AlrewasA village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1715).
alrightUsed to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
alrightnikA person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.
alrightyUsed to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
AlrishaA binary star in the constellation Pisces; alpha (α) Piscium.
AlsaceA cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.
alsactideA synthetic peptide and analogue of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), used as a diagnostic agent in kidney function for adrenal insufficiency.
AlsagerA town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7955).
AlsatiaAn area lying north of London's River Thames, once privileged as a sanctuary and thus known as a refuge for criminals. It spanned from the Whitefriars monastery to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple.
alsatianOf, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
AlseaAn extinct Penutian language spoken in the United States.
AlsekA wilderness river flowing from Yukon into Northern British Columbia and into Alaska.
ALSerA person with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
alseroxylonA purified extract of the root of Rauvolfia serpentina, used as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris and as a sedative in psychosis.
AlsvidIn Norse mythology, one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun.
altOf a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
altaRose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.
AltadenaA census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
AltaiThe people living in the region of the Altai mountains.
AltaianOf or relating to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
AltaicOf or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japonic and Koreanic languages.
AltaicistA linguist who subscribes to the Altaic language group hypothesis.
AltairThe brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
AltenrheinA village in Thal municipality, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
AltensA suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9502).
altenueneThe toxic chromenone (2S,3S,4aS)-2,3,7-trihydroxy-9-methoxy-4a-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one present in the fungus Alternaria tenuis
alteplaseA form of the enzyme plasminogen activator (trademark Activase) produced by genetic engineering and used to dissolve blood clots in thromboembolic disorders such as myocardial infarction, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
alterhumanA category of personal identity which encompasses identification that is alternative to the common societal idea of humanity. This can include but is not limited to: otherkind, therianthropes, phytanthropes, celestials, soulbonders, spiritual mediums, and plural systems.
alteriteA rare yellow-green mineral with the chemical formula Zn2Fe3+4(SO4)4(C2O4)2(OH)4·17H2O.
alteritismAn approach in postcolonial literary criticism that seeks to bypass orientalist or Eurocentric perspectives but, in foregrounding otherness, reproduces colonial ideas of the exotic.
alterityOtherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
altermagnetismA type of persistent magnetic state in ideal crystals.
alternansucraseA glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.
alternantAlternating from one row of a matrix to another.
alternantheraAny of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
alternatThe custom, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.
alternateHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
alternateenA teenager with an interest in alternative rock and the associated youth counterculture, particularly with visible markers such as piercings.