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The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

cticed. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).

ome other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.)

The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

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

Of a purplish color. Buchanan.

olly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

To manage. [Obs.] Spenser.

which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier. Burrill. -- Amic…

Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, as the roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.]

Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.

le, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.

(Anat.)

des himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

e English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky h…

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.