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Alpe-Adria Alpe-Adria is a bioregion in Central Europe, embracing all of Slovenia, the Austrian states of Carinthia and Styria, and the Italian regions of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and Veneto. As of 2004, it is the subject of a proposal to create the world's first organic bioregion.
Alpena (boat) The Alpena is a sidewheel steamer that sunk in Lake Michigan in the "Big Blow", an October 15, 1880 storm that sank numerous ships. Built in 1866, by the Thomas Arnold of Gallagher & Company of Marine City, Michigan, the Alpena was 197 feet in length, 27 feet in breadth, with a depth of 12 feet.
Alpena Public Schools Alpena Public Schools is a Michigan school district encompassing all of Alpena County and, in Presque Isle County, all of Presque Isle Township and part of Krakow Township. APS covers more than 620 square miles and was officially established as Michigan's first county-wide school district in 1963.
Alpenrose Dairy Alpenrose Dairy is a dairy company located in the Hayhurst neighborhood of southwest Portland, Oregon since 1916. It has been in the Cadonau family for several generations and was named after the alpine rose (Rosa pendulina) by the Swiss-born wife and early co-owner of the dairy.
Alpens Alpens is a municipality situated in the Lluçanès zone, within the comarca of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Alpens is located 105 km from the city of Barcelona and 35 km from the comarca capital, Vic.
Alpental Alpental is a both a valley in King County, Washington, United States and a alpine ski area in the valley. The valley is about 50 miles (80 km) east of Seattle, Washington, north of Snoqualmie Pass, in the Washington Cascades.
Alperin-Brauer-Gorenstein theorem In mathematics, the Alperin--Brauer--Gorenstein theorem states that a finite simple group with quasidihedral or wreathed Sylow 2-subgroups is isomorphic with a three-dimensional projective special linear or projective special unitary group over a finite field of odd order, or the Mathieu group M_{11}.
Alperittet Alperittet is a competition in the sport telemark skiing (mountain telemark) that are to be held each year in the end of February. The competition is arranged in a small Norwegian town called Stranda and attracts about 250 competitors each year.
Alpers' disease Alpers' disease, also called progressive infantile poliodystrophy, is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs in infants and children. It is an autosomal recessive disorder that is sometimes seen in siblings.
Alperton Alperton is a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, north west London. Dominated by Ealing Road, which is the backbone of the area, it contains two schools, a conferencing facility and Alperton tube station at the southern end of Ealing Road.
Alpes Cottiae Alpes Cottiae was a province of the Roman Empire, one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy. Its most important duty was the safeguarding of communications over the Alpine passes.
Alpes Maritimae Alpes Maritimae was a province of the Roman Empire, one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy. Founded in 14 by Octavian, its capital was Cemenelum, now Cimiez in the city of Nice, France.
Alpetragius (crater) Alpetragius is a lunar impact crater located on the east edge of Mare Nubium, to the southwest of the much larger Alphonsus crater. In the southeast is the prominent Arzachel crater, and to the west lies the flooded Lassell crater.
Alph Lyla Alph Lyla, also known as Alfh Lyra or Alpha Lyla, is Capcom's "house band" composed of Capcom developers. Their best known work is most likely the soundtrack of the popular fighting-game Street Fighter 2.
Alph River Alph River () was named by Griffith Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1911-13 (Captain Robert Scott) from a passage in Coleridge's poem: "Where Alph the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea." The nearby Xanadu Hills are named from the same poem.
Alpha (biology) In social animals, the alpha male or alpha female is the individual in the community whom the others follow and defer to. Where one male and one female fulfill this role, they are referred to as the alpha pair.
Alpha (investment) Alpha is a risk-adjusted measure of the so-called "excess return" on an investment. It is a common measure of assessing active manager's performance as it is the return in excess of a benchmark index or "risk-free" investment.
Alpha 1-antitrypsin alpha 1-Antitrypsin or α1-antitrypsin (A1AT), also known as serum trypsin inhibitor, is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) and trypsin inhibitor. It protects tissue from enzymes from inflammatory cells, especially elastase, and is present in human blood at 1.
