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Of or pertaining to allopathy.

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

Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

Allotropic property or nature.

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

To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]

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

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.

Of or pertaining to the Alps. [R.] "The Alpen snow." J. Fletcher.

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

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

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

Pertaining to Alsatia.

Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

o cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew.

Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Pertaining to the alula.

American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

pertaining the form of alumina.

a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.