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One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.

The alisphenoid bone.

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.

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

Altisonant.

and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

Ambagious. [R.]

Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

Pertaining to amenorrhoea.

A colorless liquid prepared from herring brine and containing amines, used as a local antiseptic.

Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.

Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.

Relating to both parents. [R.]

Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna.

Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

The unfolding or dénouement. [R.] De Quincey.