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Al*bu`mi*nip"a*rous (&?;), a. [L. albumen + parere to bear, bring forth.] Producing albumin.

Al*bu"mi*noid (&?;), a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.) Resembling albumin. -- n. One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues. Brunton.

Al*bu`mi*noid"al (&?;), a. (Chem.) Of the nature of an albuminoid.

Al*bu"mi*nose` (&?;), n. (Chem.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

{ Al*bu"mi*nous (&?;), Al*bu"mi*nose` (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. albumineux.] Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.

||Al*bu`mi*nu"ri*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. L. albumen + Gr. &?; urine.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

Al"bu*mose` (&?;), n. [From albumin.] (Chem.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

Al"burn (&?;), n. [L. alburnus, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Auburn.] (Zoöl.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

Al*bur"nous (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.

Al*bur"num (&?;), n. [L., fr. albus white.] (Bot.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

Al"byn (&?;), n. [See Albion.] Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.

Al*cade" (k*kd"), n. Same as Alcaid.

Al"ca*hest (&?;), n. Same as Alkahest.

Al*ca"ic (&?;), a. [L. Alcaïcus, Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

||Al*caid", Al*cayde" (k*kd"; Sp. äl*kä*"d), n. [Sp. alcaide, fr. Ar. al-qd governor, fr. qda to lead, govern.] 1. A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

2. The warden, or keeper of a jail.

||Al*cal"de (&?;), n. [Sp. alcalde, fr. Ar. al-qd judge, fr. qada to decide, judge. Hence, the cadi of the Turks. Cf. Cadi.] A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.

Sometimes confounded with Alcaid.

Al`ca*lim"e*ter, n. See Alkalimeter.

||Al*can"na (&?;), n. [Sp. alcana, alhe&?;a, fr. Ar. al-hinn. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet.] (Bot.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

||Al`car*ra"za (&?;), n.; pl. Alcarrazas. (&?;) [Sp., from Ar. al-kurrz earthen vessel.] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

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||Al*cayde" (l*kd"), n. Same as Alcaid.

||Al*ca"zar (&?;), n. [ fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle.] A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.

||Al*ce"do (&?;), n. [L., equiv. to Gr. &?;. See Halcyon.] (Zoöl.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

{ Al*chem"ic (&?;), Al*chem"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. alchimique.] Of or relating to alchemy.

Al*chem"ic*al*ly, adv. In the manner of alchemy.

Al"che*mist (&?;), n. [Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste.] One who practices alchemy.