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ble in water is coagulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat. -- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.

inute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

scribing by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope. Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller. Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

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

y or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any…

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

o occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in early stages of degeneration.

usceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]

Enlargement; amplification. [R.]

misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.

The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.

The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

nounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.