2-Letter Words Starting with A

Amylopsin

Anableps

Anabolism

Breaks in grammatical sequence

A haul Acton possibly offers of syntactic non sequiturs

Done in low relief, as a cameo

""Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.""

Analemma

Analeptic

Analgesia

Hospital numbers (wordplay)

Aspirin, for example

Numbers used in gas scale

Analgetic

Built on comparisons

Having similarity

Analogist

Shown to be similar

Analogize

... illiterate needing help to follow a northern river

Analysand

Breaking down (wordplay)

Type of geometry

Logically reasoning

That may be analyzed.

Anaplasia

Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

""Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.""

Of bodily structure

Of a branch of biology.

Involving the body

Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark>

Gold place in which land is mined for mineral

Andouille

""ANEMIC suffering from anemia, also ANAEMIC""

Aneuploid

ANEUPLOID

""ANEURYSM dilatation of an artery, also ANEURISM""

""A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.""

ANGLER one who {fishes=v}

Anglesite

Angleworm

Made English clean digs I refurbished

Anglicise

Anglicism

Adapted a foreign word to English usage

Pronounces in a certain way.

Like Grenada, but not Granada

Like the Bahamas, Barbados and Belize

English-speaking

Gauntness

Angulate

A making angular; angular formation.

""ANILINE a chemical compound, also ANILIN""

Paramecium, rotifer, etc.

Microscopic organism

Microscopic creature

Being very small but old-womanish about bad French copper

Animalier

Animalism

ANIMALIZE To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.

Animalize

Adjective meaning resembling

In a lively manner

In a lively fashion

With spirit

Leg-foot connectors

Armored beast of old

Ankylose

""Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. as, the dry annalistic style.""

Annelidan

Hammer a nail in the bust

Hit an alien ordered to exterminate

Dynamite, say

How older siblings tend to perceive things said by younger siblings

ANNUALIZE

Annualize

Ring formation

They undo 'I do's'

They undo "I do's"

More than one quashing - mental nuns wrestling

ANODIC pertaining to an {anode=n}

""Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which can carry the malaria parasite and transmit the disease to humans.""

Having to report (to)

Article rebel was wrong to blame

Accountable.

Designating a period in U.S. history.

Before the war.

Of the period before 1861.

Galilee, the place arranged with an opening

""Zoology A small antenna or similar organ, especially one of the first pair of small antennae on the head of a crustacean.""

Antennule

Third last syllable

Second syllable from the last.

third-from-last syllable

In an anterior manner; before.

Anthelix

Anthelion

Anthelix

Not for the summit (wordplay)

It goes pfft!

For God, for country, and for Yale.

Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. Synclinal.

Anticline

FAMILY a group of persons related by blood or marriage

Misogynous

FUNGAL a {fungus=n}

LITTER to scatter rubbish about

Antilogy

Of or pertaining to antimony.

Antinovel

Sung or chanted in alternation

Sung alternately by two groups

Hit on a plan to change sort of service book in church

PLAGUE to pester or annoy

PLAQUE an ornamental plate or disk

Antipodal

Unable to stand the heat (wordplay)

SEXUAL pertaining to sex

Not a company man (wordplay)

Like Holden Caulfield

Not fond of parties

Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety.

Breeding and care of bees

One might be keeping this, by the sound of it

Bringing up workers in a religious environment

Apiology

End of the world

The White Horseman exhibited a new one

Prophetic Biblical revelation

Make lay chap pro? Questionable

Of questionable authenticity

Happy carol that's become legendary

Like party avoiders (wordplay)

Like a no-party person (wordplay)

Word applying to few in Washington

In a sorry state (wordplay)

With hat in hand, perhaps

So sorry and disturbed, to ogle a pic

Said sorry for serving old sago pie

Expressed regret for what one has done

Expressed regret

Expresses regret for an initial self-confidence over record at school

Defenders of controversial stances, say

Defenders of the faith.

They have defensive ends

Began damage control, perhaps

Ended a spat, in a way

Expressed regrets

One who makes an apology; an apologist.

