9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| answering | 13 | replying | an answering glance |
| announcer | 11 | reads news, commercials on radio or television | - |
| announced | 12 | declared publicly; made widely known | their announced intentions |
| anonymous | 14 | having no known name or identity or known source | anonymous authors |
| animation | 11 | the condition of living or the state of being alive | - |
| analyzing | 22 | - | - |
| anarchist | 14 | an advocate of anarchism | - |
| ancestral | 11 | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | ancestral home |
| antarctic | 13 | at or near the south pole | - |
| antiquity | 21 | extreme oldness | - |
| anxiously | 19 | with anxiety or apprehension | we watched anxiously |
| anonymity | 17 | the state of being anonymous | - |
| animosity | 14 | a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | - |
| annulment | 11 | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | - |
| andromeda | 13 | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers | - |
| anchorman | 16 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | - |
| analysing | 13 | - | - |
| anchorage | 15 | place for vessels to anchor | - |
| annoyance | 14 | anger produced by some annoying irritation | - |
| anguished | 14 | experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | an anguished conscience |
| anthology | 16 | a collection of selected literary passages | - |
| antivirus | 12 | - | - |
| anointing | 10 | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | - |
| ancillary | 14 | furnishing added support | an ancillary pump |
| anomalous | 11 | deviating from the general or common order or type | advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe |
| analgesic | 12 | a medicine used to relieve pain | - |
| anecdotal | 12 | characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | anecdotal conversation |
| antipathy | 17 | a feeling of intense dislike | - |
| anatomist | 11 | an expert in anatomy | - |
| angiogram | 13 | an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | angiograms are produced by angiography |
| animating | 12 | giving spirit and vivacity | - |
| antitrust | 9 | of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | - |
| analogous | 10 | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | brains and computers are often considered analogous |
| angelfish | 16 | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | - |
| anywheres | 18 | - | - |
| annotated | 10 | - | - |
| antipasto | 11 | a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
| antipodes | 12 | any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes |
| antiviral | 12 | any drug that destroys viruses | - |
| anarchism | 16 | a political theory favoring the abolition of governments | - |
| antiserum | 11 | blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
| androgyny | 17 | showing characteristics of both sexes | - |
| angriness | 10 | the state of being angry | - |
| antiquing | 19 | - | - |
| anatomize | 20 | dissect in order to analyze | anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease |
| annulling | 10 | - | - |
| antenatal | 9 | occurring or existing before birth | antenatal care |
| antipasti | 11 | - | - |
| anaerobic | 13 | living or active in the absence of free oxygen | anaerobic bacteria |
| analgesia | 10 | absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness | - |
| analytics | 14 | - | - |
| anecdotic | 14 | characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | he was at his anecdotic best |
| angelical | 12 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | - |
| anhydrous | 16 | without water; especially without water of crystallization | - |
| anopheles | 14 | malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae | - |
| anorectic | 13 | a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | - |
| anosmatic | 13 | relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | - |
| antiquary | 21 | an expert or collector of antiquities | - |
| antitoxin | 16 | an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin | - |
| anybodies | 15 | - | - |
| anabaenas | 11 | - | - |
| anabantid | 12 | - | - |
| anabioses | 11 | - | - |
| anabiosis | 11 | suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns | - |
| anabiotic | 13 | of or related to the state of anabiosis | - |
| anabolism | 13 | the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy | - |
| anabolite | 11 | - | - |
