Nouns starting with A

• alligator snapping turtle — Noun – English ～ large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
• Australian turtledove — Noun – English ～ small Australian dove
• American twinflower — Noun – English ～ similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
• arm-twisting — Noun – English ～ persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure; "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree"
• Alpine type of glacier — Noun – English ～ a glacier that moves down from a high valley
• asthenic type — Noun – English ～ slender, weak, and lightweight
• athletic type — Noun – English ～ muscular and big-boned
• aphthous ulcer — Noun – English ～ a blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract
• arteria ulnaris — Noun – English ～ large artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and hand
• A-scan ultrasonography — Noun – English ～ the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
• Abronia umbellata — Noun – English ～ prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
• al-Ummah — Noun – English ～ a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998
• Arbutus unedo — Noun – English ～ small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor
• Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia — Noun – English ～ a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members; "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year"
• apothecaries' unit — Noun – English ～ any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
• Algerian monetary unit — Noun – English ～ monetary unit in Algeria
• allocation unit — Noun – English ～ a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
• Afghan monetary unit — Noun – English ～ monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan
• air unit — Noun – English ～ a military unit that is part of the airforce
• Albanian monetary unit — Noun – English ～ monetary unit in Albania

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