10-letter words starting with AN
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter AN. This section showcases how AN at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with AN, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| announcing | 13 | - | - |
| anticipate | 14 | regard something as probable or likely | - |
| anesthesia | 13 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | - |
| anesthetic | 15 | characterized by insensibility | the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic |
| antichrist | 15 | (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ | - |
| annihilate | 13 | kill in large numbers | - |
| antibiotic | 14 | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs |
| anatomical | 14 | of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms | anatomical research |
| antiseptic | 14 | a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
| antisocial | 12 | hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial |
| antibodies | 13 | - | - |
| antimatter | 12 | matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances | - |
| antiquated | 20 | so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | - |
| analytical | 15 | of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | - |
| answerable | 15 | capable of being answered | - |
| antagonize | 20 | provoke the hostility of | Don't antagonize your boss |
| annexation | 17 | incorporation by joining or uniting | - |
| annoyingly | 17 | in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree | - |
| antithesis | 13 | exact opposite | his theory is the antithesis of mine |
| antagonism | 13 | a state of deep-seated ill-will | - |
| antifreeze | 22 | a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
| antagonist | 11 | someone who offers opposition | - |
| antagonise | 11 | provoke the hostility of | - |
| antecedent | 13 | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | - |
| annotation | 10 | the act of adding notes | - |
| anxiolytic | 22 | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability | - |
| analogical | 13 | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy | the analogical use of a metaphor |
| anglicized | 23 | - | - |
| anglophile | 16 | an admirer of England and things English | - |
| antebellum | 14 | belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
| anticlimax | 21 | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | - |
| anglophone | 16 | - | - |
| anticancer | 14 | used in the treatment of cancer | anticancer drug |
| anabantids | 13 | - | - |
| anabaptise | 14 | - | - |
| anabaptism | 16 | a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state | - |
| anabaptist | 14 | adherent of Anabaptism | - |
| anabaptize | 23 | - | - |
| anablepses | 14 | - | - |
| anabolisms | 14 | - | - |
| anabolites | 12 | - | - |
| anabolitic | 14 | - | - |
| anacardium | 15 | type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew | - |
| anachorism | 17 | - | - |
| anachronic | 17 | chronologically misplaced | - |
| anaclastic | 14 | - | - |
| anacolutha | 15 | - | - |
| anacoustic | 14 | - | - |
| anacrustic | 14 | - | - |
| anadromous | 13 | migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
| anadyomene | 16 | - | - |
| anaerobium | 14 | - | - |
| anageneses | 11 | - | - |
| anagenesis | 11 | - | - |
| anaglyphic | 21 | related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | - |
| anaglyptic | 18 | related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | - |
| anagogical | 14 | based on or exemplifying anagoge | - |
| anagrammed | 16 | - | - |
| anagrammer | 15 | - | - |
| analemmata | 14 | - | - |
| analeptics | 14 | - | - |
| analgesias | 11 | - | - |
| analgesics | 13 | - | - |
| analgetics | 13 | - | - |
| analogised | 12 | - | - |
| analogises | 11 | - | - |
| analogisms | 13 | - | - |
| analogists | 11 | - | - |
| analogized | 21 | - | - |
| analogizes | 20 | - | - |
| analphabet | 17 | an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | - |
| analysable | 15 | - | - |
| analysands | 14 | - | - |
| analyzable | 24 | capable of being partitioned | - |
| anamnestic | 14 | of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
