The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

See Allodium.

Anything held allodially.

The allodial system.

One who holds allodial land.

By allodial tenure.

One who holds an allodium.

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud.

Characterized by allogamy.

Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Different in nature or kind.

A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.

of or pertaining to an allograph.

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Characterized by allomerism.

of or pertaining to allometry.

the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.

Published under the name of some one other than the author.

To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.

An allopathist.

Of or pertaining to allopathy.

In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t.

of or pertaining to an allophone.

Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.

A speaking to another; an address.

To distribute by lot.

The worship of strange gods.

The act of allotting; assignment.

A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica.

Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to autotrophic.

Of or pertaining to allotropism.

Allotropic property or nature.

To change in physical properties but not in substance.

The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

Capable of being allotted.

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

One who allots.

Allotment.

To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Praiseworthy; laudable.

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

In an allowable manner.

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

By allowance; admittedly.

An approver or abettor.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

To form a metallic compound.

The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.

A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.

Allurement.

Gait; bearing.

The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

One who, or that which, allures.

That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

A figurative or symbolical reference.

Figurative; symbolical.

Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

The quality of being allusive.

Allusive.

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

Alluvial.

Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

Everywhere.

Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

See Alley, a marble or taw.

An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.

Same as Almucantar. A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

A bark canoe used by the Africans. A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

Same as Alme.

A German. German.

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.

The common red variety of garnet.

An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.

The lofty Brazil-nut tree.

See Ambry.

See Alms.

All-powerful; almighty.

With almighty power.

Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.

Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

An almoner.

The fruit of the almond tree.

having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.

See Almandine

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.

The office of an almoner.

The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

Alms.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

See Almonry.

Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.

An act of charity.

Persons supported by alms; almsmen.

A giver of alms.

The giving of alms.

A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

A recipient of alms.

A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the /almud/ is about 1.4 gallons.

Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.