2-Letter Words Starting with A

Anything

Anywhere

Aphylly

Writings of dubious authorship

Secret things books left out

Writings not considered genuine

""The protein component of an enzyme, to which the coenzyme attaches to form an active enzyme.""

Apophyge

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

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

Strong desire

State of being deductive.

Kiwis

""Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.""

Without specific motive

Like a fiat

Based on random choice

Sovereign prince's domain

River out of churchyard meandering into Austria, perhaps

Cheery man can be greatest foe

Cheery man may be chief opponent

Number 1 on a hate list

Standard - cheap tyre (anagram)

Teachers' pay rotten? Not seen as ideal!

Jaguar follows supreme original model

In the form of a bow.

With great effort

Argufy

Crop-killing caterpillars

Crop-threatening caterpillars

Aroynt

Weapons in Welsh town, be gone!

Carney's cannons (wordplay)

Large guns for use on land

In a naive way

In a crude way

In an unsophisticated manner

""Ladleshaped; applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.""

Arythmia

Vote dividing European Union in a journey that's without intimacy in partnership

With a feeling of guilt

By way of being sheepish

No pride in it this way

Idiotically fighting, I slay nine

In a stupid way

Like a moron

Is it in any way absurd (wordplay)

Foolishness as of donkey

As it has no limit, no end of folly

Asphyxia

Asphyxy

""Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.""

By way of assumption.

Without a doubt

Without a doubt.

With confidence

Astony

Star-shaped glial cell

Dixon line (wordplay)

How stars can make a fortune, perhaps

A house study (wordplay)

Celestial sphere (wordplay)

Roman toys (anagram)

Tory moans (anagram)

Imbalance between two sides

Feature of much modern architecture

Difference between two sides

Line near a hyperbola

Almost a sign to note near tangent

Line that a curve infinitely approaches

Pl. asynapses (-s z) The failure of homologous chromosomes to pair during meiosis.

Pl. asynapses (-s z) The failure of homologous chromosomes to pair during meiosis.

Of a sentence in which conjunctions are omitted

I came, I saw, I conquered, for example

English word

Quality of Bartok's music

Feature of the 1925 opera "Wozzeck"

Lack of a key center, in music

Trial members (wordplay)

Case workers (wordplay)

Bar tenders (wordplay)

The measurement of hearing.

Planned a Yule rest with no frills

In a harsh or severe way

Simply gives us tea when out - depend on it!

British program of belt-tightening

Condition in post-war British economy.

Severeness of manner

Hoyle, for one

Write on sex with variable confidence

Writer's got it - 'unknown power'

Absolute government by one person

Dictatorship, e.g

One-man rule.

Autodyne

Some aircraft with propellers

Autolyse

Autolyse

Self destruction of cells

""Of, pertaining to, or causing autolysis.""

Autolyze

Autolyze

Autotype

Should say type of verb

Providing additional support

Functioning in a supporting capacity

""AVAILE to find benefit, also AVAIL""

Typically maintain lady must be disheartened after maturity

Fairly.

AVOID to {evade=v}

So as to cause wonder

With very little grace

In a clumsy manner

Betraying clumsiness

Brazilian plant that has winged fruits

Tea in some Amazonian rituals

Psychotropic drug said to induce spiritual experiences

Title for Khomeini

An Iranian Shi'ite religious leader

Senior Iranian cleric

Ayurveda

In an unnatural way

Abeyancy

ABLATIVE a grammatical case

In an unusual manner.

Friend embraces British woman in opera in unusual manner

In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.

Harshly offering a women's support for eccentric Elvis on Fourth of July

Sure wobbly as belly out!

I wholly agree!

Okay by me!

""ABSORB to suck in, also SORB""

Terrycloth quality

Receptive nature of abbey treated with scorn

Read this bodybuilding brochure

Last buyers getting treated in an unusual way

Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.

In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

In a accepted manner; admittedly.

How urgently needed equipment should be stored, as bicycles must be fixed

ACCIDENT a mishap

Some maniac curate lying? Precisely!

It's precisely a copy you heard Ray let anyhow

Lacy shifts worn by one in church without any slips

In a hateful manner

""Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. as, an accusatory libel.""

