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Alecto
alee
alef
alehouse
Alemanni
Alemannic
alembic
alendronic acid
aleph
Aleppo
alert
alethic
aleurone
Aleut
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Range
Aleutian Trench
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aleph

a·leph [  lèf, ləf ] (plural a·lephs) or a·lef [  lèf, ləf ] (plural a·lefs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1st letter of Hebrew alphabet: the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, transliterated as an apostrophe and pronounced as a glottal stop

[14th century. < Hebrew and Phoenician āleph "first letter of the alphabet, ox"]
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