acrostic

adj. of an acrostic, pertaining to a composition in which the initial or ending letters form a word or phrase

n. composition in which the initial or ending letters form a word or phrase

For another meaning, see Acrostic (puzzle). An acrostic (from the late Greek akróstichon, from ákros, "top", and stíchos, "verse") is a poem or other writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out another message. A form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aide memory retrieval.
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Noun
1. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
(synonym) word square
(hypernym) problem
2. verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
(hypernym) literary composition, literary work

(n.)
Alt. of Acrostical
  

(n.)
A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
  

(n.)
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
  

    socratic