Nouns starting with A

• aspergillosis — Noun – English ～ disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
• aspergillus — Noun – English ～ genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals
• asperity — Noun – English ～ something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
• asperity — Noun – English ～ harshness of manner
• aspersion — Noun – English ～ a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
• aspersion — Noun – English ～ an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• aspersion — Noun – English ～ the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
• aspersorium — Noun – English ～ the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches
• aspersorium — Noun – English ～ a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
• Asperula — Noun – English ～ woodruff
• asphalt — Noun – English ～ a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
• asphalt — Noun – English ～ mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
• asphodel — Noun – English ～ any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
• Asphodelaceae — Noun – English ～ one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
• Asphodeline — Noun – English ～ genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
• Asphodelus — Noun – English ～ small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
• asphyxia — Noun – English ～ a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
• asphyxiation — Noun – English ～ killing by depriving of oxygen
• asphyxiation — Noun – English ～ the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
• asphyxiator — Noun – English ～ a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

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