One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.

having the properties of an alkali. Opposite of acidic.

Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

To become changed into an alkali.

An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

Alkaline.

To alkalizate.

The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

An organic base, especially one of a class of nitrogen-containing substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

abnormally high alkalinity in the blood and other body fluids.

of or pertaining to alkalosis.

a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.

a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

Same as Cacodylic acid.

A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

The Muslim Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

Same as Alcoranic.

Same as Alcoranist.

Although; albeit.

All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

satisfactory; better than average; as, everything is all right.

See Alamort.

both plant- and flesh-eating; -- said of animals.

broad in scope or content.

To salute; to greet.

of the greatest importance.

broad in scope or content.

knowing everything.

adaptable to all voltages; -- of a radio receiver.

using all available resources.

covering the entire surface.

Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

having full power over all aspects of a situation.

not limited in use or function.

satisfactory; better than average.

many-sided.

a versatile person who is expert at many things.

unsurpassed in some respect up to the present.

victorious in every battle.

The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Muslims generally.

A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Of or pertaining to the allantois.

The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

To bark as a dog.

One who, or that which, allays.

An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.

A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.

To allure; to entice.

Enticement; allurement.

Allurement.

See Allege.

The act of alleging or positively asserting.

To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

Capable of being alleged or affirmed.

Allegation.

Allegation.

One who affirms or declares.

See Alegge and Allay.

Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny.

The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

Loyal.

Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

To use allegory.

One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.

Joy; gladsomeness.

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. A movement in this time.

Brisk, lively. An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that can have the same place on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.

of or pertaining to alleles.

One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves; same as allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an allelomorph.

An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

See Alemannic.

Solely; only.

Same as Alder, of all.

Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.

of or pertaining to allergens or allergenicity.

of or pertaining to allergy.

a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.

hypersensitivity to a particular substance.

Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

made less severe or intense.

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

Tending to alleviate. That which alleviates.

One who, or that which, alleviates.

Alleviative.

A choice taw or marble.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.

An alley.

Allhallows.

The feast of All Saints.

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

All the saints (in heaven).

The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

Able to enter into alliance.

Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

To connect by alliance; to ally.