Words beginning with A

A historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and so…

Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

plural of Aramean

plural of arancino

Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.

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A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in…

Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

The act or process of arbitrating.

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A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for …

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Understood by only a few.

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An inverted U shape.

plural of archaeon

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

Alternative spelling of archeopteryx.

The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of …

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangeli…

The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

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Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Jude…

The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.

In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized or most representative model.