Alpha 2-antiplasmin Alpha 2-antiplasmin (or α2-antiplasmin or plasmin inhibitor) is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) responsible for inactivating plasmin, an important enzyme that participates in fibrinolysis and degradation of various other proteins.
Alpha 2000 The Alpha Aviation Alpha 2000 is a two-seat, all-metal training and general aviation aircraft built in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is a development of French Apex Aircraft's Robin R2000 series acquired upon Apex's purchase of the Avions Robin company.
Alpha 6 In the fictional Power Rangers universe, Alpha 6 is the next Alpha robot in the series of fully-sentient multifunctional automatons and the robot with an attitude--literally. He was put into operation along with the woman who never stopped the questions, Dimitria, after Zordon and Alpha 5 went to the planet Eltar.
Alpha 66 Alpha 66 is a paramilitary group funded by the US government, formed by Cuban exiles in Puerto Rico opposed to the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro. The group trained during the 1960s and 1970s in the Everglades for an eventual armed invasion of Cuba.
Alpha Andromedae Alpha Andromedae (α And / α Andromedae) is the brightest star in the Andromeda constellation, which is located immediately northeast of Pegasus. It also has the traditional names Alpheratz and Sirrah (or Sirah).
Alpha Aquarii Alpha Aquarii (α Aqr / α Aquarii) is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It also has the traditional names Sadalmelik, which derives from an Arabic expression سعد الملك sacd al-malik/mulk meaning "Luck of the king/kinghood", as well as Rucbah, which it shares with Delta Cassiopeiae.
Alpha Bank Alpha Bank is the second largest bank in Greece with 450 branches throughout the country. It also has a subsidiary and branch in London, and branches and subsidiaries throughout the Balkans (see "International expansion" below).
Alpha Beta Gamma Alpha Beta Gamma is an International Business Honor Society established in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula. To achieve this goal, Alpha Beta Gamma® provides leadership opportunities, forums for the exchange of ideas and the stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.
Alpha Beta Kappa Alpha Beta Kappa (AΒΚ) is the only honor society recognizing excellence in the arts, the sciences, the trades, business, and both technical and general studies. It is also the only honor society in America that represents degree-granting institutions, junior colleges, senior colleges, and student-centered private career schools.
Alpha Blitz Alpha Blitz is a word game designed by Mike Selinker and published by Wizards of the Coast. Alpha Blitz is based on the concept of a letter bank, as players make words using the letter cards on the table as many times as they like (e.
Alpha Blondy Alpha Blondy (born Seydou Koné on January 1, 1953 in Dimbokoro, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivoirian reggae singer and a major music star in West Africa. Alpha Blondy sings mainly in Dioula, French and English, but also sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew.
Alpha carbon The alpha carbon in organic chemistry refers to the first carbon after the carbon that attaches to the functional group (the carbon is attached at the first, or alpha, position). By extension, the second carbon is the "beta"-carbon, and so on.
Alpha compositing In computer graphics, alpha compositing is the process of combining an image with a background to create the appearance of partial transparency. It is often useful to render image elements in separate passes, and then combine the resulting multiple 2D images into a single, final image in a process called compositing.
Alpha course The Alpha course is a basic course on the Christian faith, commonly advertised as "an opportunity to explore the meaning of life". It has spread all over the world and is currently run in 152 countries by many different denominations.
Alpha Cancri Alpha Cancri (α Cnc / α Cancri) is a star system in the constellation Cancer. It also has the traditional name Acubens, derived from an Arabic word that means "the claw", as in the claw of Cancer (e.
Alpha Capricorni Alpha Capricorni (α Cap / α Capricorni) is an optical double star in the constellation Capricornus. It also has the traditional names Algiedi, Al Giedi, Algedi or Giedi; however, Giedi is sometimes also associated with β Capricorni.
Alpha diversity Alpha diversity (α-diversity) is the biodiversity within a particular area, community or ecosystem, and is measured by counting the number of taxa (distinct groups of animals) within the ecosystem (eg. families, genera, species).
Alpha Delphini Alpha Delphini (α Del / α Delphini) is a multiple star in the constellation Delphinus. It also has the name Sualocin, which was given to it as a practical joke by the astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore; the name is the Latinized version (Nicolaus) of his given name, spelled backwards.
Alpha Delta Gamma Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity (ΑΔΓ, also known as ADG or Alpha Delt) is a National Catholic Social Fraternity. It is a member organization of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded at Loyola University, Chicago in 1924.
Alpha Delta Phi Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ) is a Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada. Today the name refers to both an all-male fraternity that was founded in 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and a "society" that broke off from the fraternity in 1992 which permits co-educated chapters.
Alpha Design Alpha Design is an IBM PC demoscene group from Finland which was originally formed in 1994 under the name Nightmare Productions or NMP by founding members Britelite and Chaj. After a few haphazard identity changes, careful consideration was given and ultimately the group members settled upon Alpha Design in 1996, which it still goes by today.
Alpha Effect The alpha effect refers to the increased nucleophilicity of a molecule due to the presence of an adjacent (alpha) atom with non-bonding electrons. These non-bonding electrons donate into the adjacent atom to form a resonance structure with a Pi bond and increased electron availability for the nucleophile.
Alpha Epsilon Delta Alpha Epsilon Delta (ΑEΔ) is a national premedical honor society. The organization currently has more than 144,000 members within 186 chapters at universities throughout the United States, making it the world's largest Honor Society serving exclusively premedical education.
Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in the United States and Canada. It currently has 120 active chapters and 8 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive.
Alpha Equulei Alpha Equulei (α Equ / α Equulei) is a star in the constellation Equuleus. It also has the traditional name Kitalpha or Kitalphar, which is a contraction of the Arabic title Qit'at al Faras (قطعة الفرس), meaning "Part of the Horse".
Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Eta Rho (ΑΗΡ) is an international professional college aviation fraternity that serves as a contact between the aviation industry and educational institutions to foster, promote, and mentor today's college students towards successful careers in any aviation field. Alpha Eta Rho serves to actively associate interested students of aviation with leaders and executives in the industry.
Alpha Flight Alpha Flight is a Marvel Comics superhero team, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979).
Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho (ΑΓΡ) is a social-professional fraternity in the United States, with over 65 university chapters. Though primarily a social organization, its members pride themselves on their affiliations to the life sciences and agricultural sciences.
Alpha Gamma Sigma (honor society) Alpha Gamma Sigma (ΑΓΣ) (AGS), founded in 1925, is the honor society of the California Community Colleges system. It was conceived as "an intellectual stimulus, comparable to that of Phi Beta Kappa in the higher colleges" for what were then called junior colleges in California].
Alpha Group The Alfa Group (also known as Spetsgruppa A) is a dedicated counter-terrorism unit that belongs to OSNAZ of the FSB (former KGB), or more specifically the "A" Directorate of the FSB Special Operations Center (TsSN). It is currently believed to consist of 700 persons, 400 assigned to the Moscow Detachment and the remaining 300 located in other cities in Russia.
Alpha Gruis Alpha Gruis (α Gru / α Gruis) is the brighest star in the constellation Grus. It also has the traditional name Al Na'ir (also known as Al Nair or Alnair, from the Arabic meaning "the light" or "the bright one") and is also known with the name The Persian Confusingly, Alnair is also a name for Zeta Centauri].
Alpha helix A common motif in the secondary structure of proteins, the alpha helix (α-helix) is a right-handed coiled conformation, resembling a spring, in which every backbone N-H group donates a hydrogen bond to the backbone C = O group of the amino acid four residues earlier (i+4 rightarrow i hydrogen bonding). (See also helix.
Alpha Chi Alpha Alpha Chi Alpha (ΑΧΑ, Alpha Chi) is a fraternity at the American Ivy League university of Dartmouth College. Alpha Chi Alpha is a member of Dartmouth's Greek system, which currently has fourteen fraternities, nine sororities and three co-ed undergraduate houses that fall under the umbrella of the Greek system.
