alabaster
— Noun
– English
～ a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
alabaster
— Noun
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～ a hard compact kind of calcite
alacrity
— Noun
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～ liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
Aladdin
— Noun
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～ in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
alalia
— Noun
– English
～ paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak
Al Alamayn
— Noun
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～ a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
alamo
— Noun
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～ a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
alanine
— Noun
– English
～ a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins
alar
— Noun
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～ a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
Alaric
— Noun
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～ king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410)
alarm
— Noun
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～ fear resulting from the awareness of danger
alarm
— Noun
– English
～ a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
alarm
— Noun
– English
～ a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
alarm
— Noun
– English
～ an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger