Aliment (2)
Al″i‐ment, v. t. 1. To nourish; to support.2. To provide for the maintenance of.
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Alimental
Al′i‐men″tal (�), a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
Alimentally
A′li‐men″tal‐ly, adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
Alimentariness
Al′i‐men″ta‐ri‐ness (�), n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.
Alimentary
Al′i‐men″ta‐ry (�), a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentar...
Alimentation
Al′i‐men‐ta″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. alimentation, LL. alimentatio.] 1. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.2. State or mode of being nou...
Alimentiveness
Al′i‐men″tive‐ness (�), n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
Alimonious
Al′i‐mo″ni‐ous (�), a. Affording food; nourishing. “Alimonious humors.” Harvey.
Alimony
Al″i‐mo‐ny (�), n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.] 1. Maintenance; means of living.2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husba...
Alinasal
Al′i‐na″sal (�), a. [L. ala wing + E. nasal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
Aline
A‐line″ (�), v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.
Alineation
A‐lin′e‐a″tion (�), n. See Allineation.
Alinement
A‐line″ment (�), n. Same as Alignment.[The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French]. New Eng. Dict. (Murray).
Aliner
A‐lin″er (�), n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.
Alioth
Al″i‐oth (�), 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.
Aliped
Al″i‐ped (�), 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 ...
Aliphatic
Al′i‐phat″ic (?), a.(Org. Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; — applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not ...
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 divi...
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...
Aliseptal
Al′i‐sep″tal (�), a. [L. ala wing + E. septal.] (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
Alish
Al″ish (�), a. Like ale; as, an alish taste.
Alisphenoid
{ Al′i‐sphe″noid (�), Al′i‐sphe‐noid″al (�), } 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 s...
Alisphenoid (2)
Al′i‐sphe″noid, n.(Anat.) The alisphenoid bone.
Alitrunk
Al″i‐trunk (�), n. [L. ala wing + truncus trunk.] (Zoöl.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.
Aliturgical
Al′i‐tur″gic‐al (�), a. [Pref. a- + liturgical.] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley.
Aliunde
‖A′li‐un″de (�), adv. & a.(Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
Alive
A‐live″ (�), a. [OE. on live, AS. on līfe in life; līfe being dat. of līf life. See Life, and cf. Live, a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in wh...