| ALPHABETED | • alphabeted adj. (Chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet. • alphabeted v. Simple past tense and past participle of alphabet. • ALPHABET v. to alphabetize. |
| ALPHABETIC | • alphabetic adj. Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. • ALPHABETIC adj. arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet, also ALPHABETICAL. |
| ALPHAMERIC | • alphameric adj. Alternative form of alphanumeric. • ALPHAMERIC adj. consisting of, or (of a machine) using, both letters and numbers, also ALPHAMERICAL. |
| ALPHAMETIC | • alphametic n. A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the reader challenged… • ALPHAMETIC n. a popular mathematical puzzle in which numbers are replaced by letters forming words. |
| ALPHASORTS | • alphasorts n. Plural of alphasort. • ALPHASORT v. to sort into alphabetic order. |
| ALPHATESTS | • ALPHATEST v. to carry out an alpha test of an experimental product, such as computer software. |
| ANALPHABET | • analphabet n. A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person. • analphabet adj. Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate. • ANALPHABET n. an illiterate; one who doesn't know the alphabet or the basics of something, also ANALPHABETE. |
| BISULPHATE | • bisulphate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate. • BISULPHATE n. a salt containing double the proportion of the acid radical present in a sulphate, also BISULFATE. |
| DISULPHATE | • disulphate n. (Chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. • disulphate n. (Chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid. • DISULPHATE n. a pyrosulphate. |
| MELPHALANS | • MELPHALAN n. an antineoplastic drug. |
| PENTALPHAS | • pentalphas n. Plural of pentalpha. • PENTALPHA n. a five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases. |
| SULPHATASE | • sulphatase n. (Biochemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfatase. • SULPHATASE n. any of various esterases that accelerate the hydrolysis of sulfuric esters, also SULFATASE. |
| SULPHATING | • sulphating v. Present participle of sulphate. • SULPHATE v. to treat with sulfuric acid, also SULFATE. |
| SULPHATION | • sulphation n. Alternative spelling of sulfation. • SULPHATION n. the act of forming a sulphate, also SULFATION. |