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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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alternate
  • n  someone who takes the place of another person
  • v  go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
  • v  exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
  • v  be an understudy or alternate for a role
  • v  reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  • v  do something in turns
  • s  every second one of a series
    the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays
  • s  serving or used in place of another
  • s  occurring by turns; first one and then the other
  • a  of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
    stems with alternate leaves
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amateur
  • n  someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
  • n  an athlete who does not play for pay
  • s  engaged in as a pastime
    an amateur painter
    gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals
  • s  lacking professional skill or expertise
    a very amateurish job
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alternating
  • v  go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
  • v  exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
  • v  be an understudy or alternate for a role
  • v  reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  • v  do something in turns
  • a  (of a current) reversing direction
    alternating current
  • s  occurring by turns; first one and then the other
    alternating feelings of love and hate
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alternative
  • n  one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
    there no other alternative
  • s  serving or used in place of another
    an alternative plan
  • s  necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
    alternative possibilities were neutrality or war
  • s  pertaining to unconventional choices
    an alternative life style
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