| AL |
abbreviation of "Alabama," a southeastern U.S. state located between Georgia and Mississippi. |
| Alabama |
a southeastern U.S. state located between Georgia and Mississippi. (abbr.: AL) |
| alligator |
either of two large crocodilian reptiles found in China and the southeastern United States and distinguished by their short broad snouts. |
| Appalachian Mountains |
mountain system in eastern North America extending from southeastern Canada to central Alabama in the United States; Appalachians. |
| Aral Sea |
formerly, a very large, single lake in Central Asia. Once one of the world's largest lakes, the Aral Sea has vastly diminished in volume of water and has divided into separate parts as a result of the diversion, for agricultural purposes, of the rivers that fed the lake. The southeastern part of the Aral Sea has become entirely dry. |
| bald cypress |
a cone-bearing tree that grows in the swamps of the southeastern United States, the wood of which is used in construction and shipbuilding. |
| Bavaria |
a German state on the southeastern border. |
| bayou |
a marshy lake or slow-moving or stagnant river tributary, found esp. in the southeastern United States. |
| betel nut |
the nut of the betel palm, chewed together with betel pepper leaves and lime in southeastern Asia as a mild stimulant and narcotic. |
| black belt |
a region in the southeastern United States with a belt of rich black soil suited to growing cotton. [1/3 definitions] |
| blackjack |
a small oak with black bark, found in the southeastern United States. [1/6 definitions] |
| cabbage palmetto |
a cabbage palm of the southeastern United States. |
| Cape Maleia |
the southeastern promontory of the Peloponnesus, where, in Greek mythology, Odysseus was thrown off course. |
| Cherokee |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the southeastern United States, and now is mostly in Oklahoma and North Carolina. [1/2 definitions] |
| congo eel |
an eellike salamander of the southeastern United States that has two pairs of small nonfunctioning legs; congo snake. |
| copperhead |
a venomous snake of the southeastern United States having a copper-colored body with darker bands. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cumberland |
a U.S. river that flows from southeastern Kentucky westward through Tennessee, emptying into the Ohio river in southwestern Kentucky. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cyprus |
a Mediterranean island country near the southeastern coast of Turkey. |
| dahoon |
an evergreen shrub or low tree that bears red berries and is grown in the southeastern United States as a hedge. |
| Deep South |
the southeastern U.S. region, esp. Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, considered most typically Southern. |
| Eastern Roman Empire |
the eastern division of the Roman Empire, comprising the Turkish peninsula and part of southeastern Europe, esp. from 395 to 476 A.D., after which it is called the Byzantine Empire. (Cf. Western Roman Empire.) |