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An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).

A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Algidity. [Obs.]

To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.

One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.

The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]

The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.

See Allineation.

Same as Alignment.

One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating al…

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

To align. [R.] Herschel.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

Totality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.

Different in nature or kind. [R.]

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.

The quality of being allusive.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. CH3.C.CH