ala | (noun) a wing of an insect | - |
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(noun) a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism | - |
alabaster | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabastrine |
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(noun) a very light white | - |
(noun) a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving | - |
(noun) a hard compact kind of calcite | Synonyms: Mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster |
alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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alacritous | (adjective) quick and eager | - |
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alacrity | (noun) liveliness and eagerness | Synonyms: briskness, smartness |
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alalia | (noun) paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak | - |
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alanine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins | - |
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alar | (adjective) of or relating to the axil | Synonyms: axillary |
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(adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alary, aliform, wing-shaped |
alarm | (noun) a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event | Synonyms: alarm system, warning device |
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(noun) a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time | Synonyms: alarm clock |
(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | Synonyms: alarum, alert, warning signal |
(noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: consternation, dismay |
(verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alert |
(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify |
alarmed | (adjective) experiencing a sudden sense of danger | - |
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alarming | (adjective) frightening because of an awareness of danger | - |
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alarmingly | (adverb) in an alarming manner | - |
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alarmism | (noun) needless warnings | - |
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alarmist | (noun) a person who alarms others needlessly | - |
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alarum | (noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | Synonyms: alarm, alert, warning signal |
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alary | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, aliform, wing-shaped |
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alas | (adverb) by bad luck | Synonyms: regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily |
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alastrim | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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alate | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alated |
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alated | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alate |
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