English words: A

1215 words under A; 901–1000 on this page.

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• armadillo noun (an armadillo, armadillos)
  An armadillo is a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in hard, bony plates like armour, which digs for insects with strong…
• armband noun (an armband, armbands)
  An armband is a band of cloth worn around the upper arm to show something, like that someone is team captain or that someone has died.
• armchair noun (an armchair, armchairs); adjective…
  An armchair is a comfortable chair with side parts to rest your arms on.
• armful noun (an armful, armfuls)
  As much as you can carry in one or both arms.
• armhole nounJewish tradition
  The opening in a garment for the arm, or the armpit.
• armistice noun (armistice, armistices)
  An agreement between enemies in a war to stop fighting, usually while they talk about peace.
• armless adjective
  Armless means having no arms.
• armlet nounJewish tradition
  A band or bracelet worn around the upper arm as a piece of jewelry.
• armor noun (plural armors); also verb (armors, armored, armoring)
  Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle.
• armour noun (armour — uncountable; US spelling armor); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Armour is a strong covering of metal or leather that soldiers and knights wore in the past to protect their bodies in battle.
• armoury noun (an armoury, armouries; US spelling armory, armories)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A place where weapons and armour are kept, such as a room in a castle or a building used by an army.
• armpit noun (an armpit, armpits)
  Your armpit is the hollow place under your arm where it joins your shoulder.
• armrest noun (an armrest, armrests)
  An armrest is the part of a chair, sofa, or seat in a car, bus or plane where you rest your arm.
• arms noun (plural of arm: an arm, arms); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The two body parts from your shoulders to your hands (plural of arm).
• army noun (an army, armies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country.
• arnica noun (uncountable)
  Arnica is a yellow flower that grows in mountains, related to daisies.
• around preposition, adverb (around; UK also round)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Around means on every side of something, or in a circle.
• arousal noun (arousal; uncountable)
  Arousal is the state of being awake, alert or excited, when the body and mind are ready for action.
• arouse verb (arouse, arouses, aroused, arousing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To arouse a feeling is to cause it, like interest, curiosity, anger or suspicion.
• arrange verb (arrange, arranges, arranged, arranging)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To arrange things is to put them in a neat or useful order or position.
• arranged verb, past form of arrange…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Arranged means put in a certain order or pattern, such as in rows, by size or by colour.
• arrangement noun (an arrangement, arrangements)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A plan made in advance for something to happen (travel arrangements).
• array noun (array, arrays); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An array is a set of things put in equal rows and columns.
• arrears noun, plural (arrears)
  Money that is owed and should have been paid already: rent arrears.
• arrest verb (arrest, arrests, arrested, arresting); noun…
  To arrest someone is for the police to take them away because they may have broken the law.
• arrival noun (an arrival, arrivals; uncountable for the act)
  Arrival is the act of reaching a place, coming to where you were going.
• arrive verb (arrive, arrives, arrived, arriving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To arrive is to get to a place at the end of a trip.
• arrogance noun (arrogance; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Behaving as if you are more important, cleverer or better than other people.
• arrogant adjective (arrogant, more arrogant, most arrogant)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Behaving as if you are better or more important than other people.
• arrogantly adverbJewish tradition
  in a proud way, as if you were better than others.
• arrow noun (an arrow, arrows)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thin straight stick with a sharp point at the front and feathers at the back, shot from a bow.
• arse noun…
  The bottom, the part of the body you sit on.
• arsenal noun (an arsenal, arsenals); proper noun (Arsenal)
  An arsenal is a big collection of weapons, or a building where weapons are made or stored.
• arsenic noun (arsenic — uncountable)
  Arsenic is a chemical element (symbol As); many of its compounds are very poisonous.
• art noun (art, arts; an art)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing.
• artefact noun (artefact, artefacts) — UK spelling; US: artifact
  An object made by people long ago, such as a tool, pot or jewel, that tells us about the past.
• artemisia noun (artemisia, artemisias); name (Artemisia)
  Artemisia is a group of plants with strong-smelling, often silvery leaves, including wormwood, mugwort, sagebrush and tarragon.
• artery noun (an artery, arteries)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An artery is a tube in the body that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
• artful adjective (artful, more artful, most artful)
  Artful means clever at getting what you want, especially by tricking people; crafty.
• artfully adverb
  Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing.
• arthritis noun (arthritis)
  Arthritis is an illness that makes the joints, the places where bones meet like knees, hips and fingers, swollen, stiff and painful.
• article noun (an article, articles)
  An article is a piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine or website.
• articulate adjective (articulate, more articulate, most articulate)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An articulate person can express ideas clearly and well in words.
• articulated adjective (articulated); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An articulated lorry, bus or vehicle has two or more parts joined by a bendy joint so it can turn corners.
• artifice noun (artifice, artifices)
  A clever trick used to fool people.
• artificer noun (old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal.
• artificial adjective
  Artificial means made by people, not natural.
• artificially adverb (artificially)
  Artificially means made or done by people, not by nature.
• artillery nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them.
• artisan noun (an artisan, artisans); adjective (artisan)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand, such as a carpenter, potter or weaver.
• artist noun (an artist, artists)
  An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art.
