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C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

soda, potash, ammoma, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. -- Vegetable a…

To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

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

To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

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

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

Alluvial. [R.] Johnson.

One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

Same as Amalgam. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.

Amatory. [R.] Johnson.

One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.

men, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.