2-Letter Words Starting with A

Off guard, perhaps (wordplay)

One caught off base, perhaps

Not reporting as instructed, maybe

Ready for poaching, maybe

Ready for pasta say

Ready for pasta, say

How a felon runs (wordplay)

On the wrong side (of)

On the bad side (of)

Colorless liquid: Chem.

Colorless liquid Chem.

Colorless liquid Chem

Dried dung used as fuel

Wine-cask crust

Tartar deposited in wine casks

Bikini perhaps everybody takes to!

Bikini, for one (wordplay)

Eniwetok, for one

Opposite the mouth

Away from one's mouth

Opposite the mouth

Of intense pain

High explosive - a la tom (anagram)

Kin of TNT

Explosive containing TNT

Photo developing chemical

Photo-developing compound

Chemical used in film developing

Like psychopaths, say

Going without a compass (wordplay)

Lacking a compass, say

Turned toward Bot.

Counterpart of "cathodal"

Relating to an electrode

From the heart (wordplay)

Coming from the heart (wordplay)

Like some blood passages

Without a leg to stand on (wordplay)

Needing no shoes (wordplay)

Like one who's got no sole (wordplay)

Pardon, old style

Pardon, in Chaucer's day

Absolve, old style.

Lacking a key, perhaps

Hard to hum, perhaps

Not in a key (mus.)

I, say, go after a positive declaration

Said perhaps I will make a statement

Assertion I, for one, heard

Related to cell impulse transmission

Of neurites.

Related to the impulse-transmitting part of a neuron

Not arranged in zones

Skylight insulation material, perhaps

Superlight porous solid

Extremely lightweight material

Secret application, perhaps

Rosa and Leo, trained, can type!

Fine spray (from can)

Race car's downforce-enhancing wing

Plane wing, e.g

Plane wing, for example

Matter of proof (wordplay)

Purchase of proof (wordplay)

Fifth element (wordplay)

Freehold, as certain real estate.

Freehold, in old law.

An explosive.

Pertaining to the elbow

""A chemical compound, also ANETHOLE""

Pertaining to {apnea=n}

Like the highest point in an orbit

Farthest away in orbit

Of a point in the moon's orbit.

Marginal note

Marginal note

Act of waking (someone)

Heating up (wordplay)

Awakening (of emotion, etc)

Awkward at gatherings, say

Not mixing well (wordplay)

Awkward at parties, say

Of the dawn

Resembling the dawn.

Like the dawn.

Mexican salamander - allot ox (anagram)

Tiger salamander's cousin

South-of-the-border salamander

A South African vulture

Odd for an average rating (wordplay)

Moral ban (anagram)

Deviating from the standard

Pertaining to the abomasum

A univalent radical

Pertaining to the shoulder blade

Loire oaf (anagram)

ie a floor redesigned for wing, say

Part of aircraft designed to give lift

Relating to allod

Soldier enters a pub making no sense

Of two-handled jars

Pertaining to the elbow

Stabilising insect I turn over

Kind of bar used to stabilise a car's suspension

Pertaining to an {apolog=n}

Thumbs up for it!

It may come with a stamp

Trying to get on this

Out on a limb (wordplay)

Tree-dwelling wild boar? Honest!

Tree-dwelling wild boar - honest!

Book in which to get one's bearings

Concerning heraldic arms.

Relating to heraldry or heraldic arms

Shop deal (anagram)

Lad hopes (anagram) - flower

Hope lad's cultivated lily

Elementary, in a way

Consisting of tiny bits

Very small

Pertaining to an {axoneme=n}

Muscles packed to take a punch!

Muscle pack (wordplay)

Like some six-packs

Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.

Like certain flowers in a batch - dead, gone over

(Of leaves and flowers) developing upwards from the base or point of attachment

Like the arrangement of some flowers in a batch with others

ACROSOME a thin sac at the head of the sperm

Glandular upset ailed an old Democrat

Glandular trouble almost laid one out

Like glandular tissue at back of nose

Very delicious or fragrant

Fit for Olympian tastes.

Fit for the gods.

Unreliable or hearsay (account)

Article located in ruins? That's hearsay

Based on hearsay

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.

NODAL of the nature of a node

Unconventional literary form

Not in favour of new form of literature

Literary term popularized by Sartre

Pertaining to the land down under.

At the other end of the world

On the other side of the earth.

