English Words: A
35,202 words · Page 28 of 705
In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.
An island in San Francisco Bay California, United States, formerly the site of a famous prison; in full, Alcatraz Island.
The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
A river in Suffolk, England, largely tidal, which becomes the River Ore, parallel to the coast, before it joins the North Sea.
One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).
Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
An area and ward within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).
A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
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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 28. 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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