| ache | (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: aching |
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| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
| (verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: hurt, suffer |
| achene | (noun) small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall | - |
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| achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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| achievability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: attainability, attainableness |
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| achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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| achievement | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: accomplishment |
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| achiever | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: succeeder, success, winner |
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| achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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| achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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| aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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| (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
| achira | (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
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| achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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| achlorhydria | (noun) an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach | - |
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| achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric acid | - |
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| acholia | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: cholestasis |
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| achondrite | (noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules | - |
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| achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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| achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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| achromatin | (noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes | - |
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| achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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| achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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| achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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| achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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| achy | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: aching |
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| achylia | (noun) absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) | Synonyms: achylia gastrica |
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