English words: anathema to ancienty

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English words anathema to ancienty

anathema noun /əˈnæθəmə/: A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
anathematic adjective: Having the characteristic of anathema.
anathematical adjective: anathematic
anathematically adverb: In an anathematic manner.
anathematisation noun: Alternative form of anathematization.
anathematise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anathematize.
anathematiser noun: Alternative spelling of anathematizer.
anathematism noun: A formula of words used to cast anathema upon heretics etc
anathematization noun: The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
anathematize verb /əˈnæ.θə.mə.taɪz/: To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
anathematizer noun: One who anathematizes; a severe critic.
anathemic adjective: anathematic
anathemisation noun: Alternative spelling of anathemization.
anathemise verb: Alternative form of anathemize.
anathemization noun: The act or process of anathemizing.
anathemize verb: To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.
anathemized adjective, verb: having undergone anathemization
anathermy noun: insensitivity to heat
anathyrosis noun: The ancient method of dressing the joints of stone blocks in dry-stone construction.
anatid noun: Any member of the family Anatidae of ducks and close relatives.
anatidaephobia noun: The fear that one is being constantly watched by a duck.
anatiferous adjective /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/: Producing ducks.
anatine adjective /ˈa.nə.tʌɪn/: Being of the family Anatinae.
anation noun: The replacement of a ligand (especially of water) by an anion in a coordination compound
anational adjective: Not national.
anatipestifer noun: Synonym of anatipestifer disease.
anatipestifer disease noun: A form of septicaemia in ducks caused by the bacterium Riemerella anatipestifer
anatman noun /ˈɑn ˈɑːtman/: The doctrine that there is no transcendental ego or soul and the perceived true self is an illusion. It corresponds to the Hinayana or Theravada Buddhist...
anato noun: Alternative form of annatto (“dye”).
anatocism noun: compound interest
Anatole proper noun /ˈænətoʊl/: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Anatoli proper noun /æ.nəˈtɑ.li/: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Анато́лий (Anatólij).
Anatolia proper noun /ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/: A peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the...
anatoliadelphyid noun: Any extinct metatherian mammal of the family †Anatoliadelphyidae
Anatolian adjective, noun /anəˈtəʊlɪən/: Of or pertaining to Anatolia or its people, culture, etc.
Anatolian hieroglyphs noun: The ideographic script used to write the Luwian language, found in several inscriptions across Anatolia.
Anatolian Shepherd noun: Any dog descended from regional Turkish livestock guardian dogs, particularly the Kangal Shepherd Dog but also the Akbash.
Anatolian Turkic adjective: Synonym of Turkish.
Anatolian Turkish adjective: Synonym of Turkish.
Anatolianism noun: Advocacy for a sense of Anatolian cultural unity as a nation.
Anatolianist noun: Someone who advocates for a sense of Anatolian cultural unity as a nation.
Anatolianness noun: The state or quality of being Anatolian.
Anatolic adjective: Relating to Anatolia
anatomic adjective /ˌænəˈtɒm.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.
anatomic dead space noun: The volume of conducting airways of the lung, as measured by a cast of the airways.
anatomical adjective /æ.nəˈtɒ.mɪ.kəl/: Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.
anatomical dead space noun: Alternative form of anatomic dead space.
anatomical position noun: The position of the human body, standing erect, with the face directed anteriorly, the upper limbs at the sides and the palms turned anteriorly (supinated),...
anatomical snuffbox noun: A triangular deepening on the radial, dorsal aspect of the hand, bounded by extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis.
anatomically adverb: Pertaining to the anatomy.
anatomically correct adjective: Accurately depicting or replicating the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal.
anatomicity noun: The state or condition of being anatomic or anatomical.
anatomico- prefix: anatomy
anatomicobiological adjective: Relating to anatomy and biology.
anatomicomedical adjective: Relating to anatomy and medicine.
anatomicopathologic adjective: Relating to anatomy and pathology.
anatomicopathological adjective: Relating to anatomy and pathology.
anatomicophysiologic adjective: Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicophysiological adjective: Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicosurgical adjective: Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anatomid noun: Any sea snail in the family Anatomidae.
anatomiless adjective: Having no clear anatomy.
anatomisation noun: Alternative spelling of anatomization
anatomise verb: Alternative spelling of anatomize.
anatomiser noun: Alternative form of anatomizer.
anatomism noun: The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
anatomist noun /əˈnæt.ə.mɪst/: One who studies, teaches, writes on, or does research on anatomy and anatomical structures.
anatomization noun: A process or act of anatomizing.
anatomize verb /əˈnætəmaɪz/: To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy.
anatomizer noun: One who carries out dissection.
anatomo- prefix: anatomy
anatomofunctional adjective: Relating to both anatomy / form and function
anatomopathologic adjective: Alternative form of anatomopathological.
anatomopathological adjective: Relating to both anatomy and pathology
anatomopathologically adverb: In an anatomopathological manner
anatomopathologist noun: A pathologist whose speciality is anatomopathology
anatomopathology noun: anatomical pathology
anatomophysiological adjective: anatomical and physiological
anatomotype noun: A type of an organism that has a particular anatomical feature
anatomy noun /əˈnætəmi/: The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
anatomy of function noun: A branch of kinesiology that studies the configuration of limbs during the performance of a task.
anatopism noun: A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
anatopistic adjective: Of or pertaining to anatopism.
anatoxic adjective: Relating to anatoxins.
anatoxin noun: A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed
anatoxinic adjective: Related to, or caused by an anatoxin
anatreme adjective: Having a single aperture on the distal face
anatreptic adjective: Rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
anatreptically adverb: In an anatreptic way.
anatripsis noun: The use of friction or rubbing as therapy, a form of massage
anatripsology noun: The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
anatriptic adjective /ˌæn.əˈtɹɪp.tɪk/: Relating to massage or rubbing.
anatron noun: native carbonate of soda; natron
anatropal adjective: anatropous
anatrophic adjective: That does not lead to atrophy
anatropia noun: A disorder of the vision. Deviation of the visual axis of one eye upwards when the other eye is fixing; anaphoria.
anatropic adjective: Anatropous.
anatropical adjective: Synonym of anatropic.
anatropous adjective: Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base.
anatropously adverb: In an anatropous manner.
anatropy noun: The condition of being anatropous
anatta noun: The idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. One of the three marks of existence.
anatto noun: Alternative form of annatto (“dye”).
anatumomab mafenatox noun: A mouse monoclonal antibody used to treat non-small-cell lung cancer.
anaudia noun: Inability to speak; loss of one's voice.
anaulacorhize adjective: Of the root of a tooth, spongy; porous.
anaunter conjunction: Alternative form of anaunters.
anaunters conjunction: in case; lest
anauralia noun /ˌæ.nɔɹˈæ.li.ə/: A condition where one does not possess an internal monologue.
anauraliac noun: A person that suffers from anauralia.
anautogenous adjective: Not autogenous.
anautogeny noun: The condition, found in many insects, where a gravid female has to feed before oviposition (egg laying), in order for the eggs to mature. This is...
anauxetic adjective: Not auxetic
anauxotelic adjective: Having the characteristic that growth does not continue beyond the flowering region.
anaw adverb, noun: and all; as well
anax noun /ˈænæks/: An Ancient Greek tribal chief or leader.
Anaxagoran adjective: Alternative form of Anaxagorean.
Anaxagoras proper noun: An ancient Greek philosopher (c. 500 BCE – 428 BCE) from Clazomenae, who is famous for introducing the cosmological concept of nous (mind), as an ordering...
Anaxagorean adjective: Of or relating to Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek natural philosopher noted for the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), as an ordering force.
anaxial adjective: Lacking a distinct axis or axes.
Anaximander proper noun: A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
Anaximanderian adjective: Of or relating to Anaximander, an Ancient Greek philosopher.
Anaximandrian adjective: Alternative form of Anaximanderian.
Anaximenean adjective: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek philosopher Anaximenes.
Anaximenes proper noun: An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air.
anaxirone noun: A particular epoxide compound and immunosuppressant.
anaxonal adjective: Lacking neurites
anaxyelid noun: Any wood wasp in the family Anaxyelidae.
Anaya proper noun: A female given name.
anazocine noun: An opioid analgesic of the morphan family which was never marketed.
anazoturia noun: A decrease in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine.
anba noun: Alternative form of amba (“type of mango pickle”).
Anbar proper noun: A medieval town in Anbar Province, in modern-day central Iraq, now abandoned.
anberry noun: Alternative spelling of anbury.
Anbu proper noun: A town in Chao'an district, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
anbury noun: A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
ANC noun: Initialism of absolute neutrophil count, a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes.
ANCA noun: Acronym of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.
ancap adjective, noun: Clipping of anarcho-capitalist.
ancarolol noun: A beta blocker drug.
Ancash proper noun: A department of Peru.
Ancaster proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9844).
Ancaster stone noun: Middle Jurassic oolitic limestone, quarried around Ancaster, Lincolnshire, England.
AnCC noun: Abbreviation of anodal closure contraction.
-ance suffix /-əns/: Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb.
