alloantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: isoantibody |
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allocation | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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(noun) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions | Synonyms: storage allocation |
(noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allotment |
allocator | (noun) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion | Synonyms: distributor |
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allocution | (noun) (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts | - |
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allogamy | (noun) cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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allograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: homograft |
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allograph | (noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme | - |
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(noun) a signature written by one person for another | - |
allomerism | (noun) (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form | - |
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allometry | (noun) the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole | - |
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allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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(noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
allopathy | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
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allopatry | (noun) the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap | - |
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allophone | (noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
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allopurinol | (noun) a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid | Synonyms: Zyloprim |
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allosaur | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaurus |
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allosaurus | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaur |
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allotment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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(noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allocation |
allotrope | (noun) a structurally different form of an element | - |
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allotropism | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropy |
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allotropy | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropism |
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allowance | (noun) the act of allowing | - |
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(noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: leeway, margin, tolerance |
(noun) an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) | - |
(noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: adjustment |
(noun) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses | - |
(noun) a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets | Synonyms: allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve |
alloy | (noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: admixture |
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(noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | Synonyms: metal |