1. An awkward clash
   "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"

Type of: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

• family Anarhichadidae
• family Anatidae
• family Ancylidae
• family Ancylostomatidae
• family Andrenidae
• family Anguidae
• family Anguillidae
• family Anhimidae
• family Anhingidae
• family Anniellidae
• family Annonaceae
• family Anobiidae
• family Anomalopidae
• family Anomiidae
• family Antedonidae
• family Antennariidae
• family Anthocerotaceae
• family Antilocapridae
• family Aphididae
• family Aphyllanthaceae
• family Apiaceae
• family Apidae
• family Aplodontiidae
• family Aplysiidae
• family Apocynaceae