Portuguese words: alopsíquico to Alto Parnaíba

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Portuguese words alopsíquico to Alto Parnaíba

alopsíquico adjective
alopurinol noun: allopurinol (drug used primarily to treat hyperuricemia)
aloquete noun /a.loˈke.t͡ʃi/: latch (fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot)
aloquiria noun /a.lo.kiˈɾi.ɐ/: allochiria (disorder in which the patient responds to stimuli as if they were presented at the opposite side)
alóquiro noun /aˈlɔ.ki.ɾu/: allocher (alternative sign for a chereme)
alor noun
alorreatividade noun /a.lo.ʁe.a.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi/: alloreactivity (the reaction of a lymphocyte or antibody with an alloantigen)
alorreativo adjective /a.lo.ʁe.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/: alloreactive (pertaining to, or causing alloreactivity)
alosetrona noun: alosetron (5-HT3 antagonist used for the management of severe diarrhoea)
alossauro noun /ˌa.loˈsaw.ɾu/: allosaurus (any dinosaur of the genus Allosaurus)
alossauros noun: plural of alossauro
alossomo noun: allosome (sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome)
alostase noun /a.losˈta.zi/: allostasis (homoeostasis through physiological or behavioural change)
alostático adjective /a.losˈta.t͡ʃi.ku/: allostatic (relating to allostasis)
alosteria noun /a.los.teˈɾi.ɐ/: allostery (the quality of being allosteric)
alostericamente adverb /a.losˌtɛ.ɾi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: allosterically (in an allosteric manner)
alostérico adjective /a.losˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/: allosteric (that binds a compound on an inactive site)
alosterismo noun /a.los.teˈɾiz.mu/: allostery (the quality of being allosteric)
alotar verb
alotípico adjective /a.loˈt͡ʃi.pi.ku/: allotypic (pertaining to an allotype)
alótipo noun /aˈlɔ.t͡ʃi.pu/: allotype (specimen that exemplifies the opposite sex of the holotype)
alotriofagia noun /ˌa.loˌtɾi.o.faˈʒi.ɐ/: allotriophagy
alotropia noun /a.lo.tɾoˈpi.ɐ/: allotropy
alotropicamente adverb /a.loˌtɾɔ.pi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: allotropically (with regard to allotropy)
alotrópico adjective /a.loˈtɾɔ.pi.ku/: allotropic
alótropo noun /aˈlɔ.tɾo.pu/: allotrope (form of an element that has a different molecular structure to another form of the same element)
aloucado adjective
alouminhar verb
alouminho noun
alourar verb /a.lo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/: alternative form of aloirar
alouraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alourar
aloxânico adjective: alloxanized (suffering from or relating to alloxan diabetes)
aloxanizado adjective: alloxanized (suffering from alloxan diabetes)
aloxano noun: alloxan (an oxidation product of uric acid)
aloxantina noun: alloxantin (hemiacetal formed by alloxan with dialuric acid)
alozima noun /a.loˈzĩ.mɐ/: allozyme (either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene)
alozímico adjective /a.loˈzĩ.mi.ku/: allozymic (relating to allozymes)
alpaca noun /awˈpa.kɐ/: alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)
alpalhoeiro adjective, noun
alpalhoense adjective, noun
alparca noun
alparcata noun /aw.paʁˈka.tɐ/: alternative form of alpargata
alparcateiro noun
alpardo adverb, noun: dawn, daybreak
alpargata noun /aw.paʁˈɡa.tɐ/: espadrille (light shoe)
alpargataria noun
alpargateiro noun
alpargateria noun
alparqueiro noun
alpechim noun
alpeiria noun
alpendoradense adjective, noun
alpendrada noun
alpendrar verb
alpendre noun /awˈpẽ.dɾi/: terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
alpenduradense adjective, noun
alpense adjective
alpenstock noun: alpenstock (walking stick used by mountain climbers)
alpercata noun /aw.peʁˈka.tɐ/: alternative form of alpargata
alpercateiro noun
alpercatense adjective, noun
alperce noun /awˈpɛʁ.si/: apricot (fruit)
alperche noun /awˈpɛʁ.ʃi/: alternative spelling of alperce
alpergata noun /aw.peʁˈɡa.tɐ/: alternative form of alpargata
alpes noun /ˈaw.pis/: mountain pastures
alpestre adjective, noun /awˈpɛs.tɾi/: mountain, mountainous region; alpine
alpetriniense adjective, noun
alpha noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alfa
Alpha et Omega phrase
alphabeto noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alfabeto
alphasyllabary noun
Alpheu proper noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Alfeu
Alpiarça noun
alpiarcense adjective, noun
alpiarçolho adjective, noun
alpiche noun
alpinismo noun /aw.piˈniz.mu/: mountaineering, alpinism
alpinismo social phrase
alpinista adjective, noun /aw.piˈnis.tɐ/: climber, mountaineer, alpinist
alpinista social noun, phrase: social climber (someone who tries to improve their social position)
alpino adjective, noun /awˈpĩ.nu/: Alpine (of or relating to the Alps)
Alpinópolis noun
alpirche noun
alpirxe noun
alpista noun /awˈpis.tɐ/: synonym of alpiste
alpiste noun /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/: canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
Alpoim proper noun /aw.poˈĩ/: a surname
alpondra noun /awˈpõ.dɾɐ/: stepping stone (each of the stones that, forming a path through a watercourse, allow you to pass dry over them from one bank to the other)
alporca noun
alporiçar verb
alporquia noun /aw.poʁˈki.ɐ/: air layering, marcottage (developing a new plant from the branch of a tree)
alportelense adjective, noun
alprazolam noun /aw.pɾa.zoˈlɐ̃/: alprazolam (antianxiety drug)
alprenolol noun: alprenolol (drug used to treat angina)
alprostadil noun /aw.pɾos.taˈd͡ʒiw/: alprostadil (drug used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction)
alpurnar verb
alquando adverb
alquanto adverb
alquebrar verb /aw.keˈbɾa(ʁ)/: to weaken (make the body lose strength)
alquebraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alquebrar
alqueidanense adjective, noun
alqueidoense adjective, noun
alqueirar verb
alqueire noun /awˈke(j).ɾi/: alqueire, Portuguese bushel, a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts
alqueire baiano phrase
alqueire pernambucano phrase
alqueivar verb
alqueive noun
alquemila noun /aw.keˈmi.lɐ/: alchemilla (any member of the genus Alchemilla of herbaceous perennial plants)
alquequenge noun: European Portuguese standard spelling of alquequenje
alquequenje noun /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒi/: bladder cherry; alkekengi (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), a plant of southern Europe)
alquermes noun /awˈkɛʁ.mis/: alkermes (desiccated bodies of female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio insects)
alquerubinense adjective, noun
alqueve noun
alquevense adjective, noun
alquil noun /awˈkiw/: alkyl
alquila noun, verb: alkyl
alquilação noun: alkylation
alquilador noun
alquilamina noun: alkylamine (any aliphatic amine)
alquilamónio noun /al.ki.lɐˈmɔ.nju/: alkylammonium (any aliphatic ammonium cation)
alquilante adjective, noun /aw.kiˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: alkylative (that forms an alkyl group)
alquilar verb /aw.kiˈla(ʁ)/: to alkylate (to add an alkyl group to a compound)
alquilaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alquilar
alquilbenzeno noun: alkylbenzene (derivative of benzene in which hydrogen atoms are replaced by alkyl groups)
alquile noun, verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
alquiler noun
alquilfenol noun: alkylphenol (organic compound obtained by the alkylation of phenols)
alquilideno noun: alkylidene (functional group derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom)
alquilmercúrio noun /aw.kiw.meʁˈku.ɾju/: alkylmercury (any alkyl organomercury compound)
alquilmetal noun /aw.kiw.meˈtaw/: alkylmetal (any aliphatic organometallic compound)
alquiltransferase noun /aw.kiw.tɾɐ̃s.feˈɾa.zi/: alkyltransferase (any transferase that transfers alkyl groups)
alquimia noun /aw.kiˈmi.ɐ/: alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)
alquimicamente adverb /awˌkĩ.mi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: alchemically (in a manner relating to alchemy)
alquímico adjective, noun /awˈkĩ.mi.ku/: alchemical
alquimista adjective, noun /aw.kiˈmis.tɐ/: alchemist
alquimístico adjective /aw.kiˈmis.t͡ʃi.ku/: alchemistic (relating to alchemy)
alquimizar verb /aw.ki.miˈza(ʁ)/: to alchemise (to change something’s properties by means of alchemy)
alquimizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alquimizar
alquinila noun /aw.kiˈni.lɐ/: alkynyl (any univalent radical derived from an alkyne)
alquinilação noun /aw.ki.ni.laˈsɐ̃w̃/: alkynylation (reaction with an alkyne)
alquino noun /awˈkĩ.nu/: alternative form of alcino
alquinol noun: alkynol (any alcohol containing an alkyne group)
alquitara noun
alquitarra noun
ALRAM abbreviation
Alsácia proper noun /awˈsa.sjɐ/: Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)
alsaciano adjective, noun /aw.sa.siˈɐ̃.nu/: Alsatian (of or relating to Alsace)
alstroeméria noun /aws.tɾo.eˈmɛ.ɾjɐ/: alstroemeria (any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants)
alta adjective, noun /ˈaw.tɐ/: discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)
alta classe noun: upper class
alta-costura noun /ˈaw.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ/: haute couture (activity of creating exclusive clothing models, usually made specifically for a client)
alta cozinha noun /ˈaw.tɐ koˈzĩ.ɲɐ/: haute cuisine (refined cookery)
Alta Floresta noun
Alta Floresta d'Oeste noun
alta gastronomia noun: haute cuisine (refined cookery)
alta noite phrase
alta-roda noun
alta sociedade noun: high society (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society)
alta traição noun: high treason (criminal disloyalty to one’s country)
altabaixo noun: overhand (boxing blow that travels from high to low)
altai noun
altaico adjective, noun /awˈtaj.ku/: Altaic (pertaining to the Altaic language family)
Altair noun
altairense adjective, noun
altaíta noun /aw.taˈi.tɐ/: altaite (lead telluride)