| anamniotes | 12 | - | - |
| anamniotic | 14 | - | - |
| anamorphic | 19 | pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another | - |
| anandamide | 14 | - | - |
| anapaestic | 14 | (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | - |
| anapestics | 14 | - | - |
| anaphylaxy | 28 | - | - |
| anaplasias | 12 | - | - |
| anaplastic | 14 | of or relating to anaplasia | - |
| anaptyctic | 19 | - | - |
| anarchical | 17 | without law or control | - |
| anarchised | 16 | - | - |
| anarchises | 15 | - | - |
| anarchisms | 17 | - | - |
| anarchists | 15 | - | - |
| anarchized | 25 | - | - |
| anarchizes | 24 | - | - |
| anarthrias | 13 | - | - |
| anarthrous | 13 | - | - |
| anasarcous | 12 | characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
| anastigmat | 13 | compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images | - |
| anastomose | 12 | cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | anastomose blood vessels |
| anastrophe | 15 | the reversal of the normal order of words | - |
| anathemata | 15 | - | - |
| anatomised | 13 | - | - |
| anatomiser | 12 | - | - |
| anatomises | 12 | - | - |
| anatomists | 12 | - | - |
| anatomized | 22 | - | - |
| anatomizer | 21 | - | - |
| anatomizes | 21 | - | - |
| anatropies | 12 | - | - |
| anatropous | 12 | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk | - |
| ancestored | 13 | - | - |
| ancestrals | 12 | - | - |
| ancestress | 12 | a woman ancestor | - |
| ancestries | 12 | - | - |
| anchorages | 16 | - | - |
| anchoretic | 17 | - | - |
| anchorette | 15 | - | - |
| anchorites | 15 | - | - |
| anchoritic | 17 | characterized by ascetic solitude | - |
| anchorless | 15 | - | - |
| anchovetas | 18 | - | - |
| anchovetta | 18 | - | - |
| anchylosed | 19 | - | - |
| anchyloses | 18 | - | - |
| anchylosis | 18 | abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | - |
| anchylotic | 20 | - | - |
| ancientest | 12 | - | - |
| ancipitous | 14 | - | - |
| andalusite | 11 | - | - |
| andantinos | 11 | - | - |
| andouilles | 11 | - | - |
| andradites | 12 | - | - |
| androecial | 13 | - | - |
| androecium | 15 | a male gametoecium | - |
| androgenic | 14 | of or related to the male hormone androgen | - |
| androgynes | 15 | - | - |
| andromedas | 14 | - | - |
| andropause | 13 | - | - |
| androphore | 16 | - | - |
| anecdotage | 14 | - | - |
| anecdotist | 13 | a person skilled in telling anecdotes | - |
| anemically | 17 | - | - |
| anemochore | 17 | - | - |
| anemograms | 15 | - | - |
| anemograph | 18 | - | - |
| anemometer | 14 | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind | - |
| anemometry | 17 | measuring wind speed and direction | - |
| anemophily | 20 | - | - |
| anemoscope | 16 | - | - |
| anestruses | 10 | - | - |
| aneuploids | 13 | - | - |
| aneuploidy | 16 | an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) | - |
| aneurismal | 12 | relating to or affected by an aneurysm | - |
| aneurysmal | 15 | relating to or affected by an aneurysm | - |
| angashores | 14 | - | - |
| angelhoods | 15 | - | - |
| angelology | 15 | the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
| angiogenic | 14 | - | - |
| angiograms | 14 | - | - |
| angiosperm | 15 | plants having seeds in a closed ovary | - |
| angishores | 14 | - | - |
| angleberry | 16 | - | - |
| angledozer | 21 | a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
| anglerfish | 17 | fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | - |
| anglesites | 11 | - | - |
| angleworms | 16 | - | - |
| anglicised | 14 | - | - |
| anglicises | 13 | - | - |
| anglicisms | 15 | - | - |
| anglicists | 13 | - | - |
| anglicizes | 22 | - | - |
| anglifying | 18 | - | - |
| anglistics | 13 | - | - |
| anglomania | 13 | an excessive enthusiasm for all things English | - |
| anglophils | 16 | - | - |
| anglophobe | 18 | a person who hates England and everything English | - |
| angophoras | 16 | - | - |
| angosturas | 11 | - | - |
| anguifauna | 14 | - | - |
| anguipedes | 14 | - | - |
| anguishing | 15 | - | - |
| angularity | 14 | a shape having one or more sharp angles | - |
| angulating | 12 | - | - |
| angulation | 11 | the act of making angulate (having corners) | - |
