All English words - page 131

Meanings of Afghans:

noun

A native or inhabitant of afghanistan, or a person of afghan descent.

Usage examples:

Then they said they would stay back and try to help the afghans effect national reconciliation.

adjective

Relating to afghanistan, its people, or their language.

Usage examples:

Second, having an afghan leader eliminates the language barrier.

Meanings of Afibrinogenemia:

noun

Absence of fibrinogen in the blood, usually resulting in impaired coagulation; an acquired or inherited condition characterized by this.

Meanings of Aficionada:

noun

A female aficionado; (originally) a female devotee of bullfighting; (now usually) a woman or girl who is very enthusiastic about some activity, subject, or pastime.

Meanings of Aficionadas:

noun

A female aficionado; (originally) a female devotee of bullfighting; (now usually) a woman or girl who is very enthusiastic about some activity, subject, or pastime.

Meanings of Aficionado:

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.

Usage examples:

A crossword aficionado

Meanings of Aficionados:

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.

Usage examples:

A crossword aficionado

Meanings of Afield:

adverb

To or at a distance.

Usage examples:

Competitors from as far afield as aberdeen

Meanings of Afikomen:

noun

A piece broken off from a matzo during the seder and put aside to be eaten at the end of the meal. it is traditionally hidden to be searched for by the children present.

Usage examples:

Her little grandchildren will search the house looking for the afikoman

Meanings of Afire:

adjective

On fire; burning.

Usage examples:

The whole mill was afire

Meanings of Aflagellar:

adjective

= aflagellate .

Meanings of Aflame:

adjective

In flames; burning.

Usage examples:

Pour brandy over the steaks and then set aflame

Meanings of Aflare:

adjective

Bursting with activity; full of intense excitement.

adverb

In or into a state of intense excitement or activity.

Meanings of Aflatoxin:

noun

Any of a class of toxic compounds produced by certain moulds found in food, which can cause liver damage and cancer.

Usage examples:

Several varieties of the mould aspergillus produce a group of carcinogens called aflatoxins, which …

Meanings of Aflicker:

adjective

In predicative use: flickering.

Meanings of Aflight:

adjective

In predicative use: flying; in flight, airborne.

Meanings of Afloat:

adjective

Floating in water; not sinking.

Usage examples:

They trod water to keep afloat

Meanings of Aflow:

adverb

In or into a flowing state, so as to flow.

adjective

In predicative use: flowing.

Meanings of Aflower:

adjective

In predicative use: flowering, blooming.

Meanings of Aflush:

adjective

In predicative use: flushed; blushing.

adverb

In or into a flushed or blushing state.

Meanings of Aflutter:

adjective

In a state of tremulous excitement.

Usage examples:

He has the physique that could send a thousand female hearts aflutter

Meanings of Afoam:

adjective

In predicative use: foaming; covered with or full of foam.

adverb

In or into a foaming state; so as to be covered in foam.

Meanings of Afocal:

adjective

Of a lens or other optical system: that transfers an image without bringing it to a focus, i.e. so that rays entering parallel emerge parallel; relating to or constituting such a system.

Meanings of Afoot:

adjective

In preparation or progress; happening or beginning to happen.

Usage examples:

Plans are afoot for a festival

Meanings of Afore:

preposition

Before.

Usage examples:

He died the day afore yesterday

prefix

Before; previously.

adverb

→  before

Meanings of Aforegoing:

adjective

Existing or happening earlier; specifically earlier in a discourse or text.

noun

With the. the foregoing word(s) or thing(s) (to which reference is here made); that which has gone before.