A secretary, vocal, unaffected by time

Without regard for time

Timeless ruins at Palermo

Our Altaic version of the author

Of, by or typical of an author

Pertaining to a writer

A harlot, I suspect, stealing Waugh's heart as a novelist (wordplay)

AUTOSOME a type of chromosome

Bad oil? Bargain first

Present from the earliest times

Present from the start

Serving to aid hearing.

Sounding accusal to premier in Istanbul, hopeless

Auditory

Pertaining to a kind of puzzle

Not on the floor model, say

Getting on top of things more (wordplay)

For an extra charge

Any of a group of DNA-containing viruses that cause conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract infections in humans.

Stickable

""Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.""

""Of, pertaining, or containing ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.""

""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.""

Built on comparisons

Having similarity

Of bodily structure

Of a branch of biology.

Involving the body

Of or pertaining to antimony.

Sung or chanted in alternation

Sung alternately by two groups

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

Not a company man (wordplay)

Like Holden Caulfield

Not fond of parties

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

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

Of or pertaining to the apothecium.

Soundly corresponding

Of small celestial bodies

Concerning certain space rocks

Of small planets like Ceres

Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

Pertaining to accession; additional.

Supplementary

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

AERONOMIC

""Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature. as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.""

""AGITATION The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.""

Twisting of a choir's tail that didn't really happen

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). (Nepeta Glechoma).

Like 'Pilgrim's Progress'

Containing a hidden meaning

Rife with symbolism

""A drug, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, used to treat gout because it inhibits the synthesis of uric acid.""

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

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

Like or related to man; human.

ALCOHOL a flammable liquid

LOGICAL pertaining to {logic=n}

TUMORAL relating to a tumor

Relating to the archegonium.

Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot; a member of the artiodactyla.artiodactyla.

""Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. as, the ascensional power of a balloon.""

Of or pertaining to attention.

Like a long war getting rid of a totalitarian organisation

Kind of teachers' aid.

Using sight and sound

Kind of teaching aid, as usual, I avoid changing

AVOCATION A calling away; a diversion.

Of or pertaining to axiology.

Characterized by unsound thinking

Ex-President right and judicious or diverging from normality (wordplay)

Having a capacity for adaptation. Opposed to maladaptive.maladaptive.

AERONAUTIC

""A chemical, such as a fertilizer, hormone, fungicide, insecticide or soil treatment, that improves the production of crops.""

Almond-shaped.

""ANNEXATION The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.""

""Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.""

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

""Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.""

RATIONAL a number that can be expressed as a quotient of integers

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Of or pertaining to an archespore.

Characterised by hope or ambition

Like those trying to succeed

Relating to hope, since religious and sensible

Of a pseudoscience

Like the supposed influence of planets and stars

Absolutely huge (in a heavenly way!)

Stellar location with Mars shot

High, as inflationary prices

Unrelated to or lacking a theoretical basis.

AUDIOLOGIC

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Pertaining to abstraction.

ACQUISITION The act or process of acquiring.

Like sleek airplanes and sports cars

""AGGREGATION The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.""

Relating to a country's representative abroad

Relating to the highest diplomatic duties

Inflected form of MICROBIAL Inflected form of MICROBE a microscopic organism

Land-mine type

Like certain weapons sent in plane or distributed some other way

""POLITICAL Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.""

Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification.

Of the final catastrophe

Relating to or resulting from arbitration.

Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

""Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.""

Like Armstrong or Glenn

Relating to the nature of stars

""ATTRIBUTION The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.""

AUTECOLOGIC

Of or pertaining to the adrenal cortex.

""The study of the sources, dispersion, and effects of airborne biological materials, such as pollen, spores, and microorganisms.""

""COMMERCIAL Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.""

""HISTORICAL Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.as, an historical poem; the historic page.""

Inflected form of HOMOSEXUAL Inflected form of HOMOSEX homosexuality

Pertaining to arboriculture.

Studying history through digs

Relating to study of historic artefacts

Dealing with old remains in a mad alcoholic rage

Is pi chap out with oracle from Canterbury (wordplay)

""ACCOMMODATION The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; followed by to. to.""

ACCULTURATION

Like Mead's field

Man's in pathetic poncho, wrestling with alligator

CHOLESTEROL

Like video games, some believe

Committing no criminal act. Ah, to be a republican!

""THEORETICAL Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.""

""TRADITIONAL Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures. as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.""

Of a personal life story

About one's own life