Nouns starting with A

• ablative case — Noun – English ～ the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
• air castle — Noun – English ～ absentminded dreaming while awake
• alley cat — Noun – English ～ a homeless cat
• Angora cat — Noun – English ～ a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat
• Abyssinian cat — Noun – English ～ a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat
• Agonus cataphractus — Noun – English ～ northern Atlantic sea poacher
• Areca catechu — Noun – English ～ southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
• Acacia catechu — Noun – English ～ East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
• armored catfish — Noun – English ～ South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
• Allamanda cathartica — Noun – English ～ vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
• Anglican Catholic — Noun – English ～ a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character
• anti-catholicism — Noun – English ～ a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism
• anglo-catholicism — Noun – English ～ a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition
• Amaranthus caudatus — Noun – English ～ young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
• Araneus cavaticus — Noun – English ～ an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"
• amniotic cavity — Noun – English ～ the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo
• axillary cavity — Noun – English ～ the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"
• abdominal cavity — Noun – English ～ the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
• audio CD — Noun – English ～ compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)
• Alaska cedar — Noun – English ～ tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

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