Nouns starting with A

• agent-in-place — Noun – English ～ an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target
• active placebo — Noun – English ～ a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects; "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug"
• abruptio placentae — Noun – English ～ a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus
• apical placentation — Noun – English ～ where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary
• axile placentation — Noun – English ～ ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa
• ambulatory plague — Noun – English ～ a mild form of bubonic plague
• ambulant plague — Noun – English ～ a mild form of bubonic plague
• American plaice — Noun – English ～ large American food fish
• alluvial plain — Noun – English ～ a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
• American plan — Noun – English ～ a hotel plan that includes three meals daily
• architectural plan — Noun – English ～ scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
• articulatio plana — Noun – English ～ a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions
• American plane — Noun – English ～ very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
• arborescent plant — Noun – English ～ having the shape or characteristics of a tree
• aquatic plant — Noun – English ～ a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
• alliaceous plant — Noun – English ～ bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
• air plant — Noun – English ～ plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
• anise plant — Noun – English ～ native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
• Australian pitcher plant — Noun – English ～ a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia
• assembly plant — Noun – English ～ a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product

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