Nouns starting with A

• angle of reflection — Noun – English ～ the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence
• acquired reflex — Noun – English ～ an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus
• accommodation reflex — Noun – English ～ reflex changes in the eyes that enable an object to be focused on the retina
• angle of refraction — Noun – English ～ the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction
• aqua regia — Noun – English ～ a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
• ancien regime — Noun – English ～ a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
• authoritarian regime — Noun – English ～ a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
• accumulator register — Noun – English ～ (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
• arbejd efter reglerne-aktion — Noun – Danish ～ aktion hvor man nedsætter arbejdstempoet ved at ma ...
• Alaska rein orchid — Noun – English ～ similar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers; Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado
• age-related macular degeneration — Noun – English ～ macular degeneration that is age-related
• anaphoric relation — Noun – English ～ the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent
• attorney-client relation — Noun – English ～ the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
• academic relation — Noun – English ～ a professional relation between instructors and those they instruct
• alto relievo — Noun – English ～ a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
• archeological remains — Noun – English ～ a relic that has been excavated from the soil
• acute renal failure — Noun – English ～ renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract
• arteria renalis — Noun – English ～ an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
• Agropyron repens — Noun – English ～ European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
• action replay — Noun – English ～ the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape

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