Words beginning with A
The letter A
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A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
axial
Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
axilla
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
axillary
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
axiom
A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved…
axios
A municipal unit in Delta municipality, Central Macedonia, Greece.
axis
An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
axle
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
axolotl
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
axon
A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell t…
Axure
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aya
Alternative form of ayah.
ayaan
A male given name.
ayahuasca
A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
ayala
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
ayanna
A female given name.
Ayanna Pressley
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ayaya
Synonym of Guajá (“a language of Brazil”).
ayden
A male given name from Irish, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.
aye
Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
Ayers Rock
A giant, red-colored free-standing monadnock in the south of Northern Territory in Central Australia.
ayesha
A female given name from Arabic.
Ayesha Curry
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Ayla
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ayn
Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
Ayn Rand
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
Ayo Edebiri
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ayodhya
A city, division, and administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
ayoub
Alternative form of Ayyub (“Job, one of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an”)
ayr
father