English Dictionary: alveolate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism. | |
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Albolith \Al"bo*lith\, n. [L. albus white + -lith.] A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also {albolite}. | |
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Albolith \Al"bo*lith\, n. [L. albus white + -lith.] A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also {albolite}. | |
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}. (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Alepole \Ale"pole`\, n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.] | |
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Aleppo boil \A*lep"po boil\, button \button\, [or] evil \evil\ . (Med.) A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also {Aleppo ulcer}, {Biskara boil}, {Delhi boil}, {Oriental sore}, etc. | |
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Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.] | |
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Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. | |
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Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.] | |
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Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. | |
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Alibility \Al`i*bil"i*ty\, n. Quality of being alible. | |
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Alible \Al"i*ble\, a. [L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish.] Nutritive; nourishing. | |
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All Fools' Day \All" Fools' Day`\ The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. --Poor Robin's Almanack (1760). | |
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Alliable \Al*li"a*ble\, a. Able to enter into alliance. | |
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Allophylic \Al`lo*phyl"ic\, Allophylian \Al`lo*phyl"i*an\, a. [Gr. [?] of another tribe; [?] other + [?] class or tribe.] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. --J. Prichard. | |
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Allophylic \Al`lo*phyl"ic\, Allophylian \Al`lo*phyl"i*an\, a. [Gr. [?] of another tribe; [?] other + [?] class or tribe.] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. --J. Prichard. | |
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Allowable \Al*low"a*ble\, a. [F. allouable.] 1. Praiseworthy; laudable. [Obs.] --Hacket. 2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends. | |
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Allowableness \Al*low"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. --South. | |
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Allowably \Al*low"a*bly\, adv. In an allowable manner. | |
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Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. | |
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Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See {Alluvion}.] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. | |
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Alphol \Al"phol\, n. [Alpha- + -ol as in alcohol.] (Pharm.) A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic. | |
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Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\, a. (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth. | |
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Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alv[82]olaire.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. {Alveolar processes}, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth. | |
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Gnathic \Gnath"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] the jaw.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw. {Gnathic index}, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also {alveolar index}. Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. --Flower. | |
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Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alv[82]olaire.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. {Alveolar processes}, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth. | |
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Alveolary \Al"ve*o*la*ry\, a. Alveolar. [R.] | |
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Alveolate \Al"ve*o*late\, a. [L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus.] (Bot.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb. | |
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Alveole \Al"ve*ole\, n. Same as {Alveolus}. | |
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d8Alveolus \[d8]Al*ve"o*lus\ ([acr]l*v[emac]"[osl]*l[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Alveoli} (-l[imac]). [L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F. alv[82]ole. See {Alveary}.] 1. A cell in a honeycomb. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil 3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc. | |
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Alveoliform \Al*ve"o*li*form\ ([acr]l*v[emac]"[osl]*l[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [L. alveolus + -form.] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alfalfa County, OK (county, FIPS 3) Location: 36.73134 N, 98.32305 W Population (1990): 6416 (3357 housing units) Area: 2244.8 sq km (land), 38.3 sq km (water) | |
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Alplaus, NY Zip code(s): 12008 | |
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Aullville, MO (village, FIPS 2530) Location: 39.01824 N, 93.67747 W Population (1990): 72 (33 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Alfl {functional language} developed by Paul Hudak as a {Scheme} {preprocessor} for the {Orbit} compiler, by transforming laziness into {force}-and-{delay}. ["Alfl Reference Manual and Programmer's Guide", P. Hudak, YALEU/DCS/RR322, Yale U, Oct 1984]. See also {ParAlfl}. (1995-04-24) |