n. [ Ultimately fr. Ar. al the + hamrā red; i. e., the red (sc. house). ] The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Henna. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allhallows. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The feast of All Saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [ Obs. ] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cheap drinking and dancing establishment.
Syn. -- honky-tonk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bill + hook. ] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb. (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout. (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead. (b) The golden plover. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [ Colloq. ] Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. resolute adherence to one's own ideas or desires.
Syn. -- stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier.
Syn. -- loud-hailer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel.
Syn. -- camel's hair. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. A sweet wine. See Calcavella. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg., a chip of stone, gravel. ] A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion; unshakably calm and collected. -- Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.
Syn. -- cool, imperturbable, unflappable. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

n. 1. a house so small that it is likened to a child's dollhouse. Sometimes used in reference to a small house with especially elaborate exterior decoration. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a small model of a house used as a toy by children, usually including miniature furniture and other objects that can be arranged inside it as the would be in a real house. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from German flügelhorn. ] A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
Syn. -- flugelhorn, flügelhorn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ from German flügelhorn. ] n. A brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.
Syn. -- fluegelhorn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar., prop., mouth of the large fish: cf. F. Fomalhaut. ] (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a foolhardy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness. ] Foolhardiness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy. ] Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named because supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, in Middlesex, Eng. ] A false die. [ Cant ] [ Written also fullam. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shop where gill is sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or time of being a girl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hag of or fit for hell. Bp. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hellehund. ] A dog of hell; an agent of hell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Keelhauled p. pr. & vb. n. Keelhauling. ] [ 3d keel + haul: cf. LG. & D. kielhalen, G. kielholen. ] [ Written also keelhale. ] (Naut.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. exercising or showing good judgment or common sense; sensible.
Syn. -- healthy, intelligent, sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

-- lev"el*head"ed*ly, adv. -- lev"el*head"ed*ness, n. [ PJC ]

n. (Biochem.) An abbreviation for luteinizing hormone, a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the pituitary and stimulates ovulation in female mammals, and stimulates androgen release in male mammals. [ Acronym ]
Syn. -- luteinizing hormone, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The capital city of Tibet; it is the sacred city of Lamaism.
Syn. -- Lassa, Lasa, capital of Tibet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs; also called Lhasa apso.
Syn. -- Lhasa apso. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees + -lite. ] (Min.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small mustardlike plant (Stephanomeria malheurensis) of Oregon, belonging to the family Cruciferae; it is a threatened species. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Philo- + Gr. "armoni`a harmony: cf. F. philharmonique.] Loving harmony or music. [1913 Webster]

n. One who loves harmony or music; also (Colloq.), short for Philharmonic Society, Philharmonic concert, Philharmonic assemblage, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to philhellenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]