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iddle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.

Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Pertaining to akinesia.

A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Pertaining to, or having, wings.

A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. -- Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a co…

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance 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 eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.

Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

ent for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.