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alphabetic
  • a  relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
    alphabetical writing system
  • a  arranged in order according to the alphabet
    an alphabetic arrangement
    dictionaries list words in alphabetical order
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alphabetical
  • a  relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
    alphabetical writing system
  • a  arranged in order according to the alphabet
    dictionaries list words in alphabetical order
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alphabetised
  • v  arrange in alphabetical order
  • s  having been put in alphabetical order
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alphabetized
  • v  arrange in alphabetical order
  • v  provide with an alphabet
    Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages
  • s  having been put in alphabetical order
    the cards are all alphabetized, as you requested
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alpine
  • a  relating to or characteristic of alps
    alpine sports
  • a  relating to the Alps and their inhabitants
  • s  living or growing above the timber line
    alpine flowers
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alright
  • s  nonstandard usage
  • r  without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
  • r  an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
  • r  in a satisfactory or adequate manner; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
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alsatian
  • n  a native or inhabitant of Alsace
  • n  breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants
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altaic
  • n  any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
  • n  a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
  • a  of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
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alterable
  • a  capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
    alterable clothing
    alterable conditions of employment
  • s  (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
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altered
  • v  cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
  • v  become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  • v  make an alteration to
    This dress needs to be altered
  • v  insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  • v  remove the ovaries of
  • a  changed in form or character without becoming something else
    the altered policy promised success
    following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
    he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
  • s  having testicles or ovaries removed
  • s  changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
    instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
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