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alcándara: perch; hanger
alcántara: wooden cover over a loom treadle to protect velvet; water jug; bridge
alcázar: alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain); citadel, castle, fortified town; quarterdeck
alcélafo: hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
alcóxido: alkoxide
aldaba: latch, bolt; doorknocker
aldabear: to knock on the door with the knocker.
aldabonazo: door knock; a hit with a doorknocker; call to attention, wake-up call
aldabón: synonym of aldaba; doorknocker
aldea: village
aldea global: global village
aldeano: villager, countryman
aldeano: rustic; rural
aldehuela: hamlet, small village
aldehídico: aldehydic
aldehído: aldehyde
aldehído fórmico: formaldehyde
alditol: alditol
aldolasa: aldolase
aldopentosa: aldopentose
aldosa: aldose
aldosterona: aldosterone
aldosteronemia: aldosteronemia
aldosteronismo: aldosteronism
aldólico: aldol
aldónico: aldonic
ale: ale (intoxicating liquor)
aleación: alloy; alloying
aleante: alloying
alear: to alloy; to ally
aleatoriamente: randomly
aleatoriedad: randomness
aleatorio: random, aleatory
aleatorización: randomization
aleatorizador: randomizer, randomiser
aleatorizar: to randomize
alebresta: only used in se alebresta, third-person singular present indicative of alebrestarse
alebrestad: only used in os ... alebrestad, syntactic variant of alebrestaos, second-person plural imperative of alebrestarse
alebrestando: only used in se ... alebrestando, syntactic variant of alebrestándose, gerund of alebrestarse
alebrestar: only used in se ... alebrestar, syntactic variant of alebrestarse
alebrestarse: to get excited; to become nervous
alebreste: only used in me alebreste, first-person singular present subjunctive of alebrestarse
alebrestemos: only used in nos alebrestemos, first-person plural present subjunctive of alebrestarse
alebresten: only used in se alebresten, third-person plural present subjunctive of alebrestarse
alebrestá: only used in te ... alebrestá, syntactic variant of alebrestate, second-person singular voseo imperative of alebrestarse
alebrije: A brightly-colored Mexican handcrafted sculpture usually made from papier-mâché or wood depicting a fantastical animal.
aleccionador: exemplary; instructive
aleccionamiento: teaching
aleccionar: to teach, to train
alechugar: to fold, to pleat
alecrín: a tree, Holocalyx
alectomancia: alectryomancy
alectomancía: alternative spelling of alectomancia
alectoria: alectoria
aledaño: bordering, neighboring
alefangina: a purgative medicine made from aloe
alefato: Hebrew alphabet; Arabic alphabet
alefriz: mortise, rabbet (on the keel or stem)
alegación: allegation
alegadamente: allegedly