Nouns starting with A

• Alcaeus — Noun – English ～ Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)
• alcahest — Noun – English ～ hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
• Alcaic — Noun – English ～ verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
• alcalde — Noun – English ～ a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
• alcapton — Noun – English ～ an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
• alcaptonuria — Noun – English ～ a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
• alcazar — Noun – English ～ any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
• Alcea — Noun – English ～ genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
• Alcedinidae — Noun – English ～ kingfishers
• Alcedo — Noun – English ～ type genus of the Alcedinidae
• Alcelaphus — Noun – English ～ African antelopes: hartebeests
• Alces alces — Noun – English ～ large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
• Alces — Noun – English ～ elk or moose
• alchemist — Noun – English ～ one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
• alchemy — Noun – English ～ the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together"
• alchemy — Noun – English ～ a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
• Alcibiades — Noun – English ～ ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
• Alcidae — Noun – English ～ web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
• alcides — Noun – English ～ (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
• alcohol — Noun – English ～ any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

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