#Anca

• Agave schidigera — A species of small to medium-sized succulent plant endemic to the mountainous and rocky areas of western and central Mexico, classified within the Asparagaceae family. It is highly valued as an ornamental plant due to its perfectly symmetrical, globular rosette made of narrow, rigid, dark green or reddish leaves. Its defining characteristic consists of striking white marginal lines from which long, curling white threads exfoliate, giving the plant an exotic, textured, and finely embroidered appearance.
• Agave stricta — A species of perennial succulent plant endemic to the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca, belonging to the Asparagaceae family. It is recognized by its unique, extremely dense, and symmetrical spherical rosette, composed of hundreds of narrow, linear, rigid, and sharp light green or glaucous needle-like leaves. Unlike most species in its genus, this plant is partially polycarpic, meaning the rosette does not always die after flowering, but can continue to grow and branch, forming massive, rounded, cushion-like colonies.
• Agio — A positive difference between the nominal value of a security (stock, bond) or currency and its higher market value; a commission, fee, or percentage collected by banks or exchange offices for conducting certain financial operations or foreign exchange. It represents a structural indicator of share premiums or advantageous quotes in commercial transactions.
• Rock bentgrass — A species of perennial herbaceous plants within the genus Agrostis, family Poaceae, native to the mountainous regions of Europe (including the Carpathian Mountains). This grass grows in low, dense tufts on stony substrates, cliffs, screes, and alpine meadows with shallow, acidic soils; it is highly resistant to frost, strong winds, and drought, playing a major ecological role in stabilizing high-altitude soils.
• AID — An international polysemantic acronym. In economics and global assistance, it designates the 'Association Internationale de Développement' (International Development Association - a member of the World Bank Group). In medicine, it stands for 'Artificial Insemination by Donor', and in transport or aerospace engineering, it defines structural digital assistance or Automatic Incident Detection systems.
• Fasted — Having fasted (completely or restrictively) on the eve of a holiday; a person who has abstained from food and drink according to religious ordinances. In a broad and regional sense, the term can also describe the state of someone who has not yet eaten anything since morning (on an empty stomach), being prepared for Holy Communion, medical tests, or traditional rituals.
• Season with lemon — A regional phonetic variant for the verb 'a lămâi'; the act of adding lemon juice to a culinary dish to give it a sour taste, or the metaphorical process by which something acquires a yellow tint or a citrus scent. In certain local dialects, the verb is also used to mean turning pale or yellow in the face due to illness, fear, or strong emotions.
• Female native of Alba Iulia — A woman or girl originating from the municipality of Alba Iulia or living in this urban settlement of Alba county; the feminine form for the noun 'albaiulian'. The term individualizes the local geographical and cultural identity of a female person in a demographic or social context.
• Selected rock — A very rare regional term designating a piece of cliff or hard stone manually selected or carved to be used as an elementary construction material for house foundations, traditional fences, or as a boundary stone. In a figurative sense, it can describe a resilient, steadfast person, considered the pillar of a community.
• Alexandrian woman — A regional, archaic, or unofficial form for alexandrineancă, designating a woman or a female person originating from the municipality of Alexandria (Teleorman County, Romania) or from the historical city of Alexandria in Egypt. The term functions as a specific demonym in the folk dialect of southern Romania, used to indicate geographical belonging and local cultural identity.
• Alexandrian woman — A regional, archaic, or unofficial phonetic variant for alexandrineancă, designating a woman or a female person originating from the municipality of Alexandria (Teleorman County, Romania) or from the historical city of Alexandria in Egypt. The term functions as a specific demonym in the folk dialect of the Wallachian lowlands, indicating geographical origin, social belonging, and local cultural identity.
• Algerian woman — A female equivalent of algerian; a woman or girl originating from Algeria or holding its citizenship. As a specific feminine ethnonym within Romanian grammar, it is utilized inside social, cultural, and demographic contexts to track individual national lineage.
• Alicante — A traditional, literary Romanian orthographic variant for Alicante; a major port city and famous tourist resort in southeastern Spain, located on the Mediterranean coast (Costa Blanca). While modern standards enforce 'Alicante', this form appears inside older literature and travelogues.
• Alistari woman — A rare regional and archaic noun used in past rural communities in eastern Romania to designate a woman originating from the Alistari region or belonging to a community closely tied to the old Alistari trade guild.
• Cornmeal cheese cakes — The plural form of the noun 'alivancă'; it designates multiple portions or pieces of the traditional Moldavian culinary dish made from cornmeal, cheese, eggs, and sour cream. In Romanian literature, the term evokes rural hospitality in Moldavia, being consecrated by writers like Ion Creangă in descriptions of rich country feasts.
• Regional cornmeal cake — A regional and archaic phonetic variant of the word 'alivancă', used in certain sub-dialects of eastern Moldavia or neighboring areas to denote the traditional rustic cake made from cornmeal, cottage cheese, and sour cream. The form preserves the archaic nuance of rural culinary lexicon, being found especially in the speech of elders or in folklore recipes passed down through oral tradition.
• Cornmeal cheese cakes — The established plural form of the noun 'alivancă'; a highly appreciated traditional Romanian culinary dish from the Moldavia region, baked as a dense pudding or cake made of cornmeal, wheat flour, fresh cottage cheese or urda, eggs, butter, and a generous amount of sour cream. In popular and literary culture, the term is a symbol of Moldavian rural gastronomy and hospitality.
• Small cornmeal cake — Diminutive form of the noun 'alivancă'; it designates a smaller, delicate, or specially prepared alivancă, or is used as an affectionate term in rural domestic environments to describe this traditional cornmeal, cheese, and sour cream cake fresh from the oven.
• Alpinarium — A decorative botanical garden of variable sizes, a special sector arranged within a park, or a structural landscape design crafted from stone blocks, rocks, and soil, designed for cultivating and presenting collections of dwarf alpine, subalpine, and mountain plants under conditions mimicking their natural habitats.
• Alpiniad — A mass sports competition, championship, festival, or organized gathering of mountaineering, bringing together climbers and mountain rescue teams to scale climbing routes, establish rock speed records, or perform mountain rescue drills. This structural type of sports event, highly popular in the second half of the 20th century, aimed to promote alpine sports and test the technical endurance of participants.