Algum :: Algum (n.) Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable).

Algum :: Algum (n.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).

Argument :: Argument (n.) Proof; evidence.

Argument :: Argument (n.) A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it..

Argument :: Argument (n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..

Argument :: Argument (n.) Matter for question; business in hand.

Argument :: Argument (n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

Argument :: Argument (v. i.) To make an argument; to argue.

Argumentable :: Argumentable (a.) Admitting of argument.

Argumental :: Argumental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative..

Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true..

Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.

Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse..

Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator..

Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer..

Argumentize :: Argumentize (v. i.) To argue or discuss.

Begum :: Begum (n.) In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank..

Energumen :: Energumen (n.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

Figgum :: Figgum (n.) A juggler's trick; conjuring.

Gum :: Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws..

Gum :: Gum (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

Gum :: Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins..

Gum :: Gum (n.) See Gum tree, below..

Gum :: Gum (n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log..

Gum :: Gum (n.) A rubber overshoe.

Gum :: Gum (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

Gum :: Gum (v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.

Gum Ammoniac :: Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters..

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