Nouns starting with A

• Acapulco gold — Noun – English ～ a particularly potent variety of marijuana
• Alpine golden chain — Noun – English ～ an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum
• alpine goldenrod — Noun – English ～ goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America
• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu — Noun – English ～ Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
• Al Gore — Noun – English ～ Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
• Achoerodus gouldii — Noun – English ～ found around the Great Barrier Reef
• academic gown — Noun – English ～ a gown worn by academics or judges
• Alectoris graeca — Noun – English ～ of mountainous areas of southern Europe
• Amaranthus graecizans — Noun – English ～ bushy plant of western United States
• Alexander Graham Bell — Noun – English ～ United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
• acoustic gramophone — Noun – English ～ an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically
• Amsinckia grandiflora — Noun – English ～ annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species
• Anthonomus grandis — Noun – English ～ greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
• Abies grandis — Noun – English ～ lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
• Adi Granth — Noun – English ～ the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus
• alligator grass — Noun – English ～ prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
• Aleppo grass — Noun – English ～ tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
• alkali grass — Noun – English ～ plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
• ague grass — Noun – English ～ colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
• arrow grass — Noun – English ～ tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock

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