(aeronautics) The rearmost edge of a wing or other airfoil.

Alternative form of Mideast

Alternative spelling of alkaline earth

(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of alkaline earth metal

(chemistry) Any oxide of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are not as basic as the alkalis, and not so soluble in water.

A governmental department responsible for education and related affairs.

(inorganic chemistry) Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.

A small table placed beside a chair or at each end of a sofa.

(physics) The underlying background energy of empty space associated with constant vacuum fluctuations.

(physics) Energy stored in a ferromagnetic material as a result of the work done by the rotation of its magnetization