Words in english starting with A

• azygos — Adjective – English ～ occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula"
• azygous — Adjective – English ～ occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula"
• azymia — Noun – English ～ absence of an enzyme
• Ali Baba — Noun – English ～ the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
• Artium Baccalaurens — Noun – English ～ a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
• anthrax bacillus — Noun – English ～ a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
• American badger — Noun – English ～ a variety of badger native to America
• air bag — Noun – English ～ a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward
• analytical balance — Noun – English ～ a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis
• absentee ballot — Noun – English ～ (election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day)
• Abies balsamea — Noun – English ～ medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
• Abyssinian banana — Noun – English ～ large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
• arm band — Noun – English ～ a band worn around the arm for decoration
• absorption band — Noun – English ～ a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths
• adhesive bandage — Noun – English ～ bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive
• agent bank — Noun – English ～ a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
• agent bank — Noun – English ～ a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
• Arminian Baptist — Noun – English ～ group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
• apricot bar — Noun – English ～ fruit bar containing apricot jam
• axle bar — Noun – English ～ an iron bar that serves as an axletree

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