Nouns starting with A

• Atlas cedar — Noun – English ～ tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental
• Aspalathus cedcarbergensis — Noun – English ～ South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea
• absolute ceiling — Noun – English ～ the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight
• arteria celiaca — Noun – English ～ an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
• air cell — Noun – English ～ a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
• auxiliary cell — Noun – English ～ a terrorist cell responsible for logistics; usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells
• adipose cell — Noun – English ～ cells composed of fat
• Anders Celsius — Noun – English ～ Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
• Alpha Centauri — Noun – English ～ brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun
• American centaury — Noun – English ～ any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
• auditory center — Noun – English ～ the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
• Algerian centime — Noun – English ～ 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria
• Allium cepa — Noun – English ～ bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
• Allium cepa aggregatum — Noun – English ～ type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
• arteria cerebelli — Noun – English ～ an artery that supplies the cerebellum
• anterior cerebral artery — Noun – English ～ one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex
• aqueductus cerebri — Noun – English ～ a canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles
• arteria cerebri — Noun – English ～ any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex
• Anthriscus cereifolium — Noun – English ～ aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads
• Allium cernuum — Noun – English ～ widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers

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