Nouns starting with A

• Alan Seeger — Noun – English ～ United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)
• Andres Segovia — Noun – English ～ Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)
• absence seizure — Noun – English ～ the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
• Athrotaxis selaginoides — Noun – English ～ evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
• Alexander Selcraig — Noun – English ～ Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
• Alexander Selkirk — Noun – English ～ Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
• alka-seltzer — Noun – English ～ a commercial antacid that contains aspirin; tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution
• anti-semite — Noun – English ～ someone who hates and would persecute Jews
• anti-semitism — Noun – English ～ the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
• Aimee Semple McPherson — Noun – English ～ United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944)
• Aloys Senefelder — Noun – English ～ German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834)
• Alois Senefelder — Noun – English ～ German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834)
• arcus senilis — Noun – English ～ a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea
• Alexandria senna — Noun – English ～ erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
• Alexandrian senna — Noun – English ～ erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
• auditory sensation — Noun – English ～ the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
• auditory sense — Noun – English ～ the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
• atrial septal defect — Noun – English ～ an abnormal opening between the left and right atria of the heart
• Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin — Noun – English ～ Russian poet (1799-1837)
• Araujia sericofera — Noun – English ～ robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn

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