Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 5 compound words that contain alexander. The most common are listed below. Open alexander in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- Alexander the GreatA king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia.
- Alexander techniqueA technique in alternative medicine that attempts to prevent unnecessary levels of muscular and mental tension during everyday activities.
- Alexander HamiltonA United States ten-dollar bill.
- Alexander CountyOne of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Cairo. Named after William M. Alexander.
- Alexander IslandThe largest island of Antarctica.
- Mount AlexanderA mountain in Antarctica.
- Alexander ArchipelagoA group of around 1,100 islands in North America, lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska.
- Alexander I IslandAlternative form of Alexander Island: The largest island of Antarctica.
- Alexander diseaseA rare, progressive, and usually fatal neurological disorder; classified as a leukodystrophy, it is fundamentally a disease of the brain’s astrocytes; caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of proteins, known as …
- Alexander palmMisconstruction of Alexandra palm.
- Gates of AlexanderOne of several mountain passes in eastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Persia, often imagined as an actual fortification, or as a symbolic boundary separating the civilized from the uncivilized world.
- Alexander beetleMegadromus antarcticus, a species of predatory beetle.
- Alexander polynomialA knot invariant which assigns a polynomial with integer coefficients to each knot type.
- Brandy AlexanderA cocktail made with brandy, cream and crème de cacao.
- Alexander-Conway polynomialA version of the Alexander polynomial that can be computed using a skein relation.
- Alexander Archipelago wolfA subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus ligoni).
- Alexander horned sphereA pathological object, a certain embedding of a sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space, obtained by various modifications of a torus.
- bord AlexanderAn imported striped silk fabric that was highly prized in Western Europe from the late Middle Ages into the 16th century.
- Conway-Alexander polynomialSynonym of Alexander-Conway polynomial: A version of the Alexander polynomial that can be computed using a skein relation.
- Alexander palmsplural of Alexander palm: Misconstruction of Alexandra palm.
- Alexander polynomialsplural of Alexander polynomial: A knot invariant which assigns a polynomial with integer coefficients to each knot type.
- Alexander beetlesplural of Alexander beetle: Megadromus antarcticus, a species of predatory beetle.
- Alexander-Conway polynomialsplural of Alexander-Conway polynomial: A version of the Alexander polynomial that can be computed using a skein relation.
- Alexander horned spheresplural of Alexander horned sphere: A pathological object, a certain embedding of a sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space, obtained by various modifications of a torus.
- Alexander Hamiltonsplural of Alexander Hamilton: A United States ten-dollar bill.
Compound words 5
- alexandriteA form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
- AlexandrianOf or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
- alexandrineA line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
- AlexandroidResembling Alexander the Great.
- AlexandristA member of the group of Renaissance philosophers who revived the naturalistic psychology of the ancient Greek commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias; they debated orthodox Catholic views and Averroists by arguing that the individual human …