| agouti |
any of several related nocturnal, burrowing rodents found in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere that are about the size of a rabbit but have short ears and grizzled fur. |
| Altai Mountains |
a central Asian mountain range that extends from western Mongolia into Russia and China. |
| America |
either of the two continents of the western hemisphere. [1/3 definitions] |
| Andes |
a mountain range that extends the length of the South American western coast. |
| Andes Mountains |
a mountain range that extends the length of the South American western coast. |
| Angola |
a country on the western coast of Africa, bordered by Zaire, Zambia, and Namibia. |
| anti-Western |
combined form of Western. |
| Apia |
the capital of Western Samoa. |
| appaloosa |
a hardy saddle horse of a breed developed in western North America, usu. having a spotted black and white hide. |
| Arapaho |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the western plains from Texas and New Mexico to Canada, and now lives in Oklahoma and Wyoming. [1/2 definitions] |
| Athapaskan |
a group of American Indian languages spoken by western tribes from Alaska to the Rio Grande. [1/3 definitions] |
| Atlantic Standard Time |
the standard time used in the western Atlantic and the easternmost parts of Canada, four hours behind Greenwich time. |
| aurochs |
an extinct wild ox once common in northern Africa, Europe, and western Asia, and probably an ancestor of domestic cattle. [1/2 definitions] |
| balm of Gilead |
any of several small evergreen trees native to western Asia and Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
| Basque |
a member of a people who live in the western Pyrenees of Spain and France, or a descendant thereof. [1/3 definitions] |
| Ben Nevis |
the highest mountain peak in Great Britain (elevation, 4,406 feet, or 1,344 meters), located in the Grampian Mountains of western Scotland. [1/2 definitions] |
| bitterroot |
a plant found in western North America that bears showy pink or white flowers and has a fleshy edible root. |
| black margate |
a grunt of the tropical western Atlantic. |
| bristlecone pine |
a small pine growing at high altitudes in the western United States that is the longest-lived conifer known, some specimens being over four thousand years old. |
| bronco |
a wild or semi-tamed horse or pony of western North America. |
| Brooklyn |
a New York City borough on the western end of Long Island. |