| alterable | (adjective) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic | - |
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| (adjective) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
| alterative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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| altered | (adjective) changed in form or character without becoming something else | - |
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| (adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: neutered |
| (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: adapted |
| alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
| (adjective) every second one of a series | - |
| alternating | (adjective) (of a current) reversing direction | - |
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| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternate |
| alternative | (adjective) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, substitute |
| (adjective) pertaining to unconventional choices | - |
| altissimo | (adjective) very high | - |
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| altitudinal | (adjective) pertaining to altitude | - |
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| altitudinous | (adjective) indefinitely high; lofty | - |
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| alto | (adjective) (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group | - |
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| (adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: countertenor |
| (adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: contralto |
| altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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| altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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