| anthesis | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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| anthologist | (noun) an editor who makes selections for an anthology | - |
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| anthracosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust | Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung |
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| anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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| anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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| anthropologism | (noun) a point of view in which human nature is exhaustively determined by the culture in which a person lives, leaving no room for human agency. | - |
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| anthropologist | (noun) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology | - |
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| anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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| anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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| antibiosis | (noun) an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | - |
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| antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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| antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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| antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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| antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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| antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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| antihistamine | (noun) a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site | - |
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| antilogism | (noun) an inconsistent triad of propositions in logic of which two are premises of a valid syllogism while the third is the contradictory of its conclusion. | - |
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| antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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| antinomianism | (noun) the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture) | - |
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| antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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| antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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| antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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| antisepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: asepsis |
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| (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility |
| antiseptic | (noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
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| antiserum | (noun) blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
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| antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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| antistrophe | (noun) the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem | - |
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| antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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| antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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| (noun) exact opposite | - |
| anuresis | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuria |
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| aorist | (noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation | - |
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| aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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| aphaeresis | (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: apheresis |
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| apheresis | (noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | Synonyms: pheresis |
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| (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: aphaeresis |
| aphesis | (noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | - |
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| aphorism | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm |
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| aphorist | (noun) someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
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| aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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| aphrodisiac | (noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
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| apiarist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiculturist, beekeeper |
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| apiculturist | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, beekeeper |
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| apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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| apoapsis | (noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited | Synonyms: point of apoapsis |
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| apoliticism | (noun) Apathy and/or antipathy towards all political affiliations. | - |
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| apologist | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: justifier, vindicator |
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| apomixis | (noun) any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization | - |
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| aponeurosis | (noun) any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons | - |
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| apophasis | (noun) mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
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| apophatism | (noun) the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) | - |
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| apophysis | (noun) (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra | - |
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| (noun) (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers | - |
| apoptosis | (noun) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival | Synonyms: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death |
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| aposiopesis | (noun) breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | - |
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| apotheosis | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: deification, exaltation |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| appendicitis | (noun) inflammation of the vermiform appendix | - |
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| appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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| appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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| (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
| apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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| apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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| apsis | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apse |
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| arbalist | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalest |
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| (noun) archer who uses an arbalest | - |
| arboriculturist | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: forester, tree farmer |
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| arborist | (noun) a specialist in treating damaged trees | Synonyms: tree surgeon |
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| archaeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archeologist |
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| archaeornis | (noun) extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing | - |
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| archaicism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaism |
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| archaism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaicism |
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| archaist | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, antiquary |
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| (noun) a person who archaizes | - |
| archbishop | (noun) a bishop of highest rank | - |
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| archbishopric | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop | - |
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| archeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archaeologist |
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| archerfish | (noun) any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia | Synonyms: Toxotes jaculatrix |
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| architeuthis | (noun) largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) | Synonyms: giant squid |
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| archivist | (noun) a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives | - |
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| arianist | (noun) an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God) | - |
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| arishth | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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| arista | (noun) bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies | - |
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| aristocracy | (noun) a privileged class holding hereditary titles | Synonyms: nobility |
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| (noun) the most powerful members of a society | Synonyms: gentry |
| aristocrat | (noun) a member of the aristocracy | Synonyms: blue blood, patrician |
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| aristocratism | (noun) the principles, practices or characteristics of aristocracy. | - |
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| armistice | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: cease-fire, truce |
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| arriviste | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
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| arsonist | (noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: firebug, incendiary |
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| artemisia | (noun) any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | - |
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| arteriectasis | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasia |
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| arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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| arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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| arteritis | (noun) inflammation of an artery | - |
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| arthritis | (noun) inflammation of a joint or joints | - |
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| arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| artificialism | (noun) Czech surrealism founded in 1928 by Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen (Marie Cerminova). | - |
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| artisan | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artificer, craftsman, journeyman |
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| artist | (noun) a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination | Synonyms: creative person |
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| artiste | (noun) a public performer (a dancer or singer) | - |
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| artistry | (noun) a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation | Synonyms: art, prowess |
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| asbestosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles | - |
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| ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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| ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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