al : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
  ibn-Sina; Avicenna.
  

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• noun a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey
  

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• noun a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
  Battle of El Alamein; El Alamein.
  

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• noun Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
  Aqaba; Akaba.
  

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• noun United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
  Alphonse Capone; Capone; Scarface.
  

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• adjective satellite of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten
  

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• noun an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
  Harkat ul-Mujahedeen; HUA; HUM; Harkat-ul-Mujahidin; Harkat ul-Ansar; Movement of Holy Warriors.
  

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• noun Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
  Albert Gore Jr.; Gore.
  

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• noun United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003)
  Hirschfeld.
  

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• noun a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries
  al Itihaad al Islamiya; Islamic Unity; AIAI.
  

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• noun United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)
  Asa Yoelson; Jolson.
  

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• noun a seaport on the western coast of Syria
  Latakia.
  

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• noun a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
  Medina.
  

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• noun a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat
  

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• noun the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
  capital of Egypt; Cairo; Egyptian capital; El Qahira.
  

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• noun a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda
  Lashkar-e-Omar.
  

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Al` se"gno

Etymology

It., to the mark or sign.

Definitions

1. (Mus.) A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign .

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• noun a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks
  Followers of the Phrophet.
  

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• noun an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons
  Divine Unity; Al Tawhid.
  

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Al- prefix

Definitions

1. AS. eal. All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost.
2. L. ad. To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.
3. The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

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• noun a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
  Aksa Martyrs Brigades; al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
  

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• noun a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
  al-Asifa; Fatah.
  
  • al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s

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• noun a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
  al-Asifa; Fatah.
  
  • al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s

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• noun a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails
  Islamic Group.
  
  • al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule

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• noun an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021)
  

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• noun an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
  Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; Alhacen; al-Haytham; Alhazen.
  

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• noun an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
  Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; Alhacen; al-Haytham; Alhazen.
  

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• noun an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea
  Hodeida.
  

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• noun a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
  Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq.
  

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• noun a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries
  al Itihaad al Islamiya; Islamic Unity; AIAI.
  

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• noun a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
  Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; Libyan Fighting Group; Libyan Islamic Group; FIG.
  

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• noun an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
  Egyptian Islamic Jihad; Islamic Jihad; Vanguards of Conquest.
  
  • the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981

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• noun a 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 state
  

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• noun a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956
  Morocco; Marruecos; Maroc; Kingdom of Morocco.
  

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• noun a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups
  

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• noun a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden
  Mukalla.
  

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Al-phit"o*man`cy noun

Etymology

Gr. barley meal + -mancy: cf. F. alphitomancie.

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1. Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.

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• noun a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
  Base; Qaeda; al-Qa'ida; al-Qaeda.
  

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• noun a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
  Base; Qaeda; al-Qa'ida; al-Qaeda.
  

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• noun a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
  Base; Qaeda; al-Qa'ida; al-Qaeda.
  

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• noun the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
  Koran; Quran; Book.
  

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• noun a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system; provides financial support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammed and assists Muslim militants around the world; established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan
  

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• noun an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons
  Divine Unity; Al Tawhid.
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998
  

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• noun a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
  Supporters of Islam; Ansar al Islam.
  

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• noun a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
  Supporters of Islam; Ansar al Islam.
  

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• noun an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda
  Band of Partisans.
  

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• noun areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
  House of War.
  

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• noun areas where Muslims are in the majority
  House of Islam.
  

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• noun the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
  Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah.
  

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• noun the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
  Dhu'l-Hijja; Dhu al-Hijja; Dhu'l-Hijjah.
  

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• noun the eleventh month of the Islamic calendar
  Dhu'l-Qa'dah.
  

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• adverb and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)
  et aliae; et alii; et alia; et al..
  
  • the data reported by Smith et al.
• adverb and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)
  et alibi; et al..
  

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• noun king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005)
  Fahd.
  

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• noun king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
  Faisal.
  

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• noun a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
  Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar.
  

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• noun a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas
  Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Palestine Islamic Jihad; PIJ.
  

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• noun an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
  Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; Alhacen; al-Haytham; Alhazen.
  

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• noun the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
  Feast of Sacrifice.
  

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• noun a Muslim day of feasting at the end of Ramadan
  

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• noun the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
  Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions; Qassam Brigades.
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
  Palestine Liberation Front; PLF.
  

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• noun a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
  MAK.
  

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• noun a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
  Aksa Martyrs Brigades; al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
  

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• noun Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
  Qaddafi; Qadhafi; Muammar el-Qaddafi; Khadafy; Gaddafi.
  

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• noun a desert in southern Saudi Arabia
  Ar Rimsal; Great Sandy Desert; Dahna.
  

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• noun the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
  Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions; Qassam Brigades.
  

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• noun the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
  capital of Libya; Tripoli.
  

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• noun a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
  Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar.
  

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