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Avernus Dorsa
Avernus Dorsa is a ridge system (dorsum) on Mars in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle, IAU-approved in 1985, about 296.59 km across, named for the classical albedo feature Avernus at 4S, 190W.
Avernus Rupes
Avernus Rupes, a Martian rupes or scarp, IAU-approved 1985, feature ID 506, centered near 9.2S 172.8E, about 223 km long, named for the classical albedo feature Avernus.
Averrhoa
Averrhoa is a genus of five Oxalidaceae tree species native from Java to New Guinea, including star fruit (A. carambola) and bilimbi (A. bilimbi), cultivated fruits containing neurotoxic caramboxin and oxalic acid.
Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi, or tree sorrel, is a small tropical tree in the Oxalidaceae family, native to Malesia and grown for its extremely sour, cucumber-shaped fruit used in cooking.
Averroes (ابن رشد)
Averroes (ابن رشد, Ibn Rushd, Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1126–1198), Andalusian philosopher, qadi of Córdoba and Almohad court physician; Aristotle's "Commentator," author of Tahāfut al-Tahāfut, banished to Lucena in 1195.
Averroism
Averroism: medieval and Renaissance philosophical current based on Aristotle as read by Averroes (Ibn Rushd); Latin Averroism arose among Paris arts masters (Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia), was condemned in 1270 and 1277, and continued in Padua and Jewish philosophy.
Aversion to happiness
Aversion to happiness, or fear of happiness (cherophobia), is avoidance of positive emotions from beliefs that happiness brings misfortune; measured by Gilbert and Joshanloo scales, strongly linked to depression, anxiety, and anhedonia.
Avertix Medical
Avertix Medical, formerly Angel Medical Systems, is a New Jersey medical device company founded in 2001 that makes the FDA-approved implantable Guardian heart attack warning system.
Avery A. Sandberg
Avery A. Sandberg (1921–2016) was an American cancer researcher who pioneered the study of chromosomes in cancer and first reported a human XYY male in 1961.
Avery Anna
Avery Anna (Avery Anna Rhoton, born 2004, Flagstaff, Arizona) is an American country singer-songwriter on Warner Music Nashville, known for "Narcissist," the albums Breakup Over Breakfast and let go letters, and Sam Barber's "Indigo."
Avery Bradley
Avery Bradley (born 1990, Tacoma, WA) is an NBA guard from Texas, drafted 19th overall by Boston in 2010; two-time All-Defensive selection known for ball pressure whose advanced defensive metrics lagged his reputation.
Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks, born 1948 in Evansville, Indiana, is an American actor, operatic bass singer, and Rutgers professor; first Black lead of a Star Trek series as Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine, also known as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and for his one-man Paul Robeson show.
Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage (1887–1975), American builder and sports administrator, fifth IOC president 1952–1972; enforced strict amateurism (banned Karl Schranz), led IOC through Munich 1972, and oversaw South Africa's Olympic exclusion.
Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison is an American materials science company headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, that makes pressure-sensitive labels, RFID inlays, and apparel branding products, with 2025 sales of $8.9 billion.
Avery Dulles
Avery Dulles (1918–2008) was an American Jesuit theologian, son of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, made a cardinal in 2001 while remaining a priest.
Avery Haines
Avery Haines: Canadian investigative journalist, full name Avery Hayward Haines, host and managing editor of CTV's W5 since 2020; also the name of a US junior artistic gymnast of First State Gymnastics and an Oklahoma family-law attorney.
Avery Johnson
Avery Johnson (born 1965, New Orleans), "The Little General": NBA point guard, 1999 champion with Spurs; NBA Coach of the Year 2006 with Dallas Mavericks; later coached Nets and Alabama.
Avery Konrad
Avery Konrad (born 1994, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress and dancer known for Sara Myers in MGM+'s FROM, Emma in Honor Society, Roan Harper in Sacred Lies, and Chance Sinclair in Broil.
Avery Schreiber
Avery Schreiber (1935-2002), American comedian and character actor of the duo Burns and Schreiber, known for the taxicab routine, My Mother the Car's Captain Mancini, Doritos ads, and Second City improv teaching.
Avery Smith
Avery Smith (born 2004) is an NFL cornerback, #27 for the Seattle Seahawks; a 2026 undrafted rookie from Toledo signed by the Chargers and traded to Seattle for a 2027 sixth-round pick, a versatile slot/outside corner from East Point, Georgia.
Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment
Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment: 1944 Rockefeller Institute study by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty showing DNA from type III Streptococcus pneumoniae transforms type II strains, identifying DNA as the transforming principle.
Aves
Aves: football of Vila das Aves, Portugal. Clube Desportivo das Aves (1930-2020) won the 2018 Taça de Portugal; successors are CD Aves 1930 and the unrelated AVS/AFS Futebol SAD.
Avesh Khan (आवेश खान)
Avesh Khan (आवेश खान), born 1996 in Indore, is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler, 2016 U-19 World Cup leading wicket-taker, IPL death-overs specialist for RCB, DC, LSG, and RR, and India T20I player from 2022.
Avesi Partners
Avesi Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm founded in 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut, which closed a $1.35 billion second fund in 2024 for healthcare and business services buyouts.
Avesta
The Avesta, also known as Avesta-e-Zend, is the primary liturgical scripture of Zoroastrianism, composed in praise of Ahura Mazdā and transmitted orally for centuries before being written down in the Sasanian period.
Avestan
Avestan, the Old Iranian language of the Zoroastrian Avesta, in Old (Gathic) and Young stages; eight-case, three-gender grammar close to Vedic, phonetic Sasanian script, still used liturgically.
Avetis Aharonian
Avetis Aharonian (Աւետիս Ահարոնեան, 1866–1948) was an Armenian writer, orator, and diplomat who served as parliament speaker of the First Republic of Armenia and signed the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920.
AVEVA
AVEVA is a British industrial software company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, founded in 1967 as CADCentre and valued at over £10 billion when Schneider Electric acquired it in 2023.
Avex Group
Avex Group (エイベックス株式会社) is a Japanese entertainment company centered on music and anime, founded in 1988 and known for the avex trax label and Ayumi Hamasaki.
Avex Trax
Avex Trax (エイベックス・トラックス) is the record label of Avex Inc., a major Japanese entertainment group. Founded in 1990, it built its identity on European dance music and became home to trf and ayumi hamasaki.