aardwolf |
a striped, nocturnal African mammal of the hyena family that feeds primarily on insects. |
abaca |
a Philippine plant of the banana family that yields a fiber used in making rope. |
acacia |
any of several tropical trees of the mimosa family, some of which produce the commercially useful gum arabic. [1/2 definitions] |
aconite |
a plant of the buttercup family, that has poisonous and medicinal properties; monkshood. [1/2 definitions] |
admiral |
any of a family of brightly colored, medium to large-sized butterflies, found worldwide. [1/2 definitions] |
ageratum |
any of various low-growing, cultivated American plants of the aster family, with violet-blue or white flowers. |
agrimony |
any of various related plants of the rose family that have compound feathery leaves and bear long clusters of small yellow flowers on spiky stalks, and a prickly fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
akin |
belonging to the same family; related; kin. [1/2 definitions] |
alder |
a tree or shrub of the birch family that grows in mostly cool, damp areas and drops its leaves every year. |
Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
alfalfa |
a plant with purple flowers that is grown as food for cattle and horses. Alfalfa is a member of the legume family of plants. |
Algonquian |
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by tribes from Labrador to the Carolinas and from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains. [1/3 definitions] |
Algonquin |
the language spoken by these tribes, or the family of languages of which it is a part; Algonquian. [1/3 definitions] |
alien |
one who is considered foreign to a particular group or family; outsider. [1/6 definitions] |
alligator flag |
any of a family of large, broad-leafed, tropical, aquatic plants that usually grow up to six feet tall and have heavy blooms of delicate blue and purple flowers. |
allspice |
the aromatic berry of a West Indian tree of the myrtle family, or the tree itself. [1/2 definitions] |
almond |
a tree of the rose family that is native to warm temperate regions, closely related to the cherry. [1/6 definitions] |
Altaic |
a family of languages that includes Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic, and Korean. [2/3 definitions] |
alto |
a musical instrument having the second highest range in its family of instruments. [1/4 definitions] |
alyssum |
any of a group of weedy low-growing plants of the mustard family, having tiny white or yellow four-petaled flowers borne on branched stalks. [1/2 definitions] |
Amharic |
the official language of Ethiopia, which is part of the Semitic language family. |