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alcazar

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a Spanish fortress or palace
    Word History: originally from an Arabic word meaning "castle"
    Example Sentence: The King lived in an alcazar.
    Submitted by: Gibbles from Indiana, USA on 12/03/2007 06:49

aleap

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to leap suddenly off from a high spot
    Example Sentence: She aleaped from the back of the sofa.
    Submitted by: Jade from England on 08/15/2008 10:59

aledog

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a creature that looks like a dog with an alligator head
    Example Sentence: The aledog snapped at us with a bark.
    Submitted by: Hav133 from KY, USA on 06/08/2008 11:38

alehausted

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: being exhausted but strangely alert
    Example Sentence: I was up all night writing an essay, and now I'm completely alehausted.
    Submitted by: Anonymous from NSW, Australia on 12/04/2008 11:35

alektorophobia

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: an extreme fear of chickens or other kinds of poultry
    Example Sentence: He has alektorophobia, which means he won't eat at Chicken Hut with us tonight.
    Submitted by: David from Ohio, USA on 01/01/2008 12:26

aleph

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to be pegged by or impaled on horns
    Word History: from eleph which means "ox"
    Example Sentence: She got alephed yesterday morning.
    Submitted by: Jacob from IL, USA on 06/10/2008 04:27

alergican

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a person who is allergic to at least one thing
    Example Sentence: She was an alergican because she was allergic to wool.
    Submitted by: Jperl from New Hampshire on 02/24/2011 03:25

alertion

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a state of ready alertness
    Example Sentence: Someone was shouting at him, and he was suddenly struck with extreme alertion.
    Submitted by: Anonymous from USA on 02/19/2012 04:09

alfalolla

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to dillydally and go crazy with wasted time
    Example Sentence: Everybody wants to affalolla when they have to do something boring.
    Submitted by: Kyle from Illinois, USA on 12/10/2007 09:50

algebrat

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a person who brags about their math skills
    Example Sentence: The algebrat kept shouting out the answers to each math equation the teacher wrote on the board.
    Submitted by: Dorinda from New York on 10/11/2012 07:26