Glossary · Nouns · A
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Airportnounan airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargoverified
Airsicknessnounmotion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)verified
Aislenounpassageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in storesverified
Akeenounwidely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruitsverified
Akee TreenounMWEwidely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruitsverified
Al Itihaad Al IslamiyanounMWEa fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaedaverified
Al Sunna Wal JammanounMWEa resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacksverified
Al-Aksa Martyrs BrigadesnounMWEa militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bankverified
Al-Asifanouna Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian stateverified
Al-Fatahnouna Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian stateverified
Al-Gama'a Al-IslamiyyanounMWEa terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalistsverified
Al-Ma'unahnouna radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic stateverified
Al-Muhajirounnouna hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groupsverified
Al-Qa'idanouna terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groupsverified
Al-Qaedanouna terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groupsverified
Al-Qaidanouna terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groupsverified
Al-Qur'announthe sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medinaverified
Al-Rashid TrustnounMWEa terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international systemverified
Albucanounany of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowersverified
Albuminoidnouna simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eyeverified
Alcaptonnounan acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanineverified
Alcaptonurianouna rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urineverified
Alchemistnounone who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stoneverified
Alcoholnounany of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillationverified
Alcohol Amnestic DisordernounMWEdementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholismverified
Alcohol ThermometernounMWEthermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperatureverified
Alcohol-In-Glass ThermometernounMWEthermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperatureverified
Alcoholic DementianounMWEdementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholismverified