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alcalaíno: of, from or relating to Alcalá de Henares
alcaldable: candidate to be a mayor
alcaldada: abuse of power or authority
alcalde: mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality); an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge; A variation of brisca for three players, that is played with the forty-card pack of Spanish-suited playing cards.
alcalde mayor: a regional magistrate
alcalde pedáneo: district mayor, small-town mayor (a subdivision for rural areas in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa, below a sindicatura)
alcaldesa: female equivalent of alcalde, female mayor; mayor's wife
alcaldicio: municipal; from the mayor's office
alcaldía: city hall (the building in which a city government is located); a city government; mayor's office; mayorship, mayoralty
alcalemia: synonym of alcalosis
alcalimetría: alkalimetry (process of determining the strength of an alkali)
alcalinidad: alkalinity
alcalinización: alcalinization
alcalinizante: alkalinizing
alcalinizar: to alkalinize
alcalino: alkaline
alcalinotérreo: alkaline earth
alcaloide: alkaloid
alcalosis: alkalosis
alcalímetro: alkalimeter (device)
alcana: privet
alcance: reach, range, scope (maximum distance something can reach)
alcancía: cashbox; collection (at a church); piggy bank
alcandora: a shirt or similar garment
alcandorea: Intermediate periwinkle
alcanfor: camphor
alcanforar: to camphorate
alcano: alkane
alcanoato: alkanoate (any salt or ester of an alkanoic acid)
alcantarilla: sewer; manhole
alcantarillado: sewer system, sewerage; sewer
alcantarillar: to install or lay sewers
alcantarino: of or belonging to a monastic order named after Peter of Alcántara
alcantarino: someone in a monastic order named after Peter of Alcántara
alcanzable: attainable; achievable
alcanzado: in debt; in need
alcanzamiento: reaching
alcanzar: to reach; to get to to catch up; to accomplish; to achieve; to be enough; to suffice; to pass; to peak, to peak at
alcanzativo: Of a person: distrustful; doubtful; suspicious; skeptical
alcançar: obsolete spelling of alcanzar
alcaparra: caper (plant); caper (bud)
alcaparro: caper (plant)
alcaparrón: caperberry (fruit)
alcapate: coriander
alcapurria: a fritter whose dough is made of green bananas and taro
alcaravea: caraway (plant, seed)
alcaraván: stone curlew
alcarceña: bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)
alcarraza: alcarraza (jug made of porous earthenware)
alcarreño: of, from or relating to the city of Guadalajara or surrounding province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
alcarreño: native or inhabitant of the city of Guadalajara or surrounding province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (usually male)
alcarria: plateau, especially one bare of vegetation
alcartaz: paper cone
alcasínic: any small black ant found in homes.
alcatifa: carpet (a fabric used as a floor covering)
alcatraz: gannet (bird)
alcatraz: roll of paper, paper cone, cornet; arum (Arum spp.); lily; calla lily
alcatraz atlántico: northern gannet
alcaucil: artichoke (vegetable); dolt
alcaudón: shrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns)