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Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Pertaining to, or having, wings.

; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

uid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble 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 alb…

An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.

Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.

Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.] Boyle.

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

Of or pertaining to the Koran.

portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

mewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.