Words starting with A

AthloneA town in County Westmeath and County Roscommon, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 0441).
athlotheteAn agonothete of the Pythian games at Athens.
AthlumneyA castle in Navan, County Meath, Ireland.
athodydA simple jet engine consisting essentially of a tube with a means of delivering fuel and ignition into the tube. The engine can only be started in a fast airflow. This type of engine is expected to be able to provide cruising speeds at Mach numbers of around 5 to 7 (5 to 7 times the speed of sound).
AthokpamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
AtholA community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
AthollA historical division of the Scottish Highlands within the modern council area of Perth and Kinross.
AtholtonAn unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States, originally named Freetown.
AtholvilleA village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
AtholwoodA locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
AthoniteOf or related to Mount Athos in Greece or its monasteries.
athoracicLacking a thorax
athoracophoridAny slug in the family Athoracophoridae.
Athosone of the Gigantes
athrepsiaProfound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athrepticRelating to athrepsia
athrillThrilled, feeling a thrill; trembling or vibrating (with an emotion, movement, etc.).
athrobThrobbing.
athrocyteA cell that ingests foreign particles
athrocyticRelating to, or composed of, athrocytes.
athrocytosisThe absorption of foreign material in the cytoplasm of some cells
athrombiaA hereditary bleeding disorder
athrongThronged; crowded.
AthulivarufinolhuAn uninhabited island of Alifu Dhaalu, Maldives.
AthurugauA resort island of Alifu Dhaalu, Maldives.
athwartFrom side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
athwartshipOriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
athwartshipsAcross the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
athwartwiseathwart; in a side-to-side orientation
AthyA market town in County Kildare, Ireland.
athymhormiaA rare psychopathological and neurological syndrome characterized by extreme passivity, apathy, and blunted affect.
athymhormicRelating to athymhormia.
athymiaThe absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
athymicThat lacks a thymus gland
athyreosisAbsence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
athyreoticExhibiting athyreosis.
athyridaceanAny brachiopod of the superfamily Athyridacea
athyrideAny brachiopod of the order †Athyridida.
athyrididAny brachiopod of the order Athyridida
athyroidalNot thyroidal
athyroidismThe congenital absence of a thyroid gland or a suppression of its function.
athyrosisSynonym of athyroidism.
athyroticRelating to athyrosis
atibeproneAn antidepressant drug.
AtidA village and commune of Harghita County, Romania.
AtienzaA surname.
atigiAn Inuit pullover parka.
AtikThe primary component of the binary portion of the triple star system Omicron Persei.
AtikamekwAny of the indigenous inhabitants of the area they refer to as Nitaskinan ("Our Land") in Saint-Maurice, Quebec.
AtikayaName of one of the sons of Ravana in the Ramayana.
AtilanoA surname.
Atiliusa Roman nomen gentilicium
atilmotinA particular motilin receptor agonist.
atiltAt an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
atimepazoleAn adrenergic antagonist used to counteract amitraz poisoning
AtimonanA municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
atimypublic disgrace or stigma; outlawry; loss of civil rights
AtinA language that belongs to the Espiritu Santo language family.
AtingaSynonym of Salailen.
atingleTingling.
atinkleMaking a tinkling sound.
atinumabAn immunomodulator that binds to reticulon-4.
AtiocA barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines.
atipamezoleA synthetic alpha2-adrenergic antagonist indicated for the reversal of the sedative and analgesic effects of dexmedetomidine and medetomidine in dogs.
AtipoloA barangay of Jaro, Leyte, Philippines.
atiprimodA substance being studied for the treatment of certain multiple myelomas and other advanced cancers.
atiprosinAn antihypertensive agent.
atiptoeOn tiptoe; on the tips of one's toes in order to move quietly or to stand taller.
