angel.noun,.plural.angels
messengers from God, often acting as if it was God
angelic.adjective
angelical.adjective
angelically.adverb

AMP.noun
a mononucleotide, C10H14N5O7P, found in animal cells and reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP; AMP is adenosine monophosphate also called adenylic acid; more on it

atom.noun,.plural.atoms
a part or particle considered to be an irreducible.constituent of a specified.system; the basic building component of matter; most of the atom is empty space, as much as 99.99%, the rest consisting of a positively.charged.nucleus of protons and neutrons circled by negatively charged electrons; the word atom is from Greek atomos, meaning indivisible to cut or, can't make it any smaller, but now scientists have found smaller particles, such as quarks, hadrons, which are a subclass of baryons and found  hyperons, mesons, kaons, which unstable mesons and a subclass of hadrons

Aryan.noun,.plural.Aryans
see Indo-Iranian; a member of the people who spoke the parent language of the Indo-European languages; a member of any people speaking an Indo-European language; a Nordic.Caucasian.Gentile
Aryan.adjective
of or relating to Indo-Iranian; of or relating to a speaker of an Indo-European language; more on it

abreact, abreacted, abreacting, abreacts.transitive verbs
to release repressed emotions by acting out, as in words, behavior or the imagination, the situation causing the conflict
abreaction.noun,.plural.abreactions

anode.noun,.plural.anodes
the part of a battery that collects electrons, often a wire or piece of metal with the positive sign (+); compare cathode

antimony.noun
symbol Sb; a metallic.element having four allotropic.forms, the most common of which is a hard, extremely brittle, lustrous, silver-white, crystalline.material. It is used in a wide variety of alloys, especially with lead in battery.plates and in the manufacture of flame-proofing compounds, paint, semiconductor.devices and ceramic.products. Atomic number 51; atomic weight 121.75; melting point 630.5°C; boiling point 1,380°C; specific gravity 6.691; valence 3, 5. 

alderman.noun,.plural.aldermen
a member of the municipal.legislative.body in a town or city who represents people in his electoral.district
aldermancy.noun,.plural.aldermancies
aldermanic.adjective

ash.noun,.plural.ashes
the grayish-white to black powdery residue left when something is burned
Geology: in geology, the pulverized.particulate.matter.ejected by volcanic.eruption; human remains, especially after cremation or decay; from Middle English 'asshe', from Old English 'æsce'

ash.noun,.plural.ashes
any of various.chiefly.deciduous.ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus, having opposite, pinnately.compound leaves, clusters of small flowers and one-seeded winged fruits; the strong, elastic type wood of this tree, used for furniture, tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

ankle.noun,.plural.ankles
the joint.formed by the articulation of the lower leg bones with the talus, also called anklebone; the ankle connects the foot with the leg; the slender section of the leg immediately above the foot; Middle English 'ancle', 'ankel', partly from Old English 'ancleow' and partly of Scandinavian.origin

auger.noun,.plural.augers
a tool for boring holes in wood or ice; a large tool for boring into the Earth; from Middle English 'auger', alteration of a 'nauger', from Old English 'nafogar', meaning 'auger'

aback.adverb
by surprise (he was taken aback by the big bug crawling in the tub); behind she's aback of the house on the new swing)
aback.adjective
being at a standstill; unable to move
taken aback by.idiom
be surprised by something (he was completely taken aback by the kindness of his friends)
took me aback.idiom
was surprised by

Louis Armstrong, born August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., died July 6, 1971, New York, New York.
Armstrong was the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. As a child he worked at odd jobs and sang in a boys' quartet. In 1913 he was sent to the Colored Waifs Home as a juvenile delinquent. There he learned to play cornet in the home's band where playing music quickly became a passion. In his teens he learned music by listening to the pioneer jazz artists of the day. Armstrong developed rapidly. He played in marching and jazz bands, becoming skillful enough in the early 1920s to play in Mississippi riverboat dance bands. He married pianist Lil Hardin in 1924. He recorded his first solos which Lil and Louis composed. Encouraged by his wife, Armstrong played for a year in New York City in Fletcher Henderson's band and on many recordings with others before returning to Chicago and playing in large orchestras. There he created his most important early works, the Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of 1925–28, on which he emerged as the first great jazz soloist. By this time Armstrong was playing trumpet and his technique was superior to that of all competitors. Altogether, his immensely compelling swing, his brilliant technique, his sophisticated, daring sense of harmony, his ever-mobile, expressive attack, timbre and inflections, his gift for creating vital melodies, his dramatic, often complex sense of solo design and his outsized musical energy and genius made these recordings major innovations in jazz.

