| AERATION | • aeration n. The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid. • aeration n. By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated… • aëration n. Alternative form of aeration. |
| AERONAUT | • aeronaut n. A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon. • aëronaut n. Archaic spelling of aeronaut. • AERONAUT n. a traveller through the air; a balloonist, a pilot. |
| AMARONES | • Amarones n. Plural of Amarone. • AMARONE n. (Italian) a strong dry red wine. |
| AMORANCE | • AMORANCE n. the state of being in love; romantic love. |
| ANAEROBE | • anaerobe n. An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes. • ANAEROBE n. an organism that lives in absence of free oxygen. |
| ANOESTRA | • anoestra n. Plural of anoestrum. • ANOESTRUM n. (Greek) a period of sexual inactivity, also ANESTRUM. |
| ANOREXIA | • anorexia n. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease. • anorexia n. Anorexia nervosa. • ANOREXIA n. lack of appetite. |
| ARANEOUS | • araneous adj. Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb. • ARANEOUS adj. transparent; delicate; like a spider's web. |
| ARCHAEON | • archaeon n. Prokaryotic organism; member of the domain Archaea. • ARCHAEON n. a single celled organism like bacterium. |
| AUROREAN | • aurorean adj. Belonging to the dawn, or resembling it in brilliant hue. • AUROREAN adj. relating to the dawn, also AURORAL. |
| BARONAGE | • baronage n. Barons or nobles collectively. • baronage n. An annotated list of barons or peers. • baronage n. (Obsolete) barony, the dignity or rank of a baron. |
| EMANATOR | • emanator n. A person who, or thing that, emanates. • EMANATOR n. one that emanates. |
| HABANERO | • habanero n. An intensely spicy chili pepper, Capsicum chinense. • habañero n. Nonstandard spelling of habanero. • HABANERO n. (Spanish) a hot chili pepper. |
| LECANORA | • Lecanora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lecanoraceae – the fungal component of rim lichen. • LECANORA n. (Greek) a kind of lichen. |
| PARANOEA | • paranoea n. Obsolete form of paranoia. • paranœa n. (Rare) Obsolete spelling of paranoia. • PARANOEA n. a mental disorder, also PARANOIA. |