AtiquizayaA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
AtiraAtira, a goddess of the Earth in Pawnee religion/mythology.
atisaneA particular polycyclic diterpene whose structure is the model for many biologically active compounds
atisereneA particular bridged tetracyclic diterpene that is isomeric with trachylobane, beyerene and kaurene
atishooSynonym of achoo.
atisineA particular diterpene alkaloid.
AtislavA male given name from the Slavic languages.
AtiuA volcanic island of the Cook Islands archipelago.
AtiuanOf or relating to the island of Atiu.
AtivanA trade name for the drug lorazepam.
AtiyahA surname from Arabic.
atizoramA particular phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
AtkaThe largest of the Andreanof Islands.
AtkinA surname transferred from the given name.
AtkinsA surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Atkin (Adam)".
AtkinsonA surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic] meaning "son of Atkin", a Middle English diminutive of Adam.
AtkinsonianOf or relating to John William Atkinson (1923–2003), American psychologist who pioneered the scientific study of human motivation, achievement, and behavior.
AtkisonA surname.
AtkissonA surname.
AtlacomulcoA municipality of the State of Mexico, Mexico. Seat: Atlacomulco de Fabela.
AtlantaThe capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia.
atlantadToward the atlas.
atlantalRelating to the atlas.
AtlantanOf or pertaining to Atlanta
AtlanteanAn inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.
atlanticPertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
AtlanticaAn ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.
AtlanticismA philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations.
AtlanticistA supporter of Atlanticism.
atlantidAny gastropod in the family Atlantidae.
atlantificationThe process of joining or being influenced by the Atlantic bloc countries.
AtlantisA mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantista supporter of Atlanticism
atlantiteA melanocratic variety of basanite.
AtlantiumAn unrecognised secular micronation based in New South Wales, Australia.
atlantoaxialOf or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.
atlantodentalBetween the anterior arch of the atlas and the dens of the axis.
atlantoepistrophicSynonym of atlantoaxial.
atlantogenatanAny mammal of the clade Atlantogenata.
atlantomastoidRelating to the atlas (bone) and mastoid (process)
atlantooccipitalSituated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone.
atlantosauridAny dinosaur in the family Atlantosauridae, which is probably a synonym of the Diplodocidae.
atlasA bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
AtlasicRelating to the Atlas Mountains or the region of North Africa that they are in
atlasingThe creation of a (texture) atlas
atlasiteA discredited mineral, thought to be a mixture of azurite and atacamite.
atlasoviteA tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal dark brown mineral with the chemical formula K(BiO)Cu₆Fe³⁺(SO₄)₅O₃Cl.
atlastinAny of a family of proteins whose function is to fuse cell membranes
atlatlA spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.
atlatlistOne who uses an atlatl for hunting or for sport.
atledDel.
AtleeA surname.
AtletiAtlético Madrid, a soccer team from Madrid
AtlitA coastal town south of Haifa, Israel.
AtlixcoA city and municipality of Puebla, Mexico.
atlizumabTocilizumab.
atloaxoidSynonym of atlantoaxial.
atloidSynonym of atlantooccipital.
atloideanRelating to the atlas bone
AtlowA village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2348).
atmAny source of a large amount of money.
atmanThe true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
AtmarA surname.
atmarkThe at sign (@).
atmiatrytreatment of disease by vapours or gases, as by inhalation
atmidometerAn instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
atmidometryThe measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid; atmometry.
atmoThe standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
atmoclineA region of varying amounts of rainwater
atmologicalRelating to atmology.
atmologistSomeone versed in atmology.
atmologyThe branch of science dealing with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapour.
atmolyseTo perform atmolysis on.
atmolysisThe separation of mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.
atmolyticRelating to atmolysis.
atmolyzerAn apparatus for performing atmolysis.
atmometerAn instrument that measures the rate of evaporation of a liquid.
atmometricRelating to atmometry.
atmometryThe measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid.
atmophileIn the Goldschmidt classification, a gaseous element that concentrates in the atmosphere.
AtmoreA surname.
atmosphereThe gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

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