English Words: A

35,202 words · Page 21 of 705

ageismnoun

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

ageistadj

Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.

agelessadj

Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.

agenadv

Obsolete spelling of again.

agenciesnoun

plural of agency

agencynoun

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.

agendanoun

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act.

agentsnoun

plural of agent

agernoun

One who or that which ages something.

agesnoun

plural of age

aggverb

Alternative form of egg (“encourage”).

aggernoun

A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again

aggienoun

Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.

agglomerationnoun

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

aggrandizementnoun

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.

aggravateverb

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

aggravatedverb

simple past and past participle of aggravate.

aggravatingadj

That makes something worse.

aggravationnoun

The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

aggregatenoun

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

aggregationnoun

The act of collecting together, of aggregating.

aggregatornoun

Someone or something which aggregates.

aggressionnoun

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

aggressiveadj

Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.

aggressivelyadv

In an aggressive manner.

aggressivenessnoun

The state or quality of being aggressive.

aggressornoun

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

aggrievedadj

Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.

aggronoun

Aggravation; bother.

aghintj

An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration

aghanoun

An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.

aghastadj

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

AGInoun

Initialism of artificial general intelligence.

agileadj

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.

agilitynoun

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

aginadv

Alternative form of again.

agingverb

present participle and gerund of age

AGIsnoun

plural of AGI

agitateverb

To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

agitatedverb

simple past and past participle of agitate

agitationnoun

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

agitatornoun

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

agitpropnoun

Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

AGLphrase

Initialism of above ground level: designating a measured distance from the ground to a higher level, i.e. altitude.

aglowadj

glowing; radiant

Agnesname

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Agnewname

A surname.

Agniname

A Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.

agnosticadj

Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter A contains 35,202 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 705 pages, and you are currently viewing page 21. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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