2-Letter Words Starting with A

Doles out

APPOSITE {relevant=adj}

Putting side by side.

Proximity to a quiet location

Contiguity, grammatically

It may be set off by commas

Juxtaposed

Vehicle valuations

Estimates

Appraisee

They value the program and they up the ante

Informing about a judgmental activity

Sizing up

APPRAISE to set a value on

Increase (in value)

(Of asset) rise in value

Be fully aware of.

Sugarplum is what one gets!

Worker learning a trade

One is bound to be in training

Blue-green beryl

Birthstone for many Pisces

Gemstone a queen pinned to a soldier

Engraved on copper using resin and nitric acid

AQUATINT to etch using a certain process

""Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system. as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.""

Aquilegia

AQUILINE hooked like an eagle's beak

ARABICIZE

Arabicize

Arabinose

Arachnoid

Aragonite

""ARAGONITE A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.""

""Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.""

Araucaria

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

ARBITRAGE Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

Same as arbitrageur.arbitrageur.

Arbitrage

Settled a dispute

Resolves, as a contract dispute

Decides to barter, as it is damaged

Determines to get back her support it deserves

Grieve or Dascoli

Independent settler of dispute

Person authorized to decide a dispute.

Arborize

Virgil's tree of life

Coniferous hedge choice

Ornamental evergreen

Arccosine

Archaise

""Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.""

Archaize

Coy Joey (wordplay)

Provincial administrator (wordplay)

Canterbury tales subject

""Pl. archegonia (-n - ) A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.""

""A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.""

Vampire Aristocrats, in Dungeons & Dragons

Ones making plans

Pritzker Prize winners

Bezaleel et al.

Frame for door or window

Beam resting on tops of columns.

Frame Alistair, vacuously taking tab at party

Record-keepers of a sort

They say Gemmill leaps over fancy formations

""A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.""

ARCTIC a warm waterproof overshoe

Arecoline

Areology

People of the pampas

Natives of Cordoba.

Argentite

Argillite

Arhatship

Aridness

Upperclass man (wordplay)

Effendi, for one

One of the upper crust

Activity for summer (wordplay)

Field of operations (wordplay)

R without an apostrophe (wordplay)

Toothless, burrowing animals.

Plated mammals

Burrowing mammals.

Armature

Bearing arms.

Armistice

ARMORIAL a book of coats-of-arms

AROMATIZE To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

Makes fragrant

ARPEGGIATE

Charging in court

Putting on trial Arabian ruling is heard

Calling before a court to answer charge

Varying heartbeat

Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).

Comes to accept first people on the make

Social climbers

Nouveaux riches

Claiming without right

Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect

Improper seizure.

Unjustified seizure.

Arsenical

Artemisia

ARTERIAL a type of {highway=n}

Of or pertaining to an arteriole.

Arteriole

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Arthritic

Edible thistles that may be stuffed

Their hearts are often preserved in jars

Edible flower heads are so thick, oddly

Endowed with the power of speech.

Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)

A tacit rule that's broken, say

Expressing oneself clearly.

Skilled craftsmen

Mock trial, if CIA involved

Forced frail cat I upset to eat one

Kiss of life

Artiness

Puppetry and ventriloquism, for example

Skillful qualities

Arytenoid

Odoriferous gum resins.

Gum resin used medically

Foul-smelling but safe aid to a curry

Bitter medicine

Miner's disease

Chronic lung disease

Lung disease

Plural or third person singular

""A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.""

Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers

Climbs

Finds out in case star gets worried

Finds out Isaac Stern is playing

Establishes for sure the chump has swallowed it

Austerity of a strict hermit

Discipline of mind and body.

Diogenes belief

Asclepiad

ASCOCARP a spore-producing organ of certain fungi

Pl. ascogonia (-n - ) The female reproductive organ of ascomycetous fungi.

ASCOSPORE One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.

Attributable (to)

I give praise to Paris in a hundred shapes

Assignment

The act of ascribing.

Having no evident sex or sex organs.

Ashiness

""A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; called also altheine. C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; called also altheine.""

Asperate

Instruments for sprinkling holy water

Implements for sprinkling holy water

""Pl. aspergilli (-j l ) Any of various fungi of the genus Aspergillus, which includes many common molds.""

Asperity

Disparaging remarks about rap session

They're often cast in soap operas

Slurs on a person's reputation

Asphalt

Asphaltic.

ASPHERIC not spherical

Choke (to death)

After wrecking taxi he pays for throttle

Choke, but manage to pay his tax before the end of June

Huge house plant

Iris adapts, being adaptable plant

Plant rallied Ada's spirit

Pronouncing the "h" as in house

... to turn Paris into a dream, ...

