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3,621 words match “HEM”

ALL adv.
heless. "There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not." J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.
ALLANTOIC a.
Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. Allantoic acid. (Chem.) See Allantoin.
ALLELOMORPH n.
germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.
ALLITERATION n.
immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.
ALLOMERISM n.
Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.
ALLOTROPISM; ALLOTROPY n.
e property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
ALLURE v.
by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.
ALONE a.
Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. Franklin.
AMALGAMATION n.
lied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure.
AMALGAMATOR n.
Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.
AMANITA n.
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.
AMASTHENIC a.
Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
AMAZON n.
nd America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.
AMEN interj.
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.
AMIC a.
erived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.
AMIDST; AMID prep.
clamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.
AMMONIUM n.
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
AMNIOTIC a.
n; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.
AMONG; AMONGST prep. 2 definitions
Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton.
AMORTIZATION n.
ight of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
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