7-letter words starting with a
- antilog — antilogarithm
- antiman — opposed to men
- antioch — a city in S Turkey, on the Orontes River: ancient commercial centre and capital of Syria (300–64 bc); early centre of Christianity. Pop: 155 000 (2005 est)
- antipot — opposed to the illegal use of marijuana
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- antired — the opposite of red as applied to an antiquark
- antisag — designed to prevent sagging
- antisex — opposed to human sexual activity
- antispy — Countering or opposing spies; antiespionage.
- antisub — (informal) antisubmarine.
- antitax — opposed to taxation
- antivax — of, relating to, or noting people, especially parents of young children, who distrust or are against vaccination: the antivax movement.
- antiwar — opposed to war
- antlers — Plural form of antler.
- antlike — of or like an ant or ants
- antlion — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- antoine — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- antonia — a feminine name: var. Antoinette, Tonya
- antonym — The antonym of a word is a word which means the opposite.
- antwerp — a province of N Belgium. Pop: 1 668 812 (2004 est). Area: 2859 sq km (1104 sq miles)
- antwren — any of several small antbirds, especially of the genus Myrmotherula.
- anurans — Plural form of anuran.
- anurous — lacking a tail; tailless; acaudate
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- any day — some time soon
- any key — (humour, hardware) The key that particularly confused users look for on their computer keyboards when instructed to "Press any key to continue". "But my keyboard doesn't have a key labelled 'any'!".
- any old — You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is.
- any one — any single
- anybody — Anybody means the same as anyone.
- anycast — (networking) A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.
- anymore — If something does not happen or is not true anymore, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- anyroad — anyway; anyhow.
- anytime — You use anytime to mean a point in time which is not fixed or set.
- anyways — Anyways is a non-standard form of anyway.
- anywhen — at any time
- anywise — in any way or manner; at all
- anziani — (in Italy) councillors or senators
- aorangi — Cook2
- aoudads — Plural form of aoudad.
- ap star — a peculiar A star whose emission spectrum is characterized by abnormally strong lines of certain ionized metals.
- apaches — a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.
- apadana — the great hall in an ancient Persian palace
- apagoge — an indirect argument which serves to prove something by showing the contrary to be absurd or impossible
- apanage — appanage
- apapane — a small, deep crimson Hawaiian honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, having black wings, tail, and bill.
- aparejo — a kind of packsaddle made of stuffed leather cushions
- apathia — absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- apatite — a pale green to purple mineral, found in igneous rocks and metamorphosed limestones. It is used in the manufacture of phosphorus, phosphates, and fertilizers. Composition: calcium fluorophosphate or calcium chlorophosphate. General formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,OH,Cl). Crystal structure: hexagonal
- ape-man — any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man