Nouns starting with A

• alertness — Noun – English ～ a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"
• Aletris — Noun – English ～ small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
• Aleurites — Noun – English ～ candlenut
• aleurone — Noun – English ～ granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains
• Aleut — Noun – English ～ the language spoken by the Aleut
• aleut — Noun – English ～ a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
• Aleut — Noun – English ～ a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska; "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically"
• aleutian — Noun – English ～ a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
• aleutians — Noun – English ～ an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska
• aleve — Noun – English ～ a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
• alewife — Noun – English ～ flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
• alewife — Noun – English ～ shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
• Alexander — Noun – English ～ king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
• Alexander — Noun – English ～ European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
• alexanders — Noun – English ～ European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
• Alexandria — Noun – English ～ the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
• Alexandria — Noun – English ～ a town in Louisiana on the Red River
• alexandrian — Noun – English ～ a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
• Alexandrine — Noun – English ～ (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
• alexandrite — Noun – English ～ a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone

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