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (or ΑΧ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing achievements in general scholarship. It was founded on February 22, 1922 at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Alpha Chi Rho Alpha Chi Rho (ΑΧΡ) is a men's collegiate fraternity founded on June 4, 1895 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carl's friends William Rouse, Herbert T. Sherriff and William A.
Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ) is a professional fraternity specializing in the field of chemistry. It has both collegiate and professional chapters throughout the United States consisting of both men and women and numbering over 58,000 members.
Alpha Iota Delta Alpha Iota Delta, the national honor society in decision sciences and information systems was chartered by members of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) in 1971. Over thirty years later, the honor society continues its link to DSI and supports those activities of DSI which are aimed at student involvement in disciplines of interest to the Institute.
Alpha Kai Omega Alpha Kai Omega, or the AKO Fraternity, was formed in 1929 by seven students from the Walkerville-Windsor Technical School in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The Fraternity serves the community in many ways, mostly with fundraisers and sponsorships.
Alpha Kappa Lambda Alpha Kappa Lambda (ΑΚΛ) is a national collegiate fraternity founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1914. It currently has 30 active chapters and colonies located throughout the United States.
Alpha Kappa Mu The Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society (or ΑΚΜ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing academic excellence in all areas of study. Juniors, seniors, and graduate students are permitted to join.
Alpha Kappa Rho The Alpha Kappa Rho (AKRHO) is a fraternity/sorority which exists to create a bridge between all men and women who are committed to seek the social advancement of under-represented populations. The organization was founded on August 8, 1973 at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
Alpha Legion In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Alpha Legion are the Chaos Space Marines Legion about whom the least is known. The Legion uses secrecy, spy networks and traitors to attack from as many different vantages as possible.
Alpha Lupi Alpha Lupi (α Lup / α Lupi) is a star in the constellation Lupus. It is called the traditional Chinese name Men, and sometimes by the Arabic name Kakkab, which means "Guide Star" or "Star of Fortune".
Alpha max plus beta min algorithm The alpha max plus beta min algorithm is a high-speed approximation of the square root of the sum of two squares. That is to say, it gives the approximate absolute magnitude of a vector given the real and imaginary parts.
Alpha motor neuron Alpha motor neurons (α-MNs) are large lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord. They innervate extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly responsible for initiating their contraction.
Alpha Mu Gamma Alpha Mu Gamma is a national collegiate foreign language honor society founded at Los Angeles City College in 1931. More than three hundred charters have been granted to chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Nu Omega Alpha Nu Omega is a national Greek letter organization founded in 1988 that is comprised of both a fraternity and sorority under one Constitution. The Constitution mandates that both branches of ANQ are Christian social Greek letter organizations.
Alpha Octant The Alpha Octant is a large area of the inhabitable Milky Way Galaxy in the fictional Star Fleet Universe, as well as the stage for both its primary setting (the Main Era) and that of the Early Years. Other settings featured in the SFU include the adjacent Omega Octant and the distant Small Magellanic Cloud.
Alpha Omega Alpha The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated AΩA or AOA, is the only national honor society for medicine in the United States. It was founded by in 1902 by William Webster Root and five other medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which later became the University of Illinois at Chicago medical school.
Alpha Omega Epsilon Alpha Omega Epsilon is a professional and social sorority composed of female engineering students and alumnae. The sorority was founded on November 13, 1983, and four months later, on March 22, 1984, became a recognized organization on the Marquette University Campus.
Alpha particle Alpha particles (named after the first letter in the Greek alphabet, α) are a highly ionizing form of particle radiation that have low penetration. They consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium nucleus; hence, it can be written as He2+.
Alpha Pegasi Alpha Pegasi (α Peg / α Pegasi) is the third brightest star in the constellation Pegasus (despite its "alpha" designation) and one of the four stars in the asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus. It also has the traditional name Markab (or Marchab).
