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2. (Anat.) The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.

Al"ve*a`ted (&?;), a. [L. alveatus hollowed out.] Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Al"ve*o*lar (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alvéolaire.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.

Al"ve*o*la*ry (&?;), a. Alveolar. [R.]

Al"ve*o*late (&?;), a. [L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus.] (Bot.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

Al"ve*ole (&?;), n. Same as Alveolus.

Al*ve"o*li*form (l*v"*l*fôrm), a. [L. alveolus + -form.] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

||Al*ve"o*lus (l*v"*ls), n.; pl. Alveoli (-l). [L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F. alvéole. See Alveary.] 1. A cell in a honeycomb.

2. (Zoöl.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil

3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.

||Al"ve*us (&?;), n.; pl. Alvei (&?;). [L.] The channel of a river. Weate.

Al"vine (&?;), a. [L. alvus belly: cf. F. alvin.] Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

Al"way (&?;), adv. Always. [Archaic or Poetic]

I would not live alway. Job vii. 16.

Al"ways (&?;), adv. [All + way. The s is an adverbial (orig. a genitive) ending.] 1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.

Even in Heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts. Milton.

2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.

He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

||A*lys"sum (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, name of a plant, perh. fr. 'a priv. + &?; raging madness.] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.

Am (&?;). [AS. am, eom, akin to Gothic im, Icel. em, Olr. am, Lith. esmi, L. sum., Gr. &?;, Zend ahmi, Skr. asmi, fr. a root as to be. &?;. See Are, and cf. Be, Was.] The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.

God said unto Moses, I am that am. Exod. iii. 14.

Am`a*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. [L. amabilitas.] Lovableness. Jer. Taylor.

The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is "usefully distinct from Amiability."

Am`a*crat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; together + &?; power.] (Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.

||Am`a*da*vat" (&?;), n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zoöl.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]

Am"a*dou (&?;), n. [F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat.] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.

A*main" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.] 1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.