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-al
2- 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- ( -ar 1 ); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.
al.
3abbreviation for
- other things.
Al
4- aluminum.
-al
5- a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin:
denial; refusal.
al.
6abbreviation for
- other persons.
-al
7- Chemistry. a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group:
chloral.
al
8[ ahl ]
noun
AL
9abbreviation for
- Alabama (approved especially for use with zip code).
al-
10- variant of ad- before l: allure.
Al-
11- a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of ”:
Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud.
AL.
12abbreviation for
- Anglo-Latin.
a.l.
13abbreviation for
- autograph letter.
A.L.
14abbreviation for
- Baseball. American League.
- American Legion.
- Anglo-Latin.
AL
1abbreviation for
- Alabama
- Anglo-Latin
- (in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams)
- Albania (international car registration)
-al
2suffix forming nouns
- the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem
renewal
recital
rebuttal
al
3the internet domain name for
- Albania
-al
4suffix forming adjectives
- of; related to; connected with
tonal
sectional
functional
Al
5the chemical symbol for
- aluminium
-al
6suffix forming nouns
- indicating an aldehyde
ethanal
- indicating a pharmaceutical product
phenobarbital
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Example Sentences
One might almost think that my depressor alæ nasi was a vermiform appendix.
Small leaves are sometimes intermixed with the head, and the plant produces sprouts of flowers from the alæ of the leaves.
The widow does not remove the ornaments worn in the helices of the ears, and in the alæ and septum of the nose.
Alæ breviusculæ, sat angustæ; anticæ apud costam convexæ, apice rotundatæ, margine exteriore perobliquo.
Alæ latiusculæ, non longæ; anticæ apud costam rectæ, apice subrotundatæ, margine exteriore vix convexo.
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