Alpha Phi Foundation The Alpha Phi Foundation was formed by the women of Alpha Phi International Fraternity (a women's sorority) to support women and others in need, and to express the philanthropic spirit intended by the Founders. The Foundation's mission is to support programs that emphasize women's cardiac health, to provide educational and leadership opportunities , to encourage and recognize superior scholarship, to educate women about the value of philanthropy, and to assist women in need.
Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (commonly known as APO, but also ΑΦΩ, A-Phi-O, and A-Phi-Q) is a co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development. and social opportunities to college students.
Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma is the only National Criminal Justice Honor Society of the four-year universities for Criminal Justice Majors. Alpha Phi Sigma recognizes academic excellence of undergraduate and graduate students of criminal justice, as well as those seeking a juris doctor (baccalaureate law) degree.
Alpha Prema Alpha Prema UK Limited (Alpha Prema) is a company which owns the "Formula One Group" of companies (). This includes Formula One Holdings, the company which holds the lucrative commercial rights to F1.
Alpha Pyxidis Alpha Pyxidis (α Pyx / α Pyxidis) is a variable giant star in the constellation Pyxis, occasionally called by the name السموت (Al Sumut), which is Arabic for "ways" or "compass bearings".
Alpha Red In the fictional Star Wars universe, Alpha Red was the New Republic's response to the invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong. It was developed late in the war in a joint effort between New Republic and Chiss scientists under Intelligence Director Dif Scaur.
Alpha Rho Chi Alpha Rho Chi (ΑΡΧ) is a professional co-educational college fraternity for students studying architecture and related professions. The fraternity's name is derived from the first three letters of the Greek word for architecture, αρχιτεκτονική.
Alpha Rho Lambda Alpha Rho Lambda Sorority, Inc./Alianza de Raices Latinas, (ΑΡΛ) was founded on March 26, 1993, by a group of ten women of Latina descent, at Yale University for the purpose of creating a personal and academic support group for those of Latina heritage.
Alpha solenoid An alpha solenoid is a protein fold found in the protein subunits of light-harvesting complexes, particularly in the peridinin chlorophyll proteins of dinoflagellates, and as domains of larger eukaryotic proteins that make up the nuclear pore complex. The fold consists of alpha helices arranged in a curved pattern that resembles a jelly roll fold.
Alpha Sagittae Alpha Sagittae (α Sge) is a star in the constellation Sagitta. It also has the traditional name Sham or Alsahm which comes to us from Arabic and means Arrow, the name formerly having been applied to the whole constellation.
Alpha Scuti Alpha Scuti (α Sct / α Scuti) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Scutum. It is occasionally called by the traditional Greek name Ionnina or Ioannina (Ιωάννινα), which literally means "Of John", but the name may actually refer to the "Shield Within a Shield" design of Sobieski's Coat of Arms, christened the Janina design.
Alpha Serpentis Alpha Serpentis (α Ser / α Serpentis) is a triple star system in the constellation Serpens. Alpha Serpentis also has the traditional names Unukalhai (Unukalhay, Unuk al Hay, Unuk Elhai, Unuk), from the Arabic عنق الحية cunuq[u] al-ħayya[h] meaning "[the] neck", and Cor Serpentis, a Latin phrase meaning "the heart of the serpent".
Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Sigma Alpha (ΑΣΑ) is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood College (now University) in Farmville, Virginia. There are now over 70 chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha nationwide with more than 60,000 members.
Alpha Sigma Kappa Alpha Sigma Kappa - Women in Technical Studies (ΑΣΚ - WiTS) is a social sorority for women in the fields of mathematics, architecture, engineering and the [Science|sciences]]. Since its founding on May 1, 1989 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, it has grown to include five additional chapters at The University of Oklahoma, The University of Louiville Speed Scientific School, The University of Texas at Arlington, Iowa State University and The University of Maryland - Baltimore County, and is always looking to expand!
Alpha Sigma Lambda Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society for non-traditional undergraduate students (typically over the age of 24) who achieve and maintain outstanding scholastic standards and leadership characteristics while adroitly handling additional responsibilities of work and family.
