| alocasia | (noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries | Synonyms: elephant's ear, elephant ear |
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| aloe | (noun) succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa | - |
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| aloes | (noun) a purgative made from the leaves of aloe | Synonyms: bitter aloes |
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| aloft | (adverb) in the higher atmosphere above the earth | - |
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| (adverb) at or to great height; high up in or into the air | - |
| (adverb) at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship | - |
| (adverb) upward | - |
| aloha | (noun) an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | Synonyms: ciao |
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| alone | (adjective) exclusive of anyone or anything else | Synonyms: only |
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| (adjective) radically distinctive and without equal | Synonyms: unequaled, unequalled, unique, unparalleled |
| (adjective) lacking companions or companionship | Synonyms: lone, lonely, solitary |
| (adjective) isolated from others | - |
| (adverb) without any others being included or involved | Synonyms: entirely, exclusively, only, solely |
| (adverb) without anybody else or anything else | Synonyms: solo, unaccompanied |
| aloneness | (noun) a disposition toward being alone | Synonyms: loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness |
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| along | (adverb) in accompaniment or as a companion | - |
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| (adverb) with a forward motion | Synonyms: on |
| (adverb) in addition (usually followed by `with') | - |
| (adverb) to a more advanced state | - |
| (adverb) in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside') | - |
| alongside | (adverb) side by side | Synonyms: aboard |
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| aloof | (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: distant, upstage |
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| (adverb) in an aloof manner | - |
| aloofness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
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| (noun) indifference by personal withdrawal | Synonyms: distance |
| alopecia | (noun) loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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| alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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| aloud | (adverb) using the voice; not silently | Synonyms: out loud |
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| (adverb) with relatively high volume | Synonyms: loud, loudly |