Index of English words, starting with "al"

(1) - Alluvial (a.) Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

(1) - Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
(2) - Alluvion (n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
(3) - Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
(4) - Alluvion (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

(1) - Alluvium (n.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

(1) - Ally (n.) See Alley, a marble or taw.
(2) - Ally (v.) Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
(3) - Ally (v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
(4) - Ally (v.) One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
(5) - Ally (v.) A relative; a kinsman.
(6) - Ally (v. t.) To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
(7) - Ally (v. t.) To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

(1) - Alma (n.) Alt. of Almah