alimentation
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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Owing to the peculiar alimentation systems of Gnome type engines, atomized gasoline mixed with air is drawn through the hollow stationary crank-shaft directly into the crank-case which it fills on the way to the cylinders.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
In ten thousand years, two hundred thousand millions of human bodies have been formed by means of respiration and alimentation from the earth and atmosphere, and have returned to them again.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward
Rectal Feeding.—When the prostration is great, it is sometimes necessary to give saline enemas and even rectal alimentation to prevent collapse.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
The problem of alimentation is, indeed, one of the most essential, perhaps the most essential, in the history of humanity.
From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles
