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- AUTOMOBILEA type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount
- AUTUMNTraditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of Sept
- AUTUMNALOf or relating to autumn.
- AUXILIARauxiliary
- AUXILIARYHelping; giving assistance or support.
- AVAILTo turn to the advantage of. [ with of]
- AVARICEExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- AVARICIOUSActuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
- AVELTo pull away.
- AVENSA plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
- AVENTAILA curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
- AVENUEA broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- AVERTo assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- AVERSEHaving a repugnance or opposition of mind.
- AVERSIONOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
- AVERTTo turn aside or away.
- AVIANCharacteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
- AVIARYA house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
- AVIATIONThe art or science of making and flying aircraft.
- AVIDEnthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
- AVIDINA tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
- AVIDITYGreediness; strong appetite.
- AVIFORMHaving the shape of a bird
- AVINECharacteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
- AVITALRelating to a grandfather or ancestor.
- AVOCATIONA calling away; a diversion.
- AVOIDTo try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- AVOUCHTo declare freely and openly; to assert.
- AVOWTo declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- AVULSETo tear off forcibly.
- AVULSIONThe loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
- AVUNCULARIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
- AVUNCULATEThe relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons.
- AWARDA judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- AXILThe angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
- AXISAn imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- AYAHA South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
- AZYMOUSunleavened, unfermented.
- BACHELORA person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
- BACILLUSAny of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
- BACULIFORMShaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
- BACULINEOf or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
- BACULITEAny member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
- BACULOVIRUSAny large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses.
- BACULUMA bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
- BADIOUSChestnut-coloured.
- BAGNIOA brothel.
- BAILSecurity, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- BAILEYThe outer wall of a feudal castle.
- BALANCEA state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- BALLETA classical form of dance.
- BALLIUMSynonym of bailey (“fortification”).
- BANCOBeing or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
- BARBELA freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.
- BARDA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- BARDESA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- BAROQUEOrnate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- BASANITEA basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert.
- BASCULEA counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
- BASINA wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
- BASIONThe middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull.
- BASKETA lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
- BASTInner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
- BATOONA baton.
- BATTERYA device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
- BATTUEA form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
- BAUBLEA cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
- BEASTAny four-footed land mammal.
- BEATIFICBlessed, blissful, heavenly.
- BEATIFYTo make blissful.
- BEATITUDESupreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
- BEAUA man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- BEAUTIFYTo make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
- BEETBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- BEETEDBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- BEHAVIORHuman conduct relative to social norms.
- BELDAMEA grandmother.
- BELLEAn attractive woman.
- BELLICOSEWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
- BELTA band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- BENEDIGHTBlessed; benedict.
- BENEFACTORSomebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
- BENEFICFavorable; beneficent.
- BENEFICELand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- BENEFICIALHelpful or good to something or someone.
- BENEFITAn advantage; help or aid from something.
- BERETA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
- BESTIALBeast-like.
- BESTIARYA medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.
- BETAINEA sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH3)
- BETONYAny plant of the genus Stachys. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
- BEZANTA coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- BIASInclination towards something.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- BICAUDALHaving two tails
- BICEPA biceps.
- BICEPSAny muscle having two heads.
- BICIPITALOf or pertaining to a biceps.
- BICORNA two-cornered hat, worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
- BICORNEAlternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”).