Words that start with A

Angry anteaters arguing against albino antelopes.

Animals starting with A

Animals

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Food

Plants that start with A

Plants

Adjectives that start with A

Adjectives

Verbs that start with A

Verbs

Countries that start with A

Countries

Cities that start with A

Cities

Jobs that start with A

Jobs

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Body parts

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Fruit

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Birds

Photo of asparagus spears
Benson Kua / CC BY-SA

Ais forAsparagus

Scientific name: asparagus officinalis
The asparagus spears that you buy in the shops are the new shoots of a type of plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and can be cooked in a variety of ways. They are usually eaten alone as a side dish rather than mixed into something else like a stew.
Vegetables, Plants
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Toshiyuki IMAI / CC BY-SA

Ais forAsphalt

Asphalt is the residue left from making gasoline from crude oil. It is very thick and sticky, and when it is mixed with gravel it is a good substance for making roads out of. In some countries, asphalt is known as bitumen.
Materials
Ham and egg aspic.
Clément Bucco-Lechat / CC BY-SA

Ais forAspic

Aspic is a savory dish of meat, fish, eggs or other food set in gelatin.
Food
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Photographic Dictionary / Generated illustration

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Aspirin is a drug that was originally made from willow bark.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.
Substances
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Ran Yaniv Hartstein / CC BY-SA

Ais forAss

An ass is another name for a donkey. An ass is also a slang word for your buttocks.
Mammals, Domestic, African animals
A man helping a woman across a stream
Pablo / CC BY-SA

Ais forAssistance

When you help or assist someone, you are offering your assistance. Not to be confused with assistant.
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Early Novels Database / CC BY-SA

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.
Punctuation
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Urville Djasim / CC BY-SA

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.
Astronomy
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Martin Belam / CC BY-SA

Ais forAstronaut

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.
Astronomy, Jobs
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Andreas Levers / CC BY-SA

Ais forAsymmetry

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.
Patterns