By 1929 Armstrong was a famous musician by 1929, when he moved from Chicago to New York City. He toured America and Europe as a trumpet soloist accompanied by big bands and for several years beginning in 1935, Luis Russell's big band served as the Louis Armstrong band. During this time he abandoned the often blues based original material of his earlier years for a remarkably fine choice of popular songs by such noted composers as Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin and Duke Ellington. With his new repertoire came a new, simplified style where he created melodic paraphrases and variations as well as chord-change-based improvisations on these songs. He began to sing lyrics on most of his recordings, varying melodies or decorating with scat phrases in a gravel voice that was immediately identifiable. Although he sang such humorous songs as Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train he also sang many standard songs, often with an intensity and creativity that equaled those of his trumpet playing.

Louis and Lil Armstrong separated in 1931. From 1935 to the end of his life, His film career began in 1936 with Pennies from Heaven. In most of Armstrong's movie, radio and television appearances, he was featured as a good-humored entertainer. He played a rare dramatic role in the film New Orleans (1947), in which he also performed in a Dixieland band. This prompted the formation of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, a Dixieland band that at first included such other jazz greats as Hines and trombonist Jack Teagarden. For most of the rest of Armstrong's life, he toured the world with changing All-Stars sextets; indeed, 'Ambassador Satch' in his later years was noted for his almost nonstop touring schedule. It was the period of his greatest popularity. He produced hit recordings such as Mack the Knife and his last film Hello, Dolly! (1969). He had other outstanding albums such as his tributes to W.C. Handy and Fats Waller. 

More than a great trumpeter, Armstrong was a bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. One of his most remarkable feats was his frequent conquest of the popular market with recordings that thinly disguised authentic jazz with Armstrong's contagious humor. He nonetheless made his greatest impact on the evolution of jazz itself, which at the start of his career was popularly considered to be little more than a novelty. With his great sensitivity, technique and capacity to express emotion, Armstrong not only ensured the survival of jazz but led in its development into a fine art.

Armstrong's autobiographies include Swing That Music (1936, reprinted with a new foreword in 1993) and Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954).....comprised with information from Encyclopedia Britannica.....pic courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica.

asphalt.noun,.plural.asphalts
a brownish-black solid or semisolid.mixture of bitumens obtained from native deposits or as a petroleum.byproduct, used in paving, roofing and waterproofing; mixed asphalt and crushed stone gravel or sand, used for paving or roofing
asphalt, asphalted, asphalting, asphalts.transitive verbs
to pave or coat with this mixture
asphaltic.adjective
Middle English 'aspalt', from Medieval Latin 'asphaltus', from Greek 'asphaltos'

alpaca.noun,.plural.alpaca.or.alpacas
a domesticated South American mammal (Lama pacos), related to the llama and having fine, long wool; the silky wool of this mammal; cloth made from alpaca; a coat made of this cloth; alpaca is a glossy cotton or rayon and wool fabric; from American Spanish, 'Aymara allpaca'

alive.adjective
having.life; living; in existence or operation; active (keep your hopes alive); full of living or moving things; abounding (a pool alive with trout); full of activity or animation; lively (a face alive with excitement)
aliveness.noun

Arabic.adjective
of.or.relating.to.Arabia, the Arabs, their language and culture
Arabic.noun,.plural.Arabics
a Semitic language consisting of numerous.dialects that is the principal language of Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and parts of northern Africa; the Arabic system of numbers is adopted into English 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Arabia (map)
also refers.to the Arabian Peninsula
a peninsula of southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait; Arabia has an estimated one third of the world's oil reserves
Arab.noun,.plural.Arabs
a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia, whose language and Islamic.religion spread throughout the Middle East and northern Africa from the seventh century A.D.; the Arabs history shows about them from before this time; a member of an Arabic speaking people; an Arabian horse
Arab.adjective

are.verb
the present tense and plural of 'be'