Words that start with A

Angry anteaters arguing against albino antelopes.

Ais forAspic

Aspic is a savory dish of meat, fish, eggs or other food set in gelatin.

Ais forAspirin

Scientific name: acetylsalicylic acid
Aspirin is a drug that was originally made from willow bark. It is a commonly used painkiller for mild pain. It also thins the blood slightly and can be used to help people who get blood clots, but conversely might cause excessive bleeding and it is not recommended to take aspirin before you have surgery.

Ais forAss

An ass is another name for a donkey. An ass is also a slang word for your buttocks.
When you help or assist someone, you are offering your assistance. Not to be confused with assistant.

Ais forAsterisk

An asterisk is a symbol a little like a star that is used to mark a footnote, draw attention to something, or mark when something might be ambiguous.

Ais forAsteroid

An asteroid is very similar to a comet - it is a large rock that orbits the sun. Comets have a tail, while asteroids do not. Smaller rocks, from the size of a grain of sand to a large bounder are called meteoroids. When they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they are called meteors. If they hit the ground, they are called meteorites. The photo is of a meteorite.
An astronaut or cosmonaut is someone who goes above the Earth into space on a spaceship. Astronauts sometimes visit the moon, and perhaps in the future they will visit other planets too.
Something is asymmetric if it not symmetric. If something is asymmetric, if you cut it in half, the two sides will not be mirror images of each other.

Ais forAte

Ate is the past tense of eat.

Ais forAthletic

If you are athletic, you are physically fit due to playing sports or exercising.