Words in english starting with A

• affliction — Noun – English ～ a cause of great suffering and distress
• afflictive — Adjective – English ～ causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
• affluence — Noun – English ～ abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
• affluent — Adjective – English ～ having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"; "a substantial family"
• affluent — Noun – English ～ an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents"
• affluent — Noun – English ～ a branch that flows into the main stream
• afford — Verb – English ～ be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
• afford — Verb – English ～ be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
• afford — Verb – English ～ afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
• afford — Verb – English ～ have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"
• affordable — Adjective – English ～ that you have the financial means for; "low-cost housing"
• afforest — Verb – English ～ establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"
• afforestation — Noun – English ～ the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
• affranchise — Verb – English ～ grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
• affray — Noun – English ～ noisy quarrel
• affray — Noun – English ～ a noisy fight
• affricate — Noun – English ～ a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
• affrication — Noun – English ～ the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
• affricative — Noun – English ～ a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
• affright — Verb – English ～ cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

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