English Words: A

35,202 words · Page 59 of 705

armadanoun

A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.

armadillonoun

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

Armageddonname

Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

Armaghname

A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).

Armagnacname

A region and former county of the duchy of Gascony in modern-day France.

armamentnoun

A body of forces equipped for war.

Armandoname

A surname.

Armaniname

A surname from Italian.

armaturenoun

A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.

armbandnoun

A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize mourning or protest.

armbarnoun

A joint lock where the elbow is hyperextended in order to cause pain or injury.

armchairnoun

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

armedadj

Equipped, especially with a weapon.

Armenianame

A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Republic of Armenia. Capital: Yerevan.

Armenianadj

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armfulnoun

The amount an arm or arms can hold.

Armidalename

A city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.

armiesnoun

plural of army

Arminname

A male given name from German or Latin.

armingverb

present participle and gerund of arm

Arminiannoun

A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.

Arminiusname

A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Armisenname

A surname.

Armisteadname

A surname.

armisticenoun

A (short) cessation of combat.

Armitagename

An English habitational surname.

armlessadj

Having no arms.

armoirenoun

A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe, originally used for storing weapons.

Armondname

A surname from French.

armornoun

A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

armoredadj

Clad or equipped with arms or armor.

armorialadj

Of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms.

armouredadj

Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour.

armourynoun

A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.

armpitnoun

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

armrestnoun

Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.

armsnoun

Weaponry, weapons.

Armsteadname

A surname.

Armstrongname

An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.

armynoun

A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

ARNnoun

Initialism of Amazon resource name.

Arnabname

A male given name from Sanskrit or Bengali, meaning “sea”.

Arndtname

A surname.

Arnename

A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.

arnicanoun

Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.

Arniename

A diminutive of the male given name Arnold.

arnisnoun

Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.

Arnoname

A river in Tuscany that flows through Pisa and Florence.

Arnoldname

A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.

Arnottname

A surname.

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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 59. 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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