Nouns

aphis

noun

type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and ve...

aphonia

noun

a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of v...

aphakic

noun

someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural le...

apia

noun

the capital of Western Samoa

apiculturist

noun

a farmer who keeps bees for their honey

apiary

noun

a shed containing a number of beehives

apiarist

noun

a farmer who keeps bees for their honey

apiculture

noun

the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the produc...

aplasia

noun

failure of some tissue or organ to develop

apogamy

noun

(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; esp...

apocope

noun

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds

apophasis

noun

mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned

apologetics

noun

the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of...

apophysis

noun

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or b...

apostleship

noun

the position of apostle

apresoline

noun

an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilate...

apraxia

noun

inability to make purposeful movements

apulia

noun

a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic

aquatics

noun

sports that involve bodies of water

arachnoid

noun

the middle of the 3 meninges

aragonite

noun

a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic w...

arachnida

noun

a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and...

arapahoe

noun

a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting ea...

aranyaka

noun

a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded...

araguaia

noun

a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (wi...

araxes

noun

a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source o...

araguaya

noun

a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (wi...

arequipa

noun

a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an an...

arete

noun

a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains

aridity

noun

a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a p...

arioso

noun

(music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an ari...

arithmetician

noun

someone who specializes in arithmetic

arouser

noun

someone who rouses others from sleep

aruru

noun

mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with...

asepsis

noun

the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of m...

asahikawa

noun

a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile a...

asexuality

noun

having no evident sex or sex organs

astasia

noun

inability to stand due to muscular incoordination

astilbe

noun

any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and sh...

astigmia

noun

(optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays fro...

astragalus

noun

large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north...

astereognosis

noun

a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them

asynchronism

noun

the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated time...

asyndeton

noun

the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be us...

asur

noun

an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capit...

asynergia

noun

absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually...

atakapa

noun

a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisi...

asynergy

noun

absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually...

ateleiosis

noun

a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelop...

ateliosis

noun

a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelop...