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Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..

Alt :: Alt (a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail..

Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..

Alto :: Alto (n.) An alto singer.

Contralto :: Contralto (n.) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto..

Achromatopsy :: Achromatopsy (n.) Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.

Second :: Second (n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.

Cobaltous :: Cobaltous (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence..

Basaltoid :: Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

Contralto :: Contralto (a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice..

Mean :: Mean (n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part..

Mezzo-soprano :: Mezzo-soprano (a.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.

Alto :: Alto (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor..

Maltonic :: Maltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic..

Altogether :: Altogether (adv.) All together; conjointly.

Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..

Altogether :: Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.

All :: All (adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement..

Altos :: Altos (pl. ) of Alt.

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