English words: afoveate to AFSM

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English words afoveate to AFSM

afoveate adjective: Lacking the retinal fovea.
afovirsen noun: A particular antiviral compound.
afoxe noun /ɑfoʊˈʃeɪ/: A genre of Afro-Brazilian music.
afoxolaner noun: A particular isoxazoline ectoparasiticide.
AFP adjective, noun: Initialism of alpha-fetoprotein.
AfPak proper noun: Afghanistan and Pakistan considered as a single entity
afper noun: A member of the alt.fan.pratchett newsgroup, for fans of the author Terry Pratchett.
AFq noun: Initialism of aggression frequency.
AFQT noun: Initialism of Armed Forces Qualification Test.
AFR noun: Initialism of automatic face/facial recognition.
Afra-American adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to African-American women or girls.
Afrabian adjective, noun /æfˈɹeɪ.bi.ən/: Of or relating to both Africa and Arabia.
afraid adjective /əˈfɹeɪd/: Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
afraid of one's own shadow adjective: Exceptionally timid.
afraidly adverb: In an afraid manner.
afraidness noun: The state or quality of being afraid.
Aframax adjective: Describes a size of freight ship, maximum Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA). Generally being too large to pass through the Panama Canal.
Aframerican adjective, noun: Alternative form of Afro-American.
afrancesado noun: An Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War.
Afrasiab proper noun: A mythical king and hero of Turan.
Afrasian adjective, noun /æˈfɹeɪ.ʒn̩/: Of or relating to both Africa and Asia.
Afrasiatic adjective: Alternative form of Afroasiatic.
afreard adjective: afraid
afreared adjective: Synonym of afeared
afreet noun: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
afreight adjective: Filled or charged (with something).
afreit noun: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
afresh adverb /ʌˈfɹɛʃ/: Anew; again; once more.
afribumab noun: Bee venom neutralizing human monoclonal antibody.
Afric adjective, noun: African.
Africa proper noun /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/: The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
Africa time noun: Alternative form of African time.
Africa-wide adjective, adverb: Throughout Africa.
African adjective, noun /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/: Of or pertaining to Africa.
African American adjective, noun /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/: A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
African angelshark noun: An angelshark (Squatina africana), found in the Western Indian Ocean.
African anteater noun: The aardvark.
African baobab noun: A tree of species Adansonia digitata.
African barbet noun: Any sub-Saharan African bird of the family Lybiidae.
African Barkless Dog noun: Synonym of Basenji.
African bee noun: Synonym of East African lowland honey bee.
African black noun: A variety of marijuana.
African blackwood noun: An African tree of the species Dalbergia melanoxylon, in the family Fabaceae.
African blue tit noun: Cyanistes teneriffae, a small bird of the tit family Paridae
African boxthorn noun: A shrub, Lycium ferocissimum, in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), indigenous to South Africa; an invasive weed in Australia and New Zealand.
African broadbill noun: A passerine bird of genus Smithornis, especially Smithornis capensis, of southeastern Africa.
African buffalo noun: A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer.
African bullfrog noun: Pyxicephalus adspersus, a species of frog that lives in central and southern Africa.
African Bush Dog noun: Synonym of Basenji.
African cardamom noun: Any member of species Aframomum danielii of herbs whose seeds are used as spices.
African cherry orange noun: A small tree or shrub of species Citropsis articulata, bearing a small citrus fruit about three inches in diameter, native to Africa.
African civet noun: A small mammal found in sub-Saharan Africa, Civettictis civetta. It produces civetone.
African clawed frog noun: A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.
African crake noun: Crex egregia, a bird from the family Rallidae.
African crested porcupine noun: Synonym of crested porcupine.
African crowned eagle noun: Stephanoaetus coronatus, a large African raptor that preys on mammals such as ungulates and has reportedly preyed on human children.
African custard apple noun: A tree, of species Annona senegalensis, native to tropical Africa, having edible fruits.
African cypress noun: Any member of the genus Widdringtonia of coniferous trees.
African daisy noun: Arctotis (syn. Venidium)
African dream herb noun: Entada rheedei or Entada rheedii, a large woody liana used in African traditional medicine to induce vivid dreams.
African dwarf sawshark noun: Any member of the species Pristiophorus nancyae of elongated and slender sawsharks.
African elephant noun: An elephant of the genus Loxodonta.
African emerald cuckoo noun: The bird Chrysococcyx cupreus.
African Eve noun: Synonym of Mitochondrial Eve.
African fish eagle noun: A species of fish eagle found in much of Africa, Haliaeetus vocifer.
African forest elephant noun: One of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.
African ginger noun: Siphonochilus aethiopicus, a kind of ginger plant.
African glass catfish noun: Pareutropius debauwi, a freshwater catfish native to Africa, found in Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
African golden cat noun: Caracal aurata, a wild cat endemic to the rainforests of West and Central Africa.
African golden wolf noun: Synonym of African wolf
African golf noun: The game of craps.
African harrier-hawk noun: Polyboroides typus, a bird of prey that is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
African helmeted turtle noun: An omnivorous side-necked terrapin of species Pelomedusa subrufa.
African hobby noun: Falco cuvierii, a species of falcon.
African hoopoe noun: A bird of species Upupa africana, often considered as a subspecies of Eurasian hoopoe (see Upupa epops africana).
African horse sickness noun: A potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola,...
African hunting dog noun: A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
African jacana noun: Actophilornis africanus, a wader in the family Jacanidae.
African jack noun: Any of species (Caranx senegallus) of large marine fish in the jack family Carangidae.
African lethargy noun: Synonym of African sleeping sickness.
African-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Africa, or of things African; Africanish.
African lily noun: Any of certain flowering plants of the genus Agapanthus, especially Agapanthus umbellatus.
African linsang noun: Any of two species of genus Poiana of oyans, long-tailed catlike mammals.
African lion noun: A lion inhabiting Africa, formerly thought to comprise a subspecies.
African Lion Dog noun: Synonym of Rhodesian Ridgeback.
African Lion Hound noun: Synonym of Rhodesian Ridgeback.
African lioness noun: A female African lion.
African locust bean noun: Any of various species of Parkia, a genus of trees in the legume family Fabaceae, especially Parkia biglobosa.
African long-tailed shrike noun: Synonym of magpie shrike.
African lungfish noun: A lungfish of genus Protopterus
African lynx noun: A caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in Africa as well as southwest and central Asia and western India.
African mahogany noun: Genus Khaya of the family Meliaceae
African manatee noun: Trichechus senegalensis, a manatee that inhabits much of Western Africa – from Senegal to Angola.
African mango noun: Any member of the species Irvingia gabonensis of plants, of tropical central Africa, or its fruit, used for making of dika bread and Gaboon chocolate.
African marigold noun: Synonym of Mexican marigold (“the flowering plant Tagetes erecta”).
African massage noun: A bumpy ride in a vehicle on African roads.
African medlar noun: Vangueria infausta
African milk barrel noun: A type of succulent plant, resembling a small cactus, of species Euphorbia polygona var. horrida, previously known as Euphorbia horrida.
African milk tree noun: A type of succulent plant cultivated in West Africa, resembling a cactus, of species Euphorbia trigona.
African millet noun: Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
African mole cricket noun: A mole cricket living in South Africa (Gryllotalpa africana).
African myrrh noun: Synonym of myrrh.
African net sponge noun: A long, netted, and stretchable bathing tool made of nylon mesh, traditionally used in parts of Africa.
African nutmeg noun: A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica (Annonaceae).
African oak noun: Any member of the species Oldfieldia africana of large trees of West Africa, of different order from that of oak, yielding timber marketed as oak-like.
African openbill noun: Any member of the species Anastomus lamelligerus of openbill storks found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
African painted frog noun: Callixalus pictus, a species of frog found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
African palm civet noun: A catlike mammal of the species Nandinia binotata, from sub-Saharan Africa.
African peach noun: Nauclea latifolia) (syns. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus), a deciduous rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa, or its fruit;...
African pear noun: A tree of species Manilkara obovata.
African pearwood noun: A tree of species Baillonella toxisperma.
