English Words Starting With A

• awnless bromegrass

  nounLow/Very Low
  /ˈɔːn.ləs ˈbrəʊm.ɡrɑːs/A perennial grass species in the genus Bromus, characterized by its lack of awns (bristle-like appendages) on its spikelets.
• awoke

  verbB2
  /əˈwəʊk/The simple past tense of 'awake', meaning to stop sleeping or to become conscious/alert.
• awol

  adjectivenounMedium-Low
  /ˈeɪ.wɒl/Absent from duty or a place without official permission (originally a military acronym).
• awolowo

  nounVery Low
  /əˈwɒləwəʊ/A surname of Yoruba origin, most famously borne by Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), a prominent Nigerian nationalist, statesman, and political leader.
• ax

  nounverb-transitiveB2
  /æks/A tool with a sharp blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood or trees.
• ax job

  nounC2 (Very low frequency; specific and idiomatic)
  /ˈæks ˌdʒɒb/The act of being dismissed from one's job, especially abruptly or in a corporate downsizing.
• axanthopsia

  nounVery Low (Technical/Literary)
  /ˌeɪ.zænˈθɒp.si.ə/A form of colour blindness or vision deficiency where one cannot perceive the colour yellow.
• axe

  nounverbB1
  /æks/A tool with a heavy blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood.
• axe-breaker

  nounLow/Very Rare
  /ˈæks ˌbreɪkə/A person or thing that breaks or ruins axes; something so hard it can damage the tool meant to cut it.
• axebird

  nounExtremely Rare / Obscure
  /ˈæksˌbɜːd/A colloquial or local name for a bird, typically one whose call resembles the sound of an axe striking wood.
• axel

  nounC2
  /ˈæks(ə)l/A jump in figure skating in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half rotations in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the opposite skate.
• axel heiberg

  nounC2+
  /ˌæksəl ˈhaɪbɜːɡ/Proper noun; a remote, large and mountainous island in the Arctic Archipelago of Canada, and the name of a glacier in Antarctica.
• axelrod

  nounVery Low
  /ˈæksəlrɒd/A surname, particularly associated with the American political consultant and strategist David Axelrod (born 1955).
• axeman

  nounC1
  /ˈaksmən/A person, especially a man, who uses an axe, either as a worker (e.g., a lumberjack) or as a wielder of an axe as a weapon.
• axes

  nounB2
  /ˈæksɪz/ (tool), /ˈæksiːz/ (axis)The plural forms of two distinct words: 'ax'/'axe' (a tool for chopping) and 'axis' (a central line or point around which things rotate or are arranged).
• axial skeleton

  nounC2
  /ˈæk.si.əl ˈskel.ɪ.tən/The central supporting structure of the skeleton, comprising the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.
• axial vector

  nounC2
  /ˈæksɪəl ˈvɛktə/In physics and mathematics, a vector that changes sign when the spatial coordinates are reflected through the origin, also known as a pseudovector.
• axial-flow compressor

  nounLow
  /ˌæk.si.əl fləʊ kəmˈprɛs.ər/A rotating compressor that increases air pressure by accelerating it parallel to the rotor's axis.
• axil

  nounVery Low
  /ˈæk.sɪl/The upper angle where a leaf stalk, branch, or similar structure joins the stem or axis from which it grows.
• axilemma

  nounVery Low
  /ˌæksɪˈlɛmə/The thin membrane or sheath that surrounds the axon of a nerve cell.

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