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Letter A - page 12



Alinement \A*line"ment\, n. Same as Alignment. [1913 Webster] Note: [The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French]. --New Eng. Dict. (Murray). [1913 Webster]See also: Alignment more...
Aliner \A*lin"er\, n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] more...
Alioth \Al"i*oth\, n. [Ar. aly[=a]t the tail of a fat sheep.] (Astron.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper. [1913 Webster] more...
Aliphatic \Al`i*phat"ic\, 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]See also: alicyclic aromatic more...
Aliquant \Al"i*quant\, 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. [1913 Webster]See also: aliquot more...
Aliquot \Al"i*quot\, 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. [1913 Webster]See also: aliquant more...
Alexanders \Al`ex*an"ders\, Alisanders \Al`i*san"ders\, n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [1913 Webster]See also: Smyrnium horse parsely more...