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| alterant |
resulting in or producing alteration. [2 definitions] |
| alterative |
tending to alter or cause alteration. |
| always |
without alteration or deviation; invariably. [1/3 definitions] |
| change |
a transformation or alteration. [1/18 definitions] |
| corruption |
an improper alteration, as of a word or text. [1/5 definitions] |
| endorsement |
an alteration to the original terms of an insurance policy or other contract. [1/3 definitions] |
| inflection |
in grammar, the alteration in the form of words that allows the communication of information such as the gender, number, or case of a noun; the tense of a verb; or the degree of an adjective or adverb. [2/5 definitions] |
| microevolution |
the slight hereditary alteration of an organism, as by new combinations of genes, that precedes a small degree of change in a particular form of life. |
| modification |
an alteration, limitation, or other result of modifying. [1/5 definitions] |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. [1/3 definitions] |
| plasticity |
in medicine, the capacity for continuous alteration of synapses and neural networks in the brain. [1/4 definitions] |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. [1/2 definitions] |
| sea change |
any striking transformation or alteration, often an improvement. [1/2 definitions] |
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