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
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
The question of alimentation with the civil laborer, exposed to healthy influences of properly distributed air and sunlight, and to the regular motions of a well-conducted life, is easy of solution to the inquiring mind.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
I am also aware that an exclusively vegetable alimentation might be substituted for our customary mixed diet, which is both animal and vegetable.
From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles
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
