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Type Words
Synonyms aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13
Type of metal, metallic element
Has types potassium alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum, alum, potash alum
Type Words
Synonyms ala., alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie
Type of south

Examples of al

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He finished far ahead of Detroit center fielder Austin Jackson for the AL honor.
From the stltoday.com
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has said he will let the south secede peacefully.
From the thenewstribune.com
Some al-Qaida leaders, notably Ayman al-Zawahri, have roots in the organization.
From the sacbee.com
Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, took power in a military coup in 1989.
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He added a Gold Glove and finished third in the AL MVP voting, for good measure.
From the bostonherald.com
The AL East title is still on the line, and so is the best record in the league.
From the washingtontimes.com
However, it asked that al-Megrahi be confined to Scotland should he be released.
From the washingtontimes.com
Qusayr Amra perfectly expressed al-Walid's alleged love of debauchery and power.
From the online.wsj.com
Qusayr Amra seems to have been abandoned not long after al-Walid's death in 744.
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  • Aluminum: a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
  • Alabama: a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
  • (ally) a friendly nation
  • Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"
  • (ally) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"
  • (als) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
  • Al- (Arabic: u0627u0644u200Eu200E, also transliterated as el- as pronounced in varieties of Arabic) is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (u1E25arf) whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed definite. For example, the word u0643u062Au0627u0628 kitu0101b "book" can be made definite by prefixing it with al-, resulting in u0627u0644u0643u062Au0627u0628 al-kitu0101b "the book"...
  • .al is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Albania. It is administered by the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority of Albania (AKEP).
  • The suffix -al is the IUPAC nomenclature used in organic chemistry to form names of aldehydes containing the -(CO)H group. It was extracted from the word "aldehyde".