Nouns starting with A

• American Samoa — Noun – English ～ a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
• Amerikansk Samoa — Noun – Danish ～ øgruppe
• Aristarchus of Samos — Noun – English ～ an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC)
• acceptance sampling — Noun – English ～ a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected
• African sandalwood — Noun – English ～ small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
• Allinge-Sandvig — Noun – Danish ～ by i Danmark, set som geografisk område
• Argyroxiphium sandwicense — Noun – English ～ low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana — Noun – English ～ Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna — Noun – English ～ Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
• Alosa sapidissima — Noun – English ～ shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
• Aphrophora saratogensis — Noun – English ～ feeds on pines in northern United States
• artificial satellite — Noun – English ～ man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
• astronomy satellite — Noun – English ～ a satellite equipped with a telescope to observe infrared radiation
• accord and satisfaction — Noun – English ～ the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt
• Avena sativa — Noun – English ～ widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains
• Allium sativum — Noun – English ～ bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
• apricot sauce — Noun – English ～ for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney
• apple sauce — Noun – English ～ puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
• allemande sauce — Noun – English ～ egg-thickened veloute
• aioli sauce — Noun – English ～ garlic mayonnaise

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