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Allowing
- verb -
- allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
- allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
- consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
- Permit
Alloying
- verb - lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- make an alloy of
Allspice
- noun - aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
- deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
- ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
Alluding
- verb - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
- Refer to
Alluring
- verb - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
- highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
Allusion
- noun - passing reference or indirect mention
Allusive
- adjective - characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
Alluvial
- adjective - of or relating to alluvium
Alluvion
- noun - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"