abased or abaisé used of an ordinary borne below its usual position
abatement one of the nine marks of degradation of coat armour
accollé encircled round the throat (see gorged)
accosted side by side
accrued grown to maturity
achievement a fully marshalled coat of arms
acorned bearing acorns
addorsed placed back to back used especially of wings lying close to a creature's back (see endorsed and indorsed)
affrontée full-faced
Agnus Dei a lamb bearing a cross with a halo round its head
aislé winged
alant or aland a mastiff with short ears
alauda a lark
allerion an eagle without beak or feet
ambulant used of an animal in a walking position (see passant)
amethyst a semi-precious stone, formerly used to express purpure
ancient a small flag on the stern of a ship
ancred or anchored used of cross whose four tips resemble anchor flukes
annulet a ring
antique crown the crown worn by Jewish kings (see eastern crown)
appaumé a hand open with fingers and thumb at full length
argent the metal silver shown as white in heraldic illustration
armed used to describe all birds of prey whose talons and beaks are coloured differently from their bodies, also quadrupeds so variegated
arraché torn from the body with jagged edges erect upright (see erased and razed)
arrondie rounded
assis sitting (see sejant or segeant)
attired applied to the horns of animals of the deer species instead of armed (see horned)
attires the horns of a buck
azure blue