English Words: A

35,202 words · Page 27 of 705

Alaricname

A historic king of the Visigoths.

alarmnoun

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

alarmedverb

simple past and past participle of alarm

alarmingverb

present participle and gerund of alarm

alarminglyadv

In an alarming way, frighteningly.

alarmistnoun

One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.

alasintj

Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.

Alasdairname

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

Alaskaname

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.

Alaskanadj

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

Alastairname

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

alastornoun

An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.

albnoun

A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

albanoun

A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

albacorenoun

A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.

Albanname

A male given name from Latin.

Albaneseadj

Synonym of Albanian.

Albanianame

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.

Albanianadj

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.

Albanoname

A surname.

Albanyname

Scotland north of the River Forth.

albatrossnoun

Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.

Albayname

A province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Legazpi.

albedonoun

The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.

albeitconj

Although, despite (it) being.

Albemarlename

Isabela Island, the largest of the Galápagos Islands.

Albertname

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Albertaname

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

Albertinename

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Albertoname

A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Albert.

Albertonname

A town in Montana.

Albertusname

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Albertvillename

A town in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, named after Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Albiename

A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.

Albinname

A male given name from Latin.

albinismnoun

Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.

albinoadj

Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

Albionname

Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).

albonoun

An Albanian.

Albrightname

A surname.

Albrightonname

A large village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England, formerly in the old Bridgnorth district (OS grid ref SJ8104).

Albuname

A surname from Romanian.

albumnoun

In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.

albumennoun

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

albuminnoun

Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.

Albuquerquename

A surname from Spanish.

Alburyname

A placename:

albuterolnoun

Synonym of salbutamol.

Albyname

A habitational surname from Old English.

alcnoun

Abbreviation of alcohol.

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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 27. 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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