2-Letter Words Starting with A

Lack of feeling.

Insensitivity to pain induced by drugs

Literally "without sensation"

A knockout in the theatre!

Laughing gas, for example

A person could well be put out by it

""Pl -ses [-ˌsiːz] (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement [from Greek: recognition]""

ANALEMMA a type of graduated scale

Analphabet

Plural or third person singular

ANASTOMOSE Styptic. <mark>

Anastomose

Anastrophe

Ancestor

Ancestral

Anchoress

A woman who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports.

Anchovetta

Great age

Ancientry

Ancillary

Andalusite

Androgyny

Anecdotage

Anecdotal

""Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.""

Anecdotist

Anemograph

Meteorological tools

Wind instruments

Pl. anencephalies Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.

Anesthesia

Anesthetic

Expert with numbers

O.R. physician

(American) hospital theatre worker

Put under, in an operating room

Put under

Angelfish

In a saintly manner

Plants whose seeds are enclosed in an ovary

""Any of three polypeptide hormones, one of which is a powerful vasoconstrictor, that function in the body in controlling arterial pressure.""

Angriness

Anilingus

Makes censorious remarks

Animalcule

Animality

ANIMATE to give life to

Bad blood

A visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes.

Of or pertaining to aniseikonia.aniseikonia.

Anisogamy

Annexation

Utterly destroyed

Destroyed completely

Wiped out

Annihilate

Husband-and-wife milestone

Eg, a birthday

Type of party

Proclaimed a religious woman third-rate, ab'orred on the radio

Annunciate

Anointment

Anonymity

Anopheline

""A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite.""

Made an enemy of

Gets upset

The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

Nouns that pronouns relate to.

What pronouns refer to

One thrown off by ancient steed, surprisingly they came first

Antecessor

Small room leading to a larger room

Lobby one college with sign of caution

Small entrance room

Antechapel

Antenatal

""Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. as, an antenuptial agreement.""

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

Antepenult

Antevert

ANTHERIDIA

What's in spore mud in the air could convey

Collections of a too English design

Theologians may provide choice literary gatherings

Theologians assembled for choice literary gatherings

Compile an anthology.

Anthracene

Mining finds

""Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.""

ANXIETY chronic apprehension

Expected; opposite of unanticipated and unexpected.unanticipated and unexpected.

Foretastes

Expects fun and games will be interrupted by one head

Foresees

CRUELTY savage behaviour towards a person or animal

Spiral outflow could be neatly conic

A fair-weather system ends with one

High-pressure weather system

ELITISM belief in rule by an elite

ELITIST an adherent of {elitism=n}

Antiemetic

""FATIGUE to weary, also FATIGATE""

FOREIGN situated outside a place or country

Antifreeze

Fleabag, for one

Catwoman, for example

Unlikable protagonist

""LEPROSY a chronic disease with skin lesions and deformities, also LEPRA""

Right-brained (wordplay)

Antimatter

Like some NORAD operations

Word with prefix anti-

Antimonide

Plural or third person singular

Subatomic particle in nature not transformed

NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

NUCLEON a subatomic particle

OBESITY the condition of being obese

Antipathy

Antiphony

PHRASES phrase

Plural or third person singular

Antipodean

POVERTY the state of being {poor=adj}

1991's word: Fever-preventing

Fever-reducing drug

Antipyrine

Antiquary

Ancient artefacts

Curating specialty

REALISM concern with fact or reality

REALIST one who is concerned with fact or reality

SCIENCE knowledge obtained by observation and experiment

SECRECY the condition of being secret

""SEIZURE the act of seizing, also SEISURE""

Applications for injury benefit, perhaps

Destroyers of microorganisms

Mercurochrome and others

Antisexist

On the abolitionists' side

Antismoker

Antistory

""In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.""

STUDENT a person formally engaged in learning

SUICIDE to kill oneself intentionally

Antitrust

Medicine sorted out Auntie Vi's overwhelming temperature and coughs finally

WELFARE general well-being

WRINKLE to {crease=v}

Butterflies

A bit mad being in a separate room

Apartness

APHETIC pertaining to {aphesis=n}

Apiculture

Apishness

Many doomsday cults predict them

Penitent's defence of Christianity

Apologizer

A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

""Pl. aponeuroses (-s z ) A sheetlike fibrous membrane, resembling a flattened tendon, that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or as a means of connecting muscle to bone.""

""Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci\'91 which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. Fascia.""

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

Apophthegm

""A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.""

Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

"She had a heart-how shall I say?-too soon made glad . . . "

She had a hearthow shall I say?too soon made glad...

She had a heart-how shall I say?-too soon made glad . . .

""Pl. aposiopeses (-s z) A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.""

APOSTATISE

Apostatise

""APOSTATIZE To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.""

Apostatize

Church office Pat polishes after work

Apostolate

Edit perhaps, so to punctuation marks

Parts of some Irish names

Digressions in a speech.

To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

Apparatus

Apparel

Appealing

They can be deceiving

Arrivals; impressions

Outward impressions

Short-sighted type of government policy.

(Act of) placating by making concessions

Act of placating by making concessions

Pilot a plane quite new in style

Name state of North American mountain region

A very quiet woman morphed into just 'a name'

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

APPERCEIVE To perceive; to comprehend.

Apperceive

Ate in dapper-fashion, that could have been relevant

Appetency

Worthy of being applauded.

Applesauce

Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

Applique

Date with a very soft salve

A very subdued application for a date

German city

Doled out

Appositive

Large enough to be noticed

Enough to be taken into account

Paper round gets Puck into Telegraph? That's significant

""APPRECIABLE Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. as, an appreciable quantity.""

Became more valuable

Was grateful for

Appreciate

One who values

Caught her up, put on manacles

Understood to be arrested

Got arrested

Employed to learn a trade

Apprentice

English word

Suitable to take for one's own use

Acquire something suitable (wordplay)

Take to be suitable

Appear to mix badly? Almost right!

Not totally precise

Rough (figure)

Accessory.

Germane

Apriority

""The cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled and sometimes enclosed body of water. The term includes use of either salt or fresh water. It is a form of agriculture, but under water.""

Gems decorating a main square

Gems.

Aquaplaner

A painter in thin transparent water colors.

Aquatinter

""Plants hydroponics. ; aquicultural ,""

Arability

English word

Arbitrager

Exploiter of market differences

Exploiter of stock market differences

Trader offers designer's latest little piece with passion in a very old city

Determination; decision; arbitration.

Of or pertaining to arbitration; relating to or having the authority to arbitrate.

Treelike

Arborvitae

Arbovirus

Study of ancient artifacts

Study of old remains

Study of history through remains

Michael's maybe going to help bar change licensee

Clerics on a sacred meandering around church

Shrewd dean's embracing company people in a higher office

See choir ceased performing

See core ideas changing about Church

Important church area

""The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. Archduke.""