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A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

The act or process of making white. [Obs.]

A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

A female albino. Holmes.

The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

Affected with albinism.

tance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition fr…

The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

Affected with albinism.

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

Same as Leucoma.

A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

Same as Albumin.

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.