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13,140 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

alitán: nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
aliverde: green-winged
aliviadero: weir (adjustable dam)
aliviado: relieved, alleviated, unburdened, eased
aliviador: alleviating
aliviador: alleviant
aliviamiento: alleviation
alivianado: wealthy, affluent, prosperous
alivianar: to dull, lighten (to soften, moderate or blunt); to kill (someone)
aliviar: to lighten; to relieve, alleviate, unburden; to soothe (to bring comfort or relief)
alivio: relief
alivio cómico: comic relief
alizarina: alizarin
alizarí: alizari
aliá: aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel)
aliáceo: garlicky; alliaceous
aliñado: spicy, spiced up; seasoned
aliñar: to condiment, to season, to dress (food); to adorn, decorate; to prepare
aliño: dressing (for salads); seasoning (for meat); condiment, spice
aliño ruso: Russian dressing
aljaba: quiver (for arrows); hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica
aljama: aljama
aljamiado: written in Arabic letters
aljamía: aljamiado
aljez: gypsum
aljibe: well (for water), cistern, tank, reservoir
aljofifa: floorcloth
aljofor: a prophecy
aljuba: doublet (clothing)
aljófar: seed pearl
all i oli: alternative spelling of alioli
allamanda: allamanda
allanador: burglar
allanamiento: smoothing, flattening; burglary; a search conducted pursuant to a warrant; a police raid; break-in
allanar: to smooth, to flatten; to overcome; to subdue; to break in (to enter by force); to pave (one's way)
allantoso: chatty
allegado: close, near
allegado: member of one's inner circle; nearest and dearest; follower
allegamiento: gathering; reaching
alleganza: gathering; arrival
allegar: to collect, gather, collect up, bring together; to adopt (an idea, ideology etc.); to approach; to arrive, reach, get to
allende: thither; beyond, yonder
allende: beyond
allendismo: the political ideology, support or the government of Salvador Allende
allendista: of Salvador Allende (born 1908, president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973); Allende's
allendista: a supporter of Salvador Allende
alleniano: of Woody Allen; Allen's
allerano: of, from or relating to Aller
allerano: native or inhabitant of Aller (usually male)
alloza: almond
allá: there, over there, thither, yonder (in a direction away from the speaker and the listener); then; back then (in time); expressing rejection or lack of interest towards the speaker
allá donde fueres, haz lo que vieres: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
allí: there (away from the speaker and the listener)
alma: soul; web (strip of material between flanges)
alma de cántaro: A softy (harmless person)
alma en pena: lost soul
alma gemela: soulmate
alma mater: alma mater
almacabra: A Moorish cemetery
almacenable: storable