Words in english starting with A

• advice and consent — Noun – English ～ a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making
• affricate consonant — Noun – English ～ a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
• alveolar consonant — Noun – English ～ a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
• Arundo conspicua — Noun – English ～ used by Maoris for thatching
• aerosol container — Noun – English ～ a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
• athletic contest — Noun – English ～ a contest between athletes
• Antarctic continent — Noun – English ～ an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"
• Agkistrodon contortrix — Noun – English ～ common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
• aleatory contract — Noun – English ～ a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable)
• adhesion contract — Noun – English ～ a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
• ASCII control character — Noun – English ～ ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
• arms control — Noun – English ～ a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country
• American Baptist Convention — Noun – English ～ an association of Northern Baptists
• Alistair Cooke — Noun – English ～ United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
• Alfred Alistair Cooke — Noun – English ～ United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
• almond cookie — Noun – English ～ very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
• anise cookie — Noun – English ～ cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed
• air-cool — Verb – English ～ equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned"
• air-cooled — Adjective – English ～ cooled by a flow of air; "an air-cooled engine"
• Accipiter cooperii — Noun – English ～ bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight

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