altamente adjective, adverb /ˌaw.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: highly
Altamira noun
Altamira do Maranhão phrase
Altamira do Paraná phrase
Altamirano noun
altamirense adjective, noun
Altamiro noun
altanar-se verb
altanaria noun /aw.ta.naˈɾi.ɐ/: haughtiness
altaneira adjective, noun: feminine singular of altaneiro
altaneiramente adverb
altaneiro adjective /aw.taˈne(j).ɾu/: tall, high (located at an elevated altitude)
altaneria noun: alternative form of altanaria
altar noun /awˈtaʁ/: altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
altar-mor noun: high altar (main altar in a church)
altarense adjective, noun
altariqueiro adjective, noun
altarum noun
altaruz noun
altazimute noun /aw.ta.ziˈmu.t͡ʃi/: altazimuth (the surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation)
altear verb /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/: to make or become taller
altearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of altear
alteia noun, verb /awˈtɛj.ɐ/: althea (any plant of the genus Althea), especially the marshmallow
Altenhofen proper noun: a surname from German
altense adjective, noun
alteplase noun /aw.teˈpla.zi/: alteplase (drug used to dissolve blood clots)
alter noun
Alter do Chão noun
alter ego noun, phrase /ˈaw.teɾ ˈɛ.ɡu/: alter ego (alternate personality or persona)
alterabilidade noun /aw.te.ɾa.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: alterability (the property of being alterable)
alteração noun /aw.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/: alteration, change, modification
alterado adjective, verb /aɫ.tɨ.ˈɾa.du/: angry, raging
alterador adjective, noun: alterative (causing alteration)
alterante adjective, noun /aw.teˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: alterative (causing alteration)
alterar verb /aw.teˈɾa(ʁ)/: to alter, change
alteraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alterar
alterativo adjective /aw.te.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/: alterative (causing alteration)
alterável adjective /aw.teˈɾa.vew/: alterable (capable of being altered)
altercação noun /aw.teʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/: altercation
altercado adjective, verb: past participle of altercar
altercador adjective, noun: quarrelsome (given to picking quarrels)
altercante adjective /aw.teʁˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: altercative (characterised by wrangling)
altercar verb /aw.teʁˈka(ʁ)/: to dispute, argue, quarrel
altercaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of altercar
alterense adjective, noun
alteridade noun /aw.te.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/: alterity (entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed)
alternação noun /aw.teʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/: alternation (the process of alternating)
alternadamente adverb /aɫ.tɨɾ.na.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/: alternately
alternado adjective, verb /aw.teʁˈna.du/: alternate (being or succeeding by turns)
alternador noun: alternator (an electric generator which produces alternating current)
alternamente adverb
alternância noun /aw.teʁˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/: alternation
alternância de código noun: code-switching (alternation between languages in a conversation)
alternante adjective /aw.teʁˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: alternating (succeeding by turns)
alternantemente adverb: alternatingly (in an alternating manner)
alternar verb /aw.teʁˈna(ʁ)/: to alternate (to perform by turns, or in succession)
alternaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of alternar
alternativa adjective, noun /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/: alternative (one of a set of mutually exclusive choices)
alternativamente adverb /aw.teʁ.naˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: alternatively (in an alternative way)
alternatividade noun /aw.teʁ.na.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi/: alternativity (the quality of being alternative)
alternativismo noun /aw.teʁ.na.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/: alternativism (rejection of social normality)
alternativo adjective, noun /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/: alternative (having more than one choice)
alternava verb: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of alternar
alterniflóreo adjective
alterosa adjective, noun: feminine singular of alteroso
alterosense adjective, noun
alteroso adjective: of altitude and majesty, tall and magnificent, high and impressive
alteza noun /awˈte.zɐ/: highness (all senses)
altheia noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of alteia
althusseriano adjective /aw.tu.se.ɾiˈɐ̃.nu/: Althusserian (pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser, Marxist philosopher)
alti- prefix /aw.t͡ʃi/: Expresses the notion of high or elevated.
