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akebi
nounC1+ (Low Frequency / Specialist)
/əˈkiːbi/A climbing vine, native to East Asia, with clusters of fragrant purple flowers and oblong, edible, purple fruits that split open when ripe.
akela
nounVery Low (High only in specific Scouting/Guiding contexts)
/əˈkeɪlə/A leader, guide, or person in authority; specifically, the adult leader of a Cub Scout pack, inspired by the character from Rudyard Kipling's *The Jungle Book*.
akeley
nounVery low
/ˈeɪkli/A proper noun, primarily a surname or placename.
akene
nounC1+
/əˈkiːn/A small, dry, one-seeded fruit that does not split open to release its seed.
akh
nounVery Low
/ɑːx/(in ancient Egyptian belief) The glorified, perfected spirit of a deceased person that has survived judgment and lives on in the afterlife among the gods.
akhaia
nounRare
/əˈkiːə/A historical region in the northern Peloponnese of Greece, the homeland of the Achaeans in Homeric epic.
akhara
nounC2
/əˈkɑːrə/A traditional Indian wrestling gymnasium or training school for martial arts; also refers to a monastery or religious community of ascetics.
akhenaten
nounC2
/ˌækəˈnɑːt(ə)n/An ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled circa 1353–1336 BCE, famous for his religious revolution establishing Atenism.
akhetaton
nounRare (Specialist/Historical)
/ˌɑːkəˈtɑːtɒn/The capital city of ancient Egypt, founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC.
akhisar
nounExtremely Low
/ˈækɪˌsɑː/A proper noun referring to a town and district in Manisa Province, Turkey.
akhmatova
nounLow (Proper Noun/Specialist Term)
/ækˈmæt.ə.və/A Russian surname, most famously that of the poet Anna Akhmatova.
akiapolaau
nounVery Low
/əˌkiːəpəˈlɑːaʊ/A small, endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper bird with a unique bill adapted for probing and chiseling.
akiba ben joseph
nounLow
/əˈkiːbə bɛn ˈdʒəʊzəf/A prominent 1st–2nd century CE Jewish scholar, sage, and primary contributor to the Mishnah, also known as Rabbi Akiva.
akihito
nounVery Low
/ˌakiːˈhiːtəʊ/A proper noun referring to Akihito (明仁), the 125th Emperor of Japan, who reigned from 1989 to 2019.
akil
nounLow
/ˈɑːkɪl/A person of intelligence, wisdom, or sound judgment; often used as a title or honorific in certain cultures.
akimiski island
nounVery Low (Proper noun, specific geographical feature)
/ækɪˈmɪski ˈaɪlənd/A large, low-lying, and largely uninhabited island located in James Bay, Canada.
akinesia
nounVery Low (Specialist)
/ˌeɪ.kɪˈniː.zi.ə/Loss or impairment of voluntary movement.
akinete
nounC2
/eɪˈkaɪniːt/A thick-walled, non-motile, asexual spore formed by some algae and cyanobacteria, enabling survival in unfavourable conditions.
akinetic mutism
nounVery Low (Specialist)
/ˌeɪ.kɪˈnet.ɪk ˈmjuː.tɪ.zəm/A profound neurological state characterized by severe reduction or absence of voluntary movement (akinesia) and speech (mutism), despite preserved wakefulness.
akins
nounC1-C2
/əˈkɪn/Of similar character; related by blood.

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