avoirdupois
— Noun
– English
~ a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
avoirdupois
— Noun
– English
~ excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
avon
— Noun
– English
~ a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
Avon
— Noun
– English
~ a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
Avon
— Noun
– English
~ a county in southwestern England
avouch
— Verb
– English
~ admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
avouchment
— Noun
– English
~ a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avow
— Verb
– English
~ to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
avow
— Verb
– English
~ admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
avowal
— Noun
– English
~ a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avowed
— Adjective
– English
~ openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
avowedly
— Adverb
– English
~ as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
avowedly
— Adverb
– English
~ by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"
avower
— Noun
– English
~ someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
avower
— Noun
– English
~ someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"
avulsion
— Noun
– English
~ a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
avulsion
— Noun
– English
~ an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
avuncular
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
avuncular
— Adjective
– English
~ being or relating to an uncle