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Words beginning with A

The letter A

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assiduously

/əˈsɪdwəsli/

In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.

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assignee

American English pronunciation

One to whom a thing is assigned.

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assignment

/əˈsaɪnmənt/

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

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assistance

/əˈsɪstəns/

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

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associate

/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/

Joined with another or others and having lower status.

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association

/əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/

The act of associating.

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assonance

/ˈæsənəns/

The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

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assuage

/əˈswɑʒ/

To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

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assume

/əˈsum/

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.

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assurance

/əˈʃʊɹəns/

The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.

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assyria

/əˈsɪɹiə/

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…

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astaghfirullah

American English pronunciation

A short prayer of redemption; I seek forgiveness from Allah; God forgive me.

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astana

/æsˈtɑːnə/

The capital city of Kazakhstan.

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astarte

American English pronunciation

A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAš…

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asterisk

/ˈæstɚɪsk/

To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.

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asteroid

/ˈæstɚˌɔɪd/

A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that…

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asthma

/ˈæzmə/

A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold…

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astigmatism

/əˈstɪɡmətɪzm̩/

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.

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astilbe

/əˈstɪˌbi/

Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.

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Astrakhan'

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astral

/ˈæstɹəl/

Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.

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astrazeneca

American English pronunciation

The COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company.

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Astroglide

American English pronunciation

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astrolabe

/ˈæs.tɹəˌleɪb/Accent not specified by source

An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.

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astronaut

/ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that pur…

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astros

/ˈæstɹoʊz/

plural of Astro

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astyanax

American English pronunciation

The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.

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asuncion

/əˈsʌnʃən/

the capital and chief port of Paraguay

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asunción

/əˌsuːnsiˈɒn/Accent not specified by source

The capital and largest city of Paraguay.

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asunder

/əˈsʌndɚ/

Apart or separate from each other.

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