| aliyah | (n) (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah, Example: he was called on for an aliyah |
| aliyah | (n) (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel, Example: students making aliyah |
| ali | (n) United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942), Syn. Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali |
| ali | (n) the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects |
| alias | (n) a name that has been assumed temporarily, Syn. assumed name, false name |
| alias | (adv) as known or named at another time or place, Syn. also known as, a.k.a., Example: Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette |
| ali baba | (n) the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment |
| alibi | (n) (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question |
| alibi | (v) exonerate by means of an alibi |
| alicyclic compound | (n) an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms |
| alidade | (n) surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments, Syn. alidad |
| alidade | (n) surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles, Syn. alidad |
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| Alias | n.; |
| Alias | adv. [ L., fr. alius. See Else. ] (Law) |
| Alibi | n. [ L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias. ] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; |
| Alibility | n. Quality of being alible. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alible | a. [ L. alibilis, fr. alere to nourish. ] Nutritive; nourishing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alicant | n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alicyclic | a. (Org. Chem.) pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare |
| Alidade | n. [ LL. alidada, alhidada, fr. Ar. al-'idāda a sort of rule: cf. F. alidade. ] The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alien | v. t. [ F. aliéner, L. alienare. ] To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [ R. ] “It the son alien lands.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alien | a. [ OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See Else. ] An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Alias { m } | alias [Add to Longdo] |
| Alias-Effekt { m } | aliasing [Add to Longdo] |
| Aliasing-Frequenz { f } | aliased frequency [Add to Longdo] |
| Aliasname { m }; Hilfsname { m } | surrogate name [Add to Longdo] |
| Alibi { n } | alibi [Add to Longdo] |
| Alibipolitik { f } | tokenism [Add to Longdo] |
| Alimente { f }; Unterhaltszahlung { f } | Alimente { pl } | alimony | alimonies [Add to Longdo] |
| alias | alias [Add to Longdo] |
| aliphatisch; kettenförmig { adj } [ chem. ] | aliphatic [Add to Longdo] |
| alimentär { adj } [ med. ] | alimentary [Add to Longdo] |
| Alicekolibri { m } [ ornith. ] | Green-tailed Emerald [Add to Longdo] |
