alternate
— Noun
– English
~ someone who takes the place of another person
alternately
— Adverb
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~ in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
alternating
— Adjective
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~ occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"
alternating
— Adjective
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~ (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current"
alternation
— Noun
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~ successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
alternative
— Adjective
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~ necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war"
alternative
— Adjective
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~ serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
alternative
— Adjective
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~ pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
alternative
— Noun
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~ one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
alternatively
— Adverb
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~ in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"
alternator
— Noun
– English
~ an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles)
Actinomeris alternifolia
— Noun
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~ perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
althaea
— Noun
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~ any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
althea
— Noun
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~ any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
altimeter
— Noun
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~ an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
Ailanthus altissima
— Noun
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~ deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution
Ageratina altissima
— Noun
– English
~ American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium