8-letter words containing a, n, e
- amending — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- amidogen — a compound radical, NH2, derived from ammonia
- aminated — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- ammonate — ammoniate (def 2).
- ammonite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus
- amnesiac — Someone who is amnesiac has lost their memory.
- amnesias — Plural form of amnesia.
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- amniotes — Plural form of amniote.
- amongest — Obsolete form of amongst.
- amorance — the state of being in love
- amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ampakine — Any of a class of chemical compounds that enhance attention span and alertness and facilitate learning and memory.
- amrinone — a potent substance, C 10 H 9 N 3 O, used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- anabaena — any freshwater alga of the genus Anabaena, sometimes occurring in drinking water, giving it a fishy taste and smell
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- anacreon — ?572–?488 bc, Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anadenia — deficient glandular activity.
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- anaerobe — an organism that does not require oxygen for respiration
- anagoges — Plural form of anagoge.
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analemma — a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyser — An analyser is a piece of equipment which is used to analyse the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyses — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- analyzed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyzer — An analyzer is a piece of equipment used to analyze the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyzes — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anapaest — a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (◡ ◡ –)
- anapests — Plural form of anapest.
- anaphase — the third stage of mitosis, during which the chromatids separate and migrate towards opposite ends of the spindle
- anatexis — the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- anchises — a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.