African penguin noun: A species of penguin, Spheniscus demersus, which live on the south-west coast of Africa.
African pygmy goat noun: Synonym of American Pygmy.
African pygmy goose noun: A small species of duck, Nettapus auritus, native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
African rhinoceros noun: Ceratotherium simum (white rhinoceros)
African rosewood noun: Millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.
African rue noun: Synonym of wild rue (“Peganum harmala”).
African sacred ibis noun: Synonym of sacred ibis.
African sand fox noun: Synonym of pale fox.
African savannah elephant noun: One of the two species of African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
African sharptooth catfish noun: an airbreathing catfish of sp. Clarias gariepinus
African Shorthair noun: Synonym of Sokoke.
African skimmer noun: Rynchops flavirostris, a skimmer of Sub-Saharan Africa.
African sleeping sickness noun: A sleeping sickness caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei, prevalent in tropical Africa.
African snail noun: Synonym of giant African land snail.
African spotted creeper noun: A small passerine bird of the species Salpornis salvadori.
African spurred tortoise noun: A species of tortoise, Centrochelys sulcata, inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel in Africa.
African sugar cane noun: Sorghum bicolor.
African sugarcane borer noun: Eldana saccharina, a moth of the family Pyralidae.
African teak noun: Baikiaea plurijuga, of the African tropics.
African Time noun: A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Africans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for...
African toothache noun: A sexually transmitted disease.
African traditional religion noun: A religious belief system native to Africa.
African traditionalist noun: An adherent of an African traditional religion.
African trypanosomiasis noun: African sleeping sickness, a sleeping sickness caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei.
African unicorn noun: Synonym of okapi; (Okapia johnstoni).
African violet noun: Any perennial plant of section Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia (formerly genus Saintpaulia), especially Streptocarpus ionantha, with fine haired round...
African walnut noun: Coula edulis, in the family Olacaceae.
African warbler noun: Any songbird of the family Macrosphenidae.
African whitewood noun: A tree of species Triplochiton scleroxylon, native to tropical areas of western and central Africa.
African wild ass noun: Any member of species Equus asinus of wild members of the horse family (Equidae), thought to be the ancestor of the domestic donkey.
African wild dog noun: Synonym of African hunting dog.
African wild donkey noun: Synonym of African wild ass
African wildcat noun: Felis silvestris lybica, a subspecies of Felis silvestris (wildcat).
African wolf noun: A canine native to Africa, Canis lupaster
African wormwood noun: An aromatic African plant, with many traditional medicinal uses, Artemisia afra
African Zionism noun: Synonym of Zionism (“a religion practiced throughout sub-Saharan Africa”).
Africana noun /ˌæfɹɪˈkænə/: Collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
Africander noun: Archaic form of Afrikaner.
Africanderism noun: Alternative form of Afrikanerism.
Africanerdom noun: Alternative form of Afrikanerdom.
Africanesque adjective: Resembling the African style.
Africaness noun: Alternative spelling of Africanness.
Africanfuturism noun: An Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention...
Africanfuturist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Africanfuturism.
Africanis noun: An African breed of dog.
Africanisation noun: UK spelling of Africanization.
Africanise verb: Alternative form of Africanize.
Africanish adjective: Somewhat African.
Africanism noun: Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
Africanist noun: A specialist in African studies.
Africanist dance noun: Any of various dance genres and practices that exist in Africa and the African diaspora and have their sources in concepts or practices from Africa.
Africanistic adjective: Relating to Africanism
Africanity noun: The quality or characteristic of being African.
Africanization noun: The act or process of Africanizing.
Africanize verb: To make African.
Africanized bee noun: A hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with...
Africanized honey bee noun: Synonym of Africanized bee.
Africanjujuism noun: An Afrocentric subgenre of fantasy fiction that draws on African spiritualities and cosmologies.
Africanjujuist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Africanjujuism.
Africanlike adjective: rare spelling of African-like
Africanness noun /ˈæfɹɪkənnəs/: The state or quality of being African.
Africanoid noun: A Negroid.
Africo noun /ˈæfɹɪkəʊ/: A black slave.