| anabranch | 16 | - | - |
| anacharis | 14 | - | - |
| anaclinal | 11 | of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata | - |
| anaclises | 11 | - | - |
| anaclisis | 11 | (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure | - |
| anaclitic | 13 | of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
| anacondas | 12 | - | - |
| anacruses | 11 | - | - |
| anacrusis | 11 | - | - |
| anaerobes | 11 | - | - |
| anaerobia | 11 | - | - |
| anaglyphs | 18 | - | - |
| anaglyphy | 21 | the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens | - |
| anagogies | 11 | - | - |
| analcimes | 13 | - | - |
| analcimic | 15 | - | - |
| analcites | 11 | - | - |
| analectic | 13 | - | - |
| analemmas | 13 | - | - |
| analeptic | 13 | a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
| analgetic | 12 | capable of relieving pain | - |
| analities | 9 | - | - |
| analogies | 10 | - | - |
| analogise | 10 | make an analogy | - |
| analogism | 12 | - | - |
| analogist | 10 | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy | - |
| analogize | 19 | make an analogy | - |
| analogons | 10 | - | - |
| analogues | 10 | - | - |
| analysand | 13 | a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
| analysers | 12 | - | - |
| analyzers | 21 | - | - |
| anamneses | 11 | - | - |
| anamnesis | 11 | the ability to recall past occurrences | - |
| anamniote | 11 | - | - |
| anandrous | 10 | - | - |
| ananthous | 12 | - | - |
| anapaests | 11 | - | - |
| anapestic | 13 | (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | - |
| anaphases | 14 | - | - |
| anaphasic | 16 | of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
| anaphoral | 14 | - | - |
| anaphoras | 14 | - | - |
| anaphoric | 16 | relating to anaphora | anaphoric reference |
| anaplasia | 11 | loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
| anaplasty | 14 | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | - |
| anaptyxes | 21 | - | - |
| anaptyxis | 21 | - | - |
| anarchial | 14 | - | - |
| anarchies | 14 | - | - |
| anarchise | 14 | - | - |
| anarchize | 23 | - | - |
| anarthria | 12 | partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system | - |
| anarthric | 14 | - | - |
| anasarcas | 11 | - | - |
| anastases | 9 | - | - |
| anastasis | 9 | - | - |
| anastatic | 11 | - | - |
| anathemas | 14 | - | - |
| anatomies | 11 | - | - |
| anatomise | 11 | dissect in order to analyze | - |
| anatoxins | 16 | - | - |
| ancestors | 11 | - | - |
| anchoress | 14 | - | - |
| anchorets | 14 | - | - |
| anchoring | 15 | - | - |
| anchorite | 14 | one retired from society for religious reasons | - |
| anchormen | 16 | - | - |
| anchoveta | 17 | - | - |
| anchovies | 17 | - | - |
| anchusins | 14 | - | - |
| anchylose | 17 | - | - |
| ancienter | 11 | - | - |
| anciently | 14 | in ancient times; long ago | a concern with what may have happened anciently |
| ancientry | 14 | - | - |
| ancipital | 13 | - | - |
| ancresses | 11 | - | - |
| andantini | 10 | - | - |
| andantino | 10 | (of tempo) moderately fast | - |
| andesines | 10 | - | - |
| andesites | 10 | - | - |
| andesitic | 12 | - | - |
| andesytes | 13 | - | - |
| andouille | 10 | - | - |
| andradite | 11 | a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone | - |
| androecia | 12 | - | - |
| androgens | 11 | - | - |
| androgyne | 14 | one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | - |
| andrology | 14 | - | - |
| anecdotes | 12 | - | - |
| anecdyses | 15 | - | - |
| anecdysis | 15 | - | - |
| anelastic | 11 | - | - |
| anemogram | 14 | - | - |
| anemology | 15 | - | - |
| anestrous | 9 | of or relating to anestrus | - |
| anetholes | 12 | - | - |
| aneuploid | 12 | having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
| aneurisms | 11 | - | - |
| aneurysms | 14 | - | - |
| angashore | 13 | - | - |
| angekkoks | 22 | - | - |
| angelhood | 14 | - | - |
| angelicas | 12 | - | - |
| angeluses | 10 | - | - |
| angerless | 10 | - | - |
| angiology | 14 | the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders | - |
| angiomata | 12 | - | - |
| angishore | 13 | - | - |
| angklungs | 15 | - | - |
| angledugs | 12 | - | - |
| anglepods | 13 | - | - |
| anglesite | 10 | - | - |
| anglewise | 13 | - | - |
| angleworm | 15 | terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | - |
| anglicise | 12 | make English in appearance | She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London |
| anglicism | 14 | a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens | - |
| anglicist | 12 | - | - |
| anglicize | 21 | make English in appearance | - |
| anglified | 14 | - | - |
| anglifies | 13 | - | - |
| anglophil | 15 | an admirer of England and things English | - |
| angophora | 15 | - | - |
| angostura | 10 | the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters | - |
| angstiest | 10 | - | - |
| angstroms | 12 | - | - |
| anguiform | 15 | - | - |
| anguipede | 13 | - | - |
| anguipeds | 13 | - | - |
| anguishes | 13 | - | - |
| angularly | 13 | - | - |
| angulated | 11 | - | - |
| angulates | 10 | - | - |
| anhedonia | 13 | an inability to experience pleasure | - |
| anhedonic | 15 | - | - |
| anhedrals | 13 | - | - |
| anhungred | 14 | - | - |
| anhydrase | 16 | - | - |
| anhydride | 17 | a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water | - |
| anhydrite | 16 | - | - |
| aniconism | 13 | - | - |
| aniconist | 11 | - | - |
| anidroses | 10 | - | - |
| anidrosis | 10 | - | - |
| anilingus | 10 | - | - |
| anilities | 9 | - | - |
| animacies | 13 | - | - |
| animalian | 11 | - | - |
| animalier | 11 | - | - |
| animalise | 11 | become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | - |
| animalism | 13 | preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites | - |
| animalist | 11 | - | - |
| animality | 14 | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect | - |
| animalize | 20 | become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | - |
| animately | 14 | - | - |
| animaters | 11 | - | - |
| animateur | 11 | - | - |
| animatics | 13 | - | - |
| animatism | 13 | the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones | - |
| animatist | 11 | - | - |
| animators | 11 | - | - |
| animistic | 13 | of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | - |
| aniridias | 10 | - | - |
| anisettes | 9 | - | - |
| anisogamy | 15 | (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) | - |
| ankerites | 13 | - | - |
| anklebone | 15 | the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | - |
| ankylosed | 17 | - | - |
| ankyloses | 16 | - | - |
| ankylosis | 16 | abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | - |
| ankylotic | 18 | relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
| annalised | 10 | - | - |
| annalises | 9 | - | - |
| annalists | 9 | - | - |
| annalized | 19 | - | - |
| annalizes | 18 | - | - |
| annealers | 9 | - | - |
| annealing | 10 | hardening something by heat treatment | - |
| annectent | 11 | - | - |
| annelidan | 10 | relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | - |
| annexable | 18 | - | - |
| annexions | 16 | - | - |
| annexment | 18 | - | - |
| annexures | 16 | - | - |
| annotates | 9 | - | - |
| annotator | 9 | a commentator who writes notes to a text | - |
| announces | 11 | - | - |
| annualise | 9 | - | - |
| annualize | 18 | - | - |
| annuitant | 9 | the recipient of an annuity | - |
| annuities | 9 | - | - |
| annuitise | 9 | - | - |
| annuitize | 18 | - | - |
| annularly | 12 | - | - |
| annulated | 10 | shaped like a ring | - |
| annulates | 9 | - | - |
| annuluses | 9 | - | - |
| anodisers | 10 | - | - |
| anodising | 11 | - | - |
| anodizers | 19 | - | - |
| anodizing | 20 | - | - |
| anodontia | 10 | - | - |
| anoestrum | 11 | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | - |
| anoestrus | 9 | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus | - |
| anointers | 9 | - | - |
| anomalies | 11 | - | - |
| anonymise | 14 | - | - |
| anonymize | 23 | - | - |
| anoopsias | 11 | - | - |
| anorectal | 11 | pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
| anoretics | 11 | - | - |
| anorexias | 16 | - | - |
| anorexics | 18 | - | - |
| anorexies | 16 | - | - |
| anorthite | 12 | rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
| anovulant | 12 | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | - |
| anoxaemia | 18 | - | - |
| anoxaemic | 20 | - | - |
| anoxemias | 18 | - | - |
| ansaphone | 14 | - | - |
| anserines | 9 | - | - |
| answerers | 12 | - | - |
| antalgics | 12 | - | - |
| antalkali | 13 | - | - |
| anteaters | 9 | - | - |
| anteceded | 13 | - | - |
| antecedes | 12 | - | - |
| antechoir | 14 | - | - |
| antedated | 11 | - | - |
| antedates | 10 | - | - |
| antefixae | 19 | - | - |
| antefixal | 19 | - | - |
| antefixes | 19 | - | - |
| antelopes | 11 | - | - |
| antelucan | 11 | - | - |
| antennary | 12 | of or relating to antennae | - |
| antennule | 9 | - | - |
| antepasts | 11 | - | - |
| anterooms | 11 | - | - |
