8-letter words starting with an
- anasarca — a generalized accumulation of serous fluid within the subcutaneous connective tissue, resulting in oedema
- anatexis — the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- anatolia — the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- anatoxin — a bacterial toxin that has been weakened for use in inoculations
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- anaxibia — a daughter of Atreus and Aërope, and the sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
- 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.
- anch'ing — a city in S Anhui province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: former capital of Anhui.
- 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.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- ancients — Plural form of ancient.
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- 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