Words in english starting with A

• anointing of the sick — Noun – English ～ a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
• Attila the Hun — Noun – English ～ king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)
• atrium of the heart — Noun – English ～ the upper chamber of each half of the heart
• Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons — Noun – English ～ an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Ascension of the Lord — Noun – English ～ (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
• Army of the Confederacy — Noun – English ～ the southern army during the American Civil War
• Army of the Righteous — Noun – English ～ a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"
• Army of the Pure — Noun – English ～ a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"
• artery of the labyrinth — Noun – English ～ an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
• artery of the penis bulb — Noun – English ～ a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis
• Army for the Liberation of Rwanda — Noun – English ～ a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
• Aries the Ram — Noun – English ～ the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
• Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia — Noun – English ～ a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people"
• Ark of the Covenant — Noun – English ～ (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
• arcuate artery of the kidney — Noun – English ～ curved arteries of the kidney
• Acts of the Apostles — Noun – English ～ a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
• accessory before the fact — Noun – English ～ a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
• accessory during the fact — Noun – English ～ a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it
• accessory after the fact — Noun – English ～ a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony
• Athanasius the Great — Noun – English ～ (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

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