1. An attack without warning
   - coup de main

Type of: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught

• alluvion
• alluvium
• ally
• ally with
• allyl
• allyl alcohol
• allyl group
• allyl radical
• allyl resin
• allylic
• alma mater
• Alma-Ata
• Almagest
• almanac
• almandine
• almandite
• Almaty
• almighty
• almond
• almond cookie
• almond crescent
• almond extract
• almond moth
• almond oil
• almond tree