(figuratively) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Postal code: AK, largest city: Anchorage. / A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.

Ellipsis of baked Alaska..

(now poetic) England (or sometimes the British Isles). / A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. / A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Illinois.

An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.

(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

Characteristic of a smart aleck

One who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor. / One who is pretentious about their own cleverness or knowledge. / One who is obnoxiously self-assured; a show off. / (rare) A well-dressed person.