2-Letter Words Starting with A

Old (lang syne)

Old, to Scots

New Year's Eve word

'Poor Tom's - - ' (Shak.)

Thing to feed (wordplay)

Wind in August movie

Get of (obtain)

Get of (grab)

Get - of (obtain)

Winced and wept, perhaps

Needed debugging (wordplay)

Had to miss school, perhaps

unto flowing with milk and honey

Finnish islands in Gulf of Bothnia.

Islands near Turku.

A diving sea bird

Glad to be spoilt when one's caught cold

Fancy word for "cold"

Cold? It's good to wear a hat

Sticky resin used in paint

Polyester in paints

Resin used in paints

An estate held in absolute ownership

Old Spanish measure

Not just in one's head, say

Audibly state owned (wordplay)

One way to read

Connected, as wheels

Connected as truck wheels

Like cars or trucks

Gone bad (of eggs)

Dad led (anagram)

Confused and vague

Away from home

Off the mark

Out-of-the-way

Like movie theaters

Like movie houses

Having between-seats passages.

Having wings (var.)

Having winglike parts

Winged (var.)

Like an aquarium growth

Seaweed-like element of hidalgo, ideally

Of a seaweed

Surveyor's rule with sights variable

Part of a sextant.

Surveyor's tool.

Like a flared skirt (var.)

Like some skirts, say

Arranged to be parallel (Var.)

Having winged feet

Wing-footed, as a bat

Wing-footed, as a bat.

In a league, say

Teamed up (with)

Have a liking to this (wordplay)

Kiss insertion (wordplay)

Old man (anagram)

Candy bar nut, perhaps

Went at a leisurely gait

Took a slow walk.

Come morning, fifty in bed - no hurry

Anointed, old style.

Anointed, old style

Eel cooked and covered in oil

Sought compliments, maybe

Chased rainbows (wordplay)

Caught some rays, perhaps

Took a walk Slang.

Walked, in street parlance

Took a walk: Slang.

Argle

Coated, as a seed

Covered, as a seed

Having seed pods.

Removed by melting

Removed by melting, for example

Cut out ad about folding table

Thoroughly washed

Equipped with klaxons, maybe

Difficult to steal, perhaps

Frightened a learner with a gun, say

Relating to an alcove

Sent smoke signals, maybe

Put on guard.

Warned for emergency.

Made an excuse

Furnished an excuse

Made an excuse for

Estranged (Var.)

Estranged.

Estranged

Dealing (anagram) - straight (wordplay)

Dealing with discord in ranks (wordplay)

Dressed for dealing in disguise

Put at rest, say suspicions

Soothed or diminished, say fears

Put fears to rest

Deal leg (anagram)

Claimed (without proof)

Declared without proof.

Everything payable is legitimate

Everything on credit, with permission

Gave one's approval for

Made an amalgam

Combined, as metals

Mixed with a lesser metal

Knotweed or goosefoot.

Goosefoot, for example

Goosefoot.

Referred (with "to").

Made indirect reference to

Referred indirectly (to).

Played the enchantress

Played the siren.

Drawn from every part of university left

Let out, perhaps

Took in or shortened, say

Changed from a maxi into a midi, maybe

Plaque in one's memory (wordplay)

Angel

Earthworm, for one

Woman covering for a worm

Woman taking cover for worm

Anvil

Show one's appreciation, perhaps

Clap (a performance)

Express approval of

Asked (for job); not pure (maths)

Put oneself forward, for a job say

Put in (for a job) - not pure

Bag of groceries, perhaps

Twelve books, maybe

Groceries unit (wordplay)

Made use (of)

Took advantage (of)

Was of service

Torn off forcibly

Detached forcibly

Plucked off.

Rests back in a bed and let oneself down

Descended rock face

Let oneself down rockface as I bleed badly

Declared free (from guilt)

Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked

Sailor, cracked, released from duty

Acylate

Overdid the flattery

P. raised this too much

Licked the boots of

""The fragrant wood of a tropical tree, also AGALLOCH""

Dry area for landing (wordplay)

Carpet for the landing (wordplay)

Dry area used once by camels (wordplay)

Alarum

Got off a train, say

How A got down on fire (wordplay)

Got down from, plane or train

Caffeine, for one

All oak? I'd planned organic compound

Morphine or nicotine, for example

Totalled yield? That's a given!

Suspect tale told and distributed

Earmarked (for)

Carefully examined any leads broken

Yes, a land was examined

Determined the constituent parts

Looked at from every angle

Broke down

Investigated thoroughly

Vine of the milkweed family

Dixie vine.

Milkweed

Did a glassblower's job, perhaps

Tempered, as steel.

