alto-, alt-, alti-

A sexual desire for a person (not necessarily a woman) wearing high heels.

1. To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; to augment.
2. To provide with improved, advanced, or sophisticated features: "My new computer software will enhance my ability to do more work faster."
3. To raise to a higher degree; to intensify; to magnify.
4. To make better or more attractive.
5. Etymology: From about 1280, anhaunsen, "to raise, to make higher"; later enhauncen, "raise in station, wealth, fame". Borrowed from Anglo-French enhauncer, enhalcier, "to make greater", from Vulgar Latin inaltiare, alteration of Late Latin inaltare, "to raise, to exalt".

1. Increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality.
2. Improved quality, amount, or strength.

1. An improvement that makes something more agreeable or pleasant.
2. With computers, a change to a product which is intended to make it better in some way; for example: new functions, faster, or occasionally more compatible with other systems.

Enhancements to hardware components, especially integrated circuits often mean they are smaller and less demanding of resources.

1. Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities.
2. A person or thing that enhances.
2. In genetics, a gene or gene fragment that activates other genes.

1. Genetic elements important in the function of a specific promoter.
2. A term referring to any of the popular special-effect signal processing products used primarily in the recording and performing areas.

All enhancers, or exciters, work by adding harmonic distortion of some sort; but harmonic distortion which is found pleasing by most listeners.

1. The act of making something greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness.
2. That which raises to a higher degree; intensifies; or magnifies.
4. Making something better or more attractive.

1. Raising, increasing, or augmenting.
2. Augumenting or making something greater.
3. Improving something by adding features.