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Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

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

Characterized by allogamy.

Characterized by allomerism.

ande. Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.

ished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding.

Characterized by amalgamation.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

The quality or character of an amateur.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.

Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. Collins.

A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.

American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.

Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.

Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. -- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

A word used to describe the character Halliwell.

Characterized by amphiarthrosis.