alâ

Definition of alâ in English English dictionary: American Library Association; Acacia Leadership Academy; Alpha Linolenic Acid; A winglike anatomical process or part, especially of bone; In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard; The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family; A wing or winglike structure; a wing of an insect; The nasal skin that forms the outside of the nostril; Association of Local Authorities Now part of the LGA; The American Library Association This is the national organization for all types of libraries Based in Chicago, it sponsors on going training and research for the profession, publications, annual conferences for staff and trustees and lobbies at the national level The Library has an institutional membership; a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"; A 'wing', used to describe a Roman auxiliary cavalry unit; The American Library Association; professional organization for librarians, and the oldest professional library organization in the world; American Library Association Established in 1876; American Lung Association; Outer side of the nostril; abbreviation for American Library Association, but also the description usually given to their convention and trade exhibit held annually in July; Alabama; Activism Lobbying and Advocacy; American Library Association; founded in 1876 to promote library service and librarianship; national conferences are held each year in different parts of the country; American Libraries, published monthly by ALA, provides library related information on a national level; {e} according to, in the style of (French); A winglike organ, or part; a wing of an insect a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae; {i} structure resembling a wing; wing; state in the southeastern United States
M.D. Ala.: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, as used in case citations
N.D. Ala.: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, as used in case citations
S.D. Ala.: United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, as used in case citations
alas: Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief
Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
alas: feelings You use alas to say that you think that the facts you are talking about are sad or unfortunate. Such scandals have not, alas, been absent Alas, it's not that simple. = sadly. used to express sadness, shame, or fear
alas: An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white
alas: {i} betokening sorrow or pity
Alas: A type of thermokarst depression with steep sides and a flat, grass-covered floor, found in thermokarst terrain, produced by thawing of extensive areas of very thick and exceedingly ice-rich permafrost Compare - thermokarst depression NRC and GG
Alas: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"
Alas: auwÃ«
Alas: Early Victorian for 'Oh Hell'
akwa'ala: the Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala people a member of a North American Indian people living in Baja California
alas: {ü} exclamation expressing sorrow or concern