Words starting with a

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

abasement means: a low or downcast state

abash means: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

abashed means: feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

abashment means: feeling embarrassed due to modesty

abasia means: inability to walk

abasia trepidans means: abasia due to trembling of the legs

abasic means: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk)

abatable means: capable of being abated

abatable nuisance means: a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless)

abate means: become less in amount or intensity

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

anyhow means: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

anyhow means: in any way whatsoever

basal metabolism means: the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state

checkmate means: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

checkmate means: complete victory

checkmate means: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

chocolate-colored means: having the color of dark chocolate

distractedly means: in a distracted manner

distributed fire means: fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target

justification means: the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

justification means: something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

justification means: a statement in explanation of some action or belief

kedah means: sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia

metathesis means: a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)

metathesis means: a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

naemorhedus means: gorals

pliers means: a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

polyodon means: type genus of the Polyodontidae

pulling means: the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

razzmatazz means: any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent