Vocabulary : Alpaca to Alphabet

Alpaca : An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. ;; Wool of the alpaca. ;; A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
Alpen : Of or pertaining to the Alps.
Alpenglow : A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.
Alpenhorn : Alt. of Alphorn
Alpenstock : A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.

Alpestrine : Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. ;; Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timbe/ line; subalpine.
Alpha : The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
Alpha paper : A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride.
Alpha rays : Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium and other radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positively charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.
Alphabet : The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. ;; The simplest rudiments; elements. ;; To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

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