English Words: A

35,202 words · Page 23 of 705

Aguileraname

A surname.

Aguinaldoname

A municipality of Ifugao, Philippines.

Aguirrename

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque] of Basque origin.

Agustinname

A surname from Spanish.

ahintj

An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.

ahaintj

An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.

Ahabname

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

Aharonname

A male given name from Hebrew.

AHDnoun

Initialism of alveolar hydatid disease, with parasitic worms, in human and nonhuman animals.

aheadadv

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

Ahearnname

A surname from Irish.

ahemintj

The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.

Ahernname

A surname from Irish.

ahhnoun

Alternative spelling of aah.

ahinoun

yellowfin tuna

ahimsanoun

A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them.

ahistoricaladj

Lacking historical perspective or context.

Ahlname

A surname.

ahmintj

Alternative form of um.

Ahmadname

A male given name from Arabic or Persian, meaning “most praiseworthy”; variant forms Aahmed, Achmad, Achmat, Achmed, Achmet, Ahamed, Ahmed, Ahmet.

Ahmadiadj

Of or relating to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (a religious movement based on Sunni Islam).

Ahmadinejadname

A surname from Persian, notably borne by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Ahmadiyyaname

An Islamic denomination, considered by some to be a separate religion, founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who is considered to be the Mahdi.

Ahmedname

A male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad.

Ahmedabadname

The largest city in Gujarat, India.

Ahnname

A surname from Korean.

aholdadv

Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

ahoyintj

Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.

Ahrname

a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig.

Ahrimanname

The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil.

ahunoun

The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

Ahujaname

A surname from Punjabi.

ainoun

A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

Aichiname

A prefecture in south-central Japan.

aidnoun

Help; assistance; succor, relief.

aidanoun

Synonym of Aida cloth.

Aidanname

A male given name from Irish.

aidenoun

An assistant.

aidedverb

simple past and past participle of aid

Aidenname

A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.

aidesnoun

plural of aide

aidingverb

present participle and gerund of aid

AIDSnoun

Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Aielloname

A surname from Italian.

aiganoun

A Samoan extended family.

aightadj

Contraction of all right.

aiicontraction

Alternative form of ai.

aikverb

To drive.

Aikenname

A surname transferred from the given name.

aikidonoun

A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 23. 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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