| antetypes | 14 | - | - |
| anteverts | 12 | - | - |
| anthelion | 12 | - | - |
| antheming | 15 | - | - |
| anthemion | 14 | - | - |
| antherids | 13 | - | - |
| anthocarp | 16 | - | - |
| anthocyan | 17 | - | - |
| anthodium | 15 | - | - |
| anthotaxy | 22 | - | - |
| anthozoan | 21 | sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | - |
| anthozoic | 23 | - | - |
| anthraces | 14 | - | - |
| anthracic | 16 | - | - |
| anthraxes | 19 | - | - |
| anthropic | 16 | relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | - |
| anthurium | 14 | any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | - |
| antiabuse | 11 | - | - |
| antiaging | 11 | - | - |
| antialien | 9 | - | - |
| antiarins | 9 | - | - |
| antiarmor | 11 | - | - |
| antiatoms | 11 | - | - |
| antiauxin | 16 | - | - |
| antiblack | 17 | discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion | - |
| antibuser | 11 | - | - |
| antically | 14 | - | - |
| antichlor | 14 | - | - |
| anticised | 12 | - | - |
| anticises | 11 | - | - |
| anticivic | 16 | - | - |
| anticized | 21 | - | - |
| anticizes | 20 | - | - |
| anticking | 16 | - | - |
| anticline | 11 | - | - |
| anticling | 12 | - | - |
| anticodon | 12 | - | - |
| anticrack | 17 | - | - |
| anticrime | 13 | - | - |
| anticults | 11 | - | - |
| antidoron | 10 | - | - |
| antidotal | 10 | counteracting the effects of a poison | - |
| antidoted | 11 | - | - |
| antidotes | 10 | - | - |
| antidraft | 13 | - | - |
| antidunes | 10 | - | - |
| antielite | 9 | - | - |
| antifraud | 13 | - | - |
| antigenes | 10 | - | - |
| antigenic | 12 | of or relating to antigens | - |
| antiglare | 10 | - | - |
| antigraft | 13 | - | - |
| antihelix | 19 | - | - |
| antihuman | 14 | - | - |
| antikings | 14 | - | - |
| antiknock | 19 | suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | antiknock properties |
| antilabor | 11 | - | - |
| antilifer | 12 | - | - |
| antimacho | 16 | - | - |
| antimasks | 15 | - | - |
| antimeres | 11 | - | - |
| antimeric | 13 | - | - |
| antimonic | 13 | relating to or derived from antimony | - |
| antimonyl | 14 | - | - |
| antimuons | 11 | - | - |
| antimusic | 13 | - | - |
| antimycin | 16 | a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | - |
| antinodal | 10 | - | - |
| antinodes | 10 | - | - |
| antinoise | 9 | - | - |
| antinomes | 11 | - | - |
| antinomic | 13 | - | - |
| antinovel | 12 | - | - |
| antinuker | 13 | - | - |
| antinukes | 13 | - | - |
| antipapal | 13 | - | - |
| antiparty | 14 | - | - |
| antiphons | 14 | - | - |
| antiphony | 17 | a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | - |
| antipodal | 12 | relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | antipodal regions of the earth |
| antipolar | 11 | - | - |
| antipoles | 11 | - | - |
| antipopes | 13 | - | - |
| antipress | 11 | - | - |
| antipyics | 16 | - | - |
| antiquark | 22 | the antiparticle of a quark | - |
| antiquate | 18 | give an antique appearance to | - |
| antiquely | 21 | - | - |
| antiquers | 18 | - | - |
| antiquier | 18 | - | - |
| antiradar | 10 | - | - |
| antiroyal | 12 | - | - |
| antirusts | 9 | - | - |
| antiscian | 11 | - | - |
| antisense | 9 | - | - |
| antishake | 16 | - | - |
| antishark | 16 | - | - |
| antishock | 18 | - | - |
| antisleep | 11 | - | - |
| antismoke | 15 | - | - |
| antisnobs | 11 | - | - |
| antisolar | 9 | - | - |
| antispast | 11 | - | - |
| antistate | 9 | - | - |
| antistats | 9 | - | - |
| antistick | 15 | - | - |
| antistory | 12 | - | - |
| antistyle | 12 | - | - |
| antitheft | 15 | - | - |
| antithets | 12 | - | - |
| antitoxic | 18 | counteracting a toxin or poison | - |
| antitrade | 10 | winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | - |
| antitragi | 10 | - | - |
| antitumor | 11 | used in the treatment of cancer | - |
| antitypal | 14 | - | - |
| antitypes | 14 | - | - |
| antitypic | 16 | of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | - |
| antiulcer | 11 | - | - |
| antiunion | 9 | - | - |
| antiurban | 11 | - | - |
| antivaxer | 19 | - | - |
| antivenin | 12 | an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | - |
| antivenom | 14 | - | - |
| antiwhite | 15 | - | - |
| antiwoman | 14 | - | - |
| antiworld | 13 | - | - |
| antonymic | 16 | - | - |
| antpittas | 11 | - | - |
| antsiness | 9 | - | - |
| antwackie | 18 | - | - |
| anucleate | 11 | - | - |
| anvilling | 13 | - | - |
| anviltops | 14 | - | - |
| anxieties | 16 | - | - |
| anythings | 16 | - | - |
