2-Letter Words Starting with A

Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.

Actomyosin

ADENOMA a tumor of glandular origin

Termination of a meeting

Court suspension

Recess

Claim settlements

Modifications

ADMEASURE To measure.

Madison Avenue V.I.P.'s (wordplay)

Mass communication figures (wordplay)

Directs short note to members of the government

Pacific islands that draw in butterflies

Islands near New Guinea.

Islands N. of Bismarck Archipelago.

Admiration

Admittance

Admonisher

Reprimanding

Warnings

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

ADOPTION the act of {adopting=v}

A silly sailor making sketch

Overshadowing a stupid sailor

Faint sketch; outline

Act of overshadowing

Shadow a non-speaking part

Faintly representing; typical.

Promotion in rank

Result of a bye

Commercial/truck/concrete

Dame ruins TV set in hazardous practice (wordplay)

Advisement

Aerenchyma

Relating to air in motion.

Having a drag-reducing shape

Streamlined academy in row sadly with week to go

Aerogramme

""The medical study and treatment of physiological and psychological disorders associated with atmospheric or space flight. Also called aerospace medicine , aviation medicine .""

AERONOMIC

Aeronomist

Affirmance

""Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. as, the affirmation of a law.""

What to latch onto, with 'the' ...

What to latch onto, with "the" ...

What to latch onto, with "the"...

Afterimage

Like car accessories

Botany The asexual formation of embryos and seeds without the occurrence of fertilization.

Form a rounded mass

Form into one cluster

Cluster

Unbelievable state

Scepticism shown by eccentric stoic gains 1,000 in support

An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

Cultivating grain, so most expert in their field (wordplay)

Lack of purpose

Airmanship

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

ALBUMIN a {protein=n}

ALCHEMIST One who practices alchemy.

ALCHEMIZE To change by alchemy; to transmute.

Alcoholism

Of or pertaining to an algorithm.

Alightment

""An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.""

""The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.""

""One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves; same as allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law.allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law.""

Allometry

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Allurement

Almsgiving

Altazimuth

Altimetry

Type of cloud

ALUMINIZE To treat impregnate with alum; to alum.

United, as corporations or labor unions

Brings about a merger, as of two firms

Unites; mingles

Blends together to form a new combination

""One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.""

Amantadine

Of an imaginary flower that never fades

Amaryllis

Amateurism

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.

""A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.""

Envoys in residence

High-ranking diplomats

Dillon, Allison, Coe, etc.

Ambergris

Ambiguity

Equivocally.

Ambisexual

Ambition

In an ambitious manner.

Mixed feelings (E, not Y)

That love-hate feeling.

Girl in a mood shows uncertainty

A balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion.

""A white or greenish mineral, (Li,Na)Al(PO 4 )(F,OH), that is an important source of lithium.""

After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.

Ambulation

Ambuscader

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

Ambushment

Old-time area (anagram) - made better

Made better

Improved a red meat stew by putting oil back in

Improves, as a situation

Takes a sad thing and makes it better

One who ameliorates.

Ameloblast

Responsiveness

Amenorrhea

Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation.

Amercement

""Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.""

Affability

Good nature

Good will

""A folic acid antagonist, C 19 H 20 N 8 O 5 , used as an antineoplastic agent. It has been mainly replaced by methotrexate.""

A white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.

""AMMONIATE a type of ammonia compound, also AMMINE, AMMONIATE""

""AMMONIATE a type of ammonia compound, also AMMINE, AMMONIATE""

Ammonify

Ammunition

""A barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and a hypnotic.""

Amoebocyte

Medium-dry sherry

Kind of sherry

I am no tall fizzy party drink

Amorality

Loving characteristic

In an ill-defined manner

""Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.""

Pneumonia medicine

""An semisynthetic penicillin, C 16 H 19 N 3 O 5 S, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin.""

Working in MPH, AA meet required speed

Mood-altering drug

Stimulant drug

Amphiboly

A metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase.

""A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.""

Amphibrach

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.

Amphimacer

Amphioxus

AMPHIPATH

Amphiphile

AMPHIPHILE

Amphiploid

AMPHIPLOID

A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.

Ampicillin

Ampleness

Amputation

AMUSING amuse

Amygdaloid

AMYLOID a hard protein deposit

A disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma.

""The outer portion of a starch granule consisting of insoluble, highly branched polysaccharides of high molecular weight.""

Amyloplast

Anabaptism

Untimely mistake (wordplay)

Thing that belongs to another time

A case of mixed dates

Anagram

ANALEMMA a type of graduated scale

Anastigmat

ANASTOMOSE Styptic. <mark>

Anastomose

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

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

ANATOMISE

ANATOMIZE Styptic. <mark>

Paula Zahn of CNN, for example

Norah O'Donnell, for example

Katie Couric, for example

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

Anemograph

Meteorological tools

Wind instruments

ANGIOMA a benign tumour

Plants whose seeds are enclosed in an ovary

Makes censorious remarks

Animalcule

An animalcule.

Of or pertaining to animalism.

Animality

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

ANIMATE to give life to

Bad blood

Anisogamy

A union between two gametes that differ in size or form.

Anointment

In an anomalous manner.

Anonymity

Without giving a name

How some gifts are given.

Antagonism

Small room leading to a larger room

Lobby one college with sign of caution

Small entrance room

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

What's in spore mud in the air could convey

DUMPING the selling of large quantities of goods below market price

ELITISM belief in rule by an elite

Antiemetic

""FASCISM an oppressive form of government, also FASCISMO""

FOAMING the act of foaming

Technique designed to reduce blocking of radio signals

MALARIA an infectious disease

Antimatter

Like some NORAD operations

MITOTIC pertaining to {mitosis=n}

Word with prefix anti-

Antimonial

Antimonide

MUSICAL a play which has songs and dances

Antinomian

Antiracism

REALISM concern with fact or reality

Flower, specially the snapdragon

Snapping flower in rain hurt stem tip badly

Snapdragon

Antismoker

SMOKING to preserve by smoke-drying

TUMORAL relating to a tumor

""VITAMIN an organic substance essential to proper nutrition, also VITAMINE""

""The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.""

A bit mad being in a separate room

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

Apophthegm

Short-sighted type of government policy.

(Act of) placating by making concessions

Act of placating by making concessions

Date with a very soft salve

A very subdued application for a date

German city

Appear to mix badly? Almost right!

Not totally precise

Rough (figure)

Gems decorating a main square

Gems.

Determination; decision; arbitration.

An archduchy.

""The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.""

Bad shoes, to a podiatrist (wordplay)

The Joker and Batman, for example

Hatfields, to McCoys

ARGUMENT an exchange of differing reasons