Words containing a

abelian group means: a group that satisfies the commutative law

abelmoschus means: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers

abelmoschus esculentus means: tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

abelmoschus moschatus means: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

abelmosk means: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

abenaki means: a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec

aberdare means: a mining town in southern Wales

aberdeen means: a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea

aberdeen means: a town in northeastern Maryland

aberdeen means: a town in northeastern South Dakota

bumelia lanuginosa means: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

call centre means: a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)

chef means: a professional cook

claude levi-strauss means: French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems (born in 1908)

conurbation means: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

dukas means: French composer (1865-1935)

filming means: the act of making a film

gibbsite means: white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina

ii samuel means: the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David

oceanographer means: a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

optic chiasm means: the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain

out of nothing means: without warning

pinniped means: aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

progress means: gradual improvement or growth or development

progress means: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

progress means: a movement forward

progress means: develop in a positive way

progress means: form or accumulate steadily

progress means: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

small change means: a trifling sum of money