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All Words Glossary
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Aaron |
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proper noun
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(Judaism & Christianity) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus.
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
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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.
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One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. "Encyclopedia Britannica"
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Abby |
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proper noun-
(given name, female, from Hebrew, ).
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Abe |
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proper noun
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(given name, male) diminutive of Abraham.
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Abel |
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proper noun
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(mythology) the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
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Abie |
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proper noun
- Short form of the male given name Abraham.
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Abigail |
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noun
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(given name, female, from Hebrew, ). A Biblical female given name.
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Abner |
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proper noun
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(biblical) Cousin of Saul in the Old Testament.
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(given name, male, ).
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Abraham |
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proper noun
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(context, Judaism, Christianity, Islam) A prophet in the Old Testament and Koran; the Semitic patriarch, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac (by his wife Sarah) and the Arab patriarch Ishmael (by his concubine Hagar).
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
- A surname.
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Abram |
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proper noun
- A prophet in the Old Testament; Semitic patriarch, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac (by his wife Sarah) and the Arabic patriarch Ishmael (by his concubine Hagar). His name was later changed to Abraham.
- A male given name.
- A surname.
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Absalom |
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proper noun
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(biblical character) The third son of David, king of Israel.
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, ), always rare.
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ADA |
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initialism
- w:American Dental Association, American Dental Association
- w:Americans for Democratic Action, Americans for Democratic Action
- w:Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act
- w:Assistant District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney
- The enzyme adenosine deaminase, specifically that affects RNA. See ADAR.
- w:American Diabetes Association, American Diabetes Association
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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.
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, ).
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(figuratively) original sin, Original sin or human frailty.
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Adelaide |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Germanic, )
- State capital of South Australia, named in honor of Queen Adelaide, wife of King Willian IV.
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Adele |
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proper noun-
(given name, female, from Germanic, ).
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Adlai |
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proper noun- A male given name
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Adolf |
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proper noun
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(given name, male, from Germanic, ).
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Adrian |
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proper noun
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(given name, male, from Latin)
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Agatha |
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proper noun
- A female given name.
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aggie |
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noun
- Marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate
- A student at an agriculturally focused college or university.
- A student studying agriculture.
proper noun-
(given name, female, from Greek, ) Female proper name; nickname for Agnes, Agatha.
- A student or sports team at the w:University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis, w:Cameron University, Cameron University, w:Delaware Valley College, Delaware Valley College, w:New Mexico State University, New Mexico State University, w:North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T State University, w:Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, w:Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma State University, w:Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Agricultural College, w:Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, or w:Utah State University, Utah State University.
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Agnes |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Greek)
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Aileen |
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proper noun
- A female given name, alternative spelling of Eileen
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Aimee |
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proper noun
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(given name, female) borrowed from French Aimée "beloved", a variation of English Amy.
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Alan |
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proper noun
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(given name, male)
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Alastair |
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proper noun
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(given name, male), a variant of Alasdair, Scottish form of Alexander.
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Alberta |
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proper noun
- province, Province in western Canada which has Edmonton as its capital.
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(given name, female), a feminine form of Albert.
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Alda |
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proper noun
- A surname
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Alec |
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proper noun
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(given name, male), diminutive of Alexander.
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Alex |
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proper noun
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(given name, male, from Greek, ), short form of Alexander, rarely an English form of Alexius.
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(given name, female, from Greek, ), short form of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, or a spelling variant of Alix.
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Alexa |
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(given name, female, from Greek, ), feminine form of Alex or Alexius, or a short form of Alexandra.
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Alexander |
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proper noun
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(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
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(given name, female).
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ALF |
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initialism
- Alien Life Form (TV series)
- Animal Liberation Front (Name used by animal rights activists engaging in direct action)
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Alfie |
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proper noun
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(given name, male). Short form for Alfred and Alphonse.
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Alfred |
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proper noun
- Alfred the Great, early king of England
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(given name, male, ).
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Alice |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Germanic, ) popular in England since Middle Ages.
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The main character in w:Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll's books w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and w:Through the Looking-Glass, Through the Looking-Glass.
- In various fields such as cryptography and physics, a conventional name for the person or system that sends a message to another person or system conventionally known as Bob.
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Alicia |
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(given name, female, from Germanic, ) - The Latinized form of Alice
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Alison |
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proper noun
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(given name, female) ,originally a French diminutive of Alice.
