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- atkinson — Sir Harry Albert. 1831–92, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1876–77; 1883–84; 1887–91)
- atrazine — a white crystalline compound widely used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H14N5Cl
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- attained — to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
- attainer — a person who attains or achieves something
- attiring — Present participle of attire.
- attuning — Present participle of attune.
- auditing — the act of inspecting, correcting, and certifying (accounts, etc)
- auguring — an excessively talkative person.
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- availing — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- avenging — taking vengeance on someone or something for a wrong done
- aventine — one of the seven hills on which Rome was built
- averring — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- averting — Present participle of avert.
- aviating — Present participle of aviate.
- avoiding — Present participle of avoid.
- awaiting — waiting
- awanting — missing or in want of
- awarding — Present participle of award.
- away win — a game won at an opponent's ground
- awninged — sheltered by or covered with an awning
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- b-boying — a style of acrobatic dancing that combines intricate footwork with spinning and tumbling, usually to funk or hip-hop music.
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- babykins — Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover.
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- backlink — An incoming hyperlink from one web page to another website.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backpain — Alternative form of back pain.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- backwind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
- baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
- bahraini — of or relating to Bahrain
- bailings — Plural form of bailing.
- baladine — a theatrical dancer or stage buffoon
- balinese — of or relating to Bali, its people, or their language
- balkline — a line at one end of a table from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- bantling — a young child; brat
- banxring — a small tree-dwelling and insectivorous animal, Tupaia, resembling a squirrel, native to Java and Sumatra
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next