| ALQAIDA | Arabic for "the base" |
| CRIMSON | *This color's name comes from the Arabic for the name of an ancient red dye |
| CHECKMATE | *This English word comes from the Arabic for "the king is dead" |
| ALJAZEERA | News network whose name is Arabic for "the peninsula" |
| EULER | Mathematician who popularised notational conventions including i to denote the imaginary unit and e for the base of the natural logarithm (5) |
| FLOOR | Word for the base/bottom of a room that, in the sense "bring to the ground", is synonymous with baffle, defeat, flummox, puzzle, stump (5) |
| OCTAL | Eight-related (like the common term for the Base 8 number system) |
| GENERALCAR | Transportation for the base honcho? |
| RADIX | 10, for the base 10 system |
| CHASSIS | French-derived term for the base frame of a car (7) |
| LIONS | What did Sir Edwin Landseer sculpt for the base of Nelson's Column in London? (5) |
| SASH | From the Arabic for "muslin, turban", a word for a strip of fine cloth twisted around the head originally, later a ribbon worn over one shoulder or around the waist (4) |
| SAFARI | From the Arabic for "travel" and in turn the Swahili for "journey", a trip observing wild animals in Africa (6) |
| SYRUP | From the Arabic for "sherbet" and source of "sorbet", a sugary liquid used for drinks, drizzling on ice cream, preserving fruit or for sweetening (5) |
| IMAM | From Arabic for "lead the way" or "he guided", title, found in the name of a "swooning" aubergine dish, of the prayer or salat leader of a mosque (4) |
| ACHERNAR | Brightest star in the southern constellation Eridanus, named from the Arabic for 'end of the river' (8) |
| RAI | Algerian pop music that drew its name from the Arabic for "opinion" or "that's the thinking, here's the view" (3) |
| SIROCCO | From the Arabic for "east wind", a hot and dusty Mediterranean "jugo" originating in the Sahara; a drying machine; or, any desert breeze (7) |
| CURCUMA | Plant genus of the family Zingiberaceae named from the Arabic for 'turmeric' (7) |
| ADMIRAL | From Arabic for "commander of", word for the most senior officer of a fleet or navy; or, their flagship (7) |
