7-letter words starting with a
- analogs — (US) Plural form of analog.
- analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
- analyse — If you analyse something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.
- analyst — An analyst is a person whose job is to analyse a subject and give opinions about it.
- analyte — a substance or sample being analysed
- analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
- anambra — a state of S Nigeria. Capital: Awka. Pop: 4 182 031 (2006). Area: 4844 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- ananias — a Jewish Christian of Jerusalem who was struck dead for lying (Acts 5)
- anapest — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of two short syllables followed by a long one, or, as in English, of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one
- anaphor — a word or phrase used to refer back to a previous word or phrase
- anapsid — belonging or pertaining to the Anapsida, a subclass of reptiles, extinct except for the turtles, characterized by having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
- anarchs — Plural form of anarch.
- anarchy — If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
- anasazi — a member of an ancient, cliff-dwelling North American Indian people of the SW U.S., that built multi-story adobe houses
- anaspid — any member of an extinct order, Anaspida, of small, freshwater jawless fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, characterized by a single nostril, narrow rows of scales, and, usually, an armor-plated head.
- anatase — a rare blue or black mineral that consists of titanium oxide in tetragonal crystalline form and occurs in veins in igneous rocks. Formula: TiO2
- anatine — of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- anation — (chemistry) The replacement of a ligand (especially of water) by an anion in a coordination compound.
- anatman — (in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that since all things are constantly changing, there can be no such thing as a permanent, unchanging self: one of the three basic characteristics of existence
- anatomy — Anatomy is the study of the structure of the bodies of people or animals.
- anaxial — asymmetrical
- ancaeus — a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- anchors — the brakes of a motor vehicle
- anchory — ancré.
- anchovy — Anchovies are small fish that live in the sea. They are often eaten salted.
- anchusa — any Eurasian plant of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa, having rough hairy stems and leaves and blue flowers
- ancient — Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
- ancilla — a female servant or slave
- anconad — (anatomy) located towards the elbow.
- anconal — the elbow.
- ancress — a female anchorite
- and all — You use and all when you want to emphasize that what you are talking about includes the thing mentioned, especially when this is surprising or unusual.
- and co. — You use and co. after someone's name to mean the group of people associated with that person.
- and how — in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- andaman — Also, Andamanese. of or relating to the Andaman Islands, the Andamanese people, or their language.
- andante — Andante written above a piece of music means that it should be played fairly slowly.
- andijon — a city in E Uzbekistan, near the border of Kyrgyzstan.
- andiron — either of a pair of metal supports with ornamented front uprights, used to hold the wood in a fireplace
- andorra — a mountainous principality in SW Europe, between France and Spain: according to tradition, given independence by Charlemagne in the 9th century for helping to fight the Moors; placed under the joint sovereignty of the Comte de Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel in 1278; under the joint overlordship of the French head of state and the bishop of Urgel from the 16th century; adopted a constitution reducing the powers of the overlords in 1993. Languages: Catalan (official), French, and Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: euro. Capital: Andorra la Vella. Pop: 85 293 (2013 est). Area: 464 sq km (179 sq miles)
- andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- andreev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh lah-yuh-vich;; Russian llyee-uh-nyeet nyik-uh-lah-yuh-vich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪkˈəlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˌllyi əˈnyit ˌnyɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian writer.
- andrews — Thomas. 1813–85, Irish physical chemist, noted for his work on the liquefaction of gases
- android — In science fiction books and films, an android is a robot that looks like a human being.
- andvari — a dwarf who possessed a treasure hoard, which was robbed by Loki
- aneirin — 6th century ad, Welsh poet. His Y Gododdin, preserved in The Book of Aneirin (?1250), is one of the earliest surviving Welsh poems
- anelace — a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
- anemias — Plural form of anemia.
- anemone — An anemone is a garden plant with red, purple, or white flowers.
- anergia — a lack of energy
- anergic — Pathology. deficiency of energy.