Index of English words, starting with "al"

(1) - Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(2) - Allay (n.) Alloy.
(3) - Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
(4) - Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
(5) - Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
(6) - Allay (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

(1) - Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays.

(1) - Allegation (n.) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.
(2) - Allegation (n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment
(3) - Allegation (n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.

(1) - Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
(2) - Allege (v. t.) To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
(3) - Allege (v. t.) To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
(4) - Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

(1) - Allegeable (a.) Capable of being alleged or affirmed.