Nouns starting with A

• Annona glabra — Noun – English ～ small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock
• Anoplophora glabripennis — Noun – English ～ a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States
• Acer glabrum — Noun – English ～ small maple of northwestern North America
• Alpine glacier — Noun – English ～ a glacier that moves down from a high valley
• apocrine gland — Noun – English ～ a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body
• adrenal gland — Noun – English ～ either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
• angle-closure glaucoma — Noun – English ～ glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days"
• acute glaucoma — Noun – English ～ glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days"
• Andromeda glaucophylla — Noun – English ～ wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States
• antihaemophilic globulin — Noun – English ～ a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
• antihemophilic globulin — Noun – English ～ a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
• alpha globulin — Noun – English ～ a globulin in blood plasma or serum that is alkaline and has great electrophoretic mobility
• acute glossitis — Noun – English ～ glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain
• animal glue — Noun – English ～ a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses
• arteria glutes — Noun – English ～ branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region
• Alnus glutinosa — Noun – English ～ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
• Astragalus glycyphyllos — Noun – English ～ European perennial
• Artemisia gnaphalodes — Noun – English ～ perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
• Angora goat — Noun – English ～ a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair
• alpine gold — Noun – English ～ low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States

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