7-letter words starting with an
- antient — Obsolete spelling of ancient.
- antifat — counteracting the formation of fat; fat-reducing
- antiflu — acting against influenza
- antifog — acting to prevent the condensation of moisture, esp on transparent surfaces
- antifur — opposed to the wearing of fur garments
- antigay — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antigen — An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies.
- antigua — an island in the Caribbean, one of the Leeward Islands: a British colony, with its dependency Barbuda, until 1967, when it became a British associated state; it became independent in 1981 as part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- antigun — opposed to the possession and proliferation of guns
- antijam — acting to prevent jamming in mechanical systems or communications devices
- 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