Nouns

aglet

noun

metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon

agio

noun

a fee charged for exchanging currencies

agnation

noun

line of descent traced through the paternal side of the fami...

agni

noun

(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional Indi...

agnail

noun

a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail;...

agnatha

noun

superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic f...

agnomen

noun

an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `...

agon

noun

a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended...

agrapha

noun

sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels

agriculturalist

noun

someone concerned with the science or art or business of cul...

agrimony

noun

a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of...

agromania

noun

an intense desire to be alone or out in the open

agriculturist

noun

someone concerned with the science or art or business of cul...

agrobiology

noun

the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way...

ahvenanmaa

noun

an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia...

aimlessness

noun

the quality of lacking any definite purpose

aircraftsman

noun

a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force

aircrewman

noun

a member of an aircrew

aircraftman

noun

a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force

airfoil

noun

a device that provides reactive force when in motion relativ...

airiness

noun

the property of something weightless and insubstantial

airframe

noun

the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excludi...

airmanship

noun

the art of operating aircraft

airscrew

noun

a propeller that rotates to push against air

airwoman

noun

a woman aviator

airworthiness

noun

fitness to fly

aitchbone

noun

a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone

aigrette

noun

a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a ha...

aiglet

noun

metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon

ailanthus

noun

any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus

aigret

noun

a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a ha...

ailurophobia

noun

a morbid fear of cats

akaba

noun

Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of...

akee

noun

red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh i...

akvavit

noun

Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds

alecost

noun

tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow...

alewife

noun

shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted...

allhallows

noun

a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observe...

allhallowtide

noun

the season of All Saints' Day

allmouth

noun

fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached...

almsgiving

noun

making voluntary contributions to aid the poor

almsgiver

noun

a person who gives alms

altazimuth

noun

an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of cele...

alabamian

noun

a native or resident of Alabama

alastrim

noun

a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of th...

alanine

noun

a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins

alaric

noun

king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410)

albee

noun

United States dramatist (1928-)

albite

noun

a widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks

albigensianism

noun

a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant...