alcove
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～ a small recess opening off a larger room
Alcyonacea
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～ comprising the soft corals
Alcyonaria
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～ corals and sea anemones having eight branches
Alcyone
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～ (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
Aldactone
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～ a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension
aldebaran
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～ the brightest star in Taurus
aldehyde
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～ any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
aldehyde-alcohol
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～ an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
aldehydic
— Tillægsord
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～ of or related to or containing aldehydes
alder
— Navneord
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～ wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
alder
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～ north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
alderfly
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～ dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
alderman
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～ a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
aldermanic
— Tillægsord
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～ of or relating to or like an alderman
aldermanly
— Tillægsord
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～ of or relating to or like an alderman
aldohexose
— Navneord
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～ a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group
aldol
— Navneord
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～ an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
Aldomet
— Navneord
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～ antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure
aldose
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal
aldosterone
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance