English words: A

1215 words under A; 401–500 on this page.

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• ahimsa noun (ahimsa, uncountable)
  Ahimsa is the idea of not harming any living thing, in thought, word or action; it is an important teaching in Hinduism, Jainism and…
• ai abbreviation (AI — artificial intelligence); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  AI stands for artificial intelligence: computer programs that can do things that seem to need thinking, like understanding speech…
• aid noun (aid — usually uncountable; an aid, aids); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Aid is help, especially money, food or care given to people who need it.
• aide noun (an aide, aides)
  An aide is a person who helps someone important, such as a president, prime minister or general, with their work.
• aigu adjective (French, in «accent aigu»)
  Means «sharp» or «high»; in English it is used in «accent aigu», the acute accent, the little mark sloping up to the right on the letter é.
• ail verb (ail, ails, ailed, ailing); old useeveryday · Jewish tradition
  To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong.
• ailing adjective (ailing); verb form of ail
  Ailing means ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting better quickly.
• ailment noun (an ailment, ailments)
  An ailment is an illness, usually a minor one, like a cold, cough or rash.
• aim noun (an aim, aims); verb (aim, aims, aimed, aiming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose.
• aimlessly adverb (aimlessly)
  Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town.
• ain fragment (part of «ain't»); verb form in informal speech…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe.
• air noun (air); verb (air, airs, aired, airing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it.
• airborne adjective (airborne)
  Moving or carried through the air: «airborne seeds», «airborne germs».
• aircraft noun (an aircraft, aircraft)
  Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship.
• airdrop noun (an airdrop, airdrops); verb…
  An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute.
• airflow noun (airflow, airflows)
  The movement of air from one place to another, for example through a room, a machine or around a wing.
• airless adjective (airless)
  With no fresh air moving; stuffy and hard to breathe in: «an airless room».
• airline noun (an airline, airlines)
  An airline is a company that flies planes carrying passengers or goods to different places.
• airliner noun (an airliner, airliners)
  A large aeroplane that carries passengers on regular flights for an airline.
• airplane noun (an airplane, airplanes); UK and Australia: aeroplane
  A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air.
• airport noun (an airport, airports)
  A place where aeroplanes take off and land, with buildings (terminals) where passengers check in, go through security and wait for their…
• airtight adjective (airtight)
  Airtight means sealed so tightly that no air can get in or out.
• airway noun (an airway, airways)
  The passage that air travels through from the nose and mouth to the lungs (throat and windpipe).
• airy adjective (airy, airier, airiest)
  Full of fresh air and space, light and open.
• aisle noun (aisle, aisles)
  An aisle is a long, narrow passage between rows of seats (in a church, theatre, plane, bus or classroom) or between shelves (in a…
• ajar adjective or adverb (ajar, no forms)
  Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open.
• akan nounJewish tradition
  A man's name, a son of Ezer in the family of Seir the Horite.
• akimbo adverb or adjective (with arms akimbo, no forms)
  Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.
• akin adjective (akin) — used after a verb
  Similar to or like something: «akin to» means much the same as.
• al name and fragment…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Al is a short form of boys' names like Albert, Alan, Alfred or Alexander.
• alabama proper noun (Alabama)
  A state in the south-east of the United States; its capital is Montgomery.
• alabaster noun (alabaster, no plural in use)
  Alabaster is a smooth, pale, shiny white stone, often carved into statues and vases.
• alacrity noun (alacrity, no plural)
  Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay.
• alarm noun (an alarm, alarms; alarm — uncountable: fear); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of danger: a fire alarm, a smoke alarm.
• alas interjection (alas)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A word that shows sadness, sorrow or regret: «Alas, it was too late.».
• alaskan adjective (Alaskan); noun (an Alaskan, Alaskans)
  adjective: From or about Alaska, the largest state of the USA, in the far north-west of North America.
• albatross noun (an albatross, albatrosses)
  An albatross is a very large seabird with long narrow wings that can glide over the ocean for a long time.
• albino noun (an albino, albinos); adjective (an albino rabbit)
  An albino is a person or animal born with little or no colour (pigment) in the skin, hair and eyes, so they are very pale or white.
• album noun (album, albums)
  An album is a book with empty pages for keeping photos, stamps or stickers.
• alchemical adjectiveJewish tradition
  Having to do with alchemy, the old study that tried to turn metals into gold.
• alchemist noun (an alchemist, alchemists)
  An alchemist was a person long ago, in the Middle Ages and before, who tried to turn ordinary metals like lead into gold and to find a…
• alcohol noun (alcohol — uncountable; alcohols — science, rare)
  A colourless liquid in drinks like beer, wine and spirits that changes the way people think and act, and can make them drunk.
• alcoholic adjective (alcoholic); noun (an alcoholic, alcoholics)
  An alcoholic drink has alcohol in it, like beer, wine or whisky.
• alcoholism noun (alcoholism, uncountable)
  An illness in which a person cannot stop drinking alcohol, even though it harms them and the people around them.
• alcove noun (alcove, alcoves)
  An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown.
• alder noun (an alder, alders)
  An alder is a tree of the birch family that grows by rivers and in wet ground, with roundish leaves and small cones and catkins.
• ale noun…
  A kind of beer, often darker or stronger, made with malted barley.
• aleph nounJewish tradition
  The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
• alert adjective (alert, more alert, most alert); noun…
  Watching and listening carefully, awake and ready to notice danger or act quickly.
• alertness noun (alertness — uncountable)
  Alertness is being awake, watchful and ready to notice and react quickly.
• alexander proper noun (Alexander — a boy's name)
  Alexander is a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and Sandy.
• alexia noun (alexia — uncountable); name (Alexia)
  A loss of the ability to read, usually after damage to the brain, for example from a stroke, in someone who could read before.
• alga noun (an alga, algae)
  An alga is a single simple plant-like living thing that grows in water or damp places and makes food from sunlight; it has no roots…
• algae noun, plural (algae; singular alga — rarely used)…
  Simple plant-like living things, usually green, brown or red, that grow in water or damp places and make their own food from sunlight.
• algebra noun (algebra, uncountable)
  Algebra is the part of maths that uses letters and symbols, such as x or n, to stand for numbers that are unknown or that can change.
• algonquian adjective (Algonquian); noun…
  A large family of Native American and First Nations languages of North America, including Cree, Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq and Blackfoot.
• algorithm noun (an algorithm, algorithms)
  An algorithm is a list of clear, step-by-step instructions for solving a problem or doing a task.
• alhamdulillah interjection…
  A phrase meaning «praise be to God» or «thanks be to God», said by Muslims to thank God, for good news and in everyday life.
• alibi noun (an alibi, alibis)
  An alibi is proof that a person was somewhere else when a crime happened, so they could not have done it.
• alien noun (an alien, aliens); adjective (alien)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A creature from another planet, in stories and films.
• alienate verbJewish tradition
  To transfer ownership of something to someone else, or to make someone feel distant or unfriendly.
• alienated adjectiveJewish tradition
  Turned away and separated, with feelings of love or loyalty gone cold.
• alight adjective (alight — only after a verb); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Alight means on fire or burning.
• align verb (align, aligns, aligned, aligning)
  To put things in a straight line or in the right position next to each other.
• alignment noun (alignment, alignments)
  Arrangement in a straight line or in the right position: «the alignment of the wheels».
• alike adjective (alike — not before a noun); adverb (alike)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Alike means very similar, looking or being almost the same («The twins look alike»).
• alimentary adjective (alimentary)
  To do with food and digestion.
• alive adjective (alive)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Alive means living, not dead.
• alkali noun (an alkali, alkalis or alkalies); adjective form…
  An alkali is a chemical that is the opposite of an acid; it can cancel out an acid.
• alkaline adjective (alkaline)
  Alkaline describes a substance that is the opposite of an acid: it has a pH above 7, such as soap, baking soda or bleach.
• all determiner, pronoun (all, all of); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  All means every one, the whole lot, with none left out.
• allegation noun (an allegation, allegations)
  An allegation is a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, said without proof yet.
• allege verb (allege, alleges, alleged, alleging)
  To allege something is to say it is true, especially that someone did something wrong, without proving it yet.
• alleged adjective (alleged); verb…
  Alleged means said to be true, or said to have happened, but not yet proven.
• allegedly adverb
  Allegedly means "people say this is true, but it has not been proved".
• allegiance nounJewish tradition
  Loyalty and support that you owe to a ruler, a country, or a cause.
• allegorical adjective (allegorical)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things.
• allegory noun (allegory, allegories)
  An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life.
• allergen noun (an allergen, allergens)
  An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in some people, such as pollen, peanuts, dust mites, pet fur or bee stings.
• allergic adjective
  If you are allergic to something, your body reacts badly to it, with sneezing, a rash, swelling or worse, though it is harmless to most…
• allergy noun (an allergy, allergies); adjective allergic
  An allergy is when your body reacts badly to something that is harmless for most people, such as nuts, pollen, cats or bee stings.
• alleviate verb (alleviate, alleviates, alleviated, alleviating)
  To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear.
• alley noun (an alley, alleys; alleyway)
  An alley is a narrow lane or path between or behind buildings.
• alleyway noun (alleyway, alleyways)
  A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings.
• alliance noun (an alliance, alliances)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An alliance is an agreement between countries, groups or people to work together or to help and protect each other.
• allied adjective (allied); also past form of the verb allyeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Joined together with others to help each other, especially in a war.
• alligator noun (an alligator, alligators)
  A large reptile with a long body, short legs, a long wide snout and strong jaws with many teeth, which lives in rivers, lakes and swamps…
• alliteration noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Alliteration is when several words close together start with the same sound, like «Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers».
• alliterative adjectiveJewish tradition
  Using several words close together that begin with the same sound.
• allocate verb (allocate, allocates, allocated, allocating)
  To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose.
• allocation noun (an allocation, allocations; allocation as uncountable)
  Allocation is the act of sharing out or giving out things for a purpose: "the allocation of seats".
• allocator noun (an allocator, allocators)
  A person or thing that shares out or gives out parts of something, such as money, places or jobs.
• allophone nounJewish tradition
  One of the different ways of saying the same speech sound in a language, which does not change the meaning of a word.
• allosaurus noun (allosaurus, allosauruses; also Allosaurus)
  A large meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two legs and lived about 150 million years ago, in the Jurassic period, in what is now North…
• allot verb (allot, allots, allotted, allotting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To allot is to give a share or an amount of something to someone, or to set time aside for something.
• allotment noun (an allotment, allotments)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers.
• allotted adjective (allotted); also the past form of the verb allot…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Allotted means given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an allotted area".
• allow verb (allow, allows, allowed, allowing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To let someone do something; to give permission: "Dogs are not allowed.".
• allowance noun (an allowance, allowances)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An allowance is an amount of money given regularly, for example the money parents give a child each week (US/Canada; UK usually «pocket…
• alloy noun (an alloy, alloys); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An alloy is a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal with another element, to make it stronger or better.

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