Words beginning with A

United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)

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A particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.

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Initialism of African-American Vernacular English.

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From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force.

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A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an ins…

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;

An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

The Barada River.

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The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to;…

Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the pa…

A surname originating as an occupation.

A city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.

To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

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The English alphabet.

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A unisex given name originating as a coinage.

To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, stati…

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.