Definition of alb

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Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life..

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Bryonin :: Bryonin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic..
Albugineous :: Albugineous (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white..
Pyrogen :: Pyrogen (n.) A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria..
Alborak :: Alborak (n.) The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.
Lactoprotein :: Lactoprotein (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.
Propeptone :: Propeptone (n.) A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose..
Alburn :: Alburn (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls..
Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory..
Glair :: Glair (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Sinigrin :: Sinigrin (n.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid..
Lactoabumin :: Lactoabumin (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk..
Alb :: Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life..
Sapwood :: Sapwood (n.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood..
Albinotic :: Albinotic (a.) Affected with albinism.
Brown Bill :: Brown bill () A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.
Sparth :: Sparth (n.) An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd..
Leucoethiopic :: Leucoethiopic (a.) White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race..
Aube :: Aube (n.) An alb.
Myosin :: Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Albumose :: Albumose (n.) 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..
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