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Alcaic
- noun - verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
Alcedo
- noun - type genus of the Alcedinidae
Alcock
- unknown - One of two British aviators, first to cross the Atlantic by air. (Alcock and Brown)
Alcott
- noun - United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)
Alcove
- noun - a small recess opening off a larger room
Alcuin
- unknown - Eighth century Anglo Saxon monk born in York England invited to teach at Charlemagne's court
Alders
- noun - Kurt Alder ; 10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
- north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
- wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
Aldine
- - An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.