Search the Dictionary

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerne.

Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

guishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. -- Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. -- Volatile alkal…

id regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali a…

An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to t…

arge amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

ine, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.

ignifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

a form of squeezer for the puddle ball;

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.