"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..

Acatalectic :: Acatalectic (a.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse..

Acatalectic :: Acatalectic (n.) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

Alecithal :: Alecithal (a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm..

Aleconner :: Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.].

Alecost :: Alecost (n.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale..

Alectorides :: Alectorides (n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Alectoromachy :: Alectoromachy (n.) Cockfighting.

Alectoromancy :: Alectoromancy (n.) See Alectryomancy.

Alectryom'achy :: Alectryom'achy (n.) Cockfighting.

Alectryomancy :: Alectryomancy (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten..

Allecret :: Allecret (n.) A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss..

Allect :: Allect (v. t.) To allure; to entice.

Allectation :: Allectation (n.) Enticement; allurement.

Allective :: Allective (a.) Alluring.

Allective :: Allective (n.) Allurement.

Amplectant :: Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils..

Analecta :: Analecta (n. pl.) A collection of literary fragments.

Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..

Analects :: Analects (n. pl.) Alt. of Analect.

Anelectric :: Anelectric (a.) Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.

Anelectric :: Anelectric (n.) A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.

Anelectrode :: Anelectrode (n.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

Anelectrotonus :: Anelectrotonus (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

Antapoplectic :: Antapoplectic (a.) Good against apoplexy.

Antapoplectic :: Antapoplectic (n.) A medicine used against apoplexy.

Antiapoplectic :: Antiapoplectic (a. & n.) Same as Antapoplectic.

Apoplectic :: Apoplectic (a.) Alt. of Apoplectica.

Apoplectic :: Apoplectic (n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy..

Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..

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