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Alienate (āly�n�t), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See , and cf. .] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.
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O alienate from God. Milton.
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Alienate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alienated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Alienating.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
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2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.
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The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay.
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The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.
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Alienate (�), n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.]
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alienated adj. 1. 1 socially disoriented. we live in an age of rootless alienated people
Syn. -- anomic, disoriented
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2. having become indifferent or hostile to one's peers or social group.
Syn. -- estranged
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Alienation (�), n. [F. aliénation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See .] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.
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2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.
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3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
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The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.
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4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
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Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See .
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Alienator (�), n. One who alienates.
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Aliene (�), v. t. To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
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Alienee (�), n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
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It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.
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Alienism (�), n. 1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
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The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
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2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
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Alienist (�), n. [F. aliéniste.] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.
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Alienor (�), n. [OF. aliéneur.] One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone.
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{ Aliethmoid (�), Aliethmoidal (�), } a. [L. ala wing + E. ethomoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
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Alife (�), adv. [Cf. lief dear.] On my life; dearly. [Obs.] “I love that sport alife.” Beau. & Fl.
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Aliferous (�), a. [L. ala wing + -ferous.] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]
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Aliform (�), a. [L. ala wing + -form.] Wing-shaped; winglike.
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Aligerous (�), a. [L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry.] Having wings; winged. [R.]
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Alight (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alighted (�) sometimes Alit (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. ālīhtan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + līhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. līht, leoht, light. See , v. i.] 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
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2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
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3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
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Alight, a. [Pref. a- + light.] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. “The lamps were alight.” Dickens.
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Align (�), v. t. [F. aligner; à (L. ad) + ligne (L. linea) line. See , and cf. .] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
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Align, v. t. To form in line; to fall into line.
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aligned adj. 1. 1 in or brought into line with or into proper relative position; -- of spatial position. well-aligned wheels unaligned
Syn. -- alined
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2. brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause. Opposite of nonaligned.
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3. brought into a straight or uniformly curved line.
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aligning adj. 1. 1 bringing into alignment
Syn. -- positioning
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Alignment (�), n. [F. alignement.] 1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
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2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
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Alike (ȧlīk), a. [AS. onlīc, gelīc; pref. ā + like.] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]
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The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12.
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Alike, adv. [AS. gelīce, onlīce.] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.
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Alike-minded (�), a. Like-minded. [Obs.]
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Aliment (�), n. [L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See .] 1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
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Aliments of their sloth and weakness. Bacon.
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2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]
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Aliment, v. t. 1. To nourish; to support.
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2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]
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Alimental (�), a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
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Alimentally, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
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Alimentariness (�), n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]
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Alimentary (�), a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
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Coloq. Alimentary canal , the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.
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Alimentation (�), n. [Cf. F. alimentation, LL. alimentatio.] 1. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
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2. State or mode of being nourished. Bacon.
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Alimentiveness (�), n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]
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Alimonious (�), a. Affording food; nourishing. [R.] “Alimonious humors.” Harvey.
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Alimony (�), n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.] 1. Maintenance; means of living.
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2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.
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Alinasal (�), a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
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Aline (�), v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.
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Alineation (�), n. See .
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Alinement (�), n. Same as .
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[The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French]. New Eng. Dict. (Murray).
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Aliner (�), n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.
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Alioth (�), n. [Ar. alyāt the tail of a fat sheep.] (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
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Aliped (�), a. [L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. alipède.] (Zoöl.) Wing-footed, as the bat. -- n. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
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Aliphatic (?), a. [Gr. �, �, oil, fat.] (Org. Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an open-chain 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. Compare alicyclic and aromatic.
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Aliquant (�), a. [L. aliquantus some, moderate; alius other + quantus how great: cf. F. aliquante.] (Math.) An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
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Aliquot (�), a. [L. aliquot some, several; alius other + quot how many: cf. F. aliquote.] (Math.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
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Aliseptal (�), a. [L. ala wing + E. septal.] (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
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Alish (�), a. Like ale; as, an alish taste.
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{ Alisphenoid (�), Alisphenoidal (�), } a. [L. ala wing + E. sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.
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Alisphenoid, n. (Anat.) The alisphenoid bone.
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Alitrunk (�), n. [L. ala wing + truncus trunk.] (Zoöl.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.
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Aliturgical (�), a. [Pref. a- + liturgical.] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley.
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Aliunde (�), adv. & a. [L.] (Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
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Alive (�), a. [OE. on live, AS. on līfe in life; līfe being dat. of līf life. See , and cf. , a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
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2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
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3. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
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The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.