Breathing in desire

Desire to Parisian is strange ...

Removers of some body fluids

Suction devices

Medical instruments removing fluids from cavities

Assagai

Cruise in a fur, open to attack

Open to attack

Given as seaworthy - but not secure against pirates

Hit makers, say

People who attack the workers

Pepper spray targets

No defence for such a pickling, by the sound of it

Making an assault.

Assegai

Diets for the party members with seats

Pep rallies

Doctor ambles; she is avoiding hospital gatherings

Gathering son wears same silly flash jewellery

They're said to be positive

Evict from service stations for opinions

Positive statements

Transferable

Reporter's stint

Task in which worker keeps messing about

Broken-down gents is man's task

Absorb and digest (food)

Take in a smile as it develops

Become part of the prevailing culture

When drunk, can siestas help (wordplay)

One may give this by hand

Help a relative, protected by position

All excited, sits with Santa's helpers

Associates fool with first workers

Right-hand men

Oasis acted badly in a group, perhaps

Kind of press

Got together, tossing coats aside

Star has business ones

Word in many law firm names

Law firm employees

""Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.""

Assumpsit

Guess feast day (wordplay)

Belief held without proof

Undertaking reform must pain so

As one might be, following tips resulting in cash hoarding

Star-shaped, as crystals

Needing explanation, perhaps

Marked danger branding a horse

Marked symbolically

Of small celestial bodies

Concerning certain space rocks

Of small planets like Ceres

Asthmatic

Not right insight (wordplay)

Suffering distortions of vision

Having double-vision

Knocked out a dishonest criminal

Amazed - and so is the organisation

Left slack-jawed

Staggers, due to ill-fitting satin shoes

Knocks for a loop

Surprises, this season, coming out

Adman's adjective

An observation about tenor: 'stunning'

Striking dumb with astonishment

Astrict

Caustic stinger ant outbreak!

Trains excited bloke, 17 (wordplay)

Sharp as wine with added peel, say

Astringe

ASTROCYTE a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.

Sky-high (colloq.)

Extremely large (colloq.)

It can be so romantic - really great!

Not regularly shaped

Not perfectly balanced

Like this puzzle's grid

Type of curve, in math.

Ataractic

Athanasy

With regards to nuclear energy

How a nation with nukes is armed

Atonalism

Atonalist

Barbarities at, or around, towns

Cruel deeds

Inhumanities

Wasting away as a result of disease

Silver-plated souvenir at home is deteriorating

Inga wavering: accepting award or declining (wordplay)

Like some goals

Not so far as a star.

Within reach

Attainder

The achievement (of a goal)

A b-blemish limiting men's achievement

Act of achieving something

Attaint

Good Twitter handle for a seductress (wordplay)

They may be unwelcome

Sergeants' commands

Military standings

Bringing in

Inviting.

It's not repulsive at drawing, perhaps

... for a tire company (wordplay)

Erotic experience is a drag, we're told

Easy on the ol' windows to the soul

Pleasing to the eye

In good taste

That's ascribed to a TD about a matter of tax

Thought to be by Alfred Tennyson initially, but going in to be tested

Such properties belong at taxes

Skills shown by artiste, but presented awkwardly

Characteristics

They're so wearing

Frictions

Against expectations

One predictably in a way deviating from the expected pattern

Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual way

Vegetables that might ensure a big stew

Eggplants

One with lots to offer (wordplay)

One has lots to shift!

Man with lots on his mind (wordplay)

Cautioning over selling house

Activity around the block

Cautioning boss selling the house

Insolent acts

The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

(Physics / General Physics) caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency an audiogenic epileptic fit

Audiogram

Adjective (-ic)

Alexander Graham Bell invention

Otologist's instrument

Otology instrument

The measurement of hearing.

Emery phor buphs (wordplay)

One making a sound investment (wordplay)

Hi-fi fan.

Media for drivers

Driver's entertainment, sometimes

Dinosaurs next to the iPod

Tried out for a part

Read (for)

Tried out

Auditory

AUDITOR one who {audits=v}

Sitting-room with a view (wordplay)

Room for performances

The principal's classroom

Adding to summer (wordplay)

Enlarging.

Increasing

AURICULAE

Goldbearing; containing or producing gold.

Ausform

Like a double rainbow, perhaps

Encouraging suspect given new start

Rosy doubtful about substituting top

Austenite

Of or pertaining to austenite.

Autarchy

AUTARKIC relating to autarky

Believers in film directors' full control