| angwantibo | 16 | a kind of lemur | - |
| anharmonic | 17 | - | - |
| anhedonias | 14 | - | - |
| anhelation | 13 | - | - |
| anhidroses | 14 | - | - |
| anhidrosis | 14 | failure of the sweat glands | - |
| anhidrotic | 16 | - | - |
| anhungered | 15 | - | - |
| anhydrases | 17 | - | - |
| anhydrides | 18 | - | - |
| anhydrites | 17 | - | - |
| aniconisms | 14 | - | - |
| aniconists | 12 | - | - |
| anilinctus | 12 | - | - |
| animadvert | 16 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | - |
| animalcula | 14 | - | - |
| animalcule | 14 | microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | - |
| animaliers | 12 | - | - |
| animalised | 13 | - | - |
| animalises | 12 | - | - |
| animalisms | 14 | - | - |
| animalists | 12 | - | - |
| animalized | 22 | - | - |
| animalizes | 21 | - | - |
| animallike | 16 | - | - |
| animatedly | 16 | in an animated manner | they talked animatedly |
| animateurs | 12 | - | - |
| animations | 12 | - | - |
| animatisms | 14 | - | - |
| animatists | 12 | - | - |
| anisomeric | 14 | - | - |
| anisotropy | 15 | the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions | - |
| anklebones | 16 | - | - |
| ankylosaur | 17 | having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | - |
| ankylosing | 18 | - | - |
| annalising | 11 | - | - |
| annalistic | 12 | relating to annals | a book with an annalistic approach |
| annalizing | 20 | - | - |
| annealings | 11 | - | - |
| annelidans | 11 | - | - |
| annexments | 19 | - | - |
| annotating | 11 | the act of adding notes | - |
| annotative | 13 | - | - |
| annotators | 10 | - | - |
| announcers | 12 | - | - |
| annoyances | 15 | - | - |
| annualised | 11 | - | - |
| annualises | 10 | - | - |
| annualized | 20 | - | - |
| annualizes | 19 | - | - |
| annuitants | 10 | - | - |
| annuitised | 11 | - | - |
| annuitises | 10 | - | - |
| annuitized | 20 | - | - |
| annuitizes | 19 | - | - |
| annularity | 13 | - | - |
| annulation | 10 | - | - |
| annullable | 12 | - | - |
| annulments | 12 | - | - |
| annunciate | 12 | foreshadow or presage | - |
| annuntiate | 10 | - | - |
| anodically | 16 | - | - |
| anodontias | 11 | - | - |
| anoestrous | 10 | of or relating to anestrus | - |
| anointings | 11 | - | - |
| anointment | 12 | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | - |
| anonaceous | 12 | - | - |
| anonymised | 16 | - | - |
| anonymiser | 15 | - | - |
| anonymises | 15 | - | - |
| anonymized | 25 | - | - |
| anonymizer | 24 | - | - |
| anonymizes | 24 | - | - |
| anopheline | 15 | any mosquito of the genus Anopheles | - |
| anorectics | 14 | - | - |
| anorthites | 13 | - | - |
| anorthitic | 15 | characteristic of anorthite | - |
| anovulants | 13 | - | - |
| anoxaemias | 19 | - | - |
| ansaphones | 15 | - | - |
| answerably | 18 | - | - |
| answerless | 13 | - | - |
| antalkalis | 14 | - | - |
| anteceding | 14 | - | - |
| antecessor | 12 | - | - |
| antechapel | 17 | - | - |
| antechoirs | 15 | - | - |
| antedating | 12 | - | - |
| antemortem | 14 | preceding death | antemortem confession |
| antenatals | 10 | - | - |
| antennular | 10 | - | - |
| antennules | 10 | - | - |
| antependia | 13 | - | - |
| antepenult | 12 | the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | - |
| anteriorly | 13 | in an anterior direction | - |
| anteverted | 14 | - | - |
| anthelices | 15 | - | - |
| anthelions | 13 | - | - |
| anthelixes | 20 | - | - |
| anthemises | 15 | - | - |
| anthemwise | 18 | - | - |
| antheridia | 14 | - | - |
| anthersmut | 15 | - | - |
| anthocarps | 17 | - | - |
| anthocyans | 18 | - | - |
| anthomania | 15 | - | - |
| anthophore | 18 | - | - |
| anthozoans | 22 | - | - |
| anthracene | 15 | - | - |
| anthracite | 15 | a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat | - |
| anthracoid | 16 | - | - |
| anthropoid | 16 | person who resembles a nonhuman primate | - |
| anthuriums | 15 | - | - |
| antiaditis | 11 | - | - |
| antianemia | 12 | - | - |
| antiarmour | 12 | - | - |
| antiasthma | 15 | - | - |
| antiauxins | 17 | - | - |
| antibaryon | 15 | the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1 | - |
| antibioses | 12 | - | - |
| antibiosis | 12 | an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | - |
