Nouns starting with A

• Amorphophallus titanum — Noun – English ～ malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
• anti-TNF compound — Noun – English ～ a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
• air-to-air missile — Noun – English ～ a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another
• air-to-surface missile — Noun – English ～ a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
• air-to-ground missile — Noun – English ～ a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
• analog-to-digital converter — Noun – English ～ device for converting analogue signals into digital signals
• Additions to Esther — Noun – English ～ an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther
• agua toad — Noun – English ～ largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
• American toad — Noun – English ～ common toad of America
• American green toad — Noun – English ～ small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
• alpha-tocopheral — Noun – English ～ a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis
• Alexis de Tocqueville — Noun – English ～ French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
• Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville — Noun – English ～ French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
• Alice B. Toklas — Noun – English ～ United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967)
• Arctostaphylos tomentosa — Noun – English ～ erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young
• adder's tongue — Noun – English ～ ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
• adder's tongue fern — Noun – English ～ ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
• adult tooth — Noun – English ～ any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
• abscessed tooth — Noun – English ～ an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth
• Alca torda — Noun – English ～ black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill

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