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Definitions: AL-

AL-

Prefix

1. The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

2. To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.

3. All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definitions: AL-

DomainDefinitions

Computing

AL 1. Assembly Language. 2. artificial life. al The country code for Albania. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: AL-

Synonyms by domain: Action limit (meteorology & standards, labor), Action Line (european union), Adaptation Level (medicine), Advanced low-power Schottky (electrical engineering), AIR LAOS (transportation), Airborne Laser (military & defense), Albania (geographygeography, law), Albania-ISO code (geography, meteorology & standards), Alphabetic (computing, language), aluminium (chemistry), amber glow lamp (computing, post & telecom), amber indicating lamp, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (medicine), Anti-Lymphocyte Serum, approvable letter, arm language (computing), Artificial language, Assembler Language, Assembly language, Attenuated Live (medicine), Local subscribers directory (computing, meteorology & standards), Republic of Albania (geographygeography, law).

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Crosswords: AL-

English words defined with "AL-": Ad-. (references)
Non-English Usage: "AL-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Faeroese (general, universal, worldwide), Hungarian (sub, vice).

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Modern Usage: AL-

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Al- Bahth an fadiha (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: AL-

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

They constitute over 75 percent of the student body at the National University in Al- Ain, largely because women, unlike men, rarely study abroad. (references)

Economic History

Yemen

The government prepared legal cases against four southern leaders--Ali Salim Al- Bidh, HaydarAbu Bakr Al-Attas, Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri, and Salih MunassarAl-Siyali--for misappropriation of official funds. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: AL-

Language Translations for "AL-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Korean 

  

알루미늄 (Al, Aluminium, Aluminum). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

al-ay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: AL-

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aluminium. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: AL-

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: al, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-l"
 

+1 letter: aal, ail, ala, alb, ale, all, alp, als, alt, awl, bal, dal, gal, lab, lac, lad, lag, lam, lap, lar, las, lat, lav, law, lax, lay, lea, pal, sal.

 

+2 letters: aals, able, ably, acyl, agly, ails, alae, alan, alar, alas, alba, albs, alec, alee, alef, ales, alfa, alga, alif, alit, alky, alls, ally, alma, alme, alms, aloe, alow, alps, also, alto, alts, alum, amyl, anal, anil, aril, aryl, auld, awls, awol, axal, axel, axil, axle, baal, bail, bald, bale, balk, ball, balm, bals, bawl, blab, blae, blah, blam, blat, blaw, bola, calf, calk, call, calm, calo, calx, carl, caul, clad, clag, clam, clan, clap, claw, clay, coal, cola, dahl, dale, dals, deal, dhal, dial, dual, earl, egal, elan, fail, fall, falx, farl, feal, fila, flab, flag, flak, flam, flan, flap, flat, flaw, flax, flay, flea, foal, gala, gale, gall, gals, gaol, glad, glia, goal, hail, hale, half, hall, halm, halo, halt, harl, haul, heal, hila, hula, hyla, ilea, ilia, ilka, jail, jarl, kail, kale, kola, labs, lace, lack, lacs, lacy, lade, lads, lady, lags, laic, laid, lain, lair, lake, lakh, laky, lall, lama, lamb, lame, lamp, lams, land, lane, lang, lank, laps, lard, lari, lark, lars, lase, lash, lass, last, late, lath, lati, lats, laud, lava, lave, lavs, lawn, laws, lays, laze, lazy, lead, leaf, leak, leal, lean, leap, lear, leas, leva, liar, lima, lipa, lira, load, loaf, loam, loan, loca, lota, luau, luna, mail, male, mall, malm, malt, marl, maul, meal, mola, nail, olea, olla, opal, oral, oval, pail, pale, pall, palm, palp, pals, paly, pawl, peal, pial, plan, plat, play, plea, pula, rail, rale, real, rial, sail, sale, sall, salp, sals, salt, saul, seal, sial, slab, slag, slam, slap, slat, slaw, slay, sola, tael, tail, tala, talc, tale, tali, talk, tall, teal, tela, tola, ulan, ulna, ulva, vail, vale, veal, vela, vial, wail, wale, walk, wall, waly, waul, wawl, weal, yald, yawl, zeal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AL-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

354615

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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