| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah |
15 May Organization
|
| acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time |
ageing
,
aging
,
ripening
|
| left- and right-handed |
ambidextrous
|
| right- and left-handed, being both |
ambidextrous
|
| third finger (especially of the left hand) |
annualry
,
ring finger
|
| large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries |
aorta
|
| orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta |
aortic orifice
|
| semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart |
aortic valve
|
| artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery |
arteria celiaca
,
celiac artery
,
celiac trunk
,
truncus celiacus
|
| ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle |
ascending aorta
|
| abnormal opening between the left and right atria of the heart |
atrial septal defect
|
| left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
atrium sinistrum
,
left atrium
,
left atrium of the heart
|
| left-handed |
awkward
,
clumsy
,
dubious
,
gauche
,
insincere
,
maladroit
,
sinistral
,
southpaw
|
| radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977 |
Baader-Meinhof Gang
,
Baader Meinhof Gang
|
| handwriting slanting to the left |
backhand
|
| control character that indicates moving a space to the left |
backspace character
|
| something left after other parts have been taken away |
balance
,
remainder
,
residual
,
residue
,
residuum
,
rest
|
| wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip |
baldric
,
baldrick
|
| two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe |
Balkan Wars
|
| mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left |
bar sinister
,
bend sinister
|
