Index of English words, starting with "al"

(1) - Allowed (imp. & p. p.) of Allow

(1) - Allowedly (adv.) By allowance; admittedly.

(1) - Alloy (v. t.) To form a metallic compound.
(2) - Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
(3) - Alloy (v. t.) To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
(4) - Alloy (v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
(5) - Alloy (v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
(6) - Alloy (v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer.
(7) - Alloy (v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
(8) - Alloy (v. t.) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

(1) - Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.