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Allan |
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proper noun
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(misspelling of, Alan)
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(i, also,) (alternative spelling of, Alan, nocap=true)
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(rare) (given name, male).
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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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Alma |
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proper noun
- a female given name
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Alonso |
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proper noun
- A male given name in many languages; see Alphonse.
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Alphonso |
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proper noun
- A male given name, see Alphonse.
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Althea |
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proper noun
- A female given name from Greek mythology
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Alvin |
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proper noun
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(given name, male).
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Alwin |
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proper noun
- A male given name, see Alvin.
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Amalia |
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(given name, female, from Germanic), a less common variant of Amelia.
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Amanda |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Latin, )
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amaryllis |
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noun
- The Belladonna Lilly
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Amber |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, , )
- 1923 CE: Israel Zangwill, The Grey Wig
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: "I love his letters," gushed , bafflingly. "He writes such cute things."
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(rare) (given name, male, , )
- 1901 CE: Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud
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: I soon saw that the school was not quite good enough for the others ... , the half, generally waltzed round our forwards.
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Ambrose |
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proper noun
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(given name, male, from Greek)
- A surname.
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Amelia |
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(given name, female, from Germanic, )
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amity |
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noun (amities)
- friendship
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Amos |
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Book of Amos)
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(given name, male)
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(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
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Anastasia |
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(given name, female, from Greek, )
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Andrea |
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proper noun
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(given name, female), feminine form of Andrew
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(given name, male) occasionally borrowed from Italian.
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Andrew |
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proper noun
- The first Apostle in the New Testament.
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(given name, male).
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Andy |
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proper noun
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(given name, male), diminutive of Andrew.
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(given name, female), diminutive of Andrea.
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Angel |
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proper noun
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(given name, male), from Angelo or an anglicized spelling of íngel.
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(given name, female) from the English noun angel.
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(baseball) A player on the team the "w:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim".
- Smith became an as a result of a pre-season trade.
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Angela |
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proper noun
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(given name, female) in regular use since the 18th century.
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Angelica |
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proper noun
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(given name, female), borne by a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
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Angelina |
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proper noun
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(given name, female), an Italian diminutive of Angela.
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Angelo |
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proper noun
- A male given name.
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Angie |
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proper noun
- female given name
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Ann |
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proper noun
- The mother of Virgin Mary in apocryphal gospels ( also Anne and Anna).
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(given name, female, from Hebrew) popular since fourteenth century, today a very common middle name.
abbreviation
- Anniversary
- Annual
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Anna |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Hebrew, ) periodically popular as a variant of Ann in English.
- Ann, the apocryphal mother of Virgin Mary.
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(biblical character) A prophetess who saw the infant Jesus ( Luke 2:36-38)
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Annabel |
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(given name, female, , )
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Anne |
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proper noun
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(given name, female, from Hebrew, ), used interchangably with Ann since the Middle Ages.
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Annette |
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proper noun
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(given name, female), a French diminutive of Anne.
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Annie |
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proper noun
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(given name, female), diminutive form of Ann, a popular independent name in the nineteenth century.
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Anthea |
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(given name, female, from Greek, ) , derived from Greek antheios "flowery".
- The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
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Anthony |
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proper noun
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(given name, male).
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Antoinette |
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(given name, female, from French, ) A female given name
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Antony |
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proper noun
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(given name, male), a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.
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April |
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proper noun
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The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
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Archibald |
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proper noun- A male given name.
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Archie |
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noun- A particular computer program that catalogues FTP archives and allows users to search such catalogues.
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A diminutive of the male given name Archibald.
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Ariadne |
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proper noun
- In Greek mythology, the daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae
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Ariel |
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proper noun
- Biblical Hebrew name meaning literally "lion of God", and used also in reference to the city of Jerusalem.
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Name of a spirit in the play The Tempest by Shakespeare.
- Name of the twelfth and brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
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(given name, male), often borrowed from Spanish usage.
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(given name, female), mostly of persons born after 1970.
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Arnold |
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(given name, male, , )
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art |
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(uncountable) human, Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
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(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
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(uncountable) Activity intended to make something special
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(uncountable) A recreation of reality according to the artist's metaphysical value-judgements
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(uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
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(uncountable) aesthetic, Aesthetic value.
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(context, uncountable, printing) artwork, Artwork.
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(countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
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(countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
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(countable) skill, Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
verb
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(archaic) Second-person singular simple present tense indicative of be.
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How great thou !
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Artemis |
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proper noun
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