5-letter words starting with an
- annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- annie — a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- annum — by the year; yearly.
- annus — year of wonders; wonderful year.
- anode — In electronics, an anode is the positive electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare cathode.
- anoia — extreme mental deficiency.
- anoka — a city in E Minnesota.
- anole — any small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards of the genus Anolis, such as A. carolinensis (green anole): family Iguanidae (iguanas). They are able to change the colour of their skin
- anomy — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anova — analysis of variance
- ansae — Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ansar — the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anson — a male given name.
- ante- — before in time or position; previous to; in front of
- anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antes — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti- — Anti- is used to form adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something that is opposed to a particular system, practice, or group of people.
- antic — an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
- antie — (South Africa) An older female authority figure.
- antiq — antiquarian
- antis — Plural form of anti.
- antlr — ANother Tool for Language Recognition
- anton — a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antra — a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antre — a cavern or cave
- antsy — If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anvil — An anvil is a heavy iron block on which hot metals are beaten into shape.
- anyon — a particle that occurs in two-dimensional space having characteristics of both fermions and bosons
- anzac — (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- anzio — a port and resort on the W coast of Italy: site of Allied landings in World War II. Pop: 36 952 (2001)
- anzus — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them