| ate | (n) goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment |
| atelectasis | (n) collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth |
| ateleiosis | (n) a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence, Syn. ateliosis |
| ateleiotic | (adj) of or relating to ateleiosis |
| ateles | (n) spider monkeys, Syn. genus Ateles |
| aten | (n) the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Syn. Aton |
| atenolol | (n) an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.), Syn. Tenormin |
| Ate | the preterit of Eat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ate | n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Greek. Myth.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Atechnic | a. [ Pref. a- not + technic. ] Without technical or artistic knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ] Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ateles | ‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; incomplete; 'a priv. + &unr_; completion. ] (Zool.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Atelier | ‖pos>n. [ F. ] A workshop; a studio. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Atellan | a. [ L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania. ] Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at Atella. [ 1913 Webster ] |