Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

Acrodactylum :: Acrodactylum (n.) The upper surface of the toes, individually..

Allumette :: Allumette (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc..

Alluminor :: Alluminor (n.) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.

Alum :: Alum (n.) A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.

Alum :: Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum..

Alum Root :: Alum root () A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties..

Alum Schist :: Alum schist () Alt. of Alum shal.

Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..

Alum Stone :: Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

Alumen :: Alumen (n.) Alum.

Alumina :: Alumina (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3..

Aluminate :: Aluminate (n.) A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

Aluminated :: Aluminated (a.) Combined with alumina.

Alumine :: Alumine (n.) Alumina.

Aluminic :: Aluminic (a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate..

Aluminiferous :: Aluminiferous (a.) Containing alum.

Aluminiform :: Aluminiform (a.) Having the form of alumina.

Aluminium :: Aluminium (n.) The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al..

Aluminize :: Aluminize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.

Aluminous :: Aluminous (a.) Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution..

Aluminum :: Aluminum (n.) See Aluminium.

Alumish :: Alumish (a.) Somewhat like alum.

Alumna :: Alumna (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college..

Alumnae :: Alumnae (pl. ) of Alumn.

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