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Pertaining to, or having, wings.

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

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

Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

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.

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.

Of or pertaining to the Koran.

Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. -- n.

Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid. Miller.

Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

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

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

Pertaining to, or like, algæ.

Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings. Algebraic curve, a curve such that the equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; -- opposed…

Of or pertaining to Algeria. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.