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# English words: A

**A** · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1215 words under A; 1101–1200 on this page.

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- [aubergine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aubergine/) — A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant.
- [auburn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auburn/) — Auburn means a reddish-brown colour, usually said of hair.
- [auction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auction/) — An auction is a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most money.
- [audacious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audacious/) — Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks.
- [audacity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audacity/) — Audacity is boldness, daring to do something that other people would not dare to do.
- [audible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audible/) — Loud enough to be heard.
- [audibly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audibly/) — In a way that can be heard; loud enough for people to hear it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [audience](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audience/) — An audience is the group of people watching or listening to a show, film, talk or game. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [audio](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audio/) — Audio means sound, especially recorded or broadcast sound.
- [audit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audit/) — An official check of a company's or organisation's money records to make sure they are correct and honest.
- [audition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/audition/) — noun A short performance to show whether you are good enough for a part in a play, a band, a choir or a show.
- [auditor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auditor/) — A person whose job is to check the money records of a company or organisation carefully to make sure they are correct and honest.
- [auditorium](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auditorium/) — A large room or building where an audience sits to watch a play, concert or talk.
- [auditory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auditory/) — About hearing or the ears.
- [aug](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aug/) — A short written form of August, the eighth month of the year.
- [aught](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aught/) — Aught means anything at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [augment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/augment/) — To make something bigger, stronger or better by adding to it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [augmentation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/augmentation/) — Making something bigger, larger or stronger by adding to it.
- [augmented](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/augmented/) — Augmented means made bigger or added to.
- [august](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/august/) — August is the eighth month of the year, with 31 days, coming after July and before September. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [auk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auk/) — An auk is a black-and-white seabird of the cold northern seas, which dives and «flies» underwater to catch fish; puffins, guillemots and…
- [auld](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auld/) — Old.
- [aunt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aunt/) — An aunt is the sister of your mother or father. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [auntie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auntie/) — Auntie is a friendly, informal word for an aunt, the sister of your mum or dad, or the wife of your uncle.
- [aunty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aunty/) — Aunty is a friendly name for an aunt: your mother's or father's sister, or your uncle's wife.
- [aura](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aura/) — An aura is a special feeling or quality that seems to surround a person or place, like an air of calm, mystery or importance.
- [auricle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auricle/) — The outer part of the ear that you can see, also called the pinna.
- [aurochs](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aurochs/) — A huge wild ox with long horns that lived in Europe, Asia and North Africa and became extinct in 1627; it is the ancestor of today's cattle.
- [aurora](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aurora/) — An aurora is a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or purple) in the night sky near the North or South Pole.
- [auscultate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auscultate/) — To listen to sounds inside the body, like the heart and lungs, usually with a stethoscope.
- [auspicious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auspicious/) — Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start.
- [aussie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aussie/) — An Aussie is a person from Australia.
- [austere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/austere/) — Austere means plain and strict, without comfort, luxury or decoration.
- [austerity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/austerity/) — A time when a government cuts spending sharply and people have less money and fewer services.
- [australian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/australian/) — Australian means from or belonging to Australia, its people or its language.
- [austrian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/austrian/) — Austrian means from or connected with Austria, a country in central Europe with mountains called the Alps.
- [authentic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authentic/) — Real and true, not a copy or a fake. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [authenticate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authenticate/) — To prove that something is real or genuine, not fake.
- [authentication](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authentication/) — Checking that someone really is who they say they are, for example with a password, a code or a fingerprint.
- [authenticity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authenticity/) — Being real or genuine, not fake or copied: the authenticity of a painting or a signature.
- [author](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/author/) — An author is a person who writes a book, story, poem or article. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [authorisation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorisation/) — Official permission to do something.
- [authorise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorise/) — To give official permission for something to happen.
- [authorities](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorities/) — The authorities: the people or organisations in charge, such as the police, the government or the council. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [authority](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authority/) — Authority is the power or right to give orders and make decisions: "the head teacher has authority over the school". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [authorship](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorship/) — The fact of being the person who wrote a book, article, song or other piece of work. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [autism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autism/) — Autism is a lifelong difference in how a person's brain works, which affects how they communicate, make sense of the world and deal with…
- [autistic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autistic/) — Autistic describes a person who has autism, a lifelong difference in how the brain works that affects how a person communicates, makes…
- [auto](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auto/) — An auto is a car (mainly American, a bit old-fashioned): «auto repair shop».
- [autobiography](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autobiography/) — A book or story of a person's life written by that person.
- [autochthony](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autochthony/) — The idea that a people has always lived in its own land, or that they came out of the earth there; a rare word from learned writing.
- [autocorrect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autocorrect/) — A tool in phones and computers that changes words it thinks are spelled wrong while you type.
- [autograph](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autograph/) — A famous person's signature, written for a fan to keep.
- [automated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/automated/) — Done by machines or computers instead of people. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [automatic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/automatic/) — An automatic machine works by itself, without a person controlling each step: automatic doors, an automatic washing machine.
- [automatically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/automatically/) — Automatically means by itself, done by a machine without a person needing to do it.
- [automation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/automation/) — Using machines and computers to do work by themselves, without people doing each step.
- [autonomy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autonomy/) — The right of a group, region or country to govern itself.
- [autopilot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autopilot/) — A computer system in an aircraft, ship or car that steers and controls it automatically, without a person doing it by hand.
- [autumn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autumn/) — Autumn is the season between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and fall and days get shorter and cooler.
- [autumnal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/autumnal/) — About autumn, or typical of autumn, like falling leaves, cool air and orange colours.
- [auxiliary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/auxiliary/) — adjective: Giving extra help or support: an auxiliary engine is a backup.
- [avail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avail/) — Avail means use or help: «of no avail» means it did not help at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [availability](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/availability/) — Whether something can be got, bought or used right now.
- [available](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/available/) — Available means you can get it, buy it or use it now.
- [avalanche](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avalanche/) — An avalanche is a huge mass of snow, ice and rocks that suddenly slides fast down a mountain.
- [avarice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avarice/) — A greedy wish to have more and more money, gold or things, and to keep them.
- [avaricious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avaricious/) — Greedy for money and riches, always wanting more.
- [avatar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avatar/) — A picture or character that stands for you in a game, app or online chat.
- [avenge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avenge/) — To punish someone in return for a wrong they did to you or to someone you love. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [avenged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avenged/) — Punished someone in return for a wrong done to oneself or a loved one. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [avenger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avenger/) — A person who punishes someone for a wrong done to themselves or to someone they love. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [avenue](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avenue/) — A wide street in a town or city, often with trees along the sides. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [aver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aver/) — To aver is to say something firmly, as if it were certainly true.
- [average](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/average/) — The average (mean) is the number you get when you share a total equally: add the numbers, then divide by how many there are.
- [averse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/averse/) — Not liking something or strongly against it: «averse to» something.
- [aversion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aversion/) — A strong dislike of something.
- [avert](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avert/) — To avert something bad means to stop it from happening, as in «avert a disaster».
- [averting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/averting/) — Stopping something bad from happening.
- [avian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avian/) — To do with birds: «avian flu» is bird flu.
- [aviary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aviary/) — An aviary is a large cage, building or enclosed space where birds are kept, big enough for them to fly about.
- [aviation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aviation/) — Flying aircraft, and everything to do with building, running and flying planes.
- [avocado](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avocado/) — An avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with dark green or black skin, soft pale-green flesh and one big seed (stone) in the middle.
- [avoid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avoid/) — To avoid something means to keep away from it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [avoidance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avoidance/) — The act of keeping away from something or not doing something.
- [avouch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avouch/) — to say openly that something is true, or to declare a promise. — Jewish tradition
- [avow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/avow/) — To say something openly and firmly, to declare it.
- [await](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/await/) — To await is to wait for something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awaiteth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awaiteth/) — «awaiteth» means «awaits», a form of «await»: (formal) To await is to wait for something.
- [awake](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awake/) — Awake means not sleeping. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awaken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awaken/) — To wake up, or to wake someone up (a bit formal or story-like). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [award](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/award/) — A prize or a reward given for doing something well.
- [aware](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aware/) — If you are aware of something, you know about it or notice it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awareness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awareness/) — Awareness is knowing about something or noticing it.
- [away](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/away/) — Away means off to another place, not here any more: the bird flew away. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awe/) — A strong feeling of wonder and respect, sometimes with a little fear, when you see something huge, beautiful or powerful. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awesome](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awesome/) — Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!».
- [awful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awful/) — Awful means very bad or unpleasant: awful weather, an awful smell. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [awfully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awfully/) — Very; extremely: «awfully kind», «awfully sorry».
- [awhile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/awhile/) — Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile.