allegory
— Noun
– English
~ a short moral story (often with animal characters)
allegory
— Noun
– English
~ a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
allegory
— Noun
– English
~ an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
allegretto
— Adverb
– English
~ in a moderately quick tempo; "play this more allegretto"
allegretto
— Adjective
– English
~ (of tempo) faster than allegro
allegretto
— Noun
– English
~ a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
allegretto
— Noun
– English
~ a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
allegro
— Adverb
– English
~ in a quick and lively tempo; "play this section allegro"
allegro
— Noun
– English
~ a brisk and lively tempo
allegro
— Noun
– English
~ a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
allele
— Noun
– English
~ (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character; "some alleles are dominant over others"
allelic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to alleles
allelomorph
— Noun
– English
~ (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character; "some alleles are dominant over others"
allelomorphic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to alleles
allemande
— Noun
– English
~ egg-thickened veloute
Allen
— Noun
– English
~ United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
Allen
— Noun
– English
~ a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
Allen
— Noun
– English
~ United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
allentown
— Noun
– English
~ a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center