| var. of ad- before l: allure. |
| a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of”: Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud. |
| a suffix with the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of” that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from Latin (autumnal; natural; pastoral), and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal). Originally, -al1 was restricted to stems not containing an -l- (cf. ar- 1 ); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial. |
| a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin: denial; refusal. |
| Chemistry. a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group: chloral. |
| 1. | Alabama (approved esp. for use with zip code). |
| 2. | Anglo-Latin. |
| aluminum. |
| 1. | other things. Origin: < L alia |
| 2. | other persons. |
| autograph letter. |
| a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes. |
| Al The symbol for the element aluminum. |
| AL abbr.
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Al·a·bam·a 2  (āl'ə-bām'ə)  A state of the southeast United States. It was admitted as the 22nd state in 1819. Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Montgomery is the capital and Birmingham the largest city. Population: 4,630,000. Al'a·ba'mi·an (-bā'mē-ən), Al'a·bam'an adj. & n. |
| a·lu·mi·num (ə-lōō'mə-nəm) n. Symbol Al A silvery-white, ductile metallic element, the most abundant in the earth's crust but found only in combination, chiefly in bauxite. Having good conductive and thermal properties, it is used to form many hard, light, corrosion-resistant alloys. Atomic number 13; atomic weight 26.98; melting point 660.2°C; boiling point 2,467°C; specific gravity 2.69; valence 3. See Table at element. [alumin(a) + -(i)um.] |
| Arab League also League of Arab States Abbr. AL An association of Arab states established in 1945 to promote cooperation among member nations in matters relating to economic and social development and foreign policy. |
Al
The symbol for the element aluminum.
al- pref.
Variant of ad-.
-al 3
suff.
Aldehyde: butyral.
AL
1. Assembly Language.
2. artificial life.
al networking
The country code for Albania.
(1999-01-27)
| Al aluminum |
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