alewife
— Noun
– English
~ shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
Alexander
— Noun
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~ king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
Alexander
— Noun
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~ European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
alexanders
— Noun
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~ European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
Alexandria
— Noun
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~ the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
Alexandria
— Noun
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~ a town in Louisiana on the Red River
alexandrian
— Noun
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~ a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
Alexandrine
— Noun
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~ (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
alexandrite
— Noun
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~ a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
alexia
— Noun
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~ inability to perceive written words