Ancell proper noun: A surname.
anceps noun /ˈænsɛps/: A syllable that can be either short or long.
ancestim noun: A recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor.
ancestor noun, verb /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/: One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
ancestor spirit noun: The spirit of a human that has died, often venerated in religious ceremonies.
ancestor worship noun: Religious or quasireligious worship of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
ancestoral adjective: ancestral
ancestored adjective, verb: Having ancestors
ancestorhood noun: The state of being an ancestor.
ancestorial adjective: Ancestral.
ancestorially adverb: In an ancestorial context.
ancestorism noun: The emphasis of the importance of one's foremothers, forefathers or lineage: their veneration (in a nonreligious sense).
ancestorist noun: A proponent of ancestorism
ancestorship noun: The state of being an ancestor.
ancestral adjective, noun /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/: Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
ancestral chart noun: A family tree or pedigree in which the ancestors, rather than the descendants of a particular person are shown
ancestral hall noun: An ancestral shrine.
ancestral name noun: A surname, particularly used in contexts where other surnames (such as patronymics or clan names) need to be distinguished
Ancestral Puebloan noun: Any member of a Native American people who once lived in cliff-dwellings in Utah and Colorado.
ancestral shrine noun: A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
ancestral temple noun: An ancestral shrine.
ancestralism noun: Synonym of ancestorism.
ancestrality noun: The condition of being ancestral
ancestrally adverb /ænˈsɛstɹəli/: Pertaining to ancestry.
ancestress noun /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/: A female ancestor.
ancestrial adjective: Ancestral.
ancestrian adjective: ancestral
ancestrix noun /ˈæn.sɪs.tɹɪks/: A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.
ancestrula noun: The initial zooid of a bryozoan colony
ancestry noun /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/: The state of being ancestors.
Ancha proper noun: The star Theta Aquarii.
anchal adjective, noun: any administrative zone of Nepal
anchariid noun: Any catfish in the family Anchariidae.
anchi- prefix: Almost, nearly, near, nigh, like, resembling.
anchialine adjective: Being or relating to a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean.
anchieutectic adjective: Having a composition that crystallizes as a single phase.
anchihaline adjective: Pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
anchimeric adjective: Describing the participation of a neighbouring group in a reaction
anchimeric assistance noun: A form of neighbouring group participation in which the rate of a reaction is increased
anchimetamorphic adjective: Relating to, or caused by anchimetamorphism
anchimetamorphism noun: The process in which initial diagenesis is overtaken by metamorphosis
anchimonomineral adjective: Composed almost entirely of one mineral.
anchimonomineralic adjective: Consisting primarily of a single mineral.
anchiornithid noun: Any extinct birdlike creature of the family †Anchiornithidae
anchisaur noun: Any member of the Anchisauria, a clade of sauropodomorph dinosaurs that lived from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous in North America, Africa, and...
anchisaurid noun: Any dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae.
Anchises proper noun /æŋˈkaɪ.siːz/: A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
anchistioidid noun: Any shrimp of the family Anchistioididae.
anchithere noun: Any member of the genus †Anchitherium of extinct horses.
anchitheriine noun: Any member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.
anchizonal adjective: Relating to an anchizone.
anchizone noun: A transitional zone between diagenesis and metamorphosis
ancho noun /ˈɑːnt͡ʃəʊ/: A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
anchomomyin noun: Any extinct primate of the genus Anchomomys
anchor noun, verb /ˈæŋ.kəː/: A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
anchor ball noun: A sphere, usually black, that is either attached to the vessel or to the anchor buoy, used as a signal to state the vessel is anchored
anchor bend noun: Synonym of anchor hitch.
anchor buoy noun: A small buoy, usually painted a distinctive color, attached to an anchor by a light line and used to indicate the location of the anchor on the bottom.
anchor hitch noun: Any of a type of knot used to attach a line to a ring or other solid terminal.
anchor-hoy noun: A kind of boat for retrieving and transporting anchors.
anchor ice noun: Submerged ice anchored to the bottom of a river etc., irrespective of how it formed.
anchor light noun: The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor.
anchor line noun: A very heavy rope or chain by which a ship's anchor is hoisted.
anchor man noun: Alternative form of anchorman.
anchor nut noun: A nut designed not to require a wrench for tightening and loosening.
anchor point noun: A place to which things are anchored.
anchor pylon noun: A pylon that forms the endpoint of a high-power transmission line and uses horizontal insulators, necessary when interfacing with other modes of power...
anchor ring noun: A torus.
anchor's aweigh interjection: Response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.
anchor seine noun: Synonym of Danish seine.
anchor shot noun: A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
anchor space noun: In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space...
anchor store noun: Synonym of anchor tenant.
anchor tenant noun: A large and popular store in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain, intended to attract a significant cross-section of customers to the...
anchor worm noun: A lernean.
anchorable adjective: Capable of being anchored.
anchorably adverb: In an anchorable manner.
anchorage noun /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/: A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
Anchorageite noun: An inhabitant of Anchorage.
anchoral adjective: Resembling or having the character of an anchor.
anchored adjective, verb: Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
anchorer noun: One who or that which anchors.
anchoress noun: A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchoret noun: Alternative spelling of anchorite.
anchoretic adjective /ˌæŋ.kəˈɹɛtɪk/: Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
anchoretical adjective: anchoretic
anchoretically adverb: In an anchoretic manner
anchoretish adjective: Synonym of anchoretic.
anchoretism noun: The practice or mode of life of an anchorite; hermithood
anchorhold noun: The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
anchorin noun: Any of a group of collagen-binding proteins related to annexin
anchoring noun, verb: The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
anchoring effect noun: A psychological phenomenon wherein a previous appraisal has its range determined by communication of a previous reference point.
anchorism noun: The manner or disposition of an anchorite; anchoritism; hermitism; reclusion.
anchorist noun: Synonym of anchorite.
anchorite noun /ˈæŋ.kə(ˌ)ɹaɪt/: One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
anchoritess noun: A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritic adjective: Of or pertaining to an anchorite.
anchoritically adverb: In the manner of an anchorite; reclusively.
anchoritish adjective: Anchoretic; reclusive: secluded.
anchoritism noun: The practices of an anchorite.
anchorless adjective: Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorlessness noun: The state of being anchorless.
anchorlike adjective: Resembling an anchor.
anchorman noun: The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
anchorperson noun: The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
anchorsmith noun: A maker of anchors.
anchorwise adverb: In the manner of an anchor.
anchorwoman noun: A female anchorperson.
anchory adjective: Synonym of ancrée.
anchoveta noun /ˌantʃəʊˈvɛtə/: An anchovy of species Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovetta noun: Alternative spelling of anchoveta.
anchovette noun: A paste made from anchovies, used as a spread.
anchovied adjective: Topped with or accompanied by anchovies.
anchovy noun /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/: Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.
anchovy paste noun: A kind of fish paste made mainly with anchovies.
anchovy pear noun: The tree Grias cauliflora.
anchovy toast noun: A form of bruschetta topped with mashed anchovies and other ingredients.
anchovylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of anchovy.
anchress noun: Alternative form of anchoress (“female anchorite”).
anchusa noun: Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
anchusic adjective: Related to anchusin.
anchusic acid noun: Synonym of alkannin.
anchusin noun: alkannin
anchusine noun: Alternative form of anchusin.
anchylose verb: Alternative form of ankylose.
anchylosis noun: Alternative spelling of ankylosis.
anchylostomiasis noun: Alternative spelling of ancylostomiasis.
anchylotic adjective: Alternative spelling of ankylotic (of or pertaining to ankylosis).
Anci proper noun: A district of Langfang, Hebei, China.
ancience noun: Synonym of ancientness.
anciency noun: ancientness
ancient adjective, noun /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/: Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
ancient alien noun: Synonym of ancient astronaut
ancient astronaut noun: Any of the extraterrestrial beings that, according to the pseudoscientific belief of paleocontact, visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human...
ancient document noun: In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older...
Ancient Egyptian adjective, noun: Alternative letter-case form of ancient Egyptian (“a native or inhabitant of Ancient Egypt”).
ancient grain noun: A grain or pseudocereal purported to be minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia (often used in plural and in the context of marketing)
Ancient Greek adjective, noun /ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈɡɹiːk/: Alternative letter-case form of ancient Greek (“a native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece”).
ancient history noun: A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece...
ancient lights noun: The right, based in English common law, of a property owner to retain an accustomed, unobstructed view and satisfactory illumination from his or her...
ancient marineress noun: An old woman who bears some resemblance to Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, especially one who has an unfortunate history or insists on telling her story.
ancient monument noun: an old or ancient building or other structure, or a site of historical interest that is usually looked after by an official organization.
ancient Near Eastern adjective: Of or pertaining to the Ancient Near East.
Ancient North Arabian adjective: related to the Ancient North Arabian script or language(s)
ancient regime noun: Synonym of ancien régime.
Ancient Roman adjective, noun: Alternative letter-case form of ancient Roman.
Ancient South Arabian adjective: Related to the Ancient South Arabian script.
ancient times noun: Ancient history
ancientism noun: The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
anciently adverb: In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
ancientness noun: The state or quality of being ancient.
ancientry noun /ˈeɪn.ʃən.tɹi/: The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
ancients noun: The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
ancienty noun /ˈeɪn(t)ʃənti/: age; antiquity

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.