altibaixo adjective
altibaixos noun
altibordo noun /aw.t͡ʃiˈbɔʁ.du/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈbɔɦ.du]
altibordos noun
altifalante noun /aw.t͡ʃi.faˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: loudspeaker (transducer)
altiloquência noun /aw.t͡ʃi.loˈkẽ.sjɐ/: altiloquence (pompous language)
altiloquente adjective: altiloquent (pompous or pretentious in speech)
altiloquia noun /aw.t͡ʃi.loˈki.ɐ/: altiloquence (pompous language)
altíloquo adjective
altimetria noun /aw.t͡ʃi.meˈtɾi.ɐ/: altimetry (the measurement of altitude)
altimetricamente adverb /aw.t͡ʃiˌmɛ.tɾi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: altimetrically (by means of altimetry)
altimétrico adjective /aw.t͡ʃiˈmɛ.tɾi.ku/: altimetric (pertaining to or involving altimetry)
altímetro noun /awˈt͡ʃĩ.me.tɾu/: altimeter (an apparatus for measuring altitude)
altimurado adjective
altinho adjective, noun /awˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of alto
Altinópolis noun
altiplano noun /aw.t͡ʃiˈplɐ̃.nu/: plateau (level expanse of land at a high elevation)
altissimamente adverb: most/very highly
altíssimo adjective, noun /awˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/: superlative degree of alto
altissonante adjective /aw.t͡ʃi.soˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: altisonant (lofty or pompous in speech)
altissonantemente adverb
altíssono adjective /awˈt͡ʃi.so.nu/: altisonant (lofty or pompous in speech)
altista adjective, noun /awˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/: altoist (someone who plays an alto instrument)
altitude noun /aw.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/: altitude
altitudinal adjective /aw.t͡ʃi.tu.d͡ʒiˈnaw/: altitudinal (relating to altitude)
altívago adjective
altivamente adverb
altivez noun /aw.t͡ʃiˈve(j)s/: haughtiness; arrogance
altivo adjective /awˈt͡ʃi.vu/: high, elevated
altivolante adjective /aw.t͡ʃi.voˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: altivolant (flying high)
altívolo adjective /awˈt͡ʃi.vo.lu/: altivolant (flying high)
alto adjective, adverb, interjection, noun /ˈaw.tu/: loud
Alto Alegre phrase
Alto Alegre do Maranhão noun
Alto Alegre do Pindaré noun
Alto Alegre dos Parecis noun
alto alemão noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alto, alemão.
alto alemão antigo noun, phrase /ˈaw.tu a.leˈmɐ̃w̃ ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/: Old High German (a language)
alto alemão médio noun, phrase: Middle High German
Alto Araguaia noun
alto-astral adjective, noun /ˌaw.tu.asˈtɾaw/: high-spirited, upbeat
Alto Bela Vista phrase
Alto Boa Vista noun
Alto Caparaó noun
alto-cúmulo noun /ˌaw.tuˈkũ.mu.lu/: altocumulus (fleecy cloud formation)
Alto do Rodrigues noun
alto-duriense adjective
alto e claro adverb: loud and clear
alto-estrato noun /ˌaw.tu.isˈtɾa.tu/: altostratus (cloud type in the form of a grey or bluish layer)
alto-falante noun /ˌaw.tu.faˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: loudspeaker (transducer)
Alto Feliz phrase
alto forno noun: blast furnace (type of furnace)
Alto Garças noun
Alto Horizonte noun
Alto Jequitibá noun
alto lá interjection, phrase /ˈaw.tu ˈla/: alternative form of alto! (“halt!”)
Alto Longá noun
alto mar noun, phrase /ˌaw.tuˈma(ʁ)/: high seas (parts of ocean far from shore)
Alto Paraguai noun
Alto Paraíso noun
Alto Paraíso de Goiás noun
Alto Paraná noun
Alto Parnaíba noun

Source: English Wiktionary (Portuguese entries, CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário): each word's first meaning in English. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 17,719 words, in 60 parts.