Nouns starting with A

• anal intercourse — Noun – English ～ intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
• alpha-interferon — Noun – English ～ a form of interferon that is produced endogenously and commercially for its pharmacological effects (including regulation of the immune system and antiviral and antineoplastic effects)
• Amsinckia intermedia — Noun – English ～ annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
• Agropyron intermedium — Noun – English ～ Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder
• Anti-Imperialist International Brigade — Noun – English ～ a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists; "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"
• Arenaria interpres — Noun – English ～ common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
• additive inverse — Noun – English ～ (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5
• Automeris io — Noun – English ～ large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
• accommodating IOL — Noun – English ～ a lens implant containing a hinge that allows for both near and far vision (thus mimicking the natural lens of a young person)
• ammonium ion — Noun – English ～ the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion
• al-iraq — Noun – English ～ a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
• Apatura iris — Noun – English ～ large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
• alloy iron — Noun – English ～ cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment
• alloy cast iron — Noun – English ～ cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment
• alpha iron — Noun – English ～ a magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade
• angle iron — Noun – English ～ an L-shaped metal bracket
• Ansar al Islam — Noun – English ～ a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
• Ansar al-Islam — Noun – English ～ a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
• Armed Islamic Group — Noun – English ～ a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres"
• Aden-Abyan Islamic Army — Noun – English ～ Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen

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