Arabic-Latin Loanwords

These Arabic words were borrowed into medieval Latin... then they made it into English. How many of them do you know?
Sources: Etymonline, Wiktionary
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Intoxicant commonly found in drinks
Alcohol
A branch of mathematics
Algebra
Most common food sweetener
Sugar
An embalmed corpse
Mummy
The commander of a fleet
Admiral
Arcane nature-manipulating practices
Alchemy
A numeral, zero, or a freestyle rap session
Cypher
Secretive and tactical murderer
Assassin
A potion that might grant eternal life
Elixir
Point in the sky right above you
Zenith
Fossilised resin which often contains the remains of insects
Amber
The joining of different things, like metals or companies
Amalgamation
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