2-Letter Words Starting with A

Worsening annoyance

Hassle

Annoyance

Assembly process in garage got modified

Process of material coming together

Compound

English word

Easing (of pain)

The making (of pain) less severe

Painkiller's job

See isoantigen .

Action (wordplay)

Caught in middle of change, quarrel

Can't loiter about after a row

Vary the race, going by turns

Interchange name in heartless dispute

Taking of turns

A balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion.

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

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

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.""

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

Syntactical incoherence

""The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.""

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.

""Any of three polypeptide hormones, one of which is a powerful vasoconstrictor, that function in the body in controlling arterial pressure.""

""ANODIZE to give a protective coat, also ANODISE""

Same as Anthokyan. Anthokyan.

FASHION to {shape=v}

FOREIGN situated outside a place or country

Subatomic particle in nature not transformed

NUCLEON a subatomic particle

""The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.""

Pilot a plane quite new in style

Name state of North American mountain region

A very quiet woman morphed into just 'a name'

Request for hard work

Computer program requiring diligence

Formal request; sustained effort

It begins Our Father

Acclaim - applause

(Official) approval

Process at work in some hearings

One way to settle differences

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. Illust. under Invagination.

""Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.""

""Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.""

Go in as saint (anagram)

Secret rendezvous

Secret meeting

Football club (wordplay)

Part of PA

Conceptual connection

""The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.""

Reduction in strength

Weakening, as in the value of a lawsuit

Taken in by police without husband, giving testimony

Act of ascribing

The act of ascribing eg a picture to an artist

The ascribing of a particular work to an author or artist

E.g. for example (wordplay)

Tues. or Agt. (tsk-tsk!)

Shortening - above Britain (anagram)

An increase in rate

Rate of increase of speed

A speeding up

Giving special importance to something

Emphasis, stress

Process of gathering

Growth of capital

Build-up

Formal judgement

Civil judgment based on evidence presented

Addition of contaminant let loose in a time span

Corruption of European in indecent allowance

""An antigen that stimulates the production of a particular agglutinin, such as an antibody.""

Noun (-tion)

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

Poetic ploy practised with panache!

What William Wordsworth wrote, perhaps

It's seen in some Shakespeare sonnets

Union of diverse elements

Merger.

Merger

Changed email address for enhancement

Improvement.

Improvement

""The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain. dead hands, or in mortmain.""

""An anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.""

Head of African country admitting nothing in defeat

Original Christmas forecast (wordplay)

Like opposers of the Roe v. Wade decision

Carly Simon tune

Foretaste - expectancy

Expectation, prediction

DILUTION the act of {diluting=v}

ELECTRON an elementary particle

""ESTROGEN a female sex hormone, also ESTRIOL, OESTRIOL, ESTRIN, OESTRIN, OESTROGEN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE, THEELIN, THEELOL""

Something to lessea. Tending to lessen friction. a. Tending to lessen friction.

GLOBULIN a simple protein

RELIGION belief in a higher power

THROMBIN an {enzyme=n}

""The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.""

Going up in one's estimation (wordplay)

Gratitude; increase in value

Acknowledgment of rise in value

Fear taking (wordplay)

Fear, perhaps, in one that's disturbed

Taking fright (wordplay)

""The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.""

Dean co-chairs shambles in one of the church provinces

Relates to clerical figure starting off in March around the sea reportedly

English word

Clarity in speech

Tunic a tailor prepared for delivery

Term for off-road suspension compliance

Suffocation

Solemn statement

Stupid person the day before helping to produce solemn statement

""The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. as, the assimilation of one sound to another.""

Working out meaning at increase

The act of listening or hearkening to.

AUTOROTATE

(Chemistry) Chem a.   oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen

Adjustment by quarters, perhaps

Loan for lodgings

Compromise; living space

Official recognition (of diplomat)

Granting of recognition

(Diplomat's) official authorisation

Assimilating unfamiliar customs, beliefs

Noun (-tion)

Pain reliever and fever reducer

""The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.""

""The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.""

A making actual or really existent.

The act of converting into forest or woodland.

Silver-r! See me share large pile

A mass or collection of things

Great Mongolia (anagram) - mass or collection of things

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Means of making sound louder

Increasing of signals

Augmentation

""The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.""

Rebuke cuckoo, wild type

Censure Damian, vile type

Critical comment

""The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.""

""COLLISION The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.""

""CORROSION The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.""

""EVOLUTION The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg. as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.""

""POLLUTION The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.""

""RECESSION The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.""

""REJECTION Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.""

Taking without permission of the owner

Annexation

Secretary's mounting support, helping to arrest one making embezzlement

Fairly close estimate

It's roughly right

Rough estimate

ARABICIZE ARABIC derived from gum arabic

One maturing at manoeuvres, revealing logic

Logical reasoning required to shift great mountain

The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.

Murder of a public figure

Two fools and one country - get killing

Murder of a prominent person

A female member of a legislative body called an assembly.assembly.

English word

Tyrannical writer meets Italian heretic

Enforcing strict rules

Enforcing strict obedience

Official permission

""Infection, such as recurrent boils, caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites that persist on or in the body.""

Running wild isn't held in high esteem

If you're huge, you'll have this at home office

Commercial vehicle on street helping government

AEROSOLIZE AEROSOL a spray released under pressure

""ALKALINIZE ALKALINE containing an alkali, also ALKALIN""

""The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.""

Impregnation with ammonia or an ammonium compound.

""AGGRESSION The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. \'bdAggressions of power.\'b8as, a war of aggression. \'bdAggressions of power.\'b8""

""CARCINOGEN Any substance that produces cancer; as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.""

""CORRUPTION The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.""

""DEFAMATION Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.""

DEPRESSION The act of depressing.

""REFLECTION The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.""

""SUBVERSION The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.""

""Any of various proteins that combine with a lipid to form a lipoprotein and are a constituent of chylomicrons, HDL, LDL, and VLDL.""

Process of proving genuine

AUTOMATIZE same as automate.automate.

Try stepping on the gas

Tip for drivers? It may affect one's own behaviour

Thought process provoked by a car salesman (wordplay)

AXIOMATISE

AXIOMATIZE

See spiny-headed worm .

""The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.""

A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.

Theme of this puzzle

One way of ordering things, like all the consonants in rows three, six and nine

""SEGREGATION The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.""

SPECULATION The act of speculating.

Opposition to vivisection.

""Statistics (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independent Also called serial correlation AUTOTRANSFUSION (Med) → Eigenbluttransfusion f BENZENECARBONYL (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (modifier) the systematic name for benzoyl BIOTECHNOLOGIST → biotechnologue mf , biotechnologiste mf hc_En_Fr() BRACHISTOCHRONE (Mathematics) Maths the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent [from Greek brakhistos , superlative of brakhus short + chronos time]""

(Med) → Eigenbluttransfusion f

Poisoning by substances produced in the body