English Words: A
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An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.
The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Manchuria in Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.
To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
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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 40. 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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