English Words: A

35,202 words · Page 58 of 705

Argyllname

A former county of Scotland, now incorporated into Argyll and Bute.

Ariname

A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye).

arianoun

A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

Ariadnename

The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

Arialname

A sans serif typeface designed by Monotype as a clone of Helvetica. Notably a default Windows font.

Ariannoun

A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.

Ariananame

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Arianename

A female given name from Ancient Greek or French.

Ariannaname

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Ariansnoun

plural of Arian

Ariasname

A surname from Spanish.

Aricaname

A province in northern Chile.

aridadj

Very dry.

ariditynoun

A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.

Ariename

A male given name from Hebrew.

Arielname

A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.

Ariellename

A female given name from Hebrew.

Ariesname

A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a ram.

arightadv

Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.

Arikname

A male given name from Hebrew.

Arimaname

A town and borough of Trinidad and Tobago.

Arimatheaname

A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.

arisnoun

arse

ariseverb

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

arisenverb

past participle of arise

arisesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of arise

arisingverb

present participle and gerund of arise

aristanoun

One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.

aristonoun

An aristocrat.

aristocracynoun

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

aristocratnoun

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristocraticadj

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

Aristophanesname

An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.

Aristoteliannoun

A proponent of the philosophical or logical theories of Aristotle.

Aristotlename

A male given name.

arithmeticnoun

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

arithmeticaladj

Of or pertaining to arithmetic, particularly the functions of arithmetic (noun; stress on the second syllable).

Ariusname

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἄρειος (Áreios), Arius, notably borne by Arius, circa 250–336, a priest in Alexandria, the founder of Arianism.

Arizonaname

A state in the southwestern United States, established 1912. Capital: Phoenix.

Arjunname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Arjunaname

A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.

arknoun

A large box with a flat lid.

Arkansasname

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arkwrightnoun

A maker of cabinets or chests.

Arlaname

A female given name.

Arlenename

A female given name originating as a coinage.

Arlesname

A city in Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Arlingtonname

A place in England:

Arloname

A male given name.

armnoun

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

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 58. 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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