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Antilocapra
- noun - type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species
Antinomasia
- noun - substitution of a title for a name
Antiphrases
- noun - the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
Antiphrasis
- noun - the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
Antofagasta
- noun - a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile
Antonomasia
- - The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
Anwar Sadat
- noun - Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981)
Aortic Arch
- noun - the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward
Aphis Fabae
- noun - blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Apollinaire
- noun - French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918)