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Definitions: Alphabetical |
AlphabeticalAdjective1. Relating to or expressed by an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system". 2. Arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alphabetical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Synonym: AlphabeticalSynonym: alphabetic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: analphabetic (adj). (additional references) |
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Sticking things in alphabetical order is quite troublesome, due to the number of letters a word has. So in this list:
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alphabetical."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Letter | Adjective: literal; alphabetical, abecedarian; syllabic; majuscular, minuscular; uncial; (writing). |
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Screenplays | Hey, Hoops, you ever notice how people die in alphabetical order? (One Crazy Summer; writing credit: Savage Steve Holland) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | On the alphabetical front.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | After he had left me, I placed all my words with their interpretations in alphabetical order. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | MEDLINEplus allows you to browse across an alphabetical index. (references) | |
From there you can either search using the alphabetical index or browse by broad topic areas. (references) | ||
Economic History | Barbados | The following list is in alphabetical order. (references) |
Syria | The order in which they appear is alphabetical and has no other significance. (references) | |
Denmark | Investment agreements have been entered with the following countries as of year-end 2000 (in alphabetical order and with year of publication): Argentina (1995); Bolivia (2000); Bulgaria (1996); Chile (1996); China, People's Republic of (1985); Egypt (2000); Estonia (1993); Ghana (2000); Hong Kong (1995); Hungary (1989); India (1997); Indonesia (1970); Korea, South (1988); Korea, North (1999); Latvia (1995); Lithuania (1994); Malaysia (1993); Mongolia (1997); Nicaragua (1998); Pakistan (1997); Peru (1997); Poland (1991); Romania (1996); Russia (1997); Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1993); Sri Lanka (1985); South Africa (1997); Tunisia (2000); Turkey (1993); Ukraine (1995); Venezuela (1997); Vietnam (1995); and Zimbabwe (1999). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Alphabetical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alphabetical" is used about 236 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 236 | 19,516 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "alphabetical": abecedarian alphabetical ♦ alphabetical bibliography ♦ alphabetical catalog(USA) ♦ alphabetical catalogue ♦ alphabetical cross index ♦ alphabetical directory ♦ alphabetical index ♦ alphabetical list ♦ alphabetical match ♦ alphabetical numbering ♦ alphabetical order ♦ alphabetical thesaurus ♦ ascending alphabetical index ♦ ascending alphabetical sort ♦ descending alphabetical sort ♦ in alphabetical order ♦ mixed alphabetical catalogue. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alphabetical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | alfabeties (abecedarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | alfabetik (alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرتب حسب الحروف الأبجدية (alphabetic), أبجدي (alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | азбучен (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 按字母顺序 (Alphabetic, Alphabetically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | abecední (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alfabetisk (abecedarian, alphabetic, lexical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alfabetisch (abecedarian, alphabetic, lexical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alfabeta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | الفباءی (Alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asiasanojen aakkosellinen luettelo (alphabetical list of subject headings), aakkosellinen hakemisto (alphabetical directory, alphabetical index, white pages), aakkosellinen hakuelementti (alphabetical index entry, entry word), aakkosellinen järjestys (alphabetical arrangement, alphabetical order), aakkosellinen numerointi (alphabetical numbering, legal numbering), aakkosellinen täsmäytys (alphabetic match, alphabetical match), aakkosellinen tekijäluettelo (alphabetical catalog(USA), alphabetical catalogue), aakkosellinen bibliografia (alphabetical bibliography), aakkosjärjestys (alphabetic order, alphabetical arrangement, alphabetical order), aakkosellinen tesaurus (alphabetical thesaurus), pääluettelo (alphabetical catalog(USA), alphabetical catalogue), kirjainnotaatio (alphabetical notation), kokoomaluettelo (cross catalogue, dictionary catalogue, mixed alphabetical catalogue), laskeva aakkosellinen lajittelu (descending alphabetic sort, descending alphabetical sort), nouseva aakkosellinen indeksi (ascending alphabetic index, ascending alphabetical index), nouseva aakkosellinen lajittelu (ascending alphabetic sort, ascending alphabetical sort), omistajaluettelo (alphabetical index of proprietors, alphabetical list of owners). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alphabétique (alphabet, alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | alfabetysk (abecedarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | alphabetisch (abecedarian, alphabetic, alphabetically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατά αλφαβητική σειρά (alphabetic), αλφαβητικόσ (alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אלף ביתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alfabetikus (abecedarian), betûrendi (alphabetic), betûrendes (abecedarian, alphabetic), ábécérend (alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | stafrófs- (abecedarian), í stafrófsröð (abecedarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alfabetico (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ＡＢＣ に (in alphabetical order), ＡＢＣ (alphabetical order). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エー"ーシーじゅ"に (in alphabetical order), エー"ーシーじゅ" (alphabetical order), ええびいしいじゅ"に (in alphabetical order), ええびいしいじゅ" (alphabetical order). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 알파벳순 (Alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rere yn abbyrlhit, abbyrlhitagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | alfabétiko (abecedarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alphabeticalay alfabético (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) alfabetic (abecedarian, alphabetic, alphabetically). (various references) алфавитный (alphabetic). (various references) azbučni (alphabetic). (various references) alfabético (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) alfabetisk (abecedarian, alphabetic). (various references) alfabetik (alphabetic). (various references) азбучний (abecedarian, alphabetic), алфавітний (alphabetic), абетковий (alphabetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abecedarius. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alphabetical": alphabetically. (additional references) | |
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"Alphabetical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alfabetical, alphebetical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alphabetical" (pronounced a'lfube"tikul) |
| 6 | -e" t i k u l | antithetical, heretical, theoretical. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | acoustical, analytical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, fanatical, geopolitical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, logistical, mathematical, mystical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, problematical, sabbatical, statistical, tactical, testicle, uncritical, vertical, viatical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-h-i-l-l-p-t" | |
-2 letters: alphabetic. | |
-3 letters: caliphate, palatable. | |
-4 letters: abapical, achillea, alphabet, balletic, caliphal, haptical, heliacal, hepatica, palatial, palliate, placable. | |
-5 letters: acaleph, actable, althaea, aphelia, aphetic, calathi, capable, capital, catalpa, chaetal, challie, chapati, chaplet, citable, ethical, haplite, hatable, helical, hellcat, hepatic, labiate, lacteal, palatal, patella, phallic, placate, pliable, plicate, thallic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-h-i-l-l-p-t" | |
+2 letters: alphabetically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 70 68 61 62 65 74 69 63 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .--. .... .- -... . - .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 01100010 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l p h a b e t i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0070 0068 0061 0062 0065 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357882746768718675696778 |
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