Vocabulary : Alla breve to Allantois

Alla breve : With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.
Allah : The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.
All-a-mort : See Alamort.
Allanite : A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.
Allantoic : Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

Allantoid : Alt. of Allantoidal ;; A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
Allantoidal : Of or pertaining to the allantois.
Allantoidea : The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Allantoin : A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.
Allantois : Alt. of Allantoid

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