| all | (adjective) (quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class | - |
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| (adjective) completely given to or absorbed by | - |
| (adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely | Synonyms: altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly |
| allamanda | (noun) a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes | - |
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| allantoic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an allantois | - |
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| allantoid | (adjective) shaped like a sausage | Synonyms: sausage-shaped |
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| allantois | (noun) the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
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| allargando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner | - |
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| allay | (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: assuage, quench, slake |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: ease, relieve, still |
| allayer | (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: comforter, reliever |
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| allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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| (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
| allege | (verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: aver, say |
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| alleged | (adjective) declared but not proved | - |
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| (adjective) doubtful or suspect | Synonyms: so-called, supposed |
| allegedly | (adverb) according to what has been alleged | - |
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| allegement | (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegation |
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| allegiance | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: commitment, dedication, loyalty |
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| (noun) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) | Synonyms: fealty |
| allegiant | (adjective) steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) | - |
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| allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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| allegoric | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegorical |
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| allegorical | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegoric |
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| allegorically | (adverb) in an allegorical manner | - |
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| allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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| allegory | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable |
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| (noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | - |
| (noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: emblem |
| allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| (adverb) in a moderately quick tempo | - |
| allegro | (adjective) (of tempo) fast | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | - |
| (noun) a brisk and lively tempo | - |
| (adverb) in a quick and lively tempo | - |
| allele | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allelomorph |
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| allelic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelomorphic |
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| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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| allelomorphic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelic |
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| allemande | (noun) egg-thickened veloute | Synonyms: allemande sauce |
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| allergen | (noun) any substance that can cause an allergy | - |
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| allergenic | (adjective) relating to or having the effect of an allergen | - |
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| allergic | (adjective) characterized by or caused by allergy | - |
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| (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
| allergist | (noun) a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
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| allergology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies | - |
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| allergy | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | Synonyms: allergic reaction |
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| alleviant | (noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing | Synonyms: alleviator, palliative |
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| alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
| alleviated | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: eased, relieved |
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| alleviation | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: easement, easing, relief |
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| (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: assuagement, relief |
| alleviative | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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| alleviator | (noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing | Synonyms: alleviant, palliative |
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| (noun) a therapist who makes suffering more endurable | - |
| alleviatory | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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| alley | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alleyway, back street |
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| (noun) a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins | Synonyms: bowling alley, skittle alley |
| alleyway | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alley, back street |
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| allgood | (noun) European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb | Synonyms: Chenopodium bonus-henricus, fat hen, good-king-henry, wild spinach |
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| alliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | - |
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| (adjective) smelling of onions or garlic | - |
| alliance | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: confederation |
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| (noun) a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim | - |
| (noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | Synonyms: alignment, alinement, coalition |
| (noun) a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest | Synonyms: bond |
| (noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: confederation |
| allice | (noun) European shad | Synonyms: allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa |
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| allied | (adjective) joined by treaty or agreement | - |
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| (adjective) related by common characteristics or ancestry | - |
| (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: confederate, confederative |
| allies | (noun) an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | - |
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| alligator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: gator |
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| (noun) leather made from alligator's hide | - |
| (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
| alligatored | (adjective) of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | Synonyms: cracked |
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| alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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| allis | (noun) European shad | Synonyms: allice, allice shad, allis shad, Alosa alosa |
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| alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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| alliteration | (noun) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
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| alliterative | (adjective) having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable | - |
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| alliteratively | (adverb) in an alliterative manner | - |
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| alliterator | (noun) a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration | - |
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| allmouth | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| alloantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: isoantibody |
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| allocable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocatable, apportionable |
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| allocatable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, apportionable |
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| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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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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| allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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| allochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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| allocution | (noun) (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts | - |
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| allogamous | (adjective) relating to cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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| allogamy | (noun) cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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| allogeneic | (adjective) denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible) | - |
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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 | - |
| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| allomerism | (noun) (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form | - |
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| allomerous | (adjective) pertaining to allomerism | - |
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| allometric | (adjective) relating to or marked by allometry | - |
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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 | - |
| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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| 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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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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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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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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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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| allot | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, grant |
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| (verb) give out | Synonyms: assign, portion |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| 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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| allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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| allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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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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