| apodous | (adjective) (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | Synonyms: apodal |
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| apoplectoid | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectiform |
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| appalled | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: aghast, dismayed, shocked |
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| appareled | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
| appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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| (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
| (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
| appendaged | (adjective) having an appendage | - |
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| appendant | (adjective) affixed as an appendage | - |
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| appendectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendicectomy |
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| appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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| appendicitis | (noun) inflammation of the vermiform appendix | - |
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| appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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| appendicular | (adjective) relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs | - |
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| appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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| appendix | (noun) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | Synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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| (noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book | - |
| applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
| applaudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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| applauder | (noun) someone who applauds | Synonyms: clapper |
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| applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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| applied | (adjective) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | - |
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| appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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| (adjective) selected for a job | - |
| (adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
| (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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| apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
| apprehended | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: appreciated, comprehended |
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| apprehender | (noun) a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | - |
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| (noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: knower |
| apprenticed | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: articled, bound, indentured |
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| appressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: adpressed |
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| approved | (adjective) established by authority; given authoritative approval | Synonyms: sanctioned |
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| apsidal | (adjective) of or relating to an apse | - |
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| aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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| aptitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to aptitudes | - |
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| aqueduct | (noun) a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | - |
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| arachnid | (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnoid |
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| arachnidian | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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| arachnoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery |
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| (noun) air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | Synonyms: arachnid |
| (noun) the middle of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: arachnoid membrane |
| araneidal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a spider | Synonyms: araneidan |
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| araneidan | (adjective) relating to or resembling a spider | Synonyms: araneidal |
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| arcade | (noun) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | Synonyms: colonnade |
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| (noun) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side | - |
| arcadian | (adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | Synonyms: bucolic, pastoral |
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| arcdegree | (noun) a measure for arcs and angles | Synonyms: degree |
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| arced | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
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| archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop | - |
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| archdeaconry | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon | - |
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| archdiocesan | (adjective) of or relating to an archdiocese | - |
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| archdiocese | (noun) the diocese of an archbishop | - |
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| archducal | (adjective) belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy | - |
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| archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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| archduchy | (noun) the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess | - |
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| archduke | (noun) a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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| arched | (adjective) constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches | - |
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| (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
| archiannelid | (noun) small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae | - |
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| archidiaconal | (adjective) of or relating to an archdeacon or his office | - |
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| archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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| archimandrite | (noun) the superior of an abbey of monks | Synonyms: abbot |
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| arcsecond | (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: second |
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| arctiid | (noun) stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars | Synonyms: arctiid moth |
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| ard | (noun) a simple light plough without a mouldboard. | Synonyms: ard plough, scratch plough |
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| ardeb | (noun) a unit of dry measure used in Egypt | - |
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| ardent | (adjective) glowing or shining like fire | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by strong enthusiasm | Synonyms: warm |
| (adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
| ardently | (adverb) in an ardent manner | - |
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| ardor | (noun) intense feeling of love | Synonyms: ardour |
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| (noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) | Synonyms: ardour, elan, zeal |
| (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
| ardour | (noun) intense feeling of love | Synonyms: ardor |
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| (noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) | Synonyms: ardor, elan, zeal |
| (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
| arduous | (adjective) difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
| (adjective) taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | Synonyms: straining, strenuous |
| arduously | (adverb) in an arduous manner | - |
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| arduousness | (noun) extreme effortfulness | Synonyms: strenuousness |
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| argasid | (noun) tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | Synonyms: soft tick |
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| argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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| arid | (adjective) lacking sufficient water or rainfall | Synonyms: waterless |
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| (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated |
| aridity | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: barrenness, fruitlessness |
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| (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridness, thirstiness |
| aridness | (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridity, thirstiness |
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| ariled | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: arillate |
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| armada | (noun) a large fleet | - |
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| armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
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| armband | (noun) a band worn around the upper arm | - |
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| (noun) worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning | - |
| armed | (adjective) (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms | - |
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| (adjective) (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns | - |
| (adjective) having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination | - |
| armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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| armored | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armoured |
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| (adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armoured |
| (adjective) equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior | Synonyms: panoplied |
| armoured | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armored |
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| (adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armored |
| aroid | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: araceous |
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| (noun) any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | Synonyms: arum |
| around | (adverb) in circumference | - |
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| (adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: round |
| (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
| (adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | - |
| (adverb) in a circle or circular motion | - |
| (adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) to a particular destination either specified or understood | - |
| (adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: about |
| aroused | (adjective) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | Synonyms: emotional, excited, worked up |
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| (adjective) aroused to action | - |
| (adjective) emotionally aroused | Synonyms: stimulated, stirred, stirred up |
| (adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement | Synonyms: ablaze, aflame |
| (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on |
| (adjective) brought to a state of great tension | Synonyms: wound up |
| arranged | (adjective) disposed or placed in a particular kind of order | Synonyms: ordered |
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| (adjective) deliberately arranged for effect | Synonyms: staged |
| (adjective) organized or planned for | - |
| arrayed | (adjective) in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia | Synonyms: panoplied |
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| arrivederci | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| arrowhead | (noun) the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow | - |
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| arsenide | (noun) a compound of arsenic with a more positive element | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| arthropod | (noun) invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin | - |
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| arthropodal | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodan, arthropodous |
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| arthropodan | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodous |
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| arthropodous | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodan |
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| articled | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, bound, indentured |
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| articulated | (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulate |
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| artiodactyl | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla | Synonyms: artiodactylous, even-toed |
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| (noun) placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot | Synonyms: artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate |
| artiodactylous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla | Synonyms: artiodactyl, even-toed |
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| arundinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria | - |
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| arytaenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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| arytenoid | (noun) either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached | Synonyms: arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage |
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| asafetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafoetida |
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