Words that start with A

An adder is the name given to the common European viper. These snakes are venomous.

Something adheres to something else when it is stuck firmly to it. You usually use adhere to talk about glue.

See also: adhesive.

Adolescent means a person who is in the time of growing up between childhood and adulthood.

Adolescents often face big changes in their bodies and feelings.

Adorn means to make a person or thing more attractive by adding something beautiful to it. People often adorn themselves with jewelry. The statue in the picture has been adorned with flowers.

A person or animal is an adult when they have fully grown up and matured. Before you are an adult, you are a juvenile.

Advice is a kind of communication where you give some kind of information. Advice often takes the form of giving some information about different choices to help someone make that choice.

An affair is when you have a short romantic relationship with someone, often as an aside from a regular longer term relationship like a marriage.

Afghan hounds are a large, slim dog with a long, silky coat that gives them a very distinctive appearance. They are a very old breed from the mountains of Afghanistan, developed to find hares and gazelles.
They are an independant dog, and are not easily trained. Even when trained, they aren't always obedient and will ignore commands they don't feel like obeying.

You are afraid of something when you are scared of something and you just want to run away from it.

African daisies are very hardy plants originally from South Africa, with rich green leaves and purple or white flowers. They grow to about 40cm high, and will spread to form a groundcover. They tolerate both frost and drought, but do not like being in soil that is too damp. They are easy to grow from both seeds and cuttings.
This plant is regarded as a weed in parts of Australia.