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4. Sprightly; lively; brisk. Richardson.
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5. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
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Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. Falconer.
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6. Of all living (by way of emphasis).
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Northumberland was the proudest man alive. Clarendon.
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Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive!
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☞ Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.
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aliveness n. 1. the condition of living or the state of being alive.
Syn. -- animation, life, living
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2. having animal life as distinguished from plant life. full of life
Syn. -- animateness, liveness
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Alizari (�), n. [Perh. fr. Ar. 'açārah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'açara to press.] (Com.) The madder of the Levant. Brande & C.
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Alizarin, Alizarine (�), n. [F. alizarine, fr. alizari.] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing.
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Alkahest (�), n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled “universal solvent” of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Alkahestic (�), a.
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Alkalamide (�), n. [Alkali + amide.] (Chem.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
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{ Alkalescence (�), Alkalescency (�), } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.
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Alkalescent (�), a. [Cf. F. alcalescent.] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
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Alkali (?; 277), n.; pl. Alkalis or Alkalies (�). [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqalī ashes of the plant saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
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2. (Chem.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
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3. Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. [Western U. S.]
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Coloq. Fixed alkalies , potash and soda. -- Coloq. Vegetable alkalies . Same as . -- Coloq. Volatile alkali , ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.
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alkalic adj. 1. having the properties of an alkali. Opposite of acidic. when used of aqueous solutions, it signifies that the solution has a pH greater than 7.
Syn. -- alkaline (vs. acidic), basic
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Alkali flat. A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa.
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Alkalifiable (�), a. [Cf. F. alcalifiable.] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
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Alkalify (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalified (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] [Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier.] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
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Alkalify, v. i. To become changed into an alkali.
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Alkali metal. Any one of the univalent metals of group I of the periodic table of the elements, including lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. The hydroxides of these metals are soluble in water and form strongly basic solutions.
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Alkalimeter (�), n. [Alkali + -meter. cf. F. alcalimètre.] An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
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{ Alkalimetric (�), Alkalimetrical (�), } a. Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
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Alkalimetry (�), n. [Cf. F. alcalimètrie.] (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
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Alkaline (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. alcalin.] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
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Coloq. Alkaline earths , certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Coloq. Alkaline metals , potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Coloq. Alkaline reaction , a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.
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alkaline-loving adj. 1. thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7) acid-loving
Syn. -- alkali-loving
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Alkalinity (�), n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.
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Alkalious (�), a. Alkaline. [Obs.]
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Alkali soil. Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt), which is less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so called because water containing it dissolves humus, forming a dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.
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Alkali waste. Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
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Alkalizate (�), a. Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Alkalizate (�), v. t. To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.
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Alkalization (�), n. [Cf. F. alcalisation.] The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
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Alkalize (ălkȧlīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalized (ălkȧlīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalizing (ălkȧlīzĭng).] [Cf. F. alcaliser.] To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
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{ Alkaloid (ălkȧloid), Alkaloidal (ălkȧloid�l), } a. [Alkali + -oid: cf. F. alcaloïde.] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
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2. of or pertaining to alkaloids.
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Alkaloid (ălkȧloid), n. (Chem.) An organic base, especially one of a class of nitrogen-containing substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
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☞ Alkaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.
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alkalosis n. 1. abnormally high alkalinity in the blood and other body fluids.
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alkalotic adj. 1. of or pertaining to alkalosis.
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alkane n. (Chem.) a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the .
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alkane series n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn. -- methane series, alkane series, paraffin
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Alkanet (ălkȧnĕt), n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alheña, in which al is the Ar. article. See , and cf. .] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
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2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
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Alkargen (�), n. [Alkarsin + oxygen.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Alkarsin (�), n. [Alkali + arsenic + -in.] (Chem.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
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Alka-seltzer n. 1. a commerical antacid; -- the tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution. [trademark] WordNet 1.5]

Alkazar (�). See .
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Alkekengi (�), n. [Cf. F. alkékenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kākanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.
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Alkermes (�), n. [Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See .] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
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Alkoran (?; 277), n. The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as and .
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Alkoranic (�), a. Same as .
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Alkoranist, n. Same as .
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All (�), a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, W. oll.] 1. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
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Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.
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2. Any. [Obs.] “Without all remedy.” Shak.
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☞ When the definite article “the,” or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys.
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This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers.
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3. Only; alone; nothing but.
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I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. Shak.
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Coloq. All the whole , the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] “All the whole army.” Shak.
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All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. “And cheeks all pale.” Byron.
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