Africo-American adjective: African-American
Africological adjective: Of or relating to Africology.
Africologist noun: One who studies Africology.
Africology noun: An interdisciplinary academic discipline that studies the history and culture of African people around the world.
Afridi noun: A member of a Pashtun tribe.
afright adjective: Alternative form of affright.
afriit noun: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
Afrikaans adjective, noun /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/: A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
Afrikaansness noun: The fact or state of being Afrikaans.
Afrikan adjective: Alternative form of African.
Afrikander noun: Alternative form of Afrikaner (“breed of cattle”).
Afrikanderdom noun: Alternative form of Afrikanerdom.
Afrikanderism noun: Alternative form of Afrikanerism.
Afrikaner noun /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑːnɚ/: A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
Afrikanerdom noun: The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
Afrikanerism noun: A word or phrase characteristic of Afrikaners.
Afrikanerness noun: The state or quality of being an Afrikaner.
Afrilachian adjective: Alternative form of Affrilachian.
Afrimerican adjective: African-American
Afriphobia noun: Alternative form of Afrophobia.
Afriphobic adjective: Alternative form of Afrophobic.
Afristocracy noun: Wealthy and/or elite black people collectively.
Afristocrat noun: A wealthy and/or elite black person.
afrit noun: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
afrite noun: Alternative form of ifrit.
AFRM noun: Initialism of Armed Forced Reserve Medal.
afro noun, prefix /ˈæfɹoʊ-/: African
Afro-American adjective, noun: A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
Afro-Arab adjective, noun: An Arab of African descent.
Afro-Argentine adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Argentines of African descent.
Afro-Argentinian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Afro-Argentine.
Afro-Asian adjective, noun: Synonym of Afrasian
Afro-Asiatic adjective: Alternative form of Afroasiatic.
Afro-Asiaticist noun: Alternative spelling of Afroasiaticist.
Afro-Baptist noun: A member of a black Baptist Christian movement.
Afro-Brazilian adjective: Brazilian and of African roots
Afro-Caribbean adjective, noun: A person of African descent who was born in, or is a resident of, the Caribbean.
Afro-Christianity noun: African forms of Christianity
Afro comb noun: Afro pick
Afro-Cuban adjective: Describing the section of the population of Cuba that has an African heritage.
Afro-Cuban jazz noun: A genre of jazz strongly influenced by Cuban dance music like mambo and the Cuban clave rhythm.
afro'd adjective: Alternative spelling of afroed.
Afro-Dutch noun: Synonym of Black Dutch (“Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry”).
Afro-Ecuadorian adjective, noun: A person who is both Ecuadorian and black.
afro-ed adjective: Alternative spelling of afroed.
Afro-German adjective, noun: A German of African descent.
Afro-Guyanese adjective: Guyanese of African origin
Afro-Indian adjective, noun: A person described by both African and indigenous American ancestry or culture.
Afro-Latin adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Afro-Latino.
Afro-Latina adjective, noun /ˌæfɹoʊləˈtinə/: Of mixed African and Latina descent.
Afro-Latino adjective, noun: Of a person, of mixed African and Latino descent.
Afro-Latinx adjective: Of mixed African and Latin American descent.
Afro-Mexican adjective, noun: A native or resident of Mexico (a Mexican) who is of African heritage.
Afro-Palestinian adjective: Pertaining to inhabitants of Palestine that have African heritage.
Afro-Peruvian adjective: Of or pertaining to Peruvians of African ancestry.
Afro-pessimism noun: A pessimism or weariness over the chances of solving the political and social problems that Africa faces.
Afro-pessimist noun: One who subscribes to the idea of Afro-pessimism.
Afro pick noun: A comb with loose teeth, usually used on kinky hair, and sometimes worn in the hair.
Afro-punk noun: Alternative form of Afropunk.
Afro-rock noun: rock music with West African influences
Afro-Russian adjective, noun: Of a person, of mixed African and Rusian descent.
Afro-textured adjective: Having a naturally dense texture, like that of certain populations in sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora, Melanesia, Tasmania, Southeast Asia and...
