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angel British & World English

a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe

angel English-French

ange m

Angel German-English

fishing rod

angel English-Italian

angelo m

Angel in angel British & World English

short for Hell's Angel.

angel cake ( also angel food cake) British & World English

a very light, pale sponge cake made of flour, egg whites, and no fat, typically baked in a ring shape and covered with soft icing

angel dust British & World English

the hallucinogenic drug phencyclidine hydrochloride

Angel Falls British & World English

a waterfall in the Guiana Highlands of SE Venezuela. It is the highest waterfall in the world, with an uninterrupted descent of 978 m (3,210 ft). The falls were discovered in 1935 by the American aviator and prospector James Angel (circa 1899–1956)

angel hair (also angel's hair) British & World English

a type of pasta consisting of very fine long strands

angel shark British & World English

a large, active bottom-dwelling cartilaginous fish with broad wing-like pectoral fins

angel wings British & World English

a large white edible piddock (mollusc) which occurs in the Caribbean and on the east coast of North America

Angel Island British & World English

an island in San Francisco Bay, in north central California, that was the chief immigration station on the US western coast. It is now a state park

fallen angel British & World English

(in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim tradition) an angel who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven

Hell's Angel British & World English

a member of any of a number of gangs (‘chapters’) of male motorcycle enthusiasts, first formed in California in the 1950s and originally notorious for lawless behaviour

Hell's angel English-Italian

Hell's angel

guardian angel English-Spanish

ángel, ángel

guardian angel British & World English

a spirit that is thought to watch over and protect a person or place

recording angel British & World English

an angel that is believed to register each person’s good and bad actions

guardian angel English-Italian

angelo m custode

destroying angel British & World English

a deadly poisonous white toadstool which grows in woodland, native to Eurasia and North America

ministering angel British & World English

a kind-hearted person, especially a woman, who nurses or comforts others

angel's trumpet British & World English

a South American shrub or small tree with large pendulous trumpet-shaped flowers, cultivated as an ornamental and in some regions consumed for its narcotic properties

the angel in the house in angel British & World English

a woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family

Asturias, Miguel Ángel British & World English

(1899–1974), Guatemalan novelist and poet, best known for his experimental novel The President (1946). Nobel Prize for Literature (1967)

angel's hair in angel hair (also angel's hair) British & World English

a type of pasta consisting of very fine long strands

James Angel in Angel Falls British & World English

a waterfall in the Guiana Highlands of SE Venezuela. It is the highest waterfall in the world, with an uninterrupted descent of 978 m (3,210 ft). The falls were discovered in 1935 by the American aviator and prospector James Angel (circa 1899–1956)

angel food cake in angel cake ( also angel food cake) British & World English

a very light, pale sponge cake made of flour, egg whites, and no fat, typically baked in a ring shape and covered with soft icing