These are the meanings of the letters ALEMONGER when you unscramble them.
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Almoner (n.)
One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
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Enlarge (v. t.)
To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
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Enlarge (v. t.)
To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
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Enlarge (v. t.)
To set at large or set free.
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Enlarge (v. i.)
To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
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Enlarge (v. i.)
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
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Enlarge (v. i.)
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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Erelong (adv.)
Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.
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General (a.)
Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
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General (a.)
Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion.
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General (a.)
Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression.
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General (a.)
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.
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General (a.)
Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.
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General (a.)
As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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General (a.)
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.
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General (a.)
The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
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General (a.)
One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.
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General (a.)
The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.
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General (a.)
The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.
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General (a.)
The public; the people; the vulgar.
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Germane (a.)
Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.
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Gleaner (n.)
One who gathers after reapers.
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Gleaner (n.)
One who gathers slowly with labor.
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Gleeman (n.)
A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.
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Mangler (n.)
One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
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Mangler (n.)
One who smooths with a mangle.
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Melange (n.)
A mixture; a medley.
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Mongrel (n.)
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.
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Mongrel (a.)
Not of a pure breed.
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Mongrel (a.)
Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.