Words beginning with A
The letter A
1,741 videos · Page 49 of 59assiduously
In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.
assignee
One to whom a thing is assigned.
assignment
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
assistance
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
associate
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
association
The act of associating.
assonance
The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
assuage
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
assume
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
assurance
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
assyria
An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper…
astaghfirullah
A short prayer of redemption; I seek forgiveness from Allah; God forgive me.
astana
The capital city of Kazakhstan.
astarte
A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAš…
asterisk
To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.
asteroid
A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that…
asthma
A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold…
astigmatism
A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.
astilbe
Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
Astrakhan'
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astral
Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
astrazeneca
The COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company.
Astroglide
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astrolabe
An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
astronaut
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that pur…
astros
plural of Astro
astyanax
The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.
asuncion
the capital and chief port of Paraguay
asunción
The capital and largest city of Paraguay.
asunder
Apart or separate from each other.