3-letter words starting with a
- aft — If you go aft in a boat or plane, you go to the back of it. If you are aft, you are in the back.
- afv — armoured fighting vehicle
- ag- — ad-
- aga — a title of respect, often used with the title of a senior position
- agc — automatic gain control
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- agh — An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration.
- agl — (programming) (Atelier de Genie Logiciel) French for IPSE.
- agm — The AGM of a company or organization is a meeting which it holds once a year in order to discuss the previous year's activities and accounts. AGM is an abbreviation for 'Annual General Meeting'.
- agn — active galactic nucleus
- ago — You use ago when you are referring to past time. For example, if something happened one year ago, it is one year since it happened. If it happened a long time ago, it is a long time since it happened.
- agp — Accelerated Graphics Port
- agr — advanced gas-cooled reactor
- agt — agent
- aha — Aha is used in writing to represent a noise that people make in conversation, for example to express satisfaction or surprise.
- ahh — Alternative spelling of aah.
- ahi — yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ahn — Eye dialect of on.
- ahp — allied health professional: someone who works in any of a wide range of professions related to healthcare other than nursing and medicine, for example a physiotherapist, dietician or radiographer
- ahq — Army Headquarters
- ahs — Plural form of ah.
- ahu — a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- aia — Associate of the Institute of Actuaries
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- aif — (formerly) Australian Imperial Force
- aih — artificial insemination (by) husband
- ail — If something ails a group or area of activity, it is a problem or source of trouble for that group or for people involved in that activity.
- aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
- ain — a department in E central France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Bourg. Pop: 539 006 (2003 est). Area: 5785 sq km (2256 sq miles)
- air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
- ais — Australian Institute of Sport
- ait — an islet, esp in a river
- aix — Advanced Interactive eXecutive
- aja — Australian Journalists' Association
- ajc — Australian Jockey Club
- aji — A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
- aka — aka is an abbreviation for 'also known as'. aka is used especially when referring to someone's nickname or stage name.
- akc — American Kennel Club
- ake — a small hardwood New Zealand tree, Dodonea viscosa, with silver leaves and reddish bark
- akh — the transfigured and beatified spirit of a dead person.
- akl — Andorra Kernel Language
- al- — the
- ala — a wing or flat winglike process or structure, such as a part of some bones and cartilages
- alb — a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others
- alc — Abbreviation of alcohol.
- ale — Ale is a kind of strong beer.
- alf — an uncultivated Australian
- ali — ?600–661 ad, fourth caliph of Islam (656–61 ad), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed
- all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
- alm — 1. (programming) application lifecycle management. 2. (language) Assembly Language for Multics.