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abelungu(South Africa, now chiefly derogatory) White people collectively.abiuA South American tropical fruit tree, Pouteria caimito.aboideau(Canada, Acadia) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.acajouThe cashew tree.acapuAny of several tropical New World trees in:adieuSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.ahau(historical) Among the ancient Maya people, a member of the leading class of nobles in a particular polity.ahuThe goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.aituA ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.akamatsuThe Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora.akiapolaauA Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroiallouObsolete form of allow.allyou(Caribbean, dialect) Plural form of you.alquifou(obsolete) A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used to give a green glaze to pottery.aluAlternative form of aloo.amadouA spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.amaruA double-headed serpent in Inca and other Andean mythology.ambigu(uncountable) A French card game, somewhat like poker, but of earlier origin and involving different scoring of hands, played with a 40 card deck (four suits of Ace through 10).amuAbbreviation of atomic mass unit.anamuA plant of the species Petiveria alliacea; guinea hen weed.angpauAlternative form of ang pow.angu(cooking) A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.anianiauA bird, Magumma parva, a kind of Hawaiian honeycreeper.animu(Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) Anime.anjuKorean food consumed with alcohol.anmitsuA Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.antifluActing against or serving to prevent flu.antiguruHostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.antitau(particle physics) the antitauon.anyuAlternative spelling of añu.apercuAlternative spelling of aperçu.apkalluA mythical sage or demigod referenced in Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions, sometimes part man and part fish.apokoinou(rhetoric) A blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentences. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.araruarrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)argamannuA red-purple dye.arrauEllipsis of arrau turtle.ashamnu(Judaism) A Jewish confession in the form of an acrostic, customarily recited aloud.ashiatsuA form of massage in which the practitioner uses their feet to deliver treatment.ashipu(historical) A magical healer in ancient Mesopotamia.ashiyuA shallow communal pool in Japan, usually with seats around it, filled with warm water in which people can soak their feet and lower legs; a type of footbath.assacuSynonym of sandbox tree.auAbbreviation of atomic unit.auhuhu(Hawaii) The flowering plant Tephrosia purpurea.aurrescuAlternative form of aurresku.aurreskuA traditional Basque dance.ausbauThe process of standardizing a language; the resulting standard language.aylluA traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among Quechua and Aymara peoples.ayuA sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh and subject to extensive aquaculture.