Los alamitos
a town in S California.
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a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc. . Historical Examples Set of Elizabethian sheep’s trotters, from the Hearl of alamode. Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 Various On first night of the news plaintiff was quite delirious; took six plates of alamode beef, and two pots […]
- Alamogordo
a city in S New Mexico: first atomic bomb exploded in the desert about 50 miles (80 km) NW of here, July 16, 1945. Historical Examples Army officials simply stated that a munitions storage area had accidentally exploded at the Alamogordo Bombing Range. Trinity [Atomic test] Site White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office There […]
- Alamos
a poplar. a Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, besieged by Mexicans on February 23, 1836, during the Texan war for independence and taken on March 6, 1836, with its entire garrison killed. a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center. Historical Examples He’d even guessed she might be coming down with alamos fever. […]
- Alamoth
alamoth virgins, a musical term (1 Chr. 15:20), denoting that the psalm which bears this inscription (Ps. 46) was to be sung by soprano or female voices.
- Alan
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”. a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets. Contemporary Examples (We’ll leave Shirley Chisholm, Alan Keyes and Carol Moseley-Braun out of this). Irrational Obama Exuberance John Avlon November 25, 2008 Alan instructs Tron on the […]