English Words: A
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The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.
The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky.
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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 56. 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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