Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

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.]

1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

2. (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.

-- 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 (ăl·vē"·lĭ·fôrm), a. [L. alveolus + -form.] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

Al·ve"o·lus (ăl·vē"·lŭs), n.; pl. Alveoli (-lī). [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.