Afro-Ukrainian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Ukrainians of African descent.
afroalpine adjective: Relating to the climates of the higher African mountains
Afroasiatic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and...
Afroasiaticist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Afroasiatic languages.
afrobatrachian noun: Any frog of the clade Afrobatrachia.
afrobeat noun: Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus...
Afrobeats noun: A 21st-century West African popular music genre blending traditional music styles with Western pop.
Afrocentric adjective: Centered on, derived from, or emphasizing African culture, history, and the contributions of people of African descent.
Afrocentrically adverb: In an Afrocentric manner.
Afrocentricism noun: Alternative form of Afrocentrism.
Afrocentricity noun: The quality of being Afrocentric.
Afrocentrism noun: Black African ethnocentrism.
Afrocentrist noun: A proponent of Afrocentrism.
Afrocosmopolitan noun: Synonym of Afropolitan.
afrocrat noun: An employee or minister of the AU Commission or a similar Pan-African organization.
afrodescendant noun: A person of African descent
Afrodiaspora noun: An African diaspora.
Afrodiasporic adjective: Of or relating to the African diaspora.
afrodite noun: Alternative form of aphrodite; stevensite.
afroed adjective /ˈæ.fɹoʊd/: Styled into an afro.
Afrofeminist adjective: Of or relating to a form of feminism focusing on women of African descent.
Afrofuturism noun: An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism in relation to the...
afrofuturist adjective, noun: A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.
Afrofuturistic adjective: Of or relating to Afrofuturism.
afroinsectiphilian noun: Any insectivorous mammal of the clade Afroinsectiphilia.
afroinsectivoran noun: Any African insectivorous mammal of the mirorder Afroinsectivora.
Afrolatina adjective, noun: Alternative form of Afro-Latina.
afrolatino adjective, noun: Alternative form of Afrolatino.
afrolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an afro.
Afromerican adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to black Americans.
afromontane adjective: Of or relating to the Afrotropic subregion and its plant and animal species common to the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
afromontoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
afronaut noun /ˈæf.ɹəˌnɔːt/: An astronaut of African origin.
afront adverb, preposition: in front; face to face
Afropean adjective, noun /ˌæf.ɹəˈpɪ(ː).ən/: A European with African ancestors.
Afropessimism noun: Alternative form of Afro-pessimism.
Afropessimist noun: Alternative form of Afro-pessimist.
Afrophile noun: One who loves Africa or African people.
Afrophilia noun: A love of Africa or the African people.
Afrophilic adjective: Having a love of Africa or the African people.
Afrophobe noun: Someone who exhibits Afrophobia
Afrophobia noun: Fear, hate, or dislike of Africans and African descendants.
Afrophobic adjective: Exhibiting Afrophobia.
Afrophone adjective: Speaking a language of African origin.
afropithecine noun: Any hominoid of the family †Afropithecidae
Afropolitan noun: A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person.
Afropolitanism noun: The quality of being an Afropolitan.
Afropop noun: The pop music of Africa.
Afropunk noun: Punk music or subculture with black African influences.
afrormosia noun: Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata
afroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
afrosoricid noun: Any member of the order Afrosoricida, a golden mole, an otter shrew, or a tenrec.
afrosoricidan noun: Alternative form of afrosoricid.
afrotarsiid noun: Any extinct primate of the family Afrotarsiidae
afroth adjective /əˈfɹɒθ/: Covered with froth, foam.
afrothere noun: An afrotherian.
afrotherian adjective, noun: Belonging or pertaining to the superorder Afrotheria, which includes the elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, etc.
Afrotropical adjective /ˌæf.ɹəʊˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/: Belonging to the Afrotropic ecozone.
afrown adjective: frowning
AFRP noun: Initialism of aramid-fiber/fibre-reinforced plastic/polymer.
AFS noun: Initialism of air force station.
Afshar noun: A member of a particular Oghuz tribe.
Afsharid adjective, noun: Relating to the Afsharid dynasty, an Iranian dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Afshar tribe of Khorasan, which ruled Persia in the 18th century.
AFSM noun: Initialism of Armed Forces Service Medal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.