| ambassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: embassador |
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| (noun) an informal representative | - |
| ambassadorship | (noun) the post of ambassador | - |
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| ambassadress | (noun) a woman ambassador | - |
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| antimacassar | (noun) a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils | - |
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| assagai | (noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | Synonyms: assegai |
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| assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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| assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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| assassin | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassinator, bravo |
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| (noun) a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders | - |
| assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack | - |
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| (noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
| assassinator | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, bravo |
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| assault | (noun) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack | - |
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| (noun) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | - |
| (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: rape, ravishment, violation |
| assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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| assay | (noun) a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. | - |
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| (noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: check |
| (noun) a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance | - |
| (noun) a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components | - |
| assayer | (noun) an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals | - |
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| bassarisk | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| bioassay | (noun) appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard | Synonyms: bio-assay |
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| brassard | (noun) armor plate that protects the arm | - |
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| brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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| cassareep | (noun) a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking | - |
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| cassava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: casava |
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| (noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | Synonyms: manioc |
| (noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca |
| embassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: ambassador |
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| immunoassay | (noun) identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen | Synonyms: immunochemical assay |
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| massacre | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter |
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| massage | (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| massager | (noun) someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| massasauga | (noun) pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians | Synonyms: massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus |
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| (noun) small pygmy rattlesnake | Synonyms: ground rattler, Sistrurus miliaris |
| passado | (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: lunge, straight thrust |
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| passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
| (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
| (noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
| (noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
| (noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| pulassan | (noun) fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter | Synonyms: pulasan |
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| (noun) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan | Synonyms: Nephelium mutabile, pulasan, pulasan tree |
| radioimmunoassay | (noun) immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled | - |
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| sassaby | (noun) a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal | Synonyms: Damaliscus lunatus, topi |
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| sassafras | (noun) dried root bark of the sassafras tree | - |
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| (noun) yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | Synonyms: Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree |
| thalassaemia | (noun) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | Synonyms: Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia |
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| vassal | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman |
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| vassalage | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfdom, serfhood |
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| wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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| wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |