Aryan
— Noun
– English
~ a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
arytaenoid
— Noun
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~ either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
arytenoid
— Noun
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~ either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
act as
— Verb
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~ function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"
act as
— Verb
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~ pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
as
— Adverb
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~ to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is"
As
— Noun
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~ a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
AS
— Noun
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~ a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
Asadha
— Noun
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~ the fourth month of the Hindu calendar
asafetida
— Noun
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~ the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
asafoetida
— Noun
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~ the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
asahikawa
— Noun
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~ a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
ASALA
— Noun
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~ a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people"
Asama
— Noun
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~ a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
Asamiya
— Noun
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~ the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali
asana
— Noun
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~ (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
Asanga
— Noun
– English
~ Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century)