"Al-" words from Arabic

Can you guess the Arabic-derived words starting with al- that correspond to the definitions given below?

definitions from merriam-webster.com

"al" is the definite article in classical Arabic

some of the words in this quiz passed into English directly from Arabic; others were borrowed indirectly through a third party language, usually Spanish

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Definition	Word
God as named in Islam	Allah
a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, etc.	alchemy
a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forage	alfalfa
a small recessed section of a room	alcove
any of a family (Diomedeidae) of large web-footed seabirds that have long slender wings, are excellent gliders, and include the largest seabirds	albatross
a generalization of arithmetic in which letters representing numbers are combined according to the rules of arithmetic	algebra
a Muslim learned in religious matters	alim
a procedure for solving a mathematical problem (as of finding the greatest common divisor) in a finite number of steps that frequently involves repetition of an operation	algorithm
a soluble salt obtained from the ashes of plants and consisting largely of potassium or sodium carbonate	alkali
ethanol especially when considered as the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors	alcohol
a Mediterranean evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) with racemose red flowers	algaroba