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A: Browse Dictionary Meanings and Definitions
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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aa
AAA
AAAA
A.A.A.L.
A.A.A.S.
Aachen
A.A.E.
A.Ae.E.
AAES
AAF
A.Agr.
aah
Aalborg
Aalesund
aalii
Aalst
Aalto
AAM
a&b
A&E
a and h
a and i
A and M
A and R
a and s
AAP
A.A.P.S.S.
Aar
Aarau
aardvark
aardwolf
Aargau
Aarhus
Aaron
Aaronic
Aaronical
Aaronite
Aaron's-beard
Aaron's rod
AARP
A.A.S.
A.A.U.
A.A.U.P.
A.A.U.W.
A-axis
Ab
aba
abaca
abaciscus
abacist
aback
Abaco
abacterial
abaculus
abacus
Abadan
Abaddon
ab aeterno*
abaft
Abagtha
Abailard
Abakan
abalone
abamp
abampere
abandon
abandoned
abandonee
abaptiston
à bas*
abase
abased
abash
abashed
abasia
abatage
abate
abatement
abatis
abat-jour
abattage
A battery
abattoir
abaxial
abb
abba
abbacy
abba-dabba
Abbai
Abbasid
abbatial
abbé
Abbe condenser
Abbe number
abbess
Abbeville
Abbevillian
abbey
Abbey Theatre
Abbie
abbot
Abbotsford
Abbott
Abboud
abbr.
abbreviate
abbreviated
abbreviation
abbreviatory
Abby
ABC
abcoulomb
ABC Powers
ABC's
ABC soil
ABD
Abd-el-Kadir
Abd-el Krim
Abderhalden
Abd-er-Rahman Khan
Abdias
abdicant
abdicate
abdication
abdom
abdomen
abdominal
abdominoplasty
abdominous
Abdon
abduce
abducens
abducens nerve
abducent
abduct
abductee
abduction
abductor
Abdul-Aziz
Abdul-Hamid II
Abdul-Jabbar
Abdul-Mejid I
Abdul Rahman
Abdurrahman Khan
Abe
abeam
abecedarian
abecedarium
abecedary
abed
Abednego
abegging
Abel
Abélard
abele
abelia
Abelian
Abe Lincoln in Illinois*
Abel-meholah
abelmosk
Abenaki
Abeokuta
Abercrombie
Aberdare
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Angus
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen terrier
Abernathy
aberrant
aberration
ab esse*
abessive
abet
abetalipoproteinemia
abettor
ab extra*
abeyance
abeyant
abfarad
A.B.F.M.
Abgatha
abhenry
Abhidhamma Pitaka*
abhominable
abhor
abhorrence
abhorrent
Abiathar
Abib
abidance
abide
abiding
Abidjan
Abie
abient
à bientôt*
abietate
abietic acid
abigail
Abihu
Abilene
ability
ability grouping
Abimelech
Abingdon
Abington
ab initio*
Abinoam
ab intra*
abiogenesis
abiogenic
abiological
abiosis
abiotic
abiotrophy
abirritant
abirritate
Abishag
Abitibi
Abiu
abject
abjection
abjective
abjunction
abjuration
abjure
Abkhaz
Abkhazia
Abkhazian
abl.
ablactate
à blanc
ablare
ablate
ablation
ablative
ablative absolute
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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