| Alp |
n. |
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. |
| Alp |
n. |
Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. |
| Alp |
n. |
A bullfinch. |
| Alpaca |
n. |
An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| Alpaca |
n. |
Wool of the alpaca. |
| Alpaca |
n. |
A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| Alpen |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Alps. |
| Alpenglow |
n. |
A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air. |
| Alpenhorn |
n. |
Alt. of Alphorn |
| Alpenstock |
n. |
A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. |
| Alpestrine |
a. |
Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. |
| Alpestrine |
a. |
Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timbe/ line; subalpine. |
| Alpha |
n. |
The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| Alpha paper |
|
A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride. |
| Alpha rays |
|
Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium and other radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positively charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field. |
| Alphabet |
n. |
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. |
| Alphabet |
n. |
The simplest rudiments; elements. |
| Alphabet |
v. t. |
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. |
| Alphabetarian |
n. |
A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. |
| Alphabetic |
a. |
Alt. of Alphabetical |
| Alphabetical |
a. |
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement. |
| Alphabetical |
a. |
Literal. |
| Alphabetically |
adv. |
In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters. |
| Alphabetics |
n. |
The science of representing spoken sounds by letters. |
| Alphabetism |
n. |
The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. |
| Alphabetize |
v. t. |
To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words. |
| Alphabetize |
v. t. |
To furnish with an alphabet. |
| Alphol |
n. |
A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic. |
| Alphonsine |
a. |
Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). |
| Alphorn |
n. |
A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube. |
| Alpia |
n. |
The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| Alpigene |
a. |
Growing in Alpine regions. |
| Alpine |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants. |
| Alpine |
a. |
Like the Alps; lofty. |
| Alpinist |
n. |
A climber of the Alps. |
| Alpist |
n. |
Alt. of Alpia |
