AtreidaeCollectively, the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
AtropatesA Persian nobleman of the 4th century BC who was satrap of Media under Darius III and retained control of northern Media (named after him Atropatian Media or simply Atropatia/Atropatene) following Alexander the Great's conquest.
atroxaseAn endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.
attachiamenta de spinis et boscisAn ancient privilege granted to forest officers to take for their own any thorns, brushwood, and windfalls within their own precincts.
attagenA grey partridge (Perdix perdix) of Eurasia.
AttaliaAn ancient city in modern Turkey; modern Antalya.
Attempto Controlled EnglishA subset of English with restricted syntax and semantics described by a small set of formal rules, suitable for knowledge representation and specification or as a query language.
attentatAnything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal.
attenuantarchaic Making thin; diluting or thinning; rendering less dense and viscid.
attico-Epitympanic recess or the uppermost part of the middle ear cavity located above the tympanic membrane and containing the head of the malleus (hammer bone) and body of the incus (anvil bone).
audita querelaA writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
AugeasA king of Elis, best known for his stables, the Augean stables.
aulacophoreA tail-like longitudinally differentiated appendage found in mitrates and cornutes, originally believed to be used for feeding, but now believed to be used for locomotion.
aula magnaA great hall or large classroom used for special occasions at a university.