• artistic adjective (artistic, more artistic, most artistic)
  Artistic means good at art or creative things like drawing, painting, music or design.
• arts noun (the arts — plural; art, arts); verb form (no)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and…
• artwork noun (an artwork, artworks; artwork, uncountable)
  An artwork is a piece of art, such as a painting, drawing, sculpture or collage.
• arum noun (an arum, arums)
  An arum is a plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a hood-like flower around a spike, such as the arum lily or the wild arum (cuckoo pint…
• aryan adjective (Aryan); noun (an Aryan, Aryans)
  Aryan was an old name for the ancient people who spoke early Indo-Iranian languages in Iran and northern India; «arya» meant «noble» in…
• as preposition (as a teacher); conjunction…everyday · Jewish tradition
  As means in the role of: she works as a nurse.
• asap abbreviation (ASAP, asap — informal)
  ASAP stands for «as soon as possible»: very soon, without delay.
• ascend verb (ascend, ascends, ascended, ascending)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ascend means to go up, to climb or rise: "the balloon ascended into the sky".
• ascender noun (an ascender, ascenders)
  An ascender is the part of a lowercase letter that goes up above the middle of the line, as in b, d, f, h, k, l and t.
• ascension noun (the Ascension; an ascension, ascensions)
  The Ascension is the event when, Christians believe, Jesus rose up into heaven forty days after he rose from the dead.
• ascent noun (an ascent, ascents)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An ascent is a climb up a mountain, hill or stairs.
• ascertain verb (ascertain, ascertains, ascertained, ascertaining)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To find out for certain whether something is true, usually by checking carefully.
• ascribe verb (ascribe, ascribes, ascribed, ascribing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say that something was caused by something, as in «ascribe her success to hard work».
• ash noun (ash, ashes; an ash tree, ash trees)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The grey powder left after something has burned.
• ashamed adjective (ashamed, more ashamed, most ashamed)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Ashamed means feeling bad and guilty because you did something wrong or something you think is embarrassing.
• ashore adverb (ashore)
  On or onto the land from the sea or a river.
• ashy adjective (ashier, ashiest)
  Ashy means covered with ash, or grey like ash.
• asia proper noun (Asia)
  Asia is the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people.
• asian adjective (Asian); noun (an Asian, Asians)
  Asian means from Asia, the biggest continent, or connected with its people, countries, languages or food.
• asiatic adjective (Asiatic)
  From Asia, used mostly in the names of animals and plants, such as the Asiatic lion or the Asiatic black bear.
• aside adverb (aside); noun (an aside, asides)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To one side; out of the way: "Step aside.".
• ask verb (ask, asks, asked, asking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer.
• askance adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  To look askance at something or someone is to look at them with doubt, suspicion or disapproval.
• askest verb, old form used with thou
  «askest» means «you ask», a form of «ask»: To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer.
• asketh verb, old form of «asks» (he, she, it)
  «asketh» means «asks», a form of «ask»: To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer.
• asl abbreviation (ASL)
  ASL stands for American Sign Language, the language of hand signs, faces and body movements used by many Deaf people in the USA and parts…
• asleep adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Sleeping.
• asp nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories.
• asparagus noun (asparagus — uncountable)
  A vegetable with long green, white or purple stalks with pointed tips, eaten cooked.
• aspect noun (an aspect, aspects)everyday · Jewish tradition
  One part or side of a situation, problem or idea that you can think about.
• aspen noun (an aspen, aspens)
  An aspen is a tall, thin tree of the poplar family, with round leaves on long, flat stalks that make them shake and flutter in the…
• asphalt noun (asphalt — uncountable); verb…
  Asphalt is a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to make road surfaces and playgrounds.
• aspirate verb (aspirate, aspirates, aspirated, aspirating); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To aspirate a sound is to say it with a puff of breath, like the «h» in «hat» or the «p» in «pin».
• aspire verb (aspire, aspires, aspired, aspiring)
  To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life.
• aspirin noun…
  Aspirin is a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling.
• ass noun (an ass, asses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An ass is a donkey, an animal like a small horse with long ears.
• assail verb (assail, assails, assailed, assailing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To assail someone is to attack them violently.
• assailant noun (an assailant, assailants)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An assailant is a person who attacks someone physically.
• assassin noun (assassins)
  A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay.
• assassinate verb…
  To assassinate is to murder an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.
• assassination noun (an assassination, assassinations)
  An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.
• assault noun (an assault, assaults; also uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An assault is a violent attack on a person, or a threat to hurt them; it is a crime.
• assay nounJewish tradition
  A test of a metal or ore to find out how pure it is, or to try something out.
• assemblage noun (assemblages)
  A large gathering of people, or a collection of many things brought together, such as a crowd at a feast or a court.
• assemble verb (assemble, assembles, assembled, assembling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To assemble is to come together in one place as a group.
• assembly noun (an assembly, assemblies; assembly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Assembly is a meeting of the whole school or several classes together, often in the hall, for news, songs, stories and awards.
• assent noun (assent; uncountable); verb…
  Agreement or permission, especially official agreement.
• assert verb (assert, asserts, asserted, asserting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To assert something is to say firmly that it is true.
• asserted verb form (past of «assert»)
  Asserted means said firmly that something is true.

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