alliterative
— Adjective
– English
~ having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
alliteratively
— Adverb
– English
~ in an alliterative manner; "the early Norse poets wrote alliteratively"
alliterator
— Noun
– English
~ a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
allium
— Noun
– English
~ large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
Allium acuminatum
— Noun
– English
~ a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
allmouth
— Noun
– English
~ fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
alloantibody
— Noun
– English
~ an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
allocable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being distributed
allocatable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being distributed
allocate
— Verb
– English
~ distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
allocation
— Noun
– English
~ the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
allocation
— Noun
– English
~ (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
allocation
— Noun
– English
~ a share set aside for a specific purpose
allocator
— Noun
– English
~ a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
allochronic
— Adjective
– English
~ (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times
allochthonous
— Adjective
– English
~ of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed
allocution
— Noun
– English
~ (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
allogamous
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to cross-fertilization in plants
allogamy
— Noun
– English
~ cross-fertilization in plants
allogeneic
— Adjective
– English
~ denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)