#plural

• Archaic abbreviations — (Archaic) Plural form of the obsolete noun 'abreviațiune'; short forms or condensed structures of words used in 19th-century administrative and legal texts.
• Actinozoa — A class of marine invertebrates within the coelenterate phylum, characterized by a sac-like body with a pronounced radial symmetry, featuring a mouth surrounded by tentacles and a gastric cavity partitioned by vertical septa. This structural grouping includes corals and sea anemones, most being sessile organisms that secrete a calcareous exoskeleton.
• Addenda — The entirety of notes, documents, texts, or subsequent additions appended to the end of a written work, treatise, or contract to provide essential clarifications, corrections, or details without altering the main body. This documentary assembly, of Latin origin, functions as a structural extension meant to ensure the completeness and up-to-date nature of the presented information.
• Adogmatism — A philosophical attitude, doctrine, or intellectual orientation that rejects dogmatism, challenging the validity of dogmas and principles imposed as absolute, immobile, or infallible. Structurally, adogmatism promotes constructive skepticism, epistemic relativism, critical spirit, and the permanent revision of knowledge based on new scientific and rational discoveries.
• Adunati commune — A Romanian toponym designating rural localities in Romania, such as the Adunați commune in Prahova county, or homonymous villages in counties like Dolj or Argeș. As an inflected verb form in modern language, it constitutes the second-person plural of the present indicative, subjunctive, or imperative of the verb 'a aduna', used as a command or assembly directive.
• Aerophytobionts — A scientific term used to designate the assembly of plant organisms (microscopic algae, lichens, mosses) that live and carry out their life cycle exclusively in the aerial environment, on the terrestrial surface, on tree bark, or on other substrates directly exposed to the atmosphere, without structural connection to aquatic or subterranean environments.
• Aerope — A structural plural form or rare neologistic variant used to designate the collection of manifestations, concepts, or particles correlated with the upper layers of the aerial environment. The term may appear in isolated etymological or poetic analyses as the inflected or uninflected plural of thematic derivatives in atmospheric dynamics.
• Aeroplanctophytes — Microscopic plant organisms, specifically unicellular algae, aerobic bacteria, or fungal spores, structurally adapted to float and survive passively in the lower and middle layers of the atmosphere. These micro-plants utilize air currents for dispersion and colonization, playing a discrete but important ecological role in global aerobiological ecosystems.
• Afghani (currency) — A term with a dual function. First, the unarticulated plural form of the masculine noun or adjective 'afgan' (Afghans). Second, the singular noun denoting the official currency of Afghanistan (afghani), introduced in 1925 and divided into 100 puls.
• Aphididae — The structural plural term for the Aphididae family, comprising the true aphids or plant lice. Members of this taxonomic family are characterized by small, pear-shaped bodies, siphunculi, and highly destructive sap-sucking habits.
• Aftini — An extremely rare onomastic variant of a Romanian surname, whose final '-i' ending reflects either a patronymic plural form (originally designating 'the sons of Aftenie/Aftine') or a regional graphical feature recorded in civil status documents.
• Aftoni — An extremely rare onomastic variant of a Romanian surname, whose final '-i' ending reflects either a patronymic plural form (originally designating 'the sons of Aftenie/Aftine') or a regional graphical feature recorded in civil status documents.
• Afumați — The name of several localities in Romania, the most well-known being the commune in Ilfov County, situated northeast of the Capital. It also represents the plural of the adjective/participle 'afumat' and the name of a commune in Dolj County; its etymology is historically linked to intensive food smoking or a refuge hidden in smoke during invasions.
• Agamids — An archaic plural form or old taxonomic variant used in early Romanian natural history textbooks to denote the agama family (Agamidae) or reptile species structurally related to acrodont lizards.
• Alluvial deposits — A rare plural form or local collective variant for repeated accumulations of alluvium, sediments, silt, and woody debris deposited along a riverbed following several successive floods. It defines the unstable microrelief made of gravel bars and alluvial ridges.
• Dropworts — Plural form of the regional noun aglică, denoting multiple specimens of plants belonging to the species Filipendula vulgaris (dropwort). In a folklore or dialectal context, the term is used to describe the bushes or inflorescences harvested from wild flora and used in traditional Carpathian phytotherapy.
• Agonal — The plural form (feminine and neuter) of the adjective agonal; it refers to clinical phenomena, spasms, or manifestations that accompany the final death throes, representing the disorganized and reflex attempts of an organism in its terminal stage.
• Citrus fruits — A collective name given to fruits of the Citrus genus (lemons, oranges, mandarins, grapefruits, pomelos, limes), characterized by an aromatic rind rich in essential oils and a juicy, segmented pulp with a high content of citric acid and vitamin C. In a broader sense, the term also denotes the orchards or trees producing these fruits specific to warm, subtropical climates.
• Agoutis — A plural form or taxonomic variant adapted in old Romanian literature for agoutis (genus Dasyprocta), medium-sized rodent mammals native to the rainforests of Central and South America. These animals feature long limbs adapted for running, a robust body, and are recognized for their essential ecological role in dispersing the seeds of large tropical trees.
• Agates — The plural form for the mineral ahat (agate). It designates multiple pieces, specimens, or striped varieties of chalcedony. In old specialized texts or archaic museum catalogs, the term is used to classify collections of semi-precious stones characterized by diversely colored bands and alternating opacities.