Words in english starting with A

• Anne Robert Jacques Turgot — Noun – English ～ French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)
• Alan Turing — Noun – English ～ English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
• Alan Mathison Turing — Noun – English ～ English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
• American turkey oak — Noun – English ～ small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
• ampere-turn — Noun – English ～ a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts
• about turn — Noun – English ～ act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
• apple turnover — Noun – English ～ turnover with an apple filling
• Arabis turrita — Noun – English ～ European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
• 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
• adventure-tv – English – not validated
• 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

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