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Words beginning with A

The letter A

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axel

/ˈæksəl/

A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.

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axial

/ˈæk.si.əl/

Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis

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axilla

/ækˈsɪlə/Accent not specified by source

The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

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axillary

/ˈæksɪlɛɹi/

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.

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axiom

/ˈæk.si.əm/

A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved…

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axios

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A municipal unit in Delta municipality, Central Macedonia, Greece.

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axis

/ˈæksɪs/

An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

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axle

/ˈæksəl/

The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

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axolotl

/ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

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axon

/ˈækˌsɑn/

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…

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Axure

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aya

/ˈaɪə/Accent not specified by source

Alternative form of ayah.

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ayaan

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A male given name.

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ayahuasca

/ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə/Accent not specified by source

A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.

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ayala

/əˈjɑlə/

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

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ayanna

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A female given name.

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Ayanna Pressley

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ayaya

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Synonym of Guajá (“a language of Brazil”).

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ayden

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A male given name from Irish, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.

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aye

/aɪ/

Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

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Ayers Rock

/ˌɛə(ɹ)z ˈɹɒk/Accent not specified by source

A giant, red-colored free-standing monadnock in the south of Northern Territory in Central Australia.

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ayesha

/ˈaɪsɑ/

A female given name from Arabic.

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Ayesha Curry

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Ayla

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ayn

/eɪn/

Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.

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Ayn Rand

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United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)

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Ayo Edebiri

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ayodhya

/ˌaɪˈɑdjə/

A city, division, and administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.

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ayoub

/ˈeɪaʊb/

Alternative form of Ayyub (“Job, one of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an”)

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ayr

/ɛɚ/

father

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