Dictionary
919 words starting with "A"
- al-alyasee AL-ALIA.
- al-on.pestle.
- alao’clock-used exclusively before UNA.
- alav.to get, obtain, acquire.
- alav.to take after, to be like, to resemble.
- alainterj.an exclamation used: 1. to urge or request someone to continue. 2. to wish some previously mentioned event to happen.
- aladn.fence or hedge around a house, a yard, a garden, etc.
- aladv.to make a fence.
- alagadenn.rule, regulation.
- alahasn.jewels, gems; jewelry.
- alango on, continue, proceed; see 1ALA.
- alan-anv.to pull or spin toward oneself (a string, rope, etc.).
- alang-angv.var. of ANANG-ANG - to whine, howl as a dog.
- alangonv.to mend, repair, restore; to compensate, make up for; to make good again.
- alasadj.ugly, not pretty; improper, indecent.
- alasn.ace of playing cards.
- alaso’clock- used only before numerals of Spanish origin except UNA.
- alas diesnum.ten o’clock.
- alas dosnum.two o’clock.
- alas dosenum.twelve o’clock.
- alas nuebenine o’clock.
- alas onseeleven o’clock.
- alas otsoeight o’clock.
- alas-asv.to remove, strip, detach, tear off.
- alatn.a kind of basket made of closewoven bamboo.
- alat-atv.to pull or tear off forcibly.
- alawv.to save, rescue, deliver from distress; to help, succor; to give aid to; to take, get.
- alawign.whirlwind, cyclone; sometimes, hurricane.
- alawigv.to have a whirlwind, cyclone or hurricane.
- alay-ayadj.soft and tender, soft and gentle, soft and slow.
- alay-ayv.to cook slowly over low heat or small fire.
- aldawn.1. day, daylight, daytime. 2. day of reckoning.
- aldaw ken rabiiday and night.
- aldaw rabiiday and night.
- aldawenit’s already late (as said between about 7 and 12 a. m.).
- aleng-alengv.not to do seriously, to do care lessly, haphazardly or absent-mindedly.
- alep-epn.plaster, bandage; poultice, anodyne; also, a piece of banana leaf placed over a pot of rice under the cover when the rice is not cooking properly.
- alep-epv.to place a bandage, plaster or poultice on (wounds, etc.); to place a banana leaf over (rice being cooked in a pot).
- algarrubon.monkey pod tree.
- aliadj.capable of staining, discoloring. or: This cloth stains.
- aliv.to stain, discolor.
- aliawadj.causing fright.
- aliawv.to be frightened, scared, alarmed, startled.
- alibangbangn.a kind of tree whose young leaves are used in preparing some kind of meat dish.
- alibongobongn.vapor, steam.
- alibtakadj.fast, clever; shrewd.
- alibutn.a lizard much larger than the common house lizard that lives outdoors.
- alibuyongadj.cloudy, overcast.
- alidungetadj.bored, restless, gloomy, sullen.
- alidungetn.boredom, restlessness, sullenness, gloominess.