Alpha: alternatives and connections

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter

In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hen…

Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologi…

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…