Eats humble pie

Makes excuses.

""Pl. apophyses (-s z ) Anatomy A natural swelling, projection, or outgrowth of an organ or part, such as the process of a vertebra.""

8 captain briefly could get mad

Red with rage

Overcome with anger

Apoplexy

Office of the Pope.

Nothing delayed support for a job implying leadership of a Propaganda committee

Of or pertaining to the apothecium.

APPAREL to {clothe=v}

Clad

Dad maybe's in new play, it would seem

It seems to be put on without a tear

On the face of it

""Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable. as, the cause is appealable.""

Open to placation

Spelt a plan out for people in court

Receptive audience

Going like the clappers (wordplay)

Giving a hand around the house (wordplay)

Clapping etc

They may be upset

They're sometimes upset

Plans are disrupted when they're upset

Life rival (wordplay)

Fruit-and-cinnamon-flavored cereal

Circular kids' cereal: 2 wds.

Nonsense, to fruit-lovers (wordplay)

Served with pork? Nonsense!

A likely story!

Mixers, for example

Electrical devices

Kitchen needs

Fit old man's back caught in elastic

Relevant, appropriate

Relevant program on TV about Blair regularly skipped

Hirer's interviewees

Job seekers.

Resume submitters

Nail polish brush, for example

Cosmetician's device.

Device used as a swab.

APPOSITE {relevant=adj}

Vehicle valuations

Estimates

Worthy of being approved; meritorious.

APPROVE to regard favourably

Skidded on film of water

Water-skier's next of kin

Boards pulled by motorboats

Motorboat tows

Glorification of a vessel he holds up is so strange

Aquilegia

AQUILINE hooked like an eagle's beak

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

ARBOREAL tree-dwelling

High spirits (wordplay)

Most high beings

*High-ranking heavenly beings

Study of past human culture

Prehistoric-culture study

Real and patchy - crudely typical!

Classic N chapel tray (anagram)

Chat with player when ground's ideal

They say Gemmill leaps over fancy formations

ARCTIC a warm waterproof overshoe

Arecoline

Areology

Argillite

Toothless, burrowing animals.

Plated mammals

Burrowing mammals.

ARMORIAL a book of coats-of-arms

All modesty aside

Completely holding game up with hubris

Arsenical

ARTERIAL a type of {highway=n}

Of or pertaining to an arteriole.

Arteriole

Dodger's skill (wordplay)

Craft making false turns at sea

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Endowed with the power of speech.

Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)

A tacit rule that's broken, say

Expressing oneself clearly.

Mock trial, if CIA involved

Forced frail cat I upset to eat one

Kiss of life

A ben scaled could be construed as this

Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers

Asclepiad

Attributable (to)

Having no evident sex or sex organs.

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.""

Asphalt

Asphaltic.

Asphaltum

ASPHERIC not spherical

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

Assaulter

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

Making an assault.

Collection (of things or people)

Rally about silver collection

French for "blending"

"Westminster Standards" framers

They come together to put together

Westminster Standards framers

Diets for the party members with seats

Pep rallies

Doctor ambles; she is avoiding hospital gatherings

Gathering son wears same silly flash jewellery

ASSERTED assert

Can take stock of pack animals with dark fur

Transferable

Absorb and digest (food)

Take in a smile as it develops

Become part of the prevailing culture

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

Soundly corresponding

Of small celestial bodies

Concerning certain space rocks

Of small planets like Ceres

Devices superseded by sextants

Old navigation instruments

Sextant forerunners

Expert on moving house (wordplay)

Charter for 11 (wordplay)

House examiner (wordplay)

With regards to nuclear energy

How a nation with nukes is armed

Atonalism

Atonalist

Capable of being fastened

Like Mr. Potato Head parts

Like some goals

Not so far as a star.

Within reach

Against expectations

One predictably in a way deviating from the expected pattern

Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual way

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

Adjective (-ic)

Emery phor buphs (wordplay)

One making a sound investment (wordplay)

Hi-fi fan.

AUDITOR one who {audits=v}

AURICULAE

To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Auslander