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184 words match “LIEN”

LIEN p. 2 definitions
of Lie. See lain. Ps. lxviii. 13.
LIENAL a.
Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
LIENCULUS n.
One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
LIENO-INTESTINAL a.
Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno- intestinal vein of the frog.
LIENTERIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery. -- n. (Med.)
LIENTERY n.
A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change. Dunglison.
ABALIENATE v. 3 definitions
To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
ABALIENATION n.
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]
ALIEN a. 5 definitions
same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
ALIENABILITY n.
Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.
ALIENABLE a.
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
ALIENAGE n. 2 definitions
The state or legal condition of being an alien.
ALIENATE a. 4 definitions
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.
ALIENATION n. 4 definitions
The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
ALIENATOR n.
One who alienates.
ALIENE v.
To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
ALIENEE n.
One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.
ALIENISM n. 2 definitions
The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
ALIENIST n.
One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.
ALIENOR n.
One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.
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