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Anglo-Saxon dress
Anglo-Saxon dress, also called Anglo-Saxon clothing, is the clothing worn in England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, reconstructed mainly from fasteners found in graves.
Angora wool
Angora wool is the fine, hollow-cored hair of Angora rabbits (not the Angora goat, which gives mohair), 11–16 microns, up to 1.5 kg per rabbit yearly, ~90% produced in China, reshaped by 2013 welfare controversies.
Angostura bitters
Angostura bitters (ANGOSTURA aromatic bitters): high-proof aromatic cocktail bitters created in 1824 by Dr. Johann Siegert in Angostura, Venezuela, made since 1875 in Port of Spain, Trinidad; gentian-based secret recipe at 44.7% ABV, key to the Old Fashioned and Manhattan.
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis brewer founded 1852, maker of Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob ULTRA, Busch Light; U.S. subsidiary of AB InBev since the 2008 acquisition; 12 U.S. plants, Beyond Beer RTDs, $600M 2025-2026 investment.
Anheuser-Busch brands
Anheuser-Busch brands: the beer and Beyond Beer portfolio of AB InBev's US subsidiary, led by Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob ULTRA, Busch Light, and Stella Artois, plus craft brands like Goose Island and RTDs like Cutwater.
Anhydrous milk fat
Anhydrous milk fat (AMF, butter oil, anhydrous butterfat) is concentrated butterfat, 99.8% minimum fat and 0.1% maximum moisture, made from milk, cream, or butter; used in recombined dairy, chocolate, and bakery.
Animal roleplay
Animal roleplay: humans acting as animals, from furry fursonas and fursuits to therian identity (alt.horror.werewolves, 1990s), quadrobics, and clinical therianthropy; distinct from therianthropy, which is identity, not play.
Anisette
Anisette: a sweet aniseed liqueur, about 25% ABV and 250 g sugar/L, from French Anisette de Bordeaux (attested 1821); Marie Brizard (Bordeaux, 1755) is the historic reference, distinct from stronger, drier pastis.
Anishinaabe beadwork
Anishinaabe beadwork is the decorative art of sewing glass beads onto leather, cloth, and bark, practiced for centuries by the Anishinaabeg of the Great Lakes.
Anishinaabe birchbark scrolls
Anishinaabe birchbark scrolls, called mide-wiigwaas in ceremony, are pictographic records on birch bark used by the Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, to preserve songs, rituals, and teachings.
Anklet
Anklet (ankle bracelet, ankle-band, ankle-ring; Arabic خلخال, Hindi payal): an ornamental band, ring, or chain worn around the ankle, documented from Meroitic Nubia and Isaiah 3:18, central to Indian bridal and ghungroo dance traditions.
Ann Summers
Ann Summers is a British lingerie and sex toy retailer founded at Marble Arch, London in 1971, bought by David and Ralph Gold in 1972 for £10,000, known for the 1991 Rampant Rabbit and Jacqueline Gold's party plan.
Anna Anka
Anna Anka (Danuta Anna Kołodziejska, b. 1971, Poland) is a Swedish-American model, actress, and reality TV personality, famous for Svenska Hollywoodfruar (2009) and her marriage to singer Paul Anka (2008–2010), now a wellness coach in Los Angeles.
Anna Jarvis
Anna Maria Jarvis (1864-1948), American founder of Mother's Day, born in Webster, West Virginia; organized the first service in Grafton in 1908, won national recognition in 1914, then fought the holiday's commercialization.
Anna Sui
Anna Sui, American fashion designer (born in a Detroit suburb), founder of the independent Anna Sui label (1981) in New York; first runway show 1991, CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award 2009, over 50 boutiques in eight countries.
Annatto
Annatto (E 160b, achiote, urucum) is a yellow-to-red natural food colorant from Bixa orellana seed coats, whose oil-soluble pigment bixin and water-soluble norbixin color cheese, butter, and snacks worldwide.
Anne Burrell
Anne Burrell (born 1969, died June 17, 2025) was an American chef and Food Network star who hosted Worst Cooks in America and Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, trained at the Culinary Institute of America and in Italy, and wrote Cook Like a Rock Star.
Anne Vyalitsyna
Anne Vyalitsyna (Anne V, Анна Вьялицына), Russian model born 1986 in Gorky/Nizhny Novgorod; IMG scouted her at 15, she fronted Chanel Chance and ran ten consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues (2005–2014), appeared in Victoria's Secret shows, and hosted The Face.
Anne Watanabe (渡辺杏)
Anne Watanabe (渡辺杏, stage name Anne) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer born 1986 in Tokyo, daughter of Ken Watanabe; non-no model at 15, international runway star, Gochisousan heroine.
Anni Albers
Anni Albers, born Annelise Fleischmann in Berlin in 1899, was a German-born American textile artist and educator who helped establish textiles as modern art.
Anniversary
Anniversary: the annual recurrence of a notable date, from Latin anniversarius; covers personal milestones (wedding gifts, bar/bat mitzvah), public commemorations like the US semiquincentennial, and leap-day date issues.
Anok Yai
Anok Yai, South Sudanese-American supermodel born 1997 in Cairo, discovered via a viral 2017 Howard University homecoming photo; first Black model to open Prada since Naomi Campbell, 2025 British Fashion Council Model of the Year.
Anta Sports
Anta Sports Products Limited, Chinese sportswear group founded 1991 in Jinjiang, Fujian; HKEX-listed (2020). Owns ANTA, FILA China, DESCENTE, KOLON SPORT, MAIA ACTIVE, JACK WOLFSKIN; largest shareholder of NYSE-listed Amer Sports (Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson).
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018), American chef, author, and TV host; wrote Kitchen Confidential and hosted A Cook's Tour, No Reservations, The Layover, and CNN's Parts Unknown.
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Travel Channel travel-food documentary series (2005-2012), followed chef Anthony Bourdain sampling cuisine and culture worldwide; 8 seasons, two cinematography Emmys, predecessor to Parts Unknown.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown is a CNN documentary travel and food series (2013-2018, 12 seasons) in which Bourdain explored food, culture, and politics in over forty countries; it won a Peabody Award and multiple Emmys, ending after his June 2018 death.
Anthropologie
Anthropologie is an American women's lifestyle retailer founded in 1992 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, owned by URBN. It targets women aged 28-45, operated 254 stores as of January 2026, and reached $2.4 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
Anti-suicide smock
Anti-suicide smock, also called safety smock, suicide smock, or turtle suit: a tear-resistant garment for people at suicide risk in psychiatric and correctional settings, invented by Lonna Speer in 1989.
Antique
Antique: a collectible object valued for age, rarity, quality, or beauty, commonly defined as at least 100 years old, distinct from vintage (20–99 years) and collectibles; covers identification, valuation, market size, and trade law.
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737-1813), French military pharmacist and agronomist, promoter of the potato in France after Prussian captivity; Sablons 1786 trial, 1789 Traité, bread reform, Institut 1795; guarded-field theft story is a debunked legend.