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-Ana
- - A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
-Ant
- - A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
-Art
- - The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
-Ate
- - As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.
AAAS
- - the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its goal is to advance the physical and social sciences, and it publishes a weekly journal Science, with original research articles as well as reviews and commentary.
Aahs
- verb - express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents"
Aare
- noun - a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine
AARP
- noun - an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
AAVE
- noun - a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
Baal
- noun - any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god