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Characterized by allogamy.

Characterized by allomerism.

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

That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n.

ande. Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.

Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity. A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2. Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden. Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone.

An act of charity. Acts ix. 36.

er emitted by radium and other radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positively charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

ished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

hurch, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.

Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding.

Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs. [Colloq.] Richardson. The man of law began to get into his altitude. Sir W. Scott. Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.

Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

Characterized by amalgamation.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

The quality or character of an amateur.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

Ambergris. [Obs.] You that smell of amber at my charge. Beau. & Fl.

Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.