acanthus family
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
aster family
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
asterid dicot family
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
alluvial fan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
attic fan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a fan that blows heated air out of the attic of a building
animal fancier
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a person who breeds animals
Al Faran
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
Aletris farinosa
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
Alessandro Farnese
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549)
Acacia farnesiana
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
after a fashion
— Biord
– Engelsk
～ to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"
acid-fast
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
animal fat
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ any fat obtained from animals; "animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids"
al-fatah
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"
Apostelic Father
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
Avena fatua
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ common in meadows and pastures
at fault
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ deserving blame; "admitted to being at fault"
auto-da-fe
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
acrobatic feat
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a stunt performed by an acrobat
American featherfoil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers