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English Word Dictionary

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after a fashion

adverb · to some extent; not very well

Example: he speaks French after a fashion

afterward

adverb · happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

Example: he apologized subsequently

again

adverb · anew

Example: she tried again

against time

adverb · as fast as possible; before a deadline

Example: it was a race against the clock

agathis alba

noun · native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin

agenize

verb · age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride)

aggravate

verb · make worse

Example: This drug aggravates the pain

aggress

verb · take the initiative and go on the offensive

Example: The Serbs attacked the village at night

aggressively

adverb · in an aggressive manner

Example: she was being sharply questioned

aggrieve

verb · cause to feel sorrow

Example: his behavior grieves his mother

agitate

verb · change the arrangement or position of

agitating

adjective · causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

Example: a provoking delay at the airport

agnise

verb · be fully aware or cognizant of

agnize

verb · be fully aware or cognizant of

agnostic

adjective · uncertain of all claims to knowledge

agonistic

adjective · struggling for effect

Example: agonistic poses

agonize

verb · suffer agony or anguish

agriculturalist

noun · someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

agrostis nebulosa

noun · Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets

ague root

noun · colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States

air-breathing

adjective · deriving oxygen from the air

Example: he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates

air-condition

verb · equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature

Example: Our house is not air-conditioned

air-ship

verb · transport (cargo) by air

aix

noun · wood duck and mandarin duck

aksa martyrs brigades

noun · a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002

alarmingly

adverb · in an alarming manner

Example: It grew alarmingly fast

alas

adverb · by bad luck

Example: unfortunately it rained all day

alauda

noun · type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks

alchemic

adjective · related to or concerned with alchemy

alcohol amnestic disorder

noun · dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact

alectis ciliaris

noun · fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

aletris farinosa

noun · colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States

alexandre emile jean yersin

noun · French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)

alger

noun · United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)

algorithm

noun · a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

alias

adverb · as known or named at another time or place

Example: Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette

alkalinize

verb · make (a substance) alkaline

Example: The oxide is alkalized

alkalise

verb · turn basic and less acidic

Example: the solution alkalized

alkane series

noun · a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

all at once

adverb · without warning

Example: all at once, he started shouting

all right

adjective · being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Example: an all-right movie

all too

adverb · to a high degree

Example: she is all too ready to accept the job

all-around

adjective · many-sided

Example: an all-around athlete

all-or-none

adjective · occurring completely or not occurring at all

allay

verb · satisfy (thirst)

Example: The cold water quenched his thirst

alleged

adjective · declared but not proved- Wall Street Journal

Example: alleged abuses of housing benefits

allegorically

adverb · in an allegorical manner

Example: the play ended allegorically

allegorize

verb · make into an allegory

Example: The story was allegorized over time

alleviate

verb · provide physical relief, as from pain

Example: This pill will relieve your headaches

alliaria

noun · a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques