English words: alignment tax to alkide

300 English words, part 51 of 158 of the words starting with A, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words alignment tax to alkide

alignment tax noun: A cost to the capabilities of an artificial intelligence resulting from the effects of aligning it with human ethics and morality.
aligot noun /æ.li.ɡoʊ/: A dish traditionally made in the south of Auvergne from melted Tomme cheese blended into mashed potatoes, often with garlic.
aligoté noun: A white grape variety and white wine from Burgundy.
aligular adjective: Turned away from the ligule and stem; applied to a leaf-face in Selaginella.
aliipoe noun: The plant Canna indica.
Alija proper noun: A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Алија (Alija).
Alijah proper noun: A male given name.
alike adjective, adverb /əˈlaɪk/: Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
alike-minded adjective: like-minded
alikeness noun: The state or quality of being alike.
alikewise adverb: likewise; in the same manner
alikreukel noun /ˌæl.iˈkɹɔɪ.kəl/: giant periwinkle, Turbo sarmaticus
alim noun /ˈɑːlɪm/: An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
alimadol noun: An opioid analgesic related to methadone.
alimemazine noun: A phenothiazine derivative used as an antipruritic and to prevent motion sickness.
aliment noun, verb /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/: Food.
alimental adjective: Able to be used as food; nourishing.
alimentally adverb: In such a way that serves for nourishment or food.
alimentarily adverb: In an alimentary manner
alimentariness noun: The state or quality of being alimentary.
alimentary adjective /ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/: Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimentary canal noun: The organs of a human or other animal through which food passes; the digestive tract.
alimentary castration noun: Sterility, in certain insects, caused by nutritional deficiency during the larval stage.
alimentary paste noun: A shaped and dried dough prepared from semolina, farina, wheat flour, etc.
alimentation noun: Alimony.
alimentative adjective: Relating to aliment
alimentativeness noun: The state or quality of being alimentative.
alimentive adjective: Alternative form of alimentative.
alimentiveness noun: The state or quality of being alimentive.
alimentous adjective: Nourishing; nutritional.
alimonious adjective: Affording food; nourishing.
alimony noun /ˈæl.ɪ.mə.ni/: A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
alimurgy noun /ˌælɪˈmɜːrdʒi/: The study of wild edible plants for use as food, especially in times of famine or food scarcity.
Alina proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
alinasal adjective: Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
alinastine noun: A histamine 1 receptor antagonist.
aline adverb, verb /əˈlaɪn/: Alternative form of align.
alinearity noun: The condition of being alinear
alineation noun: Alternative form of allineation.
alined adjective: Alternative spelling of aligned.
alinement noun: Alternative spelling of alignment.
aling-aling noun: A wall just inside the doorway of a traditional Balinese building, supposed to keep out hyangs, which can only move in straight lines.
alingual adjective: Using no language.
alinidine noun: A negative chronotrope that causes bradycardia.
alinotum noun: The anterior, wing-bearing division of the pterothoracic notum in insects.
Alinskian adjective: Of or relating to Saul Alinsky (1909–1972), American community activist and political theorist.
Alinsky proper noun: A surname
Alinskyan adjective: Alternative form of Alinskian.
Alinskyite noun: A supporter of Saul Alinsky (1909–1972), American community activist and political theorist.
alintatao noun: Diospyros pilosanthera; a tree in the Ebenaceae family.
Aliona proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian female given name Алёна (Aljóna).
aliorelative adjective: Only related, or relating an object, to other objects and not to itself.
aliorelativity noun: The property or principle that nothing is related to itself by a given relation.
Alioth proper noun: Epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.
Alioto proper noun: A surname.
aliovalent adjective: Having a different valence or oxidation state
ALIP noun: atypical localization of immature precursor
alipamide noun: A diuretic drug.
aliped adjective, noun: A wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
aliphatate noun: Any aliphatic carboxylate
aliphatic adjective, noun /ælɪˈfætɪk/: Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
aliphatic PVA noun: A strong glue made from polyvinyl acetate mixed with any of a range of other materials such as resin
aliphaticity noun: The condition of being aliphatic
alipogene tiparvovec noun: A gene therapy treatment that compensates for lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
Alipore proper noun /ˈɑːlipɔː/: A neighbourhood of Kolkata; the headquarters of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
alipta noun: An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games.
alipta muscata noun: A medicinal paste made with ladanum and used for breathing trouble.
Alipurduar proper noun /əlipʊəɹduˈɑːr/: A district of West Bengal, India.
aliquant adjective, noun /ˈæ.lɪ.kwɒnt/: An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
aliquot adjective, noun, verb /ˈæl.ɪ.kwɒt/: Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
aliquotation noun: The preparation of an aliquot
aliquoted adjective, verb: Divided into, or distributed in, aliquots.
Alire proper noun: A surname.
alirocumab noun /ˌæl.ɪˈɹɑk.jəˌmæb/: A human monoclonal antibody used to treat high cholesterol.
Alisa proper noun: A female given name from Finnish or Russian, equivalent to English Alice.
alisanders noun: Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
aliseptal adjective: Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
alisertib noun: An orally available selective aurora A kinase inhibitor being investigated as a treatment for relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
alish adjective /ˈeɪl.ɪʃ/: Resembling or characteristic of ale.
Alisha proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Alishan proper noun: Mount Ali, a famous mountain in Taiwan.
aliskiren noun /əˈlɪs.kɪɹ.ən/: A renin inhibitor that is used in the treatment of hypertension.
alisma noun: A water plantain.
alismaceous adjective: Belonging to the Alismaceae (syn. Alismataceae) of water plantains and close relatives.
alismataceous adjective: Of or relating to the Alismataceae.
alismatid noun: Any member of the Alismatidae.
alisol noun: A kind of soil with poor drainage and a dense subsurface clay layer, causing a relatively high concentration of aluminum ions in the rootzone.
alison noun: Synonym of alyssum.
alisphenoid adjective, noun /alɪˈsfiːnɔɪd/: The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal adjective: Alternative form of alisphenoid.
alisporivir noun: A cyclophilin inhibitor.
Alissa proper noun /əˈlɪs.ə/: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Alisson proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
alist noun /ˈeɪ.lɪst/: An association list.
Alistair proper noun /ˈæl.ɪ.stɚ/: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Alister proper noun: A male given name.
Alita proper noun: A female given name from Spanish.
Alitalia proper noun /ˌɑːlɪˈtɑːliə/: The national airline of Italy.
alitame noun: A dipeptide of alanine and aspartic acid that is used as an artificial sweetener
alite noun: An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
aliter adverb /ˈæ.lɪ.tə/: otherwise
aliteracy noun: The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.
aliterate adjective, noun /eɪˈlɪtəɹət/: Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.
alitize verb: Make a protective aluminium, aluminium oxide film on metals to gain heat resistance to oxidation.
Alito proper noun: A surname.
alitretinoin noun /ˌæl.ɪˈtɹɛt.n̩ˌoʊ.ɪn/: A particular antineoplastic drug.
alitretionin noun: A form of retinoic acid used as dermatological product
alitrunk noun: The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
aliturgic adjective: Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
aliturgical adjective: On which the Eucharist is not offered.
-ality suffix /-ˈælɪtɪ/: Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives ending in -al (which is not duplicated (see -ity)).
aliunde adverb /alɪˈʌndi/: From another source; from elsewhere.
alive adjective /əˈlaɪv/: Having life; living; not dead.
alive and kicking adjective: Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.
alive and well adjective: Synonym of alive and kicking.
alive internet theory interjection, noun: The negation of the dead internet theory; a belief that the Internet continues to be a place where genuine human interaction is readily available.
alively adverb: In an alive manner.
aliveness noun /əˈlaɪvnəs/: The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
Alivia proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
alivincular adjective: Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
Alix proper noun /ˈæ.lɪks/: A female given name from the Germanic languages, an Old French form of Alice.
aliya noun: Alternative spelling of aliyah.
aliyah noun, verb /əliːˈjɑː/: The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
Aliyev proper noun: A surname from Azerbaijani.
aliz noun: A clay-based earthen plaster.
Aliza proper noun: A female given name.
Alizadeh proper noun: A surname from Persian.
alizapride noun: A dopamine antagonist with prokinetic and antiemetic effects.
alizari noun: The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).
alizaric adjective: Relating to, or derived from alizarin
alizarin noun /əˈlɪzəɹɪn/: A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.
alizarin crimson noun: a shade of red that is biased slightly more towards purple than towards orange on the color wheel and has a blue undertone
alizarin red noun: Synonym of alizarin.
alizarine noun: Alternative spelling of alizarin.
Alize proper noun /ælɪzeɪ/: A female given name.
ALJ noun: Initialism of administrative law judge.
aljama noun: A self-governing community of Jews and Moors living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
aljamiado noun: Text of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.
aljofar noun: seed pearl
aljotta noun: A kind of Maltese fish soup.
Aljunied proper noun /ælˈd͡ʒuːnɪd/: A neighbourhood in the Central Region of Singapore.
alk adjective, noun, prefix: Abbreviation of alkali.
alkabir noun: yellow indirect dye for silks, containing datiscin and extracted from bastard hemp, Datisca cannabina
alkachlorophyll noun: A presumed constituent of chlorophyll, produced by the action of an alkali.
alkadiene noun: Any aliphatic diene
alkadienyl adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkadiene
alkadiyne noun: An organic compound that contains two triple bonds within its molecular structure.
alkahest noun /ˈal.kə.hɛst/: A universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
alkahestic adjective: Resembling or relating to alkahest.
alkahestical adjective: Alternative form of alkahestic.
alkakengi noun: Alternative form of alkekengi.
alkalaemia noun: The condition of blood having a higher than normal pH
alkalaemic adjective: Alternative form of alkalemic.
alkalamide noun: One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or...
alkalemia noun: Alternative form of alkalaemia.
alkalemic adjective: Having or relating to alkalemia.
alkalescence noun: A tendency to become alkaline.
alkalescency noun: Alternative form of alkalescence.
alkalescent adjective: Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
alkali noun /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/: One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in...
alkali basalt noun: An alkaline variety of basalt.
alkali bee noun: Nomia melanderi, a bee that nests in alkaline soil.
alkali cellulose noun: A compound of cellulose and sodium hydroxide formed during the manufacture of viscose
alkali feldspar noun: Any alkaline feldspar.
alkali flat noun: A dry lake or playa whose bed contains abundant alkali salts.
alkali fly noun: Ephydra hians (also known as Cirrula hians), a kind of brine fly.
alkali grass noun: Alternative form of alkaligrass.
alkali green noun: An alkali salt of a sulfonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green.
alkali metal noun: Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.
alkalibasaltic adjective: Relating to, containing or characteristic of alkali basalt
alkalibiont noun: Any organism that lives in an alkaline environment
alkalibiontic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of alkalibionts
alkalic adjective /ælˈkælɪk/: Containing a relatively high proportion of alkali; alkaline.
alkalide noun: A chemical compound in which alkali metals are anions (i.e. they bear a negative charge).
alkalied adjective /ˈæl.kəl.aɪd/: of horses or cattle in the western USA, having the health or strength detrimentally affected by drinking alkali-contaminated water.
alkalifeldspar noun: Alternative form of alkali feldspar.
alkaliferous adjective /ælkəˈlɪfəɹəs/: Yielding alkalis.
alkalifiable adjective: Capable of being alkalified, able to be converted into an alkali.
alkalify verb: To render (more) alkaline (less acidic).
alkaligen noun: The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkaligenous adjective: Producing or generating alkali.
alkaligrass noun: The saltgrass Puccinellia
alkalimeter noun: A device used to measure alkalinity.
alkalimetric adjective: Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical adjective: Alternative form of alkalimetric.
alkalimetrically adverb: By means of alkalimetry.
alkalimetry noun: The process of determining the strength of an alkali.
alkaline adjective, noun /ˈæl.kəl.aɪn/: Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
alkaline air noun: Ammonia.
alkaline battery noun: A power cell having potassium hydroxide as its electrolyte, a zinc / manganese dioxide cell.
alkaline earth noun: Alternative spelling of alkaline earth.
alkaline earth metal noun: Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with...
alkaline glaze noun: glossy transparant silicate glaze for ceramic coating, containing alkaline flux to give the silica a lower melting point
alkaline hydrolysis noun: An alternative to cremation in which a dead body is dissolved in caustic soda solution (potassium hydroxide, KOH)
alkaline phosphatase noun: Any of a group of phosphatases that are most active in an alkaline environment
alkalinely adverb: In an alkaline manner.
alkalinisation noun: Alternative form of alkalinization.
alkalinise verb: Alternative spelling of alkalinize.
alkalinity noun: The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.
alkalinization noun: The conversion of something to an alkali.
alkalinize verb: To convert, or be converted, to an alkali
alkalinizer noun: A substance that alkalinizes
alkalinogenic adjective: Which generates alkalis or alkalinity.
alkalinophile noun: Alternative form of alkaliphile.
alkalinophilic adjective: Alternative form of alkaliphilic.
alkalinuria noun: The condition of the urine having a higher than normal pH
alkalious adjective: alkaline
alkaliphile noun: Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake.
alkaliphilic adjective: Living and thriving in alkaline conditions.
alkaliphilicity noun: The condition of being alkaliphilic
alkaliphily noun: The condition of being alkaliphilic
alkaliproof adjective: Resistant to the corrosive effects of alkaline substances.
alkalisation noun: Alternative form of alkalization.
alkalise verb: Alternative form of alkalize.
alkalithermophilic adjective /ˌæl.kə.laɪˌθɜː.məʊˈfɪl.ɪk/: Thriving in both highly alkaline and high-temperature environments.
alkalitolerant adjective: Able to tolerate an alkaline environment.
alkaliweed noun: Any plant of the genus Cressa.
alkalizate adjective /ˈælkəˌlaɪzət/: Alkaline.
alkalizateness noun: The state or quality of being alkalizate; alkalinity.
alkalization noun: Synonym of alkalinization.
alkalize verb: To cause to become alkaline, more basic and less acidic.
alkalizer noun: Any substance that makes something more alkaline.
alkaloid adjective, noun /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/: Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
alkaloidal adjective: Of or pertaining to alkaloids.
alkaloidic adjective: Relating to, or containing alkaloids
alkaloidiferous adjective: Containing, or yielding alkaloids
alkalonic acid noun: A tricyclic ketide carboxylic acid made by bacteria as an intermediate in the production of aklaviketone and doxorubicin.
alkalophile noun: Alternative form of alkaliphile.
alkalophilic adjective: Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
alkalophilicity noun: The condition of being, or the extent to which an organism is alkalophilic
alkalosis noun /æl.kəˈləʊ̯sɪs/: An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood.
alkalotic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to alkalosis.
alkalotolerant adjective: Alternative form of alkalitolerant.
alkaluria noun: Synonym of alkalinuria.
alkamide noun: Any alkyl amide, especially a bioactive one
alkamine noun: A type of amino alcohol.
Alkan proper noun: A surname.
alkanal noun: An alkyl aldehyde.
alkanamide noun: The amide of an alkyl carboxylic acid
alkanamine noun: Any alkane derivative of amine.
alkane noun /ˈæl.keɪn/: Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
alkanediazonium noun: Any alkyl diazonium cation or salt
alkanediol noun: A diol (a compound with two hydroxy groups) derived from an alkane which may be linear or branched.
alkanediyl noun: Any of a series of divalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. Unless specified otherwise, such alkanediyls include...
alkanesulfonate noun: The salt or ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid
alkanesulfonic adjective: Relating to an alkanesulfonic acid or its derivatives
alkanesulfonic acid noun: Any alkyl sulfonic acid
alkanesulphonate noun: Alternative form of alkanesulfonate.
alkanet noun: The dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour.
alkanethiol noun: Any simple aliphatic thiol.
alkanethiolate noun: A thiolate anion derived from an alkane.
alkanium noun: any carbocation obtained by hydrogenation of an alkane
alkanium ion noun: Any carbocation obtained by hydrogenation of an alkane.
alkannin noun: A natural dye and naphthoquinone derivative obtained from the borage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
alkanoate noun: Any salt or ester formed from the reaction of an alkanoic acid and alkanol
alkanofer noun: A subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons
alkanoic adjective: Describing any simple aliphatic carboxylic acid, especially a fatty acid
alkanoic acid noun: Any aliphatic carboxylic acid.
alkanol noun /ˈæl.kə.nɒl/: Any simple aliphatic alcohol.
alkanolamine noun: A chemical compound that contains both hydroxyl and amino functional groups on an alkane backbone.
alkanone noun: Any saturated aliphatic ketone
alkanoyl noun: acyl
alkanoylation noun: The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
alkapton noun: homogentisic acid
alkaptonuria noun /ælˌkæptəˈnʊəɹɪə/: A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric adjective: Relating to alkaptonuria
alkargen noun: cacodylic acid
alkarsin noun: cacodyl
alkarsine noun: cacodyl
alkatriene noun: Any aliphatic triene
alkavervir noun: An extract of Veratrum viride alkaloids formerly used as an antihypertensive.
alkayida noun: A Ghanaian dance with an emphasis on side-to-side moves, sometimes performed as a group.
alkekengi noun: A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum).
Alken proper noun: A municipality of Limburg, Flanders, Belgium.
alkenal noun: Any unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde
alkene noun /ˈælkin/: An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
alkenic adjective: Relating to an alkene
alkenoate noun: Any unsaturated aliphatic ester or salt (derived from an alkenoic acid).
alkenoic adjective: Describing any unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid
alkenoid adjective: (of Erythrina alkaloids) containing a single extra double bond
alkenol noun: Any alcohol that also has a double bond, but especially any enol
alkenone noun: Any unsaturated aliphatic ketone
alkenoyl noun: The acyl radical of an alkenoic acid
alkenoylbenzamide noun: Any alkenoyl derivative of benzamide
alkenoylcarbamate noun: Any alkenoyl carbamate
alkenoyloxazolidinone noun: Any alkenoyl oxazolidinone
alkenyl adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkene
alkenylacyl noun: Any alkenyl derivative of an acyl radical
alkenylalane noun: Any alkenyl alane
alkenylaluminium noun: Any alkenyl organoaluminium
alkenylaluminum noun: Alternative form of alkenylaluminium.
alkenylated adjective: reacted with an alkene
alkenylation noun: reaction with an alkene, especially an addition reaction
alkenylbenzene noun: Any alkenyl derivative of benzene.
alkenyldiacylglycerol noun: A derivative of glycerol with one alkenyl and two acyl groups attached
alkenyloxindole noun: Any alkenyl oxindole
alkenylzirconocene noun: Any alkenyl derivative of a zirconocene
alkenyne noun: An organic compound that contains both a carbon-carbon double bond and a carbon-carbon triple bond.
alkermes noun /alˈkəːmɪz/: The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye...
alkide noun: Any simple binary alkyl organometallic compound

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.