8-letter words containing an
- anconeal — Of or pertaining to the elbow.
- anconeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
- anconoid — resembling the ancon or elbow
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.
- and how! — very much so!
- and that — everything connected with the subject mentioned
- andersen — Hans Christian. 1805–75, Danish author of fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen
- anderson — a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
- andesine — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase series consisting of an aluminium silicate of sodium and calcium. Formula: NaAlSi3O8.CaAl2Si2O8
- andesite — a fine-grained tan or grey volcanic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, esp andesine, amphibole, and pyroxene
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- andizhan — a city in E Uzbekistan. Pop: 413 000 (2005 est)
- andoroba — carapa.
- andorran — of or relating to Andorra or its inhabitants
- andrassy — Count Gyula (ˈdjulɔ). 1823–90, Hungarian statesman; the first prime minister of Hungary under the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867)
- andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
- andrewes — Lancelot. 1555–1626, English bishop and theologian
- andreyev — ˌLeonid Nikolaˈyevich (ˌlɛɔˈnidˌ nikɔlɑˈjeɪvɪtʃ ) ; leˌ^ōnēdˈ nēˌk^ōläyāˈvich) 1871-1919; Russ. playwright, novelist, & short-story writer
- androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
- androids — Plural form of android.
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- anechoic — having a low degree of reverberation of sound
- anemious — (of a plant) Growing in exposed windy places.
- anemones — Plural form of anemone.
- anemosis — spacing between the annual rings in wood that is caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- anephric — (pathology) Without functioning kidneys.
- anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
- aneurine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- aneurysm — a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
- anfinsen — Christian Boehmer. 1916–95, US biochemist, noted for his research on the structure of enzymes. Nobel prize for chemistry 1972
- angeldom — The world of angels.
- angeleno — a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- angelina — a feminine name
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angerful — Full of anger, expressing anger.
- angering — a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angerona — the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- angiitis — A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.
- anginose — (dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
- anginous — of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- angiomas — Plural form of angioma.
- angklung — an Asian musical instrument made from bamboo