Albe
(Al`be", Al`bee") conj. [See Albeit.] Although; albeit. [Obs.]
Albe Clarissa were their chiefest founderess.
Spenser.
Albedo
(||Al*be"do) n. [L., fr. albus white.] Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light
reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Albeit
(Al`be"it) conj. [OE. al be although it be, where al is our all. Cf. Although.] Even though; although; notwithstanding.
Chaucer.
Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth.
Tennyson.
Albertite
(Al"bert*ite) n. (Min.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A.
bert, New Brunswick.
Albertype
(Al"ber*type) n. [From the name of the inventor, Albert, of Munich.] A picture printed from a
kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
Albescence
(Al*bes"cence) n. The act of becoming white; whitishness.
Albescent
(Al*bes"cent) a. [L. albescens, p. pr. of albescere to grow white, fr. albus white.] Becoming
white or whitish; moderately white.
Albicant
(Al"bi*cant) a. [L. albicans, p. pr. of albicare, albicatum, to be white, fr. albus white.] Growing
or becoming white.
Albication
(Al`bi*ca"tion) n. The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.
Albicore
(Al"bi*core) n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr,
bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zoöl.) A name
applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species common in
the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also
albacore.]
Albification
(Al`bi*fi*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. albification: L. albus white + ficare facere, to make.] The act
or process of making white. [Obs.]
Albigenses
(Al`bi*gen"ses ||Al`bi`geois") n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the
south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church
of Rome in the 12th centuries.
The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition.
They were distinct from the Waldenses.
Albigensian
(Al`bi*gen"sian) a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
Albiness
(Al*bi"ness) n. A female albino. Holmes.
Albinism
(Al"bi*nism) n. The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
Albinistic
(Al`bi*nis"tic) a. Affected with albinism.
Albino
(Al*bi"no) n.; pl. Albinos [Sp. or Pg. albino, orig. whitish, fr. albo white, L. albus.] A person,
whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives
color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue,
with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of