In an accusing manner.

Acetify

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

Acetylate

Acetylene

""ACETYLENE A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.""

Acidify

""The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.""

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

""A readily polymerized amide, C 3 H 5 NO, derived from acrylic acid and used in synthetic fibers and sewage treatment. It is a carcinogen and is present in some foods, especially starches and cereals that are cooked at high temperatures.""

The process of doing or performing something: the act of thinking.

In an actionable manner.

Splattered on my coat is a muscle protein

Acyclovir

Acylation

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

ADDITIVE a substance added to foodstuffs

ADDITIVE a substance added to foodstuffs

Done well enough to earn a C, maybe

In satisfactory manner

Is it satisfactory place is empty to an acceptable extent (wordplay)

In an adherent manner.

In an adhesive manner.

Adipocyte

Can lady jet off in a conterminous manner (wordplay)

Containing an adjuration.

My darling and I intertwine with desire

'Truth be told ... '

By general agreement.

"Truth be told ... "

Fussy day monitor giving a reprimand

Conveying a reprimand

Warning politician, I'd moan terribly at the start

ADOPTIVE that adopts

""The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.""

""A spongy tissue with large air spaces found between the cells of the stems and leaves of aquatic plants, providing buoyancy and allowing the circulation of gases.""

Good nature, sociability

In a pretentious manner

AFFERENT a nerve that conveys impulses to a nerve centre

Abundantly; copiously.

AFFORD to bear the expense

In a jittery way

In a troubled manner

In a perturbed manner

So as to cause sudden fear

Layman and girl getting entangled in a shocking manner

Preparing to fight with friend outside, in scary fashion

Very busy canal (wordplay)

A new mail entry cut important passage

Concerned with nutrition

Opposite of acidity

Water's capability to neutralize acid

Basic condition

Alkylate

ALKYLATE to combine with alkyl

Allotypy

ALLURING allure

It refers indirectly to everybody from America with fourth place in Dublin

ALOGICAL outside the domain of logic

ALVEOLAR the sound produced by the tongue behind the front teeth

Amblyopia

Ambrotype

Up and about

Not bedridden

Moving about

Amebocyte

Corrective

Corrective final word offered by US lawyer to politician

Warmth mainly in the centre of power

French friend with talent and charm

Good nature.

Amnesty

""A cell, such as a leukocyte, having amoeboid form or motion.""

Amplidyne

Making (a signal) greater

Amygdalin

""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.""

""Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. as, an amylolytic ferment.""

A colorless plastid that forms starch granules and occurs in cells of plant storage tissue.

Amylopsin

Amyotonia

Done in low relief, as a cameo

Analysand

Breaking down (wordplay)

Type of geometry

Logically reasoning

That may be analyzed.

Androgyne

""ANEMIC suffering from anemia, also ANAEMIC""

Measuring wind speed

ANEUPLOID

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

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

Gauntness

Ray's hidden explosive chemical compounds

Anhydrite

In a lively manner

In a lively fashion

With spirit

Not isotropic.

Armored beast of old

Ankylose

Scan anyone sick with pains in the neck

Soreness causes

Little buggers

How older siblings tend to perceive things said by younger siblings

ANODIC pertaining to an {anode=n}

In an anterior manner; before.

Anthocyan

FAMILY a group of persons related by blood or marriage

Antimycin

Against the making of illegal copies

""An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.""

Antonymy

What I could be with you (wordplay)

Like War and Peace, without name Tolstoy initially put in

As War and Peace, unsigned, without Tolstoy's initial

Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety.

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

Apoenzyme

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

A drug he's no right to carry (wordplay)

Nameless "Romeo and Juliet" character

Character in "Romeo and Juliet."

Dad maybe's in new play, it would seem

It seems to be put on without a tear

On the face of it

APPOSITE {relevant=adj}

APPROVE to regard favourably

AQUILINE hooked like an eagle's beak

ARBOREAL tree-dwelling

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

Original models of sports cars found on bridge

ARCTIC a warm waterproof overshoe

ARMORIAL a book of coats-of-arms

Varying heartbeat

Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).