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Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny.

The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words 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.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Of or pertaining to allopathy.

Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. J. Prichard.

Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

rs. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.