APage 214
- English Word Alit Definition of Alight
- English Word Alitrunk Definition The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
- English Word Aliturgical Definition Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.
- English Word Aliunde Definition From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
- English Word Alive Definition 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.
- English Word Alive Definition In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.
- English Word Alive Definition Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
- English Word Alive Definition Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- English Word Alive Definition Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
- English Word Alive Definition Of all living (by way of emphasis).
- English Word Alizari Definition The madder of the Levant.
- English Word Alizarin Definition A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
- English Word Alkahest Definition The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
- English Word Alkalamide Definition One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
- English Word Alkalescence Definition Alt. of Alkalescency
- English Word Alkalescency Definition A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
- English Word Alkalescent Definition Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
- English Word Alkali Definition Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
- English Word Alkali Definition 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.
- English Word Alkalies Definition of Alkali