Tempered with heat

Made legally void

Cancelled the Dane around the void

Declared to no longer exist

Effective against the common cold

Like some stag party members (wordplay)

Like a dik-dik

A deer is on ahead

Anvil

Shocked and horrified

Took off cloak in disgusted condition

Deeply shocked, filled with dismay

Was attractive (to)

Asked out (wordplay)

Pleaded in an attractive way (wordplay)

Resembling an {aril=n}

- Clerk, trainee solicitor

Apprenticed, as a lawyer

Like some clerks

Ashlar

Ashler

Silly, sick and set upon

Idiot Delia got up and attacked

Attacked finding a ship needed a doctor

Pardoned, old style.

Aureole

Relating to an auricle

Like poll taxes

Got rid of

Put an end to

Gave a hand

Famous Latin academic has a breakdown

Publicly praised

Minor goal (wordplay)

A step above the minors (wordplay)

Supposedly mature years

Sick, day after botched facelift

Caused pain to

Diseased; suffering

Removed from the war zone

Carried supplies by plane

Moved the troops, in a certain way

Sent overseas, maybe

Sent overnight, say

Sent flying (wordplay)

Shut off (from)

How Keri Hilson feels (wordplay)

Date Liane (anagram)

Aliment

Ace, a skilled orderly, made big acid drops

Like some cocoa powder

Alkylate

Set apart for a specific purpose

Bertie found leaving set aside

Assigned everybody at co-ed school

Leader of army badly lamed, but proceeded on foot

More voluminous (wordplay)

Made louder

Intensified

A person undergoing psychoanalysis.

Having a chromosome number that is not a multiple of the haploid number for the species.

Cornered gnu dealt a blow

Ankylose

Decked out

Geared up

Acknowledged in a handy manner!

Didn't let a good turn go unrewarded

Cheered a dud Apple developed

Applique

""A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.""

Snake stopped on the surface of the road

Like many driveways

It stopped the serpent when the road was covered.

Pickled in a violent way (wordplay)

A pickled sound is 19 down

Came to blows with a seasoned sound

Gathered together in one place

Gathered to make male's beds

Came together or put together

Autolyse

Autolyze

ACCLIMATE To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

""A white crystalline compound, C 6 H 5 NH(COCH 3 ), formerly used in medicine to relieve pain and reduce fever. It has been replaced by safer agents because of its toxicity.""

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

Made slightly acidic

""Changed from potential to actual; as, saw his worst fears actualized.as, saw his worst fears actualized.""

Unadept at thinking.

Empty-headed.

Muddle-minded

File data, if somehow connected

Like some local stations, vis-a-vis a radio network

Like some local stations, vis- -vis a radio network

Paradise? PS: Liberal welcomed

ALCHEMIZE To change by alchemy; to transmute.

Alkalify

Made more durable

Relieved everyone except the first turned aside

Ideal valet becomes unkempt and is relieved

ALLOWANCE Approval; approbation.

ALPHABET a system of letters

Were at each other's throats

Wrangled.

Went in turn

Took turns

A bird cutting dead duck's head went this way, then that (wordplay)

ALUMINIZE To treat impregnate with alum; to alum.

English word

""A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.""

Shown to be similar

Made English clean digs I refurbished

Adapted a foreign word to English usage

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

ANNUALIZE

Said sorry for serving old sago pie

Expressed regret for what one has done

Expressed regret

Began damage control, perhaps

Ended a spat, in a way

Expressed regrets

Clad

Skidded on film of water

AUTOCLAVE A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid.

""AVALANCHE A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.""

ABSOLUTIZE

Gave it the gas

Like some college courses

Speeded up

Brought together into a group or crowd

Energy in X, devalued

No longer pure

Made impure

AEROSOLIZE

ALKALINIZE

ALLEGORISE

""ALLEGORIZE To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. as, to allegorize the history of a people.""

Began the same way

Produced 'Love's Labours Lost', say, fully performed many times

Allograft

United, as corporations or labor unions

Old-time area (anagram) - made better

Made better

Improved a red meat stew by putting oil back in

Utterly destroyed

Destroyed completely

Wiped out

Clearly stated to be jointed

Put into words

Said to be segmented

Integrated.

Incorporated

Used a stethoscope

""AUTOMOBILE a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.""

Accustomed to new conditions

Accustomed to upset mice with acid and salt

Peruvian city in adapted

Pulled off top

Done - with a high degree of skill

Having particular skills

ACCULTURATE

Recognised information in a record

Mortgage deal not usually collected

""AGGLUTINATE To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.""

""ALPHABETIZE To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words. as, to alphabetize a list of words.""

Having a diploid set of chromosomes derived from each parent.

ANTHOLOGIZE compile an anthology.

Having two or more complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species.

Disease and Illness

""BILLBOARD A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.""

Having more than two sets of chromosomes all derived from the same species.

English word

English word