Alpha Sigma Phi Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ, commonly abbreviated to Alpha Sig) is a social fraternity with 68 active chapters, colonies, and interest groups. Founded at Yale in 1845, it is the 10th oldest fraternity in the United States.
Alpha Site (Stargate) In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Alpha Site is the codename of the secondary offworld base of Earth's Stargate Command (SGC). These bases are used in case an evacuation of the SGC is necessary.
Alpha Trianguli Alpha Trianguli (α Tri / α Trianguli) is a binary star in the constellation Triangulum. It also has the traditional names Metallah or Ras al Muthallah, and Caput Trianguli which derive from phrases meaning "the head of the triangle".
Alpha Trianguli Australis Alpha Trianguli Australis (α TrA / α Trianguli Australis) is a star in the constellation Triangulum Australe. It also has the traditional name Atria, a contraction of its Bayer designation, "Alpha Trianguli Australis".
Alpha Upsilon Alpha Alpha Upsilon Alpha (or ΑΥΑ) is an academic honor society recognizing excellence in reading and language arts at the undergraduate and graduate level. Founded in 1985, it is governed by the International Reading Association (IRA).
Alpha Video Alpha Video (also known as Alpha Home Entertainment) is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of classic movies and TV shows on DVD. Alpha Video releases over 25 new DVD titles monthly and has over 1,000 DVDs in their active catalog, including hundreds of lost films and TV treasures from Hollywood's nostalgic past.
Alpha wave Alpha waves are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8-12 Hz arising from synchronous and coherent (in phase / constructive) electrical activity of thalamic pacemaker cells in the human brain. They are also called Berger's wave in memory of the founder of EEG.
Alpha Waves Alpha Waves (also known as Continuum) is an early 3D game that combines labyrinthine exploration with platform gameplay. By most definitions of the genre it could be considered to be the first 3D platform game, released in 1990, 6 years before the genre's seminal classic Mario 64.
Alpha Zeta Alpha Zeta is a professional fraternity for students and industry professionals in the agriculture and natural resources fields. Founded in 1897 at The Ohio State University, Alpha Zeta is the first and oldest collegiate society for agriculture.
Alpha-amanitin Alpha-amanitin or α-amanitin is a cyclic nonribosomal peptide of eight amino acids. It is possibly the most deadly of all the amatoxins, toxins found in the Amanita genus of mushrooms, one being the Death cap, or Amanita phalloides.
Alpha-beta pruning Alpha-beta pruning is a search algorithm that reduces the number of nodes that need to be evaluated in the search tree by the minimax algorithm. It is a search with adversary algorithm used commonly for two-players games evaluation (Tic-tac-toe, Chess, Go ...
Alpha-Betty Alpha-Betty: recently entered the pop-culture lexicon in urban-southern states within America. Used most commonly as a noun to refer to the most popular, most sought after female teen in social settings (sometimes shortened to Alpha-Bet or 'ABCs').
Alpha-Bits Alpha-Bits, also known as Frosted Alpha-Bits, is a breakfast cereal made by Post Cereals, which for many years contained frosted alphabet-shaped corn cereal bits and now is no longer artificially sweetened. Post Cereals also produces Marshmallow Alpha-Bits.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors are oral anti-diabetic drugs used for diabetes mellitus type 2 that work by preventing the digestion of complex carbohydrates (such as starch). Complex carbohydrates are normally converted into simple sugars (monosaccharides) which can be absorbed through the intestine.
Alpha-Methyltryptamine α-Methyl-tryptamine, also known as alpha-methyltryptamine, α-MT, AMT or IT-290, is a synthetic drug of the tryptamine family. First developed as an antidepressant, in the 1960s it was produced commercially for this purpose in the Soviet Union under the trade name "Indopan" in 5mg and 10mg pills. Like many other tryptamines, at sufficient dosages it is a psychedelic hallucinogen. Its effects may take 2-3 hours to onset, and can last for 18 to 24 hours. It also acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and a stimulant, the latter property possibly being related to similarities in chemical structure to amphetamine. On 4 April 2003, an emergency United States DEA order resulted in α-MT being placed, along with 5-MeO-DIPT, on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

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