Words Starting A & Ending MS

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

• a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm

• a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram

• (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

• a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

• a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

• a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

• one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc

• a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc