Words in english starting with A

• abstruseness — Noun – English ～ the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
• abstrusity — Noun – English ～ wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"
• absurd — Adjective – English ～ so unreasonable as to invite derision; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
• absurd — Adjective – English ～ inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
• absurd — Noun – English ～ a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
• absurdity — Noun – English ～ a message whose content is at variance with reason
• absurdity — Noun – English ～ a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
• absurdly — Adverb – English ～ in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman"
• absurdness — Noun – English ～ a message whose content is at variance with reason
• Abudefduf — Noun – English ～ damsel fishes
• Abuja — Noun – English ～ capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
• Abukir — Noun – English ～ a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
• abulia — Noun – English ～ a loss of will power
• abulic — Adjective – English ～ suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
• abundance — Noun – English ～ the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
• abundance — Noun – English ～ (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
• abundance — Noun – English ～ (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
• abundant — Adjective – English ～ present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
• abundantly — Adverb – English ～ in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely"
• abuse — Verb – English ～ use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"

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