Alma

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as alme.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The name given in some parts of the East, and especially in Egypt, to a girl whose occupation is to amuse company in the houses of the wealthy or to sing dirges at funerals; a singing girl, of a higher class than the ghawazee or dancing-girls of Egypt, with whom the almas are sometimes confounded. See ghawazee and ghaziyeh. Also spelled alme and almeh.
  • n. A Turkish measure of capacity, equal to 1.15 gallons.
    • Word Usage
    "WORD CORRECT PRONUNCIATION alma mater _alma mater_ apparatus _apparatus_ apricot _apricot_ attaché _attasha'_ audacious _audashus_ ballet _bal'la_ blasé _blaza'_ blatant _blatant_ chasten _chasen_"
    Equivalent
    almah   
    Variant
    alme   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Palma   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pierna    sobrina    aunque    fuerza    seguida   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games. The OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, THE OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT AND CLUB WORD LIST, and associated word lists are properties owned by Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada, and are used with permission.