Nouns starting with A

• air conditioning — Noun – English ～ a system that keeps air cool and dry
• aversive conditioning — Noun – English ～ conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus
• Andean condor — Noun – English ～ large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
• alluvial cone — Noun – English ～ a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
• Augsburg Confession — Noun – English ～ the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today
• Afropavo congensis — Noun – English ～ both sexes are brightly colored
• adversative conjunction — Noun – English ～ the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
• advice and consent — Noun – English ～ a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making
• affricate consonant — Noun – English ～ a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
• alveolar consonant — Noun – English ～ a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
• Arundo conspicua — Noun – English ～ used by Maoris for thatching
• aerosol container — Noun – English ～ a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
• athletic contest — Noun – English ～ a contest between athletes
• Antarctic continent — Noun – English ～ an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"
• Agkistrodon contortrix — Noun – English ～ common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
• aleatory contract — Noun – English ～ a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable)
• adhesion contract — Noun – English ～ a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
• ASCII control character — Noun – English ～ ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
• arms control — Noun – English ～ a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country
• American Baptist Convention — Noun – English ～ an association of Northern Baptists

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