- a variant spelling of dhal
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dal
(däl),USA pronunciation n. [East Indian Cookery.]
dāl (däl),USA pronunciation n.
Dal (däl),USA pronunciation n.
dal,
- Food, Weights and Measuresa sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice. Also dhal.
- Hindi dāl split pulse, cooked pulse; compare Sanskrit dāl- to split
dāl (däl),USA pronunciation n.
- the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Arabic
Dal (däl),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa river in S Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. ab. 250 mi. (405 km) long.
dal,
- dekaliter;
dekaliters.
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dhal
(däl),USA pronunciation n. [East Indian Cookery.]
dhāl (ᵺäl),USA pronunciation n.
- Fooddal.
dhāl (ᵺäl),USA pronunciation n.
- the ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Arabic
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a tropical African and Asian leguminous shrub, Cajanus cajan, cultivated in tropical regions for its nutritious pealike seeds - Former name: pigeon pea
the seed of this shrub a curry made from lentils or other pulses
'dal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
DS
- Dalkon Shield
- Dallas
- Dallis grass
- Dalton System
- Dalton's law
- Ds
- Dáil Éireann
- al fine
- albuminoid
- amianthus
- amygdaloid
- amyloid
- anthropoid
- antifeudal
- asbestos
- asteroid
- autacoid
- bacterioid
- bacteroid
- caudal anesthesia
- caudal fin
- centroid
- chancroid
- chorioid
- choroid
- cissoid
- coccoid
- colloidal suspension
- conoid
- coralloid
- crinoid
- crystalloid
- cuboid
- cuboidal epithelium
- cycloid
- cycloidal propulsion
- dal segno
- dale
- dally
- dekaliter
- dendroid
- dhal
- discoid
- dole
- ecocide
- epicycloid
- epicycloidal gear
- ethmoid
- factoid