| Aaron |
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proper noun
- (Judaism & Christianity) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
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| Abbey |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ), diminutive of Abigail.
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| abbot |
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noun
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
- The newly appointed decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. "Encyclopedia Britannica"
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| Abbott |
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proper noun Abbot
- an English and Scottish occupational surname for someone employed by an abbot
- an American surname derived either from the Italian Abate, Spanish abad, Abad or German Abt
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| Abel |
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proper noun
- (mythology) the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
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| Abruzzi |
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proper noun
- a mountanous region of central Italy that borders the Adriatic Sea; properly Abruzzi e Molise; now separated into Abruzzo and Molise
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| Acton |
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proper noun
- An area of London.
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| Adam |
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proper noun
- The first man in the Bible and the Qur'an, the mythological progenitor of the human race.
- (given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
- (figuratively) original sin, Original sin or human frailty.
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| Adams |
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proper noun
- an English patronymic surname derived from Adam
- a Latvian male given name. See Adam.
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| Addison |
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proper noun
- A surname.
- (given name, female) of recent usage, following Alison and Madison.
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| Adrian |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Latin)
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| AE |
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initialism
- American English.
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| Aeschylus |
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proper noun
- A Greek dramatic poet (525 BC - 456 BC); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
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| Agnes |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, from Greek)
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| alba |
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noun
- A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provení§al, about lovers who must part at dawn.
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| Alban |
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proper noun
- A male given name.
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| Albert |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
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| Albuquerque |
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proper noun
- Largest city in New Mexico, USA
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| Alda |
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proper noun
- A surname
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| Alder |
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proper noun
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived by alder trees
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| aldrin |
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noun
- An insecticide containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
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| Alexander |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Greek, ), most famously held by Wikipedia:Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great.
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| Alexandra |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
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| Ali |
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proper noun
- a male given name, derived from the Arabic root `-l-y which means "high"
- the Muslim caliph Wikipedia:Ali, Ali ibn Abi Talib, the assassination of whom led to the schism between Sunni and Shiite branches. Arabic:(علي بن ابي طالب)
- a Muslim surname
- a nickname surrogate for Alison, Alyson, Allyson or Allison
- a 2001 biopic on w:Muhammed Ali, Muhammed Ali
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| Allen |
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proper noun
- An English and Scottish male given name, a variant of Alan
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the given name
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| Allison |
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proper noun
- A patronymic surname.
- (given name, male), mostly of persons born before 1950, transferred use of the surname.
- (given name, female), a spelling variant of Alison taken into general use in the 1940s.
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| Alonso |
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proper noun
- A male given name in many languages; see Alphonse.
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| alter |
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verb
- (transitive) To change the form or structure of
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit
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| amati |
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noun
- (rfd-sense) Italian violin maker Nicolò Amati in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684).
- a violin made by a member of the Amati family.
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| ambler |
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noun
- Someone who walks at a leisurely pace; who ambles
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| Ambrose |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Greek)
- A surname.
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| Anastasia |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Greek, )
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| Anderson |
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proper noun
- a Scottish and northern English patronymic surname derived from Anders, the medieval form of Andrew (patron saint of Scotland)
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| Andrews |
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noun
- a surname
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| Andros |
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proper noun - An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
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| Anne |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, ), used interchangably with Ann since the Middle Ages.
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| Anthony |
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proper noun
- (given name, male).
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| Antoinette |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from French, ) A female given name
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| Apuleius |
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proper noun
- An ancient Platonist and a Sophist.
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| Aragon |
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proper noun
- An autonomous community in north-eastern Spain, with capital Zaragoza.
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| archer |
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noun (archers)
- one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
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| Aristotle |
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proper noun
- An ancient Greek philosopher (382-322 BC), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
- A male given name.
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| armour |
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noun
- (uncountable) A form of body protection that consists of a hard material that is worn around the vital areas of the body.
- (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- (uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles.
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| Armstrong |
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proper noun
- an English surname
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| Arnold |
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proper noun - (given name, male, , )
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| ARP |
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initialism ARP'
- (computing) (internet) Address Resolution Protocol
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| arrow |
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noun (plural arrows)
- A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
- A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (eg. <math>\to</math>).
- (graphtheory) A directed edge.
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| Arthur |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, , ) .
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| Atkins |
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proper noun - A surname.
- An abbreviation of the Atkins diet or the Atkins Nutritional Approach.
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| Atlas |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) : son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
- (Astronomy) a moon of Saturn discovered in 1980 from Voyager photos.
- (Astronomy) a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
- (Warfare, U.S.) Intercontinental ballistic missile
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| Augustine |
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proper noun
- A male given name, derived from Augustus.
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| Austin |
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proper noun
- A city, the capital of Texas.
- An English surname, via Latin Augustinus, from Augustus.
- A male given name (from the surname)
- A former make of British motor car.
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| ayme |
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noun
- (obsolete) The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me!"
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