alphabeticianOne who deals with the alphabet in some way, for example by attempting to make a series of utterances beginning with each letter of the alphabet in order.
alphageometricsA display made up of text characters combined with vector graphics (once an advanced form of videotex, introduced by the Telidon system).
alphagramThe letters of a word, or any other set of letters, arranged in alphabetical order.
alphamethyltryptamineA synthetic tryptamine drug that can act as a psychedelic hallucinogen, as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and as a stimulant.
alphameticA puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the reader challenged to deduce which digit corresponds to each letter.
alphanodavirusAny member of the genus Alphanodavirus of viruses in the family Nodaviridae.
alphanumericConsisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
alphanumericalConsisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumericallyIn an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphaolefinAn unsaturated hydrocarbon with a double bond at the alpha position (the first carbon atom in the chain), typically used in the production of polyethylene, plasticizers, and lubricants.
alphapapillomavirusAny member of the genus Alphapapillomavirus of viruses in the family Papillomaviridae.
alphasyllabaryA segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit, and where each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary; an abugida.
alphasyllabicRelating to an alphasyllabary, or abugida.
AlpheratzA spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
alphetteAn alpha female; a confident, self-assured woman.
AlphingtonAn outer suburb of Exeter, Devon, England, south-west of the city centre (OS grid ref SX9190).
alphitomancyAn Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alphoidDescribing repetitive tandem sequences of DNA in the human centromere
alpholA crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.
AlphonseA male given name from the Germanic languages.
AlphonsianOf or relating to Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), Italian Catholic bishop, writer, and theologian.
alphonsinA surgical instrument, consisting of three prongs surrounded by a ring, which close when the ring is drawn forward and open when the ring is drawn back.
AlphonzoA male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Alfonso.
alphornA long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
alphostatinA phosphopeptide, 1-O-[(2S,3S)-2-[[(2S,3S)-2-amino-3-methylpentanoyl]amino]-3-methylpentanoyl] 5-O-phosphono (2S)-2-[[(2S)-5-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoyl]amino]-5-oxopentanoyl]amino]pentanedioate, that is a phosphatase inhibitor
alpidemAn anxiolytic imidazopyridine drug that is related to zolpidem.
alpidicOf or pertaining to the Alps or features related to the Alpine region. It is often used in geology and geography to describe types of mountain ranges or terrain that resemble the Alps. For example, "alpidic" might describe mountain chains formed through similar tectonic processes or have similar geological features to those found in the Alps.
AlpiglenA settlement in Grindelwald, Bern canton, Switzerland.
alpineOf, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
AlprahamA village in Alpraham and Calveley parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5859).
alprazolamA drug (trademark Xanax) of the benzodiazepine group (8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine), used in the treatment of anxiety.