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Affected with albinism.

Relating to or practicing alchemy. Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. Burke.

See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n.

rived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.

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

In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to Ant: egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain. -- Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

Tending to cause abortion.

Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed to mitotic.

Causing loss of memory.

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

A division of insects having aquatic larvæ.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.