The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
alpha
alpha
adj
(astronomy) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
(of person, object or action) Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
Designates the first in an order of precedence.
noun
(aviation) Angle of attack.
(computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a dominant secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
(finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
(informal, abbreviation) Short for alphabet.
(sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
(software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
(statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
bphil
chelp
chelp
verb
(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn.
delph
delph
noun
Alternative spelling of Delft (“style of earthenware”)
dolph
dphil
eleph
glyph
glyph
noun
(architecture) A vertical groove.
(typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
gulph
gulph
noun
(hypercorrect) Obsolete spelling of gulf
haply
haply
adv
By accident or luck.
Perhaps; by chance.
helps
helps
noun
plural of help
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of help
lymph
lymph
noun
(archaic, botany) The sap of plants.
(immunology) The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
(obsolete, literary) Pure water.
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.
mphil
palch
peuhl
phail
pheal
phial
phial
noun
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.
verb
(transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
phila
philo
philo
noun
(colloquial) Clipping of philosopher.
(colloquial) Clipping of philosophy.
phlox
phlox
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
phyla
phyla
noun
plural of phylon
plural of phylum
phyle
phyle
noun
(historical) A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
(historical) A subdivision of the priestly caste in ancient Egypt, headed by a phylarch.
phylo
pilch
pilch
noun
(archaic) a covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet
(obsolete) A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
plash
plash
noun
(UK, dialectal) A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
A splash, or the sound made by a splash.
A sudden downpour.
The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
verb
(intransitive) To splash.
(transitive) To bend down a bough (in order to pick fruit from it).
(transitive) To cause a splash.
(transitive) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of.
(transitive) To splash or sprinkle with colouring matter.
plath
ploch
plush
plush
adj
(UK) Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
(UK) Very extravagant.
(of a man-made object) Having a soft, fluffy exterior.
noun
A plush toy.
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
ralph
ralph
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) A raven.
rolph
shlep
shlep
noun
Alternative form of schlep
sylph
sylph
noun
(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
(mythology) An invisible being of the air.
(ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
The elemental being of air, usually female.
ulphi
whalp
whelp
whelp
intj
Alternative form of welp (“well”)
noun
(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
(obsolete) A kind of ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.