2-Letter Words Starting with A

All modesty aside

Completely holding game up with hubris

ARTERIAL a type of {highway=n}

Endowed with the power of speech.

Arytenoid

Dominating influence (A, not E)

Candy canes (anagram)

Distributing candy canes with upper hand

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.

Having no evident sex or sex organs.

Choke (to death)

After wrecking taxi he pays for throttle

Choke, but manage to pay his tax before the end of June

ASSERTED assert

Astrocyte

ASTROCYTE a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.

""The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.""

Not regularly shaped

Not perfectly balanced

Like this puzzle's grid

They're approachable (wordplay)

Lines that approach curves (but never touch them)

Type of curve, in math.

The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.

Asyndeton

Athrocyte

With regards to nuclear energy

How a nation with nukes is armed

Wasting away as a result of disease

Silver-plated souvenir at home is deteriorating

Inga wavering: accepting award or declining (wordplay)

Against expectations

One predictably in a way deviating from the expected pattern

Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual way

The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

The measurement of hearing.

AUDITOR one who {audits=v}

The branch of ecology that deals with the biological relationship between an individual organism or an individual species and its environment.

The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.

""AUTOLYSE to break down tissue by enzyme action, also AUTOLYZE""

Autolyse

""AUTOLYZE to break down tissue by enzyme action, also AUTOLYSE""

Autolyze

Autopsy

""AUTOTROPH an organism which is autotrophic, i. e., an organism (such as most plants and certain microorganisms) which are capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances, requiring only minerals as nutrients for growth, and using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; the energy required is derived from photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Opposed to heterotroph. See also auxotroph.autotrophic, i. e., an organism (such as most plants and certain microorganisms) which are capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances, requiring only minerals as nutrients for growth, and using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; the energy required is derived from photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Opposed to heterotroph. See also auxotroph.""

Autotypy

AUTUMNAL pertaining to {autumn=n}

AUXOTROPH

AVERSIVE relating to aversion

Awayness

AXENIC free from germs

Ayahuasca

'Muslim leaders reject onion' - sure that's the answer (wordplay)

Abdominal

Broth nearly spilt in a repugnant way

In an awful way

So as to inspire loathing

ABIOTIC relating to absence of life

Pertaining to ablution.

It's odd what a morality ban can produce

Aberrant feature

Deviance

Absorbing

With abstinence.

In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Accepting

In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; followed by with or to. with or to.

Bungee jumping is fun

Thus

In an accountable manner.

Practice needed for balancing acts

Profession dealing with finance

ACERBIC {sour=adj}

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

Acropetal

Acrylamide

ACTINIC pertaining to {actinism=n}

The measurement of the force of solar radiation.

""Pl. actinomyces Any of various filamentous, mostly anaerobic microorganisms of the genus Actinomyces, which includes the causative agents of actinomycosis.""

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

Actomyosin

Actuarial

""In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. as, a word used adjectively.""

A girl, British one aflame with yen to show appeal to her man (wordplay)

In the manner of an adverb.

Advertent

Aepyornis

Aerenchyma

AEROBIC requiring free oxygen

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

Relating to air in motion.

Having a drag-reducing shape

Streamlined academy in row sadly with week to go

In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

AFFECTIVE Tending to affect; affecting.

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

Aggregate

Aggrieved

With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

English word

Alkalify

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

Alkylation

The inhibition of growth in one species of plants by chemicals produced by another species.

As another option...

As a substitute

Train starts awfully late nearly every other time

Amaryllis

Equivocally.

In an ambitious manner.

""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.

Responsiveness

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

Good nature

Good will

A white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.

Ammonify

Amoebocyte

In an ill-defined manner

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

""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.""

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.

AMPHIPLOID

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

Analogous

ANALYTIC a scheme of analytical logic

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

Plural or third person singular

Hypersensitivity (to a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance.

Ancestral

Androgyny

Of indeterminate sex

Hermaphrodite

Grandson you get fussed about, showing male and female characteristics

Anecdotal

Pl. anencephalies Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.

In a saintly manner

A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Surgery of the blood-vessels

Vessel treatment

Ankylosaur

Husband-and-wife milestone

Eg, a birthday

Type of party

In an anomalous manner.

Anonymity

Without giving a name

How some gifts are given.

Relating to or causing the suppression of ovulation: an anovulatory drug.

Antenatal

Same as Anthokyan. Anthokyan.

ANXIETY chronic apprehension

BOYCOTT to refuse to have dealings with

CRUELTY savage behaviour towards a person or animal

Spiral outflow could be neatly conic

A fair-weather system ends with one

High-pressure weather system

Antidotal

Sci-fi concept

Ideal spacecraft-propulsion method

Like some sci-fi boots

""LEPROSY a chronic disease with skin lesions and deformities, also LEPRA""

OBESITY the condition of being obese

""A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.""

POVERTY the state of being {poor=adj}

1991's word: Fever-preventing

Fever-reducing drug

Antipyrine

SECRECY the condition of being secret

On the abolitionists' side

SUBSIDY a grant or contribution of money

Type of drug that can counteract glandular activity

TYPHOID an infectious disease

Anxiolytic

Examination of the aorta using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

APHETIC pertaining to {aphesis=n}

Many doomsday cults predict them

Momentous, catastrophic

Translation of a Coptic play is outstanding

Copy capital letters - it could be a revelation

""A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.""

Appalling

Appealing

APPLAUD to express approval by clapping the hands

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

""APPRECIABLE Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. as, an appreciable quantity.""

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.

Approving

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

Highhandedly.

Study of ancient artifacts

Study of old remains

Study of history through remains

In an outmoded sense

Rule by the best.

Upper class, nobility

Elevated types carry a cost I fancy

AROMATIC a fragrant substance

Arresting

Arrhythmia

Any disease of the joints.

ARTHROSCOPE

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

Ascendant

Ascetical

Ascomycete

ASEPTIC an aseptic substance

Killed by oxygen starvation

Bit in papers after a small dose of drug reportedly caused death

Choked

Asphyxiate

Member of a legislative body

Superhero whose power is putting together IKEA furniture (wordplay)

Job mistakenly sought by a model airplane builder (wordplay)

ASSEMBLY the act of {assembling=v}

Assertive

Assiduous

Bitterness (of taste)

Sharp or bitter quality

Sharpness, severity

""A tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum.""

Asymmetry

Extremely badly

In a heedful way

ATTRACT to {entice=v}

""ATYPICAL not typical, also ATYPIC""

In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

Adverb

Autolysate

Autolyzate

Autosomal

Avuncular

Having symmetry around an axis: an axisymmetric cone.

Azimuthal

""Relating to or favoring abolition, especially the abolition of slavery.""

Primarily.

Absorptiveness.

Abstemious