Abligate :: Abligate (v. t.) To tie up so as to hinder from.
Alligate :: Alligate (v. t.) To tie; to unite by some tie.
Alligation :: Alligation (n.) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached..
Alligation :: Alligation (n.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a form of squeezer for the puddle bal.
Colligation :: Colligation (n.) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse..
Deligate :: Deligate (v. t.) To bind up; to bandage.
Deligation :: Deligation (n.) A binding up; a bandaging.
Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints..
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach..