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  • English Word Alluring Definition That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.
  • English Word Allusion Definition A figurative or symbolical reference.
  • English Word Allusion Definition A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
  • English Word Allusive Definition Figurative; symbolical.
  • English Word Allusive Definition Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
  • English Word Allusively Definition Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
  • English Word Allusiveness Definition The quality of being allusive.
  • English Word Allusory Definition Allusive.
  • English Word Alluvia Definition of Alluvium
  • English Word Alluvial Definition Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.
  • English Word Alluvion Definition Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
  • English Word Alluvion Definition An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
  • English Word Alluvion Definition Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
  • English Word Alluvion Definition An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
  • English Word Alluvious Definition Alluvial.
  • English Word Alluvium Definition Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
  • English Word Alluviums Definition of Alluvium
  • English Word Allwhere Definition Everywhere.
  • English Word Allwork Definition Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.
  • English Word Ally Definition To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.
  • English Word Ally Definition To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
  • English Word Ally Definition A relative; a kinsman.
  • English Word Ally Definition One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
  • English Word Ally Definition Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
  • English Word Ally Definition Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
  • English Word Ally Definition See Alley, a marble or taw.
  • English Word Allying Definition of Ally
  • English Word Allyl Definition An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
  • English Word Allylene Definition A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
  • English Word Alma Definition Alt. of Almah