Nouns starting with A

• auroscope — Noun – English ～ medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
• auschwitz — Noun – English ～ a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
• auscultation — Noun – English ～ listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
• auspex — Noun – English ～ (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
• auspice — Noun – English ～ a favorable omen
• auspices — Noun – English ～ kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
• auspiciousness — Noun – English ～ the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
• aussie — Noun – English ～ a native or inhabitant of Australia
• austen — Noun – English ～ English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
• austenite — Noun – English ～ a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite
• austereness — Noun – English ～ extreme plainness
• austerity — Noun – English ～ the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
• Austerlitz — Noun – English ～ a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II
• austerlitz — Noun – English ～ a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805
• austin — Noun – English ～ state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
• Austin — Noun – Danish ～ delstatshovedstad i den amerikanske delstat Texas, ...
• austral — Noun – English ～ the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos
• australasia — Noun – English ～ Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
• Australia — Noun – English ～ the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
• australia — Noun – English ～ a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

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