| antibusers | 12 | - | - |
| antibusing | 13 | - | - |
| anticaking | 17 | - | - |
| anticaries | 12 | - | - |
| anticavity | 18 | - | - |
| antichlors | 15 | - | - |
| antichoice | 17 | - | - |
| antichurch | 20 | - | - |
| anticipant | 14 | marked by eager anticipation | - |
| anticising | 13 | - | - |
| anticivism | 17 | - | - |
| anticizing | 22 | - | - |
| anticlinal | 12 | sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
| anticlines | 12 | - | - |
| anticodons | 13 | - | - |
| antidazzle | 29 | - | - |
| antidoting | 12 | - | - |
| antidromic | 15 | conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
| antielites | 10 | - | - |
| antiemetic | 14 | a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | - |
| antierotic | 12 | - | - |
| antifamily | 18 | - | - |
| antifemale | 15 | - | - |
| antifungal | 14 | any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | - |
| antigrowth | 17 | - | - |
| antiheroes | 13 | - | - |
| antiheroic | 15 | - | - |
| antiherpes | 15 | - | - |
| antihijack | 26 | - | - |
| antihunger | 14 | - | - |
| antihunter | 13 | - | - |
| antiknocks | 20 | - | - |
| antilepton | 12 | the antiparticle of a lepton | - |
| antilifers | 13 | - | - |
| antilitter | 10 | - | - |
| antilogies | 11 | - | - |
| antilogous | 11 | - | - |
| antilopine | 12 | - | - |
| antimarket | 16 | - | - |
| antimasque | 21 | - | - |
| antimerger | 13 | - | - |
| antimerism | 14 | - | - |
| antimodern | 13 | - | - |
| antimonate | 12 | - | - |
| antimonial | 12 | containing antimony | antimonial lead |
| antimonide | 13 | - | - |
| antimonies | 12 | - | - |
| antimonite | 12 | - | - |
| antimonous | 12 | - | - |
| antimonyls | 15 | - | - |
| antimusics | 14 | - | - |
| antimycins | 17 | - | - |
| antinature | 10 | - | - |
| antinausea | 10 | - | - |
| antinoises | 10 | - | - |
| antinomian | 12 | a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism | - |
| antinomies | 12 | - | - |
| antinovels | 13 | - | - |
| antinukers | 14 | - | - |
| antipastos | 12 | - | - |
| antipathic | 17 | - | - |
| antiphonal | 15 | bound collection of antiphons | - |
| antiphoner | 15 | - | - |
| antiphonic | 17 | - | - |
| antipiracy | 17 | - | - |
| antiplague | 13 | - | - |
| antiplaque | 21 | - | - |
| antipodals | 13 | - | - |
| antipodean | 13 | relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | antipodean latitudes |
| antipoetic | 14 | - | - |
| antipolice | 14 | - | - |
| antiporter | 12 | - | - |
| antiproton | 12 | an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton | - |
| antipyrine | 15 | - | - |
| antiquarks | 23 | - | - |
| antiquates | 19 | - | - |
| antiquiest | 19 | - | - |
| antirabies | 12 | - | - |
| antiracism | 14 | - | - |
| antiracist | 12 | - | - |
| antiradars | 11 | - | - |
| antireform | 15 | - | - |
| antiscians | 12 | - | - |
| antisepses | 12 | - | - |
| antisepsis | 12 | the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | - |
| antiserums | 12 | - | - |
| antisexist | 17 | - | - |
| antisexual | 17 | - | - |
| antishakes | 17 | - | - |
| antishocks | 19 | - | - |
| antismoker | 16 | - | - |
| antisodomy | 16 | - | - |
| antispasts | 12 | - | - |
| antistatic | 12 | - | - |
| antistress | 10 | - | - |
| antistrike | 14 | - | - |
| antistyles | 13 | - | - |
| antisyzygy | 29 | - | - |
| antitheism | 15 | - | - |
| antitheist | 13 | - | - |
| antitheses | 13 | - | - |
| antithetic | 15 | sharply contrasted in character or purpose | practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs |
| antitoxins | 17 | - | - |
| antitrades | 11 | wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
| antitragus | 11 | - | - |
| antitumors | 12 | - | - |
| antitumour | 12 | used in the treatment of cancer | - |
| antivaxers | 20 | - | - |
| antivaxxer | 27 | - | - |
| antivenene | 13 | an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | - |
| antivenins | 13 | - | - |
| antivenoms | 15 | - | - |
| antivirals | 13 | - | - |
| antiworlds | 14 | - | - |
| antlerless | 10 | - | - |
| antonymies | 15 | - | - |
| antonymous | 15 | of words: having opposite meanings | - |
| antrorsely | 13 | - | - |
| anucleated | 13 | - | - |
| anywhither | 22 | - | - |
