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A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

ALCOHOLIZATION n. 3 definitions

Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.

ALCOHOLOMETRIC; ALCOHOLOMETRICAL; ALCOHOLMETRICAL a.

lating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure.

ALCOHOLOMETRY n.

The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

ALCOVE n. 3 definitions

m opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

ALCYONOID a. 2 definitions

Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. -- n.

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.

ALDER-LIEFEST a.

Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.

Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

ALDERMANLIKE a.

Like or suited to an alderman.

ALDERMANLY a. 2 definitions

Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

ALE n. 2 definitions

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

ppointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.] That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser.

ALEXANDRIAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.

ALEXANDRINE n. 2 definitions

A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.

Pertaining to, or like, algæ.

ALGONKIAN a. 3 definitions

onformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n.