(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
alleviated
alleviated
adj
Made more bearable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alleviate
alleviater
alleviaters
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
alleviation
alleviation
noun
the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alleviative
alleviative
adj
That alleviates pain; palliative
noun
That which alleviates; a drug or remedy.
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
allgovite
alliterative
alliterative
adj
In the form or style of alliteration.
alliteratively
alliteratively
adv
In an alliterative manner.
alliterativeness
alliterativeness
noun
The state or quality of being alliterative.
allivalite
allocutive
allover
allover
adj
Alternative spelling of all-over
allovers
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
allusively
allusively
adv
In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
allusivenesses
allusivenesses
noun
plural of allusiveness
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
allveta
almoravide
almoravides
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alterative
alterative
adj
(medicine) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.
Causing alteration.
noun
(medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
alteratively
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
alternativeness
alternativeness
noun
The state of being alternative or representing alternatives.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
alternativity
alternativity
noun
(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.
A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.
alternativo
alvadore
alvarez
alvearies
alvearies
noun
plural of alveary
alvearium
alveary
alveary
noun
(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.
A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
A repository, especially of knowledge or information.
alveated
alveated
adj
Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
alvelos
alveloz
alveloz
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The milky exudation of Euphorbia hetrodoxa, formerly used to treat ulcers.
alveola
alveolae
alveolae
noun
Misspelling of alveoli.
alveolar
alveolar
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
noun
(phonetics) An alveolar consonant.
alveolariform
alveolarly
alveolarly
adv
In an alveolar manner.
alveolars
alveolars
noun
plural of alveolar
alveolary
alveolary
adj
alveolar
alveolate
alveolate
adj
Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.
noun
(biology) A member of a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates.
alveolated
alveolated
adj
Alternative form of alveolate
alveolation
alveolation
noun
(geology) An eroded structure of honeycomb-like cavities
alveole
alveole
noun
Archaic form of alveolus.
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
alveoli
alveoli
noun
plural of alveolus
alveoliform
alveoliform
adj
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
alveolite
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
alveoloclasia
alveoloclasia
noun
The destruction of an alveolus
alveolocondylean
alveolodental
alveolodental
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the teeth
alveololabial
alveololabial
adj
Synonym of labioalveolar
alveololingual
alveololingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tongue
alveolonasal
alveolonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the nose
alveolosubnasal
alveolotomy
alveolotomy
noun
(surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
alver
alvera
alverda
alverson
alverta
alverton
alves
alveta
alveus
alveus
noun
(construction, law) The bed or channel of a river, specifically that followed by the river flowing in its natural or ordinary course.
(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
alvie
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amarevole
amarevole
adv
(music) (To be played) bitterly.
amarvel
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambivalence
ambivalence
noun
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalency
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ameliorativ
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
amelioratively
amerveil
amesville
aminovaleric
amissville
amityville
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplicative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
anchorville
andersonville
angulinerved
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
animadversal
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
annihilative
annihilative
adj
Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
anniversalily
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
annville
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
ansonville
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anteroventral
anteroventral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.
noun
Any structure situated under the front of the head (especially of an insect).
anteroventrally
anteroventrally
adv
In an anteroventral direction
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
antiagglutinative
antiaggressively
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticonservatively
anticonvellent
anticonventional
anticonventional
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonventionally
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosively
anticreatively
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antievolution
antievolution
adj
Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection