| anklebone | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: astragal, astragalus, talus |
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| anklet | (noun) an ornament worn around the ankle | Synonyms: ankle bracelet |
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| (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
| (noun) a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle | - |
| anklets | (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
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| annulet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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| (noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring | - |
| anole | (noun) small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color | Synonyms: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis |
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| answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being answered | - |
| (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
| answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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| antielectron | (noun) an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | Synonyms: positron |
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| antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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| antiflatulent | (noun) any agent that reduces intestinal gas | - |
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| antilepton | (noun) the antiparticle of a lepton | - |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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| antler | (noun) deciduous horn of a member of the deer family | - |
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| antlered | (adjective) having antlers | - |
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| apolemia | (noun) large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long | - |
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| apoplectic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy | - |
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| apoplectiform | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectoid |
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| apoplectoid | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectiform |
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| apoplexy | (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke |
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| aposelene | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: apolune |
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| apostle | (noun) an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform | - |
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| apostleship | (noun) the position of apostle | - |
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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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| appealable | (adjective) capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal | - |
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| appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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| appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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| applaudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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| apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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| (noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
| applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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| (noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
| applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
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| applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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| applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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| (noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
| applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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| applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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| applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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| appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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| apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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| approachable | (adjective) easy to meet or converse or do business with | - |
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| (adjective) easily approached | Synonyms: reachable |
| (adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: accessible |
| appropriable | (adjective) that can be appropriated | - |
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| aquilege | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilegia, columbine |
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| aquilegia | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, columbine |
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| arable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: cultivable, cultivatable, tillable |
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| arbalest | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalist |
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| arbitrable | (adjective) appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration | - |
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| areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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| arguable | (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: debatable, disputable, moot |
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| (adjective) capable of being supported by argument | - |
| argyle | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyll |
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| (noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyll |
| (noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyll |
| ariled | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: arillate |
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| arles | (noun) money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract | Synonyms: earnest money |
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| armhole | (noun) a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached | - |
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| armless | (adjective) having no arms | - |
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| armlet | (noun) a band worn around the arm for decoration | Synonyms: arm band |
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| arsehole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, asshole, bunghole |
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| arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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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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| arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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| article | (noun) one of a class of artifacts | - |
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| (noun) nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication | - |
| (noun) (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase | - |
| (noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: clause |
| (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
| articled | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, bound, indentured |
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| artillery | (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: gun, heavy weapon, ordnance |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: weapon |
| (noun) an army unit that uses big guns | Synonyms: artillery unit |
| artilleryman | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner |
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| artless | (adjective) simple and natural; without cunning or deceit | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | Synonyms: ingenuous |
| (adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: uncultivated, uncultured |
| (adjective) showing lack of art | - |
| artlessly | (adverb) in an ingenuous manner | Synonyms: ingenuously |
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| (adverb) in a crude and unskilled manner | Synonyms: crudely, inexpertly |
| artlessness | (noun) ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit | - |
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| (noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness |
| ascendable | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendible, climbable |
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| ascendible | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, climbable |
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| ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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| asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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| asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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| ascribable | (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: due, imputable, referable |
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| asleep | (adjective) in a state of sleep | - |
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| (adjective) dead | Synonyms: at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone |
| (adjective) lacking sensation | Synonyms: benumbed, numb |
| (adverb) into a sleeping state | - |
| (adverb) in the sleep of death | - |
| assailable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: open, undefendable, undefended |
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| assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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| (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
| (verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
| assembler | (noun) a program to convert assembly language into machine language | Synonyms: assembly program |
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| assertable | (adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted | Synonyms: affirmable |
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| assessable | (adjective) capable of being considered carefully | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation | - |
| asshole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, bunghole |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| assignable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable |
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| assimilable | (adjective) able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues | - |
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| associable | (adjective) capable of being associated | - |
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| associableness | (noun) the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought | Synonyms: associability |
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| astraddle | (adverb) with one leg on each side | Synonyms: astride |
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| asystole | (noun) absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death | Synonyms: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest |
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| atelectasis | (noun) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth | - |
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| ateleiosis | (noun) a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence | Synonyms: ateliosis |
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| ateleiotic | (adjective) of or relating to ateleiosis | - |
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| atherosclerosis | (noun) a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries | Synonyms: coronary artery disease |
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| atherosclerotic | (adjective) of or relating to atherosclerosis | - |
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| athlete | (noun) a person trained to compete in sports | Synonyms: jock |
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| athletic | (adjective) relating to or befitting athletics or athletes | - |
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| (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: acrobatic, gymnastic |
| (adjective) having a sturdy and well proportioned body | - |
| athleticism | (noun) intense energy | Synonyms: strenuosity |
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| athletics | (noun) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | Synonyms: sport |
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| (noun) participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | - |
| (noun) a contest between athletes | Synonyms: athletic competition, athletic contest |
| atole | (noun) eaten as mush or as a thin gruel | - |
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| attachable | (adjective) capable of being fastened or added to something else | - |
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| attainable | (adjective) capable of being attained or accomplished | Synonyms: come-at-able |
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| attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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