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.
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.
Alpha (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
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.
Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.
Alphonsine (a.) Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).
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
Alpia (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.
Alquifou (n.) A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
Already (adv.) Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
Als (adv.) Also.
Als (adv.) As.
Alsatian (a.) Pertaining to Alsatia.
Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.
Al segno () A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.
Alsike (n.) A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
Also (adv. & conj.) In like manner; likewise.
Also (adv. & conj.) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Also (adv. & conj.) Even as; as; so.
Alt (a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.
Altaian (a.) Alt. of Altaic
Altaic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
Altar (n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.
Altar (n.) In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.
Altarage (n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
Altarage (n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
Altarist (n.) A chaplain.
Altarist (n.) A vicar of a church.
Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Altarwise (adv.) In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.
Altazimuth (n.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
Altered (imp. & p. p.) of Alter
Altering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alter
Alter (v. t.) To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
Alter (v. t.) To agitate; to affect mentally.
Alter (v. t.) To geld.
Alter (v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Alterability (n.) The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
Alterable (a.) Capable of being altered.
Alterableness (n.) The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
Alterably (adv.) In an alterable manner.
Alterant (a.) Altering; gradually changing.
Alterant (n.) An alterative.
Alteration (n.) The act of altering or making different.
Alteration (n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
Alterative (a.) Causing ateration.
Alterative (a.) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.
Alterative (n.) A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
Altercated (imp. & p. p.) of Altercate
Altercating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Altercate
Altercate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Altercative (a.) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
Alterity (n.) The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.
Altern (a.) Acting by turns; alternate.
Alternacy (n.) Alternateness; alternation.
Alternant (v. t.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
Alternate (a.) Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
Alternate (a.) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
Alternate (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
Alternate (n.) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Alternate (n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
Alternate (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Alternated (imp. & p. p.) of Alternate
Alternating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alternate
Alternate (v. t.) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
Alternate (v. i.) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
Alternately (adv.) In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Alternateness (n.) The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
Alternation (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
Alternation (n.) Permutation.
Alternation (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
Alternative (a.) Offering a choice of two things.
Alternative (a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Alternative (a.) Alternate; reciprocal.
Alternative (n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
Alternative (n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
Alternative (n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.