Nouns starting with A

• American pennyroyal — Noun – English ～ erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
• arriere pensee — Noun – English ～ an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
• Acanthocereus pentagonus — Noun – English ～ cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
• Arenaria peploides — Noun – English ～ perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers
• auditory perception — Noun – English ～ the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
• Amphiprion percula — Noun – English ～ an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
• arteria perinealis — Noun – English ～ a branch of the internal pudendal artery that supplies superficial structures of the perineum
• Aspidiotus perniciosus — Noun – English ～ small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
• Antheraea pernyi — Noun – English ～ a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
• American persimmon — Noun – English ～ medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
• aliterate person — Noun – English ～ a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
• abandoned person — Noun – English ～ someone for whom hope has been abandoned
• antisocial personality disorder — Noun – English ～ a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)
• anal personality — Noun – English ～ (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)
• anti-personnel bomb — Noun – English ～ a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
• armored personnel carrier — Noun – English ～ (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
• armoured personnel carrier — Noun – English ～ (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
• apple of Peru — Noun – English ～ intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
• apple of Peru — Noun – English ～ coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
• Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov — Noun – English ～ Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts

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