Words starting with A

AstyanaxThe nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.
astylarLacking columns or pilasters
astyonymAny proper name by which a city is known.
AstypalaiaAn island of the Dodecanese, Greece
AstypalaianOf, from or relating to Astypalaia
AstypaleaAn island of Greece.
ASUA Nupoid language spoken in Nigeria (ISO code "aum").
asuddenof a sudden; suddenly
AsukaA female given name from Japanese.
asulamA herbicide used to kill bracken and docks.
asunA Yoruba dish made from roasted goat meat sautéed in spicy peppers and other vegetables.
asunaprevirAn experimental drug candidate for the treatment of hepatitis C.
asunderApart or separate from each other.
asundernessThe state or quality of being asunder.
asurA small Austroasiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
asuraOne of the power-seeking deities involved in constant conflict with the more benevolent Devas.
AsuriA female Asura (power-seeking deity).
Asuristanan important Sassanian province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Mesopotamia region
AswadA surname.
aswaggerSwaggering, with a proud or boastful swaying gait.
aswailThe sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), an India bear.
AswanA governorate in southern Egypt.
aswangA shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology
AswarbyA small village in Aswarby and Swarby parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0639).
aswarmFilled or overrun (with moving objects or beings).
aswaySwaying.
AswayujaThe seventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
asweatIn a sweat; covered or soaked with sweat or some liquid resembling sweat; sweating.
asweddumizationThe bringing of land under cultivation.
asweddumizeTo prepare unproductive land for cultivation (especially of rice).
asweepSweeping, making a sweeping motion.
aswellA surname.
aswimSwimming or immersed (in or with something).
aswingIn a state of swinging.
aswirlSwirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
aswishSwishing, making a rustling sound while moving.
aswoonIn a swoon; swooningly.
AsyaA female given name from Russian, of modern usage.
asyleeA non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
asyllabicNot syllabic.
asylophobicprejudiced against asylum seekers
asylumA place of safety or refuge.
asylumlikeResembling an asylum (hospitally for the mentally ill).
asymA video game that has asymmetrical gameplay. An asymmetrical game.
asymbiosisA lack of symbiosis, especially in an organism that otherwise exhibits symbiosis.
asymbioticNot symbiotic
asymbioticallyIn an asymbiotic manner
asymboliaSynonym of asemia.
asymbolicNot symbolic.
asymbolicalSynonym of asymbolic.
asymmetralincommensurable
asymmetricNot symmetric.
asymmetricalNot symmetrical.
asymmetricalityThe quality of being asymmetrical.
asymmetricallyIn an asymmetric manner.
asymmetricalnessThe quality of being asymmetrical.
asymmetricityThe condition of being asymmetric
asymmetriphobiaAn aversion to asymmetry.
asymmetrizationThe process, or the result of making something asymmetric.
asymmetronA massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
asymmetrousAsymmetrical.
asymmetryAn absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
asymptomaticNot exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical (“without signs detectable by physical examination or laboratory test”).
asymptomaticallyWithout exhibiting any symptom of disease.
asymptomaticityThe state of being asymptomatic.
asymptomatologyThe absence of all previous symptoms
asymptosyThe quality of being asymptotic.
asymptoteA straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".
asymptotiaThe condition of being asymptotic
asymptoticPertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
asymptoticalasymptotic
asymptoticallyIn an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote, toward an asymptote.
asymptoticityThe condition of being asymptotic
asymptoticsasymptotic analysis
asynapsedSubject to asynapsis
asynapsisThe failure of synapsis during meiosis.
asynapticRelating to asynapsis
asynartetedisconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
asynarteticHaving or containing two different types of metre
asynchronicSynonym of asynchronous.
asynchronicallyIn an asynchronous manner.
asynchronicityThe state of being asynchronous.
asynchronismSynonym of asynchrony.
asynchronisticNot synchronistic.
asynchronisticallyIn an asynchronistic manner.
asynchronizationThe condition of being asynchronous or of being asynchronized
asynchronizedNot synchronized.
asynchronousNot synchronous; occurring at different times.
asynchronouslyIn an asynchronous manner.
asynchronousnessAsynchronicity.
asynchronyThe state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization
asyncliticRelating to asynclitism.
asyncliticallyIn an asynclitic manner; assuming an asynclitic position.
asynclitismThe position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal.
asyndesisA pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.
asyndeticOf, related to, or characterized by asyndeton, lacking conjunctions or purposefully omitting conjunctions.
asyndeticallyExpressed without conjunctions or with conjunctions purposefully omitted.
asyndetonOmission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
asynergiaA lack of muscular coordination
asynergicRelating to asynergy
asynergydefective or absent coordination between organs, muscles, limbs or joints, resulting in a loss in movement or speed
asyngamicNot syngamic.
asyngamyAbsence of syngamy.
asynonymousSynonym of nonsynonymous.
asyntacticNot syntactic
asystematicNot systematic
asystoleAn absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
asystolicPertaining to asystole.
asystolismThe state or symptoms characteristic of an asystole.
AsyutA governorate of Egypt.
asyzygeticNot syzygetic.
atIn, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. (Renamed PATA when SATA came into existence to more clearly distinguish the two.)
atabalA kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
atabaqueA tall Afro-Brazilian hand drum, traditionally having its shell made of jacaranda wood.
atabegA high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
atabegateThe realm administered by an atabeg.
atabrineSynonym of quinacrine.
AtabugA surname.
AtacamaThe Atacama Desert, a long desert in Chile, and the driest desert on Earth according to various sources.
AtacamanOf, from, or pertaining to Atacama.
AtacamanianAtacaman
AtacamenianAtacaman (from or of Atacama)
AtacamianAtacaman
atacamiteA green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite.
ataciceptA recombinant fusion protein designed to inhibit B cells, thereby suppressing autoimmune disease.
ataciguatA vasodilating compound.
atacticOf or pertaining to ataxia.
atacticallyIn an atactic way.
atactiformResembling ataxia.
atactosteleA type of eustele, found in monocots, in which the vascular tissue in the stem exists as scattered bundles.
atactostelicOf or possessing an atactostele.
atactotoechidAny extinct trepostome bryozoan of the family Atactotoechidae.
atadenovirusAny virus of the genus Atadenovirus
AtafuAn atoll in Tokelau, New Zealand.
AtafuanOf or relating to Atafu, a group of coral islets of Tokelau.
atagabalinA drug related to gabapentin, under development for the treatment of insomnia.
AtahensicAn Iroquois sky goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine affairs in general.
atajoA train of mules or horses.
AtakapaA member of an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands.
AtalA male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
AtalantaA huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King Schoeneus of Boeotia.
Atalante36 Atalante, a main belt asteroid.
AtalantiA town in Phthiotis regional unit, Greece.
AtalianisA surname from Greek.
AtalinaA female given name.
atallIn any degree; at all.
AtallahA surname from Arabic.
atalurenA novel small-molecular agent designed to make ribosomes become less sensitive to, or possibly ignore, premature stop codons.
atamanA title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. The title is also applied for most guerrilla commanders during the Civil War in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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