure, v. a. Entice, tempt, seduce, decoy, lead, solicit, invite, attract, troll, lure, drib, engage, persuade, ensnare, coax, inveigle, tweedle, toll, over-persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over, win over.

Allurement, n. 1. Enticement, temptation, seduction, seducement, solicitation, attraction, witchery.

2. Lure, decoy, bait.

Allusion, n. Reference, hint, intimation, indirect mention.

Allusive, a. Hinting, suggestive, emblematic, typical, symbolical, figurative.

Allusively, ad. By implication, by indirect reference, by way of allusion.

Alluvium, n. Sediment, deposit, silt.

Alluvial land, Dale, valley, bottom.

All-wise, a. Omniscient, all-knowing, all-seeing.

Ally, v. a. 1. Unite, join, league, confederate, connect, combine.

2. Make similar, make analogous.

Ally, n. 1. Coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, aider, auxiliary, associate, friend, colleague, partner.

2. Abettor, confederate, accomplice, accessary.

Almanac, n. Calendar, ephemeris, register of the year.

Almighty, a. Omnipotent, all-powerful, all-sufficient.

Almighty, n. [With The prefixed.] God.

Almonds, n. pl. Tonsils.

Almost, ad. Nearly, toward, towards, well-nigh, all but, for the most part, not quite, within a little.

Alms, n. Charity, benefaction, gift, charitable donation, eleemosynary aid.

Almshouse, n. Poorhouse.

Aloft, ad. Above, overhead, on high.

Alone, a. 1. Single, solitary, only, lone, lonely, isolated, unaccompanied, by one's self, by itself, without company, without another.

2. Of one's self, of one's own power, without help.

Along, ad. 1. Lengthwise, longitudinally, in a line.

2. Onward, forward.

Along, prep. By or over.

Along-side, ad. (Naut.) By the side of, side by side.

Aloud, ad. Loudly, at the top of one's voice.

Alpine, a. Mountainous, high, elevated.

Already, ad. 1. Even now.

2. Before that time.

Also, ad. Likewise, too, besides, furthermore, moreover, in addition, in like manner.

Altar, n. 1. Sacrificial structure.

2. Shrine, sacred place, place of worship.

3. Communion-table.

Alter, v. a. Change (partially), vary, modify, shift, turn, transmute, metamorphose, transform, convert, make some change in.

Alter, v. n. Vary, change, be changeable.

Alterable, a. Changeable, variable, mutable.

Alterant, n. (Med.) Alterative.

Alteration, n. Change, variation, mutation, vicissitude, modification, deviation, variance, turn.

Alterative, n. (Med.) Alterant.

Altercation, n. Dispute, controversy, contention, strife, difference, jangling, jangle, jarring, rupture, quarrel, sparring, bickering, wrangle, wrangling, dissension, war of words.

Alternate, a. 1. Reciprocal, one after another (by turns).

2. (Bot.) On different sides successively.

Alternate, v. n. Reciprocate, act interchangeably.

Alternate, v. a. Perform reciprocally or by turns.

Alternation, n. Reciprocation, interchange.

Alternative, n. Choice (between two things).

Although, conj. Though, albeit, notwithstanding, grant that, for all that, be it so, even if.

Altitude, n. Height, elevation.

Alto, n. (Mus.) Counter, counter-tenor.

Altogether, ad. 1. Wholly, completely, entirely, totally, utterly, thoroughly, throughout, fully, perfectly, in toto, out and out, to the full.