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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/)

1218 words under A; 701–800 on this page.

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- [antacid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antacid/) — A medicine that makes stomach acid weaker, used for heartburn and indigestion.
- [antagonist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antagonist/) — The main enemy or opponent of the hero in a story, play or film (opposite: protagonist).
- [antarctic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antarctic/) — The Antarctic is the very cold region around the South Pole, including the continent of Antarctica and the seas around it.
- [antbird](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antbird/) — A small bird of the tropical forests of Central and South America; some kinds follow army ants to catch the insects fleeing from them.
- [ante](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ante/) — An ante is a stake put into the pot before a card game starts.
- [anteater](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anteater/) — An anteater is a South and Central American mammal with a long snout and a long sticky tongue that eats ants and termites.
- [antecedent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antecedent/) — An antecedent is something that came before something else and led to it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [antechamber](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antechamber/) — An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in.
- [antelope](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antelope/) — A fast, graceful wild animal like a deer, with horns, that lives mainly in Africa and Asia, such as the gazelle, impala and gnu. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [antenna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antenna/) — One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or shellfish, used to touch and smell.
- [anterior](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anterior/) — Anterior means at or near the front, especially of the body.
- [anteriority](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anteriority/) — Being earlier in time than something else.
- [anteroom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anteroom/) — A small room you go through before you reach a bigger room.
- [anthem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anthem/) — An anthem is a song that is special to a country or group, often sung at big events; a national anthem.
- [anthropological](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anthropological/) — About the study of people: how they live, what they believe and how their customs grew, especially long ago. — Jewish tradition
- [anthropomorphism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anthropomorphism/) — Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings. — Jewish tradition
- [anti](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anti/) — Against; opposed to something ("They are anti the new road").
- [antibacterial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antibacterial/) — Antibacterial means killing bacteria or stopping them from growing.
- [antibiotic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antibiotic/) — A medicine that kills bacteria or stops them from growing, used to treat infections caused by bacteria, like some ear or chest infections.
- [antibody](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antibody/) — An antibody is a special protein made by your body's immune system that sticks to germs, like viruses and bacteria, and helps destroy them.
- [antic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antic/) — A silly, playful trick or action that makes people laugh.
- [anticipate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anticipate/) — To expect that something will happen and get ready for it.
- [anticipation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anticipation/) — Anticipation is the excited feeling of waiting for something you expect to happen, especially something nice.
- [anticlockwise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anticlockwise/) — Anticlockwise means turning in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock: from 12 towards 9, then 6, then 3.
- [antidote](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antidote/) — A medicine or substance that stops a poison from harming you.
- [antifreeze](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antifreeze/) — Antifreeze is a liquid added to the water in a car engine (and some other machines) to stop it freezing in cold weather and to help keep…
- [antifungal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antifungal/) — Antifungal means killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or the fungus that causes athlete's foot.
- [antihistamine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antihistamine/) — A medicine that calms allergic reactions such as sneezing, itchy eyes, rashes and hay fever.
- [antimacassar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antimacassar/) — An antimacassar is a small cloth, often lacy, put over the back or arms of a chair or sofa to keep it clean.
- [antimicrobial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antimicrobial/) — Killing or stopping the growth of tiny living things (microbes) such as bacteria, viruses or fungi.
- [antipathy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antipathy/) — A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something.
- [antipodes](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antipodes/) — Places on exactly opposite sides of the Earth from each other.
- [antique](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antique/) — An old object, usually a hundred years old or more, valued because it is old, rare or beautiful.
- [antiquity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antiquity/) — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of ancient Greece and Rome. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [antisemitism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antisemitism/) — Antisemitism is hatred of, prejudice against or unfair treatment of Jewish people because they are Jewish.
- [antiseptic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antiseptic/) — An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection.
- [antisocial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antisocial/) — Behaving in a way that harms or annoys other people in the community, like vandalism or shouting late at night.
- [antithesis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antithesis/) — The exact opposite of something; a pair of opposites set against each other. — Jewish tradition
- [antler](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antler/) — An antler is one of the two branched, bony horns that grow on the head of a deer, elk, moose or reindeer.
- [antonym](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/antonym/) — A word that means the opposite of another word, like "hot" and "cold". — Jewish tradition
- [anvil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anvil/) — A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith hammers hot metal into shape. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [anxiety](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anxiety/) — Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might happen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [anxious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anxious/) — Anxious means worried or nervous about something that might happen: "she was anxious about the test". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [anxiously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anxiously/) — In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [any](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/any/) — Any means one or some, it does not matter which. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [anyhow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anyhow/) — Anyway; used to go back to the main point or to say something is true whatever happened: «Anyhow, we got home safely.».
- [anymore](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anymore/) — Anymore means now, as before but no longer, used with not or no: I don't live there anymore.
- [anyway](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anyway/) — Anyway means even so; in spite of something: «It was raining, but we went anyway».
- [anywhere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anywhere/) — Anywhere means in, at or to any place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [anzac](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/anzac/) — A soldier of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First World War; the name is made from the first letters (A-N-Z-A-C).
- [apace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apace/) — Quickly, at a fast pace; «grow apace» means grow fast. — Jewish tradition
- [apart](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apart/) — Apart means away from each other, with space between. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apartheid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apartheid/) — Apartheid was a system of laws in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s that kept people apart by race and gave white people power and…
- [apartment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apartment/) — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building.
- [apatosaurus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apatosaurus/) — An apatosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail, which lived in North America about 150 million years…
- [ape](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ape/) — An ape is a large primate with no tail, such as a gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan or gibbon. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [aperture](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aperture/) — An opening, hole or gap.
- [apex](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apex/) — The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a triangle.
- [aphid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aphid/) — An aphid is a very small insect, often green or black, that sucks the sap (juice) from plants.
- [aphorism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aphorism/) — A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words. — Jewish tradition
- [apiece](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apiece/) — Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apocalypse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apocalypse/) — The end of the world, or a vision of it; a great disaster. — Jewish tradition
- [apologetic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apologetic/) — Showing that you are sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble.
- [apologise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apologise/) — To say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for something that upset or hurt someone.
- [apology](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apology/) — Words that say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for hurting someone.
- [apoplexy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apoplexy/) — A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse.
- [apostle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apostle/) — An apostle is one of the twelve men Jesus chose to be his closest followers and send out to spread his teaching, such as Peter, James and…
- [apostrophe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apostrophe/) — An apostrophe is a punctuation mark (') used to show that letters are missing in a shortened word: «don't» means «do not».
- [apothecary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apothecary/) — An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines, like a chemist or pharmacist today. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apotheosis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apotheosis/) — The moment a person is raised to be a god or made as high as possible.
- [app](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/app/) — An app is a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a map or a calculator.
- [appalachian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appalachian/) — Appalachian means to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old mountain range in eastern North America, from Canada down to Alabama…
- [appalled](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appalled/) — Shocked and upset, feeling strong dislike or fear at something bad. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appalling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appalling/) — Very shocking and unpleasant. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apparatus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apparatus/) — The equipment, tools or machines used for a particular job, especially in science experiments: set up the apparatus.
- [apparel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apparel/) — Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apparent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apparent/) — Easy to see or understand; clear, obvious. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apparently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apparently/) — According to what you have heard or read, though you are not sure it is true. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [apparition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apparition/) — An apparition is a ghost or a strange figure that appears suddenly, especially one people think is a spirit. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appeal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appeal/) — To appeal for something is to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for help.
- [appear](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appear/) — To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appearance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appearance/) — Your appearance is how you look from the outside, like your hair, face and clothes. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appeareth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appeareth/) — «appeareth» means «appears», a form of «appear»: To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared.
- [appease](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appease/) — To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appellation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appellation/) — A name or title given to someone or something.
- [append](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/append/) — To add something to the end of a document, list or piece of writing.
- [appendage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appendage/) — An appendage is a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an arm, leg, tail, antenna or fin.
- [appendicitis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appendicitis/) — An illness in which the appendix (a small tube joined to the large intestine) becomes swollen and painful, usually needing an operation.
- [appendix](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appendix/) — The appendix is a small tube-shaped organ attached to the large intestine, inside your tummy on the lower right side. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appertain](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appertain/) — To belong to someone or be connected with them. — Jewish tradition
- [appetite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appetite/) — The feeling of wanting to eat food. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [applaud](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applaud/) — To applaud is to clap your hands to show that you liked a show, a speech or a performance.
- [applause](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applause/) — Applause is the sound of people clapping their hands to show they enjoyed something or agree.
- [apple](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apple/) — An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [appliance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appliance/) — An appliance is a machine or device used at home to do a job, like a fridge, washing machine, toaster or kettle.
- [applicability](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applicability/) — How far something can be used for or fits a particular case or situation.
- [applicable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applicable/) — Applicable means relevant or able to be used in a particular case; it applies.
- [applicant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applicant/) — An applicant is a person who asks in writing or by a form to get something, such as a job, a place at a school, a passport or a loan.
- [application](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/application/) — An application is a written request for something, like a job, a place at a school or a passport. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [applied](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/applied/) — Applied is the past form of «apply»: she applied for a job, he applied sun cream, the rule applied to everyone. — everyday · Jewish tradition