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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Alph A mythical "sacred river in Xanadu," which ran "through caverns measureless to man." - Coleridge: Kubla Khan. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Alph or Alpheus features in concepts of Arcadia, as well as in the famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alph."
Date "ALPH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1697. (references) |
"ALPH" is a common misspelling or typo for: aleph, alp, alpha, alps. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ALPH | English | Alphabetic | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Dr. Alph. Devergie] / Lafosse. Pierson photog. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alph | 13 |
alph ruin | 7 |
alph pokemon ruin | 6 |
alph lipoic acid | 5 |
alph pokemon ruin silver | 4 |
alph uncle | 3 |
alph crystal pokemon ruin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ALPH": alpha, alphabet, alphabeted, alphabetic, alphabetical, alphabetically, alphabeting, alphabetization, alphabetizations, alphabetize, alphabetized, alphabetizer, alphabetizers, alphabetizes, alphabetizing, alphabets, alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphanumerically, alphanumerics, alphas, alphorn, alphorns, alphosis, alphosises, alphyl, alphyls. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ALPH": ralph. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ALPH": analphabet, analphabetic, analphabetics, analphabetism, analphabetisms, analphabets, nonalphabetic, ralphed, ralphing, ralphs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-p" | |
-1 letter: alp, hap, lap, pah, pal. | |
-2 letters: ah, al, ha, la, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-p" | |
+1 letter: aleph, alpha, haply, phial, phyla, plash, ralph. | |
+2 letters: alephs, alphas, alphyl, caliph, chapel, hoopla, hyphal, kaliph, palish, phalli, phials, phonal, phylae, phylar, planch, plashy, pleach, ralphs, splash, sulpha. | |
+3 letters: acaleph, alphorn, alphyls, aphelia, aphylly, apishly, asphalt, caliphs, camphol, chapels, chaplet, cheaply, ephoral, epochal, galumph, hapless, haplite, haploid, haplont, happily, harelip, heeltap, helipad, hexapla, hooplas, kaliphs, naphtol, nymphal, omphali, pahlavi, palship, paschal, phalanx, phallic, phallus, phaseal, philtra, phrasal, planche, planish, plashed, plasher, plashes, potlach, ralphed, shallop, shapely, sharply, shiplap, spathal, spheral, splashy, sulphas, taphole, whoopla. | |
| 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 4C 50 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (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 01001100 01010000 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L P H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004C 0050 0048 |
| 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)35465042 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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