| Meaning | Explication | Aliases | Taxon | |
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| <alcoholic drink> | drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar | Plants | Show shifts | |
| <animal> | Any kind of beasts, birds or insects. Not an animal in general but a particular representative of the fauna. | Animals | Show shifts | |
| <artiodactyl (even-toed animal)> | one of ungulate mammals with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals | Animals | Show shifts | |
| abdomen | cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aberration of mind | None | Human being | Show shifts | |
| abies (Abies) | tree of the genus Abies | Plants | Show shifts | |
| ability | quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| aborigine | native inhabitant | N/a | Show shifts | |
| about | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| above | Space | Show shifts | ||
| abracadabra | Gibberish, meaningless sequence of sounds or words. | N/a | Show shifts | |
| abrupt (offensive, critical, or acrimonious) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| abscess | Physiology | Show shifts | ||
| abstinent (from alcohol) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| abundance | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| accident | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| accomplice | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| according to | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| ace (playing card) | playing card with a single spot | N/a | Show shifts | |
| acid | any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aconite | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| acorn | fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup | Plants | Show shifts | |
| acrobat, equilibrist | Human being | Show shifts | ||
| act, deed | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| active | Evaluation | Show shifts | ||
| activity | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| acute (disease, condition) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| acute (of sound) | Sound | Show shifts | ||
| Adam's apple | lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence | Body parts | Show shifts | |
| additional | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| address (description of the location) | description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter | N/a | Show shifts | |
| adulterer | one who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex with a non-spouse | Human being | Show shifts | |
| advantage | superiority of position or condition; a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor (Merriam-Webster) | N/a | Show shifts | |
| Advent | period of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas | N/a | Show shifts | |
| advice | opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aër (veil covering vessels in the Orthodox Church) | the largest and outermost of the veils covering the Chalice and Diskos in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aesthetic perception | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| after | Time | Show shifts | ||
| afterbirth | placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals | Perception | Show shifts | |
| afterworld | supposed world that is entered after death | N/a | Show shifts | |
| again | Time | Show shifts | ||
| against | in opposition or hostility to | N/a | Show shifts | |
| age | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| age group | None | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| ahead | Space | Show shifts | ||
| aim, goal | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| air | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| air, atmosphere | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| airplane | powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings | N/a | Show shifts | |
| ajvar (vegetable dish) | dish of chopped vegetables or mushrooms | N/a | Show shifts | |
| albugo, wall-eye | Physiology | Show shifts | ||
| albumen, white of an egg | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| alder (tree) | tree or shrub of the genus Alnus | Plants | Show shifts | |
| algae | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| alike | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| alive | Other physical | Show shifts | ||
| all, whole | throughout the whole of | N/a | Show shifts | |
| almond | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| almost | Grammatical markers | Show shifts | ||
| Aloe vera (plant) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| alone | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| already | Time | Show shifts | ||
| already | Time | Show shifts | ||
| alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage | plant Chrysosplenium alternifolium | N/a | Show shifts | |
| although | Grammatical markers | Show shifts | ||
| aluminium | light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13 | N/a | Show shifts | |
| always | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| amazing | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| amber | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| ambience, vibe | None | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| ambush | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| American | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| Amorphophallus paeoniifolius | tropical tuber plant, elephant foot yam | N/a | Show shifts | |
| anathema | ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication | N/a | Show shifts | |
| ancestor | one from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor | N/a | Show shifts | |
| anchor | tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement | N/a | Show shifts | |
| anemic | suffering from anemia | N/a | Show shifts | |
| anemone (Anemone) | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| angel | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| anger | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| anger | Abstract entities | Show shifts | ||
| angry | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| Anguis fragilis | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| animal | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| animal bladder | specially treated pig or cow bladder used as window glass | N/a | Show shifts | |
| animal yield | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| ankle | Body parts | Show shifts | ||
| ankle bone for playing | astragalus of the ankle of a sheep or goat used for traditional games and fortune-telling | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| annoying | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| ant | insect of the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies | Animals | Show shifts | |
| anteater | any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues | N/a | Show shifts | |
| antelope | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| anthrax | acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis, and the human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal | Human being | Show shifts | |
| anvil (of a blacksmith) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| anvil bone | a bone in the ear | N/a | Show shifts | |
| anxious | nervous and worried, having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown | N/a | Show shifts | |
| any | Evaluation | Show shifts | ||
| aorta | great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system | N/a | Show shifts | |
| apartment, flat | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| apical ancestor | in kinship and descent, a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The ancestor who is at the apex of the genealogy | N/a | Show shifts | |
| appearance; look | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| appetite | desire to eat food or consume drink | N/a | Show shifts | |
| apple | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| approximately | imprecise but close to in quantity or amount | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| apricot | round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside; apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca | N/a | Show shifts | |
| April | fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May | N/a | Show shifts | |
| Aquarius (constellation) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| arbalest, crossbow | ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly, mounted horizontally on a main frame, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long firearm | N/a | Show shifts | |
| arc | Artifacts | Show shifts | ||
| Arctic fox | mammal Vulpes lagopus, a fox-like carnivore of the family Canidae living in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia | Animals | Show shifts | |
| Aries | constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram | N/a | Show shifts | |
| armadillo | any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America | N/a | Show shifts | |
| armpit | cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder | Body parts | Show shifts | |
| army | large, highly organized military force | Human being | Show shifts | |
| arrogance | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| arrogant | having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities | N/a | Show shifts | |
| arrow | projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| arrow fletching | feathers of an arrow used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path | N/a | Show shifts | |
| arterial (blood) | blood purified from carbon dioxide and saturated with oxygen (oxygenated), in contrast to venous blood | N/a | Show shifts | |
| artery | blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart | N/a | Show shifts | |
| artichoke | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| as, like | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| ash (tree) | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| ashes | Natural objects | Show shifts | ||
| Asiatic dock | Rumex confertus, a plant species in the family Polygonaceae | Human being | Show shifts | |
| asleep | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| asp (fish) | (Aspius aspius, Leuciscus aspius) a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aspen | Plants | Show shifts | ||
| asphodel | plant of the genus Asphodelus | N/a | Show shifts | |
| aspic (dish) | dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé | N/a | Show shifts | |
| assistant | person who assists or helps someone else | N/a | Show shifts | |
| astringent | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| atheist | person who does not believe in deities | Human being | Show shifts | |
| attack (n.) | attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy | Human being | Show shifts | |
| attack of disease | (medicine) the sudden onset of a disease or condition | Human being | Show shifts | |
| attentive | Non-physical | Show shifts | ||
| auger, gimlet | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| August | Time | Show shifts | ||
| aunt | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| aunt (father's brother's wife) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| aunt (father's sister) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| aunt (mother's brother's wife) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| aunt (mother's sister) | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| auricle | visible part of the ear that is outside the head | N/a | Show shifts | |
| author | originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition | N/a | Show shifts | |
| automobile | type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load | N/a | Show shifts | |
| autumn | the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere | Time | Show shifts | |
| autumn fall of the leaves | autumn fall of the leaves | N/a | Show shifts | |
| awake | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| award | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| away | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| awl | pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| awn | bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. | N/a | Show shifts | |
| axe | tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it; also an ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| axle | pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel | N/a | Show shifts |