a-¹ /ə-/

A reduced form of the OE preposition an or on, on, in or at, as in abroad, afire, afloat, asleep, a-begging, a-hunting, and occasionally used separately as a preposition, as in once a year

a-² /ə- or a-/ or an- /ən- or an-/

Without, not, opposite to, as in amoral, anaemia or anodyne

a’ /ö or ä/ a Scot and N Eng form of all

a’ˈbody pronoun

Everybody

a’ˈgate adverb

Every way

a’ˈthing pronoun

Everything

a’ˈwhere adverb

Everywhere

a¹ /ə, also (esp emphatic) ā/

The indefinite article, a broken down form of an¹used before a consonant sound

Å

Ångström or angstrom

à /ə/

From, of, as in Thomas à Kempis (Thomas from Kempen)

Ā

(medieval Roman numeral) 5000

A

1. (as a medieval Roman numeral) 50 or 500
2. Ampere (SI unit)

A¹ or a /ā/

1. The first letter in the modern English alphabet as in the Roman, etc (see aleph and alpha), with various sounds, as in name, path, bad
2. The sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major (music)
3. The key or scale having that note for its tonic (music)
4. One of the four blood types in the ABO blood group system
5. The designation of the principal series of paper sizes, ranging from A0 (841×1189mm) to A10 (26×37mm)
6. In road-classification, followed by a number, the designation of a major or trunk road, as in the A60
7. In hexadecimal notation, 10 (decimal) or 1010 (binary)
8. The highest in a category or range
9. Something or someone of the first class or order, or of a class arbitrarily designated A
10. Anything shaped like the letter A

Aˈ-line adjective

(of clothing) narrow at the top and widening evenly to a full hemline

Aˈ-list adjective (informal)

Belonging to the most important or famous group (of celebrities, etc)

A'-lister n.

A1 /ā wun/ adjective

1. Indicating a first-class vessel in Lloyd's Register of Shipping
2. Hence first-rate or excellent

Aˈ-road noun

A principal or trunk road

Aˈ-side noun (music)

The side of a single which holds the principal track being marketed

from A to B

From one point or place to another

from A to Z

1. From beginning to end
2. Right through

a² /ä, ə/ (dialect)

1. He
2. She
3. It
4. They

A² /ä or ə/

a³

1. About
2. Absent
3. Acceleration
4. Accepted
5. Acre
6. Acreage
7. Acting
8. Active
9. Adjective
10. Advance
11. Advanced
12. Afternoon
13. Alto
14. Anno (Latin), in the year
15. Annus (Latin), year
16. Anonymous
17. Answer
18. Ante (Latin), before
19. Anterior
20. Are (metric measure)
21. Atto-

A³

1. Absolute (temperature)
2. Academician
3. Academy
4. Ace (cards)
5. Acre(s)
6. Adult, formerly used to designate a motion picture at a showing of which any child under 14 should be accompanied by an adult, superseded by PG
7. Advanced
8. Alto (music)
9. Amateur
10. America
11. American
12. Ammeter
13. Angstrom
14. Answer
15. Area
16. Argon (now Ar; chem)
17. Associate (of a society, etc)
18. Athletic
19. Atomic
20. Atomic weight
21. Australia
22. Australian
23. Austria (IVR)

Aˈ-bomb noun

Atomic bomb

A-effect see under alien

A level or Advanced level or advanced level noun

(a pass in) an examination generally taken after seven years of secondary education, esp in England and Wales (also adjective, often with hyphen)

AA

1. Alcoholics Anonymous
2. Anti-aircraft
3. Architectural Association
4. Associate of Arts
5. Australian Army
6. Automobile Association
7. Formerly used to designate a cinema film at a showing of which children under 14 were not admitted, superseded by 15

A͞A, a͞a or ā

(in prescriptions, etc) in equal quantities of each

ana /äˈnə or aˈnə/ written a͞a or ā

(in recipes and prescriptions) in equal quantities

• cambering
• camberings
• cambers
• Camberwell beauties
• Camberwell beauty
• cambia
• cambial
• cambiform
• cambism
• cambisms
• cambist
• cambistries
• cambistry
• cambists
• cambium
• cambiums
• Cambodian
• camboge
• Cambozola
• cambrel
• Cambrian
• cambric
• cambrics
• cambric tea
• cambric teas