Vocabulary : Algorism to Alias

Algorism : Alt. of Algorithm
Algorithm : The art of calculating by nine figures and zero. ;; The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
Algous : Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
Alguazil : An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
Algum : Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). ;; A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).

Alhambra : The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
Alhambraic : Alt. of Alhambresque
Alhambresque : Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
Alhenna : See Henna.
Alias : Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. ;; At another time. ;; A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. ;; Another name; an assumed name.

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