alphabetize (alfabetiz)

t.; pret. and pp. alphabetized, ppr. alphabetizing. [ The volume is of great value for its carefully prepared alphabetized list of scientific and technical periodicals of all nations. Amer. Jour, of Sci ., 3d ser., XXX. 247. 2. To expre by alphabetic characters. Alpheide (al-fe'i-de), n . pl . [NL., Alpheus + -idæ.] In zoöl ., a family of shrimps, of which the genus Alpheus is the type. Other genera of this family are Caridina , Ponton i a , and A than as . alphenic (al-fen'ik), n. [F. alphénic , alfénic , Sp. alfeñique = Pg. alfenim , al - fānīd , al , the, + fānīd , fānīd , pānīd , sugar, sugar-candy, > ML. penidium, F. pénide , G. penid-zucker, pan is - zucker , Dan. pande - sukker (as if from pande , a pan).] In med ., white barley-sugar. It is used as a remedy for colds. Alpheus (al-fē'us), n. [NL., Alpheus , zoöl ., a genus of macrurous decapodous crustaceans, the type of the family Al pheida. A. ruber (the red shrimp) and A. affinis are examples. Alphitobius (alf i-tō'bi-us), n. [NL., του , barley-meal, meal, + βίος , life.] A genus beetles, of the family Tenebrionid a . of Red Shrimp ( Alpheus ruber). IMG:content-0563.png:[blocks in formation]