animalcule (en)

(noun) a minute, usually microscopic organism

anisotropy (en)

(adjective) exhibiting properties with different values when measured in different directions

Annamite (en)

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Annam, which was a French protectorate encompassing the central region of Vietnam / (noun) vietnamese

anneal (en)

(verb) to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle / (verb) to cool slowly usually in a furnace / (verb) to heat and then cool (double-stranded nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperature with complementary strands / (verb) strengthen toughen / (verb) to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling

antiquarian (en)

(noun) one who collects or studies antiquities / (adjective) of or relating to antiquarians or antiquities / (adjective) dealing in old or rare books

aperient (en)

(adjective) gently moving the bowels; laxative

apical (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or situated at an apex / (adjective) of, relating to, or formed with the tip of the tongue / (noun) inhibition of the growth of lateral buds by the terminal bud of a shoot / (noun) a meristem at the apex of a root or shoot that is responsible for increase in length

apophenia (en)

the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things

apparatchiks (en)

members of a communist party apparat (apparatus)

appoggiatura (en)

(noun) an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size

apsos (en)

(noun) any of a Tibetan breed of small dogs that have a dense coat of long hard straight hair, a heavy fall over the eyes, heavy whiskers and beard, and a well-feathered tail curled over the back

aptronym (en)

a person's name that is regarded as amusingly appropriate to their occupation

arcadia (en)

(noun) a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet

arche (grk)

beginning

Ariadne’s thread (en)

(from Greek mythology) the solving of a problem with multiple apparent means of proceeding through an exhaustive application of logic to all available routes

Arnoldian (en)

of or relating to Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), British poet and cultural critic who celebrated virtue

arras (en)

(noun) a tapestry of Flemish origin used especially for wall hangings and curtains / (noun) a wall hanging or screen of tapestry / (geographical name) city N France SSW of Lille pop 40,535

ars gratia artis (la)

art for art's sake

astrolabe (en)

(noun) a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant

ate (grk)

(Greek tragedy) foolishness or madness

atelic (en)

the quality of a verb that shows that an action is incomplete

Auguste Rodin (en)

a French sculptor; generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture

aureate (en)

(adjective) of a golden color or brilliance / (adjective) marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style

autopoietic (en)

a system capable of reproducing and maintaining itself

Bagwanite (en)

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