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  • English Word Alloxanic Definition Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
  • English Word Alloxantin Definition A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
  • English Word Alloy Definition Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
  • English Word Alloy Definition The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
  • English Word Alloy Definition A baser metal mixed with a finer.
  • English Word Alloy Definition Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
  • English Word Alloy Definition To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
  • English Word Alloy Definition To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
  • English Word Alloy Definition To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
  • English Word Alloy Definition To form a metallic compound.
  • English Word Alloyage Definition The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
  • English Word Alloyed Definition of Alloy
  • English Word Alloying Definition of Alloy
  • English Word Allspice Definition The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
  • English Word Allthing Definition Altogether.
  • English Word Allude Definition To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
  • English Word Allude Definition To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
  • English Word Alluded Definition of Allude
  • English Word Alluded Definition of Allure
  • English Word Alluding Definition of Allude
  • English Word Allumette Definition A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
  • English Word Alluminor Definition An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
  • English Word Allurance Definition Allurement.
  • English Word Allure Definition To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
  • English Word Allure Definition Allurement.
  • English Word Allure Definition Gait; bearing.
  • English Word Allurement Definition The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
  • English Word Allurement Definition That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
  • English Word Allurer Definition One who, or that which, allures.
  • English Word Alluring Definition of Allure